GDP242 A Little Poppies Note

Trying to use the loads of retiring designer paper I have before 

they all retire next week. I grabbed some Peaceful Poppies in two designs 

for the sketch challenge over at global-design-project.com this week.

I added the floral print to the Blackberry Bliss base.

I then added the purple dotted print on top after running some 

Poppy Parade ribbon around. 

I then cut a white label from the new Tasteful Labels dies and stamped 

the poppies from the Painted Poppies set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I colored the flowers with Stampin Blends in Old Olive, Poppy Parade,

and Blackberry Bliss. I stamped the sentiment from Butterfly Gala 

in Black ink on the Poppy Parade banner I cut from those same 

Tasteful Labels dies. 

I just seemed to be in need of a butterfly, too!

So I cut a Poppy one from the Nature's Thoughts dies.

I added the mini rhinestone for bling on the little guy!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a blessed weekend!

Windy

Stamp sets: Painted Poppies and Butterfly Gala

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends- Old Olive, Poppy Parade,

and Blackberry Bliss

Paper: Poppy Parade, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White,

Peaceful Poppies DSP

Tasteful Labels dies, Nature's Thoughts dies, 

Poppy Parade weave ribbon, rhinestone

Fabfri190 Simply The Best!

When I saw this bright color challenge over at 

fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com

I thought about my tulip set but decided to use the 

Tulip builder punch instead. 

I started with punching a Melon Mambo, a Flirty Flamingo 

and a Blushing Bride tulip along with Call Me Clover leaves. 

I then added these to a piece of Pineapple Punch

card stock with the Basket Weave embossing folder.

I layered it with a piece of Melon Mambo card stock 

and placed on the white base.

I then stamped the sentiment from the Varied Vases set

in Melon Mambo ink on a white label I punched 

with the Lovely Labels pick a punch.

I finished it off with the glitter enamel dots in Melon Mambo.

Thanks for stopping by

 and hopefully you can play along in the color challenge!

Windy

Stamp set: Varied Vases

Ink: Melon Mambo

Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pineapple Punch,

Call Me Clover, Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride

Tulip building punch, Lovely Label pick a punch

Glitter enamel dots in Melon Mambo, Basket Weave embossing folder

PP492 Beach Moments

I think I used 8 different colors to water color 

this scene from the Beautiful Moments set

and the thepaperplayers.blogspot.com sketch challenge.

I stamped the scene on white shimmer paper

with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I used my aqua painter to add Sahara Sand for 

sand, Coastal Cabana for water, and Mango Melody for the 

summer sky. 

On the girls, I used Soft Suede for one hair and Daffodil Delight 

for the other, Calypso Coral on the left dress and Flirty Flamingo

on the right dress. Finished with Gray Granite for the buckets.

I layered some Coastal Cabana behind the scene 

and placed them on the Crumb Cake background.

I then stamped the sentiment in Memento on the 

Coastal Cabana label I punched on one end 

with the new Lovely Labels pick a punch.

Hope you have a beautiful day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Beautiful Moments

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Coastal Cabana,

Mango Melody, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Daffodil Delight,

Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Calypso Coral 

Paper: Crumb Cake, shimmer white, Coastal Cabana

aqua painter, Lovely Labels pick a punch

CTS373 For You With Magnolias

Great sketch to use some of my Magnolia Lane 

Memories & More cards set. 

For the sketch over at casethissketch.blogspot.com 

I used several pieces starting with vellum background layered 

on a Petal Pink base.

I then added a magnolia sticker to a Petal Pink 1 3/4" circle.

I also added a sentiment sticker to a strip of Early Espresso. 

I finished it off with a few more stickers around the circle.

No stamping for this card and it was easy and quick!

Hope you have a lovely Tuesday and 

thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Paper: Petal Pink, Early Espresso

Magnolia Lane Memories & More cards

! 3/4" circle punch

FMS436 A Lovely Thanks

I am using the lovely Best Dressed DSP for the sketch

challenge over at freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com today.

I layered the Old Olive print on a white base. 

Then I cut another print with the sweet roses and added some 

Lovely Lipstick card stock behind. 

I took a strip of Lovely Lipstick and heat embossed the sentiment 

from Ornate Thanks in white emboss powder. 

I finished it off with some glitter dots in Lovely Lipstick

to the bottom right.

Hope you have a blessed Memorial Day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Ornate Thanks

Ink: VersaMark

Paper: Whisper White, Lovely Lipstick,

Best Dressed DSP

White emboss powder, heat tool, Lovely Lipstick glitter dots

GDP241 Special Tasteful Touches

I grabbed some more new products from the SU! 2020-2021
catalog which starts on June 3rd, 2020 for my colors over at
global-design-project.com
I also used the sketch I used Tuesday as I was doing both
cards at the same time.
I started with what may be my new fav embossing folder
called Tasteful Textile EF. I used a piece of Soft Sea Foam
and layered on a white base.
I stamped the flowers from Tasteful Touches set in Soft Suede
 and sponged some Blushing Bride ink on them and added some
clear Wink of Stella to centers.
I hand snipped them out.
I then cut the leaves from the new greenery dies called
Forever Flourishing dies in Soft Sea Foam and Pretty Peacock.
I then stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock ink
on white card stock and cut the label from Tasteful Labels dies.
I finished it up with some Pretty Peacock gems.

Hope you have a blessed Friday/weekend!
Thanks for stopping by!
Windy

Stamp set: Tasteful Touches
Ink: Pretty Peacock, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede
Paper: Soft Sea Foam, Pretty Peacock, Whisper White
Tasteful Textile embossing folder, Forever Flourishing dies,
Tasteful Labels dies, Pretty Peacock gems, Wink Of Stella-clear

FF0059 Mermaid Kisses

I love my Magical Mermaid set! Not sure I want to give it up

even though it is retiring this month.

I loved getting to use it for the challenge this week 

over at festivefridaychallenge.com and making a sweet scene!

I used merpeople, coral, water, starfish and the sentiment

could be a pun.

I started with a piece of Sahara Sand for the background. 

I used my sponge roller it add the Bermuda Bay ink on.

I used a sponge to dab a bit on the bottom.

I stamped the shells/sand bits in Early Espresso ink

along the bottom. 

I then stamped lots of sea weed in same ink. 

I cut coral from Under The Sea dies in Bermuda Bay card stock.

I also cut a few starfish from those same dies. 

For my mermaid, I stamped her in Memento Tuxedo Black ink

and colored with Stampin Blends markers.

I used Pineapple Punch for her hair, Ivory for her skin

and lots of purples for her scales/tail.

I used Blackberry Bliss, Highland Heather and Purple Posy.

I then hand snipped her out and added clear Wink Of Stella 

on her tail for sparkle.

I stamped the sentiment in Blackberry Bliss on Sahara Sand

and cut it with a Layering Circle die. 

I also stamped the starfish in the sentiment in Pineapple Punch

and hand snipped it out to add on the sentiment. 

All was added to a Sahara Sand base.

I love the pop of purples!

Hope you have a magical day and

thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp Set: Magical Mermaid

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso, Pineapple Punch

Memento Tuxedo Black, Blackberry Bliss

Stampin Blends- Pineapple Punch, Highland Heather,

Blackberry Bliss, Purple Posy, Ivory

Paper; Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay

Under The Sea dies, Layering Circle dies, sponge roller, 

Wink Of Stella-clear

PP491 Happy By The Dock Birthday

I love this bundle called By The Dock.

I want to color it and make scenes all day.

So I had to use for the masculine card challenge over at

thepaperplayers.blogspot.com this week.

I started with the 3 3/4" square in Balmy Blue. 

I stamped some water from the By The Dock set in Night of Navy ink.

I then stamped the dock, bird, frog, and boat in Memento Tuxedo Black

ink and cut them with matching dies called Dockside.

I colored the dock with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Stampin Blends

and the boat with Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler Blends.

I added a little Seaside Spray Blend to the birds. 

I colored the frog in Old Olive Blend.

I added my scene to a Night of Navy base with a sentiment from 

the same set heat embossed in VersaMark in with white embossing powder.

Hope you can play along and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: By The Dock

Paper: Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Whisper White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark, Night of Navy

Stampin Blends Markers- Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive,

Seaside Spray, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

White embossing powder, heat tool, Dockside dies

CTS372 Hello Forever Fern

I grabbed a new suite called Forever Greenery 

coming in the new SU! catalog on June 3rd, 2020

for the sketch challenge over at casethissketch.blogspot.com 

I used a print from the Forever Greenery DSP for the 

background and layered with a piece of Shaded Spruce

and a white base.

I then stamped the leaves in Shaded Spruce and Soft Sea Foam

on white card stock and cut them with the matching dies called 

Forever Flourishing dies. I also cut some small

leaves in Shaded Spruce and Pear Pizzazz.

The Soft Sea Foam did not show up as well in photo. 

I stamped the sentiment from the same set called Forever Fern

in Early Espresso on white and cut it with a banner die 

from a new die set called Tasteful Labels.

Hope you have a lovely Tuesday

and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Forever Fern

Ink: Soft Sea Foam, Shaded Spruce, Early Espresso

Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Shaded Spruce, Whisper White

and Forever Greenery DSP

Tasteful Labels dies, Forever Flourishing dies

FMS435 True North

I have so much of this cool DSP called Come Sail Away.

I am glad I had a chance to use it on this sketch from

 freshlymadesketches.blogspot this week.

I added it to a piece of white card stock

and then a Night of Navy base. 

I cut strips of Navy and a strip of the striped pattern

of Designer Paper to go the right bottom for the sketch.

I also stamped a sentiment from Sailing Home in Navy

on a thin white strip to go across the bottom.

I stamped the light house along with the anchor and compass 

in Navy ink and cut them with the matching dies called 

Smooth Sailing dies. 

I added a wheel in silver from the Sail Away trinkets 

to my compass to finish it off.  

Hope you have a wonderful Monday

and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: sailing Home

Ink: Night of Navy

Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White and 

Come Sail Away DSP

Smooth Sailing dies, Sail Away trinkets

You're A Classic

I cased this from Kim Fee over at simplyfairies.co.uk

for a quick birthday card for my step father next week. 

I grabbed some Real Red for the base and stamped in the same 

color over with the oil can stamp from Geared Up Garage.

I stamped the white strip with bolts in Memento Tuxedo Black.

I added some Basic Black card stock behind. 

I also punched a black 2 1/2" circle plus cut some 

gears from Galvanized card stock-retired.

I stamped the car on Smoky Slate card stock in 

VersaMark ink and heat embossed with black emboss powder.

I cut it with the matching Garage Gears dies. 

I also added a little silver thread behind the car.

I stamped the sentiment from the same set in Black to finish.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Geared Up Garage

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, VersaMark

Paper: Smoky Slate, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White,

Galvanized silver

2 1/2" circle punch, silver thread, Garage Gears dies, 

Black emboss powder, heat tool

GDP240 Difference In My Life

I cased the colors and the design from the case the designer 

challenge over at global-design-project.com this week.

I started with the Real Red swirl from Painted Labels dies

and then added the white circle with the sentiment from

the By The Dock set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

 I then cut many flowers from the Into The Tropics dies in Real Red,

 Pool Party, and Bermuda Bay.

 I scattered them around the white background.

Threw on a few rhinestones for bling and layered on the white base.

Hope you have a beautiful weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: By The Dock

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party Whisper White

Layering Circle dies, Into The Tropics dies, rhinestones,

and Painted Labels dies

FabFri189 Positive Ornate Thanks

I wanted to use the lovely color combo of 

Grapefruit Grove, Blackberry Bliss and Mint Macaron again 

before Grapefruit Grove retires in a few weeks.

It was perfect for this sketch over at 

fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com 

and for the Positive Thoughts bundle.

I used a Grapefruit base and added a print 

from a retired pack of in colors in Grapefruit Grove.

I cut the white detailed die from the Nature's Thoughts dies

and stamped the large leaves in Mint Macaron.

I then stamped the flower in Blackberry Bliss and the 

butterfly in Grapefruit. I cut these with the matching dies.

I also cut the grapefruit flowers and some Mint leaves.

I colored a rhinestone in Blackberry bliss to add to my butterfly.

For the sentiment, I cut a stitched die from Ornate Layers dies

in Grapefruit card stock and stamped the sentiment 

from Ornate Thanks set in Blackberry.

I finished it up with a thick Grapefruit Grove twine bow.

Hope you have a sweet day and

 thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Ornate Thanks and Positive Thoughts

Ink: Grapefruit Grove, Mint Macaron, Blackberry Bliss

Paper: Grapefruit Grove, In color DSP, Whisper White,

Mint Macaron

Ornate Layers dies, Thick twine in Grapefruit Grove,

Nature's Thoughts dies, rhinestone

PP490 A Thank You Rose

Sweet color combo from Claire this week over at 

thepaperplayers.blogspot.com 

I grabbed the Pool Party print from the Tropical Oasis DSP

for my background and added a piece of Melon Mambo before 

layering on the white base.

I stamped the flower from Healing Hugs in Melon and the leaves 

in Granny Apple Green on white card stock and hand snipped them out.

I popped them on a white label from Painted Labels dies

and stamped the sentiment from Timeless Tropical in Melon

on the bottom. A few glitter enamel dots in Melon finished it off. 

Hope you have  wonderful day and 

thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Healing Hugs and Timeless Tropical

Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White and 

Tropical Oasis DSP

Ink: Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green

Painted Labels dies, Glitter enamel dots

CTS371 Hello Pineapple!

Well Hello Pineapple!

Yes, this card is busy but so Tropical!

Perfect for the sketch over at casethissketch.blogspot.com 

I started with the So Saffron base and layered on

the suede print designer paper and then the  floral prints to 

top and bottom all from the Tropical Oasis DSP.

I then stamped the leave on a piece of Old Olive

in the same ink and cut out the top of the pineapple.

I then did the same on So Saffron piece with Saffron ink

and cut the detailed pineapple body.

 I then glued it to a piece of Daffodil Delight card stock 

and hand trimmed around. I used same Into The Tropics dies 

to cut the two small leaves in Shaded Spruce card stock.

The flower I stamped from the Timeless Tropical set in

Lovely Lipstick and then colored it my Lovely Lipstick 

Stampin Blend and then cut out plus a small 

Lipstick flower to add to middle. I also added a 

glitter gold gem to middle of flower.

I finished it up with the white Stitched Labels die

stamped with the sentiment in Lipstick ink.

Hope you have a beautiful day

and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Timeless Tropical

Ink: Lovely Lipstick

Paper: So Saffron, Tropical Oasis DSP,

Shaded Spruce, Whisper White, Old Olive, 

Daffodil Delight and Lovely Lipstick

Stampin Blends-Lovely Lipstick

Into The tropics dies, Stitched Labels dies,

glimmer gold gem

FMS434 Hello Ornate Flowers

I thought of the Ornate Style flowers plus the 

dies when I saw this sketch.

Love the blues and yellows with white.

I stamped the flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black

and colored with my Stampin Blends- Bermuda Bay,

Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Seaside Spray 

Mango Melody, and Soft Sea Foam.

I hand snipped the flowers. I then cut the long white 

Ornate Layers die in half to add before popping up the flowers.

The hello sentiment was stamped from the Timeless Tulips set 

in Bermuda Bay ink. 

I wanted to add bling but then liked it so clean and simple. 

Hope you can play along over at freshlymadesketch.blogpsot.com

today and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Ornate Style and Timeless Tulips

Ink: Bermuda Bay and Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends-Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody,

Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Seaside Spray, and Soft Sea Foam

Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay

Ornate Layers dies

GDP239 Cherish Moments

When I saw the wedding challenge over
 at global-design-project.com
I decided to open my package of Bird Ballad laser-cut cards.
I added a piece of Purple Posy card stock to the inside.
I then stamped the blossoms from Forever Blossoms set
on Very Vanilla in Memento Tuxedo Black
and colored them with the Stampin Blends
in Purple Posy, Highland Heather, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.
I cut it out with the matching dies and added some pearls.
I then stamped the sentiment from the same set on the strip
 of Vanilla in Gorgeous Grape ink.
Sweet and quick card!

Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!
Windy

Stamp set: Forever Blossoms
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Stampin Blends-Purple Posy, Highland Heather,
Mossy Meadow, Old Olive
Paper: Very Vanilla, Purple Posy
Bird Ballad laser-cut cards
Cherry Blossoms dies, pearls

FF0058 Welcome Little One

I was determined to use this lovely striped designer print 

with the shades of green from Best Dressed DSP for the challenge

 over at festivefridaychallenge.com this week but stared 

for a while on what to stamp with this paper. 

I decided on a baby card since these could be color for

any gender and us the sweet Welcome Easter set. 

I also love coloring the bunny!

So I used green, stripes, circles and congratulations(inside)

for the picks.  

I added the print on a piece of Pretty Peacock card stock

and then layered on the Mint Macaron base.

I stamped the bunny on white card stock in Memento Tuxedo Black

and colored with the Stampin Blends- Mint Macaron and 

Calypso Coral on the nose.

I hand snipped him out and popped him on the swirl die

 from Painted Labels dies cut in white. 

I had stamped the sentiment from the same set in Black

then added three Mint gems to finish it off.

Inside white card stock I stamped the Congratulations from Well Said set 

in Pretty Peacock and the bunny with bee in Mint Macaron.

Hope you have a wonderful day 

and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Welcome Easter, Well Said

Paper: Whisper White, Mint Macaron,

Pretty Peacock, Best Dressed DSP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Stampin Blends-Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral
Mint Macaron gems, Painted Labels dies

PP489 Hello Fabulous!

Fun theme for this week over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com 

I took this theme to mean What makes me smile-lipstick!

I have a obsession with lip products as well as handbags,

small leather goods, shoes, and nail polish. 

I decided to feature the lipsticks for this challenge

by using my Best Dressed suite. 

I grabbed a lovely print for Best Dressed designer paper

and layered it on the Lovely Lipstick card stock.

I cut a white scallop die from Stitched So sweetly dies

and stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black

from the Dressed To Impress set.

I then stamped the lip stick four times on white card stock

cutting out two full one and two partial ones for lids.

I colored them with Stampin Blends-Petal Pink, Purple Posy,

Smoky Slate and Lovely Lipstick.

I stamped the flowers also and colored with Lovely Lipstick plus

Mint Macaron and Petal Pink.

I rhinestone for bling and a cute card that makes me smile!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Windy

Stamp Set: Dressed To Impress

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends- Purple Posy, Mint Macaron, 

Lovely Lipstick, Smoky Slate and Petal Pink

Paper: Lovely Lipstick, Whisper White, Best Dressed DSP

Stitched So sweetly dies, All Dressed Up dies, rhinestone

CTS370 Best Dressed Birthday!

I was worried about cutting the paper for this sketch challenge

 over at casethissketch.blogspot.com 

I am terrible at angles and such. 

But loved the Best Dressed paper prints I choose and it turned out great!

I added the two prints to a piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock and 

then a white base. 

I cut a Purple Posy scribble die form the Painted Labels dies

and then added my parfum bottle plus flower from 

Dressed To Impress bundle which I stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black

on white card stock and colored with Stampin Blends markers.

I used Petal Pink on the bottle plus a little Seaside Spray on the top.

I used Purple Posy on the flowers along with Mint Macaron 

and Petal Pink in the middle.

I cut them along with the label from All Dressed Up dies.

The sentiment was stamped on the white label in Black from

 the Timeless Tulips set.

I added a few Purple Posy gems to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by and 

hope you have a beautiful Cinco de Mayo!

Windy

Stamp sets: Dressed To Impress, Timeless Tulips

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends- Purple Posy, Petal Pink, Seaside Spray,

Mint Macaron

Paper: Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Purple Posy,

Best Dressed DSP

All Dressed Up dies, Painted Labels dies, Purple Posy gems

FMS433 Happy Mother's Day Sweet Free Bird

I made this card for my step mother and mailed it Friday.
I love the splatter in the background behind the bird.
I grabbed my Artisan Textures set and inked it in Petal Pink
on the white scallop die from Stitched So Sweetly dies.
I then stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink the sentiment
 from Dressed To Impress set. I stamped the bird, two leaves branches
 and two large flowers plus one small flower on thick Whisper White
 card stock in Memento black ink from Free As A Bird set
and colored them with my Stampin Blends markers.
I colored the bird with Light Crumb Cake, Light Petal Pink
and light Calypso Coral.
 I used both dark and light Old Olive for the leaves.
I colored the flowers in light and dark Pool Party.
I hand snipped them out and arranged on the ink splatter.
I added some pearls to the middle of the flowers plus some on the background.
I layered on a piece of Bird Ballard designer paper then
on the white base to finish it off.

Hope you have a wonderful Monday
and thanks for stopping by!
Windy

Stamp sets: Artisan Textures, Dressed To Impress,
Free As A Bird
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Petal Pink
Stampin Blends markers- Petal Pink, Crumb Cake,
Calypso Coral, Pool Party
Paper: Bird Balled DSP, Whisper White
Stitched So Sweetly dies, pearls

GDP238 Blue Chair

Happy First Day of May!!!

I decided when I saw the sketch challenge over at 

global-design-project.com this week, I would do some water coloring.

I used water color paper and my aqua painter to add 6 shades of blue.

I started at bottom with Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay,

Coastal Cabana, Pool Party and Seaside Spray. 

I then cut the white swirl die from Painted Labels dies and added the 

Pacific Point chair cut from Seasonal Layers dies. 

I stamped the sentiment from Colorful Seasons in Early Espresso

on a white banner. 

I layered all on a Pacific Point base and added some sequin 

from a Paper Pumpkin kit for bling. 

Hope you have a relaxing day and

thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Colorful Seasons

Ink: Early Espresso, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay,

Coastal Cabana, Pool Party and Seaside Spray

Paper: Pacific Point, Water color paper, Whisper White

Painted Labels dies, Seasonal Layers dies, sequin, aqua painter