Season's Greetings

 Today's card came together fairly quickly using seasonal ephemera which is actually hard for me to use. I fiddle around with that stuff not really knowing where to put it, how to use it, do I pop it up or not, and etc! lol...not really!

So, there it is. I used the challenge at Stampin' Up Only Challenge #386 where they want us to Case the Catalog.

I'm not sure what I CASE'd other than layers of ephemera! lol! 

We had another gorgeous day at the beach yesterday! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

It's Halloween

 Happy Tuesday! 

Today's card came together fairly well using limited supplies. We are glamping at the Oregon coast this week. I brought crafting supplies. I always bring crafting supplies! I knew I wanted to use Clever Cats...here is today's card.

I used the challenges at The Paper Players and the Color Throwdown.

My Clever kitty is all dressed up for Halloween wearing a Timid Tiger hat that's been glittered up with Wink of Stella. Her broom awaits her midnight ride. I snagged a couple bits from a past Christmas ephemera kit for the green and red strips she is sitting on. I had a white rectangle already embossed with the Exposed Brick EF and a Garden Green piece embossed with the Countryside Blossoms EF in my stash that I brought! That was not planned. Everything went on a Timid Tiger card base. I finished it with a few Delightful Decorative Dots.

The beach was amazing yesterday when we got here. It was HOT, calm and beautiful! If you are familiar with the Oregon coast you know this is very rare to have all three on one day! Here's a photo.

And it looks like today is going to be fabulous too! I'm off to enjoy it!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

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