Thinking of You

 Happy last Saturday of June! Here is my card for today.

I wanted to play along with the color challenge at Color Hues. 

I cut out some black butterflies using the dies from Build a Butterfly. I used a piece of DSP from Lighter than Air and added a few black gems. The sentiment is from Go To Greetings.

We just got back from a short glamping trip. We joined my cousin and her husband for a few days and had a wonderful time! The hubs and I biked and got a hike in!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Sunshine and Rainbows

 Today's card is bringing you sunshine and rainbows!

I used a piece of the Sunshine & Rainbows DSP (retired) on a Pool Party cardbase and added the sentiment from Just my Type (retired). The sentiment was stamped on a piece of Magenta Madness cardstock. Remember that bright bold color?! I actually liked it and have just a few scraps left. I finished the card with a few bright pink gems.

I'm playing along with the challenge at the Paper Players this week.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Red Tulips

 Welcome to a new week! Summer has arrived here in the PNW and it is going to be HOT for a few days! So, as I officially said goodbye to spring I colored the tulips from SU!'s Mixed Florals red.

I colored the small flowers with Misty Moonlight and used Granny Apple Green for the foliage. I used the Perennial Postage dies to cut them and the mat out with. I haven't used these dies very often. I liked the look and didn't add any sentiment or embellishments. I just want the tulips to shine.

Friday we had Little Miss (Autumn) and Big Guy (Ivan). We took them to the Bike Rodeo our church hosts during our town's celebration. Autumn did well overall. She decorated her trike a bit and then wanted to play in the park. lol! I thought that was age appropriate. I didn't get a picture of her completed trike though. 

Ivan is getting so big! He is the sweetest.best.baby.ever! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

A Shaped Card

 Happy Saturday! 

I made a shaped card! I do believe this is a first for me. I have been wanting to but just never got around to it. 

It was easy peasy! I also have been wanting to color these tulips from Mixed Florals since spring began and now here it is summer! It's never too late for tulips though! 

I got my inspiration from the Moodboard at JUGS. All those beautful flowers! Although I don't think there is a tulip in the picture! lol!

And my color inspiration came from the As You See It challenge.

I used those colors and added a little Granny Apple Green to my Lemon Lime Twist because, you know how LLT is! IYKYK! The tulips are Melon Mambo but to me they look a bit red in the photograph. I want to color them in red next! lol!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Celebrate

 Well, hello crafty friends! It's been a hot minute (over a month!) since I've blogged. I do have a card to share today and it fits two challenges! Yea!

First up is The Paper Players challenge where they have a color challenge.

 And I used this week's  Freshly Made Sketch.

I used a Basic White card base.  The rectangles were cut using the die from All That. The DSP is from Masterfully Made and that color is Lemon Lime Twist. I don't think Lemon Lime Twist photographs well! The butterflies were cut from the Sketched Butterflies dies and my sentiment is from the Banner Sayings bundle.

It's been a couple weeks since we returned from a glamping trip to California where we enjoyed biking along Monterey Bay.

And hiking through Pinnacles National Park.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Thanks

 Happy Fri-yay! Today is starting early and will be a full day with two of the grandchildren here with us. I do have a card to share though.

I used the Florals in Bloom DSP again today and the Pretty Florals dies. For my sentiment I went back a few years to my Well Said dies. And because I used a die cut sentiment I am playing along with JUGS this week!

Make it a great day, my friends!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Hello

 Hello, my friends! Here is today's card albeit later than normal.

Yea for gorgeous paper that does all the work. I used a piece of Florals in Bloom DSP and matted it on Basic White and adhered it to a Granny Apple Green card base. The Blackberry Bliss flower is from the Pretty Florals dies with the contrasting piece in Fresh Freesia. The sentiment is from Sweet Blooms stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink.

I'm happy to be playing along at the SUOC #400 where they are CASE-ing Designer Cindy Coutts.

I'm off to make a few more cards using this design! Love it!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

You're the sweetest

 I had to play along with the CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch this week.

Here's what I came up with:

I've just been loving those little Storybook Friends critters recently. I used one of the frame dies from the same set and cut it using the Earthen Toned Metallic paper and popped those little rabbits on it. The DSP is from Storybook Moments and the card base is...drum roll please...Wild Wheat! 😂 You either loved or hated that color! Well, I didn't love it or hate it but I did find a place for it in my papercrafting. The sentiment is from Banner Sayings.  I do love that stamp set!

That's it for me today.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Happy Birthday

 I don't know who I am going to give today's card to. lol! I made it for a color challenge my upline's stamping group has right now.

Can you guess the colors for the challenge?!  Black. Crushed Curry. Strawberry Slush. I punched out a few circles and ran them through the Plaster Painting EF.  The image is from Nice & Easy Notes and makes me happy. It's another old and beloved stamp set.  I finished the card by adding a few Strawberry Slush gems.

I'm going to post this over at Seize the Birthday #325 for Anything Goes.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Happy Mother's Day

 Thank goodness for a new month and a new week.  April ended with me and the hubs pretty sick. The hubs is a few days behind me in getting well but I think/hope he is over the worse! Let's just say we had a super cold. 

I was able to get back in the studio yesterday afternoon and I completed a lot of unfinished projects! Do you know how wonderful that feels?! Just fabulous! 

 I went very simple for today's card and sometimes it just feels good to keep it simple especially when life packs a punch. I used my old and beloved Sweet and Simple Salutations and cut out the image using a Spotlight on Nature die. I used a piece of DSP from the Floral Impressions, some white seam binding and put it all on a Strawberry Slush card base. I added a few of the white butterflies from the new '26-28 In Color Butterflies.

I'm playing along with The Paper Players challenge this week where they are looking for "Feminine".

I came across this sweet photo of our neighborhood geese family. 

I think this is the first time I've seen goslings...I've seen lots of ducklings over the years but never the goslings. I guess the geese are making themselves at home.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Keep Looking Up

 Today's card uses the Silly Old Bear Suite collection of products minus the embossing folder and a couple new In Colors coming in May.

The Peaceful Pine color doesn't look like that in real...light issues I'm assuming.

Anyways, I wanted to play along with the Paper Players Challege this week.

I couldn't pass by Piglet. As for Clean-and-Simple it's about as good as I can do! lol!

Well, the little grands managed to share their germs with me.  Bummer. Last week got more stressful as our oldest son had an abscess/infection under his arm. Thankfully it responded to antibiotics but he did have to have it drained. 

We are glamping this week. Today is rainy and windy so it's a good day to relax, blow my nose and do a little crafting. Yesterday we made the most of the nice weather and hiked and biked! Here's a couple pictures. Does anyone know where we are?!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Thank you

 Well, my week isn't going as planned...we have a couple sick grandchildren. We watched Ivan yesterday who was struggling with a cold. Today and for the rest of the week we have Weston who has pneumonia. I'm beginning to wonder if blogging is for me...no time.

I did make a card in between watching Ivan. He is still little enough and got to sit in my studio. 

I had pulled out my Storybook Moments DSP and had bits and pieces in there and put this card together. I used a Basic Beige card base and embossed another piece with the Exposed Brick EF. I really like the Banner Sayings bundle which is where the sentiment came from. I still have Storybook Moments paper spread out. I don't have much left and would love to use it up! My Silly Old Bear Suite arrived today. Pooh is in the house and I'm looking forward to having a play with those products...which I was NOT going to buy. 🤣 🤣🤣

Here's Ivan hanging out in my studio. 

Not sure when I'll be able to post again.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Hi, Friend

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. I had my crafty day with my crafty friends on Saturday. My BCFF (Best Crafting FriendForever) and SU! Upline shared the make-n-take. I wanted to share it here because it's so cute!

We used the Bloom Boutique DSP (coming May 5) and did some origami folding to get this cute little heart pouch. It holds a Ghirardelli chocolate square but I have a Bouchard chocolate in it. The oval die is from the Scalloped Wishes dies which are out of stock for the next month. 😠 We used the Daisy EF for the center of the oval. Cute idea. The little flowers are cut from the two tone cardstock in Crisp Cantaloupe and Hydrangea Hue using the  ??? not sure if it was Heirloom Boutique or Boutique Blossoms dies or neither. Just use a little die cut flower. 

Anyways, I thought it was fun and cute. I don't know where she got the idea but I'm glad she shared it with us and I am definitely going to make more of these!

Last week the hubs and I biked the Spring Water Corridor. It was okay. We're glad we did it but have no desire to do it again. Here's a couple pics.

It took us right down to the Willamette River in Portland. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Chapter One

No challenges today just a card. 

I colored the image from Unity's Chapter One stamp set using my SU! Blends. I matted it onto the dark side of Berry Burst two tone cardstock. I covered the card front using Unbounded Beauty DSP. A few sparkle gems completed the card. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Purr-fectly

 Have you ever made a card and then wanted to make like a dozen more because it was so fun and so cute?! Today's card is one of those cards for me.

This little fur baby makes me smile! And I just may make a dozen more! The kitty and sentiment stamps are from Unity's February KOM. I colored her using my SU! Blends and used a NND's oval die. The pretty musical note paper is from my stash. Everything went on an Azure Afternoon card base.

I'm playing along with the sketch from Sunday Stamps and The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe Challenge #779. I used the top row across and quite a few other elements on the board.

Well, I have a few more little Easter baskets to make today for my Bible study besties so I'd better set aside coloring kitties and get to work! It's a rainy day here so it's perfect for being in the studio!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

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