SSC366 In Color Cone Flowers

[This is happening!  I'm gonna make a card!]  Hello All, welcome to my little corner of the internet where I struggle to find time in the summer to make a card.  This week I'm going to double dip, using the current color combination on Sunday Stamps, as well as a make up on a missed sketch.

I couldn't resist making a cone flower card, using some In Colors.

And sure enough, I have a photo of some cone flowers on my phone as well.

Here is this week's color combination and past sketch by Lisa.

Stamps: Daisy Lane, Nature Walk; Paper: Darling Duckling, Timid Tiger, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia, Whisper White, Sunny Days DSP; Ink: Timid Tiger, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends; Accessories: 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls, Flower Soft, 1/2" Circle Punch, Brayer, Sponges, Thoughtful Moments Hybrid EF, Die-Cutting Machine, e-cutter.

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SSC362 Layered Thoughts

Hello All!  Swinging in late for the Sunday Stamps challenge this week.  I am doubling up, making a downline shoebox swap as well.  Our group usually swap with every new catalog, and I don't have many new sets from this one, so I'm using the sentiment set Layered Thoughts we received from Onstage Raleigh.

I paired the sentiment with some birthday images from Turtle-y Cute DSP (which you can cut out with the Turtle-y Awesome Dies).

Here's this week's sketch by Melissa.

Stamps: Layered Thoughts; Paper: Shaded Spruce, Whisper White, Turtle-y Cute DSP; Ink: Shaded Spruce; Accessories: Shades of Green Hexagons, Turtle-y Awesome Dies, Die-Cutting Machine.

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SSC361/SSC360 Perk Up!

Welcome to the next Sunday Stamps challenge!  I've had Taylored Expressions Perk Up! bundle sitting on my shelf for a long while, and I haven't had a chance to ink it up.  This stamp & stencil combo makes super fun background, plus you can die-cut the cups for a main images as well.  

I went with neutrals for the background, and incorporated some new Stampin' Up! In Colors for the focal point.  I stacked the sentiment to get it to pop up off the card.

Here is this week's sketch by Laurie, and I'm playing catch-up on last time's color challenge.

Stamps: TE Perk Up! Stamp & Stencil, TE Cofee Create Repeat; Paper: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla; Ink: Strawberry Slush, Darling Duckling, Cloud Cover, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Soft Suede, Versamark; Accessories: Earth Tones Gems, White Embossing Powder, Blending Brushes, Perk Up! Dies, Coffee Create Repeat Dies, Die-Cutting Machine.

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SSC359 Turtle-y Awesome

Hi All!  Welcome back for another Sunday Stamps challenge.

The new two-tone card stock has a white core, which is great for sanding techniques.  It reminds me of the old Core'dinations paper, so I dug some of my old stock out to play with.

Here is this week's sketch by Heather.

Stamps: Turtle-y Awesome, Oceanfront; Paper: Gumball Green Core'dinations, Cloud Cover, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Turtle-y Cute DSP; Ink: Balmy Blue, Gray Granite, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Stampin' Blends; Accessories: Shade of Green Hexagons; White EP, Sanding Block, Turtle Textures EF, Turtle-y Awesome Dies, Die-Cutting Machine, Dimensionals.

At OnStage, we attended an after hours event using Turtle-y Awesome, and I managed one make & take with limited supplies.

Sara and Logan did a cute turtle-y stage presentation at the closing session of OnStage.  I sent this gif to my sons, who were huge TMNT fans as kids.

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SSC358 Changing Leaves Pocket Card

Hey y'all, Time for another Sunday Stamps challenge.  This week's sketch reminded me of a classic pocket card.  I combined that with an idea Stampin' Up posted recently using the newer two-tone card stock.

This was a great opportunity to use some new In Color card stock colors, plus play with retiring Changing Leaves embossing folder & dies.

The two-tone card stock has coordinating shades of either side of the paper, plus a white core.  This lends itself to some fun techniques, such as sanding that I used on my card.  See this post for more ideas.

Here is this week's sketch by Deb.

Stamps: Wonderful Thoughts; Paper: Strawberry Slush, Timid Tiger, Darling Duckling, Granny Apple Green Two-Tone, Garden Green, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Vellum; Ink: Strawberry Slush, Peach Parfait, Versamark; Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems, Natural Tones Linen Thread, White Embossing Powder, Sanding Block, Scattered Sequins EF, Changing Leaves EF & Dies, Die-Cutting Machine, Dimensionals.

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SSC357/SSC352 Thankful Hydrangea

Hi All, Welcome to another Sunday Stamps challenge.  I'm still in the process of trying to hit some challenges I missed in the past, so I am doubling up today on both color and sketch challenges.

I love stamp and stencil sets, so I had to grab the new Online Exclusives Thankful Garden bundle.

Here is this week's color challenge, along with the sketch I used.

Stamps: Thankful Garden; Paper: Highland Heather, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Hydrangea Hill DSP; Ink: Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Blackberry Bliss; Accessories: Opaque Gems, Blending Brushes, Thankful Garden Decorative Masks, Thankful Garden Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Rectangle Stitched Dies, Die-Cutting Machine.

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OnStage Raleigh 2025

Hi All!  Post-OnStage, I've returned from Raleigh after a couple days of friend-visiting and hiking in Shenandoah National Park.  I didn't participate in my typical OnStage photographing of all the things, so I thought I would create a post for the memory banks of the few photos I did manage.

My downline Melissa was kind enough to model the Bogg-type event bag for us.

Here's all us roomies together enjoying the All-White Welcome Party on the first night and celebrating Pi Day later in the week.

They had a new fun thing - a t-shirt cannon, and I ended up with one!

Here's all the swag I came home with.

In the Product Playground, we got to play with some techniques using the two-tone card stock,

and here are the new 2025-27 In Colors.

It was another great Stampin' Up! event.  I really enjoyed my time with other lovely crafty ladies!!