OSAT Blog Hop - The Great Outdoors!

 

Hello and Welcome to the June 2022 Edition of the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop!  This month's theme is the Great Outdoors!  I absolutely love Masculine cards and all things Nature, so this month will be one of my favorites!  If you have already been hopping, thank you for continuing on!  If you are starting with my blog, please make sure that you hop all the way through for some amazing inspiration!!

I absolutely adore the Wildlife Wonder Stamp Set!  It is perfect for masculine cards and has awesome sentiments in great mixed fonts!

I  accented my Crumb Cake card base with Pretty Prints DSP in Bermuda Bay.  Of course I had to add a few splatters with my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.  The stamp set has amazing art work whether you stamp it on watercolor paper like I did on this card and use a water painter to fill in or create the grounding or stamp as intended as I did on the inside of my card!

The artwork on these Wildlife images is just so well done!  

I love these Peekaboo Treat Bags.  They are perfect for a little treat or to use as a gift card holder as I did.  This Kraft treat bag is perfect for a masculine project because you can add a simple tag using the Tailor Made Tags Dies and you are done!  Sometimes the simplest things are the cutest!

Thanks so much for hopping along!  To continue, please click the name directly under mine on the below blog roll!  Blessings, Tina

The Spot Challenge #126 - Anything But a Card!

 Hi there.  Hope you are having an awesome week.  I struggled with my Design Team project this week at The Spot but finally pulled through!  This week's theme is "Anything But a Card".  

I had one over to Polly's house on Friday night.  Polly is my BFF and crafting buddy.  We have been crafting on most Friday nights for about 10 years now.  She was working on some birthday cards and I was watercoloring some Gnome images and trying to wrap my brain around what I would make for my DT project at The Spot this week.  Finally on Sunday morning I decided I would use a couple of the images I had colored and make some shaker tags.

I started putting the tags together and realized that I forgot to punch a hole in the top.  Then I came up with something that I thought was pretty cool.  I ran my ribbon around the inside of the oval and tied it at the top.  Not only did that give me a place to tie on the tag but it also covered the Dimensional strips I used to create my shaker tag.  check it out!

I added the little white scallop that cut from the front to the back to give me a place to add a name..

Thanks a bunch for stopping by!  A list of the products used are below.  Blessings, Tina

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PCC325 Sketch Challenge - Simple Hi Card

Hi friends.  It's hump day, thank goodness!  I was off work on Monday to deal with the loss of our sweet Abby so Tuesday was one heck of a work day.  Why am I not retired yet??

I'm over with the Design Team at Paper Craft Crew today with my take on this sketch...

I decided I needed some more simple, any occassion card so this is what I came up with.

First off since I'm still really into easy cards, I used the Dip-Dyed Cardbases from Concord & 9th.  I was able to use scraps for everything else.  The DSP used is from the Needlepoint Nook pack.  The flower is from the coordinationg Needle & Thread Bundle.  I simply punched out the leaf from a scrap of Tranquil Tide cardstock with the leaf punch.  The banner was cut from a scrap of Poppy Parade.  Finally, the sentiment, is from a retired stamp set called "Party Pants".  I liked the sentiment as well as the size.  I don't know if you get rid of retired sets but I don't if I like them and Party Pants is one of those cool sets.   Totally simple card but so pretty.  I love how it turned out. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

OSAT Blog Hop - Winter Holiday

Hello and Happy Thursday!  I hope you are having a fabulous day!  I'm super excited to be joining my friends for the November One Stamp At A Time Winter Holiday Blog Hop!

If you've already been hopping you should have landed here from Jenny Hall's fabulous blog and thank you for continuing on!  If you are starting with me you'll want to be sure you stop by every blog for some awesome Winter Holiday Inspiration.  As for me.. Christmas is where it's at!  It's that time of year where most of us celebrate the birth of Jesus.  For me Jesus is the reason for the season!

Here's my card and project...

I love the Good Tidings Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! and thought it looked amazing with the Plaid Paper from the Christmas Around the World DSP.   The "Merry Christmas" banner was from the Santa's Sleigh Stamp Set.  I used Washi Tape to omit inking with Versamark the "wishes" from "Merry Christmas Wishes".   Then heat embossed the sentiment in White.  I also added a few Pretty Pink Posh Onyx Sequins because of course you have to have a little bling!

Here is the inside of my card...

I couldn't help but use the Merry Musical Specialty Paper on the inside.  I loved the sheet with "Deck the Halls" and thought it went perfectly since I had a Bough of Holly on the card.   

For my project I used a mini pizza box as a treat box and used more of the Merry Musical Specialty DSP matted in black on the top and all of the sides.  I used the same size oval framelits to make my tag and the same Good Tidings stamp set to make the tag.  I love using circle framelits or oval framelits to make tags by punching a hole on one of the sides.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  The next stop on the hop is amazing Rick Adkins!  Just click the next button and you'll be there!

PCC #264 Color Challenge with Stampin' Up! Brightly Lit Christmas!

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  I always feel like when I've made it to Wednesday I can get through the rest of the work week.  This weekend will be another trip to Knoxville to see three of our granddaughters.  That's something to look forward to for sure!

Well of course since it is Wednesday that means another Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  This week's card is for a color challenge.  

I have to tell you that at first I wasn't feeling it.  I've made so many Halloween and Fall cards and I really didn't want to go in that direction.    The great thing about this color challenge is that we can pick a mystery color to add to the mix.. well I wanted to make a Christmas card so I went with Red!

During World Card Making Day, I bought the Stampin' Up! Brightly Lit Christmas stamp set as one of their specials so of course I had to use it!   The light post and sign holder were stamped in Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed on a 4 x 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White Cardstock.   I used a sponge with a small amount of Pumpkin Pie Ink on it to sponge the light in the light post.  The sign was stamped in Lemon Lime Twist directly under the sign holder.  MFT Die-namic Stitched Scallop Basic Edges Dies were used to cut a curved edge on the panel.  I mounted the panel on a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of plaid DSP from the Christmas Around the World DSP pack.  I then mounted that onto a piece of Lemon Lime Twist that measured 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and attached that to a Real Red top folding Card Base.  I decided the lamp post needed the bow from the stamp set so I stamped it in Real Red on a scrap of white cardstock.  The bow was fussy cut and a Real Red marker's brush tip was used to color the edges so no white was showing.  I added a strip of White Glimmer paper hand cut like a snow bank to the bottom of the white panel to ground my light post.  To finish this off I used some Journey Glaze to cover the bow as well as the glass on the lantern.  I really love how this one turned out.  I've been struggling with Lemon Lime Twist so I was glad to be able to use it on a Christmas Card and feel good about it.  That color was just a bit of a stretch for me. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina