Creation Station Happy New To You Blog Hop

Good Sunday morning and Happy New Year! It is downright chilly this morning, woke up to -6 degrees (Fahrenheit) with a wind chill of -12. Apparently at some point our power must have went out because I woke up to the TV off ( I sleep with it on), the fire siren going off in town and the Christmas tree lights on. It was a good thing though because I needed to get up so to type up my post. 

I am so excited for the January-June Mini Catalog!! You only have about 36-48 Hours until you will be able to shop all of these amazingness! Today I am hopping with my friends on the Creation Station Design Team and we are hopping with the theme "Happy New To You" and I couldn't wait to ink up the upcoming punch bundle Cactus Cuties! 

This great little bundle features a Cactus Builder Punch and a great photopolymer stamp set. Although I decided that I needed a bit of different sentiment. Enough about that, lets take a look at the full card, did I mention its a slimline?

So this fabulous slimline card started with an amazing base of Granny Apple Green. My Basic White layer is stamped using the Cactus Cuties stamp set. I have used Granny Apple Green and Soft Seafoam inks. I also added a few Magenta Madness cactus flowers from the Cactus Builder Punch. I used my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to create some fun splatters on the card. We all know how much I love funny sayings, and a shirt I saw on a website recently had a cluster of cactus and it said "Not A Hugger"... As does this fun card! I have used the Playful Alphabet dies to die cut the Basic Black letters that are accented with a bit of Clear Wink of Stella.  To finish this fun slimline card it is accented with a few of the Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

I am so glad that you stopped by today! I sure hope you are warming than we are here! Next on the hop is Barb Pfeffer and you can get to her by clicking the next button below!

Barb Pfeffer

Creation Station Specialty Paper Blog Hop

Happy Sunday! Hope you all are in good health and spirits! Our house has been humming with church and school obligations. I though things would get easier as they get older. Now I am just an underpaid taxi for my kids. Football is still in full swing for Wesley, we actually won our play off game yesterday!! WOOHOO Go Eagles. Wesley will get his first high school letter this season and I really couldn't be more proud. Today at church, Taryn will be helping our youth group lead service and worship... and Josh... Josh was diagnosed with asthma on Friday. 

PHEW!!! It doesn't get any easier...

Today I am back with my Creation Station team! I couldn't wait to participate this month. One, because I had things already made to go with our theme of SPECIALTY PAPER and two because I have been a slacker and it was time to pull up my big girl pants and HOP! Today my projects are featuring the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP. If you know me, I love a good NON-Traditional Holiday card and this Specialty DSP is amazing! Let me you show you what I have created!

This time of year I am asked to do orders of Christmas Cards. I created this card for one of my orders and I just love the way that it turned out. With a base of Mossy Meadow and a mat of Polished Pink there is nothing traditional about these colors. The dies from the Whimsical Trees Bundle are cut from Mossy Meadow and Mint Macaron. They are the perfect accent with the holographic stripe that is die cut with the Tailor Made Tags Die from the Whimsy & Wonder DSP. My Polish Pink stamped deer from Peaceful Deer Bundle was the perfect added touch. 

These great little blocks are 2" Wood Blocks that I snagged at Hobby Lobby! They are painted with a matte metallic silver paint then adorned with pieces of the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty DSP. I have used the Playful Alphabet Dies to create fun holiday saying on 4 sides of the cubes. Each side features a different pattern and theme! These are perfect for a mantle or shelf for the wintery season! I simply cut 1 7/8" squares of the paper and adhered them with a bit of Multipurpose Liquid Glue and embellished as I desired!

I am so glad that you stopped in today! I can't wait for you to see what my friend Elizabeth has created today! You can get to her by clicking the next button below!

Elizabeth Price

TGIF 302 Wild Roses Color Challenge

Happy Friday! This week has gone by in a blur! I can't believe that Taryn is now officially 11!!! It seems like just a few months ago I was blogging about her 1st day in Kindergarten and getting ready for a Denver Bronco Super Bowl Win... my does time fly when we are having fun! We celebrated with a birthday of her choice, the girl chose Steak, Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Asparagus and then we had cake for dessert! She got a brand new batch of clothes from Stitch Fix, Bedding, some Lego DOTS and some other girly things. She was so excited! 

I am back this week with the TGIF Design Team for this Valentine inspired color challenge and a challenge it was! I wasn't quite sure how to pull off these colors. When I struggle with a color challenge I tend to go for some sort of ink based technique. Today I chose to use the Blending Brushes! They sure are getting a workout in my stamp room, and you shouldn't look them over!

The card today started with a piece of Basic White cardstock. I used my Blending Brushes to ink it up with Real Red and Petal Pink. It created an ombre like effect. Then I stamped it with Versamark using the Wild Rose background stamp so that I could heat emboss it with Cleat Stampin' Emboss powder. I stumbled on a similar layout on Pinterest recently and decided to give a try. The inked up layer is adhered to a Smoky Slate base with Stampin' Dimensionals (I should have used our Foam Adhesive Strips). Once I had things set, I die cut the word LOVE from our Copper Foil using the Playful Alphabet Dies. It sits nicely on a piece of Basic White that is layered over a heart from the Be Mine Stitched Dies that I die cut out of our Velum Cardstock. A few of our Elegant Faceted Dots was the perfect touch for this card that is on a card base of Smoky Slate!

I can't wait to see what you create with this weeks challenge! 

Hope you have a fabulous day!

Third Thursdays A Sweet Sale Blog Hop

Good afternoon and happy Thursday! This week has just blurred right by. I guess what they say about time flying by when we are having fun is somewhat true. If you call doing laundry and all the other fun domestic duties of being a Stay At Home Mom fun. The good thing is that I can run the laundry and dishwasher while stamping.

Today I am back in full swing with the Third Thursday Blog Hop! We are hopping with the amazing Sale A Bration items from Stampin' Up!. I am absolutely in LOVE with the Flower & Fields DSP!! The best thing about this amazing flower patterned paper is that you can get it for FREE with a $50 order! Who doesn't love free goodies!?

The creations I am sharing today are from an upcoming One Sheet Wonder class featuring the Many Messages Bundle. These great card feature a Flirty Flamingo card base and accents of Pool Party and Petal Pink Card stock with accents of the Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon. I have stamped the Many Messages stamp with Flirty Flamingo ink and used the coordinating die to cut the sentiments. This bundle is amazing because all you have to do is stamp once and cut once to give yourself a variety of die cut sentiments! I chose to accent the cards I am sharing today with the Pearl Basic Jewels. I have actually made 10 cards total with just one sheet of this Designer Series Paper but that wasn't enough!! These cards needed a cute little holder to sit in! I even labeled it with our Playful Alphabet dies!

I am so excited for you to see what Kim has made for you today! You can get to her by click the next button below! 

Or if you feel lost here is a link list of all of our hoppers!

Kimberley Morris 
Jan Musselman
Anne Marie Hile
Angie McKenzie
Susan Webster
Andrea Tracy-Tucker (You are Here)

Here is the link and information on the Many Messages One Sheet Wonder Class!

OSAT New Beginnings Blog Hop

Happy Thursday! I am so excited that I have been able to spend time in the craft room! If I haven't been stamping, I have been freezing corn and tending to our garden. We may even have to have blanch and freeze zucchini. It is a good problem to have with cost of groceries and 3 growing kids. 

The One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop Team is back this month with the theme, New Beginnings. When I think of New Beginnings I think of Back To School. It is very uneasy time for ALL of us as parents. As many of us will be sending our kids to school for the first time in almost 6 months.  I decided to mix the carry over bundle Harvest Hello's with a bit of the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper and the Plaid Tidings for today's fun farmhouse teacher card. Let's take a look!

My card started with the Harvest Hello's stamp set. I stamped the Apple on a piece of Regal Real Red DSP using Stazon Jet Black Ink and punched it with the coordinating Apple Builder Punch. I even added a couple of leaves, one colored in Granny Apple Green and one just punched out of Granny Apple Green cardstock. The wood stem was a great touch. This sits over a strip of the dark wood from the In Good Taste DSP and Whisper White that my sentiment created with the Playful Alphabet Dies. These dies are so easy to work with and paired nicely with the Black and White Plaid card front from the Plaid Tidings DSP pack. The "Teacher" sentiment is from the Harvest Hello's, I started to use the whole thing but when I realized that it could be cut and fit over the alphabet die cuts it was perfect! A bit of Real Red trim and mat for this Crumb Cake based card. I even did the inside of the card which you will see below.

I can't take credit for this design of this box, but I can take credit for foofing it up! What Teacher doesn't love a tube a lip balm! 

I am so excited that you came by today to see my New Beginnings projects, you will want to be sure that you click through the list of hop participants below for more inspiration! 

Have a great rest of your week!