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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Yeti Winter Wishes

It's Tuesday and time for an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge.  I love this color combo...it has a wintery-cool feel, which was perfect for the new Yeti to Party Stamp set.

I stamped a mountain scene, coloring them in fun shades of Orchid Oasis, Highland Heather and Pool Party.  (Why don't we have Coastal Cabana Stampin' Blends?!?!) The Whimsical Woodland 3D embossing folder created the perfect Coastal Cabana background for this coffee-drinking Yeti!

A Wonderful Snowflake(s) and a few 2021-2023 In-Color Opal Rounds were the only extra embellishing needed.

I am far from Yeti for winter, but this awesome color combo is one I will keep in mind as I create more wintery projects over the next few months!

Join in the fun and share your colorful creation with us!

Happy Stamping!

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Camping Season ~ Monday Montage Blog Hop

 

Welcome to another fabulous Monday Montage Blog Hop!  We are here this holiday weekend to share more of our creative projects with all of you...so hop along and enjoy!

It's camping season for our family, which inspired this Christmas campout scene with the adorable new Trees for Sale Stamp set and coordinating Sale-A-Bration Tree Lot Dies.

Most of our camping takes place in the mountains, so a Mountain Air {stamp set} mountain range seemed fitting.  I stamped the mountains in Pacific Point, layering them on a Pacific Point Stylish Shapes circle.

Some pine trees in shades of Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce were tucked in behind a Pool Party and Whisper White camper.  I dressed the camper up just a bit with a cute little wreath.  A few Whisper White snowflakes gave the card a bit more of a winter feel and the Polished Pink sentiment tied all of the colors from the polka dot Celebrate Everything DSP.  So cute!

As I mentioned earlier, most of our camping takes place in the mountains, but this summer we are camping near the baseball fields as my youngest plays his way though the Allstar games.  Not quite the same as the mountains, but beats staying in a hotel any day!

Check out the next stop in the hop, or hop on back to the previous stop.  Either way, close the loop and check them all out!

Happy Stamping!

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Holly Jolly July

 It's the most wonderful time of the summer...Christmas in July!

The July-December catalog is here and FULL of some many festive products to meet all of your fall and holiday creative needs!

I love to hoard collect DSP...I know I'm not alone in this!  I fell in love with the Celebrate Everything DSP as soon as I saw it.  The patterns and colors leave you with endless creative possibilities.

I paired this bright and cheerful pattern up with Christmas to Remember and Christmas Season stamp sets and coordinating dies.  I wasn't sure about the Polished Pink sentiment with the Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce and Poppy Parade greenery, but I quickly discovered a fun new holiday color combo!  A few Basic Black splatters in the background, a bit of Parakeet Party Metallic Woven Ribbon and a few Iridescent Rhinestones finished the card off.

This sweet and simple layout came from the latest Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  They never let me down when I needed a little help getting started on a project!

I am officially on summer break for the next 7 weeks, so I hope to be back more frequently with some fun projects to share with all of you!

Happy Stamping!

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Happy Camper Christmas

Welcome to another fun and fabulous TGIF Challenges! This week we are playing with the Tone on Tone technique.

My original plan was to do something along the monochromatic lines, but after unboxing the adorable Trees for Sale stamp set and coordinating Sale-a-Bration Tree Lot Dies, I came up with a new game plan!

I started by creating a Pool Party sky with the Blending Brushes, adding some Pool Party snow flakes.  Next came a wintery Smoky Slate ground, complete with a cute little Smoky Slate pup and paw prints!

The trees were stamped in Granny Apple Green on Granny Apple Green and tucked behind the cutest little Polished Pink camper! And I can't forget the string of lights...all tone on tone, of course.

This was such a fun challenge to use these adorable soon-to-be-available products with!  I can't wait to see what everyone else has in store with this Tone on Tone Technique.

Happy Stamping!

Gnomest Warm Wishes ~ Monday Montage Blog Hop

Welcome to our Monday Montage Blog Hop.  Did you just arrive from the talented Wendy of Wickedly Wonderful Creations or are you just getting started?  Either way, make sure you hop all the way through!

We have yet to even seen some summer weather, so it's kind of hard to think about creating for Christmas.  But these adorable Kindest Gnomes makes it much easier.  I'm not really for full on Christmas, but a cute wintery scene will work!

I love the stamped images that you can color in this stamp set, but the coordinating dies that help build a gnome are pretty darn cute!

I used my Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends to create a watercolor effect for the gnomes hat. I love the blended look of the trees in the Storybook Gnomes DSP and wanted to create something similar for the hat.

This festive little guy comes together in a hurry with his beard, shoes and nose...along with the hat of course.  I tucked a Wonderful Snowflake behind a piece of cecum to soften things up a bit.  A simple embossed sentiment and a fussy cut tree were all that were needed to complete this card.  I can't wait to showcase this card in my Christmas in July class!

Next up is the happy camper, Cathy of Sugar Shack Designs.  You're going to love what she made!

Happy Stamping!