Just Us Girls

 

Happy New Year to all my crafty friends! It's a big day for some college football games but none seem to be ending like I would like - haha! So...I headed to my craft room and joined in the new Just Us Girls challenge where it's die week. My most often used cover plate die is the Tin Stitch die from Papertrey Ink! I combined it with the largest of the Stitched Rectangle dies by MFT.

Each pine cone has 3 layers where I blended 3 different brown shades then splattered with white Gouache paint. While wet, I sprinkled a wee bit of super fine glitter. The pine boughs were cut from a green scrap of paper then sponged lightly with Pinefeather ink and then splattered with white paint and fine glitter.

 

STAMPS: Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You (The Greetery).

INK: Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Honey Nut, Cocoa Bean, Dark Chocolate, Pinefeather (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Fine Linen, Stamper's Select White, New Leaf (PTI); Metallic mirror gold paper (Amazon).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Pine, Into the Blooms: Wild Wood, Border Bling: Tin Stitch (Papertrey Ink); Postal Frames, Sentiment Suite Basics, Inside and Out Berry Branch, Fit to be Tied, Postal Frames (The Greetery); Blueprints 27, Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things). 

OTHER: Super fine glitter (Martha Stewart); White Gouache paint. 

That's a wrap for now. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda 

With Sympathy

I sadly needed another sympathy card, so I went with a favorite Tuck It Sentiments set from Papertrey Ink and used florals from their Blooming Beauties set.

STAMPS: Blooming Beauties, Tuck It Sentiments (PTI).

INK: New Leaf, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Lilac Grace, Amethyst Allure (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Bitty Big: Harvest Gold (PTI).

DIES: Blooming Beauties, Tuck It Sentiments, Bows Galore, Love to Layer: Arches (PTI); Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

 

Freshly Made Sketches

A card I created for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I wanted to use this new (to me) stamp set by Stamp Simply. I stamped the rose using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It Blending Card since I colored using Copics. The "wood"  element was in my leftover pile. The sentiment placement was modified a bit from the sketch.

STAMPS: Thinking of You Rose (Stamp Simply).

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black.

PAPER: Classic Kraft, Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); Thinking of You Rose (Stamp Simply); Beautiful Bouquet Tag (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: Curving Leaves 3D embossing folder (Altenew); Dark green/white thread.

COPICS: RV11, RV32, RV34, Y04, YG61, YG67.

It's a cloudy Monday with forecast of high winds later in the day. Grands are here for the day due to no school for winter break. Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda

Be Still & Know

 

In between multiple football bowl games, I managed to crank out this card using stamps/dies/stencils from The Greetery. This is a favorite floral frame of mine! The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is asking us to add a sentiment. I made mine the focal point and love the font and encouraging messages in the Comforting Commands set by The Greetery!    

STAMPS: Print Shop: Floral Frame, Comforting Commands (The Greetery).

INK: Versafine Clair Nocturne; Spring Moss, Simple Chartreuse, Lovely Lady, Berry Sorbet, Melon Berry (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Berry Sorbet (PTI).

DIES: Print Shop: Floral Frame, Comforting Commands (The Greetery); Stitching Coverplate (Paper Rose Studio).

OTHER: Small oval punch (Stampin' Up); Clear enamel dots.

 Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

 

Word Art Wednesday Blog Hop

 

It's the last Word Art Wednesday challenge in 2025. That also means we are having our annual blog hop with multiple prizes along the way! Go to the WAW blog HERE for all the details! Hopefully you arrived at this stop after visiting Barb Finnical. Our inspiration verse is from Psalm 119:105 where I was inspired by the words "lamp" and "light" for my design.    

Stamp Simply is a challenge host this time with a $25 gift card up for giveaway to a random participant. I used a Tim Holtz Holiday Brushstroke #2 die set (it's available at Stamp Simply - check out their store HERE) to embellish the lantern. The foliage/pinecone/berries were cut from white paper then color blended with brushes. The vintage lantern stamps and dies are from Papertrey Ink. The verse was printed at 50% size and added to the inside of the card. 

 

STAMPS: Vintage Lantern (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Rocky Slope, Metropolis (Pinkfresh Studio); Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles distress inks (Ranger); Lemon Tart, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Saffron Spice, Cocoa Bean, Dark Chocolate (PTI).

PAPER: Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream, Stamper's Select White (PTI).

DIES: Vintage Lantern (PTI); Holiday Brushstroke #2 (Tim Holtz); Border Bling: Tin Stitch, Reflections: July, Skinny Frames: Diagonal Border (PTI). 

 

A huge thank you goes out to all our generous sponsors who have provided so many prizes! In addition, I will personally be awarding a random commenter on this post with the following prize collection-->

 

The next stop on this hop is at the blog of Christine Miller. Thanks so much for joining us and have a blessed Christmas!    ~Wanda

                                          

Pet Sympathy

 

Our daughter asked me to create a card for a friend who lost his dear cat. I kept it simple and referenced the "rainbow bridge" by stamping the paw prints in a rainbow of colors. Sentiments and paw print stamps are from Papertrey Ink's Paw Prints set. The tiny black cat was from PTI's Haunted House set.  

STAMPS: Paw Prints, Haunted House (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst, Amethyst Allure, Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores (PTI).

DIES: Border Bling: Skinny Heart Frames (Papertrey Ink). 

 

 

 

 That's a wrap for today! Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda

Colorful Options

 

A new (to me) challenge is Colorful Options, so I decided to play along and enter a needed sympathy card (which I combined into a Christmas greeting). One of my favorite holiday floral die sets is the Into the Blooms: Swag by Papertrey Ink.

 

STAMPS: Inside Greetings: With Sympathy (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather, Honey Nut, Cocoa Bean, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Noel 6x6 pad (Teresa Collins); Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White (PTI).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Swag, Love to Layer: Arches (PTI); Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

The wind is howling but I must run errands and finish wrapping some gifts. All before grands get off the bus at our house at 3:30. Here is a photo of our tree before any gifts are placed under it. The topper was made by me after watching some YouTube tutorials. Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda