Happy Holiday...In March??

I had no clue that it has been 8 months since my last update...where has the time gone? I am happy to be stamping again. Having three kids life can get a little crazy with sports, school and just general running around. We have a little break until August when football and soccer seasons begin again. So hopefully I will be posting more...for the next few months anyways.

I LOVE making ATC's. They seem to be my go to when I just want to get away and stamp something. I signed up for a few swaps at Splitcoast and this was for one of them. The swap is for your favorite holiday. Of course, mine is Christmas. I have already started shopping for next year. I love everything about the holiday...the snow, the lights, the tree, the colors, the smells....all of it. I start playing Christmas music in October and my kids HATE that.

I made this little snowman tag and placed it on an ATC sized card. The little snowman and sentiment are both Studio G, which are usually a perfect size for ATC's.

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Supplies:

• Stamps - Tag from Verve, Snowman and Sentiment from Studio G
• Ink - Momento Black
• Paper - Crumb Cake and Garden Green from Stampin Up
• DP - Bo Bunny
• Ribbon
• Buttons
• Pop Dots

Let's Hang Out

Time for another Challenge at the Our Craft Lounge blog. This week is a sketch challenge. I had fun with this one. I just love the little monkeys from the Monkey Around set from OCL.

I even broke out the prima flowers for this one. I haven't used those in quite a while. And of course, I used some gems. I definitely think they are my favorite embellishment.

Supplies:

• Paper - Buckaroo Blue (retired SU), White
• DP - unknown
• Stamps - Monkey Around from OCL
• Ink - Tuxedo Black Momento
• Prismacolor Markers
• Gems
• Prima Flowers

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Photo Inspiration

Time for another OCL Friday challenge. This weeks challenge is a photo challenge (photo shown above). I loved the colors of this photo. Such pretty blues, greens and yellows perfect for a summer card.

I actually didn't use a lot of stamps on this card. I just made 1 1/2 in squares and corner rounded opposite edges to make the pattern. I have seen this quite a few times and wanted to try it and this was the perfect card to try it on. I used a flower punch and buttons for the centers of each square.

The sentiment I used was from the Out for s Spin set from Our Craft Lounge. I just love this sentiment.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Sentiment from Out for a Spin from OCL
• Ink - Night of Navy
• Paper - Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla
• Corner Rounder
• Flower Punch
• Buttons

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Heavy Metal....well sort of

So I had a few extra minutes today to play in my craft room. That hasn't happened in a while. I made my card today for the Ways to Use it Challenge at Splitcoast. The challenge was to use metal on your card.

Now, I know I didn't go too crazy with the metal, but I was having a hard time coming up with anything other than brads....so I just used them on my card.

The stamp sets are Swinging By and Out for a Spin. Both sets are from Our Craft Lounge.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Swinging By and Out for a Spin
• Ink - Early Espresso and Baja Blue
• Paper - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, Real Red, Baja Blue, White
• Scallop Punch
• Circle Punch
• Sponge
• Brads
• Prismacolor Markers

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Chipboard Thanks

Finally Friday!!!! And another challenge at the Our Craft Lounge Blog. The challenge this week was to use Chipboard somewhere on your project. I used a chipboard tag and used a sentiment from the Say it with Flowers Set from OCL. And once again, I used the Build A Bouquet set. I told you I was addicted to this set. The flowers are so gorgeous and fun to color.

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Supplies:

• Paper - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso
• Designer Paper - Close to My Heart
• Stamps - Build A Bouquet and Say it With Flowers from Our Craft Lounge
• Ink - Whisper White
• Kraft pre-cut border from Close to My Heart
• Sewing Machine

Pretty Flowers

Happy Friday!! Time for another challenge at the Our Craft Lounge Blog. The challenge for today was to use flowers on your card. I LOVE this set from OCL called Build A Bouquet. So fun and easy to work with. For an extra challenge this week, I decided to participate in the Sketch challenge at Splitcoast. I had a lot of fun with this one. (Sketch shown below)

Supplies:

• Paper - Crumb Cake, White
• DP - DCWV
• Stamps - Build A Bouquet and Say it with flowers from OCL
• Ink - Black
• Prismacolor Markers
• Corner Rounder
• Dots Embossing folder
• Gems
• Sewing Machine

Hang in there....

Time for another Sketch challenge at the OCL Blog.......Isn't this little monkey adorable? It is from a newer set from Our Craft Lounge called Monkey Around and it has seriously moved itself to the top of my favorites.

I decided to stamp him on Crumb Cake paper and I liked it much better than on just the white, but that may be because I am slightly obsessed with anything Kraft colored..lol

Supplies:

• Stamps - Monkey Around from OCL
• Ink - Early Espresso
• Paper - Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Early Espresso
• Designer Paper - DCWV
• Prismacolor markers
• Buttons
• Sewing Macine

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