You're the Bestest!

Hi everyone!

It seems like I've been gone forever and ever!  I took an unscheduled blogging break to look for a job - which was quite a feat after being out of the job market for over 25 years!  I'll start my second week on the job tomorrow, so this week is my "figuring out my new normal" week.  When will I clean the house?  When will I stamp and blog? What laundry needs to be done when?  So bear with me while I get readjusted, ok?? :)

The card I am sharing today is for this week's Clean and Simple challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  It's called Alphabet Soup and we would like you to use an acronym on your card... like LOL, SOS, or, in my case... I {heart} U.  Okay, okay, so I stretched it a little! ;)

I had a lot of fun with this card.  I cut the letters and the heart out of white card stock and then again, out of black and red card stock.  I attached the die cuts above the open spaces and then I cut out my panel with a Stitched Rectangle die from Your Next Stamp.  The sentiment is from a retired YNS set called Bunny in the River.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope you have a splendid week!

With Thanks

I made a card for the Clean and Simple challenge over at SplitCoast Stampers combining some new and old sets.  I always feel badly when stamps I love are retired, because, even if I really like them, I know they won't be the first ones I grab.  Well, for this challenge I knew just the set I wanted to pull out... an old Flourishes set with gorgeous silhouette stamps and the most beautiful sentiments!  

I first sponged in my hillside, using a ripped piece of paper as a mask inside an oval I had cut out with a Spellbinders die. I added the skeleton trees from Gina K's set Little Branches in GKD Charcoal Brown ink(stamped off once), then the pine tree from the newest Stamp TV Kit in Fresh Asparagus. Then I sponged in a little Sweet Corn as sky. I stamped the deer from the Flourishes set in Dark Chocolate and trimmed him out, then attached him with 3d foam and added a sentiment from the same set in Charcoal Brown.  I don't remember for sure, but I think the Flourishes set was called Celebrate the Wonder.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I always love to hear from you!

Flourishes - You are Special

Good morning again, my stamping friends!

My card today is for the Timeless Tuesday dry embossing challenge at Flourishes.  I kept it really clean and simple and played off the colors of an older Paper Studio paper pack.  After I colored my image from Autumn Blossoms, I stamped the sentiment from Inside and Out: You, splitting it between the main panel and a sentiment flag.  I embossed the cranberry strip with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder before putting it all together. 

Thanks for looking!

Tricia

Supplies:

Stamps:  Autumn Blossoms, Inside & Out:You (Flourishes)

Dies:  Blueprints 2 & 5 (MFT)

Copics, Kraft Button (MFT), Gold Cord, Pearls, Paper Studio Paper