A Blog Called Wanda

Hero Arts 'Oh What Fun' Holiday Blog Hop!

I HAVE THREE BLOG POSTS TODAY!! PLEASE SCROLL UP OR DOWN TO SEE EACH ONE - THERE ARE PRIZES AND FUN FOR EVERYONE!

It's time once again for the awesome blog hop we do yearly to launch the Winter/Holiday/Christmas Catalog from Hero Arts! All the products are live now in the Hero Arts Store and at your favorite online stores! Yay! The them and title of this year's catalog is "Oh What Fun!" and that is exactly right. All the new products are fun and fresh and pretty. Ready for you to start your Winter projects. I definitely had fun creating two cards to share with you today! Please be sure to read my entire post for links, prizes and blog hop information. There's a lot going on today! Thanks for stopping by my blog to see what I made for you. Hope you're enjoying the hop so far. 

When I saw the catalog, the first thing I wanted was the Christmas Sweater die! I love it! I know I am going to use this die quite a bit. I am for sure one who wears a crazy Christmas sweater during holiday time! I combined the sweater die with the pretty Snowflake Cluster Die and some bright colors for my first card. 

 

 

 

The finished card is an A2 white card base. I layered kraft on top of the white card, and splattered it with white paint for a snowy look. I die cut the sweater three times: red, white and green. I layered the green onto the hem and collar and tree. The cuffs are white. I used a yellow Copic Marker to color the star. I die cut two of the Snowflake Clusters to place under the sweater.

 

The sentiment was heat embossed in white powder onto black cardstock. I cut it into two pieces for a fun look on my card.

 

I added some snow to the tree and mounted a cute red heart onto the center.

 

 

 

Next up is a simple and easy graphic card made with the Merry Christmas Message die as the focal point. I die cut it from sparkling silver cardstock! The finished card is an A2 card base, layered with hot pink and silver. LOVE. It's like a blast from the past and the sixties! Love the lime green and hot pink together.

 

The holly leaves come with the Merry Christmas die. I die cut them twice from pink and green and attached them to the card with foam tape. I used Strawberry Nuvo Drops for the holly berries.

 

The sentiment was stamped in rich black ink in the upper right hand corner. I added more Nuvo drops as accents around the card. 

 

 

 

 

PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT! Hero Arts will be giving away $50 gift cards to the Hero Arts shop to TWO lucky winners drawn from all comments left across the hop. Comment by August 31 at 11:59 PST. Winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week! Good Luck!

Thanks for coming by on this fun blog hop day to celebrate Hero Arts! The full hop list is at the bottom of my post. CLICK HERE to see the supply links or CLICK the graphic below. (Affiliate Links Used). I hope you have a great day! Happy Hopping! XOXO

CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE NEW CATALOG!

 

FULL BLOG HOP LIST FOR TODAY!

Hero Arts
Caly Person
Debby Hughes
Debi Adams
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Janette Kausen
Jenn Shurkus
Jennifer McGuire
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Julee Tilman
Laura Bassen
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Mariana Grigsby
Nichol Spohr
Wanda Guess
Yana Smakula

Pretty Pink Posh August Release Blog Hop!

I HAVE THREE BLOG POSTS TODAY!! PLEASE SCROLL UP OR DOWN TO SEE EACH ONE - THERE ARE PRIZES AND FUN FOR EVERYONE!

Hi there everyone! Welcome to the new release blog hop for the Pretty Pink Posh August 2019 Release! Everything is super cute and ready for Fall and Autumn! (Which you know is my favorite!) Thanks for coming by the hop today to help us celebrate the beautiful new products! My supplies for today and the full blog hop list are at the bottom of my post. AND....prize information is there too! Yipppeeeee! CLICK HERE to shop the new release from Pretty Pink Posh!

For my card today, I combined a couple of stamp sets, and a new die cut too! I made a pretty and cheerful Autumn greeting sure to make someone smile. I used Copic Markers as my coloring medium, but also used a bit of distress ink to blend a background. The finished card is an A2 card in bright white Neenah cardstock. 

 

 

 

I started with a white card base and then layered kraft paper and then a layer of white again. That top layer was inked with Distress inks in blue and green to add just a hint of color behind the scene. I die cut the awesome new fence die from woodgrain cardstock from my stash. I stamped and die cut the scarecrow, the sunflowers and the pumpkins (they are a part of a larger stamp!) I colored everything with Copic Markers. You can see that scarecrow has on a gingham shirt! I made that by paper piecing a tiny bit of gingham paper.

 

The pumpkins were snipped out of a larger stamp! This is a fun technique to use for accent pieces for your cards. I really just thought he needed some pumpkins at his feet. LOL! I fussy cut this part out which was super easy.

I stamped a second scarecrow and cut the hat out and colored it the same as the main image. I popped it up with a tiny bit of foam tape. This adds a little something to the card. Lastly I attached everything to the card with glue and foam tape. Those sunflowers are just soooooo pretty! I love everything in this new release. 

 

 

 

 

PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT! there are FOUR $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two winners each day). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 8/28/2019. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog! Good luck!

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies I used for this project! (Affiliate Links Used). I am wishing you a blessed and beautiful day! Thanks for coming by and joining us on this fun blog hop! The hop list is below! Have fun seeing all the beautiful projects! XOXO

PRETTY PINK POSH BLOG HOP LIST!

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Laura Bassen
Megan Quinn
Angelica Conrad
Gemma C.
Susie Moore
Ardyth Percy- Robb
Suzy Plantamura
Keeway Tsao
Sharna Waksmulski
Melody Rupple
Alix Davis
Wanda Guess  

The Greetery "Get Cozy, Get Crafty' August 2019 New Release!

I HAVE THREE BLOG POSTS TODAY!! PLEASE SCROLL UP OR DOWN TO SEE EACH ONE - THERE ARE PRIZES AND FUN FOR EVERYONE!

Welcome to Day 4 of the Release Week for THE GREETERY August 2019 New Release! Today is the final day of product introductions and inspiration! All the new products will go on sale tomorrow, August 23, at 10am EST! Have you been following along all week? Do you have a long wish list? I love it all, because it's all cozy and pretty and so unique - as only Betsy can do! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I am sharing a card made with the Autumn Sketches stamps, the Cozy Cup stamps, and the new Coaster dies. It all works together beautifully. POP over to The Greetery Blog to see everything from the week!

I love a pumpkin spice latte as much as anyone so I made that the theme of my card. A pretty latte, with fall leaves in the background, and warm tones of gold and orange. I love aqua with my Fall colors - it just looks so nice as a complimentary color. My finished card is an A2 kraft card base. Lots of layers of cream and gold cardstock too. Let's look! 

 

The Autumn Sketches stamps are the most beautiful sprays of leaves...Oh my!! I stamped and die cut the leaves cluster using gold, orange and brown inks. It was so easy to get a beautiful result the first time. Betsy has designed everything to work perfectly. No stress. This was my first stamping of these images. Crisp and beautiful.

I stamped the coffee cup, the latte art, and the spoon and die cut them out. Then I used two colors to die cut the pretty coaster. The detail is incredible!! And, I LOOOOVE how the sentiments wrap around the cut. It's soooooo pretty! The sentiments are awesome in this set. And a pretty, delicate font. 

This card has lots of layers! Kraft card base, then gold cardstock, then cream cardstock, then another cream layer! THEN...the coasters and the cup. LOL! Yes, I love layers! I used a small glass and some distress ink to create coffee rings on the first cream layer! I also splattered brown ink on the two layers.

 

 

Here's a close up of the coaster die pieces. That quilting effect is really nice.

 

 

 

 

I used lots of foam tape to put it all together. This card makes me feel all warm and cozy.

 

 

 

Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win a $50 gift card to The Greetery!! Directions are below! Good Luck! Thanks for stopping by today to learn about The Greetery's new release! CLICK HERE for my supply list for today or click the graphic below (Affiliate Links Used). Have a wonderful day! Scroll to the bottom to see the full list of designers' with inspiration for you today! XOXO

• Comment on The Greetery blog for one entry (one comment per person)
• Comment on my blog and the other designers' blogs for more entries (one comment per person, per blog)
• Comments close at Midnight on Thursday, August 22
• Winners will be posted at 7am ET on Friday, August 23rd on THE GREETERY blog

LIST OF DESIGNERS FOR TODAY'S INSPIRATION PROJECTS!

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Keeway Tsao

Angelica Conrad

Wanda Guess

Norine Borys

Lizzie Jones

Spellbinders Holiday 2019 Collection Blog Hop!

Ho Ho Ho and Merry Merry! Welcome to my stop on the Spellbinders Holiday Blog Hop! Nice to see you bright and cheery on this Monday! This is going to be an amazing blog hop. So many cute products and so many great projects from everyone! You should have arrived here from Nichol's awesome blog! If you get lost along the way, you can start over at the Spellbinders Blog to catch up! We are all featuring the new collection for Holiday 2019! CLICK HERE to see all the new stuff! I am so excited to share my card, because it was fun to create, and I love how it turned out! Be sure to read to the end of this post for prize info, supply links and the next link!

This finished card is an A2 white card base. I layered red paper and then pretty striped paper. The top layer is a double layer actually, of two stitched rectangles. Then the feature is those coooooool snow globe dies. 

 

 

Here's a close up of my scene! It was a lot of pieces, but really sooo easy to put together! I used scraps from the scrap bin and it's so cute! The trees and deer were cut from white paper and then colored with Distress Inks. Everything else is cut from cardstock pieces. 

 

Here's a close up of the paper layers... The sentiment is an oldie from my stash - sorry to say it's been discontinued from SSS. 

 

I die cut some snowflakes and gently inked them with Distress Ink. I used white paint to add snow to the pieces...

 

 

 

For my finishing touches, I used some clear gems to highlight the snowflakes and the bow. I always like to add some sparkle to my cards.

 

 

Next stop on the hop is Jean's Blog! Thank you so much for stopping by today! Nice to see you! CLICK HERE to shop the new collection!

PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT PRIZE ALERT! To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, August 25th 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the Spellbinders blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today's project! (Affiliate Links Used). Have a happy day and enjoy the hop! XO

The Greetery Lemon Blossoms! And Inspiration Team Announcement!

Hey there my crafty and creative friends! How's your week been so far?? It's going to be 107 degrees here today! I'm staying inside, that's for sure! Yikes. One last blast of Summer before Fall comes! It's been a good week here. Lots going on, lots to create and photograph. Today I'm popping in to share a card and a super fun announcement! Betsy has invited me to join her very first "The Greetery" Design and Inspiration Team! Woot! I'm so excited to work with her on a regular basis and with the other gals on the team (See graphic below)! I will be helping launch the new releases! I am SO super ready for the August release, coming next week. I know you're going to LOVE it! I have the stamps already, and you're going to be inspired to create! Please head over to The Greetery Blog to see Betsy's post! 

In honor of the DT announcement today I made a sweet Summer card in pretty lemon yellow and vivid blue. I love that color combination. It's always perfect. I inked up the Lemon Blossom stamp set for the first time. It's such a pretty stamp set! 

 

Happy to see my face in this lineup! So many of my favorite crafters!

 

This finished card is a white A2 card base. I die cut the Crimped Dies into a rectangle and used pretty Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink to make my blue background. It fades darker to lighter from left to right, but I only used the one color of ink. (This was going to be a horizontal card with the color fading from top to bottom but then I changed my mind!) Then I splattered that blue panel with white ink. The gingham is my favorite paper from Sunny Studio! I mean, c'mon, I had to use yellow gingham right??

 

I stamped and die cut the lemons, slices, flowers and leaves using my go-to inks. I heat embossed the sentiment with Versamark and white embossing powder. It pops off that blue!

I affixed the blue layer with foam tape onto the gingham and the card base. The lemons, etc. are also attached to the card with foam tape. I used some clear droplets as my finishing touch.

 

 

When life gives you lemon stamps, make lemon cards! LOL!

 

These layered stamps are SO easy to line up! Betsy has thought of everything!! Easy to get these beautiful results.... The lemon slices could be limes, or grapefruits or oranges too! 

That's it for me today! Thank you for coming by to visit! I hope you have a blessed and happy day. CLICK HERE to see the supply list for today, or CLICK on the graphic below (Affiliate Links Used). I will see you back here real soon! XOXO

August Ellen Hutson New Release! Yippeee for Fall and Christmas Crafting!

Hey everybody! Happy Friday! Woot! When you read this, I will be in the car on a road trip to Lake Tahoe! One of my talented, creative entrepreneur friends is an event designer and she has to deliver some flowers for a wedding. So I'm tagging along to help, laugh and have some lunch! I love a good road trip... Should be a gorgeous day! Hope you have a great Friday and a great weekend!

Today I'm very excited to share some projects made with the BRAND NEW August release from Ellen Hutson! Everything just went on sale today at 9am PST! I love August, because it's time to start Fall crafting, and maybe a little Christmas crafting too! This new release features stamps and dies designed by our friend Julie Ebersole. Everything is fun and fresh and awesome! CLICK HERE to see the entire new release!

I made THREE cards! Two Christmas cards and one Halloween card...so you know that means lots of pictures today! Grab some coffee and take a look with me. My process when I get a new stamp release is to lay it all out on my big counter top in my studio. I will also grab my other stamps from that company and sort of look at it all at once. See what my brain starts to put together. I couldn't stop making cards with this release. Yay!

First up is a fun Christmas card featuring an adorable Santa and some pretty pine trees! This finished card is A2 sized with a white card base. 

 

I cut one white layer for this card and die cut it using the Skinny Stripes Die. Then I backed it with pretty red cardstock for contrast. 

 

I stamped and die cut out three trees and one Santa and one Holly leaf cluster. I colored everything with Copic Markers. I used white paint to add some snow to the trees! I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment in black, and some yellow stars. 

 

I used foam tape to assemble everything in layers onto the card.

 

This is a good Christmas card layout because it's flat! Perfect for mailing!

 

Next up is a card with some totally adorable snowmen!!! This finished card is an aqua card base in A2 size. I die cut a stitched rectangle layer for the top layer from white cardstock. 

 

I stamped and die cut three little cutie pie snowmen and colored them with Copics. 

 

I stamped the background in aqua ink. This is a small stamp, and I stamped it 9 times to get the right amount of pattern coverage. I stamped the sentiment in rich black ink.

 

The snowmen were affixed to the card using foam tape!

 

These beautiful snowflakes dies were cut from sparkly silver cardstock. I LOVE red, aqua and silver for Christmas!!

 

 

 

And last, but not least, BOO! A Halloween Card! My first Halloween card of 2019! These stamps are sooooo cute! They are two layer stamping... An outline, and then a solid for the color in the middle. Easy stamping!! This card has a dark grey card base in A2 size.

 

I stamped and die cut out allllll the little shapes! (There are more in the set too! I didn't use them all!) I added some white gel pen highlights and bits of Diamond Stickles onto them also.

 

I cut a white layer for the top part of the card, and splattered it with black ink and a paint brush. Then I die cut the spider webs from black cardstock and glued them down as my background. I laid out everything and then stamped the sentiment. This sentiment stamp set is FUUUUUNNNNNY. 

 

 

 

 

 

All the images were attached with foam tape! POP! You know me, and I looove dimension on my cards!

Okay friends, that's it for today! CLICK HERE to shop the brand new Ellen Hutson Release! I know you're going to find something(s) you love! CLICK HERE for the supply list for today, or click the graphic below. (Affiliate Links Used). Have a great weekend! I will see you soon! XOXO

 

Granny Square Blanket - with pom poms!

Hey everybody! I'm here today with a non-paper crafting project! I'm finally getting around to posting my second baby blanket I crocheted! It was given to the recipient some time ago, but I never got around to posting it. I'm already making another blanket! This one is richer colors, for our family room. I think I'm obsessed with granny squares! I started crocheting about a year ago and it's just a wonderful side hobby for me! I love it because I can crochet in the family room watching tv, or bring a bag with me in the car, and of course attend yarn meetups! I do think that doing granny square blankets is going to by 'my thing' for yarn. It's not too hard, and you don't have to concentrate or count, so you can keep a conversation going at the same time.... 

I really love how this blanket came out. Pretty, soft, baby colors...and that pop of citrusy yellow! Yum. I added a border of scallop stitch to complete the look and then I made some big fluffy pom poms to finish it off! There is no set pattern to use. You start making a granny square (I looked it up on Youtube and in my craft books) and just keep making it bigger until you get the size you want! Easy! This finished blanket is about 4' x 4'. I used two skeins of white, and one skein of all the other colors. My yarn colors are listed in the supply links! This Caron yarn is soft and squishy, and washable. I used an H size crochet hook.

 

Aren't these colors delicious??? Ugghhhhh. You can't go wrong with any color combination!!

 

 

 

Here's a close up of the scallop stitch border and the pom poms!! I tied them on with strings and bows, so they are easily removable for washing.

 

Um, yeah, I might have a thing for pom pom makers!!! This is a photo I took with some different yarn than this project!!! I have every size!!! EEK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I needed to send this blanket away so I made a tag and attached it with a cute little pink pom. I used a manila tag and then wrapped washi tapes around it to make it pretty. Another super easy project.

 

 

That's it for today! Happy Monday! Have a fantastic week my friends!! CLICK HERE to see the supply list for today or CLICK the graphic below. My yarn colors are in the supply list. (Affiliate links used). I will see you later in the week with a brand new release from one of our favorite companies!! XOXO

Watercolor Wildflower Garden!

Hellooooo creative friends! What's new?? I have a really neat project to share today. I've been anxious to post it, but had to get some other things out of the way first, and had to take and edit lots of pictures too! So today's finally the day to show you something I really love! This was what I call an 'all day' project in the studio. I love those! I put on some music, get out tons of supplies, and just slowly create, figuring it out as I go along! Sometimes I envision the card first in my mind and make it. Other times, I just start making something and see what happens. That was the case with today's card. I sat down to watercolor these beautiful wildflower dies... One project was born, and then ultimately turned into a card, with lots of other layers and things! Happy August!

I have one entire Raskog cart in my studio that is all Tim Holtz supplies. All my dies, and embossing folders, and papers and stamps. So when I want to make something vintage-y, I just roll my cart over to the table. Love that. So, here is my watercolor wildflower garden card!

 

The finished card is kraft, A2 sized. Of course, those flowers are bursting over the top, so I'll need an A7 envelope for this one. No worries there! I layered another layer of kraft, which is embossed, on top of the card base. I needed a neutral base for all the color! I made the pocket using the We R Memory Keepers Pocket Punch Board. There are stencils and twine and a butterfly too. I'll walk through my process with the next photos. 

 

In this picture you can see that after I embossed the kraft layer, I splattered it with white paint. I also wrapped it with twine before I attached it to the card base. The pocket was stenciled before it was folded. I added a bit of Tim Holtz Design Tape and then a pretty metal butterly. The sentiment was stamped with a Tim Holtz Stamp Set also. (Supplies are all listed at the bottom of my post).

 

 

 

These are all the flowers before I made them into a card! They were all water colored using Distress Inks! SOOOOO pretty! My husband thought they were real! Ha.

 

These are the dies that I used for the flowers. I die cut all the pieces from watercolor paper to stand up to water and ink!

 

I die cut out lots and lots of pieces so I could have options and try out different color combos.

 

Here they are drying on my table! I use distress inks smashed onto a palette and then use a water brush to pick up the color. Tip: Let one color dry before using a second color so they don't completely blend together. A quick blast from your heat tool will do the trick.

 

 

 

I cut the right size paper and constructed the pretty pocket using my new We R Memory Keepers Pocket Punch Board! It was SO easy to make!!! I'll be using this tool a lot!! I used cream cardstock to make the pocket. Literally it took three minutes. Done!

 

I stenciled the front of the pocket using distress ink and a dauber. 

 

 

 

After I stenciled the pocket, I edged it all around with brown distress ink. I affixed one of the flower/leaf branches onto the front also. Then layered the butterfly on top. I used a tiny bit of white paint on my finger and went over the butterfly.

 

I arranged the flowers together separately and then stapled them together. Then I tucked the entire  bunch into the pocket and glued it in with clear glue. I cut a few stems shorter to make a bouquet! I totally love how this came together!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I first made the flowers, I put them into an old vintage mason jar I had in my stash and took some pictures out in the front yard. This is where my husband said 'where did you get those flowers?' and I said 'I made them!' to which he replied 'of course, I should have known!' LOL. He's been around a while. Ha. (Actually he was with me when I bought my very first rubber stamp in 1994!!!)

 

 

Okay! That was a lot of pictures! I hope you enjoyed learning about this project and how I made it. Also, I hope you have a wonderful day!! Get out and create!! CLICK HERE for the supply list for today, or CLICK the graphic below. (Affiliate links used). I will be back soon with another project to share. Thanks for coming by today. XOXO

Sweet Summertime!

Hi everyone! It's the last week of July already! WOW! I can't believe it. It's definitely Summer. It was over 100 degrees here this weekend and that always makes it seem more like July. We had a fun and relaxing weekend. We took a mini road trip to the ocean on Friday and I'll share some pictures below from our trip. We are so lucky to be able to drive to so many places in one day. Saves money on hotels and such. We love to escape to the water when it's hot here. We have our routine all set. Chairs, towels, sunscreen, cooler....all piled in the car and ready to go. My husband and I travel so well together. It's a joy to have long conversations in the car and get a change of scenery. 

My post today is alllll about sweet summertime. My card is full of ice creams! I colored these images for National Ice Cream Day a week or so ago. Now I've made them into a card using a technique I've been wanting to try for a while - inlaid die cuts. The stamps are from Avery Elle. I didn't do a supply list, since unfortunately the stamps are discontinued now. The set I used is called "The Scoop" if you want to look for it! It's so fun, I was surprised when I couldn't find it to make a list. You could easily make this card with any other ice cream set though. The finished card is A2 sized.

 

First I stamped four ice cream cones and stamped their little faces on them! Then I die cut them out with the matching dies, and colored them with pastel Copic Marker shades. I added white gel pen highlights too. I love the soft colors!! 

 

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder onto black cardstock. I like the contrast of this!! I used some pink and white gingham from my stash to completely cover the front of the card base. I die cut a stitched rectangle from white cardstock for the top layer. 

 

I used washi tape to tape the dies to the stitched rectangle and die cut out four matching shapes to the images I colored. Then I mounted the top layer to the card using foam tape. The final step is putting the colored images into the cut outs! Reminded me of playing the "Operation" game! LOL. Makes a nice look, don't you think??

 

Here are my Copic Marker Choices!

 

You are SO SWEET! 

 

For our mini road trip on Friday we drove down Highway One through Half Moon Bay to Capitola, Moss Landing and Santa Cruz! It was a glorious day, perfect cool weather and a nice mix of fog and sun. Had the sun roof open on the car and the tunes blasting! NOTHING makes me happier than being by the ocean. I'm attaching some of my favorite photos from the day....Hope you enjoy them!

This is Capitola Beach from up above looking down on the wharf and town. This is the cutest town! It was really crowded! 

 

We drove down to the Moss Landing Wildlife Sanctuary and guess what??? SEA OTTERS!!!! There were about ten of them swimming around, playing and eating. We watched them for a long time! SOOOOO cute. One of them was jumping in and out of the water like a dolphin! And they were wrestling each other. You can kayak there and the kayakers were able to get super close to them! We were on the shore and they came about ten feet from us. OMG I was smiling so big!! 

 

 

 

We drove back to spend the rest of the day in Santa Cruz. We grabbed some early dinner and then headed over to the Boardwalk. I have soooo many good memories from the Beach Boardwalk here. I actually started crying when we walked in. All these memories just flooded me. My family is from the coast and my Aunts and Uncles used to bring me here and let me ride all the rides and spoil me! Some of my best childhood memories. I hadn't been here in ages. 

 

First stop....DOLE WHIP! YUM!

 

The sunset on Friday night was mixed with a perfect layer of fog, and it was the most beautiful purple/pink color. I love fog and usually you don't get fog AND a sunset, but we got both. Magical light!!! 

 

We tried some fun long exposure photos on the rides. This one was my favorite of those. Captures the action!! 

 

 

The Big Dipper!

That's it for me today! Have a wonderful happy week! One of my favorite people is flying in from Florida this week and on Wednesday we're going wine tasting and champagne sipping in Napa all day. I am SO EXCITED!!! Take care my friends. I will see you back here real soon. XOXO

Vintage Florals with the July Mini Release from The Greetery!

Hi everyone! I'm popping in with a vintage feeling card made with the July Mini Release from The Greetery! I'll be teaming up with Betsy and The Greetery once a month or so to feature a project made with the brand new releases. YAY! So excited about this partnership with one of my favorite crafters! This past week The Greetery did a Mini Release! Just a few carefully selected products to go along with the rest of the Summer release. Gorgeous new dies that I used today (Sunflower Botanicuts) and the pretty new Crimped Rectangles. I chose to make a vintage vibed card with watercolors and old music...it was such a joy to create, and now I get to share with all of you!

CLICK HERE to go to The Greetery to see all the pretty new items! I used some new and some previously released stamps and dies. You know I love to combine lots of different things on my cards! The water coloring and inking was done with Mini Distress Inks. I found the perfect ink combo to use with the mason jar stamps too! Let's get to it! The finished card is A2 sized and a white card base. I shot my card photos at the nursery! My entire card was inspired by my love of Black Eyed Susan flowers!! SO instead of making sunflowers, I made BES! 

 

I started with a white card base. Then I layered a kraft layer die cut with the new dies. SO pretty! I have this old book of sheet music that I use for projects, so I tore off a page of that and layered it. Then a crisp and pretty white doily. Everything vintage!

 

I stamped the mason jar (this is three step stamping) onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock. And used the matching die to cut it out. Then I die cut several flowers and leaves pieces out of the Bristol also. I used shades of yellow, green and brown Mini Distress Inks to color all the pieces. To achieve the look I wanted, I cut some of the assembled flowers in half!! I love how that looks!

 

The red heart was colored with Distress Ink. It's a VERY VERY old hand punch from my stash. I still have a few of those left!! I splattered brown and white ink over everything. I inked the edges of all the pieces too.

 

I used a pretty basics die and the Birthday Suite stamps to make a tag for my flower bouquet! 

 

Here's a close up of everything!

 

 

 

And, finally, my inspiration for today's project!! I am obsessed with rich, golden, Summer yellow right now! I bought three shirts lately and they are all this color!! It's the perfect transition from Summer to early Autumn...SO beautiful. God's hand over all of it!! 

That's it for today! Pop over to The Greetery Website or The Greetery Blog to see more projects made with these fabulous new products. CLICK HERE to see the Supply List for today, or CLICK the graphic below. (Affiliate Links Used) Have a fantastic weekend everyone! I will see you soon! XOXO