TSOT296 Give Thanks

 

Hi peeps!  Time for another Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch!  This week our optional theme is Thanskgiving:

I had this cute background paper from BoBunny's Farmer's Market collection, and I thought it would make a great Thanksgiving card:

There was also some cute corn paper which coordinated with it, and I remember a corn image in SU's Perfected Preserved set from a couple years ago!  I had never even inked this image up!  I stamped it two times, once in Crushed Curry and again in Delightful Dijon, and use the coordinating die to cut it out, trimming the corn down a little and adhering it on top:

  

The Baja Breeze panel was stamped with the woodgrain from Truly Grateful (retired SU) and I mounted it on a Tip Top Taupe scalloped panel.  If you don't have rectangle scallop dies, you can always cut two square ones and piece them together....usually the seam is barely visible and it's a good way to stretch the use of your dies.  I stamped another image on the inside with So Saffron and stamped a sentiment (My Creative Time's Mixed Holiday Sentiments) on top.  The sentiment on the front is also from the same set.

We would love to have you play along with our sketch...you can share it with us on the TSOT blog, or visit our facebook page and share it there!

I don't have a Cassidy photo, but check out this appropriate vintage Thanksgiving postcard from my collection:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

TSOT264 Happy Birthday

Hi everyone!  Tuesday is upon us...I am not sure where Monday went, but it sure passed by quickly...and it is time for a Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch!  There is an optional theme of helping hands as well, but I opted for a birthday this week:

I've been digging into my stash of designer papers and found this cool turquoise, green and brown print, so I set to work finding some goodies to go with it! Here's my final outcome:

I started by finding a scrap of some old Basic Grey 6x6 paper in a cool lime green....don't even know the name of the pad....and it matched the scritchy-scratchy look of the patterned paper, so I used that for my top portion and even cut the letters "h" & "b" from them, layering them for a thicker look (dies from Papertrey):

I inked up the dotted circle from an older Waltzingmouse set called Country Labels (just found out WM is going out of business--WAAAAHHH!!  Love her stuff!) in Tempting Turquoise, and the dotted image from Timeless Textures in Lucky Limeade for the horizontal pieces; the vertical piece was a piece of Early Espresso stamped with the retired Sanded background stamp in white craft ink.  A little bit of deckle edging and three candy dots finished it off!  Another masculine b-day card for my stash!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  You can find all the samples as well as a link to share your creation at the TSOT blog, or lots of people are finding us on Facebook!  Either way, we hope you'll play!

Although Sunday was a bit chilly in our area for an Easter egg hunt, Cassidy and Dominic did manage to find one at a nearby park on Saturday, and set off to find some goodies:

I love Dominic's Minion bucket....there's a boy with great expectations!  Enjoy your day!

TSOT263 Happy Easter

Hi peeps!  I am down to the wire making my Easter cards...I think I work better under pressure, LOL!  I love things in threes so when I saw this week's Try Stampin On Tuesday sketch, I knew I had to play along!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card....I took the liberty of switching the banner so that it didn't end up right in the bunny's face!  

This is an older set called Hello Spring that my sweet friend Teri recently gifted me with...I remember it from a long time ago and always regretted never buying it!  So I am very grateful to her!  I stamped the images in Basic Black and watercolored them with Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Cucumber Crush and Hello Honey, and the eggs with other pastel colors.  I mounted them on stitched squares of Pistachio Pudding:

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and was cut out with an Itty Bitty Banners die.  Thanks for popping in today!  

And Miss Cassidy was totally worn out by her day at the playground:

Of course, then she wasn't tired at bedtime!  Vacation days can really mess up one's routine!

TSOT Vintage St Pat's

Happy Tuesday, all!  We've got another sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday, with the optional theme of St Patrick's!  Here ya go:

I don't have too many St Patrick's Day stamps, but I have collected a few digital images of vintage St Pat's postcards, so I printed one out to use for my card today:

My base was Naturals Cream, embossed with the Elegant Dots EF; my banner is Glorious Green (remember that color??) and Basic Gray on which I stamped a grid (Simon Says Stamp) and then filled in each grid with a shamrock from Itty Bitties....you can see some gray shamrocks on the digital image itself.  The sentiment is from Sprinkles of Life, and it was stamped in Garden Green on a banner diecut from the Large Numbers die....I shaded it a little with some Sahara Sand ink to make it look 3D:

I think this little Irish lass is quite fetching, don't you?!  I hope you'll play along with us today--you have two weeks to participate and you can show your card off on the blog or on the TSOT Facebook page--either one is acceptable!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Cassidy sportin' a new hat Mommy crocheted....hot off the hook!

Enjoy your day!

Orange Is For Boys...And Girls!

Hi everyone!  I have two cards today....one for a boy and one for a girl!  Cassidy does not like orange--she says it is a "boy" color, although she is more tolerant of it than she used to be, LOL!  Anyway, I was going through some of my DSP scraps, and found some that I thought would work well with this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch:

My friend Teri recently gifted me with this little skateboard stamp, and I paper-pieced it, used a sentiment from the Hello Sunshine Paper Pumpkin kit, then stamped a few little stars, and it was done:

I am also entering this in Little Red Wagon's Mainly Manly challenge!

My girl card is a baby shower card for a friend of Dana's....not a traditional color for a little girl, but I wanted to use Linda's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

I am trying to use some of my older supplies, and both of these embossing folders were some of the very first I purchased when I got my Cuttlebug!  I thought they were cute with the little duck from Every Little Bit....hence the choice of orange and yellow for my colors!

The duck is also paper-pieced and shaded with a marker; the sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.   As an afterthought, I added a button from last year's SAB offering, tied with a little yellow floss:

And here's the inside:  sentiment is from And Many More, and the umbrella is also from Every Little Bit:

The weather has been incredible for this time of the year...it's still technically winter and the temps have been in the 70s!  It's perfect for some chalk artwork on the driveway:

I was touched that she drew a church!

Enjoy your day!

TSOT260 ThankYou

Happy March, peeps!  It's time for another Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch too!  Check it out:

I am not sure if the colors on the original sketch inspired me, or just an itch to use up some of the papers I am not normally drawn to, but I chose some Bohemian papers for my card today:

This is a pretty simple card, basically, I just let the paper do most of the work, although I did incorporate the latest Paper Pumpkin set, Hello Sunshine, into it:

Don't gasp, but I actually cut apart the "thank you" sentiment so that it would fit onto a circle...it's easy enough to match them back up again if you want to stamp them in a line!  I added some of the florals around the sentiment as well as on the little Bermuda Bay banner, which was dry embossed with the Zigzag folder.  My final addition was some retired Rich Razzleberry ribbon!  

I hope you'll play along with the TSOT challenge this week....you have two weeks to play, and you can share your creation on the blog, or on our Facebook page!  Can't wait to see you there!

Cassidy mastering the art of spaghetti-eating:

TSOT258 Happy Birthday Dana

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Today's a special day...yes, it's Tuesday, so that means a Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch, but it's also my DD's 33rd birthday!  Wow, how did that happen??  So today's card is for Dana!  Here's the sketch:

The bonus theme is "Love is in the Air" and I love my Dana very much, so I think it's appropriate:

I used the florals from Flower Patch for my flowers, and they were stamped on some blush-colored Authentique papers called Grateful.  They matched some floral paper from MME's My Story perfectly!  I diecut some leaves from Mossy Meadow DSP and added Mossy Meadow ribbon along the edge.  My final touch was some retired Blushing Bride pleated ribbon and sequins!

The sentiment is from Papertrey's Botanical Silhouettes, also stamped in Mossy Meadow:

The florals were stamped in Blushing Bride and Strawberry Slush, with centers of Mossy Meadow:

And the inside:

I sure hope you'll play along with this beautiful sketch...so many possibilities with this one!  Check out the samples at TSOT and share yours with us as well!  We can't wait to see them!

My beautiful girls on a recent trip to Philadelphia!

Have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by!

TSOT 256 Love You Sew

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  The Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch this week gave me the perfect opportunity to use one of the cutest sets in the Occasions catalog:  Love You Sew!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

The sentiments and images in this set just make me giggle!  I love them!  I paired them with some Birthday Bouquet DSP on my 4 1/4" square card and used Watermelon Wonder for the main image; Pink Pirouette for the background and Mint Macaron for the embellishments!  No extra doodads on this card, just stamped images, cardstock and DSP!

Be sure to check out the cute samples from the DT at Try Stampin' on Tuesday---they are really wonderful this week!  And play along with us too...either on the blog or on our FB page!

Movie time with Mommy....unfortunately, I think she fell asleep before Norm of the North was over!

Enjoy your day!