Monday Montage - Hang An Ornament

It's Summer outside mixed with fall colors and yet we only have 86 days to Christmas.  This last month has been full of family, football, fall activities and lots of work.  

I created in a rush to meet deadlines, but feel pretty good about the outcome.  Stampin UP has such great stamps and dies, kits and ornaments to make for your tree.

I took one of the circle dies from the stylish die set and mapped out six spots  that I wanted to hightlihgt some of the cute die cuts included in the Christmas offering.

Stamps - Greetings of the Season

Ink - Versamark

Paper - Vanilla, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Gold and Silver

Accessories - Reindeer Fun Dies, Hang an ornament dies, Iconic imagery dies, Cherry cobbler and gold ribbon, peppermint dots, gold and silver trim, gold embossing powder, stylish dies.

Monday Montage 269 More Than Autumn

It is already the middle of September, and I am going to have to make some to do lists and map out my time.  If not, everyone will be getting Halloween tags and caramel apples for Christmas.

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Who doesn't love a good fluffy donut (not greasy)  Any celebration deserves doughnuts.  I thought I would put together a card that could be used for a variety of occasions.  Like...we won our football game...you got a new job...we have a new puppy...you graduated...Its your birthday....and the list goes on.  Its a great kind of card to have in your stash

Stamps - More Than Autumn

Ink - Crumb Cake, Black, Stampin' Write Markers

Paper - Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Vellum, White

Accessories - More than Autumn Dies, Greetings of the Season, glossy accents

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Monday Montage 268 - Changing Leaves

Oh my goodness - August lasted all of 5 minutes.  Birthdays celebrated and food storage for the winter set aside.  Wishing I was visiting family in Idaho, but the fires around the Sawtooths and that area make for a toxic air situation.  Nobody wants to go on vacation and stay inside all day.  At least, not me.  I am looking foward to what September has to offer.

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I keep channeling Fall, even though we are still in the 90-degree days of Summer for the coming week.  I just love this time of year.  This Changing Leaves set shown here can be used almost all year round.  I needed a sympathy card and thought this stamp set would lend itself to a classic look.

I embossed the background and lightly brushed several colors of ink with the small blending brushes to show off the raised image. I used the same colors as the leaves to create a "sameness" in the images

Stamps - Changing Leaves, Country Flowers

Paper - White, Peach Pie, Boho Blue, Garden Green, Velum, Neutrals DSP

Ink - Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Peach Pie, Granny Apple Green, Cajun Craze

Accessories - Fun Patterns EF, Changing Leaves Dies, Greetings of the Season Dies, Natural Sequins, linen thread

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Monday Montage 267 - More Than Autumn

I celebrated another birthday this last week.  Time just gets away from me - I still don't think I could possible be as old as the years say I am.  I guess that is a start to staying young, right?  I am missing my puppy dog as much as ever and wishing I could take a fancy vacation somewhere to relax and celebrate the end of summer.  Instead I have been crafting, preserving the fresh produce we find at the farmers markets and enjoying the summer thunder storms that have been rolling through.

The Monday Montage group is hopping again   I know, it isn't Fall yet, but I couldn't wait to use the new Autumn set in the new Stampin UP seasonal catalog   You will definitely want to get your hands on this.

I like all things Fall and this incudes pumpkin spice.  I don't go super crazy...its the usually a candle for the home and maybe a spiced cider and pumpkin donut, or a cookie, or muffin.

The stamp set comes with all the things you will need to celebrate fall and winter.  Apples, pumpkins, leaves, gingerbread, candy canes, donuts, pie and a cup you can fashion into holding your favorite beverage.

Lets talk about the background.  If you are like me, I saw the plaid stamp and thought, nope, not this time.  But - when I saw some of the creations in the seasonal catalog, I had to have it.  I stamped it in Versamark and then used white embossing powder all over it.  I think it ties right in with Fall, don't you?  You could get super fancy and color the lines with our Stampin Blends.  

Stamps - Sketched Plaid, More Than Autumn

Ink - Black, White Craft, Versamark, Stampin Blends and Markers

Paper - Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Canyon Clay Peach Pie, White, Iconic Celebrations DSP

Accessories - 2023-2025 In color Jute - Canyon Clay, More Than Autumn Dies, Changing Leaves Dies, Nested Essential Dies, Neutrals Sequins

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Monday Montage 266 Happiest Day

Smack dab in the middle of Summer and keeping busy.  My boy crush and I have been in charge of a church breakfast and we helped out with a nephews wedding.  We also made 18 qts of homemade pickles and 14 pints of sweet hot pickles.  Yes, we love pickles.  We are just heading in to tomato season.  A sweet friend of ours blessed us with some fresh tomatoes from their garden.  Our first tomato sandwich of the season.  So good!!!!

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One of my favorite things is a dragon fly.  I know they were the bad guys in Disney's A Bugs Life, but I
think they are so impressive looking.  The stamp set Happiest Day just made me smile as read the sentiments and saw whimsical dragon fly.  It needed to make an appearance in my stash.

I used gold embossing powder for the outline, sentiment and accent sparkle stamp.  I then went crazy with all the colors.  Not one color was used more that once and I won't be listing them.  Have fun with it!  I did fussy cut each of the dragonflies out, but it went quickly.  Not a lot of jagged edges.  The card totally sparkles with the gold and wink of stella on the wings.

Stamps - Happiest Day

Paper - White

Ink - all the colors!

Accessories - Postage Stamp Dies, Gold embossing powder, gold trim, adhesive backed sparkle gems, wink of stella,

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Monday Montage 265 - Sea Turtle

Are you melting in this summer heat?  I am doing my best to stay inside where there is air conditioning. Not much happening in my neck of the woods.  I have been hoping to do some fun things this summer, but so far it is not stacking up in my favor.  There is always some factor that keeps me from getting out of dodge and doing something fun.

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 How cool would it be to swim with the sea turtles.  What is it that makes them so enchanting and graceful.  The Sea Turtle stamp set is great for creating an underwater adventure.

I stamped and embossed the bubble trail in ink and then ink blended over the top of them.  Creating the EAC...perfect for a ride, Dude.  If you are not a Disney fan - you won't get it.  LOL

  I stamped the turtles in Night of Navy and immediately covered them in clear embossing powder.  It doesn't work perfectly, but does enough that the ink didn't blend with the other colors I added to the turtle and it does give him a little shine - like he might be wet.

Stamps - Sea Turtle, Changing Leaves

Ink - Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Soft Seafoam, Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, White Craft Ink

Paper - Bermuda Bay, White

Accessories - White and Clear embossing powder, Glossy dots, Opal rounds, Changing Leaves Dies Twisted Rope EF (sorry its retired)

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Monday Montage 264 - Beach Day

I am not exactly sure what happened to June, but we have jumped into July with both feet running.  My goal is to get up earlier and get some exercise in each day.  This summer heat is going to keep me indoors as much as possible.  Maybe we will be able to get away for an afternoon picnic up one of the many canyons we have here at our disposal.

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What would be really amazing is to find myself at the beach this summer.  I have very fond memories of spending days at the beach, body board surfing, protecting my food from the seagulls and praying they don't poop on my

I know this stamp set is not new, and there have been LOTS of ideas posted, but thought I would give it a go with many more ideas in my head.

I may have used a couple of different die sets, but if you have them I say use them.  I did some shading and layering with some fun summer colors

Stamps - Beach Party

Ink - Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Summer Splash, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Pean Pie,

Paper - Peach Pie, Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, White, Summer Splash

Accessories - Beach Party Dies, Bright Skies Dies, Changing Leaves Dies, Stylish Shapes, White embossing powder, ombre matte dots, Cane Weave EF

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