Choose Gratitude

 Sometimes it's hard to choose gratitude over grumbling or gratitude over envy or gratitude over anger. Today's card came together as a reminder to myself to always choose gratitude. 

My card base is Petunia Pop...I have maybe 1-1/2 pieces left of this color. It's retiring. Do I buy another package? It may be gone by the time I place an order. It's been one of my favorites though. I used the Cute as Can Bee DSP...I still have quite a few pages left of it which would justify another package of Petunia Pop. I could use other coordinating colors of cardstock with it though. Hmmm.

The sentiment and bee are from SU!'s Choose Happy which is 2 years old already!  I am using the sketch from Retro Rubber Challenge 268.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Spring

 Spring is in full bloom where I live! Daffodils and tulips are blooming, trees are blossoming, the grass is green and the temperature was in the upper 60's for a few days! Here's today's card welcoming spring.

I used the Easter Joy DSP. The stamped images and sentiment are from the Easter Basket bundle. The circles are cut from the Stylish Shapes dies. The card base is Balmy Blue and the center strip is embossed with the Lovely Stripes EF. 

I'm using the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch #557.

I hope everyone has had a fabulous weekend! We got back from our glamping trip although I wasn't ready to come home. It was so lovely.

It's lovely here too and we are heading over to our friends this evening for dinner and a game. Should be fun!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Hello

 Hello, Friends! It's mid week and I have a card to share.

I used a Berry Burst card base and added a layer of Unbounded Beauty DSP and a banner strip using the same DSP.  I stamped the focal image flower from Flowers of Beauty using Petunia Pop ink and cut it with the coordinating die. I cut the little flowers and the foliage from the same set of dies. The sentiment is from Unbounded Love.

I am playing along with the sketch from The Paper Players this week. 

We are spending the week along the Oregon Coast...glamping! Yesterday we had a wonderful day relaxing while it rained and the wind blew! This morning the weather was lovely and we had a great walk...before the rain came in. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

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