Consider Yourself Hugged

 Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. Today's card was fun to make. I used some new products from SU!'s Easter Joy suite.

The Easter Joy DSP is very cool.  It's slick and shiny on one side and muted on the other. It's thicker/heavier in a good way and the colors are definitely spring!

I covered my Shy Shamrock card base with a piece of the DSP and cut that cute basket with some of it also. I used the Easter Basket dies for the basket and the flowers. Weaving those tiny strips through the basket was a bit hard for me. The sentiment is from Banner Sayings and I used the Three Banner punch on it.

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch #551 

I'm looking forward to creating more with this suite of products. 

Here's a pic I took yesterday afternoon when I was out walking Jake.

The sky was so cool looking! 

Make it a great day!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Bloom

 Happy Fri-yay! I hope everyone had a great week and have a wonderful weekend planned!

Today's card is another one I CASE'd from the '25-26 SU! AC, page 41. 

I rather enjoy CASE-ing when my mojo is low or I'm playing with new products and getting a feel for them as is the case here. 

Does that look like Summer Splash in the photo?? It doesn't to me but it is! I stamped that background using Summer Splash ink onto Summer Splash cardstock. I used the Sweet Blooms bundle for this card which I am loving! I used a Party Banner die and embossed it with the Lovely Stripes EF. I stamped the flowers in Peach Pie and then using a sponge dauber added Timid Tiger on the lower half of the flowers. The leaves are stamped in second generation Secret Sea since I do not have Cloud Cover ink. IYKYK.  I finished the card with a few Timid Tiger Flat Pearls.

Happy Stamping, my friends!

Tracy

Hello

 This week I haven't been able to get ahead of myself in the crafting room! We've been playing outside too much! lol! The sun was shining again today and it was almost 60 degrees. Here's the card I squeaked out this evening.

I recently got the Party Banner dies, the Pretty Florals bundle and the Sweet Blooms bundle (and maybe a few other goodies! 😉).  I used these products on this card. I CASE'd the card on the cover on SU!'s 2025-2026 Annual Catalog. I used Berry Burst and Bubble Bath for the blooms. I love those two colors  together! The stems are Garden Green. The DSP is from Florals in Bloom and it all went on a Secret Sea card base.

We had to take another bike ride this afternoon. It was just too nice! We went to the Erratic Rock. It's a 90 ton rock. The largest glacial erratic in the Willamette Valley.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Friend

 Today's card ended up being harder than I anticipated even though there isn't much to complicate. LOL!

I used the Calming Camellia stamp set. It is a Disinktive stamp that came and went in 2022.  I'm not sure it was stamping correctly??  Maybe the ink pad was too juicy?? Maybe it was operator error?? 😅 Anyways, I used Pretty in Pink for my card base and enjoyed using the Scallop Contours dies. I colored the leaves using watercolor pencils and a blender pen...I think that is what hung me up. 😉

I played along with two challenges for this card. SUO Challenges #394 has this pretty inspiration photo. It's where the pink, white and flowers came in for my card.

The Retro Rubber Challenge #265 has a tic tac toe board.

I went with the diagonal of gems, your choice (watercolor pencils) and die cut.

The last two days have been absolutely beautiful here! We did a bike ride yesterday with our friends and today we had these two little ones! 

We visited their great grandma today (my mom). I realized the quilt they are on was made by my great grandma...their great great great grandma! That is so neat! I have loved this quilt since I was a wee one. So special! ❤

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Thinking of You

Well, it is still Monday and I am going to share this card with you before I call it a day!

I combined two challenges to make this card. The Paper Players #772 has a color challenge this week.

I combined these colors with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #668.

I embossed the little squares with the Timber EF. I cut my landscape pieces using the Scenic Adventure dies. The sentiment is from one in stash. I added a few gems and it all went on a Basic Beige mat and card base. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

You're All Heart

 It's Fri-yay! I hope everyone had a fabulous week and have a wonderful weekend planned! Maybe a Super Bowl party?! Or just Super Bowl food?! I'm all for the food! Not so much the game.

Today's card isn't a turtle. I ran out of steam yesterday so I just made a rather quick and easy card.

I pulled out Modern Heart that's probably from 2019?? I used DSP from Unbounded Beauty and A Little Bit Festive. I added a few gold hearts but that one just looks dark to me. Hmmm. Lighting.

Anyways, I wanted to use the sketch from the Retro Rubber Challenge #264.

And the color challenge from The Color Hues Challenge #126.

That's it for me this week! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

I Love You/Turtle-y Awesome #3

 This card made me laugh while I was assembling it.

This is going to be the hub's Valentine card. I was laughing because this is a caricature of us...the hubs isn't a big swimmer so you would find him with swim fins, mask, life preserver, etc. I get sunburned or bit by a bug and swell up, turn red, etc. pretty much every trip we take. It's hilarious! IYKYK! 

Again, I just used the DSP in this suite. The sentiment is from Bee My Valentine. I'm hoping it qualifies for the Paper Players Challenge #771.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy