Happy Anniversary

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Today I am sharing card #2 from my Stamp Day w Friends get together on Saturday.

We made a total of 5 cards which I left them decide what occasions they wanted ahead of time.

I just design them and prepare everything that we will need to make them.

This card was highly requested because we haven't made an anniversary card in months! 

This is what I came up with...

I just adore this Flowers for Every Season DSP!

Such pretty colors & prints in it.

I decided to pull it out along with the Celebrating Sunflowers stamp set to create a simple anniversary card. I also used the sentiment from the Many Mates stamp set.

Card Details:

Stamps: Celebrating Sunflowers, Many Mates

Ink: Memento Black, Misty Moonlight, Stampin Blends

Cardstock: Bumble Bee, Whisper White, Misty Moonlight, Flowers for Every Season DSP

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Square Layering Framelits, Bumble Bee Gingham Ribbon, Rhinestones, Wink of Stella, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Miss Emily said this one was her favorite!

I have to agree!

My hubby is off today for us to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary!

I was thinking of a bike ride on the trail since we've not had the bikes out in almost a year but with it being so stinkin hot & humid....it'll wait until another much cooler day!

So now i'm not sure what the day will consist of....most likely just a nice dinner out this evening and i'm completely alright with that!

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My thoughts today...

Happy 30 years to my awesome hubby!

Here's to 30 more!

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy

Under the Weather

Hello & Happy Monday!

Another hot day is on tap here!

Yesterday it was just horrible outside. 

I hope we do not have too many more days like that!

Shawn & I spent the afternoon downstairs where is was much cooler.

He watched a movie on Disney Plus and I got my stamp room put back in it's place.

I needed to get all my acrylic blocks cleaned and did some reorganizing.

Today I have a card to share that we made Saturday at my Stamp Day w Friends.

I always use a mix of old & new products at my get together's.

This card uses a set called My Hero from a few years ago.

My Hero is a stamp set loaded with different occasion stamps.

Here is a picture of the set.

I decided to use the umbrella that says " heard your under the weather" and paired it up with some SU new In Colors, Bumble Bee & Just Jade.

I had my Stamperatus setup with the stamps so they would get perfect images and it worked out really well. I always say that I need to use that more often!

The Stamperatus is so easy once you get your stamps lined up and if your image does not get inked good on the first try, you can reink it and get it perfect on the second try!

Card Details:

Stamps: My Hero (retired)

Ink: Just Jade

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Just Jade, Bumble Bee, Whisper White, Just Jade & Bumble Bee DSP

Accessories: Stamperatus, Bumble Bee Gingham Ribbon, Glue Dots, Rhinestones, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

The girls loved the pop of colors on this one! 

It just makes me smile!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

Stay cool!

~Wendy

Christmas Gleaming

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Yesterday we had a fun Stamp Day w/ Friends get together and got the next one scheduled!

WooHoo! Always a great time seeing the girls!

Today we popped out early for some groceries then back home to hibernate the rest of the day!

It's been VERY hot & humid here!

I did stop by Kelsey's and grabbed my Copic Markers from her.

She borrowed them to color in her coloring books while she was off work.

She is back working at the restaurant but it's been a slow go.

She fears she will be off again with the virus still happening.

Last weekend I sat and created some Christmas Gift Cards.

I make alot of them every Christmas so I thought i'd start now!

I pulled out my Christmas Gleaming stamp set and got to work...

I was thrilled to see this stamp set, matching punches & the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Paper from last year all carried over into the new August - December Mini Catalog!

It's a great bundle of products that I have used many times over....last year & this year so far!

Card Details:

Stamps: Christmas Gleaming

Ink: Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock

Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Brightly Gleaming Specialty DSP

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack, Ribbon & Copper Cord (retired), Copper Stars, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This is the same style of gift that I usually make except this year I added a belly band around it.

I made about 10 so far that I will share soon! 

They are very fun to make!

Have you made anything for Christmas in July?

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 My thoughts today...

No other words needed...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Thanks A Bunch

Good Morning & Happy Saturday!

This morning is my Stamp Day w/ Friends get together!

I always look forward to seeing my friends and having some girl time!

I will share all the projects starting tomorrow.

Today's card is one I made earlier this week using the Celebrating Sunflowers stamp set.

Definitely one of my favorites as I seem to reach for it alot!

I had no real design in mind when I made this but it started with those 2 small strips of DSP that was left in my pack. The paper is Flowers for Every Season DSP and it's really pretty!

It can be used all year long and I like their way of thinking on that!

Card Details:

Stamps: Celebrating Sunflowers

Ink: Memento Black, Stampin Blends, Just Jade

Cardstock: Just Jade, Whisper White, Flowers for Every Season DSP

Accessories: Sunflower Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Another one of those quick & easy put together kind of cards!

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My thoughts today...

That's all for now!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Ornate Thanks

Hello & Happy Friday!

Today is the start of some very hot weather coming our way!

I think for the next week I seen temps in the upper 90's with high humidity.

I'm not at all looking forward to that and will be hibernating inside!

I have a busy day ahead with getting ready for my Stamp Day w/ Friends tomorrow morning!

I've got 5 projects ready for them and what better way to stay cool then to spend it friends stamping!

I will share those projects next week.

Today I have a set of quick & simple Thank You cards that my card lady ordered back in May.

Life got away from me back then so I am playing a bit of catch up!

I used Stampin Up's Whisper White Notecards & Envelopes to crank these out quickly!

The toughest part was running the delicate die thru the Big Shot and getting all those pieces out.

I used the Big Shot Die Brush (retired) to do that and it actually went very fast.

Card Details:

Stamps: Ornate Thanks

Ink: Early Espresso

Cardstock: Whisper White Notecards & Envelopes, Terracotta Tile, Ornate Garden Specialty DSP

Accessories: Ornate Borders Dies, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

No ribbon or rhinestones added to these to keep them flat for mailing.

And if you know me, that is a hard task!

I love the bows and lots of bling!

The Ornate Garden Suite is a beautiful variety of products!

Lots of flowers which makes me smile!

Hope you like my quick Thank You cards today!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & stay cool!

~Wendy

Life is Beautiful

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Hope your week is going well!

It's been hot here but this morning it is a bit on the cool side with clouds and a breeze.

I opened my kitchen windows for now but it is still muggy.

The older I get the more I mind the ac as it drives my sinuses crazy.

Today I have a card to share that uses a new set called Life is Beautiful.

It is a Million Dollar Achiever set created by LeeAnn Greff.

This set caught my eye as soon as I seen it in the August - December Catalog!

I paired it up with some Old Olive retired gingham print paper.

I stamped my little birdhouse a bit crooked...must have been one of those days!

The stamp set comes with a few sentiments and I especially loved the font!

Card Details:

Stamps: Life is Beautiful

Ink: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Gray Granite

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Old Olive DSP (retired)

Accessories: Circle Layering Framelits, Embroidered Ribbon, Rhinestones, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

The beauty of this set is that you can use it for every season of the year and that is something that I like in a stamp set! 

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall this set has it all!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!
~Wendy

Jar of Flowers Thanks Card

Hello & Happy Wednesday!

I slept in this morning for a change!

I guess you can say that I am becoming an early bird since the last few months I am up when Shawn gets up for work. I noticed it's staying darker a bit longer in the mornings...

Yesterday I played at my stamp table after lunch.

It was a good day for creating!

I usually stamp in the afternoons when my soap opera's are on but the last several months they have been repeats because of the Covid stuff so I haven't been turning the tv on.

I pulled out several new stamp sets and just played and colored.

Jar of Flowers hasn't seen much ink time so I made a Thank You card for on my card rack.

This time I used the sunflowers image.....my favorite!

Again, when I started I stamped my flower image on a post it note and fussy cut just the bottom portion that would hang out over the top of my jar.

This is to keep any of the jar lines from being stamped over top my flowers.

I stamped my flower image first on my cardstock then placed my post it note mask over top of them.

Then I stamped my jar image and voila....no lines show thru to my flowers once my mask was taken off! I was pleased about that!

Then I pulled out a bunch of Stampin Blends and colored my image.

My Thanks tag was diecut from the Ornate Frames Dies from the Halloween products from last year. The Ornate Frames Dies carried over into our new catalog. They are so pretty and I find myself using them quite a bit!

Card Details:

Stamps: Jar of Flowers, Here's A Card (sentiment)

Ink: Memento Black, Misty Moonlight, Stampin Blends (both Balmy Blue, both Just Jade, both Misty Moonlight, both Cinnamon Cider, Light Daffodil Delight, Dark Mango Melody)

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Misty Moonlight DSP

Accessories: Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Ornate Frames Dies, White Baker's Twine, Bumble Bee Enamel Dots, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Hard to tell in my photo but I did add Wink of Stella to my sunflower petals.

I love the shimmer it gives them!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have an amazing day!

~Wendy

Anniversary Cards

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

It's a beautiful morning here for a change!

Sun is shining and the humidity has dropped dramatically!

I have some of the windows open but they are saying our temps are to get to 90 this afternoon so i'm sure my ac will be back on!

For now I am enjoying the cooler weather!

Yesterday I was looking thru the program I use to edit my card pictures and found a few cards that I never shared. I haven't stamped since last week so I thought i'd share them!

I made these a few months ago for a card order and then life got in the way and I never shared them.

They use a bit of new & old but that is how I sometimes work! LOL

Card Details #1:

Stamps: Great Greetings (retired)

Ink: Lovely Lipstick (now retired)

Cardstock: Lovely Lipstick (retired), Whisper White, Best Dressed DSP (retired)

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Oval Layering Framelits, Lovely Lipstick Ribbon (retired), Glue Dots, Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots (retired), Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Card Details #2:

Stamps: Great Greetings (retired)

Ink: Purple Posy (retired)

Cardstock: Purple Posy, Whisper White, Best Dressed DSP (retired) 

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Oval Layering Framelits, Purple Posy Ribbon, Purple Posy Faceted Gems (retired), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Both cards turned out beautiful!

Those papers really do all the work....just sad that the DSP is now retired.

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy

Positive Thoughts Swap Card

Hello & Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a nice weekend and were able to find ways to stay cool!

It's definitely been a scorcher here in PA and last evening we finally got some good rain!

We were sitting out on the the front porch enjoying the nice breeze when the dark clouds started rolling in. I love sitting out there when we get a nice rain but the thunder & lightening chased us inside really quick! I'm just happy we got some rain...

So today I am going to share my swap card that I made for Debbie's recent card swap.

She had 10 groups that had 6 people in each.

We made 6 cards, keeping one for ourselves and mailing the other 5 to people who were in the groups we signed up in. All of the swap cards arrived by last Friday and they were posted in our Card Swap FB page so i'm safe to finally share my card with you!

I'm not sure what the name of this card is called but I have made them before.

My card uses paper from the Forever Greenry Suite which is just so pretty!

I also used the Forever Flourishing Dies and the Gold Laser Diecut Specialty Paper.

My sentiment is from the Positive Thoughts stamp set.

Card Details:

Stamps: Positive Thoughts

Ink: Shaded Spruce, Pretty Peacock

Cardstock: Shaded Spruce, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Forever Greenry DSP, Gold Laser Diecut Specialty DSP

Accessories: Stitched Rectangle Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, Gold Metallic Pearls, Gold Twine, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I loved all the cards that I received in the swap and will most likely sign up to do another again!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & stay cool, my friends!

~Wendy

Thanks A Bunch

Hello & Happy Friday!

It's a cloudy and humid morning here in PA.

Tropical Storm Fay is moving up the east coast and going to give us some showers, which my yard could use! Along Maryland, Delaware & New Jersey it is to be a soaker!

I just hope some of that rain makes it's way here as we've not had any good rain for atleast a week or more. We had many good chances but lucked out in recent days.

I have been playing around with my Celebrating Sunflowers stamp set.

It is one of my favorites!

This time I found a card in the catalog that uses a blue sunflower so I gave it a try!

Not nearly as pretty as the yellow sunflowers but it is different and sometimes I like different!

My embossed white panel was run thru the Big Shot with the Ornate Floral EF which adds texture and makes the background pop. I used 3 of the new In Colors....Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade & Misty Moonlight.

Card Details:

Stamps: Celebrating Sunflowers

Ink: Misty Moonlight

Cardstock: Misty Moonlight, Seaside Spray, Whisper White, Just Jade, Cinnamon Cider

Accessories: Sunflower Dies, Ornate Floral EF, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I have seen so many beautiful cards made from this stamp set!

Sometimes I find that I get stumped on what to make with a set so I turn to the catalog for idea's to help get me started. Who would have thought to create a blue sunflower?!

I'm glad I gave it a try!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Celebrating Sunflowers

Hello & Happy Wednesday!

Our weather is still hazy, hot & humid here in PA!

I'm hoping soon for a cool down so my ac can get a break! And my sinuses!

It seems every summer I go thru this.

Yesterday I spent some time at my craft table working on card kits for my next Stamp Day w Friends.

I usually try to have 5 kits ready.

Gigi was bugging me all afternoon to go out in the yard so my afternoon getting that task wrapped up was cut short. I have one kit left that I will finish up hopefully today!

My card today is one made with the Celebrating Sunflowers stamp set.

It is such a wonderful set with coordinating dies on page 13 of the Annual Catalog.

I made this card over the July 4th holiday.

My super pretty sunflower is made from the Sunflower Dies using So Saffron, Bumble Bee and Cinnamon Cider cardstocks. My sprig of wheat is diecut using Just Jade cardstock. 

I used all the colors that are in the Flowers for Every Season DSP as you can see on my card.

This bundle is a favorite of mine!

Card Project:

Stamps: Celebrate Sunflowers

Ink: Just Jade

Cardstock: So Saffron, Bumble Bee, Cinnamon Cider, Just Jade, Whisper White, Flowers for Every Season DSP

Accessories: Sunflower Dies, Bumble Bee Gingham Ribbon, Gold Glittered Enamel Dots, Dimesnionals, Glue Dots, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I was trying really hard to NOT use this set until the Fall came but I just couldn't!

I love everything about it! 

Wait until my card lady sees these gorgeous sunflowers!

She will want all her cards made using them!

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My thoughts today...

Kinda hard to smile at people anymore with having to wear masks!

I really hope one day our world will go back to normal!

Thanks for stopping by!

 Stay crafty, my friends!

~Wendy

Jar of Flowers Retirement

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

I hope your all staying cool in one way or another!

I have been trying to spend time at my stamp table as a way to stay cool.

Yesterday afternoon I had an hour to spare so I pulled out the Jar of Flowers stamp set and made a pretty Retirement card for my card rack...

At my last Stamp Day w/ Friends event Miss Emily bought my last (lady) Retirement card.

I made myself a note of that so I could get a few more made up.

This card uses a variety of stamps.

I also used the Masking Technique to have my flowers over top of the jar.

Had I not used the masking technique the top of the jar would show thru on my flowers.

It worked like a charm and I would suggest to everyone that purchases this set to make a mask for each flower stamp in that set! It will save you time & frustration! (ask me how I know!)

I used a variety of new In Colors on this! The Magenta Madness color sure is bright!

Card Details:

Stamps: Jar of Flowers, Lots to Celebrate, Many Mates (sentiment)

Ink: Memento Black, Misty Moonlight and Stampin Blends

Cardstock: Magenta Madness, Bumble Bee, Misty Moonlight, Whisper White, Flowers for Every Season DSP

Accessories: Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Oval Layering Framelits, In Color Enamel Dots, Post It Note (to create mask), Bumble Bee Gingham Ribbon, Glue Dot, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

If you look close enough at my jar you will notice it is different from the jar that comes in the Jar of Flowers stamp set. The jar I used on this card came from the Lots to Celebrate stamp set.

It is new from the August - July 2020 Mini Catalog.

It is also a million dollar achiever set created by Susie Wood.

I think it's going to be one of those sets i'll reach for over & over again! Very cute!

Hope you like this card!

It was really fun to create!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

~Wendy