Sportsman

 Today's card was so fun to make! I will be making several of these!

I used the stamp set Unsportsmanlike Pissy Kitty from Unity. I embossed the number 2 in gold and then colored Kitty in with Blends. I used DSP from Nature Walk (coming Jan. 6). Everything went on an Early Espresso card base. I added a few Shades of Green Hexagons for embellishment. This is going to a former football coach and I'm sure he and his wife will love it! 

Earlier this month we had a lot of rain. We managed a walk in between rain showers one day and saw a rainbow! It was actually a double rainbow but the second one wasn't as bright.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

This Little Piggy

 I've been working on January's birthday cards especially those who have birthdays the first week of the month. If I'm not careful I can be a little late getting those sent! But today's card is actually for a birthday much later in the year! 

I have a friend who collects pigs so of course when I came across this cute little gal on the scooter, that I had already colored, I was inspired to make my friend a card and her birthday is in April! And yes, I do have an organizational system where I put birthday cards so they don't get misplaced or forgotten! 

The piggy is from SU!'s This Birthday Piggy which was retired in '23. my card base is Strawberry Slush and the little piggy is actually adhered to an old Memories and More card. Strawberry Slush was an In Color from '13-15 so I am assuming sometime in there is when those Memories and More cards came out. The DSP is from the Florals in Bloom pack. I added a couple of the clear Faceted Snowflake gems with the confetti and some Wink of Stella to make the scooter sparkle!

On one of our recent bike rides up the Valley we saw "The Herd " of elk. I took this photo but you will have to zoom in to see them. lol! We really weren't that far from them but in photography we were. There are at least 50 in this herd. We have seen them a few times and are always on the lookout for them. It's a sweet find. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Warm Hugs

Hello again!

My goodness it has been a hot minute since I have posted here on my blog. All is well! We had a beautiful fall, the holidays went well, the grandchildren are growing and now winter has arrived! 

Here's my card for today:

I used a Fresh Freesia card base and a couple pieces of DSP from Florals in Bloom and Florals Impressions that I cut with the Textured Notes dies. I used my old faithful circle and scalloped circle dies for that adorable penguin from Unity called Warm Hugs. I added a few gems to the center of some of the flowers. These warm hugs are going to a friend who has a winter birthday!

It has finally gotten into the 30's around here but the sun came out yesterday and the hubs and I went for a bike ride! I got this picture on our way home. If it wasn't so cold I would think spring is here! Everything is so green!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Season's Greetings

 Today's card came together fairly quickly using seasonal ephemera which is actually hard for me to use. I fiddle around with that stuff not really knowing where to put it, how to use it, do I pop it up or not, and etc! lol...not really!

So, there it is. I used the challenge at Stampin' Up Only Challenge #386 where they want us to Case the Catalog.

I'm not sure what I CASE'd other than layers of ephemera! lol! 

We had another gorgeous day at the beach yesterday! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

It's Halloween

 Happy Tuesday! 

Today's card came together fairly well using limited supplies. We are glamping at the Oregon coast this week. I brought crafting supplies. I always bring crafting supplies! I knew I wanted to use Clever Cats...here is today's card.

I used the challenges at The Paper Players and the Color Throwdown.

My Clever kitty is all dressed up for Halloween wearing a Timid Tiger hat that's been glittered up with Wink of Stella. Her broom awaits her midnight ride. I snagged a couple bits from a past Christmas ephemera kit for the green and red strips she is sitting on. I had a white rectangle already embossed with the Exposed Brick EF and a Garden Green piece embossed with the Countryside Blossoms EF in my stash that I brought! That was not planned. Everything went on a Timid Tiger card base. I finished it with a few Delightful Decorative Dots.

The beach was amazing yesterday when we got here. It was HOT, calm and beautiful! If you are familiar with the Oregon coast you know this is very rare to have all three on one day! Here's a photo.

And it looks like today is going to be fabulous too! I'm off to enjoy it!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

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