OSAT Find A Sketch Blog Hop

Happy Tuesday! It has been a hot one here on the eastern plains of Colorado. The weather has been a bit dramatic, but we made it through fair and now onto to school! There have been a ton of changes in my life, new house, single mom, new job... I am feeling pretty empowered lately and I can't wait to share my creativity and all of my personal triumphs with you all!

After a bit of discussion, we decided to bring back the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop back. I am already breaking the rules... but this new job has gotten the better of me when it comes to training! You will hear more about that a bit later or maybe even on another blog post.

Today we are hopping with inspiration from the Annual Catalog, on page 22 you are going to find some sketches and we have all created cards using those sketches as inspiration and coordinating goodies (I just broke the rules by not doing the coordinating item). 

As you can see, I have made my card with the Latte of Love Suite using the second to the last sketch on the bottom row... Let me get you all details.

Let's get the details! This card started with the cups... Cups of heavenly coffee... I stamped the images using Early Espresso ink, the mug is colored with our Stampin' Blends Lost Lagoon Combo Pack with the inside stamped in Early Espresso. The latte mug is colored with Stampin' Blends Petal Pink Combo Pack and with the latte stamped in Pecan Pie. I have matted the A Little Latte DSP with Lost Lagoon and layered it over a piece of Petal Pink that has been stamped with Sketched Plaid in Petal Pink ink. The sentiment was stamped in Lost Lagoon and die cut with the dies from Unbounded Love Dies. A bit of Linen Thread and a few Rhinestones was the perfect touch for this Lost Lagoon Card Base and Pecan Pie mat!!!

I am so glad that you have stopped by today to see all of our creations! I am so happy to be creating again and I can't wait for you to see what all of my friends have created today!

Creation Station Casing the Annual Catalog

Good morning! I am sure that you all have thought about a time or two, and maybe even thought that I had called it quits! I am not!!! In fact, I am making a big come back. I will talk about some of that later this week. For today let me just show you what I have been up to crafting wise!

Today I make my return to the Creation Station Design Team. Now we are supposed to be casing the catalog.... but all I got out of that was playing with new goodies from our Annual Catalog! I was recently asked to make a real pretty card for an aunt and couldn't think of better stamp set than the Layers of Beauty. Let me go ahead and show you what I have created for you guys today!

This card started with a piece of our Thick Basic White card stock, I simply stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black and proceeded in coloring it with Stampin' Blends using Daffodil Delight, Peach Pie, Poppy Parade and Soft Seafoam. I then used the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut the square out. This is nicely layered onto a piece of Basic Black, but you will notice that the die cut piece is popped up with some Stampin' Dimensionals. I accented this with some of the small leaf dies in the Subtle DSP in Soft Seafoam and added a quick little tag with some Linen Thread. The spatters were created using the brush tip end of my blends, and if you look super close there is even some Wink of Stella!

I am so excited to be back creating again! You can click along the hop below and see what my friend Teri West has in store for you!!

Teri West

Falling For Folds Trucking Along

Good morning!! Happy Thursday, I have been so quiet lately and you are going to see me ease back into a full crafting schedule again... Especially with Christmas right around the corner. I have been running myself ragged with Volleyball and Football... and it seems to be slowing. I have made time a couple of days a week to create, and I have been having fun doing it!

Today I am back with a few friends on the OSAT Blog Hop... We are falling for Fun or Fancy Folds, and I couldn't wait to ink up my Trucking Along Bundle for this! Let's take a look!

Today I have created a fun Z -Fold card of Mossy Meadow to coordinate with my Beary Christmas Designer Series Paper. It is accented with a belly band of Real Red and adorned with a scalloped rectangle of Old Olive from the Scalloped Contours Dies. I die cut a nice rectangle of Very Vanilla for the sentiment and tire tracks. I stamped the truck from Trucking along with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with my Real Red Stampin' Blends. The coordinating punch was so fun to use for this. I simply popped this on my rectangle with a few dimensionals. 

The hand sanitizer holder was a box I found on Pinterest.  I simply made the box and accented it with the same DSP as the card. I accented both the card and the box with the Burlap Ribbon from the Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack. 

I am so glad that you stopped in today! I can't wait for you to see what my friends have made!

New At SU Perfect Pair Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday! Hope that your week has been fabulous! We had about a 40 degree cool down here on the eastern plains of Colorado and that calls for soup, sweaters and a big cup of coffee. It is a pretty quiet week here, no football and Taryn had a volleyball tournament last night! It was nice to sneak to my craft room this morning and create!

Today I am hopping with the New at SU team! We are so excited to feature some of our "Perfect Partners" with some of our newer stamps and dies bundles! I was so excited to stake claim on the Cottage Rose Bundle for this hop and I can't wait to show you what I have created!

When I claimed the Cottage Rose bundle, I initially called it the Abigail Rose bundle... and this suite as a whole speaks to my soul but I wanted to show you that it can be bright, pretty and fun! So today I have paired it with the Black & White Designs DSP that is in our Holiday Catalog. 

I started this card with the a Scalloped Rectangle from the Scalloped Contour Dies with the black stripe. I cut a piece of the chevron DSP to fit inside and used our Blending Brushes with Polished Pink, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green. I just loved the way that it turned it out. Next, I stamped the flower from the Cottage Rose Bundle in Memento ink and colored it with Polished Pink and Granny Apple Green Blends and die cut it with the coordinating dies. I chose to use Coastal Cabana card stock as my mat but you will notice it has a bit of sparkle. I used a whole bottle of Wink of Stella mixed with some Rubbing Alcohol to create a shimmer spray with one of our spritzing tools. Then I added a bit of the Black Bakers Twine from the basics pack and tied it with some coordinating ribbon scraps I had on hand! This card is accented with our Iridescent Rhinestones and sits beautifully on a base of Basic Black!

I am so thankful for you stopping by today! You can tour the whole hop by clicking through the list below! I can't wait for you to see how creative my friends are! 

One Stamp At A Time BFF Blog Hop

Can you believe we are nearly halfway through August? School seems to start earlier and earlier for some. Our kids aren't starting until the 30th of this month. The kids and I all survived a week of fair. I can't believe that I will have a 7th, 9th and 11th Grader... This may be the year that I cry when they all go to school....

Today our OSAT Hop team is designing with the theme "BFF". We all know what that stands for and if you don't it is Best Friend Forever. I actually have one of those on this hop! I couldn't wait to play with some of Sale A Bration goodies and get them mixed with some of the NEW (listen I have hardly stamped) Memories & More cards. Let me show you what I have created today!

This card starts with a bright base of Daffodil Delight. It has a nice mat of Gray Granite to coordinate with the Today Is The Day Memories & More Card Pack. I have added a bit of the Silver & Gold DSP that is also a SALEABRATION item! I have stamped the "to another year" in Gray Granite from the Amazing Phrasing to create the back ground for my Daffodil Delight fussy cut "Woo Hoo!". I have accented this with some Clear Basic Rhinestones that I have colored with Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends and a bit of a Black Bakers Twine.

I am so glad that you stopped by today! I can't wait for you to see what the rest of my friends have made for the BFF's! You can click along the list below and hop along!

OSAT Just Blend It Hand Penned Blog Hop

Happy Thursday to you all! I am glad to be back in my groove of stamping and crafting! Mother Nature has not been on our side when it comes to life and chores outside... the wind has been HORRIBLE! It doesn't make feeding the pigs or watching baseball any fun. I am ready for it to stop! Today I have Taryn's partner in crime Maddy coming over to start her scrapbooking projects for fair!! 

This month myself and my friends on the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop Team are hopping with the theme "Just Blend It". There are so many ways that you can blend! Blending Brushes, daubers, sponges, even our Stampin' Blends, just to rattle off a few. The possibilities are endless. Let me show you what I have created for you today!

My projects today feature the Hand Penned Petals Bundle (which will return in our new catalog), the retiring Pansy Petals DSP and the Heart & Home DSP that is in our Jan-Jun Mini Catalog. I am so happy that our Hand Penned Petals Bundle will carry over, I feel like I am just starting to use it and love it. My Blending technique can be found on the flower. I chose to use our Stampin' Blends to color the beautiful flower.

This card started with the colored flower from the Hand Penned Petals Bundle. I have quite a few of these colored in my stash as I was planning on using them for a swap. The flower is colored using our Stampin' Blends in Soft Seafoam, Petal Pink and Pale Papaya. I use the large flower stamp in the same  set to create a background on the Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch of Basic White with Petal Pink ink. The sentiment is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. This sits on a scalloped die cut from the Scalloped Contour Dies of the Pansy Petals DSP and is accented with a bit of Linen Thread. To continue the fresh spring farmhouse look, I have layered this onto a piece of the Heart & Home DSP, a mat of Smoky Slate and card base of Soft Succulent was the perfect touch for this card.

This fun tag is actually a wood tag! I have painted the tag a dark gray with craft paint and used Mod Podge to add the DSP to the tag. I took a risk when I decided to heat emboss the large flower from the Hand Penned Petals. Again, I added the same flower that has been colored with Stampin' Blends to the fun little tag. A bit of ribbon and Elegant Faceted Gems were just the right touch!

I am so glad that you stopped by to see what I have created today! You can get even MORE blending ideas touring through the WHOLE hop by clicking through the link list below! 

Have an amazing day!

The Spot 153 Hey Girl Sketch

Good Morning and happy Tuesday! Hope you are all doing well! I can't believe the beautiful weather we are having! I will take sunny and 70 ANY day. All good things must come to an end though and it looks like March is going to come in like a lion over the weekend. Some forecasts and models are even showing 31" of snow!!!! I am good with it as long as it isn't windy or dramatic! We should be able to sled one more time and the kids will be on break officially on Friday!

This week The Spot has a funny little sketch that I took kind of loosely. I managed to ink up my Hey Girlfriend for my first time... let me show you what I have created!

The card started with a cute girl in the dress! I colored her with Stampin' Blends. For her dress I used the Pool Party and Rococo Rose Combo Packs, her hair is Cinnamon Cider Combo Pack and I used a bit of Ivory for her skin. After she was fussy cut, I added some of our Foam Adhesive Strips and set her aside. I created the background with a large oval die cut negative. Using a Blending Brushing I created the oval Pool Party back ground. I then stamped the hearts with Rococo Rose ink. It still needed a bit of sparkle so I added a bit of Pool Party Ink to my Frost White Shimmer Paint with some rubbing alcohol to create a shimmer mist in a Stampin' Spritzer! The sentiment is also in Rococo Rose and accented with a bit Rococo Rose DSP as a banner. To finish this up I added the girl over the oval background and added a few Basic Rhinestones. The card is nicely matted onto a layer of Rococo Rose and on a perfect Pool Party base! 

Product List

Hey Girlfriend Cling Stamp Set [154516]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924]	Rococo Rose 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150882]	Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154900]	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894]
Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046]
Stampin' Spritzer [126185]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [122933]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]

The Spot 151 Slimline Magnolias

Good Morning! I hope you are all doing well. I am refereeing Wesley and Taryn this morning! It is crazy how those two continue to argue and bicker. Hopefully one day Wesley realizes that his job is to protect her and not pick on her! I had a really fun weekend doing a virtual stamping retreat with a group of other Stampin' Up! Demonstrators! There were new friendships made and lots of laughs! It was good for the soul!

This week The Spot Design Team has a fun challenge for you! We are creating Slim Line cards. Craft room confession, this was my first time! I chose to play with products from our Annual Catalog to make todays design! Let me show you what I have created!

My card started with my Early Espresso Ink Pad and Good Morning Magnolia stamp set. I have stamped the large bloom 3 separate times using Early Espresso ink and my Stampin' Blends to color. The leaves used Light Mossy Meadow, Dark Soft Seafoam and Light Soft Seafoam. The Bloom used Ivory, Dark Petal Pink and Light Petal Pink. Once I had all of them colored, I used a blending brush to add a bit of a distressed look with my Soft Suede ink. This is nicely matted onto a Crumb Cake piece of card stock. The oh so delicious Striped Petal Pink Ribbon was a gorgeous addition over the strip of wood DSP from the In Good Taste DSP. A Square Vellum Doily was the perfect touch under the stitched die cut label from the Wild Rose Dies. A few of the Elegant Faceted Dots added a nice finishing touch!

I can't wait for you to see what the rest of my friends have made with this fun and trendy challenge! 

Hope your day is amazing!

Third Thursday Holiday Debut Blog Hop

Hey, Hey! It has been a grinding couple of weeks! Who knew that with fair being over that I would still  be having to deal with pig stuff and making sure that record books were done or corrected for State Fair!? Throw in a telehealth appointment with Joshua's Neurologist and maybe some kids bickering and I am glad that the first day school is in sight!

It has been a while since I have hopped with my friends on the 3rd Thursday Blog Hop, but what better a time that to show you some of our new Holiday Catalog goodies.. I have so many favorites in this catalog but for today, I am going to show you the Poinsettia Place Suite!

This suite is absolutely amazing. A stamp set and coordinating dies always gets me excited but throw in some Designer Series Paper and the Plush Poinsettia flocked vellum and this suite is to die for. The dies even coordinate with the Designer Series Paper and the Specialty Paper. 

This card started with Early Espresso stamped images that are colored with Petal Pint and Soft Seafoam Blends and die cut with the coordinating dies. I arranged this on a Stitched Nested Label. This is layered over a wood patterned paper in the Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper. It is nicely matted with Sahara Sand card stock and sits on a card base of Soft Seafoam.

To coordinate with my card, I again used the wood pattern from Poinsettia Place. You will notice the Vellum pieces from the Plush Poinsettia Specialty. This box is perfect for gift giving! 

I am so excited for you to see what the rest of the team has whipped up for you today!  Kim Fee is next, her designs are sure to inspire you! You can click the next button below to continue on the hop!

Kim Fee

APPT Blog Hop Box of Sunshine Kit

Can you believe it is that LAST Thursday of the month? In just one week, Troy and I will be celebrating our 15th Wedding Anniversary. Crazy right?? When I think about how long we have been together somehow it doesn't seem as long. Then I look at our 3 kids, and I want time to slow down. It has been a fairly fun summer. With pigs, trampoline sprinklers and our huge slip and slide! We have managed to stay entertained without a pool pass, but make no mistake... We miss the pool!

This months kit is called Box Of Sunshine. The idea is for us to create the cards in the kit, put them back in the box it came and share them. The kit even includes the supplies to decorate the Paper Pumpkin box! Well, we all know this hop is for alternative ideas for the kit and I can't wait to show you what I have created. Lets take a look!

I just love how easy but elegant these alternates turned out! The card started with the Gold Foil Stripe card base in the kit. I have used the large self adhesive small dotted strip on the left of the card base. I set this aside and stamped a couple of flowers from the Tasteful Touches stamp set with Memento. I hadn't had a chance to play with my NEW Magenta Madness Stampin' Blends and this was the perfect opportunity. Once these were both colored I fussy cut them and added a few Stampin' Dimensionals. The gold thread loops is from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack. The die cut with sentiment is in this kit and was perfect for this card. A few Gilded Gems and this rather easy card was done!

The favor is a hand sanitizer holder. I got the tutorial from Twila Davis when I wanted to make a WHOLE bunch of them for our local daycare facility during the shut down. This one is a bit different as I didn't wrap it with DSP but instead glued the stripe patter to a strip of Magenta Madness card stock and adhered it to the front of the holder. This is also accented with a bit of gold thread from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack and I decided to use a bit of Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle. The sentiment is from the Tasteful Touches and coordinated nicely with the card!

I can't wait for you to see what my friends have created today! Make sure you tour the WHOLE hop below! If you need a list of the products I used, I have provided one below! Have a great day! 

Product List

Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English) [152562]	Label Me Fancy Punch [151297]	Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack [152475]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Magenta Madness 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153080]
Magenta Madness Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153106]	Gilded Gems [152478]	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912]	1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137858]	3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137859]
6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137860]	One year Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137861]