Paper Craft Crew 283 Happy Birthday Friend Sketch

It is Paper Craft Crew Wednesday! We are happily half through the week! It is Hump Day which means that the Paper Craft Crew is back with a brand new challenge! Luckily, I didn't blow away yesterday! Although, I think I am going to have to go rescue a few horse blankets.

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I am designing today with the Paper Craft Crew design team! Pam has whipped up a versatile sketch for all of us to play along with... Come take a look.

This card started with a layer of Thick Whisper White card stock. I used my Large Aqua Painter to create the water colored Berry Burst splatters. A nice strip of Picture Perfect Party DSP to coordinate with the color of the splatters seemed to be the right direction. Once I had these core pieces of my project started I used the dies from the Lovely Friends Bundle to create a Gold Glimmer "Friend" oval. The back drop for this is a Layering Oval cut from one of the Soft Sayings card bases. I fussy cut the bows from the Picture Perfect Party DSP and layered them behind my oval. The Basic Black Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Eclectic Expressions Sale A Bration set. A little Lemon Lime Twist Washi and a strip of the Bermuda Bay mini chevron was just right. This was nicely layered onto a Lemon Lime Twist matte and a Basic Black card base!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait to see what to see what you come up with!

TGIF Challenges 147 Sale A Bration Inspiration

I can't even explain how happy I am that it is FRIDAY!!! Not only is it Friday, it is a 3 day weekend for the kids which in most scenarios would irritate me, but I am actually good with it. 

So I am designing today with TGIF Challenges and we have a fun Sale A Bration Inspiration Challenge for all of you to play along with. You can get more details by clicking below, but let me show you my card first!

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I have been in somewhat of a creative funk lately. There has been a lot on my plate when it comes to being a mother lately. It has zapped me emotionally, this too shall pass... so I was unsure as to what to whip up for this challenge. I had the Picture Perfect Party DSP out as I had used for yesterdays post. The feel of this card was a bit different with my Stampin' Blends Bermuda Bay colored tennis shoes on my nice stitched square. A rich base of Basic Gray and matte of Bermuda Bay was the perfect contrast. I had a Softly Falling embossed Smoky Slate banner in my stash of goodies that I layered behind the shoes much like the laces. I added some of the self adhesive sequins, and the Smoky Slate stamped sentiment to help finish this card off!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Stampin Friends Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Happy Thursday! I am so glad to be back with the Stampin Friends Blog Hop today! Did any of you do anything exciting for Valentines? I had a day chalked full of Valentine festivities with the kids and then we went to dinner with another couple. So all in all, it was a good Valentines! 

Now that Valentines is over, we can skip onto the fun cards that no one can ever have to many of, birthday!! So we are hopping to a "Birthday Bash" theme. I honestly don't know how I pulled it all together! As I said above, I have in drowning in Valentine so I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull my crap together to have goodies for this hop. Then I remembered that I had made this cute little Panda for a swap, then quickly whipped up a 3D item. Now let me get you the details!

My card is a nice a base of Berry Burt with a matte of Lemon Lime Twist. My Party Panda was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I punched the balloon using the Balloon Builder Punch with the Picture Perfect Party DSP. I stamped a few confetti from the Party Panda set using Bermuda Bay ink before adding the Self Adhesive Sequins. This was the card as my swap. I wanted to doll it up a bit for the blog hop so I added a Light Smoky Slate shadow using my Stampin' Blends marker. and a bit of Washi Tape at the top right.

My fun little treat holder was made from a single sheet of 6 x 6 DSP! It was so easy and cute. I then wrapped my tea bag with a 1.5" x 6" strip of DSP. I broke in my new Paper Snips as I fussy cut the bow from one of the sheets of the Picture Perfect Party DSP! I will be live on Facebook today for a fun, free tutorial on this!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait for you to tour the whole hop! You will find the link list below!
Happy Hopping!!!

Paper Craft Crew 275 Sketch Challenge

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday! School is back in full swing and it looks like all 3 kids survived yesterday! Weather is on its way and I am hoping Mother Nature doesn't punish me with a Snow Day! Not sure if I will be blanketing horses as it is suppose to start as rain and turn to snow!

The Paper Craft Crew has a fun sketch that was designed by former design team member Crystal Komara. I wasn't sure how to play with this sketch but after some crafty collaboration with a friend I figured it out.. 

This Berry Burst card with a matte of Bermuda Bay sure came together nicely. I honestly wasn't sure when I looked at the sketch what exactly I was going to do but it all came together nicely. Once I had my angled piece of Picture Perfect Party DSP. My Bow is also from the Picture Perfect Party, I have fussy cut it and heat embossed it twice with clear Stampin' Emboss powder. This bow has about 4 or 5 dimensionals just so it would lay flat. I added some of the Bermuda Bay Mini Chevron below the bow. The sentiment comes from the Picture Perfect Birthday set. I used my Paper Snips to cut it up so that I could add the Celebrate from the Celebrate You thinlits. I actually ended up cutting this 3 times. Twice out of Bermuda Bay and then out of the Light Green Glimmer Paper from the Magic & Myths Glimmer Paper Pack.

Thank you so much for stopping in today! I can't wait to see the creations that you come up with! Have a great Wednesday!

Sale A Bration Kick Off Blog Hop

I am so excited that Sale-A-Bration starts tomorrow!! Welcome to the 2018 Sale-A-Bration Kick Off Blog Hop!! I want to a say a special Thank You to Janet Wakeland for giving Stampin' Up! Demonstrators Globally an opportunity to debut these amazing goodies!
For those of you who are new to my blog, I am Andrea Tracy-Tucker! I have been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator for going on 5 Years! I live on the eastern edge of Colorado in small little town of 2000 people! I'm am happily married and have 3 amazing kiddos, 2 Horses and a dog! The crazy thing about this, I grew up in San Diego! So the weather is a drastic contrast to what I grew up with! That is enough of me! Let me show you these cute Sale-A-Bration creations!

So let me tell you something... I couldn't decide what to use!!! I started with a set of cards made with the Celebrate You thinlits. Then I had a moment where I panicked over not doing something "cool" enough... I got up this morning, did not start over but decided to make a coordinating something!

This fun card starts with a bright base of Pumpkin Pie card stock with a matte of Lemon Lime Twist. I couldn't wait to use the candle paper from Picture Perfect Party DSP. The Bermuda Bay matted stripe is also from this collection. The Celebrate is cut using the Celebrate You Thinlits, I cut it twice out of Basic Black card stock. I then cut it out of the Turquoise Glimmer Paper from the Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper pack! This is a really great pack with a light green and iridescent as well! This card wasn't complete until I added the fussy cut Panda from Party Pandas! 

This was the something I created this morning to coordinate with my card! Cute and oh so easy! I used our Mini Treat Bag Framelits to create this cutie! The Panda came back! Who doesn't love a panda? The Bubble & Fizz DSP works well with Picture Perfect Party DSP in my card. I made a 2 inch band and created a Stitched Circle with an Iridescent Glimmer paper circle for the panda to hang out on! The Lemon Lime Twist sentiment was created using the torn looking die from the Mini Treat Bag Dies. I added a strip of Bermuda Bay Stars and Calypso Coral dots for some fun layers! 

Thank You so much for stopping by today!! I can't wait for Sale A Bration to start tomorrow! You will find a full blog list below! Click right on through for some more amazing ideas!