Creation Station Mad As A Hatter Mash Up

Good Sunday to you all! I am enjoying a cup of coffee while typing my post this morning listening to the Robin's outside. We got a good rain last night and everything is still wet. It was great timing as Troy and I did our part with our stimulus money and bought our own riding lawn mower. So when he got home with it yesterday, he got most of the mowing done out front. I spent yesterday trying to be motivated. We checked pigs, did a couple loads of laundry, dishes and I kept trying to get my card done for today... The card took all day!!!

This month on the Creation Station Design Team, we are hopping with the Mad As A Hatter Mash Up. Its about using things maybe in an unintended way or crazy color schemes... So, in order to pull a rabbit out of my hat to whip something up for this hop, I chose to use the retiring Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper to make a cowboy like card with the also retiring Let It Ride (Insert dramatic sobbing here).

My card started with rope pattern and stripe from the Come Sail Away DSP. I knew I could pull a western like feel with the rope pattern and who doesn't love a good stripe!? It was a no brainer to mix the Denim Ribbon with a bit of Linen Thread. This card is accented with Night of Navy card stock and enamel dots from the Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots. I have used our amazing Watercolor Pencils to color the horse from the Let It Ride stamp set. I chose to use the Early Espresso pencil because I have tried so many times to make a Bay horse with Blends to no avail! The Crumb Cake stamped sentiment is die cut with our Rectangle Stitched Dies. I tied it all together with a Crumb Cake mat on a Balmy Blue card base! 

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait for you to see what my BEST friend Jeanna has whipped up for you, you can get to her by clicking the next link below!

A Paper Pumpkin Thing On My Mind Blog Hop

Happy Thursday! It is the last Thursday of the month and we all know what that means, the A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop is live with the On My Mind Kit. This months kit is amazing! So versatile and easy to use for anyone! I love that it coordinated with Verdant Garden, Woven Threads and the Sail Away Suites! It made it super easy for me to whip something up when the kids are yelling "Mom!" every 10 minutes.

Out of the three suites that this months kit can coordinate with I just love the Woven Threads! I actually didn't even reach into any of this suite but the Let It Ride stamp set was screaming to be on this card I have made for you today as my Paper Pumpkin alternative! Let me show you what I have made!

 My card started with the blanket like pattern that coordinates with the Woven Threads suite. I have layered this over a Sahara Sand Rectangle Stitch Frame on a mat of Seaside Spray and card base of Pretty Peacock to coordinate with ink spot in the box. I have colored the horse from the Let It Ride stamp set and fussy cut it with my Paper Snips. The sentiment also from the On My Mind kit, is stamped on the gold foil edge label with Pretty Peacock ink and adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals. Once the sentiment was on I added the cute little banners on the top left. Then my horse was adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals as well. A nice little gold Designer Element was all the embellishing that this card needed! 

Thank You so much for stopping in today! I can't wait for you to see what my friends have created for todays hop, you can click through the list below to get even MORE ideas!

Home Decor SU Style July Blog Hop

Happy Tuesday to you!! I hope that you all are staying cool with the miserable temperatures that have been around lately! I am so glad to see it back down in the 80's! 

Today I am coming to you a bit later than usual... I am hopping with the Home Décor SU Style Blog Hop!! No theme, just a home décor piece created using our Stampin' Up! Materials!

 I have made this really cute wall hanging using a 6" x 6" wood piece I stumbled on at Dollar General of all places! I have used Modge Podge to adhere my Crumb Cake card stock mat as well as my piece of Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper! The Let It Ride Stamp set is definitely a favorite of mine and chose to use it with some fussy cut feathers adorned with the Bird Ballad Trinkets! The clothespins at the bottom are great for holding notes, card or whatever you would like!

I can't wait for you to see what else is on the hop today! You can click through the list below to see what everyone else is has created too! 

Creation Station monuMENtal Blog Hop

Happy Sunday! I hope you all have had an amazing weekend! Saturday here was packed full! Wesley had a band performance in the morning, I did prom makeup at lunchtime and Taryn had her dance recital in the afternoon. It was truly one of those never a dull moments kind of day!

The Creation Station Design Team is hopping with a masculine theme that we are calling MonuMENtal!! If you have followed me this week I have been using up the retiring Wood Textures DSP and this card is sure to not disappoint! Lets take a look!

This card has a warm base of Crumb Cake Card stock with a mat of Mossy Meadow. The Wood Textures DSP is stamped using the Crackle Paint Background stamp. The Copper Foil is embossed with the Pinewood Planks. I have colored the horse using my Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo pack and then stamped the tall grass like stamp from Country Road in Mossy Meadow. A nice Copper Heat embossed sentiment was just the right touch on this Thick Whisper White piece. I then die cut  this with the new Stitched Nested Labels Dies that will be available 6/4! An accent of a Tin Tile embossed banner that has been shimmer painted with the Champagne Shimmer Paint, a Crumb Cake  banner and Linen Thread with bow and this card was done!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait for you to see what Julie has in store! You can get to her by clicking the next button below!

Product List

Let It Ride Cling Stamp Set $24.00	Country Road Clear-Mount Stamp Set $19.00	Crackle Paint Cling Stamp Set $16.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock $8.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock $8.50	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $9.00	Copper Foil Sheets $4.00	Versamark Pad $9.00
Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder $5.00	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack $11.00	Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $10.00	Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $10.00	Stitched Nested Labels Dies $35.00
True Gentleman Buttons $7.00	Linen Thread $5.00

Stamp Ink Paper 190 Best Of Luck Challenge

Happy Tuesday! First let me tell you that life was in the way last week, Joshua had an appointment in Denver and somehow that throws things into a tailspin. He has been home from school since Thursday with an upper respiratory infection. I am exhausted, both boys are home sick today! Spring break starts on Friday and it honestly can't come soon enough!!!!

I am back with the Stamp Ink Paper Design Team this week for a "Best Of Luck" challenge. You can get all the details by clicking the graphic below!

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Wishing someone good luck isn't always about Saint Patrick's Day. It could be telling someone to dream big! Which is the direction my card takes for this challenge!

This card starts with a nice card base of Pool Party. The Rectangle Stitched Dies are always in my arms reach and that is what my Soft Seafoam mat is cut with along with the my frame of Petal Pink. The Twinkle Twinkle DSP was the perfect contrast for this card especially with the stitched pattern from the Stitched Label Framelits for some extra texture. I have stamped the Cactus from Flowering Dessert with Soft Seafoam ink and fussy cut it as well as the small Agave like plants that are Pool Party. These pieces accent at stitched circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits with one of the horse stamps from Let It Ride that I have colored with Stampin' Blends. Colored Doilies are white on the opposite side.. WHO KNEW!? My Champagne Foil Dream die cut was the perfect sentiment!

Thank You so much for stopping in today! I can't wait to see what you whip up for this challenge!

Home Decor SU Style February Blog Hop

Happy Tuesday! This is my second post of the day, and that really isn't something that you guys usually see from me! A lot has happened over the last week! As many of you know, we have been taking Joshua to Children's to try find out a cause or reason for the bouts of confusion he has been having. Last Tuesday he underwent an EEG. Little did I know that also meant for him to be sleep deprived... as well as myself! We were contacted Valentines evening by the neurologist that he in fact had an abnormal EEG and has been having Absence Seizures. I can't be happier to have answers and to know that there is a treatment plan. Enough of about that!

Today I am hopping along with the Home Décor SU Style Blog Hop! If you have been following me for a while you know that I am a total rustic, boots, horses etc. kind of girl! I know, I know I have used 4 stamp sets to make this amazing framed piece! Lets take a look!

There is so many details that I am not sure you all want to stick around long enough to type them all out! This framed piece was so fun to make! I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do! I have also provided a full list of the products below! 

To continue along the hop you can click through the list below! 

Happy Tuesday!

Product List

Let It Ride Cling Stamp Set [148765]	Country Road Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147469]	Country Livin' Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141925]	Home To Roost Cling Stamp Set [149736]	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106]
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636]
Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Linen Thread [104199]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Old Olive Linen Thread [148811]
Blender Pens [102845]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]