Sale-A-Brate the Season

We are Sale-a-Brating over at TGIF Challenges this week and sharing some of our favorite Sale-A-Bration products!  

There are so many awesome products in the January-February Sale-A-Bration offering this year!  I couldn't resist the super cute Pick A Season stamp set.  It's perfect for all of your spring-time creations!

I stamped the tree leaves in Granny Apple Green and filled the tree full of Petunia Pop flowers. Doesn't it just make you happy!

A few clouds fill the sky and a cute little picket fence peeks out from behind the tree.  The sweet sentiment from Heart Shaped was the perfect addition to complete this simple card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

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Handmade Hugs

Rules for art...there are no rules!  This weeks TGIF Challenges Theme Challenge is a fun one!  You have complete freedom to create what ever you want!

It has been forever since I have created anything with the Crafting With You stamp set and coordinating dies.  The easel in the photo inspired me to pull this bundle out to create a cheerful and fun-loving card.

I die cut the paper trimmer and added a cute hand stamped piece of paper to the trimmer.  Did you notice I added both the cutting and scoring blades?!?  And since I love to fussy cut so much, I had to add the little pair of Paper Snips too!

I've had this piece of Friends of the Ocean DSP sitting on my desk since my card class earlier in the month.  It added the perfect pop of extra color and goes along so well with one of my all time favorite colors, Coastal Cabana.

Who will you send a handmade hug to today?

Happy Stamping!

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Note of Thanks from the Heart

Welcome to an all new TGIF Challenges Theme Challenge! We are helping you get a start on your after Christmas Thank You notes.

A Paper Pumpkin alternative from the December 2024 Notes from the Heart Paper Pumpkin kit was perfect for this theme challenge.

I love Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow together...they are just so pretty!  I cut apart one of the envelopes from the kit to die cut a couple of ferns from the add on dies. The envelope was also used from the card front, with a little extra Mossy Meadow blended around the edges.

Thank You was stamped in Blackberry Bliss on one of the sentiment labels provided in the kit.  A few gold Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins helped bring out the gold around the label.

Now my goal is to actually get this Thank You card in the mail!

Happy Stamping!

Cookies for Santa

We are serving up some Christmas Cookies over at TGIF Challenges this week...just in time for Santa's big delivery day!

The Joyful Images Mix & Match Ephemera Pack was full of fun images to help create these cookies and hot cocoa for Santa!

A few Snowy Wonder snowflakes added a bit of wintery cheer.  I'm loving the white snowflakes against the Pretty Peacock background!

A few of the Real Red & White Peppermints were the perfect final touches...Santa will love this card!

Happy Stamping!

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Little Red Sled

Happy Friday friends and welcome to the latest TGIF Challenges Color Challenge!

I'm loving this festive color challenge.  Adding Basic White as a main color always throws me off a bit, but since it's the snowy time of year, it made it a bit easier.

I created a snowy background by cutting stripes of Basic White embossed with the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder.  Thanks to Freshly Made Sketches for a fun sketch this week!

The Basic White background really makes the Real Red sled pop...and it also made it super difficult to photograph in our gloomy, gray weather!  Of course I had to add the ice skates, complete with Real Red laces and gold blades.

The Real Red & White Bakers Twine and the Iridescent Foil Gems helped to complete  the color combo. 

Join in the fun and play along with us!

Happy Stamping!

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Abstract Birthday Wishes

Friday's always mean an all new TGIF Challenges!  This week we have an inspirational abstract image to help get your creativity flowing!  I can't wait to see what everyone is inspired to create!

I love the textured black background with white splatters, so I stared there!  I embossed a piece of Basic Black with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and splattered it with Whisper White ink.

Pulling inspiration from the pinks and golds within the inspiration photo, I die-cut some leafy images using the Textured Floral Dies from Basic White, Petunia Pop and Gold Mercury Vellum.

I nested a few strands of Petunia Pop Boarded Ribbon with just a hint of the Gold Twisted Thread behind the die-cut leaves.

A simple Happy Birthday sentiment from Simply Said stamped in Petunia Pop on Basic White really pops against the Basic Black background.  A few gold Sparkle Gems hidden amongst the leaves add just a bit more shimmer and shine.

What inspiration will you pull from today's challenge?  Be sure to share it with us over at TGIF Challenges.

Happy Stamping!

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Sunshine & Rainbows

Woohoo!  It's Friday and we all know what that means! Time for a new TGIF Challenges Technique Challenge!  This week's challenge is taking me back to my early days of stamping.  It has been FOREVER since I did anything with the chalkboard technique!

I kept my chalkboard piece on the smaller side and pretty simple.  I stamped this sentiment from the Kindest Expressions stamp set in Whisper White craft in and heat embossed it in white.  I used the embossing buddy to add a little chalk dust and added a little Whisper White splatter.

To go along with the sentiment, I used my favorite new die from the Friends for Life dies to create a fun rainbow background.  The fun sunburst image from Light the Sky stamp set was the perfect stamped image to play along!

I hope your weekend is full of sunshine and rainbows and a whole lot of stamping!

Happy Stamping!

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Racing By

Welcome to an all new TGIF Color Challenge!  My creative mind instantly thought of the fun new Racing By stamp set when I saw these colors...must be the boy-mom in me!

I stamped the race cars in Pumpkin Pie and Azure Afternoon, complete with Basic Gray drivers!

A couple strips of Basic Gray 6 X 6 DSP worked perfectly for a mini drag strip for the cars.  I stamped the racing flags in an alternating pattern in between for just a bit more color.

A blue ribbon was the only embellishment needed for this speedy birthday wish!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you'll play along with this weeks challenge!

Happy Stamping!

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Pocket Full of Zinnia's

I've got a pocket, a pocket full of Zinnia's...and they are all for this week's TGIF Challenges Technique Challenge!  

Inspired by both this weeks challenge and the seed packets from all of the Zinnia's I just planted, I have a pocket full of cheerful flowers to share with you today!

The Simply Zinnia dies are so, so pretty...especially if you love to build your own bouquet of flowers. I cut three Crushed Curry Zinnia's, along with a couple Petal Pink baby blooms and a few little sprigs of Whisper white mini blooms and tucked them all inside one of the new Pocket Dies pocket.   I went with a slim-line design to accommodate all of the beautiful blooms!

I stamped the single Zinnia Floral image in Crumb Cake on the Crumb Cake pocket, just like my seed packets.  A double loop of white Baker's Twine bundled the blooms together and a sweet little Thank You sentiment finished the card off.  Oh, and I can't forget the Brushed Brass Butterflies!

I can't wait to see how all of you are inspired to use a pocket!

Happy Stamping!

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Nature's Birthday Sweetness

Welcome to the first TGIF Challenges Color Challenge of 2024.  We have the perfect color combo to celebrate the New Year and all of the celebrations to come this year!

I love to build up my birthday card stash at the beginning of the year, so I took this challenge as a fun opportunity to play with one of my favorite suites in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog.

Nature's Sweetness DSP is full of beautiful patterns with gold mixed in, which was perfect for this challenge.  I heat embossed a Basic Black Deckled Circle as well as the sentiment to bring in some silver, as well as a couple of little Notes of Nature Flowers.

I pulled the gold strands of thread from the Gold & Vanilla Ribbon to tuck behind the  almond tree branch and added a few silver Festive Pearls. Now...who will be the lucky recipient of this card this year?!?

Happy Stamping!

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#TGIFC110 Color Challenge! Bermuda Bay, Peekaboo Peach and Basic Black!

Happy Friday stampin' friends!

I made it through my first week at my new job and I'm pretty sure I'm going to love it!  Everyone has been so kind and welcoming!  Being at home with my boys after school and not working is pretty awesome.  And having time to stamp in the mornings is just the best thing ever!

I had time create a card for today's  TGIF Color Challenge using the new At Home with You stamp set...there are so many possibilities with this stamp set and coordinating framelits!

 

Aren't these colors amazing together!  I would have never though to put them together, but I LOVE them!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Peekaboo Peach, Wood Textures DSP

Ink ~ Basic Black, Peekaboo Peach, Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate, Old Olive

Stamp Set ~ At Home with You

Other Supplies ~ At Home Framelits, Brick Wall Embossing Folder

 

Thank you for stopping by today!

 

Be sure to stop by TGIF Challenges and play along with us!

 

Happy Stamping!

#TGIFC104 Polka Dot Inspiration!

Happy Friday stampers! 

We're all seeing dots at TGIF Challenges!  Polka Dots!
I always forgot just how cute polka dots make everything!

My youngest had surgery yesterday, so my creativity levels were a little low.  Lucky for me, I just got my box full of the new Eastern Palace Suite products, which include a few of the NEW In-Colors!  I love how quickly this card came together! 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Fresh Fig

Ink ~ Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Tranquil Tide

Stamp Set ~ Eastern Beauty

Other Supplies ~ Eastern Medallions, 1" Circle Punch, Metallic Enamel Shapes

 

Be sure to head on over to TGIF Challenges and check out the rest of the amazing design team creations and be sure to play along!

 

Happy Stamping!

 

 



#TGIF103 Sketch Challenge

Hello stampin' friends!

 

Can I just say that I am so darn happy that it's Friday?!?! It has been one crazy week, which got even crazier yesterday when we discovered my youngest has to have a hernia repair surgery next week :-(

 

Thank goodness I have this weeks TGIF Challenge to take my mind off of things!  We have a fun sketch for everyone to play along with this week!

 

 

Coloring in any form is always relaxing for me, so I reached for the Birthday Blooms stamp set and broke out my Aqua Painters and got to work!

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink ~ Basic Black, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Crushed Curry,Versa Mark

Stamp Sets ~ Birthday Blooms, Crazy About You

Other Supplies ~ White Embossing Powder

 

Be sure to join in the fun and play along with all of us!

 

Happy Stamping!

 



#TGIFC102 - Color Challenge!

Happy Friday stamping friends!

 

It's time for an all new TGIF Challenge and this week we have a pretty color challenge for you!

Given the fact that I seem to be running behind in every aspect of life at the moment, I decided to get a head start on my Mother's Day cards now so I'm not scrambling a day or two before to get them done and mailed out!

The Succulent Garden suite is perfect for this color challenge and made for a pretty Mother's Day card.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Tip Top Taupe, Succulent Garden DSP

Ink ~ Sweet Sugarplum, Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron

Stamp Set ~ Oh So Succulent

Other Supplies ~ Layering Circles Framelits, Succulents Framelits Dies, Lace Doilies

 

I absolutely LOVE this suite and hope it is here to stay!

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team creations and don't forget to play along with us!

 

Happy Stamping!

 



#tgifc100 Designer Inspiration - Mercedes Weber

We have something fun to celebrate at #TGIF Challenges!!!

 100 Challenges!

I am honored to be a part of this amazingly talented group of designers and pull so much inspiration from all of them each week!

To celebrate and commemorate our milestone event, we decided to highlight the founder of our challenges - the fabulously talented

MERCEDES WEBER!!!

Mercedes has been a source of inspiration for me for-EVER!  Her talent is seriously amazing!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pear Pizzazz, Peekaboo Peach, Whisper White, Fruit Stand DSP

Ink ~ Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizzazz, Watermelon Wonder, Fli

rty Flamingo, Basic Black

Stamp Set ~ Fresh Fruit

Other Supplies ~ Layering Circles Framelits, Linen Thread

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design teams creations and visit Mercedes blog for some inspiration of your own!

 

Here is a list of all of the designers participating today:

 

Carolynn Sander

Marisa Gunn

Rochelle Blok 

Elizabeth Price

Sue Plote

Holly Stene

Breelin Renwick

Ashley Van Camp

Andrea Tracy-Tucker 

Cathy Caines

Melissa Stout

 

Happy Stamping!

 



#TGIFC98 ~ Hello Sunshine

Happy Friday friends!!!

 

Not only is Friday the beginning of the weekend, but it's also an awesome day in the world of stamping because it's time for an all new TGIF Challenge and this week we have a sketch for you to play with!

 

We are still battling gray skies and rain, so I'm bringing a little sunshine to you today!

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Pop of Pink DSP, Basic Black

Ink ~ Crushed Curry, Basic Black

Stamp Sets ~ Definitely Dahlia, Endless Birthday Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Sunshine Wishes Thinlits, Stylish Stems Framelits, Rhinestone Basics

 

I hope your weekend is filled with sunshine!

 

Happy Stamping!



#TGIFC97 Color Challenge

Happy Friday stampers!  We made it through another week and we are on to the weekend!  I am super excited for this weekend for many reasons, but the one thing I am most excited about is the start of spring baseball!!!  I have been longing for these days since fall baseball ended in October and am so happy to be, once again, filling up my car with bats, mitts cleats and sweaty boys!

But, before we get to baseball, we have some fun colors to share with you today at TGIF Challenges.  I love these colors...so fun and cheerful!

 

I decided to break out an old forgotten stamp set to make this card.  I love how quickly you can put a card together with this stamp set AND have it turn out so cute!

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Silver Glimmer

Ink ~ Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay, So Saffron, Smoky Slate

Stamp Set ~ Build a Birthday

Other Supplies ~ Perfect Pines Framelits (big star), Confetti Stars Border Punch, Bermuda Bay Bakers Twine

 

Start your Friday off right and come play along with us at TGIF Challenges!  We love to see what you are inspired to create!

 

Happy Stamping!



#tgifc96 Designer Spotlight Bibi Cameron

Happy Friday friends and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge!

Today we are spotlighting Bibi Cameron and all of her awesomeness!.


I didn't have the opportunity to be on a part of the TGIF design team with Bibi, but she provided so much inspiration while she was a part of the team!  She has amazing talent that inspires everyone!
This sentiment seemed to be very fitting as we wish Bibi well in her next creative adventure!  This card was inspired by one of her creations...

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Ink ~ Real Red, Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Marina Mist, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Night of Navy

Stamp Sets ~ High Tide, Gorgeous Grunge

Other Supplies ~ Night of Navy Bakers Twine

 

The added banner using the stamp from Gorgeous Grunge was the brilliant idea I cased from one of Bibi's creations found HERE.

 

Be sure to check out how our design team spotlighted Bibi!  Then it's your turn to show us how you were inspired!

 

Happy Stamping!

 



Baby Birds of a Feather ~ #tgifc95

Happy Friday stamping friends!

 

It's time for an all new TGIF Inspiration Challenge and this week it's for the birds :-) 

 

Birds of a Feather is the theme and this cute image had me thinking of a baby card right away!

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Tip Top Taupe

Ink ~ Pool Party, Delightful Dijon, Flirty Flamingo

Stamp Set ~ Swirly Bird, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Swirly Scribbles Thinlits

 

Now I just need a mommy to be to give this card to! Who will be my next friend to have a sweet baby?!?

 

I hope you all have a fabulous Friday!

 

Happy Stamping!