I hope everyone is having a great weekend! Here is today's card:
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Thinking of You
Friday, July 18, 2025
Make a Wish
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Thinking of You
Note to self: Do not buy anymore scene builder stamp sets or dies. Seriously, who do I think I am?! I really don't know the first thing about making a scene. I used the SU! Scenic Adventure Bundle on today's card, well, just the dies.
I used the Rays of Light background stamp also. I'm playing along with The Paper Player's color challenge this week:
I do like SU!'s Two Tone cardstock which I used for the mountains and the trees. It was on sale last week and a few of my crafty friends and I did a paper share. That was a great way to get each of the colors.
I'll play around with this bundle some more and see if gets a bit easier. I really want to use it on some scrapbook pages!
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Hello
Today's card has been on my mind since I saw the CAS challenge #564. It took like five minutes to make. Which may not necessarily be a good thing. lol!
And here is the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #564
I used the foliage, an almond branch, from SU! Lovely & Sweet and stamped it in Basic Beige onto Basic Beige cardstock. The sentiment is from SU! Notes of Nature stamped in Early Espresso.
Our heatwave continues here. It was about 99 degrees for the high today. Hopefully some cooler temps are coming.
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Nancy Drew #4
Just a quick post today. I am squeaking this card in for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.
My card was inspired by the Nancy Drew Mystery book, Mystery at Lilac Inn. All I could think of while reading it was lilacs and diamonds! lol. And since my last Nancy Drew card was diamonds and gems I went with a kind of lilac card. I don't have a lilac stamp but I have a Hyacinth, from Newton's Nook Designs, and hyacinths and lilacs are related. I sprinkled rhinestones all over the card...for diamonds.😉 The sentiment is from SU!'s Beautiful Motifs and I chose it because they were celebrating Emily receiving the diamonds when all heck broke loose!
Here's the sketch from the AHSC:
That's it for now. It's super hot here. 100 degrees. I'm very thankful for the AC!
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
The Blue Pool
We had our granddaughter, Autumn, Sunday afternoon until Monday evening. There was no time or energy to do any crafting and the studio is completely off limits to all the littles!
I did get some scrapbooking done over the weekend before Autumn arrived! I thought I'd share one of the layouts today. Please excuse the photography! 😒 I really don't know how to photograph scrapbook pages.
And I used my first flip flap! I adhere it to the page protector and I was able to add two extra photos using it! So easy and clever!
Here's the happy Autumn!
That's all I have for today!
Monday, July 7, 2025
Thinking of you
Monday, July 7, 2025
We did a really nice, new to us, hike on Saturday. On the drive to it we saw a farmer on a small red tractor moving his irrigation line. That was my inspiration for today's card.
I used the new SU! Tractor & Co and used just the dies to design the tractor. So fun! I used the Rays of Light background stamp and stamped it with Darling Duckling ink onto Darling Duckling cardstock. My sentiment is from Beauty of Friendship which I cut with one of the dies from the Cracker and Treat Box dies.
I hope it's appropriate for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week.
Friday, July 4, 2025
Love you, friend
Happy Fri-yay and Happy Independence Day to those in the USA!
Here's today's card:
I used the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketches #519 challenge as my inspiration.
I used Fresh Freesia ink on my block and stamped the coneflowers from Mixed Florals in Blackberry Bliss. My sentiment is from Shaded Summer (retired) also stamped in Blackberry Bliss and mounted on a piece of Best Dressed DSP (retired). I added some silver thread and a few sequins for my finishing touches.
I had a few chuckles with this technique. When I went to mist the block I had water spraying every direction. Apparently my little water mister has a mind of its own...or possibly operator error. lol!
I hope everyone has a fabulous day and wonderful weekend. I hope to tackle some scrapbooking this weekend!
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Hello Fabulous!
Well, hello Thursday. I'm not sure how you got here so fast! Hope your week is going well. Today's card uses the Dressed to Impress bundle again and the Best Dressed DSP. I just couldn't help myself.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Be Bold!
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
I have continued to have some fun creating with the Dressed to Impress bundle.
I used this week's sketch from the Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge #636.
My card base is Purple Posy (retired). I paired it with the gorgeous Blackberry Bliss that I embossed with the Starstruck EF from this year's Sale-a-bration. I colored the lipstick with Blackberry Bliss Blends, a gold metallic marker and a silver pen.
We went and watched Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning yesterday afternoon. We liked it. Very action packed. It was a great thing to do on a hot afternoon!
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
You're Awesome!
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Today's card was inspired by a book I read and not a Nancy Drew mystery book! I'm not sure I'm going to be able to read a book now without creating a card! LOL! So, here's the card:
And this is the book that inspired the card:
I chose the right to left diagonal of CAS, die cut and masculine. I die cut the shoes with a Nested Essentials die and the sentiment I cut out using the label die from the Playful Piggy dies. I love that label die. I did emboss the Mango Melody with one of the EF from the Basics Embossing Folders.