Everyday Details

 Happy Fri-yay! I am happy to be on this side of the week. We had two little ones yesterday and all went well but this Gigi is tired.  I am looking forward to a week off. It is spring break here and the littles will be with their parents. Yea!

Here's today's card.

The image is from Everyday Details.  I used my watercolor pencils and Blender pens to color it. I haven't used them for awhile. I cut the image using the Everyday Details dies. They have all those tiny little holes which means tiny little paper dots all over. I used the Textured Notes die to cut a Daffodil Delight rectangular mat and it all went on a Secret Sea card base. Secret Sea is beautiful with so many colors! Love it!

I'm playing along with The Paper Players challenge #777.

Paisley found the tiniest snail on our walk. She has such a good eye and I love that she loves nature! I have never seen a such a small snail. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Hello, Spring

 I got a card made this evening! I had baby on Monday. The good baby who decides he doesn't like cutting two teeth and was fussy! The big baby who I really can't pack and bounce around. He is 22.5 lbs at 6 months! And the hubs has been down in his back and was no help at all. 😑 I might be a bit fussy myself!  Making a card was good thing to do.

I used the Stampin' Up Only Challenge as my spring board for this card. 

I CASE'd the "To the Happy Couple" card. I used Shy Shamrock for a card base and the Easter Joy DSP. I colored and cut the bunny, carrot and the eggs and layered them on. I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies. 

That's it for now. We have had gorgeous weather. Like warm! in the 60's! I had to get out this afternoon and ride my bike. Mt. Hood was looking pretty.

And here's a picture of the baby. I did get a smile. He may or may not have a runny nose. Don't look closely. When you fuss and cry your nose runs! 

He is pretty cute! 😍

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Let Joy Bloom

 It's Fri-yay! Hope you all have a fantastic weekend ahead! Here's today's card.

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday #555 Sketch for this one.

I had the Sweet Blooms stamp set and the Pretty Florals DSP out as I was prepping for the make-n-take I am going to share on Saturday with my crafty friends. You can see the card I'm doing for that here.  I pulled a few things together and made this card for the sketch.

I used Strawberry Slush for the card base and Strawberry Slush two-tone cardstock for the 'bloom'. I adhered the sentiments onto a strip of Darling Duckling two-tone cardstock and finished it off with a few of the 25-27 In Color Flat Pearls. Easy peasy.

And then I came back to the studio and made another one!

I embossed the strip that the sentiment is on and I think I like that look better. What do you think? 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

In Springtime

Time (and energy) was limited yesterday as we watched Autumn (our 3 year old granddaughter) but I put together this quick card last night with some papers from Unity.

I used Pecan Pie as the card base and inked the edges of the pretty paper with Pecan Pie, added some ribbon from my stash and a little gold butterfly.

We managed to get outside between rain showers yesterday. Autumn is starting to get the hang of pedaling!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Have a Magical Day!

 Okay, fine. I might have had a little bit of fun creating this card! 😊

I had rainbow colors on my mind from this week's Paper Players challenge and I was bummed I didn't get to play along with their challenge of Mythical Creatures last week. But it's never to late to create and I put things together and created this card for today.

My card base is the lovely Orchid Oasis (retired).  I used a Lawn Fawn star stencil and a rainbow of colors to create the background on a piece of Highland Heather two-tone cardstock.  I created the rainbow with the Stitched Rainbow dies (Lawn Fawn?). The unicorns and fairies are from Lawn Fawn's Unicorn Picnic along with the 'magical day' sentiment. The 'you are so awesome' sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Simply Celebrate Critters (which I'm excited to use this set again!).

Those fairies are tiny but the fairy wand is tinier and almost had me beat! I'm not sure you can even see the wand! 😂 It's there though!

So I'm playing along with the Paper Players again today! 

I hope you all have a Magical Day! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Best.Friend.Ever.

 Here's today's card:

I'm playing along with the SUO Challenge #396.

My card base is Lost Lagoon. I embossed a piece of Coastal Cabana two-tone cardstock using the Eyelet EF and used it for a mat. I used the Country Woods DSP for the circles and the deckled rectangle. The focal image and sentiment are from the Country Flowers stamp set.

It really wasn't an easy sketch. I kept second guessing my choices. I don't like when I do that...

I have a couple little chores to do today but I'm hoping for some uninterrupted crafting time! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

You Warm my Heart

 Happy Monday! 🎉 I'm looking forward to a day of cleaning 😂 and catching up! But first a card!

I had to have a go with The Paper Players color challenge this week. They are looking for the colors of the rainbow!

I have been wanting to give this card a try for some time. I do believe this is my first slimline card ever. Not sure why I waited so long to do a slimline...easy peasy and it gives me more space to create! These are the colors I used: Strawberry Slush, Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling, Shy Shamrock, Tahitian Tide, Orchid Oasis and Highland Heather. I stamped the cup image from More than Autumn in each color onto coordinating cardstock. I used the coordinating die to cut the cups out and cut a heart in each color using the die from the same set. The sentiment is from Warmest Heart and is stamped in Starry Sky.

The problem I have now is that I don't know how to photograph a slimline card. 😕

Make it a great Monday!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy