Just Kidding!

 Monday, February 26, 2024

Happy Monday! It has been a great Monday here! Very productive! I love Mondays! And I'm excited to share today's card. I  was inspired by The Paper Players Sketch Challenge PP678 this week.

Here's my card:

When I first looked at the Just Kidding DSP I saw this image and loved it. My BFF immediatley said, "I love you no matter what!" I knew I had to make a card! The Paper Players sketched made it easy to use more of the DSP to create my card.

Card Details:

• Pretty Peacock card base
• Just Kidding DSP: 4"x 5-1/4";  2 x 3-3/4";  2-1/4" x 4-3/4"; adhere to card base as shown
• Basic White approximately 1-1/4" x 3" stamp sentiment from SU!'s Bee My Valentine in Pretty Peacock. Cut using die from Stylish Shapes dies. Adhere to card base with dimensionals.
• Cut image from DSP; adhere with dimensionals
• I added 3 sequins from the Shiny Sequins (SU! Online Exclusive available March 5)

I'm going to have to make several of these now. I have a list of people I want to send one too!

And here is Autumn yesterday during church. Her momma was doing the livestream and Gigi (me) was trying to keep here contained! 😂 I guess you can see how well that went!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Thank you

 Sunday, February, 25, 2024

I'm playing along with the Stampin' Up! Only Challenge SUOC 345 and realized I needed to submit this now as the challenge ends in a few hours! They want your favorite florals.

I used SU!'s Simply Zinnia stamp set an Online Exclusive available March 5. I stamped the flowers in Berry Burst on Bubble Bath cardstock which I cut with the Perennial Postage dies. I adhere it to a Berry Burst layer which was cut with the same dies. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I stamped it using Encore Silver ink and fussy cut around it and popped it up with dimensionals. I added a few Matte Black Dots.

I'm also entering it in the Simply Clean & Simple February Challenge where Anything Goes with an optional theme of PINK! I hope it is clean and simple enough...for me it is!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Catching Up

 Sunday, February 25, 2024

Wow! A month has flown by without a blog post. We were gone a week camping in February. Had a great time. My cousin and her husband joined us...fun! Our first camping trip with them. Growing up our families camped together every summer except my cousin never joined us! She hated camping and would go stay at Grandma's or our aunt's house! 😂 Now she and I are the only ones that camp from those two families. Here's a pic of Gunner. He is biggest of my cousin's three dogs!

After the campout I spent the following week taking care of a sick granddaughter, Autumn. 😞 So sick with croup and an ear infection. Thankfully she was better by the weekend and we all went down to the beach to celebrate her first birthday! Katie's aunt allowed us the use of her beach house for the weekend! It was so nice. Autumn had a 'mermaid' themed party. Her outfit was so cute!

Hard to believe she is ONE! She never did touch her cake or eat a piece. 😂 We had a wonderful weekend with the kids. By the time we got home I was coming down with a cold. I spent most of this past week dealing with it along with getting our tax info to the accountant, dealing with things here at home, etc. 

I made a few cards with the SU! Simply Zinnia bundle coming to the Online Exclusives March 5. The cards are okay. I was playing with the Zinnia EF and the Glimmer paper. I like the look of it on the white. It popped the most. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the card I made for  Autumn's birthday! Ugh! I'll have to get one next time I'm at their house which will be this week!

Okay, I think that's a quick overview of the last few weeks.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Because of You

 Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Life is picking up steam and time in the studio is limited! Here's today's card:

I'm entering it in two challenges. SUO Challenge #343 has a color challenge of Sweet Sorbet, Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Lemon Lime Twist. I used each of the colors on the sentiment. The card base is Lemon Lime Twist and I embossed another piece of it with the Countryside Blossoms EF. I have a hard time photographing that Lemon Lime Twist color! Is it just me?! I used the Sweet Sorbet ribbon to help make everything pop. 

I'm entering it in the Word Power #1 Challenge where the main focus of your card is a sentiment or word.

I was driving the back roads to our house today when a large white spot caught my eye at the top of this tree.

Can you see it? Here it is up close...even though it isn't a great photo either.

It was a Bald Eagle! I was pretty happy to see him perched up there looking over the Grauer Farm.

The eagle symbolizes bravery, strength, power and freedom. We see eagles around here from time to time but I always find it to be a sacred experience. A blessing!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Winter

 Monday, January 22, 2024

Happy Monday! Here's today's card:

I'm participating in a couple challenges. The Paper Players want a CAS Winter Fun!

At Color Throwdown  they are looking for Blush, Dusty Blue and Pink.

My card came together rather quickly. I'd been eyeing this sweet image from SU!'s Greeting Card Kids. I colored it using Boho Blue and Pink Pirouette Blends. I used a Stylish Shapes die to cut the image out and I  used my Darice snowflake EF again! I added some Boho Blue ink to the embossed snowflakes and popped the image up on dimensionals. 

Yesterday was a delight being with the family! The granddaughters were great. Paisley, the older one, now plays Duck, Duck, Goose! Oh my gosh! We were sitting around the table and she starts going around saying Duck, Duck...she gets to me and says "GIGI" (my grandma name) and takes off running! So, off I went chasing her around the table. So fun! We did it many, many times!  Here we all are:

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Bee-u-tiful!

 Sunday, January 21, 2024

Well, we made it through a wintry week of weather, a sick baby girl and a week of crafting fun! Today's post is just for fun, no challenges for this project.

I made a perpetual calendar for my crafty friends but have yet to give to them as our craft event was cancelled last Saturday due to our winter storm.

I used the easel design for it and added the post-it notes to the base. I'm always searching for a post-it! I have them strategically placed, I guess, where I  can't find them! LOL! I made my own DSP by stamping the honeycomb stamp from Bee My Valentine in Daffodil Delight onto Daffodil Delight cardstock. My cute little bee is made from Daffodil Delight cardstock and it's wings are from vellum. I popped the bee up on dimensionals and adhered to a square of the Bee Mine DSP. That perfect little 'Bee-u-tiful' is from the old, but well loved Punny-licious stamp set by Robyn Cardon. 

I'm having the kids over for birthday dinner after church today. Taylor's birthday is tomorrow. Oh! and so is mine! LOL! We share a birthday if you can "beelieve" that! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

In The Moment

 Saturday, January 20, 2024

Today's card uses SU!'s In The Moment stamp set. It's a set I haven't used enough!

I'm playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches #619 this week.

My card base is Misty Moonlight. I embossed a piece of the mother of pearl specialty paper (not sure of its official name) with the Exposed Brick EF and wrapped a piece of burlap-like ribbon round it. My image is stamped in Mememto Black ink and I colored it using these SU! Blends: Light and Dark Misty Moonlight, Light and Dark Crumb Cake Light Gray Granity and Light Seaside Mist. I used the retired square dies to cut it out and popped it up with dimensionals.

Happy Stamping!

Tracy