Isn’t it crazy that it took me until I was 27 years old (again!) to learn that I actually liked cats?? We adopted our sweet Willow last October and have been smitten with her since day ONE!
Soooo … I used a combination of letters from the Mini Alphabet and Party Alphabet Dies, Cutest Crew stamps and Vanilla Baker’s Twine to create a scrapbook layout to capture her sweet and mischievous nature!
Willow is a bundle of fun! She loves crawling in, around and under things and is very enamored of Amazon boxes (empty or full!). She is very friendly and loves to be where the people are!
I made this little ball of yarn using some Very Vanilla Baker’s twine. I stuck a little adhesive down and just wrapped my own little circle … then added some little pieces to cross over the ball and cascade down from there.
I used an assortment of circle punches to add interest and dimension behind the letters and kittens.
The pawprint strip from the Cutest Crew Dies added the most darling detail to the “MEOW”. If you look closely you can see that the left-hand side of each letter is actually a strip … I did a little cutting and pasting to be able to add them to these letters.
Of course, the Cutest Crew kittens make appearances all over this page … it wouldn’t have been nearly as cute without them!
Stamps: Cutest Crew Paper: Basic White, Pecan Pie Two-Tone, Lost Lagoon Two-Tone, Basic Gray, Gray Granite, Country Woods DSP
Ink: Black Memento; Stampin’ Blends - Pecan PIe, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Gray Granite, Lost Lagoon Accessories: Party Alphabet Dies, Mini Alphabet Dies, Cutest Critter Dies, 1 3/8” Circle Punch, 2 3/4” Circle Punch, Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine
Eeeeep! You GUYYYYSSS! There is nothing that I DON’T love in the new Mosaic Garden Suite!!
The Tile Garden stamp set (all of the images are SO pretty!!), the Glossy Garden Dots, the Hydrangea Hue ribbon, the DSP … ALL of it is just so elegant!!
All of the flowers were fussy cut (something I actually enjoy … it relaxes me!), so this took a little time. But I absolutely ADORE how this came out!!
I mean, COME ON!! The Mosaic Garden DSP that I used as a backdrop is the BEST!!! It looks embossed, doesn’t it??!!??
I used the Glossy Garden Dots and the Hydrangea Hue ribbon to balance out the details. And the Textured Tree Ring 3D Embossing Folder was just the perfect splash of texture I needed to give the Pecan Pie strip some dimension that makes it pop!
Stamps: Tile Garden Paper: Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pecan Pie, Pretty Peacock, Mosaic Garden DSP
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Crushed Curry, Hydrangea Hue, Pretty Peacock, Old Olive, Versamark Accessories: Textured Tree Ring 3D Embossing Folder, Glossy Garden Dots, Hydrangea Hue 1/4” Bordered Ribbon, White Embossing Powder
What’s your favorite element? I love it all, so picking a favorite is probably impossible for me!
It’s my birthday week and I’m just back from Disneyland before heading up to Bear Lake for a weekend of doing mostly nothing (something I don’t do enough!). Summer is already winding down … how is that even possible??!??
Flowers, flowers and MORE flowers! And in shades of yellow, no less! This inspiration photo for the TGIF Challenge is soooo good … and I knew right away what I wanted to do!
Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along.
This card is mostly an exercise in fussy cutting. I just had received this month’s Product of the Month - Glow of Harvest DSP. It is absolutely GOOOORGEOUS! There’s a slight sheen to it which just makes each flower and leaf even that much better.
With a piece of Gingham Garden DSP as a backdrop, I added a diecut piece using the Botanical Expressions Die in Golden Glow. Then I just fussy cut a bunch of the images from a piece of the Glow of Harvest DSP and arranged them until I felt good about them.
The sentiment came from Sending Salutations and was cut out using one of the Nested Essentials Dies.
I then added a Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine bow and a few little butterfly embellishments. Very easy, and I love the fall vibes it is giving off!
Stamps: Sending Salutations Paper: Very Vanilla, Golden Glow, Glow of Harvest DSP Ink: Golden Glow Accessories: Nested Essentials Dies, Botanical Expressions Die, Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine, 2026-2028 Butterfly Embellishments
My birthday is next week, so y’all know what THAT means … Yep! A trip to Disneyland with my BFF Cheryl and sister in law Diann. I plan to eat my way across both parks (with a little bit of restraint, I hope!). Then we will be taking a little family trip up to Bear Lake for the weekend! It’s gonna be a stellar week!
We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!
Happy Monday! The Monday Montage Crew is at it again! Lots of good inspiration this week!
After my good friend and fellow Monday Montage-r, Elizabeth Price, posted one of these lovely accordion folded cards the other day I knew I HAD to figure it out and post one myself! I learned a lot and have some tweaks to make for when I do it again (for which I will post all the dimensions and such!).
Isn’t this purdy?
I also took inspiration from one of the photos that Stampin’ Up posted as a sample for this Begonia Belle stamp set … they used the black and white side of some of the Beautiful Ordinary Life DSP to pair with three different roses … loved it so much I had to borrow the inspiration!
Stamps: Begonia Belle Paper: Basic Black, Basic White, Beautiful Ordinary Life DSP Ink: Fresh Freesia, Berry Burst, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Barely Blush, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Greene Old Olive, Versamark Accessories: Tile Garden Dies, Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes
Our Monday Montage Hop has gone exclusively to Instagram! You can check it out by finding me @tinkermom85. From there you will be able to find all of my Monday Montage Friends, too!
As I was digging through some of my stash I came across a cute little chipboard-cover 5”x5” mini album … Stampin’ Up sold these about a GAZILLION years ago and this one never got the love it deserved!
Since I have been wanted to make a mini album of my last trip to On Stage in Long Beach last March, this gave me the perfect motivation to get started!!
The Gingham Gallery DSP was the star of the show on this! I just used it on every page for every photo!
I used a combo of dies and stamps from three different set (check the supply list below).
I just kept cutting and stamping and gluing! This particular page has a little pocket to slide a photo out of …
This layout was fun! I cut two pieces of Golden Glow cardstock to 4.25”x 8.5” and folded them in half. That way I was able to adhere 8 photos in total on this little two-page layout!
The folded pieces just tuck into a little strip of DSP that I adhered on both pages close to the spiral bind … cute, eh?
This photo was too big to fit on one page, so I strategically cut it in half and mounted each half on a separate page (luckily I didn’t have to cut any of my friends in half!). How cool is that??!??
Stamps: Capturing Smiles, Extraordinary Life, Bordered in Beauty, Simple Alphabet Paper: Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue, Perfectly Pine, Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gingham Gallery DSP Ink: Black Memento, Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue, Perfectly Pine, Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe Accessories: Capturing Smiles Dies, Extraordinary Life Dies, Bordered in Beauty Dies, Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine, 5”x5” Mini Album, Just Jade Gingham Ribbon (retired)
Here are the rest of the pages … I’m so happy with how they turned out!
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