You are much appreciated

 My DIL asked me to make a card for her boss, the principal at her school. She wanted it to be related to "sour" as the theme. She said like lemons. Okay...I'm sure her boss is not sour! They just had different themes for each day. Anyways, here's my card.

I had originally thought I would use the long retired Lemon Zest stamp set. Ummm, apparently I don't have it. Did I ever have it?? I ask my stampin' bestie if I could borrow hers. She couldn't find hers either. Okay. Fine. I found a lemon slice stamp and die in the retired Cup of Tea and this is what I came up with. The DSP is from Fruit Salad. 

I used the Freshly Made Sketch #706.

It was kind of stressful making it. I hope it's okay for what she needs/wants.

I'm going to go back to happy stamping now! 

Tracy

I miss your face!

I was happy making today's card!

 

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch #532.

I had this sketch marked and was wanting to create a card using it even before this challenge! 

I used the little critters from Just Me & You. I went with a note card. The images are small and I stamped them on the smallest square from the Stylish Shapes dies. I colored them very carefully with Blends...they're pretty tiny for my comfort zone. I used the green gingham from Christmas Tags & More DSP, some Baker's Twine and a few Delightful Decorative Dots.

I think this sketch would be fun with quite a few other images too!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

You Are Awesome!

 I love it when I find a challenge and the card is completed and sitting right in front of me! That's what happened with today's card.

The Color My Heart Color Dare #671 worked perfectly for this card.

I used Darling Duckling and Timid Tiger and added Mossy Meadow as my color of choice. I added neutrals of Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie and the Gold Metallic.

I loved making this card and want to make a whole bunch more with lots of different colors! I embossed a piece of Basic White cardstock with the Sunflower 3D EF and on the debossed side swiped Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie ink pads over it. On this one I used my Blends in Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling and Mossy Meadow to color the flowers. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Swing High

 Happy Monday! 

I'll always love stamping flowers and creating projects using them but I think I was ready to move to some other images and so I branched out and got the Playground of Life stamp set. Here's my first card I created with it.

It's super simple but I wanted to use the Paper Players #757 sketch this week and the Color Throwdown Challenge #841.

I used Cajun Craze, Night of Navy and Balmy Blue for my colors and added some neutrals for the skin tones and the little one's hair. The DSP is from the Lighter than Air pack. I thought it looked like a chain link fence or netting that you might find at a park or a backyard. 

It was fun and easy and I love that style of crafting! And it reminds me of our oldest son who now has a little boy of his own! 

We are heading to the apple orchard today! We had planned to go three weeks ago but our grandson was born and the apples were put on hold. Hopefully we will be successful today.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Life is an Adventure!

 I had a play with the Turtle-y Cute DSP and this is what evolved:

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch # 531 as my inspiration.

My card base is Garden Green and I used the light side of Granny Apple Green Two Toned Cardstock and embossed it with the Turtle Textures EF. The DSP and my turtle are from Turtle-y Cute. The sentiment is from the Playground of Life stamp set  and I completed the card with a few Delightful Decorative Dots.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Happy Birthday

 Today's card uses the Happy Place stamp set from Stampin' Up! 

I used the color challenge from the As You See It Challenge #357.

I used the sketch from page 60 of the  SU! September-December mini catalog where you will also find the stamp set. This stamp set was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Sharon Armstrong. Kudos to her! 

I inked HAPPY using sponge daubers in Timid Tiger and Pumpkin Pie and then I added a bit of Cloud Cover at the bottom with my Stampin' Write Marker. I stamped BIRTHDAY in Secret Sea ink. The card base is Cloud Cover and the Cloud Cover DSP is from Floral Impressions. I added some Linen Thread and then popped the Happy Birthday up on dimensionals and added a few Timid Tiger Flat Pearls.

I'm excited to create a few more cards with this stamp set.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Glory

 Happy Monday! It was a beautiful weather weekend here! Fall has arrived!

For today's card I made a Christmas card. Probably my first. I am not one to make Christmas cards ahead of schedule...even this may be ahead of schedule. LOL!

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketches #530.

I used the Shepherd's Care stamp set for my images and For Unto Us (retired) for my sentiment. All were stamped in Secret Sea onto the light side of Secret Sea Two Tone Cardstock. I tore the cardstock at the bottom. I used two strips of Country Lace DSP. I tore the strip at the top. I finished the card with three clear Faceted Snowflakes.

I'm going to try a few other color combinations using this sketch and this stamp set. It was fun and easy! My favorite style! 😉

Happy Stamping!

Tracy