Monday Montage #190

This post is gonna be short and sweet and to the point!! Weekend was SUPER busy, so I didn't get a chance to start working on my Monday Montage card until about 10:00 pm at night! By the time I FINALLY started creating the blog post I fell asleep!! The sound of my computer landing on the floor woke me back up and got me back on track to finish the post!! I guess I was more tired than I thought!

It's a strawberry garden!! I actually love the way this one turned out!

Stamps: Sweet Strawberry

Paper: Granny Apple Green, Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Black Memento, Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, Old Olive, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Curvy Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Strawberry Builder Punch, Pearl Basics (colored with Daffodil Delight Marker)

Here's a blog roll just in case you get "stuck" trying to hop around ...

Monday Montage Hoppers
Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts - NOT PARTICIPATING THIS WEEK

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma
Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs
Charlet Mallet - Painted Orange
Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance - NOT PARTICIPATING THIS WEEEK
Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner - NOT PARTICIPATING THIS WEEK

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots
Julie Warnick - Julie Warnick Stampin' Up! Blog - NOT PARTICIPATING THIS WEEK
Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc
Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations - YOU'RE ALREADY HERE!!

Going back to sleep because my brain has turned to MUSH!!

Click "Next" to see the lovely plants created  by Bree Renwick ... and "Back" to see more stellar things created by  Melissa Stout!!

Fab Friday #214

EEEEEEeeep!! You GUUUUYYYSSS!!! I am IN LOVE with this year's new In Colors!! I mean ... COME ON!! What is NOT to love about these???? Join our Fab Friday Stampin' Challenge friends this week as we play with the 2021-2023 In Colors!! They are just sooooo very purdy, aren't they???

All I did for this card was cut out one of everything (pretty much) using the Pierced Blooms Dies ... then I just started sticking them to the front of my creation, Easy. Peasy.

Stamps: Sweet Strawberry
Paper: Whisper White, Evening Everglade, Soft Succulent, Polished Pink, Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya
Ink: Polished Pink

Accessories: Pierced Blooms Dies, Hammered Metal 3D Embossing 

Folder

These are some of my favorite In Colors yet!! And they look FABULOUS together!!

Here's a link to the Fab Friday Challenge Blog so that you can play along:

Fab Friday Challenge Blog

Mindy Backes
Heather Heroldt
Brian King
Amy Koenders
Brenda Myers

I am thinking I need a SERIOUS vacation ... like, a MONTH LONG!! All expenses paid and no one to visit or no place I HAVE to be ... just someplace warm, exotic and NEW!! How about you guys??? 

Who's with me??????

Dynamic Duos & Control Freaks!

Here we are again! Can you believe we are almost to JUNE??!!?? What in the world is happening??? Well, the Control Freaks are playing with dies ... LOTS of dies!!! We are playing "Dynamic Duos" ... which means we are creating cards with two die sets on them!! Did ya just come from the blog of Melissa Davies?  She is certainly a "dynamo", isn't she???

This is a card that I thought up in my head ... and it actually came out pretty much how I had it pictured! AND ... it makes me HAPPY!! Because what about chocolate is NOT happy??!!?? (Nothing ...) For the Dynamic Duo in this card I used the Ornate Frames Dies and the Love You More Than Dies. The Ornate Frames are SOOO pretty with the little chocolates, don't you think??

Stamps: Nothing's Better Than
Paper: Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Positively Pink, Whisper White
Ink: Versamark, Positively Pink
Accessories: Ornate Frames Dies, Love You More Than Dies, Whisper White Embossing Powder, Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Pastel Pearls

My duo for this card consisted of the Stitched Rectangles Dies and the Curvy Dies. I think that the Braided Linen Trim kinda looks like a tree truck, don't you??

Stamps: A Cut Above
Paper: Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink: Memento Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Old Olive, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Ivory

Accessories: Stitched Rectangle Dies, Curvy Dies, 3/16" Braided Linen Trim, Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon, Stapler

Next up??? Debbie Henderson! Awesome and amazing!!

Monday Montage #189

What a GREAT WEEKEND!!! For the very first time in over a year I had ALL of my kids over for dinner at the very same time!! Like, we were ALL in the same room ... and hugs happened!! Eating happened!! MUCH laughing happened!! It was soooo lovely and wonderful it nearly made me cry!! Grateful doesn't even begin to describe how I feel!! My cup is full ... my heart is full ... I just feel so happy to do something normal with my most important humans ... YAY YAY YAY!!! Having my happy space in the basement of my house where I can go and let my creative juices flow is also such a great blessing ... so I got to do a little playing for this week's Monday Montage Blog Hop. A pretty great weekend if I do say so myself!!

I stamped me some images from the Party Puffins Stamp Set while I was up visiting our fellow Monday Montager, Bree Renwick, a couple of weeks ago in Walla Walla. This was a fun card to make ... I also used the Basic Masks to create the black background with the White Chalk Marker. This little dude just looks like a party to me!1

Stamps: Party Puffins

Paper: Polished Pink, Basic Black, Mango Melody, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink: Black Memento, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody, White Stampin' Chalk Marker, Wink of Stella

Accessories: Stitched Rectangles Dies, Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder, Detailed Trio Punch, Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon, Bumblebee In Color Ribbon, Clear Epoxy Droplets

Here's a blog roll just in case you get "stuck" trying to hop around ...

Monday Montage Hoppers
Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts 

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma
Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs
Charlet Mallet - Painted Orange
Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance
Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner - NOT PARTICIPATING THIS WEEK

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots- NOT PARTICIPATING THIS WEEK
Julie Warnick - Julie Warnick Stampin' Up! Blog 
Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc
Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations - YOU'RE ALREADY HERE!!

The Achilles Tendon Saga continues ... still not out of the woods yet.  I do think improvement is still happening, but I can't seem to get it to go away ... so patience for the patient is still the order of the day Some day ... maybe ... hopefully SOON ... it'll start behaving!

Click "Next" to see a lovely creation by Amy O'Neill ... and "Back" to see more stellar things created by  Melissa Stout!!

Fab Friday #213

There is sun-shine in my soul today!! Ohhhh man, you guys!! It's so sunny and warm and beautiful outside ... and I hope it lasts!! I got to go with a handful of my vaccinated friends down to Sedona and Prescott, Arizona. A little hiking, a little sightseeing, some flying (over Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater) and a LOT of yummy food! Boy oh boy did it feel great seeing some people ... and doing some sorts of normal things! LOVED it!! Time to play with my Fab Friday Friends, and I finally got to play with this adorable little "Hot Dog" set!!

I am SUCH a dog person. I ALWAYS have been. So I am a sucker for cute doggie images and stamp sets (not to mention dies, punches, ribbon and embossing folders). These little weiner dogs make my heart happy! 

Stamps: Hot Dog
Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Basic Black, Well Suited DSP, Watercolor
Ink: Black Memento, Real Red, Crumb Cake (Stampin' Blends, Smoky Slate (Stampin' Blends), Cherry Cobbler (Stampin' Blends), Versamark, Wink of Stella

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Dies, Shimmery Crystal Effects, 3/16" Braided Linen Trim, Whisper White Embossing Powder

This one is very simple and versatile ... lots of possibilities here!

Here's a link to the Fab Friday Challenge Blog so that you can play along:

Fab Friday Challenge Blog

Mindy Backes
Heather Heroldt
Brian King
Amy Koenders
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers

Crossing my fingers that this beautiful weather hangs on for a week or two before it either (a) starts snowing again or (b) shoots up over 100 degrees and fries my brain!