You Mean the World to Me

 Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Today's card was out of my comfort zone but I challenged myself to make a card with one layer. Here's what I came up with:

The Paper Players has the one layer challenge this week.

I stamped the Watercolor World background stamp in Azure Afternoon and the sentiment from Memorable Blooms in Poppy Parade on a Thick Basic White card base. That's it! 😅

Our granddaughter Autumn was with us earlier this week. Fun times!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Current Status

 Monday, June 23, 2025

Happy Monday! My BCFF (Best Crafty Friend Forever) recently gifted me the stamp set Begrudged Pissy Puppy from Unity. I made this card:

So funny! My cousin has gone through a house remodel due to some water damage. NOT funny! This is one of the cards I sent her during the remodel. 'Current status: over it.' She said it made her laugh. Mission accomplished!

I kept it super simple with a Wild Wheat card base that I embossed with the paw print EF. The black square is also embossed with a leaf EF. I colored Pissy Puppy with Crumb Cake Blends and his hat with Boho Blue Blends.

The hubs and I hiked Saddle Mtn. last week. We've hiked it a couple times over the years but last week was the first time we got to see the ocean from the top. The clouds swirled around and lifted enough for us to see it! You have to look closely at the horizon to see the ocean in the photo but it's there!

The sign on the highway said we were 14 miles from the nearest coastal town. I'm not sure how far away it is from where we were standing on the mountain.

Here's a couple other pics from the hike.

 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Nancy Drew's #2

 Sunday, June 22, 2025

 I'm happy to be back with card #2 of the Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Hidden Staircase. For more info see this post.

As I was reading the book I kept picturing this house from the stamp set French Countryside. I mentioned in a previous post that I've been doing some major cleaning in Studio 1.15...well, I found French Countryside in the "to go" box! Yeah, no! I rescued it and made this card. This is my vision of Twin Elms the estate where Nancy and her friend, Helen, are trying to solve the mystery. I stamped it on Basic Beige with Secret Sea ink and cut it out with a Textured Notes die. I added that strip of crocheted trim and the sentiment from Charming Duck Pond. I also inked the edges with Basic Beige. I cut a piece of  Beautiful Gallery DSP from another Textured Notes die. Everything went on a Secret Sea card base. I finished it off with a few Pressed Flower Motifs. It's highly unlikely that the estate looked anything like this but that's okay! In the crafty world it works!

It's been super fun doing this. I'm now reading book #3 in the series.  It makes my crafty heart happy! 

Studio 1.15 was tidy but I tackled another area and it's a mess again BUT I made more room on the shelves for stamp sets!!! I hope to rescue a few others from the "to go" box!

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Happy Summer

 Wednesday, June 18, 2025

I'm excited to share another card today! 

I've been doing a deep clean of the studio. Its been good. Definitely hard at times and I still have a couple more drawers to go through. I don't want to get rid of any of my stamp sets but the reality is I only have so much space...so some things need to be sold. Why am I rambling on...well, today's card came together when I uncovered these cute watermelon pieces. They were already colored and ready to go! I added a piece of Fruit Salad DSP to a Poppy Parade card base and then added the melons and sentiment which are from Lawn Fawn's Simply Celebrate Summer!

This card fits right in at the Paper Player's challenge this week:

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Driving By

 Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Hello, crafty friends! 

Today's card was made with a challenge from Christy at Snapdragon Stamps blogspot in mind. She's making cards inspired from the Nancy Drew books she is rereading. Well, I'm a bit late to the party! I had never read any of the Nancy Drew books! Where was I growing up?!  And I have always been a reader! Well, it's never too late to correct a mistake! So, I am reading the Nancy Drew books. Here's my card based on Book #1 The Secret of the Old Clock.

So, Nancy and her convertible inspired me to make this card using the 2022 SU! Sale-a-bration Driving By stamp set. Nancy was driving when a terrible rain storm hit and she just happened to stop at the house where the sisters lived that she was wanting to meet! And it was one of the sister's birthdays! 

I used a card base of Darling Duckling. Embossed a panel of Secret Sea with the Old World EF. I thought it looked a bit stormy-like. The convertible was stamped in Mememto Tuxedo Black and colored with Balmy Blue Blends. The banner is ephemera and the sentiment is stamped with Timid Tiger and cut out with a Mixed Label die. I finished it with a few sequins because...because I wanted it to be festive.

Happy Stamping and happy reading!

Tracy

God Bless

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Today's card came about rather quickly.

I used SU!'s Two-Tone Floral stamp set and coordinating dies. The flowers are stamped in Bubble Bath and Berry Burst. The greenery is Lost Lagoon ink on Lost Lagoon cardstock. The sentiment is from Layers of Beauty. 

The Paper Player's have a color challenge this week:

Happy Stamping!

Tracy

Cottage Rose

 Monday, May 5, 2025

Happy Monday! How did a whole month go by without a post from me?! Probably because I did not make it a priority and life happens so quickly around here!

Today's card came together fairly quickly with some pieces that I found while cleaning the studio! LOL!

I was excited to see the Paper Players challenge this week:

Something old, something new! That's my style! 

The rose is from the Cottage Rose stamp set which I have dated 2023. The DSP may be from Beautifully Penned but I'm not sure and not sure when that was. The sentiment is brand new from the Impressions Abloom which releases tomorrow! The Holographic gems also release tomorrow. I really like them. They have more green than pink and go really well with that rose. The Brushed Silver paper is also currently available. So, there you have it! Some old and some new!

We travelled to south central Oregon, I think that is what it would be called. Not a lot there but we enjoyed it. We visited Fort Rock.

And ate at the Cowboy Dinner Tree! So yummy and so fun! 

Besides travelling a little we've had the grands! They have grown since this picture! Every time we see them they have grown! 😮

Okay, that's a quick update on life here! 

Happy Stamping!

Tracy