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!

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!

The Spot 147 Get Your Heart On Challenge

Happy Tuesday!!! It is a cold son of gun today! We have a bit of snow and it is -5 outside! I tried my hand at a Cottage Pie (its a shepherds pie made with beef), last night for dinner. No one complained except for Taryn... she is high maintenance lately! 

Today I am creating for the The Spot design team, we are creating cards with the theme "Get Your Heart On", I love a good play on words but we all know I am not a fan of hearts! To be honest, this card came together so easy and I can't wait to share it with you!

If you have looked over the Sweet Valentine Card kit, DONT! This kit is so easy for our kids to put together but we all know that I can't play by the rules! To start this card I decided to use the Tailored Tag Punch and punch some pieces out of the card bases from the kit. These are all adhered using the Multipurpose Liquid Glue on to a layer of Calypso Coral card stock. It is accented with a bit of the Blushing Bride Metallic Ribbon. The sentiment from the Valentine Keepsakes stamp set is heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder on the top right and accented with a few Wonderful Gems. I used the my Blending Brush with Melon Mambo on a heart punched with Heart Punch Pack. I then heat embossed a gold bow from the Valentine Keepsakes stamp set. Then I layered it over a Pool Party heart punched with scalloped heart from the Heart Punch Pack, it is layered over the ribbon with Stampin' Dimensionals! This card was so easy and fun to put together!

I can't wait to see how YOU get your Heart on this week! 

Have a great Tuesday!

Product List

Valentine Keepsakes Cling Stamp Set [154354]	Sweet Little Valentines Cards & More [154287]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051]	Blending Brushes [153611]
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Tailored Tag Punch [145667]	Heart Punch Pack [151292]	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122925]
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924]	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115320]	3/8" (1 Cm) Blushing Bride Metallic Ribbon [154283]	Wonderful Gems [153536]

TGIF 249 Valentines Challenge

Boy am I glad today is FRIDAY! The kids don't know that tomorrow brings a long list of to-dos and cleaning. It has been a bit of a quiet week, but my stress level does not seem to reflect that! Who are you guys rooting for this weekend? I think we are a house divided... I am rooting for San Fran! Enough about that!

I am designing today with the TGIF Design Team and we have a fun and festive challenge that is just in time! Valentines Day! I am sure we are all up to our elbows in Valentines at this point, in fact I actually struggled with this challenge because everything has been HEARTS. If you have followed me for a while, you will know that hearts are not my favorite. So when I started creating for this challenge, the idea for me was to use what others had not been using and maybe mix it with something new!

 

After creating all day... and not finishing or liking what I was coming up with, I came up with this. This elegant Valentines card started with the Basic Gray stamped heart with Petal Pink sentiment from the Meant To Be stamp set. It wasn't until that moment that I began to have a clear idea of what I wanted to do. I have use the Stitched Be Mine dies to create my cluster of hearts.  These are nicely layered over a Basic Gray layer that has been stamped with the Breathtaking Bouquet background stamp and heat embossed with Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder. This was die cut with the scalloped rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and adhered onto a layer of Petal Pink card stock that has been embossed with the Tufted 3D embossing folder. A mat of Vellum to coordinate with the Vellum heart die cut was just the right touch on my Basic Gray card base. A bit of Petal Pink Metallic Edge Ribbon and Champagne Rhinestone to set this card over the top. I gave you a bit of a close up below!

This challenge should be easy for ALL of you and I can't wait to see what your Valentine's will look like! Remember, you only have a week to get those cards submitted!

Have a fabulous weekend!

3RD Thursday Sweet Treats Blog Hop

Happy Thursday afternoon, I hope you are all staying warm today. It is a bit of a blustery day here with no snow in site on the forecast. I need SNOW... I know I shouldn't say that out loud on the interweb and I am probably jinxing myself... but I NEED it!

I am back in full swing with the 3RD Thursday Blog Hop team. We decided to hop with the theme "Sweet Treats". I am so excited about this hop because I have created a fun little treat holder that holds some amazing chocolates! Let me show you what I have created with the Heartfelt Bundle and the Tags Tags Tags that carried over from our Holiday catalog.

These great projects are created with the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper. These are perfect for any Valentine in your life and I can't wait to share them this weekend with customers at class. I wanted to show you how well that the Tags Tags Tags set worked with this amazing suite! Every time a new catalog comes out I feel this panic of having to have it ALL. You do not have to HAVE IT ALL. Okay, so I also used the Heartfelt Bundle... because I could. 

My card has a base of Flirty Flamingo with a mat of Real Red. I adhered a strip of the striped DSP 1" x 5" towards the bottom of a Whisper White layer. Then, I stamped the ends of the arrow in Flirty Flamingo and Real Red ink towards the top right. When I was creating the projects for today I stamped the tags in Flirty Flamingo. This stamp is so cool because it stamps all three tags at once and the dies cut them all at the same time too! I accented the tag with a Real Red heart die cut that is also in the Trio of Tags dies. Some Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle with Bakers Twine Bow and a rhinestone from the From My Heart Faceted Gems was the perfect touch. This is nicely layered over a Real Red stamped scallop heart from the Heartfelt Bundle and accented with a couple more From My Heart Faceted Gems.

Okay, now the treat holder... I actually made this before making the card. Kind of backwards in my creative process, but it all comes out in the wash, Right?! We are going to call this the Matchbook Treat Holder, So here is how this cutie is made...

1. Cut Real Red Cardstock 3" x 7" and score on long side at 1/2", 3 1/2", 4"
2.  Make sure you run your bone folder over those score lines real good
3. Using Tear & Tape, Add a strip on the 1/2" flap and the opposite side. This would hold your cute little chocolates or treats in place. 
4. Use your Bone Folder again to make sure your treats are nice and secured.
5.  Cut 2 DSP Pieces at 2 3/4" x 2 3/4", these will be on the outside.
6.  Cut 3/8" x 2 3/4" strip to go on the flap holding the treats.
7.  Cut 1 1/4" x 7" strip (this will be your belly band closure for the treat holder)  score on long side at 1/2", 3 1/2", 4"
8. Adhere 3/4" x 7" coordinating DSP.
9.  Wrap around and adhere with Tear & Tape.

Great little treat holder right? I have provided a photo of the inside below. I have accented this with a DSP punched heart and another Flirty Flamingo stamped tag from the Tags Tags Tags. A little bit of Polka Dot Tulle and this cutie was DONE!

I am so excited about this treat holder! I hope you enjoy it too! I can't wait for you to see what the rest of the gang has come up with. Next on the hop is Kimberly, and I can't for you to see what she has come up with! You can get to her by clicking the next button below or clicking the blog roll!

Kimberly Morris

Angie McKenzie

Andrea Tracy-Tucker

Kimberley Morris

Jan Musselman

Susan Legits

Anne Marie Hile

Tatiana Tobin

I have provided a full supply list below of the products used in today creations! 

Happy Shopping!

Product List

From My Heart Suite Bundle (English) $88.25	Tags Tags Tags Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) $21.00	Trio Of Tags Dies $16.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock $8.75	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock $8.75
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad $7.50	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon $7.50	Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine $3.50	Tear & Tape Adhesive $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals $4.00	Paper Trimmer $25.00

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Be Mine Kit

A Paper Pumpkin Thing is back and yes I am little late this morning! The kids have kindly shared some sort of cooties... and it hit me with the One, Two Punch yesterday afternoon! Hopefully today is better!

 The kit this month is this amazingly adorable valentines kit! The Be Mine kit also coordinates with the Animal Expedition Suite in the Annual Catalog! I couldn't wait to play with this kit but with everything going on it didn't get the love I planned on showing it!

My Melon Mambo card with Pool Party mat was the perfect start to my cute Valentine inspired card. I have used the Animal Expedition DSP and it was perfect for my "You're One In Chameleon" with the cute little Chameleon die cut from the Paper Pumpkin kit. I accented the heart with a bit of the Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle to give it some foof! Yes, foof is a word! The pillow box I left alone, I simply tied the Polka Dot Tulle around the box with a nice heat embossed sentiment and enamel hearts for a tag!

I can't wait to show you what everyone else has come up with! Just click along the link list below!