Seas the Day

The March Class At Home featured the Seas the Day bundle. I LOVE the ocean. This set was one that was easy for me to know I had to purchase and get creating! I have plans to create a few more projects with this set but I have taken on some extra responsibilities at school for the next couple of weeks which will require more time outside of the school day. So, we will see if I am able to get some more done.

I did some block and marker stamping to create this card. 

Driving By

This cute little car set will look fabulous no matter what colors you use. Driving By was only available during Sale-a-bration but I think several last minute orders have been delivered in last couple of days and why not still stamp with a fun set? 

I wanted some more masculine cards so I chose the color palette of Pumpkin Pie, Pale Papaya and Basic Black. I used the Birch background on this first card. It felt like the road to me. The bug has some presents on the top of it on the stamp. I used a post it not to cover them and then inked up the stamp. I then removed the post it note and stamped the image on my cardstock.

Queen Anne's Lace

Every week for my weekly e-newsletter I create a color combination. Many I find off Pinterest, some from other challenges I see, so from items others have created and others from clothing and the things around me. I'm not sure where this one came from but I love the playfulness of this set of colors. 

On Saturdays, I share these colors on my Facebook page. When I shared this one, someone asked me to share some examples of this color combination. I will admit that I don't always use the color combinations that I share. I would like to but time just doesn't allow me to complete all of them. I had that day fairly free so I pulled the colors and a stamp set I haven't used yet and here are my creations!

Driving By Scrapbook Pages

How about these pages? I think they turned out so adorable! The Sunshine & Rainbows designer series paper brings me so much delight! The bright colors are so happy and fun.

The clouds were fussy cut from one of the pieces of paper from the pack and then adhered with dimensionals. The cars were fussy cut out after they were stamped. My bus was stamped on Basic White cardstock and then again on the rainbow paper. Both were fussy cut. I only cut the bottom portion of the van from the rainbow paper and adhered that to the top of the Basic White van.

The rainbow was also fussy cut. The corvette had balloons on it that I just didn't cut out after it was stamped. The ribbon on the bottom is wrapped around the edges. I then made a bow and added it to the top of the ribbon. The squares on the bottom are 2" square. This is a fun way to show lots of designs of the paper. 

I really like this patch work quilt look for using those 6" x 6" packs of designer series papers. You get to use so many of the patterns too! 

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Driving By Cling Stamp Set (English)

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Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

[159231]

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

Sunshine & Rainbows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[158126]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

Magenta Madness Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153106]

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154892]

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154897]

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154843]

Magenta Madness 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon

[153623]

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Nuts About Squirrels

I'm not sure I ever thought squirrels were cute but they can do some cute things. I remember a vacation that we took many years ago. We were hiking in Zion National Park in Utah. We sat down for a few moments and left a backpack on the seat. The next thing we knew, a squirrel had climbed into the backpack. When it poked its head out, he was pretty cute. 

The squirrels in this set really are cute! The Soft Sea Foam card base was stamped with Soft Sea Foam ink and the greeting "Nuts about you!" many times. The squirrel was fussy cut. I have to admit that I really thought there was a punch that went with this set when I designed this card and was really bummed when I couldn't find the punch in my stash. I took to the catalog and realized I was mistaken. Oops!

Awesome Otters

Did you get the Awesome Otter set from Sale-a-bration? I think these guys are so stinkin' cute. I knew I wanted them. I got them right away and then didn't take the time to create anything with them. The full-time job really puts a damper on all the fun things in life! 😁

I created a water colored background for this cutie by putting Pool Party ink on my largest water painter and adding to the Basic White cardstock. Notice I did not fill the whole card or make a huge area for him to swim. I think that helps keep this card simple.

Forever Fern

The Forever Fern stamp set is a Distinktive stamp set. This means that the way the rubber was etched, the image looks more realistic with more depth and dimension in a single stamp. You can see that on these images. I didn't do anything special to these images. I inked up the rubber and stamped them.

The card base here is Evening Evergreen with Soft Succulent accents and just a touch of Blackberry Bliss. I did use the coordinating dies for the Soft Succulent and Blackberry Bliss "ferns". The background is embossed with Timeworn embossing folder.

Peaceful Deer

Peaceful Deer is a fun set to tease my dad and brother with. You see, they are deer hunters and haven't gotten a deer a while so I told them that I had gotten more than one deer. I don't think they thought I was funny when I showed them my deer but I sure enjoyed it!

The base color is Crumb Cake. The designer series paper is called Peaceful Prints. It was only available during sale-a-bration last fall. I think I hoarded this paper so it's time to get some of it cut and on cards and scrapbooks!

Sweet Talk Scrapbook Pages

This paper is so perfect for Valentine's day or love or anything special. I didn't want to invest in the coordinating stamp and die set because I didn't think I would use it very much so I just purchased the Sweet Talk paper. 

Chevron Simply Marbleous

The Simply Marbleous designer series paper is one of my favorite papers. The one side looks like a satin and the other a marble slab. Both are so pretty and vibrant. I liked both sides so much, I decided to play with a technique called chevron quilt. 

On the Horizon

On the Horizon spoke to me as soon as I saw it. I knew I needed this stamp set, dies and paper so that I could make some great cards with it. I like this bundle so much I did feature it for a Class At Home in January. Here are the cards that were part of that class

This card uses the whole bundle. Isn't that fence just too much? It is adhered to the tag in such a way that it looks like it is coming off the page. 

Beautiful Moments

This stamp set reminds me of my girls. My girls aren't this little any longer but I remember when they were like it was yesterday. Where does the time go? 

The card base is Flirty Flamingo with Night of Navy and Just Jade. The Night of Navy layer is embossed with the Timeworn folder. The image was colored with blends. Oh to be on the ocean...I'm dreaming!

Perfectly Plaid

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love the sights, sounds, smells, people, and feelings that are associated with that time of the year. I think that is why I love making Christmas cards all. year long. It helps me keep all those special things in the fore front of my mind all year long.

I have had a lot of fun creating with Perfectly Plaid over the course of it's tenure in the Stampin' Up! line up. The bright color of Granny Apple Green paired with Basic Black makes for a startling contrast. The Basic Black is embossed with Evergreen Forest embossing folder. 

Friendly Hello Scrapbook Pages

Scrapbook pages can be challenging and I love it! To me it is fun to try to figure out how to use a stamp set and papers to make pages to put some pictures on. This set of pages wasn't too difficult.

The Friendly Hello bundle was great fun to play with. The bright colors of the papers are just up my alley. 

Friendly Hello

While I know that sale-a-bration is over for this round, many of you are still receiving your last orders and may want more inspiration so here is some more cards using the Friendly Hello bundle. 

This bird is so pretty. I think he looks fabulous in any color but here are three colors. I colored him with Pool Party blends. The flowers were colored with Fresh Freesia. There is nothing super fancy about this card but I really like how it turned out. You don't have to do super fancy or even fancy to have a fantastic card. 

Sweet Ice Cream

YUM! Who's ready for some warm weather and ice cream? I guess we don't have to wait for the warm weather, let's get together and have some ice cream. I made my own!

I started with Pool Party card base. The Basic White layer was stamped first and then embossed with Hammered embossing folder. The designer series paper is Simply Marbleous which just retired at the end of February with the end of sale-a-bration. Although, you might be like me and still have an order coming! The ice cream has Wink of Stella all over. So pretty!

Frosted Gingerbread

You may remember that I made a few other cards with the suite of Frosted Gingerbread. I decided to play with this set and dies but not the designer series paper. I find that when there is designer series paper with a bundle, I get stuck with using the colors in the papers and not looking beyond. I put the papers away and pulled out some other colors and got busy. 

This card starts with thick Basic White as the base. The Balmy Blue layer was embossed with the snowflake fold from Wintry embossing folders. I also stamped the border on the right side. The snowflakes were stamped with Balmy Blue ink and one in Night of Navy. The Night of Navy snowflake was die cut and added to the panel with dimensionals.

Snow Much Fun Scrapbook Pages

Well, I'm over winter! I'm ready for spring and sun and heat and soccer and...BUT I still have this awesome set of scrapbook pages to share with you! 

This set of pages really sparkles and shines but I didn't capture that in the pictures. 

Biggest Wish

Biggest Wishes has got to be everyone's favorite greeting set! It comes with both block letter words and scripted words. They work great together.

I started with a base of Night of Navy. The designer series paper is from the hostess pack of papers called Pattern Party. I died cut two tags and stamped the greeting on one of them. I adhered the tags together and added some denim ribbon at the top. The tags were added to the front of the card with dimensionals.

Quiet Meadow

Quiet Meadow was a focus for on of my Class to Go class (now called Class at Home). These were the cards that was part of that class. 

This first card is a fairly simple card to create. I used the Petal Pink and Soft Sea Foam blends to color the flower.