The Spot 100 Getting to Know You

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is doing well! Hopefully, I have escaped having whatever everyone in my house has had and shared. Thankfully all three kids went to school yesterday. Is it wrong for me to be ready for summer break already?! I am just ready for days at the pool, flip flops and a good thunderstorm or 2.

Today we start something new! A group of us have come together for a new creative challenge and we are calling it,

This Creative Challenge will be live every Tuesday! I am so excited because we have an amazing design team and I just can't wait to inspire all of you! For our first challenge we want you to get to know our styles! So we are calling it "Getting To Know You Designers Choice Challenge", we want to showcase our styles for you! You can click below to see our whole team and for full challenge details!

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Now, If you have been following me for a while, you will know that I love my Subtles, wood, lace, coloring, flowers and of course heat embossing. I would consider my style is along the lines of a modern shabby chic. However we have more products that are not along this line, and I do try to showcase my creativity with more than just style. Let me show you what I have created for my "Getting To Know You Designers Choice" challenge!

This card started with our Stitched Lace Dies. I ran it through my die cutting machine with a piece of Whisper White before I used the Stitched Nested Label Dies to die cut it. I chose to use the Forever Blossoms Bundle. I have stamped the Memento Tuxedo Black before coloring with my Petal Pink and Soft Seafoam Stampin' Blends. I even added an extra flower and set of leaves so that my smaller Stitched Nested Label with my Gold Stampin' Embossed sentiment was balanced. After I adhered the flowers to the lace with the sentiment, I adhered this layer with Stampin' Dimensionals. A nice rich piece of wood DSP from the Pressed Petals DSP over the Tufted Embossed Soft Seafoam was definitely the right touch. I added a bit of the Metallic Pearls for a touch of bling. This is all nicely layered onto a card base of Petal Pink cardstock.

I am so excited about this new challenge and I can't for you to showcase YOUR style! The link up closes Sunday evening so you wont want to wait! 

Have a fabulous week!

APPT Lovely Day February 2020 Blog Hop

Man, the last few weeks have been doozies! Between sick kids, large card class, sick husband and me just trying to keep up with all of this. Everyone returned to school yesterday so MAYBE I can get back to a routine.

A Paper Pumpkin Thing is back! We are hopping with the kit from February 2020, Lovely Day. This is an amazing kit, with flower die cuts, copper edged banners and dimensional words! The best thing about it is that is that it coordinates with Sale A Bration stamp set Happy Birthday to You. Did you also know that this stamp set has dies too????? They are called Birthday Dies! 

When I started creating my alternatives for this kit, I had full intentions of sending them in for Paper Pumpkins live. I am in the process of rearranging my craft room and Taryn was helping me on their day off this past Friday. Well, she spilled water on my samples... I thought she ruined them! She did ruin one... But I was able to salvage one. I just can't get enough of the flower stamp in this kit! So let me show you my two creations!

 It makes me giggle when I realize how I get stuck on certain colors that if you asked me about using I may gag. Just kidding, I won't gag! I have always been a lover of a nice buttery type yellow. When I was younger I worked in a paint and wallcovering store and often helped customers with colors. So Saffron is much like the yellows I would have recommended. It is funny how unused it has been in the past in my stamp room. This card started with the So Saffron layer. I stamped the large flower in So Saffron ink on opposite corners and set this aside. The scalloped rectangles are from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I cut two, one in Whisper White and one in Flirty Flamingo. The Flirty Flamingo one is also stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink with the small flower from the Paper Pumpkin kit. I have layered these onto the So Saffron layer and set aside while I colored the cake stamp from the Happy Birthday To You with my Stampin' Blends in coordinating colors. This is all layered onto a Mint Macaron mat and Flirty Flamingo card base. I have added the copper foil dimensional word embellishment from the kit with a few sequins to finish it off!

This second card started with the large flower stamp on Fluid 100 paper. I whipped out my Aqua Painters and Watercolor Pencils to color this beauty before using my Paper Snips to fussy cut it out. This is layered onto a piece of Pressed Petals DSP that I adhered over a Pearlized Doily onto my card front layer that I created with a card base from the kit. The sentiment is stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink on a strip of Whisper White that is layered over a piece of Copper Foil. A quick Copper Foil Sprig from the Birthday Dies was a perfect touch before adhering it onto my Pear Pizzazz card base!

I hope you found some inspiration today! I can't wait for you to see what the rest of our team has created! You can click along the list below for inspiration! Have a fabulous day!

Paper Craft Crew 348 Harvest Hellos

HELLO!!!!! I am sure that many of you think that I have fallen off the face of the earth! Life has been consuming lately and while I have tried to work on stuff in my stamp room it seems like the business side of it all has been taking the front page.  Good news is that I will be having classes in Yuma starting in September!!! Not Arizona, Yuma is about 30 minutes to my west and I have been trying to find a venue for the last 3 years!!! Well, it happened!

This weeks sketch from the Paper Craft Crew is a bit like last weeks! So when you look at my card today and say "Hmmm, that looks like last weeks challenge", I designed it for last week but it works for today too!!!

I couldn't wait to ink up and use the Harvest Hello's Bundle! With 3 kids I have plenty of teachers I can use this bundle for! Today's card is my first design with it and I think it is adorable! Lets take a look!

I am sure that many of you have a stash of things that you have stamped with great plans of ideas, my Granny Apple Buffalo Check is one of those ideas that never came full circle. My Poppy Parade Apple is stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Clear Stampin' Emboss powder. Once that was ready I used the coordinating punch to build my apple. A nice burlap banner from the Pressed Petals DSP coordinates nicely with my Linen Thread bow. I stamped a border of the seeds towards the bottom in Early Espresso ink. The Welcome Back sentiment is heat embossed in Stampin' Emboss White on Early Espresso then punched with Classic Label punch. To finish this card off I made a mat with Poppy Parade and set it on a card base of Granny Apple Green!

Phew! I can't wait for you all to get your Holiday Catalogs!! It is by far one of my faves!!!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait to see what you make for this weeks challenge! Have a great day!

OSAT Down at The Farm Blog Hop

Happy Thursday! Two days of blog posts in a row, who knew?! Spent a couple hours at the pool yesterday with another demonstrator friend before coming home to let the cable guy fix our play room cable... a day early! Who does that?! Aren't the cable guys usually late? I am not being ungrateful, but he texted me at noon asking if he could come in the afternoon. I have had plans for a month to go to the pool yesterday with Janet!! So I told him he could come at 4 pm! Troy came home, we did some grilling and chilling and I fell asleep in the recliner... again.

This month with the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop our theme is Down On The Farm. We try to leave it up for interpretation. You may see farm animals, gingham, and of course a farmhouse chic style. I chose to go with the farmhouse chic direction with Country Home and a little bit of Daisy Lane! Lets take a look...

My card started with the piece of DSP. This great piece of DSP is from the Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper!!! I know, I know, I am using the HECK out of this paper. It is that versatile!! With the wood, burlap and flowers in this paper pack, not to mention 24 sheets it is an amazing paper to have in your stash! I used Basic Gray ink to stamp my cream can onto the new Fluid 100 watercolor paper and used the Basic Gray Water Color Pencil to assist in watercoloring it. This is nicely layered over a strip of wood patterned DSP also from the Pressed Petals pack and a piece of lace that I have "ruffled" using some tear n tape! A few Pear Pizzazz springs and a Rococo Rose Daisy from Daisy Lane and this part of my card was done. I chose the "Simply Thankful For All The Good Things" sentiment from the Country Home stamp set. It is heat embossed using the Stampin' Emboss White and has a nice pop to it! This is nicely matted onto a piece of Rococo Rose, with a small accent on the top right corner and a Sahara Sand Card Base.

I chose to do the pillow box because it was easy and they are darling! I have wrapped a piece of the Pear Pizzazz that has been embossed with the Corrugated embossing folder, a cute little border piece of DSP and some more lace! My box is empty so I can do as I please!!

Thank You so much for stopping in today for the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop! I can't wait for you to see what the rest of my friends have come up with for you! You will find the full link list below! Happy Thursday!

A Paper Pumpkin Thing A Little Smile Blog Hop

I am so glad that today is Thursday! Between last week and this week, I haven't been able to collectively have my ducks in a row... remember that gentle juggling act from last week???  This week that very juggling act has been with BOWLING BALLS! Taryn has had Gymnastics and Dance Camp, Joshua had his doctors appointment, I have swaps to finish, we have company coming next week and our house is in total disarray.... Needless to say, I am glad this week is almost over!

So let me just state that I ran to my craft room last night the minute we got home to whip something up for today! I really had no plan in place with this months kit... It isn't my jam. It isn't that the cards were adorable little note cards that fit inside this cute little pouch, it is the beachy nautical theme! We all know that isn't my favorite... but this card came adorable! If I was going to create with a beachy theme this is would be it...

My card base is a rich base of Old Olive to coordinate with the Palm Tree's from the kit. I have taken one of the card fronts and punched it with the 2 1/4" Circle Punch and set this aside. The Pressed Petals Specialty DSP is the most versatile pack in the new catalog, in my opinion of course! That is where my burlap pattern came from. It is adhered to a mat of Coastal Cabana. I added a 1" Strip with that I had stamped with Birch. A double strand of Whisper White Bakers Twine was perfect, but I didn't tie the bow yet. I started layering my elements on to the card using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Then lastly added the sentiment with dimensionals and my bow!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait for you to see what the rest of us have come up with! You can click along the list below!

3rd Thursday Getting to Know The NEW Catalog

Have you ever had a week where no matter what you try to do or schedule you just can't keep up?! That would be the theme of this week and probably next week too! I feel like summer break is a gentle juggling act of doing what NEEDS to be done and doing what you want to do! My creative wheels have been a bit stuck lately... I over think my projects some times... well maybe not just my projects. So instead of working on stuff for my catalog launch yesterday afternoon... I took the kids to the pool. See!!! Even adults make bad choices!

Today I am back with the 3rd Thursday Blog Hop team! We are showing off some of the new goodies from the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog, I am sure at this point you have seen a TON of new goodies... This card kind of came together on accident! Sometimes accidents are happy accidents... Let me show you what I have created.

This card started with my Petal Pink Daisy!! Yes you read that right! My card started with a flower!!!! I used both size daisy stamps in the Daisy Lane stamp set. This set is bundled in the catalog with the Medium Daisy Punch. I have stamped this on Very Vanilla card stock! This coordinates nicely with the wood patterned DSP from the Pressed Petals DSP and the Very Vanilla Stitched Lace layer. I have adhered this to a nice mat of Soft Seafoam cardstock. I added a bit of the Petal Pink ribbon with a touch of Linen Thread. It is all nicely layered onto a Petal Pink card base. A heat embossed sentiment was just the right touch to finish this card off! 

I can't for you to see what Kimberley has whipped up for you! You can get to her by clicking the next button below! 

Happy Thursday!

Kimberley Morris

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Anne Marie Hile

Angie McKenzie

Susan Legits

Sarah Fleming

Andrea Tracy-Tucker

Product List

Daisy Lane Bundle [151118] $35.00	Daisy Punch [143713] $18.00	Stitched Lace Dies [149625] $35.00	Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper [149500] $14.50	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $9.75
Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $7.50	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $8.75	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $8.75	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $6.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50
Petal Pink 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Organdy Striped Ribbon [149441] $8.00	Linen Thread [104199] $5.00	Clear Faceted Gems [144142] $5.00

TGIF 216 To A Wild Rose Sketch Challenge

TGIF!!! I am a bit late to the party... But Summer Break is kicking my rear! The kids and I FINALLY went to the pool on Thursday... It was refreshing, they really don't need me there but with everything with Josh, it is just better that I be there for now. 

This week with TGIF Challenges Mercedes has whipped up a really great sketch and we ALL know that a sketch is really left up to interpretation! 

I have inked up the "To A Wild Rose" stamp set on numerous occasions... But have yet to complete a card with it. I decided to flip the sketch and make a Landscape style card with it. Let me show you what I have made today!

This shabby chic card started with the flower. I made this beautiful flower using two of the stamps from the To A Wild Rose stamp set. I first inked up the solid like image with Flirty Flamingo ink and stamped it off to get a lighter color. Next I used the stamp set with more texture, again I inked up with Flirty Flamingo but I did not stamp off this time. There is a stamp in the set that has the outline but I chose to not use it. I did stamp the center with Crumb Cake. I was so excited when this set had coordinating dies to die cut the flower! The leaves are also from this bundle. Again I decided to stamp off my Old Olive ink first then stamped the line type stamp at full strength. The die actually cuts the leaves as a cluster, I chose to fussy cut one off and use it in another spot. A nice wood banner from the Pressed Petals DSP was just the right touch over my Crumb Cake background from the Gallery Grunge stamp set. A touch of the Scallop Lace Trim and a Copper Heat Embossed sentiment was just the right touch!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait to see what you create with this amazing sketch!

To A Wild Rose Bundle [151073] $54.00	Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper [149500] $14.50	Gallery Grunge Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151275] $20.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $7.50	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953] $8.75
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397] $6.50	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $8.75	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $7.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $6.00
Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint [147044] $8.00	Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Lace Trim [149593] $7.00