Tagged Inspiring Imperfections

A little of this, a little of that … I’ve been wanting to use die from the “Tags to Go” dies as a hinge since the minute I saw it! It’s just what I see when I look at it!

I paired it with a couple of dies/images from Inspiring Imperfections (the kintsugi stamp set and dies). The flowers and dies are just THAT good!

I really made an effort to try and “age” my hinges. I splattered them with my Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends, and I ALSO flicked a little bit of bleach on them (a Clorox Bleach pen is the BEST for this!)

Once again I frayed the edges of the Woven Textures DSP to give it a more rustic feel (I seem to be addicted to doing this lately).

I used a combo of Pecan Pie, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green to color the flowers. Kinda different, but I think I like it!

Stamps: Tags to Go (sentiment), Inspiring Imperfections

Paper: Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie, Woven Textures DSP

Ink: Pecan Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green

Accessories:  Tags to Go Dies, Inspiring Imperfections Dies, Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack, Muted Palette Dots, Clorox Bleach Pen

Happy August!!

TGIF Challenge #536 - Color Challenge

Just LOOK at this fresh and fun color combo! Crumb Cake, Peach Pie and Shy Shamrock are soooo nice together!

Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along.

This is a TOTAL throwback technique that I have done for over a dozen years! It’s called Bargelo. It is made by cutting strips of cardstock to 1/2” wide and as long as you want the finished product to be.

I mounted 1/2” x 4” pieces of Basic White, Shy Shamrock, Peach Pie, Crumb Cake, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock and Basic White to a 4” x 3.5” base piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, laying the strips horizontally.

I then cut the piece into vertical 1/4” strips, working across the 4” edge of mounted cardstock.

Once the strips are cut, mount them from left to right starting in the lower left corner and moving each subsequent vertical strip up 1/4” up. You can repeat this up and/or down until you get the desired pattern you were visualizing.

Once the Bargelo pattern and been completed, I ran the whole thing through my Stampin’ Emboss and Die Cut Machine using the Pattern of Friendship Die to give it some very fun dimension. I then layered that whole pretty Bargelo piece on top of a piece of Basic White Cardstock that I had embossed with the 3D Soft Swirl Embossing Folder.

Lastly, I topped everything with a Sentimental Frames Die and a Die from Storybook Friends. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed using White Embossing Powder. I fussy cut the sentiment panel, including the Peach Pie “SMILE”. Adding a couple of 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems as a finishing touch.

Stamps: Pattern of Friendship

Paper: Basic White, Crumb Cake, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock

Ink: Versamark

Accessories:  3D Soft Swirl Embossing Folder, Pattern of Friendship Die, Sentimental Frames Dies, Storybook Friends Dies, 2024-2026 Shimmer Gems (retired), White Embossing Powder

Old techniques can become new again when you haven’t pulled them out in a while! Try it!!

We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!

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Spring Corners

Now that we are approaching the LAST “official” summer month, I have finally started playing with “Spring Corners”. I just KNEW I was going to love it!!

With a layer of Floral Delight DSP between the Lemon Lolly base and top layer, there are flowers all over!

I actually put a small layer of Basic White cardstock behind the top layer so I could color it. I used some sponge daubers to lay some colors down that could peek through the Spring Corners Die and the coneflowers. My alignment was 100% perfect, but I still like the overall effect.

I also distressed the edges (which a blade of my paper snips), flicked some ink onto the front using my Stampin’ Blends, and highlighted the coneflowers and leaves with a white gel pen.

I’m also still a sucker for using my stapler on ribbon … 

Add a couple of Brushed Brass Butterflies and a few Low Profile Sparkle Dots and you’re good to go!

Stamps: Spring Corners

Paper: Lemon Lolly, Basic White, Floral Delight

Ink: Pecan Pie, Old Olive, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, White Gel Pen

Accessories: Spring Corners Dies, White Diagonal Trim, Brushed Brass Butterflies, Low Profile Sparkle Dots

Have a lovely day!

Monday Montage - Notes & Totes & Cool Shades!

Summertime … and the livin’ is eeaaaaasssssyyyyy! For this week’s Monday Montage I was evoking all the powers of summer and the beach!

Could anything be more adorable than little, tiny heart-shaped sunglasses??!?? 

I decided I need ALL the colors for these! Once I cut out all the lenses and glasses using the Notes & Totes Dies, I glued the lenses to the frames and used a white gel pen to highlight the outside edges of each lens.

I used two different patterns from the Woven Textures 12x12 DSP to create the background. Once again, I distressed the edges with one of the blades on my paper snips.

A little row of  Pumpkin Pie suns made a great accent.

And to finish it off I stamped the sentiment with some Versamark on Basic Black and heat embossed the result with White Embossing Powder (which I then did some fussy cutting on).

Stamps: Notes & Totes

Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Woven Textures DSP

Ink: Versamark, Pumpkin Pie, White Gel Pen

Accessories: Notes & Totes Dies, White Embossing Powder

How can we already be creeping up on August??!!?? One more month of summer sunshine to soak up!

Our Monday Montage Hop has gone exclusively to Instagram! You can check it out by finding me @tinkermom85. From there you will be able to find all of my Monday Montage Friends, too!

TGIF Challenge #535 - Theme Challenge - You’re My Hero

This week’s TGIF Challenge is on theme … You’re My Hero!!

Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along.

I had to put my thinking cap on for this one!! All I kept thinking about was Superman! Then it dawned on me … I could use the “All Zipped Up” Dies to give the feel of Clark Kent pulling of his shirt and tie and exposing his super suit!

I also used the Alphabet A la Mode Dies to make the Superman “S”.  This whole thing just made me giggle a little!

One of the first photopolymer stamp sets Stampin’ Up came out with was “Calling All Heroes”. It is one of those sets I don’t think I will ever let go of! I mean … “POW!” “BAM!” And “SHAZAM!”

I added some texture to Clark’s sweater using the Perfect Plaid 3D Embossing Folder. I got “Hope your birthday is” from the Darling Dinos stamp sets. This is a “Frankencard” if ever there was one!

Stamps: Calling All Heroes (retired), Darling Dinos

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate

Ink: Black Memento, Real Red

Accessories:  Perfect Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, All Zipped Up Dies, Alphabet A la Mode Dies, Textured Notes Dies, Opal Rounds Assortment

I love when I can pull something from my stash and put it to good use!!

We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!

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Sunshine Vibes

This is one of those cards that looked much better in my mind than the final product. I don’t dislike this card, I just expected to like it more!

The Sunshine Vibes Dies are really great! I was trying to use colors that were NOT in the accompanying Boho Vibes DSP. I have seen a lot of GREAT cards made with that paper, but I wanted to do something that I hadn’t seen.

This is my version of a muted, beachy-vibe rainbow!

I particularly love how each of the “stripes” from the Sunshine Vibes dies has its own look. 

Using the Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder seemed like the perfect choice to compliment the rainbow. This card was 

Stamps: Sunshine Vibes

Paper: Basic White, Strawberry Slush, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, Bubble Bath

Ink: Coastal Cabana

Accessories: Sunshine Vibes Dies, Spotlight On Nature Dies, Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder, Muted Palette Dots

I feel like you can never go wrong with a rainbow. They always cheer me up!

Just A Note

Sometimes less is more?? I tend to make cards that I WAY over do with colors, shapes, layers and embellishments.

I challenged myself to try and keep this one a little more simple.

I love anything that is “office ephemera” adjacent. Notepaper, paper clips, inkwells, pens, pencils … it’s so much fun to play with!

The dies and stamps from Just A Note are the BEST! Plain, simple and easy!

I used the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder to create the background. I then stamped two of the lined images onto Basic Beige cardstock (which is the BEST color!). I sponged around the edges of the little notebook pages after I cut them out using one of the Just A Note dies. 

Here’s where I started to get a “little” extra … I love the little paper clip die, but I wanted to add something to balance out the card. I cut the flowers and branches using the Inspiring Imperfections Dies and then added a little double bow with Crumb Cake/Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine.

Stamps: Just A Note

Paper: Basic Beige, Very Vanilla, Pecan Pie, Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel

Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Pecan Pie

Accessories: Just A Note Dies, Inspiring Imperfections Dies, Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine, Low Profile Sparkle Dots

Come back tomorrow … I have something else fun to share!

TGIF #334 - Product Challenge - White Gel Pen

This week the TGIF Team is playing with white gel pens! I love what a little bit of white “lining” can do for a card!

Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along.

This one took a while! It took me more than one try to get the look I wanted.

I used some watercolor brushes to paint these pretty sunflowers. First, I used the Sunflower 3D Embossing folder on a piece of Basic White Cardstock. I also distressed the edges of the cardstock with the edge of one of the blades of my paper snips.

The watercolor brushes were either dipped in a little bit of reinker or, for the colors I didn’t have any reinker for, I just dragged the tip of the watercolor brushes over the stamp pads of the color I wanted to use. 

After I was done “painting” the sunflowers, I added some lines and dots using a white gel pens. I also used a Black Journaling Pen to lightly trace around and through the sunflowers to make them pop a little more.

Stamps: More Messages

Paper: Whisper White, Peach Pie, Mossy Meadow, Soft Sea Foam

Ink: Berry Burst, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie, Mossy Meadow, Soft Sea Foam, White Gel Pen, Black Stampin’ Journaling Pen

Accessories:  Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder, Mixed Labels Dies, Low Profile Sparkle Gems

Another summer weekend ahead with NO major things I HAVE to do or places I HAVE to go! That rarely happens, so I plan to enjoy it!

We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!

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Mixed Florals and DSP

If you have hung out on my blog for any amount of time you have probably heard me mention that I love to fussy cut. For some reason I just find it very relaxing! I knew looking at this tulip image from Mixed Florals that I absolutely HAD to cut and paper piece the elements of the image.

I tried using some patterned paper for the leaves,  but nothing looked quite right!

In the end I decided to just color the long leaves and stems with my Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends. I also shadowed the images with a little bit of Pool Party.

I stamped the tulips portion of this image on a piece of DSP from the Floral Delight DSP. The small blue flowers are stamped on and cut out of a piece of paper from Everyday Happiness DSP. I love how happy the flowers look!

I did a couple of staggered layers on top of the card base … one of which is also from Everyday Happiness. And once again, of course, I distressed the edges with my paper snips and “flicked” some Lost Lagoon ink using one of my Stampin’ Blends.

The sentiment and little label shape came from the Mixed Florals stamp set. I love both of these sets so much!

Stamps: Mixed Florals, Mixed Labels

Paper: Basic White, Everyday Happiness DSP, Floral Delight DSP

Ink: Memento Black, Lost Lagoon; Stampin’ Blends - Lost Lagoon, Granny Apple Green, Pool Party

Accessories: Mixed Labels Dies, Muted Palette Dots

It’s amazing how much stamping I get to do since I did more of a “deep clean” on my craft room. It’s more fun when you have a bigger space on your table than just a 6-inch square!

Stampin’ Fancy Friday - Online Exclusives Challenge

This month for the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge we got to pick from our favorite Online Exclusives. THAT was hard! I have SO many … but I finally settled on the Sunrise Sailing Bundle.

I chose to go with a slimline card this time - dimensions are 3.5” x 8.5”. I used my Simply Scored Tool to add some vertical lines to the background panel. I haven’t used that for a while … I need to pull it out more!

The sailboats were created using the cute little dies from Sunrise Sailing. The backdrops for the sailboats consist of a little portion of the wave die and a cute little square made using the Perennial Postage Dies embossed using the 3D Dotted Circle Embossing Folder.

The sentiment is from the Sunrise Sailing Stamps and cut out with one of the Stylish Shapes Dies.

This came together rather quickly and easily … and I LOVE when that happens, don’t you??

Stamps: Sunrise Sailing

Paper: Basic White, Real Red, Lemon Lolly, Coastal Cabana

Ink: Coastal Cabana

Accessories: Sunrise Sailing Dies, Perennial Postage Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, 3D Dotted Circle Embossing Folder, Ombré Matte Decorative Dots (retired), Simply Scored Tool

Check out all the fun things created by the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge Team on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/stampinfancyfriday/!!!