Holiday Cardinals......FMS647

 

One holiday card finished!  Only 999 more to go! No I don't really make that many but I am notorious for starting my holiday cards way too late so it seems like I have a zillion to make all at once! I found a sweet sheet of DSP in my retired holiday stash and used it as a backdrop for the cardinals from the new holiday set Wintery Trees.

And while I was crafting my daughter took Emma and her friends to the new Minions movie to escape the afternoon heat!  I love how they dressed up like minions and made my daughter dress like Gru - whoever that is!

                                           

Karren designed a wonderful sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Hope you join us!

Stamps: Wintery Tree Tops (SU!), Holiday Silhouettes (Gina K)

Ink: Memento Black, Copics

Paper: Blueberry Bushel, A Walk in the Forest DSP

Celebration! FMS646

 

Confetti, streamers and balloons - always festive for a birthday celebration! It has been a wild week around here with excessive heat and then horrible thunder storms and tornadoes - very unusual for our area.  The tornadoes - about 7 or 8 of them I believe - were small and short lived but they did plenty of damage. They swept down the Mohawk Valley and then up into the Adirondack Mountains. Literally hundreds of trees down! Our camp lost power for three days as crews worked to clear the roads and repair the power lines. Directly across the lake from us a pontoon boat and the dock it was tied to was lifted out of the lake, up over the road and then smashed into a parked car and the house near it.  Amazingly no one was hurt but the clean up continues.  So I am actually celebrating a return to normal summer weather here...............

Cecile has such a fun sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Hope you join us!

Stamps: Attention Shoppers, Beautiful Balloons

Ink: Memento Black, Concord & 9th: Buttercup, Briar Rose, Watermelon

Paper: Fresh Freesia

Stencil: Confetti by Honey Bee

Big Hugs.....#TTTC252

 

I participated in the Concord & 9th Summer Camp recently - such a fun event!  Amazing creativity from the instructors - and the campers! Everyone was assigned a cabin - with a counselor - who was also a very talented stamper! I was in the Creamsicle Cabin with Jennifer McGuire as our counselor.  It was a two day event and it was full of ideas and beautiful cards!  I confess I haven't completed all of the projects but I will get there! Each "cabin" received a unique die set for every "camper". Our cabin members received the sweet die set I used on my card today!  A fun way to let someone know you are thinking of them!

I went straight down the middle of the Tic Tac Toe board for my design today. Hope you join us!

Die Set from Concord & 9th

Paper: Berry Burst, Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry, Full of Life DSP

Scoop! There It Is! FMS645

 

Definitely ice cream season here - sooo hot!!  My favorite ice cream is Stewart's Philly Vanilla.  Stewart's Shops are all over northern New York - definitely the splace to go for milk, gas and ice cream! I like to have a few ice cream themed cards on hand because I often send Stewart's ice cream gift cards in with thank you cards or even thinking of you cards - always a hit! And a whole pack of ice cream themed sentiments from Impression Obsession was a big hit with me! I used my favorite sentiment first.....my kids sang that song waaay too much back in the day!

I love Jen Brum's sweet sketch this week!  Hope you join us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Stamp Sets: Share a Milkshake (SU!), Ice Cream Sayings (IO)

Ink: Versafine Black

Paper: Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath, Sweet Sorbet, Early Espresso, Silver Metallic

Where the Art Is.....FMS644

Kim designed the perfect sketch to show off DSP so I used panels from Unbounded Beauty to showcase the new In Colors from Stampin' Up! I filled the flower box with those same colors for the flowers and leaves. The result is a sweet summery card which must have been inspired by recent 90 degree temperatures. Way too hot for upstate New York! One of these days I may  have to invest in an air conditioner for my craft room! In the meantime I plan to join this parade to the beach!

 Kim designed a great sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Hope you join us!

Stamp Sets: Country Birdhouse

Ink: Memento Black, Copics

Paper: Unbounded Beauty DSP, Pecan Pie, Pretty In Pink, Shy Shamrock, Peach Pie, Summer Splash, Petunia Pop

Summery Thank You...FMS643

 

Celebrating the warm weather here with a summer themed thank you card.  Even though the temps are higher now it takes a long time for that lake to warm up after winter and a cool rainy spring. But playing on the shore and splashing around keeps those grandkids entertained just as well as swimming! Lazy summer days are the best!

                                                                                 

Hope you have a fun filled Fourth of July holiday!

Have fun with my sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches! Put your own "stamp" on it!

Stamp Set: Seaside Post (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Memento Black, Concord & 9th

Paper: Full of Life DSP, Basic Grey, Starry Sky