TGIF 100 Designer Spotlight Mercedes Weber

Friday! Friday! Friday is my favorite day, YAY! We are celebrating 60 MPH gusts out here on the plains! They had initially talked about getting our first severe storms of the year last night but that apparently blew right past us and went into Nebraska! The snow has so far skipped us but we are getting rain, and we so NEED it!

TGIF Challenges is celebrating #100!! We are on our 100th challenge and what better that to celebrate our creator, Mercedes Weber!

Get full Challenge Details by clicking here

Being new to the team I really wasn't sure where to go with the card for this particular challenge. Mercedes really has no particular trademark style because anything that she creates is amazing. In doing some research I decided that I wanted something soft yet simple. 

The card started with a Soft Sky Butterfly adorned with Basic Pearls that I colored with a gold sharpie marker. My cute little gold dots were created using the Playful Background set and then heat embossed using Versamark, Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and Heat Tool. Once I did this to the Very Vanilla tag I decided I should add a bit of it onto the Falling In Love DSP! The Tag has a nice piece of the Gold Satin Ribbon with a Metallic Gold Thread bow. You will also notice the thread behind the Butterfly. I chose "Thank You" from the Thoughtful Banner set because I really can't thank Mercedes enough for giving me this opportunity to be on this design team! It too is heat embossed in gold on a accent piece of Sahara Sand. I made this cuter little banner using the Classic Label Punch!

Thank you so much for stopping in! Until next time

Product List

Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Bundle [142330]	Playful Backgrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set [141920]	Falling In Love Designer Series Paper [142788]	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131198]	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203]
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324]	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]	Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon [134547]	Gold Metallic Thread [138401]
Heat Tool [129056]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Big Shot [143263]
Precision Base Plate [139684]	Big Shot Die Brush [140603]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Stamp Ink Paper 80 Card-makers Choice

Happy New Year!!! I decided when my creative obligations took a hiatus for the winter holidays, so did I! We had a fairly low key Christmas with some wacky weather. The kid's have been entertaining themselves with all of their new loot! New Year's Eve was rather eventful when Troy and I had to make a 3 hour drive to Denver to take our oldest to the hospital to have his appendix removed! So needless to say our 2016 went out with a bang and we started our new year with one less appendix in the family!

To kick off 2017 Stamp Ink Paper has a easy challenge for you! Make a card using your favorite Stamp, Ink and Papers! Let me show you what I have made for you!

Click Here For Challenge Details

My card is a base of Very Vanilla. I have matted my Crumb Cake stamped layer with Blushing Bride.
You will notice my cute little lace detail in Crumb Cake ink on the side. That is a fabulous set you can earn for free with a $50 dollar purchase from Stampin' Up! starting on January 4th! It is called Delicate Details and I just that it is a photopolymer set. The Stitched Satin Blushing Bride Ribbon was just the right touch. My fabulous Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper Butterfly coordinates amazingly with my stitched circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits in the Falling In Love Designer series paper. I, of course layered this onto one of the scalloped circles from the Layering Circles also cut out of the Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper. A few basic rhinestones and this card was set!

Thank You so much for stopping by! All items used to make this card are listed below!
I can't wait to see what you make!

Product List

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set [138816]	Butterflies Thinlits Dies [137360]	Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set [143314]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975]
Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper [140550]	Blushing Bride 3/8" (1 Cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon [141692]	Falling In Love Designer Series Paper [142788]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705]
Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]	Big Shot [143263]	Precision Base Plate [139684]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

The Paper Craft Crew 204 Sketch Challenge

Wednesday!!! We are almost over the hump! I got the kids all registered yesterday at school! I still can't believe that my oldest will be in middle school!

This week at Paper Craft Crew we have a fun sketch for you to

Play along with!! I kind of ran wild with this sketch but as soon as I figured out in my head what I was doing it really did come together nicely!

So the muse for this card as it came together was the Serene Scenery DSP! It has a lovely aqua wood sheet that I really can't get enough of! I added to the wood using the Timeless Textures distressed wood like stamp using Bermuda Bay Ink! This too is what color the base of my card is. I then did a matte of Pool Party to coordinate with the DSP. The Whisper White is stamped using the Touches of Texture with Crumb Cake ink,Timeless Textures in Pool Party and Bermuda Bay. I also used the same colors on my Gina Marie Stitched Banner! Although, the Pool Party is heat embossed (I have a stash of retired embossing powders) and a I sprayed some Heidi Swapp White Color Shine to give it a shimmer. Before adhering the banner to the card I ran a strip of the burlap down the edge of my DSP. I then used some Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the banner to the card. The Gold Foil Butterfly was the perfect touch on this card! I really wish Stampin' Up! would have some more word thinlits! The Hope is from the Sunshine Wishes set. I cut this from Bermuda Bay Card stock and made it sparkle using Clear Wink of Stella! I couldn't leave this card alone, so added some Pretty Pink Posh Sequins!

Thank You so much for stopping in! I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

OSAT Tic Tac Toe Blog Hop

Guess what day it is?? It is the second Thursday of the month and we should all know what that means... OSAT Blog Hop time! Huge shout out to all of my Stampin' Up! Friends at OnStage! I am kind of jealous! Everyone's taxes done? If not, you better get on that! Did you get to me by way of Renee Ondrajka, welcome!! 

This month we decided to play a friendly game of Tic Tac Toe! What better a game to play with all my stamping friends??

My three in a row is accomplished Lace, Glitter Pen and Ribbon! I killed two birds with one stone using lace ribbon! 

Isn't this fabulous?? It started with base of Mint Macaron and quickly came together with a Watermelon Wonder matte. The lovely DSP is from our 6 x 6 stack Pretty Petals! I just love the color combos on this stack so I hope it gets to stick around! The Wood Tag... I know I find all the good stuff!! I stumbled on these on Zulily! There are so cool and cute! I stamped on this using our Basic Black Archival ink, brushed Clear Wink of Stella and simply tied a big bow in the Mint Macaron Lace Ribbon! I adhered this with some Foam Mounting tape because I wasn't sure the Dimensionals were strong enough for the wood! My cute flowers I stamped in Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder and Basic Black! The It's My Party enamel dots made great flower centers! To top this pretty little thing off I added some lovely Pretty Pink Posh Sequins in Sparkly Clear and Onyx! 

Here is a closer look at the clear Wink of Stella on the black!!!

My husband would probably tell you that I am hoarder! But this awesome little 7 Gypsies tray has been hanging out in my craft stash for over a year! I have cupboard full of things to do for gifts or craft fairs. When I opened it looking for something to do as my project this month, this spoke to me!

I used coordinating paper from the Pretty Petals DSP stack! I simply trimmed them all to fit in each little nook and adhered the paper using Liquid Multipurpose Glue! I used our Butterfly Thinlits to cut out my butterfly and adhered it to velum using spray adhesive! Once I adhered it I fussy cut the velum, added Clear Wink of Stella and popped on a cute in-color flower to coordinate with my "love"sentiment that is also Watermelon Wonder!

Thank You so much for taking a look! Make sure you click next to tour the whole hop! I am sure my crazy cave dwelling crafty cohort Dena Rekow has created something oh so lovely!!

Dena Rekow

Have a great Day!

If you get lost along the way here is a list of our hoppers!

• Martie Pollard - http://craftybandit.com/welcome/2016/4/14/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe/1
• Anna Smith - http://www.scrappingstampingandstuff.com/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe/
• Melissa Davies - http://rubberfunatics.blogspot.com/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html 
• Elizabeth Jeanne - http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2016/04/14/tic-tac-toe-blop-hop-with-one-stamp-at-a-time
• Lea Denton - http://www.thecraftyspark.co.uk/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html
• Wynne Grob - http://cropsscissorspaper.blogspot.com/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html 
• Alisa Tilsner - http://wp.me/p51aTO-1w5
• Tina Riddle - http://www.tinascropshop.com/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html
• Marisa Gunn - http://dzinesbymeg.typepad.com/dzines_by_meg/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html  
• Lori Mueller -- http://www.stampindreams.com/my-blog/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-plays-tic-tac-toe.html 
• Sara Levin - http://theartfulinker.com/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe/
• Pam Tetreault - http://airbornewifestamping.blogspot.com/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe-youre-so.html
• Renee Ondrajka - http://stampinwithrenee.blogspot.com/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html 
• Andrea Tracy-Tucker - http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2016/04/osat-tic-tac-toe-blog-hop.html You are here!!!!
• Dena Rekow- http://www.thecreativitycave.com/my_weblog/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html
• Justin Krieger - http://wp.me/p5dZez-5hd
• Jeanna Bohanon - bit.ly/1RSidvf
• Maria Willis - http://cardbomb.blogspot.com/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html
• Kim Smith - http://craftingbuddy.blogspot.com/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html
• Edna Marie- http://inkspirationswithedna.blogspot.com/2016/04/osat-blog-hop-tic-tac-toe.html

Fab Friday 82 Color Challenge

Hey guys! Happy Friday and all is starting to look up here at that Tucker house!

Taryn seems to be on the mend but still has a nasty cough! The horse is out on pasture today with all of her pony pals... All in all things are looking up!

I was so excited to see the new challenge for Fab Friday this week! I love to use the Subtle colors and this just fed into my addiction! I can't wait to show you what I came up with!

Click Here for All Challenge Details

This beauty started with a lovely base of Blushing Bride card stock. I chose to use Crumb Cake as a neutral to matte my Mint Macaron Hard Wood stamped Very Vanilla. I also made the strip across with Crumb Cake and added the Mint Macaron Dotted Lace trim at the bottom. I folded our doily just over the edge and adhered it to my card with my adhesive runner. I knew that I somehow needed to incorporate the Pool Party. Fortunately I still have both the Blushing Bride and Pool Party embossing powders! They sure came in handy on this card. I used the Butterfly Basics stamp set and stamped the butterflies using Versamark ink. Then,(Obviously) I heat embossed butterflies in Blushing Bride and Pool Party on the Very Vanilla card stock.  The Big Shot with magnetic base got to come out and cut out these lovelies! I attached them to my card using Stampin' Dimensionals! Now, what is a card without a sentiment? The Expression Natural Elements Celebrate was the perfect to make this card! I adhered this using our great Fine Tip Glue Pen... My finale? Sequins of course!!! I used Pretty Pink Posh Sparkly Clear and the Blushing Bride ones from the embellishment kit in the Occasions catalog!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a Fabulous week!

OSAT Blog Hop Designers Choice

Welcome back to the September OSAT Blog Hop! I am so glad you stopped by this month because it is a Designers Choice! Did I mention we have some new hoppers with us this month??  Make sure you stop by Dena, Renee, Maria, Raquelle and Jeanna's blog and welcome! I am so tickled to have these ladies on our hop with us! I must say Andrea totally knocked it out of the park this month! I just love her work! We have all worked really hard to put together an amazing hop for you so let's get to it!

I am so excited about my creations this hop... Color wise it is totally outside of my comfort zone!

The card started with a bright base of Watermelon Wonder card stock. I then did a matte in Basic Black to coordinate with tag! The Whisper White is stamped using the sadly retired I Love Lace background stamp in the new In Color Mint Macaron. I softly daubed the edges of this layer with the Mint Macaron as well. The sentiment is from the Friendly Wishes set. I stamped this using Versamark ink then heat embossed Stampin' Emboss White Emboss powder on my favorite Chalk Tag framelit. I then accented the tag with flower embellishments in Mint Macaron and Watermelon Wonder. I added the Watermelon Wonder tag behind the black to really make it pop! Then I finished it off with the Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Bow!

My project of course had to coordinate! I cut the pieces used to make the Curvy Keepsake box. Before putting things together I decided to stamp the Whisper White with I Love Lace in Mint Macaron and again daubed the edges. As I put this box together I was thinking that it kind of look like a little sachet. My butterfly I did the clear embossing powder in two layers as I have before to give it that shiny look. I also accented the butterfly with a in color flower and a Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Bow!

Phew!!! Done! Feel free to ask questions! Don't forget to tour the whole hop!

Next is my #CBF Over-AchiEva! I am sure she is going to have some seriously cute creations!

Enjoy!

Eva Bussom 
Ginger 
Martie 
Elizabeth Jeanne
Amanda Bodine
Megan
Wynne
Lori Mueller
Dena Rekow
Renee Ondrajka 
Tina Riddle
Diane Squires 
Maria Willis 
Raquelle Clifton
Jeanna Bohanon 
Terri Takashige
Kim Smith 
Maggie
Marisa 
Holly
Andrea P  You came from here!
Andrea T. You are Here!!