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.