Digital Retreat May #4 - Incredible Like You

After the Sea of Textures card - I was wiped! So we wrapped up the mini-retreat and I had to put the other side of my brain to work for a while. So after a few hours of chores, I circled back - time to play catch up - I missed one of the color challenges / Colour Combo Blog Hop that Tracy participated in, so here us my take on Balmy Blue, Mango Melody and Blackberry Bliss.

What is funny about this card - is I whipped it together in about 15 minutes (the design) using the Incredible Like You stamp set. Its amazing what can happen when you clear your head!

~Enjoy

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Tracy's card

Color Inspiration

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Spring Retreat - Simply Sketched

I simply fell in love with Simply Sketched that I borrowed from my friend Shannon. Most of these are CASEd from Pinterest, but I love how beautiful every card turned out!

~Enjoy!

My friend Shannon has a ribbon scrap box with all kinds of unique ribbons from past years and she only has these tiny scraps leftover in the box. Luckily she had this beautiful striped velvet that matched this card perfectly, here is the inspiration card from Pinterest.

Here is the inspiration card, I substituted out what I had on hand while traveling. I just adore the colors of this card and its simplicity.

I loved the doily background of the inspiration card, but since I did not have that I used some mottled blue background that I brought with me and an oval die to frame the bird. The leaves are from the Wonderful Floral Thinlits die set.

I was having so much fun with the Simply Sketched set, I had to make an original using the blue & brown cards above as inspiration! This card uses Berry Burst as the background embossed with the Layered Leaves embossing folder.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Simply Sketched Stamp Set
• Wonderful Floral Thinlits
• Blueberry Bushel
• Crumb Cake
• Pear Pizzazz
• Soft Suede
• Balmy Blue
• Berry Burst

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Spring Retreat #2 - Day by Day Paper Pumpkin

This next group of cards is so cute and pixie-like, I loved using the dots and stars from the Day by Day December 2018 Paper Pumpkin stamp set. Most of these ideas are CASEd from Pinterest with a color change, but I am really happy with all the cute cards! This first card is CASEd from Scraps by Sissy with a color change to Lemon Lime Twist and Daffodil Delight.

~Enjoy!

I love, love, love this card & CASEd from Pinterest, although I cannot find the original poster. It was done with white embossed dots and stars and then the background sponge inked with several shades of blue including Night of Navy, Balmy Blue and Pacific Point.

This one was CASEd from my good friend Tracy Marie Lewis over at Stuff N Thingz. She made hers in Pumpkin Pie and you can see it in her video! Mine was switched up to Highland Heather & I know exactly who this card will go to when their birthday comes around!

One last card with the stars and dots made into a cute little planter! Once again CASEd from Pinterest with a color swap from Calypso Coral and Coastal Cabana to Pear Pizzazz and Rich Razzleberry.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Day by Day Paper Pumpkin December 2018
• Lemon Lime Twist
• Daffodil Delight
• Night of Navy
• Pacific Point
• Balmy Blue
• Pear Pizzazz
• Rich Razzleberry
• Highland Heather

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Spring Retreat #1 - Day by Day Paper Pumpkin

On my most recent retreat, I was traveling so I did not have a great deal of stamping supplies with me, luckily my friend Shannon offered me a room & a raid on my last night before the retreat so I gladly took her up on her offer! I spent about an hour going through her stamps, adding notes to them so I could place them back where I found them after the retreat & picking out anything that I did not have in my stash at home.

There had been several cute cards made with the December 2018 Paper Pumpkin stamp set, which was just a bunch of odd shapes for a calendar set, which I did not get. I was thrilled that she had it & it was one of the first things I grabbed.

Most of these ideas are CASEd from Pinterest with a color change, but I am really happy with all the cute cards I was able to make with teh Day by Day Paper Pumpkin set! Here is the whole collection. The first card was part of Digital Retreat March #1.

~Enjoy!

The last card was made with the Melon Mambo and Memento Black I made the pink and black one first and really thought it was cute, but my table mate was not feeling it. I replicated it on the second card with Cajun Craze and Night of Navy, trying to get a more masculine version and I love Cajun Craze! These are CASEd from North Shore Stamper.

Stampin' Pretty always has the best card ideas and this one is not an exception. This pattern has been around for years, I remember making a card at my friends house in the early 90s like this one! It is so easy to just stamp aways at a piece of paper and them just cut it into strips!

Since I was traveling and did not have a great assortment of stamps & I had decided this retreat would be all about Birthdays, I found this cute birthday stamp at Tuesday Morning from Firefly and used it on almost every card I made this weeked. It was so cute & everyone kept asking what set it was from!

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Day by Day Paper Pumpkin December 2018
• Night of Navy
• Melon Mambo
• Cajun Craze
• Memento Black
• Blueberry Bushel
• Balmy Blue

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Digital Retreat March #3

Project #3 for the day is a color challenge and stamp challenge. My friend Tracy & I decided to use the All The Good Things stamp set and the same colors: Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green and Balmy Blue.

I really like how this card came out after trying several unsuccessful attempts with the normal koi colors, this one really turned out great!

~Enjoy!

Tracy's card is so soft & pretty, she matched her fish really well to the background. Don't forget to check out her blog!

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• All The Good Things stamp set
• Night of Navy
• Granny Apple Green
• Balmy Blue

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