Paper Pumpkin July 2016

Getting ready to head to my craft room to make these!! Super cute and great way to gift those little "somethings" ;)

Swirly Scribbles So Versatile

I've seen the stamps that coordinate with this thinlit set and they are sooo cute, but with the need to be frugal at this point in time, I decided on just buying the thinlits.  I will probably change my mind about the stamp set, Swirly Bird, as I see holiday projects that I know will be popping up, but for now I'm satisfied with my decision.

So...the project I came up with was actually inspired by an Independence Day card I saw on Pinterest, and I knew this would be the perfect way to make my gift for a dear friend of mine who has now "fully" retired from his career with the U.S. Army and the school districts for which he served.

This gentleman put in many years in active duty, protecting our right to freedom, and then took on the responsibility of teaching my child, among many, through the JROTC program at our local high school, how to grow while learning about respect, discipline and competing on the Drill Team.  He gave countless hours of service through the school week and then traveled on weekends to competitions throughout the Midwest so that our children could grow and learn something that they would not necessarily have ever been exposed.

I love the swirly scribbles in Real Red.  They make this piece pop, as do the Night of Navy Stars that were punched using the Medium Star Punch in the Annual Catalog.

I embossed the military pieces from one of my retired sets, in black, matted the 2-sided invitation on Night of Navy and added intermittent white card stock stripes lengthwise throughout the piece.

I carried the military theme into the card and chose to just keep it simple with black and white.  The sentiment and soldier are both heat embossed, which gave this card a step up in quality.

Let me know what you think.  I'd love to hear your thoughts:)

~Tammie

Birthdays, Love You Lots, and Dapper Denim

I really do love this set LOTS!!  How cute is that little elephant?!  My youngest daughter just celebrated her 27th birthday, she loves elephants and this blue is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

Since this was definitely a celebration of life I wanted to bring the party to the card. These silver sequins and trim were just the ticket.  Plus, blinging up the butterflies with the Wink of Stella pen and adding a little "retired" hardware brought the celebration up a few notches;)

I borrowed the birthday sentiment from our Tin of Cards stamp set and added some background attention with Kinda Eclectic.

I know you're visiting this site because you love stamping as much as me, so have fun making your cards and other special projects using these sets, colors and of course, feel free to CASE what you see!  Add your twist and feel free to share with me.  I'd love to see what you come up with!!

Have a great Friday!!

~Tammie

Penned and Painted Using Flirty Flamingo Paired with Pear Pizzazz

Have you seen this stamp set, yet?  LOVE IT...
Penned and Painted, page 143, in the new catalog...
The sentiment (from the Occasions catalog that just retired) ...Sunburst Sayings...can be found on page 99 in the annual...
When the new In Colors were revealed at OnStage in Salt Lake City, I LIKED them, but I'm really getting into them, now!!  They're just different enough that they stand well on their own and they also pair really well with our base colors.

Each time I use a new color it becomes my favorite.  The Peekaboo Peach was my first fave, and now Flirty Flamingo has moved into first place;)
The way our inks work we can easily get 5-6 shades from one ink pad by stamping off, which is exactly what I did here, with this pretty flower.
You should check these sets out for yourself!  The little ladybug is too cute!  Let me know what you think and send me pix of your projects:)  Have a great day.
                                                                                                 ~Tammie

Baby Boys are Made with Love

One of the best things about stamping, other than it brings people together, is that whenever your husband needs a card, you can say, ABSOLUTELY!!  His coworker had her little boy and I was on it.  Using the Soft Sky as my main color and Smoky Slate as my accent color I found my Made with Love (pg 59) stamp set, my Whisper White card stock and and began to create.  Knowing I wanted to add dimension to this cute little card, I used the coordinating Baby's First framelits, to easily cut the different pieces for my card.  I popped a piece of the Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper up so I could hang the booties and onesie and then added some additional interest with my retired alphabet embossing folder (so sad this had to go away:()

I watercolored the little bunny and fussy cut him, to put in the buggy, and then used some silver cord to connect my booties.
This project was simple, it was really fun to make, and I bet it's a one-of-a-kind that the new mommy will look at time and time again as she thumbs through her little boy's baby book over the years.
Have fun stamping today and I hope to hear from you soon.  Share your comments below:)
~Tammie

Love You Lots, Pop of Pink and Hearts

I don't normally "preorder" the Host Sets, because I know that I will get them in the months to come with my parties, but this one (Love You Lots) was a definite MUST for my ever-growing collection of "keeper" stamps.   I love all the stamps in this set and the frog was the perfect image for what I had in my mind for my first card using this set.  The DSP is Pop of Pink and the bow is tied from the new White Thick Baker's Twine.  I used my Aqua Painter and new Emerald Envy Ink Pad to color the little frog and popped him up with a Dimensional.  I did fussy cut him, but I don't mind doing that every now and then, although I have to say, with all of the framelits and thinlits that are available, my sizzix machine makes this a "few and far between" event.

The card on the right is the "make and take" we did at my New Catalog Reveal a couple of weeks ago.  The strip of white, although not adequately photographed, is actually our Diamonds Glimmer Paper and it was just the right POP that this card needed to take it to the next level.  The punch I used was our returning Sweetheart Punch and the embossing folder is Happy Heart.

If you like what you see, leave me a comment, or two.  For whatever reason, I haven't seen comments to my posts, so I've gone in and tweaked some things in my settings to help make it easier on you all to post.  Hopefully that will help.  Thanks!

Have a great Friday and a wonderful, safe and amazing weekend!!

~Tammie

Painter's Palette and Pool Party Birthday

As evidenced by the previous cards I made with this stamp set, you can tell it has quickly moved to one of my top faves!

This dimensional card, stamped with Painter's Palette, was really fun to make!  This was my daughter's (Shannon) birthday card and I was so pleased with how it came out, I couldn't stop looking at it/shaking it.  I'm not kidding!  The new Squares Framelits made this super simple and the blingy sequins finished it off just right:)  The colors I used were Pool Party and Smoky Slate and to get the dimension I adhered the window sheet first to the card stock and then used our new Dimensional Strips to seal the frame to the easel.  Easy Peasy!!!!  If you haven't done it yet, order yours today!!  Just go to my catalog and click the picture.  That'll take you to my website where you can find this stamp, these framelits and everything you need to make this project.  Any questions?  Just message me. Have a groovy day<3

~Tammie