Let's Tear It Up - TGIF Challenges #500

We are celebrating our 500th challenge over at TGIF Challenges with a fun technique...tear it up!  Have you ever created with torn paper?  It's one of the easiest techniques out there that adds so much to any project!

I chose the Winter Meadow Designer Series Paper, with just a little bit of Fresh Freesia from the Subtles Designer Series Paper, and tore some wintery hills for the background.  Don't you just love how the white core of the paper adds a snow covered feel?

I stamped the Peaceful Evergreen trees in Smoky Slate, Fresh Freesia and Misty Moonlight.  These colors were pulled from today's 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge.

Be sure to join along in the fun with our 500th challenge!  We love seeing what everyone is inspired to create!

Happy stamping!

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O Holy Night

Hello and happy Friday friends!  I hope you all had a beautiful Thanksgiving yesterday!  We are officially kicking off the Christmas season over at TGIF Challenges  with a fun Theme Challenge.  What is your favorite Christmas song?

There are so many joyful, beautiful and meaningful Christmas songs I love, but O Holy Night is probably the one I love the most!  The story this song tells is beautiful.

The Night Devine bundle is one that I will hang on to forever!  This bundle brings the true meaning of Christmas to life in whatever project you create with it. Paired up with the gorgeous O Holy Night DSP, I quickly created a beautiful nativity scene using the Night Devine dies.  I stamped the sentiment in Misty Moonlight and fussy cut around the beautiful script. A few golden stars were the only embellishments needed.

As we jump into the craziness that the holiday season can bring, my hope is that we can all take time to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Happy Stamping!

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Merry & Bright Monday

Hello stamping friends!  It's time for another Merry Monday!  I've missed a couple weeks, but I'm getting back on track thanks to this weeks Global Design Project Case the Designer Challenge.

I chose to case the sketch of this card because I love the sweet simplicity of it. And because it was perfect for the Merry & Bright string of lights!

I am all about bold and bright colors for Christmas!  The colorful rainbow of stripes pattern from the Merry Bold & Bright DSP is one of my favorites and was just perfect to peek out behind the string of lights.

How cute are these light bulbs?  I love all of the cute elements and details in the Merry & Brights dies!

Do you love traditional Christmas colors or are you drawn to the bold and bright colors like me?

Happy Stamping!

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Beary Merry Monday Montage

 

Welcome to the latest Monday Montage Blog Hop!  My September-December 2023 Mini Catalog pre-order arrive just in time for a Merry Monday card.  It's never too early to start on Christmas cards, right?!?

The Beary Christmas suite was at the very top of my list when I first looked through the catalog. I love everything about this suite...the stamped images, the coordinating punch, the adorable DSP in fun wintery colors, the glittery sequins...the list goes on and on!

I created a cute fun fold to showcase some of the Beary Christmas DSP.  That cute little polar bear also coordinates with the Beary Cute punch, which makes this suite even better!  And there are so many other cute critters and trees just begging to be fussy cut! A baby bear and Arctic Fox joined the polar bear...because Christmas is better Together!

I embossed the center piece of Balmy Blue with the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder and added a few Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins for some additional wintery texture and glimmer.

What is your favorite suite, bundle or stamp set in the Mini Catalog?  I can't wait to see all of the upcoming creations from everyone!

Check out what the rest of our design team has in store for you this week.  Up next is Cathy of Sugar Shack Designs or you can hop on back to Julie of Creating on the Run.

Thanks for hopping along with us this week!

Happy Stamping!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Happy Wednesday stampin' friends! Even after 30 days of Christmas cards last month, I'm still not ready to put my Christmas stamps and supplies away yet!

This bright and cheerful card was inspired by the latest Global Design Project CASE the Designer.  I love the beautiful flowers on the white background with a bold black and white sentiment!

I added a bit more color to my card, using the ornament pattern from the Celebrate Everything DSP.  I stamped the festive ornaments from Decorated with Happiness in colors to coordinate with the DSP, all hanging from Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce pine branches.  Or maybe they are spruce branches... :)

I used one of my favorite Framed & Festive sentiments, heat embossed on Basic Black, just like Kayla's card.

I still have a few more Christmas cards to finish up, so stay tuned for more!  And hopefully I will have some fun Mini Catalog pre-order projects to share with you soon!

Happy Stamping!

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Filled with Peace & Joy

Happy Friday stampers and welcome to this month's TGIF Challenges Inspiration Challenge!  I don't know about you, but it seems so fitting to have an inspiration challenge focused on comfort and peace on the day after Thanksgiving. As we make our way into a busy time of year, my hope is that your holiday season is filled with peace and joy!

This card came together with bits and pieces from other cards that were still sitting on my desk. I always love putting scraps to good use! I started by running the shiplap piece though the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with the Timber 3D Embossing Folder. I splattered and sponged a little Crumb Cake for just a bit more texture.

I heat embossed the Framed & Festive sentiment in white on Crumb Cake, layering it on top of the shiplap layer.  I tucked a few pieces of Christmas to Remember greenery between the layers, along with some white holly berries.

Next came the big caribou...I love this Reindeer Dies piece!  I die-cut a Crumb Cake and a Soft Suede caribou, then snipped them and glued them together. The hunters in my family approved of this!

I finished the card off with a few wooden snowflake elements from the Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack.  

Wishing you all a happy holiday season, filled with so much peace & joy!

Happy Stamping!

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All Aboard the Santa Express

Happy Tuesday stampers!  Did you all survive Halloween?!?  For those of us who work in schools, the day after Halloween can be crazier than the day of!  Thank a teacher today!

Now that Halloween is over, it's all about Christmas!  It's time for an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge and this one was perfect for the Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack!

You all know by now that fussy cutting is one of my favorite forms of craft-therapy, so I happily snipped out these adorable packages and sentiment from one of the 3" x 4" cards.  Aren't the strips and candy canes cute too?!?  All from the same pack of cards!  I had to add in a little stamping and the presents from Yeti to Party were perfect!

I had so much fun creating this card, that I created 3 more using some of the other Memories & More cards.  Check back tomorrow to see them all!

Happy Stamping!

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What Would You Do...

Welcome to Friday and the latest TGIF Challenges What Would You Do Challenge.  This month we are seeing what everyone will do without black ink.  

If you've been following me for a while, you know that I love any image that I can stamp in Tuxedo Black Memento and color with Stampin' Blends, so this was a bit of a challenge for me.  But when you have a stamp set like Celebrate With Tags that is full of adorable images, it's easy to create something that is full of color!

Anyone else remember the book called The Red Mittens?  Such a sweet little story that inspired these red mittens.  I pulled a couple of my favorite patterns from Sweetest Christmas DSP to add a bit more color and stamped the sentiment in coordinating colors of Garden Green, Pool Party and Sweet Sorbet.

I realized after the fact that I had use the retired Macrame 3D embossing folder to add a little "sweater" feel.  I loved it too much to start over with a different embossing folder.  You'll forgive me, right?!?  

Isn't this tag the cutest?  It gets even cuter when you can open it up with a sweet sentiment on the inside!

It was so fun to use nothing but color for today's card...it's so cheerful and happy!  I can't wait to see what everyone else does without black today!

Happy Stamping!

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Merry Monday Spruced Up Christmas

It may be 80 degrees in the middle of October, but I'm beginning to think about Christmas!  I even told my boys to start working on their lists...maybe for once I'll get a head start on things.  Maybe...

One thing I do know is that I'll have a head start on my Christmas cards!

 

I had some fun with the super cute Spruced Up bundle for this card.  I inked up the larger tree in Shaded Spruce and the smaller tree in Granny Apple Green, cutting them out with the coordinating dies.   Want to know what is so awesome about these dies?!?  In addition to cutting out the image, you also get a fun die-cut outline of the image!  I used the outline of the larger tree to "spruce" things up a bit more.

In addition to the trees, a tiny little Polished Pink present was tucked in with the trees, along with a Polished Pink star on top. A few Sweet Sorbet Season Sequins added just the right amount of bling.

In true Craft-somnia Momma fashion, the sentiment was heat embossed on Pool Party, which went along nicely with the stamped Pool Party Stitched Rectangle.  A Whimsical Woodland 3D card front was the perfect choice for a little touch of texture.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

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Shiny Magical Christmas Moments ~ Control Freaks Blog Hop December 2021

Welcome to our last Control Freaks blog hop of 2021!  We are ending the year on a shiny note...bring you all things sparkly and shiny!  You may just be starting or you may have arrived from the talented Melissa Davies of Rubber Funatics...either way, keep on hopping until you've seen them all!

What do I love the most about the Whimsy & Wonder DSP?!?  All the bits of sparkle and shine, of course!  This paper is so beautiful!  Today's card just about wraps up my Christmas creations for 2021...I think!

I started out by blending little Mint Macaron on a piece of Basic White and added a little splatter of snow with the cute polkadot tree stamp from the Whimsical Trees stamp set.  

I die cut the largest tree from the Mint Macaron pattern of DSP then added some stitched shimmery Polished Pink Shimmer Vellum (say that three times fast!) for a little extra sparkle.  

A few pretty little presents were fussy cut and added with just a bit of the Blushing Bride Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon peaking out from behind.  I simply unraveled a small section of the ribbon to create a fun and whimsical twine!

When you're creating a card that's supposed to be full of sparkle and shine, you have to add a few shimmery vellum stars too.

And to make this card even MORE shiny, I used the silver and white DSP pattern for the card base.  

Next up on the hop is my stamping BFF Wendy Weixler of Wickedly Wonderful Creations!

Thanks for hopping along with us this year!  We can't wait to share more creations with you in the New Year!

Happy Stamping!

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Silver and Gold Christmas

 

Hi friends and welcome to another fabulous Monday Montage blog Hop! Make sure you don't miss a single stop along the way...this hop is packed full of amazing projects!

I can't believe the weekend is over and we're back to Monday again.  The weekends go by way too fast, especially during the holiday season.  I have a box full of new pre-order stamping products sitting on my desk, but after a weekend full of Christmas celebrations, I'm not quite ready to be done with my Christmas creations.

I just recently added the Poinsettia dies to my collection and decided I better put them to use before it's too late!  I cut flowers in all sizes and layered them to create a full, beautiful Very Vanilla bloom.  The leaves were cut from Gold & Rose Metallic Specialty Paper...in gold.  A few sprigs of Balmy Blue were tucked in and some Metallic Mesh Ribbon was looped in for the perfect amount of texture.

A few gold Metallic Pearls dressed up the center of the Poinsettia and a few splatters of gold from the soon to be release Daffodil Daydream stamp set were the perfect addition.  

A bold Merry Christmas sentiment from the Christmas to Remember stamp set was heat embossed in white on Basic Black then fussy cut for the perfect placement. 

Are you singing the song Silver and Gold from the Rudolph movie now?  The song has been stuck in my head since I started creating this card!   Now I want to watch the movie...one of my all time holiday favorites!

Next up on the hop is my friend Cathy...I can't wait to see what she has for us!

Or if you want to take a hop back, check out my stampin' BFF Wendy...you won't be disappointed!

Thanks for hopping along with us!  

Happy Stamping!

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Painted with Love & Joy ~ #TGIFC332

It's Friday and time for an all new TGIF Challenges!  We are jumping into fall with a beautiful color challenge!

These colors have a warm and toasty fall feel to them, but they will also work for some of your favorite Christmas stamp sets as well!  I couldn't wait to ink up the Christmas Season and Christmas to Remember stamp sets in these beautiful colors.

I love all of the sentiments from Christmas to Remember and chose one of my favorites to be the focal point of the card.  I stamped and die-cut the sentiment and started adding bits and pieces and layers from there! Some pinecones, holly and sprigs of greenery were tucked behind the sentiment, as well as a bit of the beautiful Cherry Cobbler & Gold Ribbon.

I love the Painted Christmas DSP, but the colors in the paper didn't quite match up with this weeks color challenge.  So...I created my own DSP with a mix of Christmas Season stamps!  Any one else love to create your own DSP when you can't find one that will work with a project?!?!

I hope you have had a wonderful week and have some fun weekend plans ahead...especially if you get to enjoy a longer holiday weekend!  I know my family plans on making the most of our last weekend before school starts for the year.  Here's to a healthy and in person school year!

Happy Stamping!

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Merry Christmas You Adorable Animals ~ Control Freaks July 2021

Hello and welcome to this months Control Freaks Blog Hop!  This month is all about ANIMALS and I can't wait to see everyone's creations.

Did you just arrive here from the creative Cindy Elam?  I just love her style!  Or maybe you are just starting.  Either way, don't stop until you've hopped all the wary around!

I am sharing a little sneak peek of what's coming in the JulyAugust-December 2021 Mini and SAB Catalogs.  I promise the catalog delay will be worth the wait!  

As soon as I got a sneak peek of he Sweet Stockings Suite, I knew I had to have it!  I am all about cute puppies and kitties, especially when they are peeking out of fun stockings.  And let me tell you...the Sweet Stockings DSP is ADORABLE! I cut a few strips of the fun, multi-colored doodle pattern for the background and added a stitched pattern tag.  The sweet-as-can-be die-cut doggie in the stocking was added, along with a few presents, after coloring them with my Blends, of course!  And the sentiment...isn't it the cutest?!?!  Santa Paws is coming to town!  A little bit of the Pool Party Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and white twine topped the tag and a few Matte Decorative Dots were added for good measure.

August starts our second round of Sale-A-Bration for the year.  This is something new this year and I LOVE it!  Who doesn't love earning FREE stuff?!? The Penguin Playmates DSP coordinates with the Penguin Place bundle and I couldn't resist it!  It is filled with adorable animal images on one side and fun patterns on the flip side.  If you love fussy cutting as much as I do, this pack of DSP is one you'll want to earn for sure!

I fussy cut 3 of my favorite critters and added them to a cool and frosty selection of different DSP patterns and shapes. The sentiments from Penguin Place were heat embossed on some little strips of Just Jade.  I cut bits of them apart to place them across the playful winter scene.  So cute! 

Don't stop here! Hop on over to the marvelous Melissa Stout to see what she has to share today!

Thanks for hopping along with us!

Happy Stamping!

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Mini and SAB catalogs:  Sweet Stockings Suite, Penguin Place Bundle, Penguin Playmates DSP 

So Sparkly

Welcome to an all new Control Freaks Blog Hop!  This month we SO sparkly!!

You may just be joining the hop or you may have gotten here from my stamping BFF Wendy Weixler.  I always love her creations!!

I'm still mourning the loss of my favorite Glimmer Papers, so my cards are a little bit more shiny than sparkly, but that's okay....right?  

Yes, I am still working on Christmas cards. Can I let you in on a little secret???  This is the first time in a while that I have actually sent out some of my handmade cards instead of the quick and easy photo cards.  Thanks to COVID, I've had a bit more time to create this year, but still not quite enough to get all of my cards sent out on time.  It's the thought that counts, right? 

I decided to pull out the Sweetest Time Bundle for my first card. I haven't made much with this bundle, but it's still one of my favorites.  I love the sweet sentiments and pretty images. I went with less traditional Christmas colors and kind of love how this turned out!  I heat embossed each candle with silver, then added a layer of holly and greenery.  I gave it just a touch more of sparkle and shine with some silver holly berries and some bling.

Next ups is a cheerful and fun birthday card using the Stitched Stars dies.  I don't know why I waited so long to use these dies. I LOVE them!  I stuck with the same color combo of Misty Moonlight, Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green and threw in  some bits of Silver Foil.  Kind of simple, but fun, right?  The sentiment comes from A Grand Kid...such a great stamp set!

The sparkly hop doesn't stop here!  Next up is the talented Melissa Davies.  You don't want to  miss what she has to share this month!  Thanks for hopping with us! We are forever grateful for all of you!

Happy Stamping!