20 Cards in a Tin - Day FIVE - Tasty Treats

WHOOPS....I never pushed the PUBLISH button...it's been sitting as a draft ALL DAY!!! 

Hello everyone! Hope your day is coming along well! I woke up at 4am this morning with a start...thinking I had forgotten my daughters hair appointment yesterday!! This morning I texted our stylist and indeed I had! That's TWICE...two weeks in a row! YIKES...I'm such a scatter brain lately! This is gonna be one expensive haircut once she finally gets it done...if I miss, I still pay because it totally messes up their day...they could have scheduled someone else...and it's the right thing to do! I've decided I REALLY need to learn how to use my phone for more than taking pictures and am determined NOT to miss another appointment! I only have two kiddos at home...not seven...and I'm LESS organized! Maybe that's the problem...I need more chaos to be more organized! Now there's a thought.....

Well...I do have another card from my 20 Cards in Tin class...ENJOY!!!

This cute birthday card is made with the Tasty Treats designer paper.  There is one glossy piece with ice cream cones and one glossy piece with strawberries on it.  I chose the ice cream cone...OBVIOUSLY!!  The card base is Watermelon Wonder. Both the cardstock and the designer paper are retiring on May 31st. The designer paper pack is LOW ON INVENTORY because it's on sale for $7.80 a pack...don't miss out!

I also used the Frozen Treats framelits to make the chocolate ice cream cone adding it to a Stitched Circle (cut with the Stitched Shapes framelits) along with a birthday sentiment! The sentiment is from the Cake Crazy stamp set which is also retiring at the end of the month! 

My daughter actually took this card today to give to a girlfriend for her birthday today. It says CELEBRATE on the inside and has a stamped ice cream cone on the envelope...but she I took her to school before I get a photo! SORRY!

Well...I hope you are INSPIRED to CREATE today....or maybe have an ICE CREAM CONE! Have a wonderful day no matter which you choose! Thanks so very much for stopping by so I can share what I love to do!

~Today's Thought~

"Make-It Monday" You Made My Day

Hey there...I'm back with a "Make-It Monday". I went down to Happy Valley with a friend to see another AMAZING friend who is cleaning out and preparing for a craft yard sale of another friend of ours who passed away.  Our friend was a VERY TALENTED paper crafter and quilter with such a humble and quiet spirit! She was always there to share her talents and wisdom with the rest of us! When I put my TREASURES away in my workshop I couldn't help but think that she was smiling down, knowing that they were in a place where lots of paper crafting fun will happen, some quilts will be made and friendships will be grown and cherished. I can't wait to get out there and put it all together! I have home group tonight, so I won't be able to do it tonight...but there's tomorrow!

Here's today's "Make-It Monday"

  

"Make-It Monday": You Made My Day basket card created with Stampin' Up! products All images © 1990-2017 Stampin’ Up!®  Image & page number of the full stamp set shown below the project instructions. Supplies: Stamp :  Basket Bunch Photopolymer Bundle [144731] or Basket Bunch [143186] and Basket Builder Framelits Dies [143228] Ink :  Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323] , Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953], Basic Black Archival Stampin' Pad [140931] Card Stock & Paper  Old Olive [100702] , Whisper White [100730] , Tip Top Taupe [138336], Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper [141632] Other:  Aqua Painters [103954] , SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] , Glue Dots [103683], Linen Thread [104199], Pearl Basic Jewels [119247] , Dimensionals [104430], Big Shot [143263]  Measurements: Old Olive: 5 ½ x 8 ½ “, 3 ¼  x 3 ¼” Whisper White CS: 4  x 5 ¼ ”; 3 x 3”; ½ x 3 ¼ “; scrap for stamping leaves and apples Tip Top Taupe: scraps Designer Series Paper: 2 pieces 1 ¼  x 4” Instructions: Stamp smaller egg and leaf image several times in Basic Black ink on a scrap piece of Whisper White paper. Using Watermelon Wonder ink and Aqua Painter – color the eggs to create apples. Do the same with leafs using Old Olive ink. Die cut with Framelits. Die cut 2 different basket shapes using Tip Tap Taupe. Stamp grass in Old Olive on 3 x 3 piece of Whisper White. Adhere to Old Olive piece.  Add apples and leaves to the top. Adhere the basket shape (the one with the holes) on top of solid basket. Adhere basket with Dimensionals over the apples. Set aside. Randomly stamp leaves in Old Olive in a center part of 4 x 5 ¼ piece of Whisper White.  Lightly color them with Aqua Painter and Old Olive ink. Adhere Designer Series Paper to the top and bottom of whisper white piece. Create a card by scoring Old Olive card stock at 4 ¼. Adhere piece from step 3 to the card front. Adhere piece from step 2 (with basket) to the center of the card with Dimensionals Stamp sentiment on Whisper White strip in Watermelon Wonder ink. Adhere to the bottom of the card. Embellish with pearls. Tie a bow from Linen Thread and add to the basket with glue dot.

Basket Bunch stamp set and Basket Builder Framelits Dies (occasions catalog, page 18) Basket Bunch is retiring May 31. Click on the image below to see it in my online store. Thanks bunches for stopping by TWICE today! Join me again tomorrow for Day FIVE of my 20 Cards and a Tin creations!! ~Today's Thought~

20 Cards in a Tin - Day FOUR - Watercolor Butterflies

Good Morning everyone and HAPPY MONDAY! I hope you had a WONDERFUL Mother's Day. Mine was full of joy mixed with a bit of heartache, but the ache was overtaken by happiness as I heard from most of my children, enjoyed a BBQ, celebrated my mother-in-law and had a corn hole "tournament" with our pastor, his beautiful pregnant wife and their three kiddos! We enjoyed blue skies with big, white puffy clouds and dark skies shouting a storm is coming...but it never came. We continued to toss our corn hole bags, eat delicious food (did I mention it's strawberry season and we had strawberry pie) and thank God for family, friends and His many blessings!

Today is Day FOUR of my 20 Cards in a Tin class. I'm also using this card in my workshops this month because it is one of my favorites! If you have time, let me know what you think!

This GORGEOUS card has a Very Vanilla card base. The first layer is Island Indigo with the top layer being Watercolor paper. To get this look you simply color your embossing folder (I used the Fluttering Textured Impressions embossing folder) with your Stampin' Write Markers. Using the brush end, I colored the INDENTED side of the embossing folder.  Either side will work, but for this card I chose the indented side. Next, I spritzed it with water, laid the watercolor paper on top and ran it through the embossing folder. It's a STUNNING look! It needed just a little something so I added a Perfect Plum butterfly that I punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch.  The sentiment is from the Basket of Wishes stamp set and is stamped in Island Indigo! 

On the inside of the card I used the Papillon Potpourri stamp set to stamp a butterfly in Perfect Plum. Next, I used the Bitty Butterfly punch to punch another butterfly out of vellum and added some Basic Rhinestones to match the butterfly on the front! SU vellum is THE BEST...thick enough to punch without cracking! I LOVE IT!!!


I'll be back this afternoon to share today's "Make-It Monday"...but for now, I'm headed down the mountain to meet up with a friend! HAVE A FABULOUS DAY and THANKS BUNCHES for stopping by!

~Today's Thought~

Mom...IT'S YOUR DAY...

...and maybe find a little bit of time to CREATE!!!

Time in the Garden...

WOW!!! What an amazing day! It was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! I spent the entire day cleaning out my flower beds and planting new flowers. It's gonna be so gorgeous once the plants grow! Planting my flower beds is good therapy for me...just like CREATING in my workshop!  Now...it's 7:30pm, dinner is finished and I'm heading out to my workshop to get ready for my class on Wednesday!  I hope you're having a WONDERFUL WEEKEND and that you find time to CREATE!!!

~Today's Thought~

20 Cards in a Tin - Day THREE - Layering Love

Hello there! It's Friday...the weekend is here and it's Mother's Day...are you ready? It's my first mother's day without my mom...strange feeling. We're going to barbecue, play some corn hole and have my mother-in-law over after church. It should be a very relaxing and FUN day! First though...I have to go down the mountain to grocery shop...Costco, Winco and R&R Meats are all on my agenda today. I was thinking about grocery shopping last night as I made my list and remembered the first time I went to Winco. For those of you who don't have one, it's a store that you bag your own groceries and I had never been to one. I made it through the shopping with my one month old daughter, my 2 1/2 year old son and Grandma Watson. She had a full cart and mine was overflowing. We get to check out and the baby starts crying (she's hungry)...I'm leaking milk and dripping in sweat because I'm trying to hurry to bag groceries...and I'm a little stressed! Finally, we finish and get out to the car to unload and I discover that my son (who was in the cart with my purse) had eaten an entire pack of Trident gum...eaten and swallowed!! His diaper smelled like spearmint for THREE DAYS! I, ABSOLUTELY called my mom to tell her gum DOES NOT stay in your stomach for seven years if you swallow it!! I giggle every time I think of this day...it's a great memory! I hope you giggle too!

Now...on to today's card!

This is the card I'm going to give my mom-in-law. The background is from the Cupcakes & Carousels designer paper pack. I inked the edges with Early Espresso and a dauber. The sentiment is from the Layering Love stamp set. I stamped it on Very Vanilla cardstock cut with the Stitched Shapes framelits. I punched a flower with Pansy punch from scrap Cupcakes & Carousels designer paper. The center of the flower is Early Espresso cardstock cut with the 3/4" Circle punch and dry embossed with the Elegant Dots embossing folder. I also cut the butterfly from scrap Cupcakes & Carousels designer paper using the Bitty Butterfly punch. I inked the edges of the flower but somehow forgot the butterfly and the sentiment, but it still looks GREAT!! 

I just love this card...the colors, the layout, the sentiment! I used it in last Sunday's Facebook Hop...the theme was Mother's Day. I'm sure gonna miss the Cupcakes & Carousels designer paper....it's on sale right now (and retiring) for $6.00...I think I'll stock up!

Well...thanks bunches for stopping by today! Have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND...enjoying family and friends...MAYBE even sneaking in a little time to CREATE!!

~Today's Thought~

20 Cards in a Tin - Day TWO - Blank Card

Good morning folks! What a difference a day makes...yesterday it was 85 degrees (I'm not ready for summer) and today it's gonna be 60 degrees (almost the perfect temperature). Gotta love this little mountain town that I live in...I feel so blessed!! Yesterday I had to go down the mountain to see my optometrist! I was thrilled to find out that my prescription hasn't changed and I don't need new glasses! FIRST time since I began wearing glasses that my appointment only cost me $10.00! I just can't quit smiling...especially because it's NEW CATALOG time! Please message me if you need a catalog and I will put one in the mail...those of you who attend my workshops...I'll personally hand you yours and the end of class!  

Well...I'm back with another card from my 20 Cards in a Tin class. It's a blank card that can be used for any occasion! I can't wait to do another class like this....we had a blast! 

I used the Botanical Gardens designer paper for the first layer of this card. Sadly it is no longer available but we have some beautiful new designer paper in the new catalog that I want to recreate this card with. You can also make your own gingham, in your FAVORITE color using the Brushstrokes background stamp (a future card). I used Stylish Stems framelits for the flower and leaf, the May Flowers framelits or the Flourish thinlits would work beautifully as well. There are also a couple of new framelits which are FABULOUS...so expect to see this card layout again...it's a simple sketch and goes together so easily. The Stitched Shapes framelits are being carried over and I am so HAPPY...I have been using them so much lately!!! 

Have I told recently how much I love what I do and how much I love sharing what I do with you? Thanks so much for following along and allowing me to inspire you!

Have a FANTASTIC day!

~Today's Thought~