Celebrate Sunflowers

 I decided to post one more flower card, made with the

Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp set (page 17) and coordinating

Sunflowers Dies on page 166.  This card was such a simple

process, with a blended background behind the metallic 

die cut.  If you don't want to color a flower with ink,

using blending brushes is the way to go!

Daisy Lane and Daisy Punches

 Today I'm featuring a Daisy Lane (p 37) card.  I know it is kind 

of incongruous with the Holiday season, but I needed a break

from Christmas cards.  I used the coordinating Daisy Punch

and Medium Daisy Punch (p 150) to punch out the stamped

daisies.  The Celebrate Sunflowers (p 17) sentiment was 

layered on to a piece of Pattern Party Hostess DSP,

found on page 171.

Merry Christmas

 

Stamp Off Poinsettia and Beautiful Trees Christmas

 Did you notice an "adjustment" to our Stamp Off header

above?  Susan, Buffy and I are putting our Stamp Off

Challenges on a hold for 2022.  We plan to do random

challenges, when we have time, but for now, our challenges

are ON HOLD.

Today's challenge is to post our Christmas card.  I am posting 

a couple cards, because I usually mail out a variety of different

cards for the Holiday.  The card above uses the Poinsettia Dies 

on page 165.  I used the sentiment from Snowman Season 

on page 93, cut out with the Tailored Tags.

My second card uses the Beautiful Trees Dies (page 158), with

coordinating Beauty of Earth DSP (page 130).  I used the sentiment

from the Penguin Place Stamp set, found on page 33 of the

July-Dec 2021 Mini Catalog.  I just love adding those

red cardinals, to mark the holiday!

Please click on over to check out the stunning Christmas

cards shown by Buffy and Susan.  I've received their cards

and am so impressed by their skill and artistry!!  I look forward

to future challenges with these talented and lovely

ladies,  TBA (to be announced).  I so appreciate their friendship!

Christmas Beautiful Trees and Poinsettia

 As Christmas approaches, I have a number of

cards that I have not posted.  This one uses the Beautiful

Trees dies on page 158.  

This card uses the Poinsettia dies on page 165.  The 

sentiment comes from the Word Wishes dies on 

page 166.

Peaceful Cabin with So Many Snowflakes

 Today, I'm posting several cards made with the 

Peaceful Cabin set and coordinating Cabin Dies, found

on page 38 of the July-Dec 2021 Mini Catalog.

The snowflakes come from the So Many Snowflakes dies

on page 165.

Stitched Leaf with Sneak Peak

 Well, the leaves are still blowing around outside.  I thought

most had dropped, but when I looked out the window this

morning, I found that I was completely wrong.

So here's a tribute card.

I took a piece of upcoming (January and February 2022)

SAB paper; Daffodil Afternoon on page 4, and cut out the

image with the Stitched Leaf die (page 165).  I placed 

retired DSP paper behind the leaf and sentiment.  

The sentiment was cut out with the

Tailor Made Tags on page 166.

So Many Snowflakes

 This is a bit of a different Christmas card.  I used a layer

of Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate (page 135), 

to feature Brushed Metal snowflakes from the 

So Many Snowflakes dies on page 165.  

The sentiment comes from the Penguin Place Stamp set

on page 33 of the July-Dec 2021 Mini.  It's hard to see from

the photo, but it is a metal on metal contrast.

Nuts About Squirrels

 I'm featuring the Nuts About Squirrels set, on page 59

of the July - Dec 2021 mini again.  This is such an easy set

to use, producing a fun card.  Here, I layered the image

on top of some Hostess patterned paper.

Stamp Off Poinsettia Color Challenge

 Good day crafty friends!  Today, Susan, Buffy and I

have a color challenge.  Our colors for this challenge

are Fresh Freesia, Coastal Cabana and Night of Navy.

I really enjoy nontraditional Christmas colors, and this

challenge is perfect.  I used Blending Brushes to color flower

petals from the Poinsettia Dies on page 165.   I added 

Fresh Freesia flower centers.  The sentiment comes from 

the Word Wishes die set on page 166. 

I ran the card layer through the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing

Folder on page 55 of the July-Dec 2021 Mini Catalog.  I used

Blending Brushes (page 129) to add a bit of Coastal Cabana

to the edges.  I finished things off by coloring some enamel 

dots with a Night Of Navy Stampin' Blend (page 122).

I thank you for stopping by, and hope that you will

visit Buffy and Susan's blogs so that you can see

how they approached this Stamp Off Color Challenge!

Cabin Dies with Snowman Season

 I've done a couple of different cards using the Cabin dies.

The trees are so great for building different snowy scenes.

The Beauty of the Earth DSP on page 130 always offers a great backdrop to those trees.

This sentiment comes from the Snowman Season set on page 93.

Peaceful Cabin with Cabin Dies

 This is a card using the Peaceful Cabin set on page 38 

(of the July-Dec 2021 mini), with coordinating Cabin Dies.  

I stamped the cabin on the In Good Taste DSP and

then cut it out with the dies.  I love the sentiment from this

set, which I punched out with a circle punch.

Penguin Place with Penguin Builder Punch

 The Penguin Place (July-Dec 2021 Mini) stamp set, with the coordinating Penguin Builder punch is just plain fun.

You can't help smiling when I use these products.

In this example, I punched an extra piece of black Cardstock

for the penguin hat.  He looks a bit like a pirate.

Stitched Leaves with Celebrate Sunflowers

 I made this quick card, using the Stitched Leaves dies on

page 165, paired with some Hostess Pattern Party DSP 

on page 171.   I love the different colors featured in this DSP. 

 These Stitched Leaves dies are wonderful in terms of ease of

use and production speed.  The dies cut out and create the

stitching, in one pass through the Big Shot.  They work

great with DSP, which really highlight the textures.

The sentiment for this card comes from the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set on page 17.  This really felt like a Thank You (or fall)

card.  Guess I had leaves on my mind, since they are 

piling up outside. 

Stamp Off Hand Penned Petals in Blends

 Welcome back for our Stamp Off Challenge.  Today, Susan, Buffy

and I are highlighting the Stampin' Blends, 

found on pages 122-3.

For my project, I used the Stampin' Blends in 3 different ways;

to color an image, to create a faux "DSP" strip and to 

color enamel shapes.

I stamped the flowers from Hand Penned Petals with Soft Suede

ink, and then colored them with Soft Sea Foam, So Saffron, 

Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends.  

I used the Penned Flowers Dies to cut out

the flowers and the edge of the faux DSP strip.

I cut out the sentiment from Quiet Meadow with a

Tailor Made Tags die (page 166).  I finished the card off

with some gold cord and enamel hearts colored with Blends.

Please check out the wonderful projects created by

Buffy and Susan!!  Thank for stopping by on this 

Thanksgiving week, when we have so many blessings 

in our lives.

Quiet Meadow Bundle

The Quiet Meadows Stamp set (page 110), with

coordinating Meadow dies offers tons of options for 

layering.  This is a really quick card, that makes

use of this bundle and DSP.

I hope that you and yours have a wonderful

Thanksgiving holiday!

Nuts about Squirrels

 The squirrels are still having a good ole time in my yard,

so I had to post another Nuts About Squirrels (Mini page 49)

card.  This set is just so darn easy to use.  The font is very forgiving,

so that you don't have to be too concerned about your

sentiment going wonkyjammer.   I used DSP, and

stamped some leaves on it, to add to the squirrel feel of

this project.  A strip of In Good Taste DSP wood completed

the feel.

Beautiful Trees dies with Peaceful Cabin

 Time to get a Christmas card posted.  This card uses the

Beautiful Trees dies (page 158), with some retired SAB

products (the tree specialty paper and the DSP strip).

I used the sentiment from the Peaceful Cabin set on page 38

of the July-Dec 2021 Mini catalog.  The card base was

embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D. folder on page 55.

Pierced Blooms with Sweet Strawberry

 Yes, it's November, but I'm still cranking out flowers.  

Pierced Blooms (page 165) has got to be my favorite collection

of flower dies.  They are just so easy to use.

That's really important when you have to make a quick

birthday or get well card.  For this project, I used the

sentient from the Sweet Strawberry Stamp set on page 43.

Meadow Pattern Party

 This is another card, featuring the Pattern Party DSP,

on page 171.  The flower was created with the Meadow dies

on page 160, and framed with the Ornate Layers Dies (page 164).

I like the combination of yellow and black, because it

creates such vibrancy.   Wondering if it is too bright

to be a "thinking of you" card?

Stamp Off Sunflowers Dies with DSP

 Susan, Buffy and I are ready for you today!   Our challenge

is to use your DSP (designer series paper).  If you have been

crafting for any length of time, you likely have a huge stash

of DSP.  It's so difficult to cut up, but easy to create with those pretty sheets of paper!

For this card, I used the Pattern Party Hostess DSP pack

on page 171, for all of the elements.  The Sunflowers Dies 

on page 166 are stunning.  They can be stamped with the 

coordinating Celebrate Sunflowers set, or created

using DSP.  I used the Pattern Party for the background of the sunflower, and Brushed Metallic for the sunflower detail.

One thing that I always forget to do is to

stamp directly on to the DSP, to create continuity of color

and pattern, as shown in this example.  I added some rhinestones, colored with Stampin' Blends, 

to the center of the flower for a bit more sparkle.

I'm so glad that you stopped by my blog.  Now it's time

to click on over to Buffy and Susan's sites, so that you can

see their amazing DSP challenge cards!

Penguin

 I felt that I needed to get away from flowers today.  What 

better diversion, than a penguin!!   I used retired SAB

Designer Series Paper and wooden stars from on old

Paper Pumpkin kit for this card.  

Quiet Meadow

 For this card, I pulled out my Quiet Meadow set on page 110,

and simply stamped a number of the images.  I added a bit of

color with Stampin Blends and added a Linen Thread bow.

This is a very quick card, to create for someone who is ill.

Hippo Happiness with Birthday Chick Dies

 Sometimes we need kid cards and we've got some great

products for that purpose.  In this example, the ewes come from

the Hippo Happiness Set (p 62) with coordinating Hippo and

Friends Dies (p 163).  The fence and sentiment come from

the Birthday Chick dies on page 162.  I ran the background

through the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder on p 155. 

Celebrate Sunflowers on In Good Taste DSP

 It's been a warm start to the fall, so I figure there's still

plenty of time for the Celebrate Sunflowers set (page 17),

with coordinating Sunflower Dies on page 166.  I colored the 

sunflower and leaves with Stampin' Blends. This bundle

coordinates perfectly with the In Good Taste DSP pack

on page 132.  

Clever Cats with Biggest Wish

 Clever Cats, on page 53 of the July - December 2021

Mini catalog, is not just for Halloween! I think that its a perfect

set to use for your favorite cat lovers.

In this example, the sentiment comes from Biggest Wish

on page 63.  The words come in handy, because you don't

have to be extremely careful about lining the words up.

They are very forgiving.  I love it!

Stamp off Nuts About Squirrels

 I'm glad to see you back for another Stamp Off Challenge

with Susan, Buffy and me!   Today, we are using our 

favorite product from the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog.

Picking product from this Mini catalog is hard, because

I like several different items.  I decided to use the Nuts About

Squirrels set on page 59.  My double Z fancy fold card format 

comes from stampwithtami.com.

I used DSP from the In Good Taste pack (page 132), because

it coordinates with a squirrel/tree theme.  I always need

get well cards, so the Nuts About Squirrels set worked

perfectly with a multi-panel card.  

I added some more

vegetation with elements from the Pierced Blooms dies.  I

felt that a get well card benefitted from some flowers.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please check out the lovely cards

offered by Buffy and Susan!  They are such talented ladies!

Quiet Meadow Set with Meadow Dies

 This card is a case of catalog page 94.  I love the strips

of DSP as a background layer.  You can pretty much put 

anything you want against this type of background.

For this card, I used the flowers and sentiments from the Quiet

Meadow set on page 110.  I added some flowers from the

coordinating Meadow dies on page 160.  The flowers were

cut out with the Tailor Made Tags dies on page 166.

Peaceful Cabin

 I love the Peaceful Cabin set, with coordinating Cabin dies

(July-Dec 2021 Mini catalog, page 38), because it has a lot of 

different bits, and looks.   This sentiment is also beautiful.

For this card, I took a piece of typing paper and punched out a

circle.  That allowed me to mask the focal layer, so that I could 

use a Blending Brush to create the moon (as an afterthought,

I figured yellow might have been a better color choice!).

I added the sentiment and two trees, to complete the card front.

This would be a very fast card to create in multiples,

for the Christmas crowd.  

Clever Cats Halloween

 I had to post another Clever Cats (page 53 of the July-

December catalog) card, because this set is just too funny.

As a Halloween set, it is perfect because it has a bit of

sarcasm, along with the traditional Halloween elements.  It pairs 

really well with the Hostess Pattern Party DSP, given all of the

black and white options in that pack.

Plentiful Plants with Perfect Plants Dies

The Plentiful Plants set on page 81 keep drawing me back.

I'm sure that's because I love the coordinating Perfect Plants

dies on page 160, that enable all kinds of plant arrangements.

I added a little Blended color to the Embossed background.

Finally, I added the plant, with coordinating colors.

 

Sailing Home with Smooth Sailing Dies

 Here's another masculine card for you.  The Sailing Home

stamp set on page 51 is a must have.  I love the coordinating 

Smooth Sailing dies on page 165, that enable you to layer

elements from the stamp set.  I shaded the background a bit

with a Blending Brush and then cut the sentiment out with

the Taylor Made Tag dies on page 166.

Stamp Off Nuts about Squirrels

 And, we're back again for another Stamp Off Challenge

with Susan, Buffy and me.  Today, our challenge is to make

a masculine card.

I really like making masculine cards because they do not

have to be fussy or fancy.  I do get comments from some guy

relatives, but I think that they know that I put a lot of effort

into making the perfect card for them.

I think that the Nuts about Squirrels on page 49 of the

July-December 2021 Mini catalog is perfect for guys.  It's 

cute, cartoon-ish, and has great sentiments.  The font is also

"of sturdy stuff."

I fussy cut the squirrel and layered it over an opening in

the tree, layered with DSP from the In Good Taste pack on page 132.  In order to make it look like he was up in a tree,

I used a Blending Brush to add some limbs from the 

Basic Patterns Decorative Masks on page 128 in the 

annual catalog.  

Thanks for stopping, and please enjoy the cards offered

by Buffy and Susan.  They are amazing artists.

Clever Cats

 Clever Cats, on page 53 of the July-December 2021,

is a darling set.  You get both cats and pumpkin... bonus!

I used the Hostess Pattern Party (page 171) to create the background,

including adding Pumpkin Pie to the dotted pattern.

All of the images come from the set, enabling you to 

layer up a fun card design!

Hat Builder Dies

I really like the Hat Builder dies on page 159, for either

male or female cards.  Nowadays, baseball hats have

become the norm.  What I like about these dies, is that you

can personalize the hat for the recipient.  In the sample above,

I used DSP from the Pattern Party pack, on page 171.

I added a couple of stars, to dress it up.  

 

Plentiful Plants with Beauty of Friendship

 The Plentiful Plants set (page 81), with coordinating 

Perfect Plants dies (page 160) is a great bundle to play

around with.  In this example, I stamped the plant and pot

in order to place them in front of the "window".  The window

was formed with Beauty of Earth DSP; the curtains from

Pattern Party DSP (cut out with the retired Swirly Snowflakes dies).  

I opted not to add a frame around the 

window, because I assumed that people would figure it out!

The sentiment comes from Beauty of Friendship.

Have a wonderful weekend, that might include some crafting?! 

Hand Penned Bundle

 The Hand Penned Bundle (set on page 105, dies on 

page 159) is a great set of product to work with.  It is

kind of effortless, in terms of knowing what you are going

to do with it, given our delightful Stampin' Blends.  

I love using a Blending Brush to color the

background, before placing the flowers.  In this example,

I ran the outline through the Brushed Metallic cardstock,

adding a layer to the background as well.

Beauty of Earth with Beautiful Trees

 This is another card that I made for last Friday's Colors of
Fall challenge. I added strips from the
Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper (DSP) on page 130.
This DSP is so beautiful, lending itself to both fall and winter
projects.  Strips of DSP add a great back drop to a die.

I used a die from Beautiful Trees on page 158, 

to cut out a Be Dazzling DSP tree.  The background layer was run

through the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing folder on page 55

of the July-December 2021 Mini Catalog.