Monday Montage 233 - Playin in the Rain

I look forward to the day when I can frolic in the Sun and see all the spring flowers.  We had 12 inches of new snow and it keeps coming.  Can't complain, because we are in such a terrible drought.  The positive side is that it just means I can hide myself in my sweats and sweatshirts a few more weeks 

Once again I have grabbed my go to stamp set - Playing in the Rain and all the goodies that go with it! Doesn't that Bunny's pink nose lis so stinkin cute.  He is having such a good time!  It reminds me of the Oregon coast, along Canon Beach - there a little bunnies everywhere.

Stamps - Playing in the Rain

Ink - Pacific Point

Paper - White, Granny apple green, Rain or Shine DSP

Accessories - Playing in the rain dies, Burlap Ribbon, Stylish Shapes Dies, Rain Drop EF

Your next stop is Elizabeth - Don't miss out on her creations!

Blog Roll

1. Breelin Renwick
2. Cathy Casey
3. Charlet Mallett - Out this week
4. Cheryl Curtis  – You Are Here!
5. Dani Dziama - Out this week
6. Elizabeth Price
7. Emily Miller Kimmey  
8. Julie Warnick  
9. Wendy Weixler

Monday Montage 232 - Decorative Borders

Another weekend has come to a close.  Mine involved a funeral,  a few errands, Church, and a pot of homemade bean and bacon soup with homemade rosemary olive focaccia, and a few doggie cuddles/naps interspersed. Not too crazy.

The Decorative Borders stamp set was given to me as a "prize" at the Stampin' UP Onstage get together.  I don't think it would have been one I would have picked, but thought I better put some into to the stamp and give it a whirl.

The circles were cut from the split card textures dies and then a border circle was cut to frame them.  I really like how they turned out.  I colored and cut two of the borders and combined them to make a more full flower border

Stamps - Decorative Border, Framed Florets

Ink - Highland Heather, Black

Paper - Highland Heather, Black, White

Accessories - Stampin UP Blends, Layering Circle Dies, Split Card Texture Dies, Milky Dots, Brushed metal butterflies, blending brushes

The shading was done with an ink pad and blender brush and then I flicked ink with my markers to create the splatter look. It was an easy layout and probably one I have used before, but there are so many possibilities with all the beautiful die cut backgrounds!

Next up is the amazing Elizabeth at Seeing Ink spots.  She never fails to have a project worth CASEing

Blog Roll

1. Breelin Renwick
2. Cathy Casey
3. Charlet Mallett 
4. Cheryl Curtis  – You Are Here!
5. Dani Dziama - Out this week
6. Elizabeth Price
7. Emily Miller Kimmey  
8. Julie Warnick  - Out this week
9. Wendy Weixler

We Create Blog Hop - March to the Beat - Queen Bee

As I type this it is snowing outside, I have a bouquet of beautiful red tulips tinged with yellow; and although we need the water, I am dreaming of spring flowers and a little bit of sunshine with temperate temperatures.  Hence the spring colors and card

I love spring, even though it comes with pollens that cause my nose to feel like someone is tickling it with a massive peacock feather and eyes to tear and redden.  Mother nature's renewal is always amazing as each plant, bug, and animal transition.

I love the Queen bee set and all the set and coordinating dies have to offer.  The greenery and the floral dies that add detail to the cuts outs.  The bee wings have been painted with Wink a Stella for shimmer.

The card dimensions are 4.5 x 4.5

Stamps - Thanks a Bunch - (Sale a Bration)

Ink - Black

Paper - Vellum, Pale Papaya, Polished Pink , Fresh Freesia, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce, Soft Seafoam, Mango Melody, Black, White

Accessories - Queen Bee Dies, White basic twine, milky dots, wink a stella

Hang with us - its a small hop...Check out Tanya's creations

We Create Blog Hop March 2023 Blog Roll
Kimberley Morris 
Cheryl Curtis - This is me
Tanya Harvey
Tricia Butts

Monday Montage 231 - Playing in the Rain

 I might be a little anxious for spring.  This little bunny and this stamp set embodies all the things spring.  Daisies, kites, circles, cute little animals - what is not there to put a smile on someone's face.  Circles and little critters seems to be a theme for me.  

I think they call this the Peek a boo circle card.  The front flap is trimmed down by an inch and a circle is cut out to reveal the image adhered to the base.  The bunny is from the Rain or Shine DSP

The Paper is from Sale a Bration  Dandy Designs - So fun!  I love the colors it pulls from.

Here is a shot of the inside - you can see the kite string with the bows hanging form the cut out -

Stamps - Playing in the Rain, Charming Sentiments 

Ink - Bermuda Bay

Paper - White, Cool Caribbean, Dandy Delight DSP, Rain or Shine DSP, Country Gingham DSP

Accessories - Layering Circle Dies, Loose Daisy Embellishments, Playing in the Rain Dies

I love three day weekends!  I attempted homemade sourdough bagels which turned out pretty darn good for the first try.  Bagels and Lox for two meals...YUM!  Not my pic, but they looked exactly like this!

Image and recipe from Little Spoon Farms

We attended a concert featuring the Utah Symphony and the Tabernacle Choir.  They performed Mendelsohn's Elijah which is such a beautiful Oratorio.  Thierry Fischer is an amazing conductor, I had forgotten how amazing live classical music is - it brought me to tears. 

 I got some crafting time in - two cards and hoping to get some clean up in the crafting room/office done.

You won't want to miss the the next crafter Dani - she always has something great!

Blog Roll

1. Breelin Renwick
2. Cathy Casey
3. Charlet Mallett 
4. Cheryl Curtis  – You Are Here!
5. Dani Dziama
6. Elizabeth Price
7. Emily Miller Kimmey  
8. Julie Warnick  
9. Wendy Weixler

Stamping With Friends - Favorite Jan-Jun Catalog - Queen Bee

How can you choose a favorite?  There are so many wonderful stamp sets, dies, papers, embelishment.....I love them all!!  Welcome to the Stamping With Friends Blog Hop.

This is one of the first stamp sets and dies I had to get my hands on.  I love that the die set provides so many extras and accent the main images in the stamps set.  The branches, little bees, flower and honey comb are perfect pairings.

The Designer Series Paper Dainty Blossoms - is perfect to highlight my queen bee, with a few layers, ribbon and gold butterflies.  For some reason the phot doesn't show the saturated colors like seeing it up close in person.  I embossed the Bee and colored it with our marvelous markers I love how it turned out (is that ok to say???)

Stamps - Queen Bee, Beautifully Happy

Ink - Black,

Paper - Dainty Flowers, White, Polished Pink

Accessories - Many Marvelous Markers, Oval Punch, Oval layering dies (retired) Gold embossing powder, clear embossing powder, In-color metalic ribbon (Parakeet Party), brushed gold butterflies.

You won't want to miss the next stop - Click next!

Monday Montage 230 - Country Bouquet

Where do the weekends go??? Brunch with Friends on Saturday morning, Sourdough bread making, and a Lord of the Rings Marathon.  Church on Sunday,  bake the bread, make cards, and then the weekend is gone.  There may have been a few chores interspersed like laundry and dishes that always need doing.

I purchased the Country Bouquet stamp set and punch after it was demo'd at Stampin UP Onstage.  Couldn't wait to play with it.  I finally sat down to play with it and all I could think of is "why did I buy that?"  It looks like a stamp set to make cute country decor from the 80"s.  What I do like about it is that it is a set that can be used year round, not just for Valentines Day. Also all the stamps and sentiments don't have to be used all together.

The mini slimline card lent itself to the offset stacking hearts.  I love all the brightly colored hearts and the distinctive look of the hearts.  

I wanted to make a cute little treat box to accompany the card and fill with these yummy peach gummy hearts sold by a cute little kitchen supply store here. I left the box opening uncovered (the back of the box) and decorated the other side.  Make it cute and the candy still accessible (great idea Bree)

Stamp - Country Bouquet

Ink - Sweet Sorbet, Pale Papaya, Fresh Freesia, Parakeet Party, Cool Caribbean, Black

Paper - Basic White

Accessories - Milky Dots, Country Bouquet Punch, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stripes and Splatters embossing folder, envelope boxes, Basic Twine, Real Red Ribbon, small circle punch.

Next on the Hop is Dani - you won't want to miss out!

Blog Roll

1. Breelin Renwick
2. Cathy Casey
3. Charlet Mallett 
4. Cheryl Curtis  – You Are Here!
5. Dani Dziama-
6. Elizabeth Price
7. Emily Miller Kimmey  
8. Julie Warnick  
9. Wendy Weixler

We Create - Sale A Bration - Thanks A Bunch

Oh my goodness, I made it through January.  I didn't float away, I have a little bit of sanity left and I am not completely frozen solid. February holds lots of fun things ahead.  I look forward to them.

What do you do with a bunch of carrots and why would you put them on a card.  I got them as a bonus for ordering $50 worth of product.  I have seen so many fun things done with them that I actually wanted to pull the stamp set out and attempt to play.

Kind of fun - the two step stamp makes it so easy to create the shading on the carrots.  I used two different greens on the leaves and I actually really like how it turned out.

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• Stamps - Thanks a Bunch - Sale A Bration
• Ink - Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Garden Green,
• Paper - basic White
• Accessories - Linen Thread, Framed Florets, Tailor Made Tags, Thank you embossing folder (retired)

Your next stop is Libby  - click next to see her creations

We Create Blog Hop February 2023 Blog Roll
Kimberley Morris 
Tanya Harvey
Tricia Butts
Cheryl Curtis You are here
Libby Fens