Just humming....

J

 

Happy Memorial Day! It has been a typical Memorial Day weekend, rainy and chilly. The sun is finally coming out today, just in time for the parades and barbecues.

Today's card is a reminder that you still have one week to play along at our color challenge at Inky Paws.

We are asking you to use mint, plum, lime green, and lilac. Such springy colors.

Today's card features "Hummingbird" from Newton's Nook. This set is made to use with the challenge colors.

You have one more week to hum along to our springy colorsand join our challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.
The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, June 4, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws. 

 

Super dude

Just a few week till Father's Day. It's time to think about making some cards for the special men in your life. I don't have a dad,  but I do have some special men to create cards for.

 

This week starts a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. And it's all about the Y chromosome- then guys in your life.

My card today features "Super Dudes" from Heffy Doodle.

You two weeks put away those floral stamps and dust off those masculine stamps. Show all of us at Cupcake Inspiration you best guy cards!

 

The most beautiful color in the world

Everyone has a favorite color. Mine happens to be green and that is the challenge this week at CAS on Friday. 

We are asking you to make it:

GREEN

Today's card features a favorite stamp set from Lawn Fawn called "simply celebrate summer".

You have two weeks to get your green on with us at CAS on Friday! Can't wait to see your green creations!

 

The whole bunch

Happy Monday everyone! It has been rather hot here in Pa. the last week or so,  but it has been perfect for more tomatoes. They are thriving and enjoying the hot sunny days. The hubs has decided he is going to plant a huge veggie garden this summer. I have heard this before (LOL!!), but at least the tomotoes are in! This is the time everyone's flower gardens are blooming their hearts out. Flowers h=just make me happy.

Today's challenge at Inky Paws this week is a color challenge that just required a blooming stamp to showcase the colors, mint, plum, lime green, and lilac.

My CAS card today features "Blooming Botanicals" and the "Speech Bubble" dies from Newton's Nook.

It's time get your blooming colors on and join our challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.
The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, June 4, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws. 

Party

 

Today at Cupcake Inspirations we are lucky enough to have a sponsor!! Today's sponsor is:

 Inky Stamper is a thriving business.  Inky Stamper takes pride in is customer service.  Whether it’s timely answering of emails, fast shipping service, or the attention to details in the blue envelopes that she ships in … Inky Stamper puts her heart and soul into all of it.  Inky Stamper goes  LIVE once or twice a week and gets crafty with their Facebook group and providing fun “inkspiration” to IP fans and followers.

 TWO Prize Giveaways: A $15 Gift Certificate to their store to 2 winners!

AND you can enter your projects on Inky Stampers Facebook Challenge for a 3rd Prize!

(must join to play along)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/inkystamper

Be Sure To Follow Our Rules Above To Be Eligible To Win

*You Will Have Two Weeks To Claim Your Prize 

Or It Will Go Back Into Our Random Drawing*

Just a reminder that you still have one week to play along with our color challenge and win some prizes from our sponsor Inky Stamper.

 

My card today features "Cupcake" from our sponsor Inky Stamper.

 

You have one more week to get your pink, white, and brown on at Cupcake Inspirations and maybe win a prize from our sponsor Inky Stamper.

 

 

Aloha thank you!

Here we are in week 2 of our "thank you" challenge at Inky Paws! And all I can say is "thank you to everyone who has played along so far!"

There is still one more week for those who haven't joined us! As I have said before, you can never have enough thank you cards.

 

My card today uses the following sets fro Newton's Nook,  "Tropical Fringe" which I stamped and then die cut in  a circle (a food way to stretch your stamps!) and "Aloha Newton".

It's time to just say thanks and join our challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.
The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, May 21, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

Cupcake kinda day

Today at Cupcake Inspirations we are lucky enough to have a sponsor!! Today's sponsor is:

 Inky Stamper is a thriving business.  Inky Stamper takes pride in is customer service.  Whether it’s timely answering of emails, fast shipping service, or the attention to details in the blue envelopes that she ships in … Inky Stamper puts her heart and soul into all of it.  Inky Stamper goes  LIVE once or twice a week and gets crafty with their Facebook group and providing fun “inkspiration” to IP fans and followers.

 TWO Prize Giveaways: A $15 Gift Certificate to their store to 2 winners!

AND you can enter your projects on Inky Stampers Facebook Challenge for a 3rd Prize!

(must join to play along)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/inkystamper

Be Sure To Follow Our Rules Above To Be Eligible To Win

*You Will Have Two Weeks To Claim Your Prize 

Or It Will Go Back Into Our Random Drawing*

Today's challenge is a color challenge: pink, white and brown.

 

My very CAS card today features "Cupcake" from our sponsor Inky Stamper.

You have two weeks to get your pink, white, and brown on at Cupcake Inspirations and maybe win a prize from our sponsor Inky Stamper.

 

 

That blessed night

 

Penny Black has line of stamps that have the best price point. They were around $8.00, but have recently gone up to $9.00. Still a good price. "Blessed Birthday" is one of these self contained inexpensive stamps. This stamp was always sold out and it wasn't till after Christmas I was able to get it. 

This week Christmas 24's theme is "Christmas Night". Christmas Night conjures up the thought of our first Christmas and the night of the Savior's birth. Today's card was a no brainer.

My card tip today is I stamped Bethlehem and fussy cut it, leaving a white border. I them went in with a copic marker and colored the cut edges with a marker that matched my background. This is a good tip for putting die cut images on darker card stock. See this blog post which includes a video on this technique.

You have two weeks to share what Christmas night means to you at Christmas 24. I can't wait to see what you all create.

Bite me

 

How many of you stampers started stamping with wood stamps? Back in the day when I walked to 5 miles to school in a snow storm we had wood stamps. You had to guesstimate where your image was going to be on your card and if you wanted it perfect, you had to use a stamp positioner. The sentiment on my card is one of my few remaining wood stamps. I just could not part with this snarky saying. It often comes in handy.

Today kicks off a new challenge at CAS on Friday. We are asking you to add:

FOOD- something sweet to your cards.

The sentiment isn't the only old stamp on this card, I dug deep and used a very old cupcake set from Hero Arts. I have lots of cupcake stamps, but I always return to this set. I paper pieced the cupcake wrapper and used Nuevo drops for the sprinkles.

Sooooo.... if you don't want to play along...well just..... bite me. But I think this is a challenge you may just want to sink your teeth into. You have two weeks to play along with our sweet food challenge at CAS on Friday!

Thanks a million

Good morning everyone. Today starts a new challenge at Inky Paws. This one is a good one because it one can never have enough of this type of card on hand.

Thank you cards. That's it.... nothing fancy.... just a well crafted thank you... for that something that someone did.

My card today features "Dainty Daisies" from Newton's Nook. I took the stamp and just stamped and gold embossed it around the scalloped circle die from Newton's Nook. Lately I have been using my Zig clean color brush markers to color the daisies. I love how the colors blend together and their vibrancy. The saying is from "Thankful Thoughts" also by Newton's Nook.

It's time to just say thanks and join our challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.
The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, May 21, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

Gran's Garden

I hope all of the mothers out there had a great day and you all were properly pampered.

 

 

Today is the last week at Cupcake Inspirations to create a special card for your mom or a special gal in your life. 

 

My card today features a old Papertrey Ink set called Gran's Garden. This stamp set just calls to be inked up with bright and bold colors. Since it was called Gran's Garden, it seemed just had to be used in this female forward challenge.

You have the rest of the week to share a card that is for that special gal or mom in your life at Cupcake Inspirations.