Pretty Pinecone

Hi stampers!  So I haven't felt much like blogging lately...so I haven't, ha!  Seriously, I'm in a weird place right now as I'm stamping a little but I just have a lot to do lately and feeling overwhelmed and tired at night so I've been resting after Ian goes to bed.  So I apologize for not sharing much.  I realized a long time ago that I'm never going to be a perfect stamper and blogger and my stuff is going to come in spurts so I need to not stress out about it.  I'll post when I can/feel like it :-)  I'm trying to get more organized but I'm not making a lot of progress, ha!

Anyway, I have a simple card to share today.  If you were a part of my Facebook holiday catalog launch party you will have seen some details about how I made the pinecone.  Basically, I used my nail to turn up all the little triangles on the pinecone and then I hit them all with just a bit of clear wink of Stella so it looks like it's a little frosty!  Very pretty in real life!  And you really need to work with this die cut a little bit to make the points stand out or it's very flat and lifeless.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Oh what fun
Paper:  Whisper white, crumb cake, early espresso, garden green, warmth & cheer DSP stack
Ink:  Craft white, cherry cobbler
Accessories:  Clear wink of stella, decorative label punch, pretty pines thinlits, baker's twin trio

Hopefully I'll figure my life out and be back with something else soon :-)

Happy stamping!

Display Stamples - Mint Macaron

Hi stampers!  I'm back with my third group of "samples" from on stage.  This group was a bit easier for me as I really do like mint macaron and use it a bit more frequently than some of the other colors. This set feels a little more like "me" ;-)

Instead of coloring this guy I opted to paper piece him!  Easy and cute!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Love you lots (new hostess)
Paper: Whisper white, crumb cake, mint macaron, 2015-2017 in color DSP stack
Ink:  Basic black
Accessories: None!

Next up is a cute little birthday card that combines watermelon and mint, they work well together!
You'll have to excuse me but I can't for the life of me remember what stamp I used to color the cake but the ink blob is stamped and then I stamped the cake over it.  The stars are from the perpetual birthday calendar set.

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Endless birthday wishes, perpetual birthday calendar
Paper: Whisper white, watermelon wonder, mint macaron, 2015-2017 in color DSP stack
Ink:  Basic black, watermelon wonder, mint macaron
Accessories:  Metallic foil doilies, 5/8" mini striped ribbon, silver sequin trim

My other two projects are Christmas in April because you know I love Christmas!  I kind of love this card and it was a great way to incorporate the ribbon and the in color DSP!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Oh what fun
Paper:  Whisper white, soft suede, mint macaron, 2015-2017 in color DSP stack, gold glimmer paper
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  Woodgrain and softly falling EFs, whisper white thick baker's twine, mint macaron 5/8' mini striped ribbon, perfect pines framelits

My final mint project is this Christmas tag.  I apologize for the poor quality of the picture, I totally forgot to take a better one of this one before I left but it did look rather cute up on the boards!  Too bad I didn't get a chance to take good pictures of those either, lol!  But this one uses a lot of accessories!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Peaceful pines, oh what fun
Paper:  Whisper white, crumb cake, real red, mint macaron, 2015-2017 in colors DSP stack, gold glimmer paper
Ink:  Crumb cake, real red, mint macaron
Accessories:  Scalloped tag topper punch, lots of labels framelits, perfect pines framelits, whisper white thick baker's twine, mint macaron 5/8" mini striped ribbon, basic pearl rhinestones, linen thread

Ok, that's three of the five colors down!  Make sure to check back for the other two.  And  check out our group Pinterest board to see all of the samples in one place (from around the world too)!

Happy stamping!

Fab Friday Fail

Hi stampers!  So I mentioned back on my recent Fab Friday post that I had wanted to make another card for the challenge but Ian had other plans and I didn't get it finished in time.  Well, I finished it :-)

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Oh what fun, holly jolly greetings
Paper:  Very vanilla, pool party, mossy meadow, home for Christmas DSP
Ink:  Real red, pool party, mossy meadow

I'm still sad it didn't work out for Fab Friday as I really liked the way it turned out but oh well.  I'm just in love with that music DSP!  I would buy a whole pack of just it!  And I really can't get enough of these colors together.

Happy stamping!

Fab Friday 74

Hi stampers!  Happy Friday!  Another week has come and gone and I haven't stamped or blogged, boo!  Oh well.  Maybe one of these days I'll get it together.  The good news is I got totally inspired with the Fab Friday sketch today...the bad news is I didn't have time to make more than one card by the timeI got it done and then had to get all the blog posts up.  I really like the sketch this week and have a LOT of ideas for it!

It's a simple sketch but I really wanted to do a lot of things with it!  I finally settled on a Christmas card but there will be some Halloween cards coming soon!  And more Christmas cards too!  I keep forgetting I have the season of cheer DSP as a convention freebie.  It's not one I would have gotten on my own.  It's not that I don't care for it, it's just not a must have for me.  But, I felt like I should give it a try for this sketch.  I think it turned out pretty well!  And the only actual stamping is the sentiment.  The DSP made pretty quick work of this card.  And the main panel is layered on our gold foil sheets although it's not showing well in the photo.  It's kind of stunning in real life!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps: Oh what fun
Paper: Whisper white, pear pizazz, mossy meadow, gold foil sheets, season of cheer DSP
Ink:  Cherry cobbler
Accessories:  Wooden snowflake elements, gold buttons, linen thread

Make sure to check out the rest of the team's creations and play along with us!

Happy Stamping!

Fab Friday 72

Hi stampers and Happy Friday!  I'm kind of wishing I was back at Disneyland where I was last Friday :-)  But, we're back to reality over here and just in time for Fab Friday!  We have a fun sketch for you this week!

AND most exciting of all (and maybe making not being at Disney a little bit more tolerable, hehe) is that I made one of my best and most favorite cards EV-AH which is a big stinking deal these days since I'm lacking in creativity 90% of the time!  So, excuse me while I squeeeeeee over this card:

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Oh, what fun
Paper:  Whisper white, real red, pool party, mossy meadow, home for Christmas DSP
Ink: Craft white, pool party, mossy meadow
Accessories:  Spritzer, gold satin ribbon, doilies, home for Christmas enamel dots, linen thread, snowflake elements, gold sequin trim, 2.5" circle punch, labels collection framelits

It actually all came from a "mistake" so to speak while working on designing a swap.  I found that I wasn't crazy about spritzing this background but I saved the piece anyway and figured I could work it into something ad the rest is history!  There are so many things I love on here!  The enamel dots are so fun and I LOVE those snowflake elements!  The sentiment is from the stamp set that goes with the tags kit.  You can use it for way more than tags!  The gold satin ribbon is my new favorite!  So pretty and soft!  And that deer....swoon!

Make sure to visit Fab Friday and see all the other DT samples and make sure to play along!

Happy stamping!