What to Make When You Hibernate: It's All About the P's

Welcome back to another round of What to Make When you Hibernate! This time we are featuring Pi Day and St. Patrick's Day. I have a son the was born on March 14th, so he has adopted a tradition of having pie on his birthday. Yes, we are a bit geeky. Before that, he associated his birthday with St. Patrick's Day, and before he knew  anything about St. Patrick's Day, his favorite color was green. So yes. I am totally thinking about my son right now!

However, I  was thinking of my friend Jenny Hall, and her affinity for all  things llama when I  made this card. The stamp set is from  Simon Says  Stamp, and is called Wooly Lucky. It is  still available, even though I got it in a card kit last year!

I recently got a spit of Daniel Smith watercolors with 42 colors. I now have 2 splits, with a total of 65 colors. And I have been playing with them a lot. Then I watched a video of Debbie Hughes making a plaid background, and was reminded of how easy it is to do. And perfect for a St. Patty's Day theme! Even the matted panel is watercolored to match the plaid.

It still needed a little something extra, so I pulled out some Nuvo Crystal drops, and this green was perfect.

And just so happens to be Glow in the Dark, lol!!

I ran out of time to come up with something Pi themed, although I had some sets to use in mind. I am loving shopping my stash lately!

Don't miss the rest of the stops, there are lots of great projects to see! Leave some love along the way.

Blog Roll:

1. Sue Plote
2. Jenny Hall
3. Tania Cordie  
4. Justin Averill   
5. Tanya Boser   ---you are here
6. Marcia Caradinta  

Instagram Roll:

1. Adam Karl   https://www.instagram.com/ark513/
2. Sue Plote  https://www.instagram.com/thispinkrooster/
3. Jenny Hall   https://www.instagram.com/thejennyhalldesign/
4. Justin Averill  https://www.instagram.com/justanotebyjustin/
5. Tanya Boser  https://www.instagram.com/tanyaboser/  
6. Marcia Caradinta  https://www.instagram.com/thefrolickingfairy/

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.

What to Make When You Hibernate: Valentines, Galentines, All the TInes

Hey guys! My friends and I decided to do another  themed series of blog hops featuring some Winter Holidays. Today we are featuring Valentine's day, however you would like to celebrate it.

My share for today is this fun card for my hubby. The background is a Turnabout  stamp from Concord and 9th, and that  mythical fella is from my stash of Kindred Stamps limited edition boxes.

He is colored with Copic markers and fussy cut out. There is some ink blending in the  layers.

How  do you celebrate Valentine's Day?

Check out the rest of the projects with the links below!

Blog Roll:

1. Tania Cordie https://paperandme2.blogspot.com/2020/02/valentines-day.html 
2. Jenny Hall https://www.jennyhalldesign.com/?p=13835 
3. Marcia Caradinta. https://www.thefrolickingfairy.com/blogs/fairy-notes/i-carrots-about-you 
4. Justin Averill. https://justanotebyjustin.com/2020/02/07/what-to-make-when-you-hibernate-all-the-tines-blog-hop 
5. Tanya Boser  https://tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com/2020/02/VGT.html 
6. Sue Plote http://thispinkrooster.com

 
Instagram Roll:

1. Sue Plote @thispinkrooster
2. Jenny Hall @thejennyhalldesign
3. Marcia Caradinta @thefrolickingfairy
4. Justin Averill @justanotebyjustin
5. Adam Karle @ark513
6. Tanya Boser @tanyaboser

Creating Kindness: Florals

Hey friends!  It has been a while. I am glad to be back this month after a very busy holiday season! The Creating Kindness group is at it again, and this month the theme is florals!

Don't forget to check out all of the fabulous projects this month!

My first project this month is this 5x7 card using Picket Fence Studios Lilac Dreams stamps and dies.

I Copic colored the image and added some sparkle with Stardust Gelly Roll pen and Wink of Stella.

The background was ink blended with Distress Oxides on a purple piece of cardstock, then Sugar Plum Glitter Paste  from Brutus Monroe was applied through a stencil. 

Then we have this beauty from Concord and 9th. I Copic colored this image and die cut it also. 

This is a. 5x7 card also, and I found a bunch of embossing folders for this sized card!

The inside got a little love too!

That is all I have for you, it is time to go check out what Sue Plote has created. It is sure to Wow you!

Sue Vine - Guest Designer - Australia
Lou Kitzelman – Australia
Jenny Hall – USA
Paula Dobson – New Zealand
Tanya Boser – USA--you are here
Sue Plote - America
Jay Soriano – UK
Marcy Denning – Canada
Cheryll Miller – Australia
Charlet Mallett – USA
Danielle Bennenk – Netherlands
Sara Levin - USA

Crafty Friends: Picket Fence Studios

Hey, can you believe we are 3/4 through January already?! That means it is time for another Crafty Friends blog hop! Me and my friends get together once a month to highlight a different stamp company each time. If you are like me, you love them all! The special thing about our hops is that we have been able to get a coupon code for all of our hops.

This month is no different. We are featuring Picket Fence Studios this month, and for today and tomorrow, you can get a 20% discount on the Picket Fence website. LOVE that!

I decided to use some of the Boho line of stamps with coordinating dies. There are several small sets in this line, and they call to my free spirit side. This Boho Zebra 
with coordinating Boho Zebra Die.

All of these are 5"x7" cards, so keep that in mind when looking at the image size. This is my go to card size now, since I am making cards for every birthday in my large department! There are about 6 birthdays a month, on average! Which means I need to leave plenty of space for everyone to sign the cards.

This sweet Boho Zebra was stamped and heat embossed, then colored with Copic markers and Wink of Stella in Gold, Silver, and Clear.  The sentiment is from Boho Bull and is also stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and clear heat embossed.

The background is the Tribal Stripes background stamp from Hero Arts, heat embossed in White Satin Pearl.

I added an image inside using Pumice Stone Distress Oxide ink, which pulls the whole thing together.

Here is another card with the zebra. I like it, but I love the first one.

This on uses one of the Beautiful Girls series of stamps and dies: Molly.

I colored this image with Copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut it out.

The sentiment is a combination of words from a couple of Concord and 9th sets.

My last card uses the Vortex of Fish set. I ink blended Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover Distress Inks for the background.

The Vortex is heat embossed with White Satin Pearl embossing powder. I do believe I am in love with that embossing powder, and this stamp!! I think the sentiment is from a My Monthly Hero kit from this summer.

OK, I also have to share the newest member of our family, Honey! We got her on January 11th, and this is her in our hotel room on the way back from picking her up. Yes, we drove 6 hours through -30 degree weather to pick up this adorable $50 dog. She was 10 weeks old in this picture. She is for sure Australian Shepherd and Husky. They think the dad was Springer Spaniel and Cocker Spaniel. Her momma was a rescue who had 10 puppies, and Honey was the last to get a home. And she is definitely a Honey!

So, tell me which one of the cards you liked best in the comments below!

Now it is time to head off to the next stop in the hop. A lot of these ladies are at Creativation right now, and maybe I will join them there next year.

Maria Willis

Becky Roberts

Sandi McIver

Sara Sherlock

Lydia Fiedler

Jen Timko

Jenny Hall

Tanya Boser- you are here

Ilina Crouse

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.

Crafty Festival of Christmas: Last Minute Lucy- Anything Goes!

OK, this post got a little ahead of it's self, going live before I even had it finished! Really, it should have been more patient!! I mean, honestly! The theme this week is Last Minute Lucy. You know I was creating the content this morning.

This is the last post of the 2019 Festival of Christmas, and this time we are going to share a bunch of our last minute projects. I know I always end up making more cards, gifts, and tags.

For my projects, I am focusing on those last minute Christmas cards. I like to keep them fairly simple, but still lovely. The Concord and 9th Turnabouts are so helpful for that! This is the Snowflakes turnabout, with three colors of embossing powder!

The iridescent one is from the Brutus Monroe monthly embossing powder club and it is called Frost Bite. I love it!! I also used Alabaster and White Satin Pearl.  The White Sating Pearl over Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink made a lovely new color, too.

The sentiment was tamoed with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink also, and is from Very Merry Sentiments.

This was all stamped with Distress Oxides using the Holly Berry turnabout and the same Very Merry Sentiments set.

I used 4 different colors for the berries even. And some Copper embossing on vellum.

This last card uses up the last of my stash of Mellow Moss cardstock, which retired. from Stampin Up several years ago. The Pinecone Background from Simon Says Stamps was something I just had to have, since I adore pinecones and pine trees.

My cardstock was a bit faded and splotchy, so I took some Forest Moss Distress Oxide ink and sponged over the cardstock. I also spritzed it with Pearlized water before embossing the Pinecone background with gold embossing powder.

The Very Merry Sentiments set came to the rescue again, on the front of the card and inside.

There they are, my last minute cards! Now I need to get a few into the mail, and go make the calendar with everyone's birthdays on it that my mother-in-law requested!


The next stop is the lovely Linda van Wely!

Blog Roll:

1. Tania Cordie

2. Tanya Boser

3. Linda Van Wely

4. Lynnea Hollendonner

5. Charlet Mallett
6. Marcia Caradinta

Video Roll:

Lynnea Hollendonner.  https://www.youtube.com/embed/eRL8AcPgItw

Instagram Roll:

1. Maria Willis @cardbomb

2. Adam Karle @ark513

3. Linda van Wely @stampinwithlizdesign

4. Tanya Boser @tanyaboser

Some of the supplies listed below are affiliate links, some are not. If you use an affiliate link here to make a purchase, I may get a small compensation. I only use things that I love, and do not create paid posts.

Crafty Festival of Christmas: Treat Containers, Gifts, and Ornaments

Hey friends!! Happy Friday the 13th with a full moon! (says the exhausted ER nurse who ran out of time to create something shiny and new for this episode!) We are back with more holiday fun. The theme this week is Treats, Gifts, and Ornaments.

The team came up with some amazing stuff this week!

A couple of years ago, I stumbled onto the sweetest little treat package, and I made a ton of them. This is one of them. I took cardstock and embossed it with an embossing folder before I. did the scoring and assembly.

I even made a video back in the day showing how to make them!

This one used some patterned paper. You can use all kinds of themes, and put all kinds of things in these little purses.

A frosty stamped patterned paper with a couple of sweet little mitten tags. I have out everything from chapstick to chocolate in these!

I even added a little inclusion card that you can write a message on!

That's all I have this time, head on over to Linda's blog for the next idea!