You are much appreciated

 My DIL asked me to make a card for her boss, the principal at her school. She wanted it to be related to "sour" as the theme. She said like lemons. Okay...I'm sure her boss is not sour! They just had different themes for each day. Anyways, here's my card.

I had originally thought I would use the long retired Lemon Zest stamp set. Ummm, apparently I don't have it. Did I ever have it?? I ask my stampin' bestie if I could borrow hers. She couldn't find hers either. Okay. Fine. I found a lemon slice stamp and die in the retired Cup of Tea and this is what I came up with. The DSP is from Fruit Salad. 

I used the Freshly Made Sketch #706.

It was kind of stressful making it. I hope it's okay for what she needs/wants.

I'm going to go back to happy stamping now! 

Tracy

I miss your face!

I was happy making today's card!

 

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch #532.

I had this sketch marked and was wanting to create a card using it even before this challenge! 

I used the little critters from Just Me & You. I went with a note card. The images are small and I stamped them on the smallest square from the Stylish Shapes dies. I colored them very carefully with Blends...they're pretty tiny for my comfort zone. I used the green gingham from Christmas Tags & More DSP, some Baker's Twine and a few Delightful Decorative Dots.

I think this sketch would be fun with quite a few other images too!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

You Are Awesome!

 I love it when I find a challenge and the card is completed and sitting right in front of me! That's what happened with today's card.

The Color My Heart Color Dare #671 worked perfectly for this card.

I used Darling Duckling and Timid Tiger and added Mossy Meadow as my color of choice. I added neutrals of Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie and the Gold Metallic.

I loved making this card and want to make a whole bunch more with lots of different colors! I embossed a piece of Basic White cardstock with the Sunflower 3D EF and on the debossed side swiped Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie ink pads over it. On this one I used my Blends in Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling and Mossy Meadow to color the flowers. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Swing High

 Happy Monday! 

I'll always love stamping flowers and creating projects using them but I think I was ready to move to some other images and so I branched out and got the Playground of Life stamp set. Here's my first card I created with it.

It's super simple but I wanted to use the Paper Players #757 sketch this week and the Color Throwdown Challenge #841.

I used Cajun Craze, Night of Navy and Balmy Blue for my colors and added some neutrals for the skin tones and the little one's hair. The DSP is from the Lighter than Air pack. I thought it looked like a chain link fence or netting that you might find at a park or a backyard. 

It was fun and easy and I love that style of crafting! And it reminds me of our oldest son who now has a little boy of his own! 

We are heading to the apple orchard today! We had planned to go three weeks ago but our grandson was born and the apples were put on hold. Hopefully we will be successful today.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Life is an Adventure!

 I had a play with the Turtle-y Cute DSP and this is what evolved:

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch # 531 as my inspiration.

My card base is Garden Green and I used the light side of Granny Apple Green Two Toned Cardstock and embossed it with the Turtle Textures EF. The DSP and my turtle are from Turtle-y Cute. The sentiment is from the Playground of Life stamp set  and I completed the card with a few Delightful Decorative Dots.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Happy Birthday

 Today's card uses the Happy Place stamp set from Stampin' Up! 

I used the color challenge from the As You See It Challenge #357.

I used the sketch from page 60 of the  SU! September-December mini catalog where you will also find the stamp set. This stamp set was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Sharon Armstrong. Kudos to her! 

I inked HAPPY using sponge daubers in Timid Tiger and Pumpkin Pie and then I added a bit of Cloud Cover at the bottom with my Stampin' Write Marker. I stamped BIRTHDAY in Secret Sea ink. The card base is Cloud Cover and the Cloud Cover DSP is from Floral Impressions. I added some Linen Thread and then popped the Happy Birthday up on dimensionals and added a few Timid Tiger Flat Pearls.

I'm excited to create a few more cards with this stamp set.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Glory

 Happy Monday! It was a beautiful weather weekend here! Fall has arrived!

For today's card I made a Christmas card. Probably my first. I am not one to make Christmas cards ahead of schedule...even this may be ahead of schedule. LOL!

I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketches #530.

I used the Shepherd's Care stamp set for my images and For Unto Us (retired) for my sentiment. All were stamped in Secret Sea onto the light side of Secret Sea Two Tone Cardstock. I tore the cardstock at the bottom. I used two strips of Country Lace DSP. I tore the strip at the top. I finished the card with three clear Faceted Snowflakes.

I'm going to try a few other color combinations using this sketch and this stamp set. It was fun and easy! My favorite style! 😉

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

GO NUTS!

 Today's card came together fairly quickly with some remaining acorns I had left from my Fluffy Squirrel boxes.

I used an Early Espresso card base and added a piece of Boho Blue that I used the Pattern of Friendship die on. I added a piece of Timeless Plaid to that and then added the acorns. I stamped the sentiment from Fluffy Squirrel in Early Espresso onto Crumb Cakes cardstock. I added a few loops of  Crumb Cake Baker's Twine and popped it up on dimensionals.

I'm playing along with the Freshly Made Sketch #704 this week.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Nancy Drew #7

 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories The Clue in the Diary

Today's card is inspired by this Nancy Drew Mystery book and I'm playing along with Christy's challenge at Snapdragon Stamps.

In the story there is a little girl named Honey. She sounds adorable with blonde hair and blue eyes.  I used the little girl from SU!'s Catching Butterflies and tried to create this idyllic scene with her. LOL! I've had it sitting on my desk for probably a week because I don't think I really like it.  Ya know sometimes that happens. Oh well! I think I should have made glittery butterflies or something. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

This Calls for Doughnuts

 Today's project is a box that holds a package of Hostess Donettes. 

My upline, Teresa Harper at KnT Designs by Teresa, created the template for the box specifically for these treats. You can find the video tutorial here.

I had to decorate it using Fluffy Squirrel! I couldn't pass up a good pun and Fluffy is just too cute! I stamped Fluffy on Basic white using Early Espresso for the outline and Crumb Cake on the body. The acorn that Fluffy is holding is stamped with Early Espresso onto Crumb Cake cardstock and colored with SU! Blends #200 and Dark Crumb Cake. 

Here is how the box opens. I made the boxes ( I made 32 of them!) using Two Tone Cardstock in Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso. 

It was super fun! I loved how they turned out and loved giving them to my Bible study besties, my hairstylist and a friend who will give them to her Bible study besties! 

In other news...our grandson, Ivan Lee Henry Grauer, arrived September 7.  Ten days early via ceasarean section.

Thank God he was early and delivered via a C-section. That little guy weighed 10 pounds 6 ounces! He is doing great and so is Momma. Big sister thinks he's pretty cool too!

Here he is at ten days old, the day he was due. What a strong boy!

Okay, that's the update! It's been a pretty busy month but all is going well. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Hello there!

Today's card is very clean and simple. It's actually a bit challenging to keep it simple. Ya know?! But I like it and am going to do a few more. LOL!

My card uses the Beautiful Gallery DSP cut and adhered to a Basic Beige card base. I stamped the sentiment from Blooming Phrases in Mossy Meadow ink onto a strip of Basic Beige. I inked the edges with Pecan Pie and added some Linen Thread. I completed the card with the Pressed Flower Motifs. It is almost impossible for me not to add gems to complete a card. That's just how I create!

My inspiration for this card came from this week's CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch #528.

Our newest grandbaby is expected to arrive this month!  In the meantime we had this little, big guy yesterday. 

Weston is 9 months and is a pretty easy going baby! Yea! His parents are NOT the ones expecting another baby! LOL! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Hello!

 Today's card was a challenge from my upline to use our DSP as a focal point on a card. I love a DSP challenge! Here's my card:

I used the Painterly Pears and did a little fussy cutting on this image. I adhered it to other pieces of the paper from that same collection. My card base is Secret Sea. The sentiment is from the Perfectly Pears stamp set and cut with a die from the same set. I completed the card with a few of the Low Profile Sparkle Dots. Let's just say I made quite a few cards with this paper and I am not done! So fun!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Gather Happiness

 Happy Monday! Happy September 1!  What a glorious morning here on the farm! The morning temperatures have been so nice and cool. Fall is just around the corner. Today's card is a nod towards that season of Autumn!

The Fluffy Squirrel stamp set and punch bundle will debut on Wednesday in my SU! store! It is in the SU! new mini catalog on page 49. This has been the year of the squirrel around here. They have been very naughty...eating our garden and digging where they shouldn't be digging. Never in our 35 years of living here have the squirrels been so prevalent. Most likely from the filbert orchard next to us that hasn't been maintained quite like it should...thus a haven for the squirrels. Anyways, I have had fun watching them (don't tell my hubs that!) and have created a children's story, in my mind, that I should put down on paper! 

Okay, so my card uses the fantastic Weekend Adventures DSP on a Crumb Cake card base. I stamped Fluffy in Pecan Pie with an Early Espresso outline. The acorns I stamped in Early Espresso onto Crumb Cake and colored the top with #200 Blend which now might be one of the Deep Blends (?) and the lower half with the Dark Crumb Cake Blend. The sentiment is cut out with a die from the Mixed Labels dies. I like these label dies and they are on the Last Chance list at a reduced price! $18.90. 

And I'm playing along with the sketch at CASE-ing Tuesday.

I'm off to walk Jake! Here's the sweetest picture of our Autumn giving him some love. He really is the best.dog.ever!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Nancy Drew #6

 I should have labeled all my Nancy Drew posts with the number of the book...but I didn't and now I am out of numerical sequence. LOL! Oh well, I don't think anyone is going to know anyways!

Today's card is inspired by the book The Secret of Red Gate Farm which is #6 in the series of Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. I am playing along with Christy's challenge at Snapdragon Stamps.

I went with a cow because in one scene Nancy tries milking a cow. I didn't realize Christy's card was with a cow also...too funny! Anyways, making this card made me happy! I used SU!'s Over the Moon. I embossed  Mossy Meadow Two Tone cardstock with the Pressed Flowers EF. I thought maybe it looked like some yummy grass or clover for the cow. The DSP piece is from Beautiful Gallery. I added it all to a Old Olive card base. I added a few Low Profile Sparkle Dots because I was thinking of dewy clover or grass sparkling in the sunlight.

I made the same card switching to a Basic Black card base and I added the yellow Sparkle Dots.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Warm Hugs

Today's card uses some old and new products.

 I used the new Stay Warm stamp set and stamped the sweater with Blackberry Bliss ink onto Highland Heather cardstock. I used the new Lights of Aurora DSP for the circle background  and the strips which I embossed with an old, but well loved Darice snowflake EF. The extra little snowflakes and the sentiment are from the Snowflake Kisses bundle. I finished the card with a few Faceted Snowflakes. 

Last week we were glamping...had a fabulous time over in Eastern Washington, Western Idaho. This week we have watched our granddaughter, Autumn, age 2-1/2 years, Monday through Friday...all day. She spent two nights. It's been great but I am tired! I'm actually surprised I finished a card! LOL!

I'm playing along with The Paper Players #752 sketch this week.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Just a Note

 Happy Saturday! Hope y'all have a fun weekend ahead. Here's today's card:

As promised this is the first card I made using the CASE-ing Tuesday #525 sketch. You can see the second card I made using this sketch here.

I used the Floral Delight DSP, the Everyday Arches dies, the Weekend Adventures stamp set for my florals and the sentiment came from Beautiful Motifs.  

That's it for me today!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Hello

 Today's card...

I'm squeaking it in for this week's Paper Players #750 color challenge. 

I used a piece of the Painterly Pears DSP on my Mossy Meadow card base. My squares are Pumpkin Pie and Blackberry Bliss. I stamped the pear from Perfectly Pears in Cherry Cobbler and the leaf in Old Olive. I added some green twine to my sentiment label.

This was my second attempt at the CASE-ing Tuesday sketch. I'll share my first attempt tomorrow. 😉

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

To Someone Special

 Today's card makes me happy with its bright primary colors and the sweet fur baby at the center!

I'm using the sketch from the Inky Paws Challenge #243 at Newton's Nook Designs.

I used NND Birthday Party paper on my red card base. I used the Smitten Kittens stamp set and dies and the sentiment is from Birthday Oval. It all came together rather quickly and I'll be making two more with the rest of the paper! Yea! Three birthday cards ready to go! 

That's it for me today!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Ahoy!

 Long time no blogging...life happens! It's all good though just busy with camping, grandkids, a baby shower and a son's birthday! 

Here's a card I made last night.

I used the Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge #642.

I flipped it but kept the sentiment on the bottom because, you know, crafty girls do what they want. 😉

My card base is Secret Sea with a Cloud Cover mat. My three pieces are from Everyday Skies DSP.  The sailboat is Berry Burst. I used the Sunrise Sailing bundle. The little embellishments are the Hues of Blue Flowers but I thought they made nice stars!

I used the Sunrise Sailing bundle and made quite a few table favors for my son and daughter-in-law's baby shower. The theme was "Ahoy! It's a BOY!" Here's one of the favors. I filled them with salt water taffy.

But the big hit of the party was the "shark" my husband carved out of a watermelon! 😅

And here's my lovely family I am blessed to have. (Hubby wasn't there when this photo was taken).

Happy Stamping, Friends!

Tracy