Hey Pumpkins!

 

I made this pumpkin card for my son using the Painted Patch suite and the Painted Pumpkins Decotaive Masks and my blending brush for the pumpkins. I have used Pool Party, Secret Sea, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral and Golden Glow inks. I cut them withn the matching Painted Pumpkins dies. I added them to a Branching Out white label die that I stamped the sentiment on in Secret Sea ink. I placed some of the Calypso Coral/copper edged ribbon on the bottom. I have a Pool Party base and a alyer of the Painted Patch DSP. I finised with some Painted Patch Pool Party dots. 

Have a beautiful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Fabulous Pumpkins

 

Another card with the Painted Patch suite and using the mask for the pumpkins. I did three sets of pumpkins with the Painted Pumpkins Decorative Masks earlier this week. I used with my blending brush Pool Party and Secret Sea, Calypso Coral and Petal Pink, plus Golden Glow on the last.  I cut them with the Painted Pumpkins dies. For this card, I have a white base and a layer of white card stock ran through with the Rustic Check embossing folder. I cut a strip of the Painted Patch DSP and added some Calypso Coral/copper edged ribbon under it. I then stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral ink from the Painted Pumpkins set on white card stock and cut with the Textured Notes dies. I finished with some Painted Patch dots in Calypso Coral

Have a fab day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

PP801 Painted Patch Pumpkins

 

I am playing along with Jaydee's tic-tac-toe challenge this week over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com with diagonial spaces-bright colors, free and layers! I love doing these pumpkins with the Painted Pumpkins Decotative Masks and grab my colors from the Painted Patch DSP. I did three sets of the pumpkins on white card stock with my blending brushes in different colors so I can make several cards after. Here, I have a blue pumpkin using Pool Party and Secret Sea, a pink one using Petal Pink and Calypso Coral plus a yellow using just Golden Glow ink. I used the #1 mask on the first two and then #2 and #4. The yellow one I just used #2 and #4. 

For the card, I have a Pool Party base and 2 layers of Painted Patch DSP. I then cut two white Textured Notes dies. I stamped the top one with a sentiment from Painted Pumpkins stamp set in Calypso Coral ink. I tied the Calypso Coral bordered ribbon around before attaching then added the tie.  I cut a few leaves and trigs in Pool Party and Calypso Coral card stocks. I finished with some Painted Patch dots in Coral.    

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Hello Sunflower

 

Today I am using the Rustic Check embossing folder again but this time I ran the white card stock piece through the folder and then added ink after with my blending brush and Golden Glow ink. I then popped it ona Golden Glow base. I stamped the sunflower in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock from the Radiant Sunflowers set and colored with my Cajun Craze and Pebbled path Stampinn Blends markers. I used the dies to cut it out as well as some leaves in Old Olive card stock. Two of the leaves I stamped on with Old Olive in with the same stamp set.   I also stamped the sentiment in Cajun Craze ink on a Triple Banner die punched using white card stock. I finished with some Cajun Craze/gold dots and a double linen bow. 

Have a beautiful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Rustic Sunflowers

 

I made a Z fold card with a Cajun Craze base and a piece of white card stock on the inside stamped with the sentiment from Radiant Sunflowers in Golden Glow ink and a butterfly in cajun ink. I added some Cajun Craze/gold dots. Foe the front panel, I added Cajun Craze ink to the top of the inside of my Rustic Check embossing folder and ran a Piece of white card stock through so it embossed and added the ink in cool places. I placed that on the front panel then popped my sunflowers stamped from the same set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with my Stampin Blends markers in Daffodil Delight, Golden Glow and Pebbled Path after cutting with the matching dies. 

I think the embossing looks like a basket or a wall or cool designer paper!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Windy

To Say Hello With Simply Leaves

 

I am using similar items from yesterday's card but wanted to play with the Simply Leaves bundle today. I have a Cajun Craze base and then cut a piece of the Glow Of Harvest DSP with the Everyday Arches dies. I then punched the 1st leave with the Simply leaves punch in Golden Glow card stock then ran it through the Gathering Leaves embossing folder. I stamped the Cajun Craze leaf on white card stock and punched it out but had to hand snip the smaller leaf in Early espresso ink on white card stock. I stamped a partial sentiment from the set in Cajun Craze ink on a Triple Banner die and popped it up over a Cajun Craze strip cut from the Textured Notes dies. I finished it off with the Cajun Craze/gold dots and a double linen bow. 

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

PP800 Thinking Of Sunflowers

 

I am playing along with Ann's sketch challenge this week over at thepaperplayers,blogspot,com and using some new fall goodies. I have a Cajun Craze base with a piece of the product of the month DSP called Glow Of Harvest DSP. I was able to pick it up for $5.00 this month with my order of $75.00 or more. I then added a strip of Crumb Cake card stock which I heat embossed the sentiment from the Simply Leaves stamp set in VersaMark ink and copper embossing powder. I then cut the sunflowers from the Radiant Sunflowers dies with the Golden Glow and Early Espresso card stocks. I finished with some Cajun Craze and gold dots. 

Hope you have a blessed week and thanks for stopping by!

Windy  

PP799 Thinking Of You With Radiant Sunflowers

 

Still playing with the Radiant Sunflowers bundle, but today I wanted to use the new Rustic Check embossing folder for Claire's clean and simple thinking of fall challenge over at   thepaperplayers.blogspot.com 

 I have a white base and ran the embossing folder through with another piece of white card stock. I stamped the flowers on a piece of white card stock from the Radiant Sunflowers set in Early Espresso ink and colored with my Stampin Blends in Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie, Old Olive, Golden Glow and Berry Burst. I cut with the matching dies. I stamped the in the same color on white card stock from the same set the sentiment and hand snipped it aout. I finished it off with a linen thread bow and a some Charming Shimmer dots in Berry Burst. I love this embossing folder!

Thansk for stopping by and have a beautiful week!

Windy

Radiant Sunflowers

 

I could not wait to play with the Radiant Sunflowers bundle plus the coordinating DSP. I have a Cajun Craze base which you can not see since I covered it with a pice of the Sunflower Fields DSP. I then cut another piece of the DSP in a check print with the Everyday Arches dies. I stamped the flower bunch on white card stock in Early Espresso ink from the Radiant Sunflowers set. I then colored with my Stampuin Blends markers in Daffodil Delight, Golden Glow, Old Olive, Cajun Craze and Pecan Pie. I cut with the matching dies and poppedon my arch. I then stamped the sentiment from the Changing Leaves stamp set in Early Espresso ink on a white Triple Banners punch. I finished with a white twine bow and a few Golden Glow gems. 

Hope you have a fab day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy  

Unbridled Beauty For The Pals Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

Welcome to our “Animal House” blog hop! This month, we’re having fun with all kinds of adorable animals, butterflies, and critters. If you’re looking for inspiration—or just a good excuse to play with your craft supplies—you’re in the right place! The Pals are sharing card ideas and paper-crafting creations featuring Stampin’ Up! products, and we hope you’ll find something that inspires you to create along with us. So, let’s get started and see what’s happening in our Animal House!

 I wanted to make a fun fold and use my fav animal to make this card for my daughter. Her favorite animal is a wolf but she did use to ride horses when she was in middle school. So I used the sentiment "Sweet Memories" for her. 

For this easel card, I have a Hydrangea Hue base with a piece of Gingham Gallery DSP in that color on the front top. I then cut three Everyday Arches dies in white, Hydrangea Hue and Gingham Gallery DSP in the Golden Glow color. I did use a blending brush to add some Hydrangea Hue ink to the white die and stamped the grass in Golden Glow from the Unbridled Beauty stamp set. I stamped the horse on white card stock in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with copper emboss powder. I then stamped the sentiment on Hydrangea Hue card stock in same ink and used same emboss powder to heat. I hand snipped them out. I did color the horse with Golden Glow Stampin Blends after I snipped it out. 

For the inside to hold the easel up, I stamped horseshoes in Hydrangea Hue ink on a strip of the same color plus added a strip of the Gingham Gallery DSP in Golden Glow

I really love the copper embossing and the fun fold!

Keep the inspiration going! Follow the lineup below to hop through each blog and see what the Pals have created for our “Animal House” theme. We hope you’ve found plenty of ideas to inspire your own creativity!

And be sure to join us next month when we’ll be creating with an “Autumn” theme. You won’t want to miss what the Pals have in store!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Lisa Ann Bernard
2. Su Mohr
3. Debbie Mageed
4. Peggy Noe
5. Tricia Chuba
6. Rae Burnet
7. Windy Ellard
8. Stesha Bloodhart
9. Beth McCullough

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Windy

Happiness Floats

Another card for my son already mailed out. He loves red, white, and blue! I have a Real Red base and a piece of white card stock ran through the Soft Waves embossing folder. I then blended Real Red and Azure Afternoon inks with the blending brushes on top. I cut a white Spotlight On Nature die to stamp the sentiment from the Splash & Relax set in Real Red ink. I then cut out the cup in white and Real Red card stocks, the sunglasses in Azure Afternoon and Basic Black card stocks and then stamped the balls in those colors as well as the float to cut with the matching dies. 

Hope you have a wonderful weekend celebrating! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy  

 

PP792 Relax

 

I am playing with Joanne's sketch challenge this week over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com and this card is another for my son I grabbed some blue and gold. I wanted to use the gingham paper on everything so I started with it from the Gingham Gallery DSP pack in Hydrangea Hue with a piece of the same color behind on a white base. I then cut a strip of Golden Glow card stock and ran it through the Timber embossing folder. I stamped the sentiment from the Relaxing Waterside set in Secret Sea ink on a piece of white card stock. I stamped the chair and bird in Pecan Pie ink from the same set on white card stock. I colored the chair with the light Golden Glow Stampin Blends marker and the bird with the light Hydrangea Hue marker. I cut them out with the matching dies and finsihed with Hydrangea Hue dots. 

Hope you can play along and have a beautiful day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Birthday Triangle Treat Box For My Girl

 

I made a treat box to hold my daughter's lip gloss for her upcoming birthday! Check out the box from thepaperpixie.com here  My friend and fellow demo, Julie DiMatteo, always has what I need to make a 3D project.  I have a piece of Fresh Freesia card stock for my triangle box. I used different Lighter Than Air DSP patterns on all three sides. I used the cutouts from a retired emphera pack probabaly two years old. Sorry can't remember the name of this one. I tied a bow around with Fresh Freesia seam binding ribbon and added some silver sparkle gems from a Paper Pumpkin kit. I stamped the sentiment from Simply Said set in Blue berry Bushel ink on a Fresh Freesia die cut with the Spotlight On Nature dies. 

My ends did not come out perfect so no photo of those. 

Have a w wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

PP791 Hello Sunshine For Her!

 

I made a card yesterday for this challenge but then decided it was not really clean and simple but go check it out. I am playing along today with Jan's clean and simple weather challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com   I have a Coastal Cabana base and another layer on top ran through with the Soft Waves embossing folder in the same card stock color. I then cut the white with the Textured Notes dies and stamped the sun from the Summer Happiness set in Crushed Curry and the sentiment from the Splash & Relax stamp set in Coastal Cabana ink. I am sending it off to my daughter before she heads this way for July! 

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Hello Sunshine!

 

I made this card for The Paper Players clean and simple weather challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com but I then decided it was not so clean and simple with lots of white space. I have made another for tomorrow to post for that challenge but this card will go out today to my son! I have used the Splash & Relax bundle as well as the Summer Happiness stamps. I have a Night Of Navy base and a layer of Coastal Cabana ran through with the Soft Waves embossing folder. I then cut a Textured Notes panel in white and added three colors with my blending brushes. I added Crisp Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight, and Coastal Cabana inks. I then stamped the sun from the Summer Happiness set in Crushed Curry ink and the sentiment from the Splash & Relax set in Night Of Navy. I stamped on white card stock the beachballs in Coastal Cabana and Night Of Navy inks and cut with matching dies. I finished with some iridescent sequin. 

Thanks for stopping by and come look tomorrow for another version for the clean and simple challenge! 

Windy  

Coastal Inspiration

 

A quick card for my son Cole using some great new products from SU! I have a white base and another layer of the Scenic Coast DSP. I then cut a white piece of cards tock to go on top but first I ran it through the Soft waves embossing folder. I then cut the middle with the Sunset Coast dies. I stamped the sentiment from the Paper Pumpkin kit called lakeside Retreat (April 2026) on a white banner from a kit in Secret Sea ink. I finished with some Secret Sea dots. 

Hope you have abeautiful day and thanks for stopping by! 

Windy

The Wild Bunch

 

Playing with a new set from SU! called Wild Bunch and you can get it for $5.00 this month when you spend $75.00 or more on an order. I also grabbed some new in color DSP called Gingham Gallery which will be available in the online exclusives next month for July 2026. I have a white base and layered the DSP on top. I then cut a banner from the in colors Peaceful Pine and Golden Glow with the Creative Haven dies. I cut the white circles from the Spotlight On Nature dies. I stamped the critters in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and and hand snipped them out to pop on after coloring them. I used the Stampin Blends markers in Smoky Slate, Basic Black and Petal Pink for the koala plus SU500. Cajun Craze, and Copper Clay for the bull. I heat embossed the sentiment from the set in white embossing powder after stamping in VersaMark ink on my color card stocks and then punched out with the Triple Banner punch. I finished off with a few in color dots. 

I am sending these out to my son and daughter soon. 

Thanks for stopping by and have abeautiful weekend!

Windy   

Best Kitty Day With In Colors For The Pals Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, the Pals are showcasing the fresh and fabulous 2026–2028 Stampin’ Up! In Colors! Whether you’re a seasoned stamper or new to the fun, these new hues are sure to spark your creativity. Be sure to click through the links below to “hop” along and see how each Pal brought these gorgeous colors to life. You’re bound to find a few new favorites—and a little inspiration along the way!

My card for the Pals Blog Hop this month has been mailed out for my daughter. She loves cats and pastel colors. I wanted to use the new in colors- Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe and Hydrangea Hue along with the Cutest Crew bundle for a fun card just for her.  I have a Barely Blush base an a layer of white card stock ran though the Eyelet embossing folder then a die cut of Barely Blush from the Textured Notes dies. I stamped the cats from the Cutest Crew stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card and cut with the matching dies. I colored them with the Stampin Blends markers in my three colors. I then stamped the sentiment from the same set on the Blush die in Hydrangea Hue ink. I also cut from the same Cutest Crew dies several butterflies in Hue and Cantaloupe card stocks. 

MORE INSPIRATION AWAITS! There’s a full lineup of creative inspiration waiting for you! Scroll down to hop along and enjoy what the rest of the blog hop team has crafted. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for next month’s theme: My Favorites in the New Catalog—we’ve already picked our must-haves!

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Beth McCullough
2. Lisa Ann Bernard
3. Peggy Noe
4. Debbie Mageed
5. Windy Ellard
6. Su Mohr
7. Rae Burnet
8. Tricia Chuba
9. Sue Jackson
10. Stesha Bloodhart

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a blessed day!

Windy

PP789 Perfect Day

 

I am playing along with Stef's masculine theme over at thepaperplayer.blogspot.com today with a relaxing card! I have a white base and a layer of the Waterside Retreat DSP for the background. I stamped the seagrass on white card stock from the Relaxing Waterside set with Mossy Meadow and Petal Pink inks plus the bird and cup on white card stock in Secret Sea ink and cut out with the matching dies.  I stamped the sentiment on a white banner die from a kit in Secret Sea ink. I then stamped the chair on To Market retired DSP that is a woodgrain pattern in Pecan Pie ink and cut with matching dies. I colored the cup with a  Balmy Blue Stampin Blends marker. I already sent this off to my son in the mail! 

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Relax At Sunset

 

Today, you can see both my cards together. I made the second one featured today for my daughter. I have a Strawberry Slush base and I cut the Scenic Coast DSP with the Everyday Arches dies. I then stamped the sentiment and book from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set on white card stock in Strawberry Slush ink. I stamped the chair in same ink on a piece of Highland Heather card stock. I cut the chair and the book withn the matching dies. I cut the sentiment by hand. I added a little Barley Blush to the book with my Stampin Blends marker. 

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy