A Royal Flush of Wishes

Happy Monday Peeps,

I hope you had a fab weekend. 

I'm squeaking in my card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I recently received an order from Spellbinders that included the Jack of All Trades bundle. It is a combination of stamps, Betterpress plates and dies. I spent some time inking up the betterpress plates with different paper and ink color combos and now have about 10 card front panels to make into actual cards. I did make one complete card that I'm sharing today, a birthday card for our friend whose birthday is Feb 2.

For this card, I combined a die cut from the Spellbinders Love On the Rock die set, which is the old fashion glass. 

The background is the largest Betterpress plate in the bundle. I used Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Charcoal Gold Shimmer to ink the plate and some Bisque Betterpress paper to get a letterpress effect. The letterpress effect is so pretty, but doesn't photograph well here. For the glass, I did direct to paper with the same ink pad over black card stock then die cut the glass. For the Manhattan drink, I used some Merlot card stock and ink blended a medium brown ink over it. 

The vellum looked a little "plain," so I used a card front die to adde some texture.

The rest of the royal flush cards are here on the inside of the card.

The club and diamond images are from another Betterpress set from the bundle, as are the all of the sentiments, front and inside. The die cut spades and card denominations are from a die set in the bundle.

It's a really  fun kit to play with and has so many options for card making.

Enjoy your week, and thanks for checking in!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps, Betterpress plates and dies: Spellbinders Jack of All Trades Bundle

Paper: Spellbinders Betterpress Bisque card stock and Gina K Designs Vanilla and Black card stock, Gina K Designs Vellum, SU Merry Merlot card stock

Ink: Lisa Horton Charcoal Gold Cloud 9 shimmer ink pad, Gina K Designs Warm Cocoa ink pad

Other: Spellbinders Love On the Rocks die set, Simon Says Stamp Detail Swirls embossing plate die, Corner Rounder punch, Hero Arts Martini Glass dies (cherries, orange garnish, swizzle stick dies), Spellbinders Betterpress System, Spellbinders gold enamel dot embellishments, GKD Blending brush, SU Dimensionals, Connect liquid glue

Happy Birthday

 Happy Monday,

I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. On Saturday we headed to the wine country in Temecula to pickup our Fall allocation from one of the wineries there. We took some lunch and had a glass of wine then made it back to the coast by late afternoon. It was a nice little diversion from the usual Saturday stuff.

I'm cutting it close with my card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches entry. I finished this late last night and took the photo before heading out for a walk this morning so I could edit and post. I had a totally different approach in mind for these banners, but then I remembered this C & 9th stamp and die set and here's what I did.

The background is embossed with a Spellbinders embossing folder. I trimmed the panel and matted it before adding the ice cream cones. The cone bases are cut from kraft card stock and ink blended with Warm Cocoa ink and the waffle die is straight kraft card stock. The ice cream is die cut from some older Tim Holtz papers as are the jimmies (or are they sprinkles?) The Happy Birthday stamp is from a different C & 9th stamp set.

Thanks for checking in and have a great week!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps and Die sets by Concord & 9th: Petal Pushers set for the sentiment and Pretty Sweet set for the ice cream dies

Paper: Gina K Designs Ivory, and Black Onyx, Tim Holtz colored card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx and Warm Cocoa

Other: Spellbinders Birthday Candles embossing folder, Gina K Designs large Sentiment Strip dies, Big Shot Switch, Misti, Connect Glue, Blending brushes, SU dimensionals

PS- Here's what Google has for jimmies Vs sprinkles:

The sprinkles vs. jimmies debate

Though the term sprinkles seems to be more widely used, regionality comes into play when it comes to this ice cream topping. According to Philadelphia’s WHYY publication Billy Penn, the term jimmies is used widely in Pittsburgh and Boston and parts of the Midwest, though sprinkles is heard more in New York.

But it’s not always so cut and dry. A 2006 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee survey reported that some respondents use different terms when it comes to length, color, or application (jimmies on ice cream and sprinkles on donuts, for example). So there you have it :)

Oh, Ale Yes!

Hello peeps,

I used LeAnne's sketch from this week's The Paper Players challenge to make a birthday card for my oldest nephew. Like many in their twenty's, one of his favorite beverages is beer. He became a beer "connoisseur" a few years ago when he did a year of his college in Ecuador. (Besides the college thing, I think it's one of the safest things to drink.)

I received this new SU set with a recent order, and it proved timely to make his card. The card base is from a pre-packaged set of note cards and envelopes from the new SU catalog called Texture Chic. The look of the texture and colors is very nice IRL. The size is larger than an A2 card at 4.25 x 6.25 inches.

 

Most all supplies used to make this card are from SU. I used  Gina K ink cubes to stamp the images because her dye inks are Copic friendly and I knew I wanted to add some shading with Copics.

The Ale greeting is heat embossed and fussy cut to fit over the growler bottle, and I used a blending brush to blend brown ink around the edges. The second greeting was stamped prior to running the panel through an embossing folder.

Here is the inside. The sentiment is from an older SU birthday set and the beer mug from the beer set. Notice this is a late birthday card. I did call him and sent his usual birthday $$ via Venmo, so the important part arrived on his birthday, which was Sunday.

This Brewed For You set and dies is a fun one to use. I'm sure you'll see it more on this blog. 

Have a good rest of the week and thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Brewed For you set & dies and Happiest Of Birthdays set both by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Texture Chic note cards, SU Soft Succulent, Soft Suede, Basic White card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Amalgam Black, Charcoal Brown, Soft Stone, Prickly Pear, Honey Mustard and Sweet Corn ink cubes, VersaMark, SU Soft Suede and Soft Succulent ink pads,  and Copics

Other:  Clear embossing powder, heat tool, SU Tasteful Textile embossing folder, SU Brushed Metallic enamel dots, Big Shot, SU Dimensionals

Happy Birthday

Good evening peeps,

I have my card for this week's Paper Player's Challenge. Jaydee is hostess with a Masculine Birthday Card  theme. I had lots of ideas and finally settled on this one because I wanted to use some of my new Concord & 9th goodies. Everything on this card, except the VersaMark ink, is C&9th supplies.

I picked a gold, gray, and blue palette for my colors, which is really what makes this a "masculine" card. If I'd used pastels or pinks and purples, it would have more a feminine feel.

The background stamp set is the Dots Turnabout stamp set and the birthday stamp and die set is called, appropriately, All The Birthdays. The square elements that I turned on point, the HB dies and the banner die are all dies that are part of the stamp set. For the large HB, I first stamped the C&9th Woven Plaid Background on white card stock, then cut the dies.

 

For the inside of the card I've used an older C&9th Turnabout and another sentiment stamp set from C&9th.

Thanks all for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: All The Birthdays set, Dots Turnabout set, Woven Plaid Background set, Confetti Turnabout set, I Like You set all Concord & 9th

Paper: Concord & 9th card stocks in white, Midnight, Stardust

Ink: Concord & 9th ink cubes in Midnight, Stardust, Dove, Oceanside, VersaMark

Other: C&9th All the Birthdays and heart die, white EP, heat tool, Misti, Gemini Jr, SU Dimensionals

Best Wishes To an Old Goat

Hi again,

My cousin, who owns a ranch in Northern California, has a birthday in a few days. As a family, we lived on this ranch until I was around 10 years old, so I grew up with my cousin. During my jr high and high school summers, I worked, with another cousin, changing hay wagons during the summers. We also did lots of horseback riding making sure that the cows were off the open ranges where the highway ran through. It was another time. My Grandfather owned the ranch at that time, and it's been passed on from him to my uncle, and now to my cousin. He happens to be one of my favorite peeps and I try to remember his birthday every year. I usually visit a few times each year when I visit my mom, but with COVID, that's not possible, so this year a card is even more important.

The stamps are from an older set from Simon Says Stamp. Not sure of the year, but I've had it for at least 3 years, if not more. I did go with a newer, Slimline layout. The Retro Rubber Challenge is "anything goes" this week, so I'm posting to their blog.

I stamped the farm animals on X-Press It Blending card stock with Memento tuxedo black and colored them with Copics. They are cut out with Spellbinders circle dies and layered onto the card. The green card stock is from SSS and the patterned paper is from the latest SSS monthly kit. 

Here is the inside of the card. I really like how this card turned out, and I think my cousin will get a kick out of it too. (he's 3 years older than I).

That's it from me for today. I hope you have nice evening and a good week.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Birthday Farm Animals by Simon Says Stamp

Paper: SSS Green and white card stock, Doodlebug pattern papers

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, Gina K Blueberry

Other: Spellbinders circle dies, SU Shimmery Crystal Effects, Nuvo glitter pen, Misti, Gemini Jr, foam tape

This Calls For Cake

Hello and happy Sunday,

I'm currently on vacation at my sister's house in Portland, OR. I drove to northern California last week to pick up our mom to bring her here to stay with my sister for a month or so.

I usually bring some crafting supplies when I travel by car to mom's and/or my sister's house, although my sister is also a paper crafter and I can use some of her supplies while here. Yesterday, she and I did some shopping at a local scrapbooking and stamping store in Beaverton.

The supplies I brought with me are mostly for making some Holiday cards, but I also brought some misc sets too, which I used to make this birthday card for a co-work's end of July birthday.

The sketch is this week's Freshly Made Sketch. The stamp set is from Avery Elle called Sweet Swines. I used the Gina K Wreath Builder to stamp the balloons.

The images are all stamped with Memento tuxedo black on Whisper White Thick card stock and colored with SU Blends. I brought my Blends instead of my Copics to color with on this trip, because they take up less room. Honestly, I don't like how the Blends color as well as the Copics.

Here is the inside of the card.

Have a nice and restful Sunday. Thanks for checking in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Sweet Swines set by Avery Elle
Paper: SU Brilliant Blue, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade and Whisper White thick card stocks
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Blends
Other: Sweet Swines set dies, Gina K Wreath Builder, Big Shot, Misti, Gina K foam squares

Celebrate Your Day

Hello all,

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players challenge. Ann has a fun theme challenge for us this week. CAS and Masculine. A perfect inspiration for me to make a birthday card for one of my co-workers. He happens to be one of my favorite peeps in the world too. I've combined Ann's theme with the sketch from this week's CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge. It's a great one to use for a CAS card.

The front of my card is one layer, with the exception of the greetings and the two lines down the left side. Using a very old wooden stamp, I stamped the bottom of the card with Memento black ink, then using some blending brushes, blended distress inks over the image. I did add some black enamel dots because, truth be told, I got a tiny smudge of red on the white space and I didn't want to start over, so I used an enamel dot to cover it. One of our "tricks of the trade." It's still a pretty simple design.

I did layer the inside panel with a black mat. It was just too white without it, LOL. To make the mirror image of the beer mug, I stamped it onto a piece of thick clear plastic and used that to stamp the image onto the paper. Using a fine Copic marker, I drew over the lines. Another trick of ours.

I've used a variety of stamps from a variety of sets to make this birthday card. Nice to have the options when creating.

Speaking of creating, our former neighbors had a new baby recently. He's probably about 2 months old now. When we were in Central California over the July 4th weekend, I visited one of my favorite Quilting/fabric stores and got some fabric to make a baby quilt for him. (I made one for his brother when he arrived two years ago.) I was able to get the top completely pieced this week, sewing after work. Here's a picture of it laying on our living room floor. It's not even pressed, but I wanted to see what it looked like. The fabrics are all sea related, since we do live by the ocean. I'll hopefully get the sandwiching, binding and quilting done this week.

Thanks for looking in. Have a great week,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Beer Collage wooden stamp by Stamps Happen, Sentimental set and die by Avery Elle, Cocktail Party set by Hero Arts, Scripty Birthday set by Mama Elephant, Piñata Party set by Concord & 9th
Paper: SU Whisper White and Basic Black card stock
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks, VersaMark, Copics
Other: SU white embossing powder, heat tool, Taylored Expressions Blending Brush set, Gemini Jr, enamel dots

Happy Birthday

Hello to all, and Happy Super Bowl Sunday (if you're into that),

Can't say that FB is something that I watch, but later we are going to our friends for a little SB party. It also happens to be his birthday today, so of course, I needed to make a card.

Using inspiration from this week's Freshly Made Sketch, and the color theme at Seize the Birthday, here is my card.

For the three diagonal lines in the sketch, I used some patterned paper, matching the lines with the same paper on the card base. I added the happy birthday in Real Red and some SU candy dots for embellishment. The stamps are from a variety of sets, all are listed below in the Supplies section.

Here is the inside.

I'm off to Denver for the week bright and early tomorrow morning. The weather app keeps changing. Now it's saying snow on Wednesday, but yesterday snow wasn't in the forecast. It's currently warmer in Denver than it is here in San Diego. We've had some wild, rainy weather the last few days here.

Have a great day!
Thanks,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: All Inside, Up the Happy, and Pure Magic by Julie for Ellen Hutson, Birthday Basics Turnabout set by Concord & 9th and Party Animal by Lawn Fawn
Paper: SU Basic Black, Whisper White thick, Whisper White and Botanical Butterfly DSP
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Real Red
Other: Ellen Hutson set dies, Lawn Fawn set dies, SU Candy Dots, Gemini Jr, SU mini glue dots, fun foam

Got Powder?

Hello,

The very talented Claire is our hostess this week at The Paper Players Challenge. The challenge is a Clean and Simple one with a theme of Snowy Day.

I have several stamps that would have worked well and since I was in the mood to pull out my Copics and color while watching the AO Tennis matches, I choose this little PI Snowboarder. Besides, I think many would say this is a perfect way to spend a snowy day. I originally had this as a single layer card, but in the end I couldn't help myself to add a layer of snowy mountains with a ski hill. It's still a fairly CAS card. (my story and I'm sticking to it.)

The mountains are created with a Lawn Fawn die and the hill with a Die-namics die. The snow is created with a TE embossing folder. I blended some bright blue Distress Oxide ink on the top of the card base then glued the mountain and hill panel on top. The snowboarder is fussy cut out and adhered with Dimensionals. I covered his goggles with a layer of Glossy Accents.

The inside is super CAS, just the sentiment and snowy mountains.

Thanks for checking in. Have a nice Thursday!
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Snowboard Boy Pure Innocence by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU heavy Whisper White and X-Press It Blending card stocks
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Island Indigo, Distress Oxide Ink in Broken China
Other: Lawn Fawn and Die-namics dies, Taylored Expressions Snow embossing folder, Glossy Accents, Gemini Jr, Misti, Dimensionals

Happy Birthday

Hello and happy Monday,

Today is my first day off for a three week vacation. Whoo-hoo! On Thursday morning my sister and I are headed to Quito, Ecuador. We'll be in Ecuador for a week, then fly on to Lima, Peru and be in Peru for a week. We have our train tickets, hotel reservations and park tickets for two days at Machu Picchu.  That should be one of the highlights of the trip. We have many other excursions planned for the two weeks in each country. It may be one of those vacations that you have to go back to work to rest up. I've been finishing up my list of things to buy this morning, now it's down to laundry and packing.

Of course, I have to make time in my craft room before I leave it for two weeks. Yesterday I made a couple of birthday cards. This week's Paper Players Challenge is brought to us by Joanne and she has a fun Tic-tac-toe challenge. These are always so fun and I usually have a hard time deciding on which way to play. Also, the Seize The Birthday Challenge this week is "anything goes," so I'm posting my card there as well.

I ended up going the middle horizontal row. Birthday, Ribbon, Masculine. What threw me was the ribbon on a masculine card. Something I probably wouldn't normally think to do. Full disclosure, I thought of what ribbon to use first, and then picked my papers to go with the ribbon. Kind of crazy! Looking through my box of ribbons, I came across this SU naturals and decided it should work fine on a masculine card.

The small coffee containers are from the Lawn Fawn Love You A Latte set and the large coffee container die is Paper Smooches. I stamped the small cups randomly onto Neenah Desert Storm card stock with Memento brown ink and colored them with Faber-Castel Polychromos pencils. I stamped the coffee bean with Memento brown ink as well.  The large cup die is cut from the Desert Storm paper and a piece of MFT orange gingham patterned paper. The circle, heart and card base are SU Handsome Hunter card stock. I colored the large cup with the colored pencils to match the small ones. IRL, the Handsome Hunter shade is much closer to the green shade used on the cups. In the photo, it looks way more blue!

The inside greeting and image are from the same LF stamp set.

It's a super gloomy day here on the San Diego coast. In fact, we had a smidgen of rain this morning. A good day to be inside. I need to get a Mother's Day card made this afternoon so that Mr Personal Chef can mail it for me while I'm in SA.

Have a great Monday afternoon all! Thanks for stoping in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Love You a Latte set by Lawn Fawn
Paper: Neenah Desert Storm, SU Handsome Hunter, MFT gingham patterned paper
Ink: Memento brown, SU Handsome Hunter, Faber-Castel Polychromos colored pencils
Other: Paper Smooches Coffee Cup die, Die-Namics Pierced circle die, SU naturals ribbon, SU green enamel dots, Gemini Jr, dimensionals

Feliz compelamos a ti (Happy Birthday to you)

Hi all,

I hope your Thursday is going well. I'm "working" in my home office today. I actually was working but just put it aside for a while to take some pictures of my card for this week's Paper Players challenge. This week, Laurie is the hostess with a music theme.

I have lots of patterned papers with sheet music backgrounds which is what I originally pulled out to use and I made a Christmas card. But, I just wasn't feeling it was all that fun, so I put it in my stash and made this one instead. My sister's "honey" has a birthday in a few days and he is hispanic. I think he'll get a kick out of this guy.

The images are from SugarPea Designs. They are stamped with memento black ink and colored with Copics. I fussy cut them out and glued them to the card. The base is SU Basic Black and the three stripes are Hello Honey, Glorious Green and Real Red. The sentiment is printed with my computer and is part of the "Happy Birthday to You" song in Spanish. I added the music notes from an Avery Elle set.

Here is the inside. The paper picado banners are also from an Avery Elle set called Papel Picado Banners. The sentiments are from the SugarPea set. The banners are stamped with SU Glorious Green and Real Red inks using a Misti.

Supplies
Stamps: Let's Fiesta set by SugarPea Designs, Papel Picado Banners & Caroling Critters sets by Avery Elle
Paper: SU Basic Black, Real Red, Hello Honey and Glorious Green card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Glorious Green and Real Red, Copics
Other: SU dimensionals

A few months ago I began my craft room re-organization. I took everything out and had it painted. The color is Sherwin Williams Sea Salt and it is a very light sea green. I love it! The accents and ceiling are all bright white. I decided to go with IKEA shelving and drawers. The shelving and desk are from the Kallax line and the drawers are from the Alex line. They have been up for about a month. I had ordered ink pad and marker inserts for the Kallax and some drawer divider storage for the Alex from Organize More. Those finally arrived this week and I've gotten them filled. Hopefully, you don't mind a few pictures of the final organization. (It's not to say I won't be tweaking things as I use it, but for now, it seems to be good.)

As you can see, my card stock is in plastic sleeves, labeled with a label maker and stored sidewise in the top cubes. The desk is 5 ft x 5 ft. It removes from the cube wall unit very easily, which is important because this room also serves as the guest bedroom. I wanted a large surface area for cutting fabric when I decide to do quilting. I've stored things that I don't use often in the cubes under the desk in the fabric cubes inserts like the ones you see on the right side above the desk.

At the end of the drawer units is a closet. One side has the plastic drawer units that hold my old wooden stamps. For the other side, I bought some metal shelving on rollers from Bed, Bath, Beyond for my patterned papers. They are stored in mesh boxes from The Container Store. Also, one of my Raskog carts lives next to it. Above these is a shelf that is bowed from years of storing my card stock on it. I've placed 3 of the fabric boxes to store various things. I moved my punch (some of them) storage to the wall of the closet too. The closet had sliding wardrobe doors. I've taken them off and will replace with bi-fold doors at some point. (I really don't like it open, but it is easier to access)

One Raskog cart has all of my various adhesives, washi tapes, and stamp cleaning supplies. I had my Copics in the top of this Raskog cart until the inserts arrived. The other Raskog cart has my dies that are not stamp set dies, like the MFT STAX etc. For dies that coordinate with stamp sets, I store them with the stamp set on magnetic panels, including my SU set dies.

As far as stamp storage, for the companies such as Lawn Fawn, Avery Elle, Simon Says Stamp etc that are all photopolymer, they are stored in plastic sleeves in refrigerator bins as many stampers are doing. They sit on top of the Alex drawer units within easy reach. If the set has coordinating dies, they are stored with the stamps. For my SU and Taylored Expressions sets, some are in a book case just as you walk in the room. The rest are in two bookcases in our garage. (I don't sell my stamps. They are my friends.)

So, it's not as fancy as many craft rooms and it has to do triple duty, craft room, home office, guest room, but I'm really enjoying the space more. Before, I had a portable table facing the wall with stacks and stacks of stuff. Now it's organized, and I look out at the ocean!

I hope you all have a great Friday and weekend. We will be at our friend's house in the Central Coast wine region for a long 4 day get-a-way. Thanks for indulging me in sharing my "new" space.

Colleen

It's Your Day-Celebrate

Hi all,

I made a couple of cards yesterday afternoon, but didn't get around to taking pictures until this afternoon. My brother's birthday is coming up at the end of the month and one of my goals was to get a card made for him.

The other day while I was at Paper Source to get some wrapping paper, I saw some cute fox stickers and had to buy them. Yesterday, I managed to actually use one. They are made with multi-layered papers and have accompanying tiny enamel acorns. Using the current MFT Wednesday Sketch, here's my brother's birthday card.

All of the dies are Die-namics and the sentiments and leaves are from various MFT sets. The cute patterned papers are from an older Doodlebug Fall 6 x 6" pad.

Here is the inside. More stamps from MFT.

I was also going to link up to the As You See It blog challenge which is shades of Orange this week, but when I went back to the blog to read the challenge, it's also a 10 minute card. This one didn't qualify. Next time.

Thanks for stopping in. Have a great week.
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Big Birthday Greetings (front sentiments), Harvest Mouse (leaves on front), Fall Friends (inside) sets all by My Favorite Things
Paper: X-Press It Blending card stock and Doodlebug patterned papers
Ink: SU Pumpkin Pie and Early Expresso, Memento tuxedo black, Copics
Other: Little B Stickers (Paper Source), Die-namics Stitched Rounded Corner Rectangle, Inside and Out Stitched Circle, and an older single Banner dies, Harvest Mouse dies, enamel dots, dimensionals

Celebrate! It's Your Day

Hello and Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a marvelous weekend. Mine was very uneventful and that was just fine with me. I got home from Colorado Springs around 7:00 pm on Friday in time for a little Happy Hour and dinner with some of our neighbors. The same group had dinner together on Saturday too. Friday at our home and Saturday at the neighbors.

Work meetings in Colorado Springs were good. Just our "team" with a few guests. It was a trip that we earned last year, so while there was some meetings, we also got half day off. I had a great massage. We stayed at the Garden Of the Gods resort. The weather was interesting. Here's a picture of Pike's Peak on Wednesday, late afternoon:

And here's the same view on Thursday morning:

Yes, that's snow on May 18! During the day, there was snow, rain, hail, sleet, wind and sun. As I said, interesting weather.

Since you're really here for a card, I'll get to it. Mr. Personal Chef's birthday is at the end of the month. Using this week's Freshly Made Sketch, I made this for him last night.

Using the new SU In Color, Lemon Lime Twist ink, I repeatedly stamped the lime from the Altenew set called Simple Fruits onto X-Press It Blending card stock.  I trimmed it to match the top layer of the sketch and then glued it to a card base of Lemon Lime Twist card stock. The focal image are dies from Hero Arts called Martini Fancy Dies. The sentiment is from Hero Arts as well and stamped in another new SU In Color called Fresh Fig. I added SU In Color enamel dots around the card for embellishments.

Here's a look at the inside. Images are from Hero Arts Birthday Celebration set.

It's an office day for me today so I better get back to work. I wanted to get this posted before the posting ended.

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Simple Fruits set by Altenew and Birthday Celebration by Hero Arts
Paper: SU Lemon Lime Twist and X-Press It Blending card stocks
Ink: SU Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig, Basic Gray
Other: Hero Arts Martini Fancy dies, Die-namics Fishtail Flags die, SU In Color enamel dots, Fiskars corner punch, the Big Shot, dimensionals