All Because of Stampin’ Up!

Hey friends! I have been having soooo many technical difficulties with my lil’ ol’ blog here, but I think I have finally fixed what was broken so I can finally share again! YAY!

I made this scrapbook page to express my gratitude for what my life is like because of Stampin’ Up.

A good friend of mine, Shellee Kariuki, kept working on me to get me to join her “card club”. This was about 23 years ago (which is weird, since I am only 27!). I didn’t really want to, but she finally wore me down! Up to this point I had done some scrapbooking, but hadn’t really done any stamping or card making.

After having been in the “club” for about 3 years she convinced me that I should just sign up to be a demo. She said I could make my own minimums based on what I was ordering just from her. The discount sounded nice, and there was a promo for new demos at the time that included an entire color family of ink pads. How could I resist?? (Apparently, I couldn’t!). I was about a year behind signing up from my BFF, Cheryl Curtis. I met her at Shellee’s card club.

I was only going to be a demo for a year or two “just to get the discount.” I am now just about to reach my 20-year anniversary with Stampin’ Up - hard to believe!!

I met Kathy via Splitcoaststampers. There were a bunch of us who used to have a thread on there, mostly active in the early mornings, where we would “chat” as we waited for the daily challenge to be posted. (It was soooo inefficient as you had to continually refresh the page to see any new messages!) Kathy and I soon realized we had a lot in common! We talk almost every day (she lives in Minnesota), and she and I have made many trips to one another’s homes over the years. She even took me to Mt. Rushmore once on a drive to Utah from Minnesota (I flew out to drive back with her so she wouldn’t have to come alone!). Coolest experience EVER!

I met Bree Renwick’swhen she and I were both Artisan Design Team Finalists WAY back in 2012. We have also done a lot of traveling back and forth to our respective homes (she lives in Walla Walla), in addition to a great beach girl’s trip to the Oregon Coast during the Pandemic and at least TWO trips to Disneyland for RunDisney events. Not to mention Stampin’ Up events in Los Angeles, Houston, Raleigh and Las Vegas!

These ladies are my “ride-or-die” besties. We talk ALL the time - laughing, crying, or just shooting the breeze. I love them with my whole heart - hence the use of the “Friends for Life” dies (which, sadly, recently retired). I also used some old DSP I had … it wasn’t in its original packaging, but I know it is from Stampin’ Up. USE THOSE OLD SUPPLIES, FRIENDS!

Stamps: None!

Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, Misc Retired DSP

Ink: None! (Except for a white gel pen)

Accessories: Friends for Life Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Spotlight On Nature Dies, Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems

I cannot even BEGIN to imagine what my life would be like had I not gone to Shellee’s card club all those years ago. I have made friendships and had experiences that you canNOT put a price tag on. What a blessing it has been - blessed, grateful and happy!

Monday Montage - Cutest Onesie!

It’s MONDAY! Which means we are doing another Monday Montage Hop! Hooray! I am forever inspired and enabled by my fellow Monday Montagers. They are all soooo talented … and lovely humans as well!

I have not made a “baby” card in what feels like forever! Since Bree also had this Cutest Onesie Bundle at her house, I got to play with it! (We stamped a LOT while I was there!)

I had visions of multi colors of these cute little onesies. I stole the Daffodil Delight gingham paper from the Floral Delight DSP (cute, cute!). The Pool Party gingham is from Everyday Happiness DSP. Since I wanted to lighten the tone on it a bit, I stamped the onesie outline with Black Memento Ink on some vellum (which, sadly, SU doesn’t carry any more!) and then layered it on top of the Everyday Happiness onesie I had cut with the Cutest Onesie Dies.

And that frame!! Gotta love it! I snatched that die out of the Storybook Friends Dies … it looks adorable with the onesie framed in it!

You can see up close that I used the 3D Eyelet Embossing Folder in the background … another new favorite in my personal collection.

I used my Stampin’ Blends to color the bands around the arms and legs and also the little snaps. Too-too fun!

Stamps: Cutest Onesie

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

Ink: Black Memento, Pool Party

Accessories: Cutest Onesie Dies, Storybook Friends Dies, 3D Eyelet Embossing Folder, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

I shall be heading back into my craft room to make another attempt to dig myself out! Sheesh! It’s an ongoing battle! You know what they say … you only need about a 6”x6” square of blank surface to make a card, right???

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 #526 - Inspiration Challenge

TGIF! It’s Friday, Peeps! And what’s not to be happy about for that??!!??

This week we are inspired to make some sort of birthday card … and I’m sharing yet one more card I made up in Walla Walla at Bree’s with her stampin’ goodies!

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

The more of these Terrific Toadstools I stamped and punched, the more I wanted to stamp and punch!

I started with the beautiful gingham paper from the Floral Delight DSP. I’m a sucker for gingham!

I stamped the toadstools in Real Red, Poppy Parade and Cherry Cobbler, and the stamps in Basic Gray and Smoky Slate. SUPER DUPER CUTE!!!

I used my Stampin’ Blends to color the images. I colored a little bit of “shadow” around each of the images with a Pool Party Blend. I didn’t bring the dies with me, so I did the fussy cutting thing. 

I used a couple of the Textured Notes Dies to create a black frame to set the toadstools on. I then back the frame with a strip of White Basic cardstock that I had embossed with the Soft Waves 3D Embossing Folder.

Lastly, I accented the little fungi garden with some flowers I cut from the Country Florals Dies. I added some of the new 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls for the centers. Then I cheated and added a retired loop of Black & White Checkered Gingham Ribbon because it was just toooo perfect not to!

The sentiment was stamped with Versamark on Basic Black cardstock and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder. I then did a little fussy cutting to cut out the sentiment I had just created.

I think this will make a fun birthday card for just about anyone!

Stamps: Terrific Toadstools

Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Floral Delight DSP

Ink: Versamark, Black Memento, Real Red, Poppy Parade, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate

Accessories: Terrific Toadstools Builder Punch, Textured Notes Dies, Country Florals Dies, Soft Waves 3D Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Muted Palette Dots, Black & White Checked Gingham Ribbon (retired), 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

For this Memorial Day Weekend I am spending some time up with family on the Utah/Idaho border at Bear Lake … it truly is my peaceful spot. I come home rejuvenated and refreshed every time!

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!

Monday Montage - Scenic Adventure

Ok … I blinked and another weekend just WHOOSHED by! But the great news is that it’s Monday Montage time again! Yay!

And once again I’m sharing another creation I put together while I was up in Walla Walla visiting Bree (@craftsomnia).

I have a love/hate relationship with “mountainous” images. I LOVE looking at the sets and they are always beautiful … but I seem to always HATE what I end up creating with them! In an effort to try NOT to do something that looks like what everyone else has already done, I usually end up making something that no one would really want to do anyway!

This card, however, turned out pretty and I like it!

I was trying to evoke a “sunrise” sort of vibe. I actually think it looks more like a sunset, but who can really tell??

After using the Scenic Adventure Dies to cut out several “mountains” (I used Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Highland Heather, Mossy Meadow, Basic Gray, and Basic Black - from back to front), I sponged the edges of each of the mountains and trees with their coordinating ink.

I used the pretty oval shapes from the Impressions Abloom Dies to create the frame for the scene. Since the dies are slightly different in size and the larger one only cuts the “outline” it was kinda tricky getting all the colors to cut and line up, but I think it turned out pretty cool.

For the sun I used a small circle of Daffodil Delight cardstock (which I also sponged, as well as the white cardstock behind the sun). I used the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut the circle … but you could use a punch or any other circle shape to achieve the same look.

Then … what’s not to love about a corrugated texture?? The new Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder?? Perfection!

The hexagon with the sentiment is from the “Meant to Bee” dies. They were handy at Bree’s so I just used one of them!

And I actually created something with NO ribbon/twine/thread and NO embellishments! That’s something I haven’t done for a while!

Stamps: Scenic Adventure

Paper: Highland Heather, Basic White, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Flirty Flamingo, Peach Pie, Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight

Ink: Black Memento, Versamark

Accessories: Scenic Adventure Dies, Impressions Abloom Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Meant to Bee Dies, Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder

After having done the Ragnar Zion Trail Run (a week ago) and the Ogden Half Marathon (this past Saturday), I am happy to be able to take a rest from racing for a little while! Proud of myself, though!

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 #525 - Paper Flowers!

Happy Friday!! It’s TGIF Challenge time and this week we are using paper flowers as our inspiration.

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

Aren’t ALL flowers we put on our cards PAPER flowers??? (well … I am sure there are SOME exceptions, but if we are going to be literal I choose to believe that these fit the bill!)

I borrowed Bree’s Mixed Florals stamp set while I was at her house a couple of weeks ago, I stamped the images but didn’t even try to color them until last week … and then I didn’t cut them out and make a card out of them until a few days ago.

I am IN LOVE with the Everyday Happiness Patterned Paper. The colors are soft and beautiful and look GORGEOUS together!!

I used my Stampin’ Blends to color the images. I colored a little bit of “shadow” around each of the images with a Pool Party Blend. I didn’t bring the dies with me, so I did the fussy cutting thing. 

I used a white gel pen to add little dots and accent lines to the leaves and flowers. Cute, right?? 

Using the Everyday Arches Dies (my new FAVORITE set of dies!) and the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder to complete the background. I used a white gel pen to add little dots and accent lines to the leaves and flowers. Cute, right?? 

Using the Everyday Arches Dies (my new FAVORITE set of dies!) and the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder to complete the background. After using the Plaster Painting 3D Embossing folder I just HAD to “flick” the background with my Stampin’ Blends.

Stamps: Mixed Florals, More Messages

Paper: Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Basic Black, Everyday Happiness DSP

Ink: Versamark, Black Memento; Stampin’ Blends - Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon, Real Red, Mossy Meadow, White Gel Pen

Accessories: Everyday Arches Dies, More Messages Dies, Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, White Baker’s Twine, White Embossing Powder, Muted Palette Dots

I’m doing ANOTHER race tomorrow as part of the Huntsman Heroes team ..  the Ogden Half Marathon. I think I’m ready!

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!

Stampin’ Fancy Friday - Friends Forever

This month for the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge we are going back to scrapbooking. Scrapbooking is where my papercrafting journey began oh-so-many moons ago! This page was so much fun as it features so many of my fellow Fancy Friday Friends when we were at a recent Stampin’ Up OnStage event in Raleigh, North Carolina.

This page was alllll about dies!

I used flowers from Impressions Abloom to accent each of the photos. I used the Perennial Postage Dies to create a stacked “border” of sorts to the right of the photos using the Turtle-y Cute DSP and a combo of Flirty Flamingo and Basic Black.

For the lettering I used the Alphabet AlaMode Dies. They work so well with everything!

I also used a couple of dies from the Sentimental Frames Dies to highlight the letters and the little journaling panel.

Stamps: None!

Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Strawberry Slush, Darling Duckling, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lolly, Turtle-y Cute DSP

Ink: None!

Accessories: Impressions Abloom Dies, Alphabet Ala Mode Dies, Sentimental Frames Dies, Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems

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

TGIF #524 - Sketch Challenge

As you are reading this I am running a Ragnar Trail Race in Zion National Park! But I did get a chance to play for this week’s TGIF Challenge! This week we are doing this lovely sketch challenge. Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along!

While I was in Walla Walla visiting my bestie, Bree, I got to play with some of her goodies! I am LOVING his new Weekend Adventures stamp set! The little tin camping cup?!? Shut the front door!

The layers and textures on this card are EVERYTHING!

I didn’t exactly follow the sketch to the letter, but I couldn’t get past the arches!

After using the Plaster Painting 3D Embossing folder I just HAD to “flick” the background with my Stampin’ Blends.

I also layered the gingham vellum on top of a layer of Basic White cardstock to make it pop!

Stamps: Weekend Adventures

Paper: Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Floral and Hingham DSP

Ink: Versamark, Black Memento, Azure Afternoon; Stampin’ Blends - Daffodil Delight, Azure Afternoon, Smoky Slate

Accessories: Everyday Arches Dies, Plaster Painting 3D Embossing Folder, Flat Antique Pearls, White Embossing Powder

I had to order this stamp set for myself while I was still at Bree’s … it is so fun and versatile!

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!

Monday Montage - Tiled Techniques

How can it be Monday again already??!!?? At least I stamped ahead and had a card all ready to go! Welcome back for another round of Monday Montage!

Since the 2025-2026 Stampin’ Up Catalog will be going LIVE tomorrow (05/06/25), I am sharing a few of my favorite retiring items … specifically, the Tiled Technqiues stamp set and some very pretty Moody Mauve cardstock.

I cut the front panel of this card in half, so it is only 2.75” from the top fold to the bottom edge of the front panel. That way I was able to take advance of the “medallion” I made from the Spotlight On Nature Dies and the images I stamped using Tiled Techniques.

Here’s what it looks like inside when you lift the front flap with the medallion up. Just the right amount of space for a little greeting!

I’m sooo happy that the Eyelet 3D Embossing folder is sticking around for another year. It has fast become a favorite of mine!

I shall really miss the Moody Mauve cardstock … it’s such a beautiful and rich color.

Stamps: Tiled Techniques

Paper: Basic White, Moody Mauve, Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray

Ink: Basic Gray, Moody Mauve, Pretty in Pink, Versamark

Accessories: Spotlight On Nature Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink Gems

My friend, Cheryl Curtis, and I have been visiting our other bestie - Bree Renwick - up in Walla Walla since last Thursday. It has been the BEST time! (Both of these ladies are also part of the Monday Montage Crew!) We ate, laughed, shopped, stamped and enjoyed our time together soooo much! Can’t wait to get together and do it again (hopefully sooner rather than later!)

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!

All Zipped Up!

I was not gonna get this “All Zipped Up” bundle. Nope. Not even. It was a big ol’ “meh” from me.

Untiiiiiillllll I started seeing sample from the many amazing Stampin’ Up demos who HAD caved to the purchase and started to play with it (which is something that happens way more often than I would like to admit)! OF COURSE I had to add it to my cart and complete the purchase (which is something that happens way more often than I would like to admit!)!

Funny story … in the same box of goodies in which the “All Zipped Up” bundle arrived I got some very lovely packages of DSP. One of them is called “Everyday Happiness”, which I decided to use on this card. I checked the back of the package to see exactly which colors are used in it so that I could choose the colors for my card. I decided to use Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock and a dash of Darling Duckling (which was NOT on the list of colors used, but I figured it worked good enough as a substitute for the Very Vanilla that WAS used). 

I went to my stash (drawers of file folders that have individual files for each color) and plucked out a piece of Pretty Peacock to use for the zipper and the sentiment. I returned to the drawer because I wanted to use some more Pretty Peacock for the base. Hmmm … brand new package of Pretty Peacock, unopened no less, and it did NOT match the scrap I had removed from this same said file 15 minutes earlier. It took me a bit of sleuthing to deduce that the color I had used was Just Jade (an In Color from a few years back) … at least I’m pretty sure that was what color I used as I had no other pieces with which to compare it! It was a pretty good match so I decided to just roll with it1

I decided at the last moment to add some little string pulls for the “hood” of this jacket. Just some Basic White Baker’s Twine that I crocheted into a little cording. Cute, eh?

So here is my All Zipped Up card using JUST JADE and NOT Pretty Peacock! I did not want to rip the whole thing apart and start over with the correct color … plain and simple!

Stamps: All Zipped Up

Paper: Basic White, Darling Duckling, Just Jade, Lost Lagoon, Everyday Happiness DSP

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Versamark

Accessories: All Zipped Up Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Basic White Baker’s Twine, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

I am currently up in Walla Walla hanging out with my two crafty besties, Bree and Cheryl! We are eating, shopping, crafting and laughing … that’s what I call a perfect match!

Stampin’ Fancy Friday - Sketch Challenge

It’s my turn for this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge. This month we had a GREAT sketch to work with … I always love a good sketch for inspiration, don’t you???

This little Party Piggy … what’s NOT to like??? I think the intention is to use a small circle shaker dome to make the pig’s belly the best sort of shaker card. I decided to take this in a different direction.

First I stamped the piggy’s head and body using Black Memento Ink. I then did some tone-on-tone coloring using my Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends to add some highlights.

I then used the accompanying dies to cut the piggy out!

Using a die from Spotlight On Nature, I centered the cut circle to catch a piece of the pattern in the 3D Cute Crochet Embossing Folder. 

Using a sponge and some Petal Pink ink, I then proceeded to highlight my embossing circle (which I then used for the piggy’s belly!).

Stamps: Party Piggy

Paper: Petal Pink, Basic White

Ink: Black Memento, Petal Pink; Stampin’ Blends - Lt. and Dk. Petal Pink

Accessories: Spotlight On Nature Dies, Party Piggy Dies, Basic Black and Vanilla Large Checked Ribbon, Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems

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

TGIF #522 - Product Challenge

TGIF!! This week we are playing with Alphabet Dies … specifically, I am using the Mini Alphabet Die. I have actually been playing with that a LOT lately! It. has the entire alphabet from A-Z all in one die, which makes it VERY easy! Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along!

Last year my hubby and I were able to check an item off our bucket list … quite literally I have been wanting to go to Machu Picchu for as many years as I can remember! My dad always wanted to do this, but was never able to because of his poor health. As you can see from the photo on the right, I took my dad with me! I cried all the way up the mountain … crocodile tears! It was truly a magical and amazing experience!

I did one of my favorite scrapbook things on this page … I stack a photo on top of itself, but used two different sizes … a 5x7 and a 4x6. In between the layers is a thin layer of Night of Navy. Looks cool, right?

How supremely PERFECT is this DSP for this particular layout??? I mean, we were on a mountain in the clouds … AND we were in Peru! The DSP had one design with a map, and I used the part with South America in it and highlighted the spot where Machu Picchu actually is with a little heart and embellishment! The paper is called “Take to the Sky”. I think this is one of my most favorite scrapbook layouts I have ever done!

I used a little Balmy Blue ink and a sponge to brush a little color onto the bottom of the clouds (from the Adventurous Sky Dies).

Lastly, I used a white gel pen to highlight the Mini Alphabet Letters. I was VERY happy with the outcome!

I made this little tag with the “Tags to Go” Stamps and Dies. I feel like it was the perfect size to add just the right accent to the page!

Stamps: Tags to Go

Paper: Basic White, Night of Navy, Take to the Sky DSP, Country Woods DSP, Gold Foil

Ink: Balmy Blue, Versamark

Accessories: Tags to Go Dies, Mini Alphabet Dies, Adventurous Sky Dies, Linen Thread, Opal Rounds Assortment

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!

Monday Montage - Darling Dinos

Well … it’s Monday again, so y’all know what that means! Monday Montage time!!

I had a hard time picking a project to post today, since I am actually AHEAD of the game in making some projects. This little dino card won the lottery to go for it today!

Gotta be honest … I used a couple of retired products because they were just too good not to!

The Granny Apple Green Gingham DSP was just calling out to me to be used! I can’t get myself to part with ANY DSP that is either checked or polka-dotted, so that’s why it’s still in my stash!

And the vellum … may it live forever! I used it behind the triangle die from Linked Together because it was too perfect!

After coloring this ADORABLE little dino (thanks to the $1M Achiever Stamp Bundle created by the ever-magnificent Diana Gibbs), I decided that the Turtle-y Awesome Embossing Folder was the PERFECT thing to pair with him! I mean … come ON! I choose to believe it looks like dinosaur scales for this one!

I also backed the panel with some vellum to mute the gingham pattern just a little bit … it’s so cute!

Stamps: Darling Dinos

Paper: Granny Apple Green, Basic White, Gingham DSP (retired), Vellum Cardstock (retired)

Ink: Black Memento, Granny Apply Green; Stampin’ Blends - Lt. and Dk. Granny Apple Green, Lt. and Dark Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Darling Dinos Dies, Linked Together Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Turtle Textures Embossing Folder, Transparent Adhesive Backed Dots, Basic Black and Vanilla Large Checked Ribbon

The Salt Lake Half Marathon is this Saturday … I’m feeling pretty good and prepared! Barring any ankle twisting or knee blowouts I should be good to go!!

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 #521 - Pastel Polka Dots

TGIF!! It’s a beautiful spring Friday, and my TGIF pals are playing with pastels polka dots! This one was SUPER fun for me!! Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along!

This card came together quick and easy (which, to be honest, isn’t my “usual” mode!)! I used dies from Impressions Abloom and Beautiful Butterflies to create the floral/dotty “rainbow”. 

I used the Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder … only part of it! I only embossing a little over half of the top layer of Basic White cardstock to create the template for the “rainbow” of flowers to follow. Cute!

Up close you can see that the sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies. A little bit of fussy cutting and VOILA! All done!

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Petal Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath, Highland Heather, Basic White

Ink: Highland Heather

Accessories: Impressions Abloom Dies, Beautiful Butterflies Dies, Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

Let the sun shine in! Have a lovely Easter weekend!

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!

Sweet Jar

When my oldest child was a little dude my mom had a small little candy dish in her living room that she kept well-stocked with jelly beans. As my son started to learn how to talk he would go straight to the candy dish every time we visited Grandma and ask for “binks”. We still call jellybeans “binks” at my house … and my son is 36 years old! Don’t you LOVE stuff like that??? 

This card is my tribute to Grandma’s Jar of Binks! It makes me so stinking happy!

I created the little “frame” panel by cutting a 4”x5.25” piece of Bubble Bath cardstock at an angle from the 4” side at the 1.5” mark to the opposite corner. I cut two of these for each side of the frame and overlapped them to created the overall “diamond” shape to frame the jar of jelly beans.

I stamped the jar itself with Black Stazon on some window sheet (you can’t tell from the photo, but it looks cool!). I colored the jellybeans themselves using my Stampin’ Write markers in a variety of colors - Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Berry Burst and Basic Black.

Once again, I flicked some ink from my Stampin’ Blends in the background behind the jar of jellybeans.

Stamps: Sweet Jar

Paper: Bubble Bath, Whisper White, Window Sheet, Silver Foil

Ink: Black Stazon, Berry Burst; Stampin’ Write Markers - Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Berry Burst, Basic Black; Stampin’ Blends - Melon Mambo, Berry Burst

Accessories: Sweet Jar Punch, Tags to Go Dies, Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, White Baker’s Twine, Strawberry Slush and Pretty in Pink Gems

Do you have a favorite word that you have used since childhood that is a cute replacement?? (Or maybe one from your own kids?) These are happy memories!

TGIF Challenge #520 - Sketch

It’s Friday … which means it’s TGIF Challenge Time!!

Ohhhhh how I wish I were at the beach … ANY beach! (Well, except what “passes” as a beach out my the Great Salt Lake … not only can you pick up a piece of it and throw it like a frisbee, but it also STINKS and is swarming in brine flies! YUCK!)

The new Notes & Totes Bundle sure puts me in the mood for some beach time! It’s this little tote bag just the most ADORABLE thing EVER??

I used one of the Glass & Garden embossing folders to add texture to the bag itself. The small 3D Corrugated Embossing Folder was used on the Midnight Muse background panel along with a light brushing over from the Wink of Stella pen! Pretty!

I used the same floral image from the Notes & Totes stamp to add pattern to the Basic Beige panel as well as the scarf tied to the handle of the bag and the cute Flirty Glamingo water bottle.

Those sunglasses, though! Eeeeep! I love them! I also added a little Wink of Stella to the lenses on those sunglasses to add some reflection. I can’t get over it!

Don’t you just wanna pick up this bag, get in the car and GO??!??

Stamps:  Notes & Totes

Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Midnight Muse, Pecan Pie, Basic Beige

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Midnight Muse, Pecan Pie, Basic Beige

Accessories: Notes & Totes Dies, Glass & Garden 3D Embossing Folder, Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder, Loose Frosted Dots

Okay … April?? We are already in APRIL??? I just can’t even wrap my brain around that! Two more weeks until the Salt Lake Half … I think I’ll be ready!

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!