TGIF #598 - Sketch Challenge

TGIF Challenge #598 - what a great sketch! It was just perfect for a couple of new products I just got in the mail today!

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

October’s Product of the Month is MOST EXCELLENT … and only $5 with a $75 order!!

Twenty-three … yes 23! star dies!! They are the perfect nested combo … with a bunch of smaller ones, too! I LOVE THEM!

I paired the stars with the moon and some So Swirly Embossed background details … the Every Phase Bundle is sooooo cute!!

I also used the Tile Garden Dies and for the sentiment I used one of the Scalloped Blooms Dies. Isn’t this cute???

Stamps: Every Phase

Paper: Basic White, Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, Lemon Lolly, Crushed Curry, White Mulberry Paper

Ink:  Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Wink of Stella

Accessories: Shining Star Dies, Scallop Blooms Dies, Garden Tile Dies, Every Phase Dies, Swirls of Magic 3D Embossing Folder, White Baker’s Twine

Tomorrow is the annual Weixler Family Alpine Apple Pressing Day! LOVE This great tradition … we have gotten so high tech and good at this over the years … we can do in excess of 1,000 gallons in the course of a day! I can taste the juice already!! YUM1

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!

TGIF Challenge #597 - Color Challenge

I saw this color combo for this week’s TGIF Challenge #597 and thought, “But I don’t have any new Halloween stuff!” So then I had to get creative!

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

Since I have been LOVING the new Hot Foil System I decided to work with it some more!

I created the background wreath using stamps from Wreath & Wonder and the three colors in our challenge.

I’m still on the fence about whether or not I should have used my blending brush and some Pumpkin Pie ink to dull down the brightness of the white, but all in all I think I like the outcome!

I stacked two of the gold foiled wreaths on top of one another … one on Basic White and the other on Granny Apple Green. I think I’m gonna try to do a fuller wreath with many multiples of the gold die … wouldn’t that be fun??

Stamps: Wreath & Wonder, Elegant Leaves

Paper: Basic White, Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Wreath & Wonder Foil Dies, Buffalo Check Foil Die, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, Neutrals Jute Combo Pack, Gold Foil

My house is already all decorated for Halloween … I DID end up doing it last weekend and love feeling ahead of the game for once!

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 - Black & White Challenge

There’s nothing quite like a good ol’ black & white challenge! This month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday provides just that … and, other than scrambling to find ANY current DSP I had in my stash that was black and white, I love this one!

I stamped the flowers and sentiment using the Tile Garden stamp set. 

The background was texturized using the Rustic Check 3D Embossing Folder.

I cut three different colored Scalloped Blooms Dies .,. and then I cut them in half and staggered them stacked on top of each other.

Added a little baker’s twine and a few embellishments and that was that!

I love how quickly this came together and how clean and simple it looks … gotta love the classics!

Stamps: Tile Garden

Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, Beautiful Ordinary Life DSP

Ink: Black Memento, Versamark

Accessories: Scalloped Blooms Dies, Rustic Check 3D Embossing Folder, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, White Baker’s Twine, White Embossing Powder

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

Monday Montage - Painted Pumpkins

Happy Monday! The Monday Montage Crew has some AMAZING things to share with you this week! I’m turning up the fall vibes at my house … even put up my Halloween decor over the weekend! Woot! Woot!

I’m reallllly enjoying playing with the Hot Foil System!

The gold bricks laid down on some Cajun Craze??? GORGEOUS!

The pumpkins, vines and sentiment all came from the Painted Pumpkins Bundle.

The frame is from the Phrases & Frames Dies … it fits PERFECTLY around the brick, don’t you think??

So that the background would go with the rough-hewn brick look, I just wadded it all up and then flattened it back out (after doing the hot foil, of course). I even added a little splatter using a Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blend (which is a little hard to see in the photo).

The pumpkins and vines were brushed over just a little with one of my blending brushes! Really makes me wish I had planted a garden this year (dumb drought made me decide against one!).

Stamps: Painted Pumpkins

Paper: Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Versamark; Stampin’ Blends - Cajun Craze

Accessories:  Echoes of Detail Hot Foil Die, Painted Pumpkins Dies, Phrases & Frames Dies, Linen Thread, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, Gold Foil

What’s your favorite time of year?? Mine is most definitely fall … the colors, the smells, the temperature … it’s all the BEST!

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 #596 - Inspiration

I guess it’s really turning into fall! I am not sure what has happened to this entire year, but it sure has gone by quickly!

This week’s TGIF Challenge is based on inspiration from the photo on the left … fall has always been my favorite time of year, so this one was really fun!

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

I haven’t made a gatefold card with a belly band for quite some time, so creating this fun little pumpkin patch using the new Painted Pumpkins Bundle seemed the perfect opportunity to do so.

I loved layers the pumpkins with fall colors - Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Peaceful Pine and Granny Apple 

Green! I offstamped the Peaceful Pine to make the leaves look more dimensional.

Peaceful Pine is fast becoming one of my new favorite colors (to be fair, green IS my favorite color!). I used one of the dies from Sweet Words & Labels to make the sentiment panel … this particular die fit perfectly!

Stamps: Painted Pumpkins

Paper: Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Peaceful Pine

Ink: Peaceful Pine, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso

Accessories: Painted Pumpkins Dies, Sweet Words & Labels Dies, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, Linen Thread

I think I’m actually going to put up my Halloween/fall decorations this weekend … I decorate as much for Halloween as I do for Christmas … can’t help 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!

Hot Foil??? YEESSSSS PLEASE!!!

Did y’all know that Stampin’ Up came out with a Hot Foil System a few months back???

I did … and chose to “ignore” it … I did NOT need it … I did NOT want it … I was NOT gonna buy it … at all … ever …

Yeah, yeah, yeah … you know how THAT goes!

I received all my new goodies last weekend and I AM OBSESSED!!!

It was so much quicker and easier than I had anticipated it to be … and making his card was WAAAYYYY fun!

I knew I wanted a multicolored fall wreath. Choosing which colors to use was the hard part. 

I did a bunch of fussy cutting on this one (which I actually enjoy and find very therapeutic). But the wreath itself was included in the dies I had purchased, as was the Buffalo Check Background (which I LOVELOVELOVE1).

I used the Rustic Check 3D Embossing Folder as it seemed the perfect addition … and there IS a hot foil die included with the Wreath & Wonder Bundle that is a bunch of splatter that I didn’t realized I needed to use until AFTER I had already embossed the background. SO … I just pulled out a gold glitter pen and made my own splatters. Lesson learned for next time!

Stamps: Wreath & Wonder, Phrases & Frames

Paper: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Misty Moonlight, Blackberry Bliss, Gold Foil

Ink: Crumb Cake, Versamark

Accessories: Rustic Check 3D Embossing Folder, Wreath & Wonder Hot Foil Dies, White Embossing Powder, Linen Thread, Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems (retired)

There are a LOT of hot foil die bundles that I see making their way into my collection before too long … sigh … another addiction, I suppose!

TGIF Challenge #595 - Black & White - Whoops!!

I guess it helps to read the instructions!!

This week the TGIF Challenge Team was challenged to make a card with the Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper.

Give that I am a Last-Minute Lucy all the time, I went and looked at this graphic and thought, “Oh cool! Black and White!” WRONG!! Dang it!! Well, I am posting my card anyway!

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

Because I don’t actually have any black and white DSP (at least not any that I wanted to use!), I decided to make my own!

The background was created using the Water Decorative Mask (from the Dotted Lines & Water Decorative Masks pack).

I LOVE how it looks!

I used the stamps and dies from Lovely Arrangement to create the focal point, and even added some vellum by cutting some leaves using the dies. 

And, I cheated a little. The black and white gingham ribbon just HAD to go on this even though it is retired! (So are the embellishments … I couldn’t help myself!)

Stamps: Lovely Arrangement

Paper: Basic White, Basic Black Vellum

Ink: Black Memento

Accessories: Lovely Arrangements Dies, Black & White Checked Gingham Ribbon (retired), Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems (retired)

I’m actually wearing a sweater today … and it’s RAINING!! Hallelujah! (I don’t really need the sweater any more, as it has warmed up a little since I left the house). Fall is coming, though!

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 - Memorable & Tile Garden

Happy Monday! The Monday Montage Crew is back! The girls have turned up the volume this week … GORGEOUS projects!!

I made my own background using some watercolor paper and image from both Memorable Garden and Tile Garden.

After stamping the images using Hydrangea Hue, Old Olive and Crushed Curry, I pulled out one of my watercolor brushes and lightly brushed over all of the images. I wanted to make it look like I actually painted the images (or at least look a LITTLE like I did!).

I roughed up the edges of the watercolor paper panels using the edge of a pair of scissors. I felt like it needed a little “aging” to go with the “watercolor-y” feel I had achieved.

A little ribbon and a Tile Garden sentiment panel and I was done! 

Stamps: Memorable Garden, Tile Garden

Paper: Watercolor, Hydrangea Hue

Ink: Hydrangea Hue, Old Olive, Crushed Curry; Stampin’ Blends - Pumpkin Pie

Accessories:  Tile Garden Dies, Hydrangea Hue 1/4” Bordered Ribbon, Glossy Garden Dots

It’s almost time to start decorating for fall/Halloween … I’m actually thinking about starting this weekend to get ahead of the game. What do you think? Are you ready for fall?? Have you started decorating yet??

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 #594 - Sketch Challenge

How fun is this sketch??? I came up with an idea right away when I saw it!!

This week the TGIF Challenge Team is working with this super awesome sketch!

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

I don’t do horizontal cards as often as I do vertical ones, so it was nice to have a challenge that pushed me in the right direction!

I had been out of town for several days and came back to an unopened box that contained both the Elegant Leaves Bundle AND the Luxe Foliage DSP, both of which I used here.

I also pulled out an old faithful friend … my trusty paper crimper. The leaves and gold on the DSP look so pretty with the added dimension the paper crimper adds!

A few dies from both the Elegant Leaves Bundle and Sweet Words & Labels helped me create just the right balance of things to add to the focal point … I love fall!!

Stamps: Elegant Leaves

Paper: Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Golden Glow, Crumb Cake, Luxe Foliage DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Golden Glow; Stampin’ Blends - Pecan Pie

Accessories: Elegant Leaves Dies, Sweet Words and Labels Dies, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, Linen Thread, Paper Crimper

Just back from all ny traveling back and forth the last two weeks … I guess how I have to say excuse to put off the “spring cleaning” I totally intended to do in May … it may be time for a yard sale!!

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!

TGIF Challenge #593 - Color Challenge

What do you think of this soft, beautiful color combo? I love it!

This week’s TGIF Challenge is to use the lovely colors of Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon and Fresh Freesia. Elegant and fun!

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

The focal point of this slimline (3.5”x8.5”) card is the word FRIEND, made using the Playful Alphabet Dies, Two-Tone Lost Lagoon and Fresh Freesia cardstock and the new Soft Weave 3D Embossing Folder.

Small amounts of the white core from the two-tone cardstock came through when I put the completed letters through my embossing machine using the Soft Weave 3D Embossing Folder. I love the effect!

The background was created using a blending brush and some Fresh Freesia ink. I then splattered a little bit of both Fresh Freesia and Lost Lagoon ink using my Stampin’ Blends. The edges were roughed up using a blade from some scissors.

The flowers and leaves were cut using a few of the Help Me Grow Dies and some Very Vanilla cardstock. I lightly colored the centers of the little diecut flowers using the Stampin’ Blends. Adding three different-sized Antique Pearl Embellishments and called this card complete!

Stamps: None!

Paper: Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon 2-Tone, Fresh Freesia Two-Tone

Ink: Fresh Freesia; Stampin’ Blends - Lost Lagoon, Fresh Freesia

Accessories: Playful Alphabet Dies, Help Me Grow Dies, Antique Pearls

I’ve spent my entire summer going NOwhere … and since last week I have been to Disneyland, Bear Lake and am now headed to Stagecoach, Nevada, to visit my niece, nephew and two grand nephews! Great way to finish up the last month of summer!

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!