Say? Are You a Dog?

Inspired by a bit of humor by Alphabet Challenge, and I knew just what stamp set to grab!

The dog is adorable, but the question and then the reveal of the answer in the card just describes my true feelings and I hope makes the recipient laugh. My people know just how much this sentiment means, because dogs ARE my favorite people. 

Here's hoping you have a special someone that deserves a sentiment like this one.

Many thanks to the Alphabet Challenge for the inspiration.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Say? Are You a Dog?

Stamps and Dies:  Woof Woof Stamp Set (AALL & Create); Large Stitched Circle Stackable Dies, Henry Jr.'s ABCs, Henry's Build-a-Sentiment Love and Foxy (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Black Onyx (Versafine); Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; On the Lake (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook and Cards Today); Firefly Pattern Paper (Echo Park); Pampered Pooch Pattern Paper (Photoplay);

Other: Clear Confetti (Concord & 9th); Black and Clear Star Gelly Roll Pens (Sakura);

Just a Note . . Showers Bring Veggies!

I'm in my crafty mode this week. Today I created a card inspired by Cupcake Inspiration. 

I wanted to create that underground look for the root vegetables in this set. I had a bit of trouble with the blending of my dirt but love how my little veggies came out as they grow in a rain shower. 

Vegetables . . . inspired by cupcakes? What's not to love about that?

Craft away and eat your veggies! 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Garden Just a Note

Stamps and Dies:  Gardeners Greetings Stamp Set and Dies, and April Showers Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic Markers; Midnight and Aquatini (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Baked Brown Sugar and Early Espresso Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Desert Storm and Solar White (Neenah); Vellum (Close To My Heart);

Other: Cloud Stencil (My Favorite Things);  Diamond Stickles (Ranger);

Three Cards in One for Die Week

It's die week at Just Us Girls, so it was all dies for this card, from the embellishments to the sentiment.

I used a tiny envelope die to create my little tiny cards on the front of my card. There is a whole lot of "miss you" on this card, from the background to the sentiment to having three cards in one!

Thank you, Just Us Girls, for the inspiration.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Miss You

Stamps and Dies:  Itty Bitty Envelope Dies and Miss You Much Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing: Versafine Black Onyx Ink

Paper: White Cardstock and White Glitter Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Signature Miss You Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Clear Confetti (Concord & 9th);

Warm Wishes Fun Fold Card

Sticking with the holidays, while the items were out and about on my crafty desk. This card is inspired by the palette presented in the Just Add Ink challenge. 

For this one, I went with a fun fold card. It's a 6 x 6 easel card with a diagonal fold.  

I stamped my images on kraft cardstock. I love the result, especially those white tips on the darker pinecones.

The plaid paper was perfect for the diagonal cut on this card. Many thanks for the color inspiration, Just Add Ink! 

Hope you get inky today!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Warm Wishes

Stamps and Dies:  Pinecone Greetings Stamp Set and Dies and Alpine Village Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Cranberry Fizz, Deck the Halls, Icing on the Cake, Over Coffee (Catherine Pooler Inks); White Gel Pen (Uchida)

Paper: Premium White Cardstock and Through the Woods Pattern Paper  (Catherine Pooler Designs); Gingersnap Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); Chocolate Chip Cardstock (Stampin' Up);

Other: Oak City Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Inspired by a Sketch . . . Happy Holidays

My card today is inspired by As You See It Challenge. I decided to create a holiday card, and with quad inspiration, I went with some postage stamp magic.

I used my Newton's Nook items to create this card. 

I love a good sketch, and getting a jump start on holiday cards is an added bonus.

Thank you As You Like It for the inspiration.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Holidays

Stamps and Dies: Holiday Cheer and Holiday Postage Stamp Sets and Dies (Newton's Nook); Santa Stop Here Stamp Set and Dies (Taylored Expressions);

Ink & Embossing:  Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Black Jack (Catherine Pooler Ink);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); New Black Cardstock (My Color); Solar White Cardstock (Neenah);

Other: Dyllusions Stickles (Ranger);

Lawn Fawnatics Inspired

It's that beastly time of year where the stores are bursting with all the Halloween treats. Isn't candy a main dish in October?

Fun with food is the challenge inspiration at Lawn Fawnatics, and I had to bring out the Halloween goodness. I must also say I was inspired by the web near my front door that was covering my ring cam. The ring cam view looked like the lens was shattered, but entering the house was an entirely different story, and it inspired my use of vellum for the web on my card. 

Bring on those sour candies. That alone has to be protein packed. 

Vellum and glitter; you just can't go wrong there.

Thanks for the inspiration Lawn Fawn.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Have a Treat-Filled Crawl-Some Halloween

Stamps, Dies and Stencils: Stitched Rectangle Frames, Everyday Sentiment Banners, Spider Web Backdrop Die, Sweet Spiders and Sweet Spiders Add-on Stamps, Dies and Stencils (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Jet Black Ink (Lawn Fawn); Black Jack, Macchiato, Spiced, Orange Twist, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Flirty Fuchsia, All That Jazz, Silver (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); Chocolate Cardstock (The Stamps of Life); Falling Leaves Patite Paper Pack (Lawn Fawn); Vellum (Spellbinders);

Other: White Twine (Lawn Fawn); Stardust Stickles (Ranger); Prisma Glitter (Lawn Fawn); 

Inspired by Color at Make My Monday

These long breaks that I take due to my 9 to 5 job are making me a little nuts. Breaks from crafting and making all the fun stuff are not great for my mental health.

So here I am today posting a card I created this week inspired by Make My Monday, where the inpiration to create using Yellow, White and another color.

It's a lot of yellow with a bit of red, but who doesn't love a bit of red? 

I created this use an amazing monthly kit from Catherine Pooler Designs. 

Thanks for the inspiration, Make My Monday! 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday

Stamps and Dies:  Hip Hip Birthday Stamp Set and Dies and Simply Shaker Tag Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Twilight, Tutti Frutti and Limoncello (Catherin Pooler Ink);

Paper: Sugar Cube (Taylored Expressions); Signature Birthday Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Sweet Sorbet Ribbon (Stampin' Up); Sparkling Clear Confetti (Pretty Pink Posh); 

Congratulations Card Inspired by Girlz Creative

Happy Tuesday Morning! 

I'm inspired today by the color challenge at Girlz Creative. Blauw and rood . . . I saw this as a bit of a quilt opportunity and went for Concord & 9th supplies from this year's Winter Retreat. 

I mixed up a few products from C9 . . . a quilted background with a fun butterfly print created with a sentiment stamp. 

Had some fun with this one, and I hope you have some fun in your crafty space!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Congratulations - Wishing You the Best

Stamps and Dies:  Winter Retreat Quilted Turn-about Stamp and Quilted Embossing Folder, Garden Wreath Stamp and Die, Tuscan Vine Stamp Set and Dies, Butterfly Inlay Die, Double Stitch Cardfront Die (Concord & 9th);

Ink & Embossing: Poppy, Cranberry, Blueberry and Harbor Ink (Concord & 9th); Embossing Ink and Alabaster Embossing Powder (Brutus Monroe);

Paper:  White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Poppy and Midnight Cardstock (Concord & 9th);

Other: Clear Confetti (Concord & 9th);

From Our Home to Yours

Nothing like a little Christmas in July! That was the inspiration at Just Add Ink, and I had to play along.

I pulled out some pattern paper, stamps and dies from several years ago to create today's creation. I mixed up a few crafty companies for this card. I wanted to give the illusion of red trucks leaving the tree lot with their picks for trees.

This reminded me of Christmas, 1987, when my husband had just had surgery, and my brother took his red truck out to pick out our tree. My brother did all the work, loaded our truck and came back to the house to get it set-up for us. Family is the best. 

It's August, but still celebrating the Christmas in July. 

Cheers.

Debbie

Supplies Used - From Our Home to Yours

Stamps and Dies:  Layered Holiday Truck Stamp Set and Dies (Avery Elle);

Ink & Embossing:  Peppermint Scrub, Rouge, Sage, Spruce, Twilight and Black Jack (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Opaque White Cardstock (Accent); Patterns and Pine Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); White Glitter Paper (Close To My Heart);

Other: Snowflake Sequins (Close To My Heart); Diamond Stickles (Ranger);

Coverplate Dies and Puzzles

Background/Coverplate dies make me realize my true love of jigsaw puzzles. I have a hard time resisting cutting and piecing things back together. 

With Just Us Girls having a die challenge, I picked a cover die and some pattern paper, and I put the puzzle together. 

It's a bit retro, but I love it. And putting it together was so satisfying. 

I hope you get a chance to put something together today.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Have an Amazing Day

Stamps and Dies:  Mosaic Tiles Dies, Xanadu Coverplate Die, Hello Amazing Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  It's a Girl, Be Mine and Black Magic (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Accent Opaque Cardstock; Sketchbook Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); Black Glitter Cardstock (Close To My Heart);

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Watercolor Birthday Wishes!

The inspiration at Shopping Our Stash this this last round was "What's the good word?" Mine was Wishes . . . or was it Birthday. It started as Wishes . . . I'm going with Wishes. 

I mixed some Hero Arts product with my Catherine Pooler inks and had some watercolor fun creating two pieces . . . one bold and one a bit more subtle and perfect for words.

I truly love creating backgrounds with stencils. There is something so magical about starting with a solid background.

Grab your stencils and have some fun. 

Supplies Used - Birthday Wishes

Stamps and Dies:   Let's Celebrate Stamp Set, Celebrate Words Fancy Die (Hero Arts)

Ink:  Party Dress, Tiara, All That Jazz, Lime Rickey, Melon Ice, Bellini (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); White Glitter Paper (Close To My Heart); Canson Watercolor Paper;

Other:  Daisy Mosaic Stencil (Hero Arts); Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

In Stitches Inspired by Cardz 4 Galz

My card today was inspired by the prompt from Cardz 4 Galz. Rainbow was the inspiration, and so I pulled a set from Spellbinders and created the creation of a rainbow, some some "girlz" might do! 

I had some fun with this card. I used a textured and slightly inked background . . . textured to give that same cross weave that you'd get from cross-stitch fabric. I was also able to find a fun pattern paper that seemed to match my die cuts, including those little flowers. 

Another fun creation, and I certainly hope you find a way to have some fun!

Debbie

Supplies Used - In Stitches Over You

Stamps and Dies:  Weekender Sentiment Stamp Set, Big Bicycle Dies, Gathering Stiches Dies (Spellbinders);

Ink & Embossing:  Party Dress, Tiara, Lime Rickey, Orange Twist, Fiesta Blue, Grape Crush (Catherine Pooler Ink);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Lily White (Bazzill); Rainbow Vibes Pattern Paper (Brutus Monroe); Gingersnap (The Stamps of Life);  Holographic Mirror Paper (Scrapbook.com); Cardstock Scraps (Spellbinders);

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Lemon Chiffon Pops of Color (Scrapbook.com)

You're a Peach

I had some creative time this weekend and got busy with the inspiration challenge to CASE a card at Just Us Girls. 

I saw refreshing and adorable card with the lemon and the diagonal large stripes, and it immediately made me thing about a stamp and stencil set that I had. I decided to create my card using stripes on the diagonal and a different type of fruit. 

Here is my creation . . . 

Definitely a different look from the original, but inspired from it for sure. Anything that gets me creating is a great thing! 

I hope you found some time to be crafty today!

Debbie

Supplies Used - You're a Peach

Stamps and Dies:   Oh So Sweet Stamp Set, Die and Stencil (Concord & 9th);

Ink:  Dove, Honeysuckle, Sprout, Parsley, Buttercup and Grapefruit (Concord & 9th); Jet Black Ink (Lawn Fawn);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Black Cardstock (American Crafts); Pattern Paper (Concord & 9th);

Other:  Clear Drops (Concord & 9th);

Inspired by Sunday Stamps on a Sunday

Alright, admittedly created this card on a Saturday, but posting on a Sunday using the inspiration at Sunday Stamps. I'm not sure I've ever played along here before, but the color palette . . . LOVE!

I can never pick a favorite color, but I do have some favorite color combinations. This one has a been a favorite of mine for years, and in fact, my daughter's room was pink with roses bordering below the ceiling when she was little. She was a fan of pink! 

Shhhh . . . she's 40 now. But I haven't aged as quickly. I'm on a slower track - ha!

Several shades of pink and several shades of green. I think this floral design from Pinkfresh is beautiful.

This is actually the perfect sentiment for my daughter. She's been my wild child. 

Make some time to create something creative!

Debbie

Supplies Used - One Day . . .

Stamps and Dies:  Darling Dahlias and Floral Bunch Stamp Sets (Pinkfresh Studio);

Ink & Embossing:  Bellini, Samba, Lime Rickey and Garden Party (Catherine Pooler Inks); Jet Black (Lawn Fawn);

Paper: Distress White Heavystock (Ranger); Accent Opaque Cardstock; Black Cardstock (American Crafts);

Other:  Clear Loose Gems (Close To My Heart); Darling Dahlias Stencil (Pinkfresh Studio); 

P is for Pink at Little Red Wagon

My card today was inspired by the prompt of pink at Little Red Wagon, and my need to want to create a watercolor background to cut my shaker window from. I used some older product in my stash to create this baby card. 

I used a small cover die to create my shaker, and this one has a maze design that adds some extra interest. I placed the pieces back into the design on top of the shaker window. 

How dare my husband say I don't use my old stuff!

Shake it up for a little celebration. Welcome baby!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Welcome Little One

Stamps and Dies:  A-Maze-ing Mini Cover Plate Die and Oh Baby Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink (Ranger); Midnight and Be Mine Ink (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Solar White (Neenah); Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger); Acetate Sheet (Judikins);

Other: Flamenco Beach and Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Waving Hello

My card today was inspired by the prompt at Time Out Challenges, and I had so much fun creating this scene. 

I've been revisiting some of my Avery Elle stamps and went in that direction for today's card.

I just love the little critters all swimming together. My water was created with pattern paper, which I fussy cut along the waves and then ink blended the top edges.   

I have a love/hate relationship with textured cardstock. As a scrapbooker, I always loved the extra interest it added to a page. But as a card maker today, I don't always love it for ink blended backgrounds, and yet it doesn't stop me from going in that direction. This one felt right, especially when I added the sun, so I stuck with it.  

The baby ducks just make me smile.

Find something that makes you smile today!

Debbie

Supplies Used -  Waving Hello Fox and Chicks

Stamps and Dies:  Outside In Scalloped Stitched Rectangle Dies (Lawn Fawn); Make a Splash Stamp Set and Die (Avery Elle);

Ink & Embossing:  Cummerbund, Fiesta Blue, Chiffon, Limoncello and Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Clear Gloss, Black and White Gel Pens (Sakura);

Paper: Lily White Cardstock (Bazzill); Solar White (Neenah); Scraps of pattern paper from stash;

Other: Corner Rainbow and Slimline Cloudy Stencil (Lawn Fawn); Confetti (Pretty Pink Posh); Crystal Stickles (Ranger); 

More Christmas in July - Lawn Fawnatics

More Christmas in July, but this time from Lawn Fawnatics! 

I had to go mouse theme . . . and why not do some fun folds using an interactive die.

The front of my card was an aerial view, but then the inside . . .

A little bit of picture window magic with some additional skating mice. My fave is the mouse doing the jump and staying mid-air (or at least that's the story in my head). 

I hope you find some time in July to play with your Christmas products. Keep it merry!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Holidays

Stamps and Dies:  Center Picture Window Frames, Mice on Ice Stamp Set and Dies and Say What Christmas Critters Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic Markers;

Paper: Knit Picky Pattern Paper (Lawn Fawn); Red Cardstock (Papertrey); Solar White (Neenah); Diamond Stickles (Ranger)

Christmas in July

It's Christmas in July at Sweet Stampin', and I'm always up for creating a holiday card to increase my stash. 

I went simple for this card, unless you count the masking to get that tree in the pick-up. 

A simple card with lots of stamping. 

Happy Christmas in July to you and your crafty supplies.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Jingle All the Way

Stamps and Dies:  Sleigh Ride Stamp Set and Merry Mini Cover Plate Die (Catherine Pooler);

Ink & Embossing:  Rockin' Red, Grass Skirt, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler) and Black (American Crafts);

Other: Silver Stickles (Ranger);