Hello

 Monday, September 2, 2024

I got lost at the end of last week...we had the grand girls! Autumn came on Wednesday and spent the night. Her daycare was closed last week. It's just their annual week of being closed, I guess. We asked if we could have Paisley on Thursday so the girls could play together. They are playing together more and it is so cute and so fun.

 

It's also a whole lotta energy and work! There was some crying. And some refereeing needed over toys. Needless to say I did not have much energy left! LOL!

I have a couple more cards to share today using the Splendid Autumn DSP. 

I used Copper Clay for the card base and Azure Afternoon for the mat which I embossed with the Distressed Tile EF. I used the Faux Leather Trim because I could and I don't know where or how to use that stuff or why I bought it but it worked. The sentiment is from the More Than Autumn bundle which is available to everyone on September 4. I used the Distressed Gold Foil and a couple dies from Autumn Leaves.

This card base is Cajun Craze with Balmy Blue for the mat embossed with the Fern EF. The sentiment is from Charming Duck Pond and the tag is from the Greetings of the Season dies which is an Online Exclusive. They are a great set of dies. 

Easy and simple cards. 

Happy Monday and Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Splendid Autumn

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Today's card is ultra easy and simply! My style!

I used a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of the Splendid Autumn DSP and adhered it to a Cajun Craze card base. I stamped the sentiment from the Autumn Expressions stampe set in Blackberry Bliss and cut it out using a die from the Stylish Shapes die, added some of that awesome Natural Tones Linen Thread in Cajun Craze and popped the sentiment up on dimensionals. I had some leaves from the Autumn Leaves dies in Distressed Gold foil that I added along with a few of the Faux Glass Dots which you really can't see. I might should have used a different color or something brighter. 

Easy peasy but I like it that way sometimes!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Best.Friend.Ever.

 Monday, August 26, 2024

So last night I had this on my work station:

I'm making a few bags...I'll share more about them in a later blog post. But I have all those left over strips of the Perennial Lavendar DSP  that are 1-1/2" x 12". When I saw the Freshly Made Sketches sketch I was inspired.

I just had to flip the sketch in order to use my DSP in the right orientation.

I adhered my 1-1/2" x  3-7/8" strips of DSP to a 4" x 4-3/4" piece of Crumb Cake and adhere that to a Lost Lagoon card base. I cut the greenery and flowers with the Painted Lavender dies using Pretty Peacock and Fresh Freesia cardstock. My flower pot and sentiment are from the Country Flowers stamp set. I finished it with a few of the Tinsel Gems Three-pack.

 I am just squeaking this one in since the challenge ends today in a few hours!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Grateful for You

 Monday, August 26, 2024

It's hard to believe a year ago today we were having my DIL's mother's Celebration of Life. I sure miss Jamie. Grandma Jamie to our granddaughter, Autumn. And, oh my! How Autumn has grown this past year! She was 6 months old when Grandma Jamie died. 

And now she is 18 months old and getting her craft on using sidewalk chalk! Life continues on and we will share with Autumn the stories and love of her Grandma Jamie.

Now, on to today's card!

So...I got the Spendid Autumn Suite Collection from the upcoming SU! Mini Catalog.  I'm not gonna lie I wasn't sure what to do with the frame-thing die in this set. I cut this one out of gold foil. I had to use that chain. I don't know if I should have added that hook-thing or not. They show it in the catalog like this. Anywho, this is what I did for the first go at it. I love the DSP. I used that back of one of them and stamped the wheat image onto it. I also love the ribbon, Wild Wheat! 😅 I like the Faux Glass Dots and the Woven Golden Leaves. I love the sentiments in the stamp set. I may never use the chain and hook-thing again but the label dies are nice. 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Monthly Wanderings

 Sunday, August 25, 2024

This month we went to a campground not too far from home. It is about an hour and a half away. We had never been there before. We had a really good week! The weather was perfect and we took our dog, Jake. Jake loved laying in the fire pit. No kidding.

We hiked to some beautiful waterfalls. I would love to see them in the spring when there is more water running. I bet they would be stunning.

We saw a covered bridge.

And I even did some stamping!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Today's Your Day

 Thursday, August 15, 2024

I hope everyone's week is going well! Today's card uses a sketch I have been having so much fun with. I made multiple cards using this sketch but unfortunately did not get photos of the others because my DIL needed some thank you cards and I handed them off to her!

I made this one into a fun birthday card using the stamp set, Ride With Me. I colored that cute litte truck with Pecan Pie and Pretty Peacock Blends and added the bouquet of balloons to the back. The DSP is from the fabulous Country Woods. ❤❤❤

We celebrated Steven's birthday earlier this week. I tried to get a photo of him and Paisley with the little gift I gave him...it's for the new baby boy they are expecting in December. It says, "Little Brother" on the front. Paisley was being silly, of course!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Enjoy

 Monday, August 12, 2024

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. After having Autumn on Friday and most of Saturday yesterday was definitely a day of rest...after trying to keep Autumn occupied in church! She is busy at 18 months!

Today's project came together using some scraps of DSP that were lying on my desk.

I have this thing about wanting to use up every piece of DSP I have!  I'm sure I have enough for the rest of my life! LOL! I don't know what the name of this paper is but I have adhered these strips to a Bermuda Bay (retired) cardbase. I have a stitched Bermuda Bay circle and a Spotlight on Nature black circle. My tea cup, from Cup of Tea, was one that was stashed in a stash! I filled it with some greenery and flowers from the same set along with the 'enjoy' tag. It's so fun using up things! Don't you think?! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy