Kindess

 Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Today's card:

I love these tulips from the Mixed Florals bundle. I just wasn't sure how to do the sentiment...I used the Mixed Media bundle for it. I plan to make more cards using these tulips so I'll have other opportunities to work on the sentiment. I'm entering this over at Can You Handle the Pressure where they are looking for 3D embossing folders. I used SU!'s Plaster Painting 3D EF! It's amazing! Lots of texture.

So, the weekend derailed me again. Our son, Taylor, and his family came over Sunday after church for lunch. We kept Autumn overnight and all day Monday. And now I'll be watching her again tomorrow because she is sick! 😞

She was good when we had her! She's a three baby girl. She has to have three baby dolls! 😂 Who knows! Maybe triplets are in her future!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Happy Birthday

Friday, January 17, 2025

It's Fri-yay, Crafty Friends! Today's card features a few ducks from the Lily Pond Lane DSP. 

 This bundle is a bit challenging for me but I'm making some progress with it.  I cut these images out of the DSP with the dies from the Charming Duck Pond. 

Anyways, our glamping trip is over. We are heading back to the farm today. It's been a nice week of R & R. We experienced a few new sights and sounds, and a new campground. It's been good.

Happy Stamping and have a good weekend!

Tracy

Happy Birthday

 Thursday, January 16, 2025

Well, I'm keeping it real this week with today's card. Uber simple.

I brought the Charming Duck Pond bundle with me on this glamping trip. I ended up just cutting the Lily Pond Lane DSP that coordinates with the bundle for this card. I used this week's Freshly Made Sketches design.

It's been foggy and cold (in the 30's) on this glamp trip. Yesterday we explored a couple nearby lakes and dams, walked around a campground we're interested in staying at sometime and drove into the sunshine!!!

Here's one of the dams! Can you see it!? LOL! It was a bit foggy. 

This is a lake. The water level is super low. It is all part of  “drawdown” — turning a reservoir into a river for a temporary period each year. It’s part of a wider strategy to keep dams in place for flood control while reopening habitat blocked for decades to endangered salmon and steelhead teetering on the brink of extinction. (Statesmen Journal 01.11.2025)

And here is the sunshine and blue sky we found! We just had to go up a little higher but it was there!

Happy Stamping wherever you are!

Tracy

Hope & Faith

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Today's cards are from a One Sheet Wonder (OSW) I worked on yesterday. So fun! I was inspired by Mary Knabe from Stampin' Peace. 

I used a sheet of Regal Winter DSP and went to work creating! It's fun to personalize and jazz up the cards with a OSW. 

We're off to explore and hike in a new area today! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

YOU

 Tuesday, January 14, 2025

I made another card last night with some scraps from yesterday's card.

I used the sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #612.

 A big thank you to AHSC!  I made the TOP 3 for Sketch #610! You can see that card here.

I stayed up way to late last night! I guess this is a week of R & R so I can take a nap whenever!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Thanks

Monday, January 13, 2025

It's late but it's still Monday as I am typing up this blog post. The weekend derailed me a bit and we are 'glamping' (in the RV) this week. I have limited supplies and space and the photography is bad but here is today's card:

I have sticky notes with measurements and sketches on them all over the place! Yes, I have a notebook intended for such things but it is never handy when I need to take notes. LOL! This layout was on a sticky note and I finally got around to using it. I am using the  color challenge at The Paper Players this week.

I used SU!'s Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie and Shy Shamrock. My sentiment is from Regal Flora cut with the Stylish Shapes dies. The butterfly is from Spotlight on Nature. I had to use black for my butterfly because nothing else looked right. I finished it off with a few '24-'26 In Color Shimmer Gems.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

You Are Awesome!

 Friday, January 11, 2025

It's  Fri-yay! I hope you all have grand plans for the weekend! Tomorrow is my monthly crafting day with my crafty friends! It's sure to be a grand day!

I'm finishing up the week with a sweet and simple card I made using some items that were laying around my desk.

I had a couple small square of the Favored Flowers DSP that I cut in half and used for the corners of my Basic White piece.  I colored those pretty flowers from the Memorable Blooms stamp set with Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green Blends and cut them out with the coordinating die. I added an extra sprig of foliage and a few splashes of spotty dots to the background. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and cut with a die from the Unbounded Love set.

That's it for me this week. Full weekend ahead!

Happy Stamping! You are AWESOME!

Tracy