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!

OSAT Mix It Up Blog Hop

HI!! Remember me?! The mom of 3 crazy kids who lives a total chaotic life of sports, 4H and everyday life?! I can't tell you how good it was to be back in the craft room! Although, I must confess... I have very little of what is in our new Annual Catalog, but pig feed seems to be outranking my stamping!!! Taryn has kept herself busy with sports camps and her pigs since before school let out... now we are ont he final countdown until fair!

So today I am back with my crew from the OSAT Blog Hop Team and we have put together a blog hop full of pattern mixing and I can't wait to show you what I have mixed up for you today!

So for todays hop I have mixed the Fresh As A Daisy DSP with the Dots & Spots Die to create this great "You make my day" card using the Cheerful Daisy Bundle. I was so excited to be using Berry Burst and Lemon Lime Twist together with our Basic Black again! It truly is one of my favorite color combinations. I am going to keep this short as this is my first day back on the job...  

Thank You for stopping in!

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Key To My Heart Kit

Thank God it is FRIDAY!!! Lets just take a minute to think about the fact that TARYN, turns 13 tomorrow!!! I will be the parent to ALL teenagers.... I am not sure I am ready for this! We had basketball last night and had a plan of going to dinner tonight but that may be messed up with sick boys! 

This month with A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, we are hopping with the kit "Key To My Heart". I had a great little add of treat boxes that I decided to skip... I couldn't wait to come up with an alternative, because if you know me hearts are not my favorite! Let me show you what I have created.

The card started with a base of Pale Papaya and mat of Calypso Coral Cardstock. I decided to use a card base to create my tag with the Tailor Made Tags dies. This sits nicely on piece of the Delicate Desert DSP. I tied a cute bow with the thread from the kit with a key and lock die cut from the kit. The sentiment was stamped in Gray Granite ink and was the perfect touch!

New To SU Saleabration

Happy Wednesday!! I can't believe we are over half way through the month! Life has been a little chaotic with basketball and weather here! Taryn managed to sprain her ankle at her game Monday night and now we have over 8" of snow on the ground...

I am back with my friends New At SU blog hop today! We are each featuring something from the NEW Sale A Bration catalog! I couldn't wait to play with the Dainty Flowers DSP. I have mixed it today with the Framed Florets stamp set and Timber 3D Embossing folder. Lets take a look!

My card started with a base of Blushing Bride card stock with a mat of Crumb Cake card stock that I have distressed the edges of with an old pair of Paper Snips. I took the Blushing Bride floral print from the Dainty Flowers DSP and added a bit of Crumb Cake ink using our Blending Brushes. This is accented with a panel of Crumb Cake card stock that I have embossed with the Timber 3D embossing folder. Next I took another pattern from the Dainty Flowers pack that I cut at 2.5" x 4.5". This card was begging for some Linen Thread. I stamped a sentiment from the Framed Florets stamp set in Blushing Bride ink and splattered it with a bit of Crumb Cake ink from my Stampin' Write marker before die cutting it with a circle from the Stylish Shapes. It is adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals and accented with the Elegant Faceted Gems. This card came together so nicely and was fairly simple to make! 

I am so glad you took the time to stop by! I can't wait for you to see the other Sale A Bration items in the hop, you can click through the list below!

OSAT Fresh Finds Blog Hop

Hello!!! Happy New Year to all of you, I can't believe that our holiday break has come and gone so quickly. Junior High girls basketball is in full swing. Taryn has really enjoyed it this far and her second game is tonight. I ended up missing her first game driving back from Children's as Josh was scheduled to have his Ambulatory EEG. Never a dull moment!! I hope that your New Year is off to an uneventful start!

I am back with my One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop Team with our January Blog Hop! This month we are hopping with new goodies from the Stampin' Up! Jan-April 2023 Mini Catalog! Yes you read that right, our Mini Catalog is from January to April this year. When I started seeing all the new goodies I just knew that the Desert Details and Delicate Desert DSP was going to be on my list! Let me show you what I have created with this gorgeous suite!

This bundle speaks to my Boho Cowgirl soul! I love the DSP and stamp set. I am sure you are going to get tired of seeing things with it! I inked up the succulent with sponge daubers first with Blackberry Bliss and the outside with Soft Succulent. I then used the coordinating die to cut it out. This is layered over a border cut with the Desert Details Dies of Soft Succulent card stock and is adhered over a piece of the Delicate Desert DSP. I have cut the Aztec like piece from the Dry Brushed Metallic DSP and it is tucked behind the succulent. This is nicely layered onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock. The sentiment is stamped in Gray Granite on a piece of Basic White. This is accented with the Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins.

I liked my succulent above so much that I stamped and die cut another one. I stamped the sentiment Stylish Shapes largest stitched circle. I again tucked the Dry Brushed Metallic Aztec die cut back behind the succulent and have accented it with the Pastel Adhesive Back Sequins. This is adhered to a white gift bag I found at Christmas time and worked out so cute!

I can't wait for you to see what my friends have created with their Fresh Finds, make sure you click through the list below to get even MORE inspiration!