I have officially caught the twins' scrapbook up to the present season! I am so excited! Being behind was such a weight on my shoulders. I sped through almost two years with minimal embellishments, but heavy on photos. A very simplistic look works for the their albums. They are preteen boys, they don't want flowers and pinks. I plan on continuing to use the Slate Core Kit with a few key extra cards. Loving my approach to get it done and keep it simple.
Mason Jar Gift Tags
Today's card is being featured on Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration. The challenge was to create gift tags. Now I've done a ton of birthday gift tags, but what about other types of tags? I wanted to incorporate tags into the special gifts for the retreat attendees. Twice a year, I help organize a weekend retreat for members of my mom's group. I always include some extra surprises. Last year, I went with modified monogramed notebooks and monogram note cards. This year, I want to make individual mason jar desserts. A gift tag would look perfect with the mason jars. After playing around a bit, I decided to make tags for mason jars.
I decided to use my new Homemade for You stamp set. Perfect for packaging up little goodies or in this case, yummy desserts. I stamped the polka dot background stamp in the same ink color as the cardstock. I love the tone of tone look. From there I picked a coordinating color and piece of pattern paper to make my flower embellishment. I can't wait until October to give this out! Below is the complete collection of tags:
- Stamps: Homeamde for You
- Inks: Staz-on Black; Pool Party; Calypso Coral; Perfect Plum; Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight; Old Olive; Pacific Point; Watermelon Wonder
- Cardstock: Pretty Petals DSP; Pool Party; Calypso Coral; Perfect Plum; Mint Macaron; Daffodil Delight; Old Olive; Watermelon Wonder; Very Vanilla
- Accessories: Gold 1/8" Ribbon
- Tools: 1" Circle Punch; Pansy Punch; Scallop Tag Punch
Desktop Monday #5
Finally using my ABM Messy Box. Starting the Find Your Voice class with rukristin. And this counter is a colossal mess. Hoping to share my spreads soon!
Sunday Haul #23
Popped into Michael's with the twins. Went a bit overboard on the clearance items. The only thing in this pile that I can justify is the clothespins. I'm using them for Stamp Club this week and the retreat in October. Although, I probably don't need that many...
OLW Catch-up
Let's take a look at what I did the past few months for my OLW. This year's focus is HOME. I got a bit behind and needed to catch-up and focus again.
My monthly intentions:
1. Twins' Room (May) -- I finished putting their room together before they arrived in early June. Done!
2. Twins' Scrapbooks (May) -- I started tackling their scrapbooks in late May and completely caught them up by the end of June. Such a huge task and it's now finished!
3. Summer Bucket List (May) -- Completed and things have been checked off already.
4. Library (June) -- My goal was to update my physical library both physically and digitally. I took a bag of books to HPB and started another one. I also made a spreadsheet of all my in progress and owned series complete with notations as to which volumes I need, which ones have been read, and other info. There's not a ton of picture proof, but I finished a few tasks from my list.
5. Catch Up PL Albums (June) -- I caught up all of our albums in June, but of course now we're not all done. That's okay, I've printed my pictures for June and am planning on finishing those pages next week.
6. Revisit Craft Area (July) -- This goal is next on my list for July. I especially need to organize the kids' crafts cabinet, paper cabinet, and random office supplies cabinet.
7. Closets (July) -- I tackled the black hole of a downstairs hall closet. I guess it's the coat closet, but considering we live in California, we don't use it for that. It's become a giant catch-all place that was out of control. I pulled everything out, filled an entire trash bag for garbage and one for Goodwill, and placed the things were were keeping back. And I even found space for my large Thirty-One box that holds all my party supplies. I call that a success!
Extras:
— I fed my creative side and joined a Design Team in July. Plus, I've been challenging myself with new card techniques, layouts, color combos, and designs. I've really gotten back into my card making this season. So excited!
My OLW Pages:
May - The prompt was "I Am." I chose to explain who I am in nine cards. Pretty simple prompt, but it was still fairly difficult. For the art element, I wanted to make my cards colorful. I inked up my brayer and covered the cards in a variety of ink colors. I added some washi tape as a little embellishment. I had fun making my "I am" cards. They helped to focus me for the coming months.
June - The prompt included a variety of questions. It was sort of a check-in with my word. It took me longer to fill out than I thought it would. The questions helped me recenter my intentions for the second half of the year. I definitely have things to work on...
July - The prompt was focused on music. I adore music and always find that songs speak to me. For this month, I combed through my iTunes library (and a bit of Spotify) to pinpoint nine songs that speak to my work of "Home." I added a small tag and some washi tape to compliment the song lyrics. This prompt was the most fun one yet. Loved it!
DSP Feature: Pretty Petals
Today's card is being featured on Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and uses my new favorite DSP stack. Our project today was to use one of SU's Designer Series Papers. So far, I've only bought three DSP packs from the new catalog. While I love Typeset and Cherry on Top, my current favorite to use is Pretty Petals. I love the mix of colors and different floral patterns. No froo froo flowers here. Instead, we get some interesting designs and even some greenery. Love it!
The patterned paper that I used is from the same sheet. I just decided to use both sides mainly because I couldn't pick one. I saw another card on Pinterest that played with layers and cut-outs. I had to do my own version. I think the Floral Frames Framelits fit perfectly with the patterns in the paper. A nice coordinating sentiment and a few candy dots and my card is complete!
- Stamps: A Whole Lot of Lovely
- Inks: Mint Macaron; Calypso Coral
- Cardstock: Calypso Coral; Pretty Petals DSP
- Accessories: Candy Dots
- Tools: Floral Frames Framelits
SSINK July 2015 Blog Hop
Welcome to the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog hop! I'm so excited to be participating in my first SSINK blog hop. As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number #5 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.
My demo group has recently started weekly challenges. Although I may not always have time to do the challenge, I love the idea. The card below was from our very first challenge over the Fourth of July. Our theme: Stars and Stripes. A few people made patriotic themed cards, but many of us took a different direction. I had fun with die cuts and pattern paper. A cute quick and easy birthday birthday card!
- Stamps: Celebrate Today
- Inks: Bermuda Bay
- Cardstock: Cherry on Top DSP; Bermuda Bay
- Accessories: Gold Sequins; Bermuda Bay Sequins
- Tools: Stars Framelits
Blog Hop Participant List:
- Jenny at Jenny G Paper Crafts
- Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
- Leanne at Literally My Joy
- Kim at Stamping with Kim
- Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place
- Tobe at The Craft Sea
- Melissa at Stamp Doc
- Donna at Organized Chaos
- Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma
- Jennifer at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
Masked Single Layer Celebration
Today's card is featured over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and features a single layer card. I decided to use of my current favorite stamp sets: Celebrate Today. I was so excited to see this stamp set carry over from the Occasions catalog.
My goal was to create a single layer card that didn't feel plain. I decided on a masking technique with the simple balloon stamp. I layered a few differently colored balloons and then had some fun embellishing the balloons. Rhinestones and candy dots were added to a few of the balloons. They add some great visual interest without any extra layers. Lastly, I heat embossed the sentiment on the middle balloon. The sentiment is hard to see in pictures, but shows up well in person. Overall, I loved the challenge of making a single layer card. Turns out I can actually do it!
- Stamps: Celebrate Today
- Inks: Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Versamark
- Cardstock: Whisper White
- Accessories: Pearl Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Candy Dots
- Tools: Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool
SSINKCC23: Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake
Today's card is featured over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and features a fun color challenge: Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, and Crumb Cake. I love the fun clean look of the color combo. It screams summer!
I decided to have some fun with texture and layers. Nesting the sentiment in oval die cuts gives the card lots of visual interest without being too bulky. Adding the embossed piece of crumb cake and flowers balances out the negative layers. The last touch was to add some candy dots to the center of the flowers. SU doesn't sell candy dots in the in-colors, but Real Red looks great with the Watermelon ink. Overall, a very cute flower card!
- Stamps: Friendly Wishes, Flower Shop, Petite Petals
- Inks: Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake
- Cardstock: Cherry on Top DSP, Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
- Accessories: Candy Dots
- Tools: Ovals framelits, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Pansy Punch, Petite Petals Punch
Sunday Haul #22
A fun haul post for this week... I went to Joann's to use a 60% off regular priced item and ended up with quite a load of stuff. And I didn't even use my coupon on any of this. Turns out all of their scrapbooking supplies were 30% and a ton of stuff was on clearance (note the red tags). I snapped up a ton of things for Arthur's scrap albums, a few stickers for specific spreads (flip flops for beach and pool spreads, SF for our upcoming day in the city), and some rhinestones (getting low). I ended up using my coupon on two white t-shirts that we are planning on tie-dying next week.
I also saw my good friend Pam and got my June club order. Watercolor Wings and coordinating die cuts plus some dimensionals. I can't wait to use my new stamp set for class.
