Enjoy Every Little Moment

Happy Tuesday! The current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "anything goes," so I'm popping in today to share a birthday card I created. This one is for one of my neighbor girlfriends whose birthday is Friday. She's an avid hiker so I thought this would be perfect for her!

This Designer Series Paper pack from Stampin' Up had my name written all over it! I liked it so much I grabbed two packs!!! It's full of mountain scenes and it's absolutely gorgeous! Also makes for quick and easy cards----this card is simply designer series paper, die-cuts, and a sentiment stamp---LOVE!!!

I added a bit of sparkle to the moon with an aqua shimmer pen (tough to capture in the photo but shimmers beautifully in person).

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a fabulous day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment from Be The Rainbow (Gina K)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up), Black (Recollections), True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Designer Series Paper: Enjoy The Journey 12x12 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Greatest Journey (Stampin' Up)

Glitter Pen: Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Pen (Nuvo)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue
 

 

Birthday Wishes

 

Today I'm playing along with Seize The Birthday Challenge :) I skipped the toppings this time around and just went with the "Anything Goes Birthday" option ;)

Here's my card:

This is a new-to-me stamp set from Stampin' Up called Sea Turtle. I absolutely LOVE sea turtles!!! I think they are such magical creatures and I literally squeal with delight every single time we encounter them on snorkeling adventures!!!

My sister-in-law is also a huge fan of anything ocean or beach related. She's about to turn 60 later this week, so I just dropped this in the snail mail for her. I hope she likes it!

I had so much fun making this card that I made a second version too...
 

On this one I used a darker solid background panel and some Halo embossing powder (WOW! inspired by...Catherine Pooler) on the bubbles. The iridescent sparkle is so fabulous in person!!!

 

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a wonderful week!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Sea Turtle (Stampin' Up), sentiment from Mini Messages (The Stamp Market)

Distress Oxide Inks: Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Prize Ribbon (Ranger)

Ink: Whipped Honey, Sea Glass, Bay Breeze, Juniper Mist (Catherine Pooler); VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts); Halo (WOW! inspired by...Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: Basic White, Pacific Point, Night of Navy (Stampin' Up); True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Bristol Smooth (Koh-I-Noor)

Dies: A2 Layers (Waffle Flower), Everyday Sentiment Banners (Lawn Fawn)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal) 

 

Best Wishes & Happy Thoughts

 

Happy Sunday! Today I'm playing along with the March 2023 Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes With Dies Challenge."

My project features stamps, dies, and designer series papers from the Sun Prints Suite by Stampin' Up. This suite of products is absolutely stunning!!! I love it!
 

AND...my "card" is not just a card---the decorated front panel actually opens up and is a gift card holder :) I learned how to make these gift card holders from Karen Titus. You can check out her video tutorial HERE.

So...you slip your gift card in the pocket...and then you still have the blank card to write your message...
 

I first made this style of gift card holder to package up some gift cards we gave to my parents for Christmas. My mom was so excited about them that she's requested several more for her own personal use. She'll be using this one for my aunt and uncle's upcoming wedding anniversary. I hope they love it!

Thanks so much for visiting!!!

Have a fabulous day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Nature's Prints (Stampin' Up)

Ink: Serene (Catherine Pooler), Deep Lagoon Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Basic White, Night Of Navy, Gray Granite (Stampin' Up) 

DSP: Sun Prints 12x12 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Natural Prints (Stampin' Up)

Embellishments: Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, 3D Foam Circles - Large (Scrapbook.com) 

Happy Birthday

Happy New Year! Hope 2023 is off to a great start for all of you!

Today I'm playing along with two super fun challenges: (1) AAA Birthday - "Anything Goes" and (2) The Paper Players - "Tag, You're It!"

I wanted to create an extra special card for my neighbor friend who just celebrated her 50th birthday :) Here's what I made:

I used the Art Gallery stamp set and Floral Gallery dies from Stampin' Up in combination with an assortment of Catherine Pooler inks (my favorite!) to create a sweet little flower arrangement. After all...who doesn't love to receive flowers on their birthday?!?!!...especially with the cold, snowy, winter weather we've been having here in the mountains ;)
 

The white background panel was embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder from Stampin' Up. I absolutely LOVE the look of flowers and woodgrain! Just something about it that makes me so very happy :) The tiny tag (from the Gift Bag and Tag set by The Stamp Market) was stamped with a sentiment from Beautiful Bow (Avery Elle). This is an oldie but goodie stamp set---one I still reach for all the time---especially when I need a smaller sentiment.

I hope you like my card for today! It's been ages since I've posted here on the blog. I made LOTS and LOTS of things during the holiday season but just never had a chance to share them here. I also FINALLY opened an Etsy Shop to sell my handmade cards!!! It's going really well so far! I'm learning a lot and having tons of fun with it! You can find the link to my shop in the sidebar of my blog. I'd love for you to check it out and let me know what you think :)

Thanks so much for visiting!!!

 Have a fabulous week!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Art Gallery (Stampin' Up), Friendly Hello (Stampin' Up), sentiment from Beautiful Bow (Avery Elle)

Ink: Whipped Honey, Martini, Juniper Mist, Rockin' Red, Cranberry Fizz, Coral Cabana (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up), Enchanted Evening (Papertrey Ink)

Embossing Folder: Pinewood Planks (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Floral Gallery (Stampin' Up), tag from Gift Bag and Tag (The Stamp Market)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal) 

 

Candy Canes

It's snowing here in the mountains, and it's so beautiful and festive!!! Perfect atmosphere for creating some holiday cards!!!

Here are a couple of cards I made using the current sketch over at Global Design Project:

These cards feature some super cute elements from the Candy Cane Lane Cardmaking Kit by Taylored Expressions as well as some fabulous designer series paper from Painted Christmas by Stampin' Up and some gorgeous die-cut pine sprigs from Botanicuts: Pine Bough by The Greetery.

I owe the color choices for the candy canes (Cranberry and Evergreen from Concord and 9th) to my husband who suggested I make them look like the cherry candy canes made by Hammond's Candy Factory here in Colorado :) Yummy!!! Which reminds me...I definitely need to order some of these delicious candies for the holidays soon!!!
 

And here's my second card---same design, just changed up the sentiment---

 

I had so much fun making these cards!!!

Thanks for visiting!

Have a wonderful day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Seasonal Sentiments (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Cranberry and Evergreen (Concord and 9th)

Embossing Powder: Queen's Gold (Ranger)

Stencil: Peppermint Kisses Die and Stencil Combo (Taylored Expressions)

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah), Evening Evergreen and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin' Up)

Specialty Cardstock: Gold (Erin Lee Creative)

Designer Series Paper: Painted Christmas 12x12 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Peppermint Kisses Die and Stencil Combo (Taylored Expressions), Seasonal Sentiments (Taylored Expressions), Botanicuts: Pine Bough (The Greetery)

Glitter Pen: Clear Wink of Stella (Kuretake)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Connect Glue (Gina K)

Truly Grateful...

Today I'm playing along with The Four Seasons Challenge. Just look at this gorgeous inspiration board!!!

Since the aspen trees are exploding with color here in the mountains I couldn't resist creating another autumn leaves card :)

I love the Welcoming Woods stamp set from Stampin' Up! Those aspen tree trunks are so realistic looking and I love how the set includes leaves and snowflakes so it works for anytime of year :) 

Many people think that aspen leaves only turn yellow in autumn, but we actually see quite a bit of orange and even some red. Here are a couple of photos from yesterday's walk around the mountainhood.

Hope you're having a fabulous weekend!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Welcoming Woods (Stampin' Up), sentiment from Fall Foliage (Reverse Confetti)

Ink: Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up), Tiara/Ginger/Terracotta (Catherine Pooler), Rich Cocoa Memento (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up), Canyon Clay (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Autumn Sparkle Cardstock (Lawn Fawn)

Jute Twine: (May Arts)

Dies: Tasteful Labels (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook.com) 

Autumn Happy Birthday

Hello there! Today I'm playing along with the sketch over at Global Design Project :)

My card features a new-to-me stamp set from Stampin' Up called Welcoming Woods. I absolutely LOVE those aspen trees!!! This time around I added yellow leaves (inspired by our beautiful aspen leaves here in CO which are turning now), but the set also includes snowflakes for creating a winter scene :)

 

I'll be snail mailing this to a very special friend in October. I know she adores autumn leaves, and I hope she loves this card!

...and here's a quick photo I snapped on a walk around the mountainhood yesterday...

Thanks so much for visiting! Have a fabulous day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Welcoming Woods (Stampin' Up), sentiment from Art Gallery (Stampin' Up)

Ink: Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up), Tiara (Catherine Pooler), VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Cardstock: White, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry (Stampin' Up); True Black (Papertrey Ink); Black (Recollections)

Embossing Folder: Timber (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Stitched Frame Stacklets 1 (Taylored Expressions), Stitched Leaves (Lawn Fawn)

Other: Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker (Stampin' Up) - for creating splatters

Adhesive: 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)

Happy Father's Day

 

Hello there! The theme for the current Make The Cards Challenge is "masculine cards"---perfect timing with Father's Day right around the corner :)

Here's the card I created:

Not too long ago Waffle Flower released a set of dies called Cutlines, and I immediately added it to my loooonnnnnggg wish list. It's still on the list, but in the meantime I thought I'd try combining some other die sets I already own in an attempt to create a similar look. I'm really happy with the results! I'll be giving this one to my dad for Father's Day :)

Thanks for visiting!

Have a fun weekend!

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Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment from Dad and Me (Lawn Fawn), birds from Layered Landscape (Neat and Tangled)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Cardstock: Basic White, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Gray Granite, Basic Gray, Mossy Meadow (Stampin' Up)

Embossing Folder: Timber (Stampin' Up)

Dies: A2 Layers (Waffle Flower), Mountains (The Ton), Color Layering Mountains At The Lake Frame Cuts (Hero Arts), clouds from Stay Salty (Essentials By Ellen), Stitched Rectangle Word Windows (MFT)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Mono Multi Liquid Glue (Tombow), Foam Strips (Stampin' Up), Double-Sided Foam Adhesive Shapes (Scrapbook.com), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal) 

Baby Congrats

Happy Friday! Today I'm playing along with Freshly Made Sketches :)

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

 

I was inspired by Dena Rekow of The Creativity Cave and by Kylie and Bruno Bertucci to try out the "Scrappy Strip Technique." You can find their videos demonstrating this technique HERE and HERE, respectively.

I cut loads of angled strips of patterned paper from the Sunshine and Rainbows 6x6 Designer Series Paper Collection (Stampin' Up) and then went to town mixing and matching the different patterned strips. I'll be posting more of this style of cards soon :) They're super fun to create!

I hope you like my card for today and will give this technique a try!

Thanks for visiting!

Enjoy your weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic White and So Saffron (Stampin' Up)

Designer Series Paper: Sunshine and Rainbows 6x6 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Hello Rainbow (Simon Says Stamp), "congrats" from Zipper Panel by Julie (Essentials By Ellen)

Adhesive: Mono Multi Liquid Glue (Tombow), Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Foam Adhesive (Scrapbook.com)

Other: Stick It Adhesive Sheets

Peek-A-Boo Slider Card

 

Happy Tuesday! Today I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This time around Simon Says: Interactive. Fun!

I recently watched Rachel Tessman of Stamp Your Art Out make some peek-a-boo slider cards as alternative projects using the supplies in the March 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kit. I was so inspired I just HAD to try it out! You can find her video and more details on how to create peek-a-boo slider cards in her blog post HERE.

And without further delay, here's my very first peek-a-boo slider card. (This is what it looks like when it's closed.)

 Then...as you start to open it up...

...and when it's fully open...

Oh my goodness! I had such a great time making this!!! It's like magic :) And it was super duper simple to do! I will definitely be making more peek-a-boo sliders soon :)

Here's one more look:

Also wanted to share a couple of other non-interactive cards I made using the supplies from the March 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kit. I really enjoy using the supplies in the kit, adding some of my own supplies, and putting my own spin on the layouts. Loads of fun!

 

Thanks for visiting!

It's going to be a beautiful day here in CO, so Pepper and I are heading out for a hike!

Have a fantastic week!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: March 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kit (Stampin' Up), sentiment from A Touch Of Ink (Stampin' Up), birds from Color Layering Mountains At The Lake (Hero Arts)

Ink: Cove Blue (Catherine Pooler), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Dies: A2 Layers (Waffle Flower)

Other: March 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kit (Stampin' Up)

Cardstock: Smoky Slate (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Mono Multi Liquid Glue (Tombow) 

 

 

Hope It's Your Best. Day. Ever.

 

Hello there! Today I'm playing along with the current challenge over at The Male Room. My card features a new-to-me stamp set and coordinating punch as well as one of my favorite embossing folders (Note: Supplies are listed at the end of this post.)

Keeping it short and sweet today :)

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a fantastic weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Let's Set Sail (Stampin' Up)

Ink: Cranberry and Peacock (Concord and 9th); Aquatini and Tiara and Icing On The Cake (Catherine Pooler); Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up), Black (Recollections)

Glitter Pen: Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Pen (Nuvo)

Embossing Folder: Pinewood Planks (Stampin' Up)

Punch: Sailboat Builder (Stampin' Up), 5/8" Circle Punch (Recollections)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up)

 
 

You're On My Mind

Popping in for a second time today with a card using this super fun sketch over at The Paper Players Challenge:

My card features the gorgeous Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up and a sentiment from Fresh Air by The Greetery (LOVE that font!). I added some faux stitching to the edges of the card base with a Stitched Rectangle die from Lil' Inker. I also added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies (Stampin' Up) as fun little details---they have a lovely shimmer and shine in person :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a fabulous day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Fresh Air (The Greetery)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Basic White and Soft Succulent (Stampin' Up)

DSP: Flowering Fields 12x12 (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inker)

Embellishments: Brushed Brass Butterflies (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It)

 

Sending Birthday Wishes

 

Happy Friday! Time Out Challenges is celebrating their 8th Birthday, and I love playing along with their challenges, so I absolutely HAD to make a card for this special occasion :)

I LOVE this windmill die set from Stampin' Up! It reminds me of our travels to Denmark, which just makes my heart happy---a beautiful place and incredible people :)

The Luxe Gold specialty cardstock I used made this a little tricky to photograph, but I did my best. The sentiment says "sending birthday wishes" and it's embossed in gold on Early Espresso cardstock.
 

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a great weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamp: sentiment from Wildlife Wonder (Stampin' Up)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: Queen's Gold (Ranger)

Dies: Windmill Fields (Stampin' Up), circle from Burst (Avery Elle), Everyday Sentiment Banners (Lawn Fawn), Basic Set (Mama Elephant)

Cardstock: Basic White and Early Espresso (Stampin' Up)

Specialty Cardstock: Luxe Gold (Papertrey Ink)

Vellum: White (DeNami Design)

Designer Series Paper: Flowering Fields 12x12 (Stampin' Up)

Embellishments: Lily White Mini Brads (Doodlebug Design), Brushed Brass Butterflies (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 1/4" Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Zig 2 Way Glue Pen (Kuretake)