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Friday, February 14, 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025
More Start With A Sketch #5
Continuing the Start With a Sketch #5 (see above) using the Marbled Elegance DSP. This paper is so beautiful. I posted a video of how the designer created this paper in my Facebook Group. I used the Brushed Gold for the third layer element. The stamp set/ Die bundle is called Hearts of Elegance and has the coolest heart dies.
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Sunday, December 22, 2024
Start With A Sketch #5
Start With A Sketch #5
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundle: 164021-
Peaceful Season Bundle-$52.00
164117-Golden Greenery Bundle-$56.50
Paper: 164324- Season of Green and Gold-
$16.50
164142-Gold Mercury Vellum-$10.00
164118-Graceful Greenery Vellum-$10.00
164144-Season of Elegance-$16.50
Ink- 147089- Garden Green Ink Pad-$9.00
(CTMH Sage and Evergreen)
Embellishments- 164028-
Cherry Cobbler & Gold Ribbon
164331- Golden Greenery Dies, 164145-Peaceful Seasons Die
Paper Measurements:
Card Base- 5 ½” x 8 ½”
Seasons of Green and Gold DSP- 4 ¼” x 5 ½”
Gold Mercury Vellum- 4 ¾” x 2 ¼”
Season of Elegance- 2 ¼” x 2 ¼”
Very Vanilla Cardstock- ¾” x 3 ¾”
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Start With A Sketch #4!
The weather here is getting colder. Still wondering if it will warm up again. I can't believe it's been a whole month since I blogged last.
Since the last blog, my husband's mother passed away and we had the funeral. The Friday before she passed our oldest daughter's husband had face and eye trauma from a Sand Blaster blowing up. I hosted my September Weekend Retreat and that Sunday our one and only granddaughter who had already excepted the gift of eternal life and put her trust in Jesus, was baptized. We left the Retreat in the hands of a friend and came home to attend church and her baptism. Then, that evening, our oldest Son decided to have a heart attack! Everyone is doing great, and we are so thankful for that!
Here is the next Start With A Sketch#4. I have made 4 cards so far and as you can see; I didn't exactly follow the sketch totally. Maybe the next one.
Monday, September 9, 2024
Sunday September 8, 2024
Where did the Summer go? I am sure you all were just as busy as we were. The last few weeks we both had a "bug"! I had been dragging for a bit and when the 3 grandsons were here, the youngest and I had light sore throats and then the day after they left, it hit me hard. For three weeks. Anyway, so, now I am trying to catch up even though this "bug" left me with a cough and kind of tired yet.
Over Labor Day we had our kids and grandkids all weekend. Such a blessing to be able to be together again. We were able to be outside most of the time and for most of the meals too. Such nice weather. Morning devotions every day was a blessing also. Some of the group did different activities, golfing one morning, swimming one afternoon, and disc golfing. Otherwise, we sat and talked, in the evening we had a fire to sit by also and it was very needed by the last night. Brrrrr!
We made homemade ice cream with raw cows milk that has so much cream its got to be a sin to drink it. LOL! But, oh my, that ice cream was soooooooooooo goooooooooooooood! Jim made his wonderful Brisket for one supper and the other supper was Chicken Quarters grilled! Yummy! Both the boys helped us with the suppers and the girls made the breakfasts. Biscuits and gravy, Egg Pizza, awesome doughnuts from a place in Ohio, Crunchy Egg Tortillias, yummy Broccoli/Cauliflower Salad, Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegtables and homemade dip, Chocolate Birthday Cake, Mixed Berry Cobbler, Cheesy Potatoes, and Baked Potatoes and homemade potato chips!
This past week, I have been making another batch of Start With a Sketch! I only have a couple right now so, I will share those tonight. I start with the sketches in the Stampin UP! Annual Catalog. This is sketch #3 and I made it a little different in each card. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.
Sunday, June 2, 2024
A Layout using 6" x 6" pieces of In-Color
The Spring weather has been amazing these past few weeks. We took a quick little trip to Colorado over Memorial Day and enjoyed a visit with a friend and my first cousin and her family! The weather was perfect. We treated our friend to dinner and a show at the Flying W Ranch! Their updates are wonderful, and their food and the show were awesome! The trip back was very uneventful except one stop at a rest area in Missouri was pretty noisy with the sounds of thousands of Cicadas all over the trees and flying around.
I have been working on a little project by challenging myself to see what I can do with the 6" x 6" paper sets that Stampin' Up! has in their product line. This sketch is my own design, so, if there is any out there that look like this, I didn't know about it. I just fit and cut the 6" x 6" paper pieces I cut from these papers and cardstock.
The first sample of this 12" x 12" layout is a trial that I decided to add photos and use. Very simply done using paper, pop outs and stickers from my stash. Different collections were incorporated into this layout featuring our little guy at the age of 3. He is now 41! Where has the years gone so fast!
2024-2026 In Color 6 x 6 - 163777
Countryside Corners Dies - 161471
And the Stamp Set which seems to be no longer available
Notes of Nature Stamp Set and Die - 162630 unavailable?
Fully Flowering Ephemera Pack- 163762
Labels and Layers Ephemera Pack- 163764
CTMH Flamingo Cardstock
CTMH Mink Ink Pad
Friday, May 31, 2024
New Close To My Heart Starting June 5th!
June is almost upon us! We just got back from a quick trip to Colorado to see a cousin and a friend. What a wonderful trip! And the weather was so nice all the way! On our way back, we stopped at a rest area in Missouri, there was a huge choir of Cicadas serenading us! Plus, one landed on me. Yuck!
Now, it's time to put the nose to the grindstone. LOL!
Let me introduce the next roll out of the Close To My Heart Paper Collection and stamp sets. If you see something you like, on June 5th., click on this link- Shop With Me. Click on the Shop Products and you should find a Close To My Heart tab in the drop-down list.
Be sure and add the May Hostess Code # 7G4ZEA6V
For orders under $150.
Meanwhile, get your list ready!
Friday, May 17, 2024
Goodbye Close To My Heart!
I imagine by now you all have heard and seen the activity around Facebook, Instagram etc. about Close To My Heart closing their doors in June. I wanted to be sure and add this to this blog so while you can look back on my previous blogs and see Close To My Heart, this will divide and show the transition I am making to the next phase of my paper crafting journey with a company very similar to Close To My Heart, a company that graciously allowed at least 3500 of us to transition into. Welcoming us with much warmth and open arms!
Starting May 1st, I became a Stampin' UP Demonstrator. Navigating all the new rules and policies, the website, and learning about the products has been a challenge but so rewarding! I started my stamping journey over 25 years ago, with Stampin' UP! (not as a demonstrator) but to be truthful, the red rubber stamps on the wood blocks were very frustrating for me to use. Perfect placement was so discouraging. I dearly loved the artwork though, and now, I am so excited about jumping back into this company and their new and improved stamp sets and beautiful artwork. I definitely am loving the brand-new Annual Catalog and all the new and fun product in it!
Yes, I even have purchased some of the red rubber stampsets! I have found that being able to stick the rubber stamps on the clear blocks makes it so much easier to stamp also. I haven't tried restamping the same design yet so I don't really know how easy that will be. Although now, we have access to tools (on the market) that actually make perfect placement very easy plus you can stamp the same design more than once to make it darker. Example: The Mysti
Below, is a card I made using Stampin 'UP and CTMH products.
I fussy cut the flowers from the SU Flowering Zinnia paper Pack- 163469. There are (4) 12x12 sheets- 2 of each design that you can use for this. The die I used to cut the green circles with is called- Spotlight on Nature- #163580
I stamped the Zinnia from the SU Simply Zinnia Stamp Set-163480 on the background with CTMH inks- Rosy, LImeade and Sundance. Two things I have learned about this company,
#1. Be aware of which language stamp set is.
#2. Bundles and Collections are cheaper than purchasing single items.
The sentiment is stamped and die cut from the Unbounded Love sets/or bundle.
Here is one of the Zinnia dies, making a 3-D flower. I used CTMH Rosy, Sundance and Lemonade cardstock.