Signs of Winter

 The Paper Players challenge this week is looking for signs of winter. I wanted to make a card with a giant sunshine on it,  green grass, birds singing and my hubs mowing the lawn! We have had beautiful weather lately. Yes, it is freezing in the morning and the air is chilly but the sun is shining and the hubs really did mow the lawn including my mom's too!  Here's what I did instead:

I used my snowflake EF on Balmy Blue cardstock and ran Craft White ink acrossed it. I stamped the birds from Winerly Tree Tops and colored them with Blends. The sentiment is from the same set and I cut it with the tag from Snowflake Kisses. I cut a few evergreen sprigs from Pretty  Peacock.

What does winter look like in your neighborhood? The Redwing Blackbirds were singing here yesterday morning! It was delightful!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Go Wild!

 Yesterday was fabulous as in I was able to do some crafting and hopefully I'll get some in today also! Here's today's card:

I used Silly Safari again along with the sketch from Sunday Stamps #377.

I had to rotate the sketch to fit my little characters. I used Berry Burst for the card base. I embossed a panel of shimmer paper with the Fern EF.  I added a strip of DSP from Masterfully Made (retired). I stamped the images and colored them with SU! Blends and used the 1-7/8" circle punch to punch them out. The monkey is popped up on dimensionals. I added a few gems to complete the card.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

With You In Mind

At our January Crop earlier this month my BCFF (Best Crafting Friend Forever) and upline, Teresa, gave us a sampling of SU!'s December POM the True Blue Florals DSP (it is still available $5 with a $75 purchase). The pieces she gave us were 4" x 6". I challenged myself to use them up and here is what I came up with.

The colors in the DSP are Night of Navy and Balmy Blue. I used that color palette and the With You In Mind stamp set to create these cards. It was actually really fun and rather refreshing having a limited supply. Sometimes more isn't better. lol! I stacked them up, tied a ribbon around them and gifted them to a friend! So fun! I want to do this again using other DSP...which I have an abundance of!

It's very cold here this morning and the hubs and I decided to walk about 30 minutes later than normal. Soooo, I have started the laundry and am getting the studio tidied up and ready to do some creating this morning when we get back. Yea! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

You are Tea-riffic

 Happy Monday! Yes, it is still Monday! It's been a good day but I haven't had time to post my card for today until right now! 

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch #547

I wasn't sure about this sketch but when I had the Florals in Bloom DSP out it just all came together and I'm happy with the results. It's a good sketch to use those smaller pieces of DSP.  My card base is Berry Burst though the photo makes it look more like Melon Mambo. My "Tea-riffic" sentiment is from A Nice Cuppa (retired) and I embossed it in white onto a circle of Secret Sea then mounted it on a silver foil circle. The little mug is from Warm Hugs (retired). 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Way to Go!

 It has been a full day but I wanted to post this card.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #719.

 I had to rotate the sketch so I'm not sure I even used the sketch. 😕 My card base is Cloud Cover.  The giraffe is from Silly Safari and I colored him with Pecan Pie and Darling Duckling Blends. The DSP is from Nature Walk which I am loving and using quite a bit of in my scrapbooking. The sentiment is from More Messages. I added a couple Shades of Green Hexagons and called it good.

All the kids came over after church for lunch. We celebrated Taylor's birthday which is later this week which happens to be my birthday too! Everything went well but I am tired and I'm going to call it a day.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Today & Always

 It's Fri-yay! We are scheduled to have two of the grandkids today! I'm sure it will be a very full day! 

Today's card is another one using the Endless Love bundle! 

My inspiration came from page 30 of SU!'s new mini catalog. Instead of stamping the XO's on the hearts I used the cute little die cuts and I embossed the hearts with the Hearts of Love EF. I stuck with the color palette in the suite: Bubble Bath, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Real Red, and Strawberry Slush. Don't the red gems little like  those little candied Red Hots?! They are the Delightful Decorative Dots and are on the Last Chance list at a reduced price! I thought they were bright and cheery.

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

My Heart

 Here's today's card:

My card base is Night of Navy. I embossed a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock with the Pressed Flowers EF. I cut a circle using a circle from the Stylish Shapes dies. The heart is from the Heart Shaped dies and I cut it from Silver Foil. I added the flower die cuts from the same set and added a few Rhinestones. The sentiment is from the Heart Shaped stamp set and cut with one of the dies.

I'm playing along with The Paper Players color challenge this week.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy