TGIF Challenges 143 Awesome Friends

TGIF!!! For real, do you ever have one of those weeks where you feel like your head is just in a constant state of spinning. That was this week and I hit my max yesterday with after school club, dance and an accountability committee all at the same time... I was 7 minutes late to the meeting, it couldn't be prevented and it really isn't going to change on Thursdays it seems because with the boys doing wrestling and Taryn doing dance it is just going to be crazier! I guess I should just be happy that there wasn't wrestling last night!!! Thank god for Crock Pots!

TGIF Challenges is designing with the theme "Awesome Friends". I was a bit stumped as I had done a friendship type card on my last design team post for TGIF and I wanted to branch out a bit!

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First lets talk about my card base! It is from the Tutti Fruity Card Bases and Envelope pack in the Sale A Bration catalog. I matted this with Real Red Card Stock and used the Night of Navy pattern in the Tutti Fruity DSP pack. I then used the Stitched Circles in two different sizes to make my 3 circles. The berry pattern is on the opposite side of the Night Of Navy side. The Crafting Forever stamp set seemed appropriate for this challenge. The sentiment is stamped with Night Of Navy ink. My cute little scissors are stamped with Memento so that I could color them using our Stampin' Blends markers and of course fussy cut out with Paper Snips. I used the Cherry Cobbler cross-stitch ribbon to keep with the farm stand feel. A quick Whisper White Bakers Twine Bow in one of the new Wood Buttons was a cute finishing touch!

Thank You so much for stopping by! I can't wait to see what you make for your Awesome Friends!

Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge 244

Been a bit of slacker when it comes to my blog lately... so much going on! BLAH! One week from today and the kids will be on break. Most moms would be excited, and although I am ready to be done with school, I am not sure that I am ready for summer break.

This week with the Paper Craft Crew we have fun sketch for you all to play along with! I am really loving the Wood Words Bundle that will be available to you on June 1st!

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This fun card started with a base of Pool Party Card stock with a soft matte of Sahara Sand. My Whisper White layer is stamped with Pool Party ink with the flower cluster from the Wood Words stamp set. I added a Stitched Circle stamped with the same pattern layered onto a Sahara Sand Layering Circle with a couple of dimensionals. Almost like a triple time stamping effect. My cute little rooster was the perfect edition with my Linen Thread bow and wood trim. My sentiment was heat embossed with Stampin' Emboss White and was perfect for this card. I added some nice Glitter Enamel dots and I was done with this fun little card!

Paper Craft Crew 225 Sketch Challenge

Happy Wednesday! Can you believe that today is the day of the Stampin' Up! Occasions and Sale-A-Bration launch! This is the time of year that I love best! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE item in the Sale A Bration catalog! 

I am so happy that all of my design teams are back in full swing for the New Year! This week with Paper Craft Crew we have a fun sketch that I had some fun watercoloring with! That is right Stampin' Up! has amazing NEW Water Color Pencils!!!!!! 

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I can't wait to see what you all come up with this fun little sketch!!! There is a complete list below of all of my products!

Product List

Weather Together Photopolymer Bundle [142319]	Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack [142744]	Watercolor Pencils [141709]	Watercolor Paper [122959]	Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim [137910]
Classic Label Punch [141491]	Aqua Painters [103954]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131197]	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122925]

Paper Craft Crew #206 DSP Challenge

Welcome Back!! It's Wednesday and we are almost over the hump!! It's been a busy week!We are getting ready for our annual company trip and company coming to town Monday! Although none of that mattered when I got my pre-order of new goodies from Stampin' Up!

I was so excited that even used some of  the new DSP for my design team card today for The Paper Craft Crew! I really love that the only challenge to this was using DSP... Which, if you ask Pam Staples I was over thinking of course!

My fun friendship card started with a base of Crumb Cake. I knew I wanted to use my stitched rectangles for this card. I used three different sizes starting with the Cherry Cobbler layer. This DSP is called Warmth & Cheer... This is a fabulous stack! There are a lot of Christmas type patterns but with the plaids and sweater type designs you can also use this stack for your masculine cards!! I wrapped the Linen Thread around my layers before putting the final layer on! After making this I probable should have embossed the star... My Banners For You Bundle had yet to be used! I know that I had used the dies... Just not the stamp set! I stamped the banner in Crumb Cake and the sentiment in Basic Black to coordinate with the stars! My final touch was so fun enamel dots and my Linen Thread Bow!!!

Thank you so much for stopping in! I can't wait to see what you make with this DSP Challenge!

OSAT Blog Hoppers No Rules New Year

Happy Belated New Year!! Welcome to the 2016 One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop! Melissa's  creations always amazes me!! It really helps that our hop theme is "No Rules New Year"

If it is your first time touring our hop let me give you a little bit of background! One Stamp At A Time is group of over 3000 SUPER FABULOUS card making friends on Facebook. Well we decided to get a group of our Super Fabulous Members and create a blog hop for you to enjoy!

This year we have some AMAZINGLY talented people and I am so happy that they said YES! So be sure to to tour the WHOLE hop and show all my creative friends some love!

With absolutely NO RULES I really start to overthink things! I mean I am usually a shabby chic, barbwire and lace kind of girl! Well, this is anything but that! I'll give you the details below...

So I did things a little bit backwards this go round. I made my project first. Last year for my birthday I bought myself the Pillow Box Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers. I made this little cutie using a 6 x 6 sheet from the Go Wild DSP Stack! Seriously thinking to myself "Andrea?! Why haven't you used this sooner??" I then wrapped a 1 1/4" strip of of coordinating DSP as a band. I then took my 1" Stitched Satin Watermelon Wonder and ran in lengthwise to tie a cute little bow... No Joke 10 minutes on this cutie and I think they would make fab little favors.

Now of course the card HAD to coordinate! I am a matchy, matchy kind of girl. This card starts with a simple base of Basic Black card stock. For my next layer I used Watermelon Wonder card stock. Again, the DSP is from the Go Wild DSP stack. Of course I stuck with the animal print theme. I also took a 1 1/4" strip the width of the card. The Watermelon Wonder ribbon wraps around the card stock and the matte. I then used my tape runner and adhered this to the card base. I have really enjoyed our set Friendly Wishes which obviously my sentiment came from! My Versamark got to come out to play along with my White Stampin' Emboss powder and of course my Heat Tool! Once this was all done I took it to the Big Shot with my Chalk Talk Framelits. Now that this was cut out I adhered it to my card with Stampin' Dimensionals and what tag isn't complete without a bow?! So of course I used the 1" Watermelon Wonder one last time! The Sequins are a mix of Stampin' Up and Pretty Pink Posh Strawberry Burst and the Fine Tip Glue Pen is the best with these.... PHEW!!!!

I want to thank you so much for stopping by! Now for a trip down under to Bruno Bertucci! You can get there by clicking the button below! I am sure he is going to have a lovely creation!

Bruno Bertucci

Justin Krieger
Elizabeth Jeanne Thatcher
Tina Riddle
Renee Ondrajka

Anna Smith

Maria WillisAJ Bodine
Melissa Davies
Andrea Tracy-Tucker You are Here!
Bruno Bertucci <<< Next!
Kylie Bertucci
Wynne Grob
Deb Naylor
Marisa Gunn 

Kim Smith
Megan Thompson
Pam Tetreault
Dena Rekow

Must Have Coffee...

Happy Friday!!! Who needs coffee??? I know I do! This week has been a blur and the weekend isn't going to be much different! Kids have a church activity tomorrow and mommy is going to be glued to the TV to see who the Broncos will play next weekend!

So my rush of creativity has continued and today I am going to participate in my first ever Freshly Made Sketches challenge (you can click the link below to get more details)! My card is a little bit of old mixed with the new! I know you are going to like it!

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My card started with a fun base of Calypso Coral. I am absolutely addicted to the Corrugated Paper in the Annual Catalog! I attached my Very Vanilla layer to the Corrugated Paper. The Very Vanilla was stamped using the new Timeless Textures stamp set with the retired Baked Brown Sugar ink. That is how I made my cute little coffee rings, I then stamped the coffee cup from Perfect Blend onto the DSP (it is from my retired stash) and then Very Vanilla card stock. I fussy cut the cup out of the Very Vanilla Card and cut the belly band out of the one I stamped onto to the DSP. Then I adhered the belly band onto the cup with my 2 way glue pen and attached it to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals. The strips at the top of the sketch were made using the Corrugated Paper. I rounded the corners on these with my Envelope Punch Board. I wrapped the Calypso Coral Seam Binding Ribbon around to add some color. The sentiment is also from the Perfect Blend. I used the 1 3/8" Circle to punch this sentiment out. Then I simply sponged around the edges, attached this with a Dimensional and popped on a couple of the enamel dots from the Holiday....

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!!

SIP 14 Sketch Challenge

Terrific Tuesday to you all! School is in full swing and now this mommy has time to herself!!! Okay stop laughing, I have now been roped into being a class room volunteer! In the past I have been there maybe once a week for an hour or so but not this year! I am in one class for an hour a day. Then I go to another class if I have time.... THEN (Yes, remember I have 3 in my Tucker Tribe) I go to lunch with the Kindergartner... Sometimes I even end up in that class too!! I think I shall wear a cape and be called Wonder Mom!

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Justin put together a really great sketch for us this week! You could really keep it clean, quick and easy... Since that is a challenge for me I went a different route. Here are the details...

This great card started with a fabulous base of Lost Lagoon!! I have been neglecting some of my colors lately and it needed some love. I then matted my Very Vanilla with Tip Taupe this is stamped with an oldie but goody,vintage Stampin' UP! Chicken Wire Background stamp using Tip Top Taupe Ink. I then adhered the Burlap Ribbon to the left side of the card using Scor-Tape. I did this because sometimes I get a little too happy with the glue and oozes! Frankly the less messy the better (My mom would tell you that as a kid I could drink a Slurpee through a straw and STILL get it all over my face!). I then took the new In-Color 2014-2016 Ribbon and layered it over the burlap. The stamped Horse and Girl image in Tip Top Taupe is from Unity Stamp Co.. It is called Felt with the Heart it is designed by Phyllis Harris. This is one of many that I have of hers.... I LOVE THEM! The sentiment which is shown closer below "Sometimes we just need someone to be there" is from another one of Unity Stamp Co and Phyllis Harris. It is called We Just Need Someone. I adhered the cute little banner using the 2 way glue pen.

Thank You all for stopping in! I am really looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Have a great Day!