Stamp Ink Paper 68 It's A Cardmakers Choice!

Hey there! I am sorry I am late! Sometimes life gets in the way of my creativity! Being an adult is over rated anyway!

Today I am designing with the Stamp Ink Paper Design Team! Did you see our we have a new guest designer? Ricky is pretty amazing so make sure you let him know how lucky we are to have him for this month!

We have a No Rules, Cardmakers Choice Challenge this week! So ink up some of your favorites and play along!






So after making my card last week using the Project Life Hello December 2016 goodies it got me to look at the rest of it! I have so far made about 7 cards and here is one of them! This card started with "Oh What Fun" Project Life card. The Emerald Envy and Real Red are an amazing combo for the holiday season and it seemed to be just the right card to break open my Cookie Cutter Bundle! THIS BUNDLE WAS NOT ON MY WISH LIST...but the more I had seen done with it the more I needed it! It is an addicting set! I stamped the Reindeer using Soft Suede Ink onto Tip Top Taupe. The Real Red stamped bow is adhered with a little piece of the Foam Adhesive Strip. They are both attached to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. I matted this on to a lop sided piece of Real Red Card Stock with my Candy Cane Lane twine. I actually stumbled on this great Real Red striped paper from the Fruit Stand DSP. It seemed only right to matte this onto Real Red Cardstock with my Emerald Envy Card Base!

No Rules! Now Run!!! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Stampin' Friends Fall Blog Hop

It is the third Thursday of the month and we all know what that means!!! It is the Stampin Friends Blog Hop! Stampin Friends is a Facebook group that has about 7000 members that like share all of our paper crafty creations! Did you get here by way of Cindy Waldroff?? If so, Welcome! I am so glad you are here!

Cindy Waldroff

This month we have these three lovely ladies hopping with us...

Mandy Reedyk

Barbara Welch

Yolanda Nixon

Make sure you tour the whole hop and say an extra special "Hello" to them!

This month we are hopping with a Back to School or Fall Theme! I kind of rode the middle of the line! However, I used the color challenge from The Paper Players this week as inspiration!

Last week on my posts I was on a bit of a shaker craze! This week Ive tried to ween myself from doing so many! Fall cards are so hard for me sometimes. It isn't necessarily the colors or even the papers... They are just HARD! Justin had told me about the color combo on The Paper Players and it tripped a trigger! Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Pear Pizzazz! What can be more fall like than that?!

My card is a rich base of Cajun Craze with a great contrasting matte of Pear Pizzazz. The Regal Collection DSP in Crushed Curry worked just right with the feel of this card! I took the apple pattern from the Fruit Stand DSP and adhered it to a Pear Pizzazz matte on top of the Crushed Curry and then tied a nice knot with 5/8 inch Burlap Ribbon on the left. The Banners for You set save my butt!!!! I wasn't sure how I was going to pull the three colors together. I stamped the three layer banner using Crushed Curry ink. The sentiment also from the Banners for You in the top and very bottom were stamped in Cajun Craze ink. The nice little decorate center of the banner was stamped using Pear Pizzazz. That one stamp set made it easy to tie all three of my colors together!!

Last fall I made this cute little pumpkin.This year it is suppose to be an apple! Isn't this darling?? I stumbled on the tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers and figured it was cute enough to do again!

Thank You so much for stopping to take a look! Don't forget our amazing giveaway! You must comment with #sfsepthop!! The great thing about this is that you if you comment on everyone's blog that is 15 entries into the giveaway!! 

Our next hopper is Kathie Rotti! She is amazingly creative and I can't for you to see what she has made for you this month! Just click next!

Kathie Rotti

     

• Kathie Rotti
• Melanie Coverston
• Melissa Thomas
• Elizabeth Jeanne
• Mandy Reedyk
• Barbara Welch
• Steph Jandrow
• Kristal Bell
• Yolanda Nixon
• Carolina Evans
• Christine Pennington
• Leanne Johnson
• Kirsteen Gill
• Cindy Waldroff
• Andrea Tracy-Tucker (YOU ARE HERE!)

OSAT Blog Hoppers Dog Days of Summer

Hey there and good Thursday to you! It is the second Thursday of the month!!! That's where you can find me and 18 members of One Stamp At A Time Cards & More Facebook group doing a fabulous blog hop! Did you get to by way of Dena and her Creativity Cave? If so, Welcome!! This month we have some very special guest designers Rick Adkins and Tracy Elsom! Make sure you pop over to their blogs to see that amazing creations they have made to inspire you!

Those of you who are members of the One Stamp At A Time group know that we will be bringing back GAMES!! With Games comes prizes! So games will be back on Wednesday @ 5 PM Mountain Time!

We are hopping with the theme "Dog Days of Summer".... Not a well thought out theme on my part since I am the one that comes up with this stuff LOL! However each of our hoppers has created something summer like for you and I hope you feel inspired! I can't wait to show you mine!

My Summer Card and Mini Treat Bag Picnic Place Setting

First let me start off with when have you EVER seen me do a YELLOW card??? Let's go with almost NEVER! But I LOVE IT!!! Let me get you the details...

The card base started with a base of Daffodil Delight. I really didn't have any options because I already knew that I was going to use the lemon and coordinating dot papers from the Fruit Stand DSP! My matte is Crushed Curry. It seemed to be the most monochromatic with the Daffodil Delight. I chose the lemons as my paper and adhered my layers with a strip of the retired White Jute Ribbon! What better on a hot summer day than a glass of ice cold lemonade!! My glass is made using our great new bundle Jar of Love! I used the dies to cut the background of my shaker background, Acetate and frame! The frame is made of Daffodil Delight card stock, stamped in Versamark ink and the heat embossed with Stampin' Emboss White! Once all the components for my shaker was made I sprinkled some small dew drops, Marshmallow sequins and Sparkly Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh! Don't you think it looks like ice? Once I got this put together with the Foam Strips I cut about a 1/4" slit (where you can't see it) to stick my straw into. I bet you are wondering how I made my straw.... It's the stripe heat embossed in white from Butterfly Basics... I know! Clever, Right? To finish this great little beverage off I wrapped some Linen Thread around the top with a tag from the Tags and Labels Framelits. The sentiment on the tag is also from the Jar of Love set. Wouldn't you know that I just so happen to have some Crushed Curry embossing powder left!! So I heat embossed the sentiment and added a few little enamel dots and the slice of lemon... Wait it is about to get better!

I knew as soon as I finished the card what I wanted for a project! My picnic place setting seemed to fit the theme! Complete with plasticware and a napkin this Mini Treat bag made in Daffodil Delight DSP is SO adorable!  I folded down the front and added a piece of corrugated kraft under the edge. I took the time to fussy cut the lemons, adhered the dew drops with the Fine Tip Glue Pen and then the slice. Can you see the Clear Wink of Stella on the slice of lemon? It was also used on the "Enjoy" from the Mini Treat Bag die set! I wasn't quite sure how to make it all work but once I found the Pear Pizzazz DSP I used the Tags and Labels Framelits again and cut out the polka dot tag, adhered the lemons to the top, and adhered the sentiment towards the bottom. I dotted the "j" with an enamel dot. To finish this tag I wrapped the Linen Thread around the bag and tied a quick bow in the center of the lemon!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Make sure you tour the WHOLE hop! I may be asking questions on Wednesday about this hop!!

Now on to Alisa Tilsner! She is so talented and I am happy to have her hopping with us! Just click the next button!

Alisa Tilsner

1. Tracy Elsom
2. Jeanna Bohanon
3. Elizabeth Jeanne
4. Lori Mueller
5. Tina Riddle
6. Sara Levin
7. Melissa Davies
8. Renee Ondrajka
9. Wynne Grob
10. Marisa Gunn
11. Martie Hillyer
12. Justin Krieger
13. Dena Rekow
14. Andrea Tracy Tucker **You Are Here**
15. Alisa Tilsner **NEXT**
16. Kim Smith
17. Pam Staples
18. Rick Adkins
19. Kelly Acheson

Stamp Ink Paper 54 Color Challenge

Hello and happy Tuesday! We are so glad  you are joining us this week at Stamp, Ink, Paper!! Summer is in full swing and the boys are now out of summer school! The weather has been hot and humid here which has led to thunderstorms but no tornadoes! Today the boys get to go to a fun math camp and Taryn is off to swim lessons then back home to clean! Sounds fun right? We have family and friends coming in next week so the house is going to turn into "Hotel De Tucker"... Did I mention my new barn is on its way as well??? So it can tornado all it want's till it gets here right?

We have a super summertime color challenge for you that the lovely Sandy Mathis has created! Makes me think of a yummy fruit stand with fresh fruits! 

Click Here for challenge details

My card started with a cheerful base of Daffodil Delight card stock. I did a matte in Tangerine Tango and adhered the Fruit Stand DSP at an angle. It's my first time designing a card with this kind of layout other than maybe a sketch challenge or two. The 5/8 in. Burlap Ribbon seemed to add to the farmers market feel. The heat embossed Crushed Curry sentiment from Watercolor Words on my Gina Marie stitched circle seemed to be just the right touch. I added a quick little burlap banner, and an Old Olive button complete with a linen thread

 bow to finish it off!!!

You are all the best!! I can't wait to see what you come up with!!