Snow Day

 

Hello! You've probably heard by now that the Northeast of the US is getting a big snowstorm or you're buried under it like we are!  I'm taking the opportunity to do what I love most {not including Ryan and Piper, of course ;)}

Craft and Bake!

 

 

I had some bananas that were on their way out so I decided to bake some banana bread.  Unfortunately, I realized I didn't have enough butter and running to the store was not an option.  This is why I love Pinterest!  I typed 'banana bread with oil' into the search bar and a recipe came up that used coconut oil instead of butter.  That I have!  Here is the recipe I used.  It turned out great.  I threw in some chocolate chips because......chocolate!

 

 

For my card today I incorporated three challenges {all linked below}.  I love leaves stamped in non-traditional colors.  For these I used Warm Wool, Cranberry Crush, Little Piggy, and Wild Mango.  All are WPlus9 PURE Color Dye Inks.  I stamped some of the leaves onto the card front.  Some are stamped on die cuts and tucked under the banner.  I added the little love bunnies among the leaves.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I hope you are warm and dry!

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk

Inkadinkado Clear Acrylic Blocks, Small and Medium

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

WPlus9 Design Studio Clear Stamps, Autumn Leaves

WPlus9 Design Studio Dies, Autumn Leaves

WPlus9 Design Studio Clear Stamps, Wishing You

WPlus9 Design Studio Dies, Wishing You

WPlus9 Design Studio Dies, Banner Trio

 

ColourQ #325

 

CAS(E) this sketch! #156

 

Create With Critters

 

 

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Thinking Of You

 

 Just getting a project in under the wire for several challenges. {linked below}  I've been working on the new release for WPlus9 that will be available for purchase on October 5th!  Great holiday sets that I'm sure you'll love. Peeks start October 1st.  As always, though, Instagram is a great way to get a look before the official release week begins.  Dawn has done some amazing water coloring with some of the new stamps!  I also have a fun post coming up on the first with a special collaboration project with... 

You'll have to wait and see!

 

 

I hope you're having a great weekend.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Make It Monday: Two Toned Sentiments

 

ColourQ

CAS-ology

 

 

SSS: No Designer Paper

 

Cardstock: WP9 Black, Recollections White
Stamps: WP9 Lacey Layers, PTI Polka Dot Basics II,
PTI Graceful Greetings
Ink: Silver Lining, Fairy Dust, Falling Star, Pumpkin Spice, Black, Versamark
Dies: PTI DE Banner Die, SSS Stitched Rectangles
Other: White Embossing Powder

Live Your Dreams + FIF #230 {Special Instagram Edition}

 

 TGIF!

I'm really excited because Monday starts the August WPlus9 Release Week {the products are great as always} and because I'm leaving on Wednesday for Florida!  I grew up in FL and haven't been for a visit in over 10 years.  I'm going alone and staying with an old friend!  It is going to be so much fun.  I will have all the release week posts scheduled before I go though, don't worry ;)!

 

ColourQ

 

 

This card features a wonderful stamp set called Dream Believer.  I love it mainly because I'm obsessed with feathers.  This set has fabulous encouraging sentiments too!  There may be a PURE Color Dye Ink color or two there that haven't been released yet!!  Shhh... don't tell Dawn!

 

 

This week's Friday Inspiration File is a special Instagram Edition.  All of these are beautiful projects shared on some of the Instagram feeds I follow.  I usually pull from the blogs I follow on Feedly, but that was leaving out a ton of great projects I scroll through daily over on IG.  Check them out!  #230

 

Have an inspired weekend!

 

CAS(E) this sketch!

SSS: All Tied Up

 

 

 

Cardstock: WP9 White, Black
Stamps: WP9 Dream Believer
Ink: WP9 Ocean Drive, Wild Mango, Black, ?, ?
Dies: WP9 Love Mom Layers Dies
Other: Enamel Dots, Vintage Black Thread

It's Been Too Long

 

Hi!

Today's card was a lot of fun to make.  I started by die cutting a circle from the corner of a piece of copy paper.  I used both the positive and the negative pieces to create my mask.  I placed them on my card front and sponged on the orange dye ink.  I used the same masks and moved them towards the corner of the card front making sure to cover the orange ink completely, but right to the edge because I didn't want any white space between my colors. I think that would look cool, too, though!  I alternated the thick and thin ends of the sponged areas.

 

 

I repeated the process again to sponge on the navy ink.  Because I was gong from navy to pink, I created a new set of masks.  I didn't want to contaminate the pink with the dark blue.

 

Once all of my ink was sponged on, I stamped my sentiment.  I curved the sentiment on my block to match the line of the orange ink.  I attached a die cut butterfly to draw your eye to the sentiment.  I chose this butterfly, in particular, because it is not solid and allows the color to come through.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

ColourQ

CAS(E) this sketch!

CASology

 

Cardstock: WP9 White, Black
Stamps: WP9 Hand Lettered Hello
Ink: PTI Summer Sunrise, Melon Berry, Enchanted Evening, Berry Sorbet, Versafine Onyx
Dies: WP9 Small Butterfly Frame Die, LF Circles, SSS Stitched Rectangles
Other: Sponge Daubers

My Everything

 

I think it's time to invest in some reinkers.  I love all of my Papertrey Ink dye inks, but they are starting to dry out a bit.  I have every color, so buying all of the reinkers is not going to be cheap.

 

 

Today's card started out with two parameters in mind: Line and Color.  I started by masking off a horizontal line with a strip of masking paper.  I chose several triangular shaped stamps from a Paper Smooches stamp set called Design Motifs.

 

Starting with red on the left, I stamped 3 triangles up and 3 triangles down overlapping and varying the heights.  Moving to the right I repeated the process changing the color after 3 triangles.  When I was finished I removed the mask and stamped a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set called All Occasion Banners.

 

 

I die cut the front panel with a stitched rectangle die

and popped it up on a white card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

ColourQ

CASology

Cardstock: PTI White
Stamps: PS Design Motifs, SSS All Occasion Banners
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, Versafine Onyx
Dies: SSS Stitched Rectangle Die
Other: Masking Paper

Tied Together With Friendship

 

Hello!

It's a rainy morning here to day.  I only got in half of my walk this morning, but I made up for it with squats and dead lifts in the basement ;)

 

 

I loved the colors and inspiration image for the new ColourQ challenge.  I immediately thought of this Altenew stamp set.  I used the WPlus9 colors Little Piggy {full strength and stamped off once}, Cockleshell, and Falling Star.

 

 

 Have a great day! I plan to take advantage of the rainy weather and get back into my craft room.  What are some of your favorite creative challenges?

ColourQ #299

 

Cardstock: PTI Plum Pudding, Vellum, Recollections White
Stamps: Altenew Modern Beadwork
Ink: WP9 Cockleshell, Falling Star, Little Piggy, Versamark Ink
Dies: SSS Stitched Rectangle Dies
Other: PTI Cotton Twine, White Embossing Powder

Graceful Greetings

 

Hello!
We're back home after a quick trip to PA to spend time with family.  Because we don't see each other very often, we usually pick up or hand make little gifts for each other.  I wanted to send a 'thank you' to may aunt and sister-in-law for the gifts they gave me.

 

 

I used a new {to me} stamp set from PTI.  I stamped the flowers and leaves from Graceful Greetings in clusters to create a pattern for this card.  I used two shades of purple from WP9 called Bloomsberry and Cockleshell.  I accented them with a small flower stamped in Lake House.  They look beautiful together.  Thanks to the ColourQ for the inspiration! 

 

 

 I used the WP9 Landscape Border die to create a soft curve for each card.

 

 

I kept this card a bit more simple, adding the clusters just around the sentiment.

 

 

I think I'll give the simple one to my sister-in-law and the floral pattern card to my aunt.

 

 

I hope you had a great weekend, too.  I'm glad to be home with Piper though.  I missed her!  We were lucky and my father-in-law was kind enough to come stay at our house with Piper while we were away for a few days.  What do you do with your pets while on vacation? 

 

ColourQ #298

 

100% Stamped

 

Cardstock: WP9 Black, Lake House, Recollections White
Stamps: PTI Graceful Greetings
Ink: WP9 Bloomsberry, Cockleshell, Lake House, Appletini, Versafine Onyx
Dies: WP9 Landscape Borders, SSS Stitched Rectangles
Other: Small Rhinestones