Fall Bike Ride

Today's card is being featured at my August die cuts class. I challenged myself to create another card using the Bike Ride stamp set and Build a Bike framelits. This card is super simple, but so cute! Instead of flowers (or a dog), I added a fun stack of books onto the back of my classic Crushed Curry and Soft Suede bike. After adding a sentiment and a strip of ribbon, I still felt there was something missing. Thankfully the Build a Bike Framelits includes this cute little butterfly die. Perfect addition!

• Stamps: Bike Ride; Better Together
• Inks: Fresh Fig; Crushed Curry; Soft Suede; Crumb Cake; Old Olive; Bravo Burgundy (retired); Tangerine Tango
• Cardstock: Fresh Fig; Crushed Curry; Whisper White
• Accessories: Crushed Curry Chevron Ribbon
• Tools: Build a Bike

Planner Spreads January - April

While I love to share my cards and my memory planner pages here, I've never really highlighted my planner pages. I'm a huge fan of The Happy Planner by mambi. This year is my second using their planners and I am obsessed. In this post, I highlight all my weekly spreads from January to April. 

January -- I went with the red, blue, and gray color scheme as used on the planner pages. I was just diving in and my pages aren't quite formed yet. Jan. 9-15 looks very similar to how I set up my pages currently.

February -- Of course i had to pull out the reds and pinks for February! 

March -- My Birthday Month! I started with the planner's green color scheme, but added in purple (my favorite color!) and yellow. I also used my one of the beautiful kits from Fabulously Planned. For the last week of March, I featured the Peacock kit. Love it!

April -- This month was all about the pretty feminine colors. I stuck to pastels. Kits include the Flamingo Kit from Kaidens Mom Shops (April 3-9) and the Muffin Kit from Kaidens Mom Shops (April 17-23).

Sharing the Love

Today's card is one of the featured projects for August's stamp club. Did you know that every year Stampin' Up! features a stamp set who's proceeds support the Ronald McDonald House? The stamp sets are always adorable and this year's set is no different. May I introduce you to Sharing Sweet Thoughts!

I knew I had to feature this great stamp set at stamp club.  I decided to go simple in my design and construction. I filled a jar with some cute butterflies and a branch to create my focal point. From there I pulled some great pieces from the Wood Texture DSP Stack and a cool blue piece from Coffee Break DSP. The card was missing a few embellishments. Thank goodness for doilies, glitter enamel shapes, and white enamel shapes. Perfect additions!

• Stamps: Sharing Sweet Thoughts
• Inks: Dapper Denim; Early Espresso; Always Artichoke; Pear Pizzazz; Crumb Cake; Baja Breeze (retired); Crushed Curry; Pale Plum (retired); Flirty Flamingo; Rich Razzleberry
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Wood Textures DSP; Soft Suede; Whisper White
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes; White Accent Shapes; White Doilies
• Tools: Everyday Jars Framelits

Sunday Haul #11

My Holiday Catalog preorder arrived! So many fun goodies inside this catalog. I restrained myself and ordered just a few items to start. I also ordered all the DSP for the Paper Share I offer at the launch of every new catalog. I ended up with:

• Christmas Around the World DSP
• Merry Music DSP
• Merry Little Christmas DSP
• Year of Cheer DSP
• Painted Autumn DSP
• Spooky Night DSP
• Champagne Foil Sheets
• Merry Cafe Stamp
• Spooky Cat Stamp
• Cat Punch
• Vintage Crochet Trim
• Black Rhinestones
• Foil Snowflakes

TGIFC119: Riding My Bike

Today's card is playing along with TGIF's Color Challenge. These three colors together just scream summer! I love the combo.

I had so much fun making this simple little card that it's going to be one of the featured cards for August's stamp club meeting. I started with stamping this cute little green and blue bike. I love how the stamp set is designed to be able to layer on different colors. And it comes with a ton of different items to put onto the back of the bike. So versatile! I filled a little basket with a dog and some pretty sunflowers. As a last touch, I added some glitter enamel dots to the centers of the wheels.

• Stamps: Bike Ride; Thoughtful Banners
• Inks: Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake
• Cardstock: Eastern Palace DSP, Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Whisper White
• Accessories: Enamel Glitter Dots
• Tools: Duet Banner Punch, Build a Bike Framelits

Currently

Reading: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James -- never read this classic!

Watching: Finally! Rick and Morty S3 is here!

Listening: After hearing their Lollapalooza set, I had to download Blink 182's newest album. Really digging it.

Making: I used up the leftover strawberries and blueberries and made scones. Oh so yummy!

Feeling: Lots of ouchiness. My scar tissue has been acting up this week and it can be painful.

Planning: After a trip to Sprouts yesterday, I'm rethinking our entire meal plan this week. I impulse bought some chicken kebabs (last night's dinner) and scallops.

Loving: Q is really babbling now and it's so cute. Loving the baby babbles.

GDP098: Dinosaur Banners

Today's challenge is my submission for Global Design Projects Sketch Challenge. I love sketch challenges! They give me some start for my card but are really very open to interpretation. 

I pulled out one of my favorite patterns in the entire catalog: the dinosaur paper from Pick a Pattern. Those little dinosaurs are just so cute! Once I picked my focal paper, I grabbed some coordinating but more muted patterns to use as the base and as another banner. I added a simple sentiment from the same suite and a simple faux ribbon detail. This card was super easy and fun. I will be featuring it as a free make n take for my crop day this coming Sunday.

• Stamps: Pieces and Patterns
• Inks: Basic Black
• Cardstock: Pick a Pattern DSP, Emerald Envy, Crushed Curry 
• Accessories: Crushed Curry Ribbon
• Tools: 

Sunday Haul #10

I completely forgot to take a picture of my July Stampin' Up! club order. I ended up ordering:

• Berry Burst Cardstock
• Garden Green Cardstock
• Basic Gray Ink Pad (to replace my super old one)
• Polka Dot Basics Embossing Folder
• Seaside Embossing Folder
• Message in a Bottle Stamp Set
• Sharing Sweet Thoughts Stamp Set

Inspired by a Rug Advertisement

Pinterest apparently thought I really wanted to buy some rugs and suggested this pin. I don't need any rugs, but I did find the image inspiring for my own card. 

I pulled out my collection of random scraps and created a rainbow of pieces. From there I figured out my size of rectangle and started cutting. And this is what I came up with. I really like this design and should make some more cards. 

• Stamps: Four You (retired)
• Inks: Basic Gray
• Cardstock: Basic Gray; Whisper White; random scraps
• Accessories:
• Tools: 

June Memory Planner Pages

For June, I played around with the use of the boxes. I didn't also stick to the vertical columns for each day. Case in point, see May 30th. I ended up bleeding my story and photo into the next day's box. Seems simple, but I usually cringe at crossing lines with my writing. I'm really loving the look of these pages.

Note: I left off June 29th - July 2nd as I haven't printed the pics for July yet. I'll feature that page in my July Memory Planner Pages post.