Friday, November 29, 2024

Sending Love

 Fri-yay! November 29, 2024

Today's card came together using some leftover strips from  A Little Bit Festive DSP.


I'm using this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #664.


My sketch is descending in the opposite direction. I may have had a little snip out of that center strip.😉 But who will ever know! I stamped a sentiment from Lovely & Sweet onto a sweet little stitched label from SU!'s Mixed Labels dies which is coming January 7 as an Online Exclusive. I finished it with a few gold hearts and some gold twisted thread.

We had this little one earlier this week. She and her great grandma were reading Christmas books. Isn't that the sweetest?!





Happy Stamping!
Tracy

Thursday, November 28, 2024

Season of Fun

 Thursday, November 28, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving! We will be celebrating with our kiddos tomorrow. Today is a quiet day. I have done some food preparation but everyone is bringing food so it isn't bad at all. 

I made today's card with a December birthday in mind but I'm not sure I'll use it for a birthday.


I had to ink up and color in that sweet little gal from SU! Seasons of Fun! I'm playing along with The Paper Players Challenge #717


Yesterday on our moring walk we saw some elk. We have a lot of elk in our area...they kind of rotatilled our recently planted wheat field. 😒 We looked up and there they were. Look closely! Of course it was a foggy morining and they blend in so well with the environment!



Happy Stamping!
Tracy

Monday, November 25, 2024

Humble Home

 Monday, November 25, 2024

I had two cards I had made with SU!'s Humble Home bundle. I just realized I already licked the envelope to one of them. Ugh! The more elaborate one too! It was a fun fold which was kind of fun but I don't do them often and have no plans to make another one any time soon!  Anyways, here's today's card using the Humble Home bundle:


I noticed on a few videos that everyone stamps the house differently. I won't go into detail but I always punch a template for my builder punches. I stamped the door and windows separately and used the punch for the windows and fussy cut the door. The punch also punches out a dot. One person said it was for the door knob. Maybe??? but I think its a bit big for a door knob. I thought it was for making a tag! LOL! Who knows! Obviously there are multiple ways to use this bundle and crafty people do what they want! LOL!

The Farmer and I spent last week at the beach! We celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary which is truly a miracle. God is gracious and has blessed our marriage is all I can say. We actually had some very nice weather while we were there.




Now it is on to the holidays!

Happy Stamping!
Tracy


Thursday, November 21, 2024

Merry Camper

 Thursday, November 21, 2024

Today's card was my second attempt to get a CAS for this week's Paper Players challenge.




And here is the challenge


I used Newton's Nook Designs Christmas Campers stamp set and colored that cute little camper in using SU! Blends in Balmy Blue, Lemon Lolly, Petal Pink, Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Smoky Slate. The sentiment was stamped with Night of Navy. I covered the Basic Beige card base with a  piece of Country Lace DSP.

I'll also enter this at Inspire.Create Challenge #181 where they are looking for Christmas!



Happy Stamping!
Tracy

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Missing You!

 Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Today's card was a fun one to make. Sweet and simple.


I used the sketch from Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge #234

 
My sweet little kitten is from Captivated Kittens as well as the sentiment. The little butterfly is from Spring Haul. Both stamps sets from Newton's Nook Designs. That cute strip of polka dots is from NND Bright Basics Paper Pack.

Happy Stamping!
Tracy

Friday, November 15, 2024

You are Amazing!

 Friday, November 15, 2024

Happy Fri-yay! Oh my! Today is a busy day. We are going to have the 2-1/2 year old granddaughter which wasn't planned but is totally fine. It's just that I have a few little commitments that we are just going to work around. We'll see how it goes! 

Today's card is all orange. LOL!


I don't use a lot of orange but this just kind of came to be what it is. I used SU!'s Autumn to Remember for those orange trees and the sentiment is from Sentimental Park. I used the Fern EF. Orange you glad I made this card?!

Happy Stamping and have a great weekend!
Tracy

Thursday, November 14, 2024

A Little Coffee

 Thursday, November 14, 2024

Today's card uses another fun array of colors!


My color inspiration came from the Retro Rubber #243 Challenge.


I used SU!'s Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Orchid Oasis and Tahitian Tide. I used a stamp from Newton's Nook Designs called Heartfelt Coffee and it is a year old.  I had fun coloring those cute mugs!  I used this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.


Challenges are hard for me. LOL! I overthink them...

Happy Stamping!
Tracy

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

BFF

 Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Today's card uses a bright array of colors from the Paper Players #715 challenge this week.



And here's my card:



I made my own DSP using the heart stamps from SU! Sweet Conversations. I added a few black spotty dots, adhered it to a Magenta Madness piece of cardstock, wrapped a piece of Magenta Madness ribbon around it and adhered that to a Tahitian Tide card base. My tag is from the Sweet Heart dies that coordinate with the stamp set. I love that little tag! I popped it up with dimensionals.

That's it! One bright cheery card ready to go to one of my BFF's! 

We had this little one yesterday...she wasn't sure of the big tractor by I got a picture of her on the tire!




Happy Stamping!
Tracy


Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The Cat's Meow

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Today's card came together using the Just Add Ink #727 Sketch and a few leftover pieces from a scrapbooking project.



Here's the sketch:



I've been working on a scrapbook for one of my granddaughters and I had made some cute things with the Cricut using the Kate's ABCs cartridge.  I gathered up a few pieces and assembled this card. 

Happy Stamping!
Tracy

Monday, November 11, 2024

You've Got This

 Monday, November 11, 2024

Happy Monday! And a big thank you to all our Veteran's today as we acknowledge and remember those who have served our country in the military.  I have several uncles who served, a cousin, and a nephew. 

Today's card came together because the focal image had been hanging around on my desk for awhile. LOL!





The flower stamp is from SU!'s Blessings of Home (retired) and I stamped it on Very Vanilla with Gray Granite ink. I colored it using Moody Mauve, Lost Lagoon and Petal Pink SU! Blends. The dies for this stamp set are called Flowers of Home. I adhered it to a circle cut from the Spotlight on Nature dies. I used Earthen Elegance DSP  (retired) on a Pretty Peacock card base and some Lost Lagoon ribbon (retired). The sentiment is from Unbounded Love and cut with a die from Something Fancy. I finished it with a few silver sequins.

We had this almost 2-1/2 year old the other day!



Paisley got some new boots! Froggies! I swear those boots empower her. She loves all things on the farm including the riding lawn mower. Note: mower was not engaged!


Her cousin, Autumn, is a happy girl too!



Happy Stamping!
Tracy