It’s time for another Double Trouble challenge! There’s a color choice going on and it looks a lot like Autumn!
Thing 1 wants to see some patterns! I happen to love when dots or stripes or plaids or whatever – is paired with a floral pattern! So my card today is dots and floral
Thing 3 is throwing a color palette out there! I love it too! I chose the soft blue, pink, orange, and brick red. You just need to choose 3 to join in on this part
These cute lanterns and all the foliage around them are from Reverse Confetti. The polka dot die in the background is from them too
I added lots of texture and elements to give it a very full style. I raised some of the pieces up and left some flat. I love it so much that I want to make a decoration like this for my home in real life!
Ya’ll know how much I love challenges! I’d say 99% of my posts are me participating in them! Well, I was inspired by 3 different challenges as I looked through some to make my next card. First, PinkFresh Studio! I LOVE their products and I hadn’t pulled any of them out in awhile. The pictures in their inspiration photo caught me
Especially that bottom right picture. I loved the circle element with the stripes goin on and that pop of turquoise! And turquoise was already in my mind because of the challenge that came up today over at Color Hues
So I brought those two ideas together
All the dies and stamps on my card are from PinkFresh Studio except for the sentiment, which is by Hero Arts
One of my all time favorite challenges is The Flower Challenge because I LOVE creating with florals and foliage! Their challenge is to use a die and the option this time around is to make it a slimline card
PinkFresh has FABULOUS slimline products and this diagonal stripe background die is so versatile!
I used a simple ink pad water coloring to color the flowers and leaves. Then I added some sequins to give a little sparkle
I did make a little video of this card coming together! I love to watch a card get created in less than a minute and that’s what my little Instagram videos are all about. Head over there to watch!
I am always needing cards to let people know I am thinking of them! But many times I find myself taking forever on a card and then I only have one after quite some time in the craft room. I decided I needed to bust out some clean and simple cards to build up my stash again.
Whenever I want to go clean and simple, to any degree, I have a few favorite challenges that I go to for inspiration. This time, I went to Less is More and their current challenge is “Shades of Blue”
I actually have a hard time thinking of using blue on my cards! It’s just not a color I reach for first. That was the thing I liked about this challenge – it was going to push me to use blue! It’s why I like challenges. They get me thinking outside the box 🙂
So here’s my simple card
My layout and idea was also inspired by the challenge over at Fusion
Kitty, butterfly, sketch. I included them all. I flipped the sketch, though, and made it a vertical card. And the rectangles along the edge of that sketch? I used a dry emboss folder and did a pattern instead, in order to keep in more clean
I did my shades of blue in a few simple sequins, in the 2 little butterflies, and in the sentiment. I used stamps from W+9 and the embossing folder is by Darice
Thank you for stopping by today – and consider yourself hugged!
Double Trouble is running on a little bit different time schedule this time around and they start today, a Sunday, rather than a Monday. So let’s get right into it!
It’s time to see our precious fur babies with this challenge! Any of yours will do – but August 8th does happen to be International Cat Day, so there’s an bit of an extra eye on our feline friends!
My card for this challenge was made in memory of my cat, Kimchi. He passed away less than one week ago. He got a really bad infection and declined faster than we ever thought possible. He was such a little buddy to me and loved being with me at my stamp table and when I would study scriptures. In fact, he liked to be right on top of both! Here’s a cute pic of him right on my scriptures with his sister, Kiko. (Kimchi is the black cat on the right)
So with that sweetness in mind, I created this card
I used the Gina K stamp set “Open Book” to create this card. And I made it with a mixed media style
Now, Thing 3 would like to see you use a fun animal pun! Most critter stamp sets have one in them. I couldn’t find one that fit any sort of cat card in all of my collection. So I did this little quote instead.
Head over to Double Trouble challenge blog for all the details to play along! For this challenge, we are partnering with 2CraftyCritterCrazies. So after you have made a card with a fur baby on it, be sure to head there to enter your card!
Thank you so much for stopping by to see the details of my card today. I hope you have a fabulous August ahead of you with lots of opportunities to get inky!
To close out my blog post today, I’ll give a couple of fun facts about Kimchi, in his memory.
We came up with his name because at the time we got him, our oldest son, Hunter, was serving a church mission in South Korea! The staple food there is definitely kimchi. There’s lots of variety and it’s usually at every meal! So in honor of what our son was doing to serve the beautiful people over there, we named him Kimchi!
He snuggled with me to have naps or to go to bed at night. On several occasions, he reached his paw right over my chest as if to hug me. Aww!
He was black, but his sheddings were totally light gray!
He looked like he was wearing a perfect white vest with a white goatee, white gloves and boots. Ready for a big event!
He sat at the top of the stairway, watching whatever we were doing, just like this
And he sprawled out in the sunny spots just like this
Rest in peace my sweet Kimchi guy! Thanks for all the snuggles. I sure miss him.
I’m back today with a fun Summery card using some brand new products that I love!
These cute Summer stamps and dies came from the latest Club Sursee set by Catherine Pooler. And this fun color combo was inspired by the current Color Throwdown challenge!
Aren’t those colors just absolutely fabulous?! They scream happy Summer!
I used Zig Clean color markers to color these in the fun Color Throwdown colors. And I raised some images up, as well as the top right square to give added dimension
This fun layout was inspired by the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. I turned it horizontal and made each little section it’s own Summer thing
The cute little sunglasses got a little brush of Wink of Stella to give the lenses some sparkle and then of course sequins is the final touch to make my card feel finished
I was so excited to get myself all set up again for videos! I haven’t done one in months! So if you head over to my Instagram account (link to the right) you can see the super fast video of this bright card coming together
Thanks for stopping by to see it today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend 🙂
I watched a video by Cathy Zielske on June 23rd that I absolutely loved! I was immediately inspired and had to give it a try myself. Here is a link to her video
I pulled out a pretty embossing folder that I bought from Stampin’ Up! a bit ago. I’m sad to say that I’ve never used it! But I am huge on using all supplies, old and new, to create. So it was great to pull it out to make this card
I love a mixture of blue and green hues and usually it’s found on my ocean themed cards. But this time I wanted it to be a floral theme. These pretty flowers that are sticking out from behind the “thanks” die are from SugarPea Designs
That cute “thanks” die is by Pink and Main. I love that it has an outline die to go with it. I cut vellum with that and put it behind the black thanks for a soft and subtle touch. Then I put just a few sequins around to add interest and sparkle They are the kind that change color at different angles and these particular ones have the perfect blue and green hues that shine just right as you move it back and forth
I made this card for some very special stamp friends that I swap cards with a few times a year. And I plan on using this technique lots from now on! It’s so fun to watch it come together.
Thank you so much for stopping by to see it!
I’m getting ready to start my Instagram videos up again. I’m all set up and ready to go. So watch for those to pop up regularly again! I’ve missed doing them amidst the moving adventures!
Have a wonderful rest of your day and I’ll see you real soon 🙂
Hello stamping friends! I’m so happy to be back here. Things are starting to flow a little more smoothly and I’m getting more stamping time in.
Today starts another fun new challenge over at Double Trouble! It’s Christmas in July!
Thing 1 wants to see us all pull out our Christmas goodies and get a Christmas card done!
I have this cute Feliz Navidad die that I have never used! It’s by Memory Box and I love it. It’s one die. The top part cuts the positive and the lower part cuts the negative. Very fun to cut out and see the result!
I have a lot of fabulous friends who speak Spanish and I’m working hard to learn. So I’m excited to give this one out when Christmas comes around!
The beautiful Christmas foliage images are by The Stamp Market. I embossed some of the outline images with gold to add some fancy and added lots of sequins and some shiny enamel dots to add to the fancy effect.
Thing 3 also wants to see ribbon on your Christmas card so I added some gold ribbon to coordinate with all the glimmer
I love floral arranging and decorating so when it comes to using stamps like this, I find myself having just as much fun doing it with paper!
For this challenge, we are partnering with Heart 2 Heart. They have the Christmas in July theme going on over there so it’s perfect! After you’ve created your card and shared it with us atDouble Trouble, be sure to head over there and link it up with them too.
Oh how I have missed stamping. To fill in any of my following friends, my family and I made a HUGE move from Utah to Texas! We are remodeling the home we purchased so not only have we been trying to unbox and get settled, it’s been among paper, plastic, tape, tools,and all sorts of construction!
But I finally got my stamp room unpacked and organized enough to get stamping again. And let me tell you – it was pure therapy!!! Here’s a quick glimpse of my new space!
The first card I made was for Double Trouble. I love working alongside the fabulous team there and have missed it so much.
The new challenge started Monday but this post has been a bit difficult to get to work because we are in the country and internet has been scarce! Crossing fingers this attempt works🤞🙏😊
So without further ado – here’s the challenge!
We’re going with a mood board this time! I love mood boards because there’s oodles of inspiration in them! This time is “Oh baby!”
I needed a baby card! So it was great timing.
What inspiration can you pull from this cute mood board by Thing 1?
I loved the stuffed animals and soft colors
Thing 3 wants to see die cuts!
I used the patterned pieces and the matching dies to the sweet stuffed animals. These stamps and dies are from Clearly Besotted.
We are partnering with Bitten by the Bug who wants to see a baby card with die cuts or any other cutting machine cuts.
I have a fun one to share for our new challenge over at Double Trouble that starts today! This challenge is “Anything Goes” so grab your fun supplies and get playing along!
Thing 3 is asking to see a birthday card so I went along with that theme to create this fun Jellyfish happy birthday
There is an extra little fun thing going on with this challenge. Pick a yo you trick to theme your card after! I themed mine after the “Seasick yo yo trick”! My kids love to play with their yo yo and know some fun ones. But this particular trick seems a bit to tricky at this point!
Anyway – lots of fun to be had with Double Trouble! We hope you will play along with all the fun!
Thank you so much for stopping by!
My stamping will be a bit more sporadic coming up – I’m about to make a big move out of state! But my new stamping studio will be absolutely incredible. I can’t wait to share!
Hello! I’m sharing a bright colorful card today, using the Beautiful Beginnings stamp set and dies by Catherine Pooler
I haven’t played along with the Flower Challenge for a long time! But flowers are my favorite to stamp with so I wanted to jump in. Their challenge this time around is to use your favorite flower.
I don’t know if I could pick a favorite flower! I love flowers so so much. So this set was perfect with it’s variety of flowers. And I used a variety of colors too
I used ink pads to water color them with some soft ink blending behind them
It’s hard to see in the pics but there is some embossed scroll writing behind the bouquet of flowers. That, along with the scalloped edge, and a few sequins, my card has a little extra interest.
I’ve been enjoying making cards that have no sentiment on them so that I have a quick one to grab when I’m needing one in an instant. It seems like that’s the need I have lately!
And that is my card for today! Thank you for stopping by to see it!
In my stamp room 