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!

The Spot Not Yo Mommas Card Challenge

Happy Tuesday! I am enjoying a hot cup of coffee in silence while typing up my post this morning... sometimes I wake up early just so I can drink my coffee in silence. It is for everyones safety! The kids and I will be working on seed tapes today of carrots and radishes for the garden. I am hoping to plant some of the flowers I got from the nursery on Friday. For those of you who garden, do you follow the Farmer's Almanac? In Colorado there is also the theory of not planting things before Mother's Day... I tend to be a bit of a rule breaker anyway.

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This week The Spot Design Team is creating cards that are not so average. We are calling it the Not Yo' Momma's Card. You may see some fun folds or Unisex type cards and cards that are NOT for mom!!  I chose to make a fun fold. That isn't necessarily for mom but maybe for an amazing friend. Now I can't take credit for this amazing fold design. I tend to treasure or hoard cards from swaps... I usually keep my very favorites. I received a swap card from my demo friend in California Amy Combs at OnStage in Vegas, I hadn't pulled it out of the clear envelope until a couple of weeks ago, so she gets the credit for the design of this fold. Let me show you what I have created!

Adorable, right?! This card has a rich base of Early Espresso with a mat and accents of Mossy Meadow. I have used the Stampin' Blends Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow and Ivory to color the Magnolia. This was nicely accented with the Magnolia Lane DSP stripe and the Bird Ballad DSP. I even added a bit of the Pressed Petals DSP wood. The Stitched So Sweetly Dies are a go to and a favorite. To create my label I stamped the smaller magnolia in Petal Pink and sentiment from the To A Wild Rose in Early Espresso before die cutting. My label is accented with a bit of Striped Petal Pink and Lace Trim. A few Gold Glitter Enamel dots were an amazing touch. 

I will be making this fold live on Thursday... Stay Tuned for a time!

I can't wait to see what you make for this challenge! 

Creation Station Full Monty Blog Hop

Sunday, Sunday... a day that is a blessing and a curse. Especially with tomorrow being a Monday! Have you seen the story out there about the teen that is trying to get the Super Bowl moved to Saturday and the statistics about how many people that DO NOT show up to work the Monday following Super Bowl Sunday? This kid is onto something!



I am back with the Creation Station Design Team for a what we are calling a "Full Monty" blog hop! The idea was for us to hop with product suites from the catalog with an emphasis on our Mini... Well, I decided to showcase a suite that could be getting a bit neglected with all of the amazing Poppies, Purses and Parisian Suites in our Mini. Good Morning Magnolia is hands down one of my most favorite suites EVER. So when I was trying to whip something last night (after refereeing children, the horse shoer showing up and needing to run to the store when Troy got home from work FINALLY, my day was shot), I stumbled on this partially colored Memories & More card and had my AHA!! moment.

 So, the card started with a Memories & More card from the Magnolia Lane pack. This was colored with Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive and Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Packs. I knew that I wanted to layer this onto the coordinating Memories & More Large Specialty Cards. A nice piece of the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper was a nice touch, I could have put a bit of mat behind it for more of a pop. I have stamped the sentiment using Early Espresso ink with the decorative border stamped in Petal Pink. The die cut is NOT in the suite... I know I am a rebel, but it worked out well with what I was creating, it is from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. The small magnolia colored to coordinate with the background was the perfect touch. This is all adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals over a piece of the Striped Organza Petal Pink Ribbon.

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait for you to see what my dearest friend Jeanna has created. You can get to her by clicking the next button below!

 

Jeanna Bohanon

TGIF Challenges 220 Sketch Challenge

Happy Friday! Do you have big plans for your weekend? We are heading down to the south east corner of Colorado to celebrate Mr. Tucker's birthday!! It will be fun for sure. The kids will finally get to see the new Toy Story, we plan on hitting the pool and having a game night. The possibilities are endless though!

This week with the TGIF Challenges we have a sketch for you! You can get all the details by clicking below!

I went a bit abstract when interpreting the sketch this week. I had plans to use the design I started for a sketch but when one of my Stampin' Blends ran out of ink   (couldn't get the replacement in time to finish my swaps) I decided to go a different direction, which left me with 21 one of these Good Morning Magnolia stamped using the Wild Rose Dies to mess with... Let me show you what I have for you today!

No matter what I tried while taking pictures I felt like I couldn't get a good shot. The card started with a piece of Thick Whisper White Card Stock. I used the Good Morning Magnolia stamp with Early Espresso ink. It is nicely matted with Early Espresso card stock and Pool Party card base!

Then I chose to use the stitched label like die from the Wild Rose Dies. I only colored what was on that die cut. I have used the Rococo Rose and Old Olive Blends combo's to color the flower. I have accented it with a bit of a Light Pool Party Shadow and Light Crumb Cake Center. It needs a bit of Clear Wink of Stella to set it off! A bit of Linen Thread, Copper Heat Embossed Sentiment and a few pearls and this beauty was done. 

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait to see all the different interpretations that you come up with this beautiful sketch!

Paper Craft Crew 335 Sketch Challenge

Happy Wednesday!!! Are we all happy that we are over the hump???? If we are friends on Facebook you will know that in my house we are at that time of year where the kids no longer want to wake up to get ready for school and while I think we all are impatiently waiting for summer break, I am not sure that I am ready for the bickering... 9, 11 and 13 year old's are not for the faint of heart!

I am working on getting back into my regular groove again! Today I am back at it with the Paper Craft Crew Design Team! We have a fabulous sketch that you will see below that of course is left to interpretation!

The launch of the new Annual Catalog is right around the corner and I feel like sometimes we can't always purge EVERYTHING that is going away. For example the Wood Textures DSP will be saying a fond farewell, but on today's card I am going to show you how you can use some of that Wood Textures DSP with the upcoming Magnolia Lane DSP!

The Magnolia Lane suite will be one of the hottest new items in the upcoming catalog! The DSP is amazing with fabulous florals as well as stripes and small prints! Today's card started with a rich base of Early Espresso Card Stock. The mat of Petal Pink is distressed on the edges using an older pair of snips. I have used one of the stripe patterns in the Magnolia Lane DSP to layer onto the Petal Pink. I am so sad that the Wood Textures DSP will not be returning in the upcoming catalog. It makes an excellent partner with the Magnolia Lane DSP.  A nice strip of the White Flax ribbon was perfect for this earthy card. Let's get to the star of the show, the magnolia. I have stamped this image with Early Espresso ink on Thick Whisper White. The image was then colored with Stampin' Blends. First the leaves were colored with the Old Olive Combo. I usually start with the dark then blend with the light. The flower itself will probably surprise you! Once the center of the flower was colored with the Soft Suede Combo, I started shading with the Ivory Stampin' Blend first... It gave me just enough of a shadow when I started to blend with the Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blend. After I was all done coloring, I used a the Stampin' Blend Lifter on some of the petals. A nice Early Espresso sentiment on the Classic Label punch, a few Gold Foil Leaves and some Epoxy Droplets and this puppy was done!

I am so glad you came by today! I can't wait to see what you create for this sketch! 

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Product List

Good Morning Magnolia Cling Stamp Set $36.00	Magnolia Memory Dies $35.00	Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper $11.50	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack $11.00
Gold Foil Sheets $4.00	Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets $9.00	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Flax Ribbon $7.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock $7.75
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock $8.50	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock $8.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $9.00
Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack $9.00	Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Marker $4.50	Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker $4.50	Stampin' Blends Color Lifter $4.50
Classic Label Punch $18.00