Spring Flowers

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Today's card is a color challenge from the Paper Players.

And here is my card:

I used Melon Mambo for the card base, the flower and sentiment. The stem and leaves were stamped with Granny Apple Green and I used Pool Party for the flower center and colored the butterfly with the dark Pool Party Blend marker.




I can never just make one card! This one I changed up a bit and added the black and white gingham layer. I had to bling up the butterfly with a few pearls!

I also am entering the Retro Rubber challenge:

I used SU!'s Watercolor Garden from 2000! I love this stamp set! I came by this set from a dear friend, Krista, who passed away from ovarian cancer in 2016.  Krista was a Stampin' Up demonstrator and is really the one responsible for my love of all things SU!  Last summer I helped her family clean out some of her studio. I am now trying to sell and pass on a whole lot of her stamp sets. It is always bittersweet when I use one of her stamp sets. I sure do miss her!

Blessings,
Tracy

Hello, Baby!

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

I was so excited to be able to make a couple baby cards! Unfortunately, I only got a photo of one of them. A family from our church had a sweet baby boy and my dear friend became a grandma for the first time to a sweet baby boy! So exciting! My only sadness is I can't hold them! That just seems cruel! Oh! this COVID-19! Grrr!

I used SU's Time for Tags and a little DSP in Seaside Spray and Blueberry Bushel. I colored the giraffe with Blends. I used a few Faceted Dots in Seaside Spray and a little silver metallic thread for embellishments.

 If you have a baby in your life, enjoy! They grow so quickly. And give them a hug for me!

Blessings,
Tracy

Mother's Day

Monday, May 11, 2020

I hope everyone enjoyed Mother's Day. I made a couple cards for a friend to give to her mom and grandma.

I colored the flowers with SU!'s blends in Pineapple Punch, So Saffron and Daffodil Delight. I embossed the sentiment from Picture Perfect with gold embossing powder. I mounted the DSP and the sentiment onto gold foil paper.

I love my Daisy Lane bundle! I stamped the daisies in Gorgeous Grape and Purple Posy then punched them out with the medium punch.  The scallop rectangle is from the Stitched So Sweetly dies. I am really liking those dies! The sentiment is from A Big Thank You which sadly is retiring. I have enjoyed that stamp set.

The highlight of my weekend was Friday night! The boys and their girlfriends came over for dinner! Steven and his girlfriend made dinner for us. Taylor and his girlfriend brought dessert. Everything was delicious. We had a good visit and played a game.

I received this beautiful bouquet! 

I am blessed to have these two call me mom! 

Blessings,

Tracy

Lots of birthday cards!

Friday, May 8, 2020

Our ladies ministry, affectionately known as the Church Chix, sends birthday cards to adults who are developmentally delayed living in group homes. We needed a lot of guy cards recently so I spent one rainy day in my studio making some really simple and quick cards. I was able to use up some retired DSP!

I think I ended up with close to 40 cards completed! Yea! It was fun!

Blessings,
Tracy

Heartfelt Friend

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

I wanted to send one final card to my Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) ladies. I enjoyed making these heart cards using up the 2018-2020 In Color DSP.  I used Lovely Lipstick and Blueberry Bushel as card bases.

I used a retired heart embossing folder on half of them.

 And the Ornate Layers dies for the other half

I added some metallic thread and some little gems to finish them.

Blessings,
Tracy

Monday, May 4, 2020
#keepstamping

This week's #keepstamping color challenge is: Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, So Saffron and Seaside Spray. I found it to be a challenge. This isn't a color combo I would be drawn to but I took the challenge and this is what I came up with:

I used some old SU! DSP in Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry. I used the Stitched So Sweetly dies to cut out the scalloped rectangles! Love those dies! I used the Jar of Love stamp set to stamp the flowers in So Saffron (stamped off) and Crushed Curry and Seaside Spray.  The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Birthdays. 

I hope you will take the #keepstamping color challenge this week!

The Farmer and I ventured out to walk around this pond in the neighboring town yesterday morning. 

There were a lot of people fishing there but all were practicing social distancing and being respectful! I think we all need a change in scenery! 

Blessings,

Tracy

Friday, May 1, 2020
Color Challenge #keepstamping

This week I took the color challenge my BFF and SU! upline, Teresa, at KNT Designs,  shared with us. Lovely Lipstick, Flirty Flamingo, Gorgeous Grape and Old Olive were the colors. You really can't go wrong with those colors! All favorites of mine! And here is my creation:

I was going through my stamp sets trying to downsize a bit...we all know how hard that is to do! Well, SU!'s Jar of Love caught my eye. I love that set! So, I created this card with all those lovely flowers. Perfect to share on this May 1.   I remember as a youngster on May 1, picking whatever flowers we could find, placing them on the neighbor's porch, ringing the doorbell and running off before they answered! And then watching their surprise at finding a bouquet for them! Did anyone else do that??? So fun! It was May Day, of course!

I hope this finds you all happy, healthy and finding joy in each day!

Blessings,
Tracy