For you, Love.

Good morning, friends!

Valentines Day is right around the corner and that means love is in the air ;)

That means its time to whip up some quick Valentine's projects! Quick because its now less than a month away.

EEEK!

On top of it just being Valentines day, it's also my son's GOLDEN birthday. How in the heck did he get so old. 14!

While I have a mini crisis, lets talk Try Stampin' on Tuesday's new Tic Tac Toe Challenge!

I decided to go diagonal on the tic tac toe board:

Have you ever made an eclipse card? They can be as easy or hard as you want to make them. I chose the easy route, trying to stay as simplistic as I could and really like how it turned out. My original plan was to have a banner on the bottom but didn't have a sentiment suitable for what I had in mind. 

The sentiment is from the old trusty "Thoughtful Branches" which was a limited supply stamp available a few years ago. 

I'm still sad it never made it into a catalog. Le sighhhhh. 

I hope to see you playing along with the challenge. Remember, you can play along in the TSOT Facebook Group or on the Blog. 

Have a stamptastic day!

-Jayme

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Thoughtful Branches Photopolymer Stamp Set

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A little old and new from TSOT

Good morning everyone! 

I have a fun challenge to share as part of the Try Stampin' On Tuesday design team! 

This one was an easy one for my brain! Don't you just love those? The optional challenge for this was to use 'old and new'. I think I used more old than new, honestly haha!

I took it waaaaaaaay back with this Real Red polka dot paper, from a christmas Simply Scrappin' kit from,  if I had to guess, 2008/09? So old, check! 

I haven't invested in the new Hexagon Textured impressions folder, so I used my old Honeycomb folder. I still love the impression that this one makes. I also used the retired "Best of Shelli" 25 year celebration stamp set. I keep this set around because the textures are pretty great. I love Shelli's stamping style and go back to her blog every now and again just to see what she's been up to.

So what's new? I'm pretty sure the only new thing on this card is the Stitched Framelets dies and burlap ribbon! (and the paper, obviously- but that could be iffy as well since I have a hoard of scraps) Also, not pictured, I used the sentiment from Watercolor Wishes kit 'You're amazing' for the inside with the little hearts. I also traced the heart with the fine tip glue pen to accent it a little more.

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope you have a stamptasic day!!

If you aren't following me on social media, your'e missing a good time! (haha!) But, here's my shameless plug to checkout my facebook page! I post there more in real time, so check it out!


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Sweet Valentine for Retro Rubber Challenge

Hey there!

Today I was stumbling along blogs and came across this GREAT one, the Retro Rubber Challenge blog!! It's a safe place for those of us who keep old stamps! (haha, most blogs are safe, but often I feel bad showcasing retired products because they are hard to find now days--Ebay is where you go to find them or to the number of craft resale pages, haha) 

Naturally I had to play along because I have a TON of old stamps! To play in the challenges, the stamps have to be at least 1 year old. 

Here's what I came up with!

I used 'Love You Much' by Stampin' Up! It was in the 2008-09 Idea Book and Catalog. Here is another time I've used this stamp set, way back in 2011. It's my go-to for Valentines for some reason, even though I'm not a huge fan of the crooked looking 'Love' image. For the red, white and pink colors, I chose Rose Red, Blushing Bride, Pool Party for a pop and then Whisper White. The layout is from Sweet Sunday Stamps Sketch #3. 

To add a little dimension, I embossed the Blushing Bride paper with the Hexagon embossing folder and also stamped the hearts in the background in Rose Red. 

Just as I finished adding finishing touches to this card with my Wink of Stella Pen, it blew up and left a huge GOB of glittery-watery mess so apart this card came and the birds and the Rose Red layer of the 'Hugs and kisses" pile had to come up and be re-stamped. Note: don't squeeze Wink of Stella too much. I thought it was good until it dribbled. All. Over. Sigh... 

Quick tip: If you have an unfortunate incident where layers need to be removed after using the Snail adhesive, lightly hit it with a heat gun, it'll warm the adhesive and remove without damage! 

Supplies:

Paper: Rose Red, Whisper White, Pool Party, Blushing Bride

Inks: Same plus Black Stazon

Stamps: Love you Much (2008) 

Accessories: Wink of Stella, Hexagon embossing folder, dimensionals, aqua painter. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a retro-stamptastic day! 

Valentine's and Candy Mashup!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Today at the Friday Mashup we have a super fun theme to play along with, Candy and Valentines! Seems like a natural combo to me!

Also, doesn't this picture look delicious. (even if you despise candy hearts..blech!)

The Mashup Challenge this week is:

• Create a project for your Valentine. 
• Create a project featuring a Candy image. 
• or Mash it Up!! and create a V-day Candy themed project. 

We can't wait to see what you create.. The challenge will end on Friday Feb. 17th @6pm est. 

Here's what I came up with:

I CASED this card from HERE. I loved EVERYTHING about the layout! I just changed up my papers and added that little candy piece up top (which is hard to see in the picture since I used mesh wrapper ends).  The paper is the retired 'Stacked with Love' DSP paired with some Coastal Cabana accents. I love DSP stacks because all the hard work of coming up with a color theme is done for you and the papers work together beautifully. Finally, the stamps are from the Jan 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit and some added rhinestones helps finish off the card. 

I hope you play along with the Friday Mashup for this challenge. I LOVE to see all the creativity that our site inspires! Also, tell your friends to play too! 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a stamptastic day!

Super fast Card Streak Roundup!

Hey friends! I'm minutes away from headed out of town and wanted to post all the cards that I've finished since the last roundup! Here goes!

If you have any questions about ANYTHING leave a comment and I'll get back to you!

Day 22! Playing along with the Share Joy Challenge!

Day 21! Emboss resist technique

Day 20! Banner Blast fun!

Day 19! Had an Oprah moment! Hahah

Be sure to follow me on Facebook for the streaks as they go live!

I'm outta here! Wish me luck playing 4 games of roller derby down south!

Have a great weekend!

Happy New Year!!!

Holy cats, friends! 

Can you believe it's 2016!!

I feel like my blogging dropped off a cliff the month of December! Wow!

I had EVERY intention of catching up, but it just slid down the priority (maybe Festivus) pole.

I'd say the new year brings peace and relaxation, but it will be exactly the opposite. We have back to back birthdays (Jan, Feb, and 2 March) with sprinklings of holidays in-between. My son's middle school wrestling season is kicking off with 2 matches a week until February! I have derby games scattered between Fairbanks and Anchorage and back, and I feel like we just won't be home in January.

See you guys in Feb! Haha, just kidding!

To keep with the madness, I've committed to some health and crafting goals to kick off the new year!

--I'm going to do a 365-day run streak of at least a mile per day.

--I'm going to make a card or other small and quick project a day (quick is KEY here folks!)

Also continue to workout, be a better derby player yada yada.......
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Since I haven't blogged since early December, here's a quick round up of what I've been doing:

Card a day, Day 1!

Quick NYE Celebratory card!

January Swap group card

December Paper Pumpkin

November Paper Pumpkin

Outside of gift card holder for an adopted family by our roller derby league

Inside of GC holder

Gorgeous ornament made for a friend, inspired by Billie Moan of Rambling Rose Studios

October Paper Pumpkin

Stash of cards that I cleaned out for Christmas cards this year

Adorable little girl's birthday card

Are you still with me? Phew! I'm glad you made it!!

If you have ANY questions about any of my cards, feel free to comment and I'll post the information. Right now it's too much to dig up for ALL of them, ha!

Thanks for stopping by and have a stamptastic NEW YEAR!!