RainyDay Stamper

                February   Hostess Code

                        9J97HZ37

            Use this code on your online orders and get a Free Gift from me and

don't forget, Saleabration rewards with a $60 order. 

 

 

Another fun card

Using the Hey, Birthday Chick set.  First off, I must apologize for the spotty posts.  I have been working so much that my creating time is next to nothing and then I really don't have much creativity left in the tank.  Things will be changing this week at work as I will have help after two months of being solo so hoping that next week my life returns to some form of normal.  This week not sure how much time I will have but I did get two cards done on the weekend and I have a desk full of bits of cards that didn't seem to work so maybe those will come together!

Ok, for today, here we go 

Yes that is Bermuda Bay again,  needing those bright summery colours with our cold, snowy weather.  Again I have used the Old World paper embossing folder, love that heavy texture.  

Happy Stamping,

Hey Birthday Chick and Oh, So Ombre

Happy Monday!  Believe it or not, last week of February and that also means the last week of Sale-a-bration.  I will say that I have loved the papers that Stampin' Up has created this year for Sale-a-bration.  Check out this card using the Oh So Ombre paper

This pack of paper is 6 x 6 and all  48 sheets are Ombre.  One side has this pattern and the other side is plain with the solid colour fading. The colours in the pack are Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay and Rococo Rose.  

For this card I used the Bermuda Bay and our fun Wipe out Chicken from Hey, Birthday Chick and added a few of the Mango Melody Artistry Blooms sequins.  Of course, the chick is stamped with Memento and coloured with my Blends.  I certainly do love this set and hope that you don't get sick of it!  Yes, tomorrow this chick will be back!

Happy Stamping,

Happy Monday

Wow, February 15th, time is whizzing by, summer just ahead!  That's me, wishful thinking, man it has been cold.  Today we are supposed to get some snow so hopefully that means it is warming up!  Today I have a fun card using our fun Hey, Birthday Chick set and coordinating dies.  I have used the Wipeout Chick as my Granddaughter calls it and some non traditional colours.  The inspiration for the colouring came from a card done by Andrea Walford, just loved the colours.  Bermuda Bay,  Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green and Pumpkin Pie, don't they sound like chicken colours!

What do you think, it's a fun card right? 

I used a Basic Black card base adding a layer of Whisper White that has been ran through the Cut & Emboss machine with the Old World Paper impressions folder, love this folder.  I cut the paper on an angle and attached it to the card with dimensionals.  Next I slid in a piece of our Rainbow Glimmer paper that has the Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay colours in it to really bring out the colours of the Chicken.  The sentiment is heat embossed on Basic Black and snipped to make it just that little bit larger.  Inside,

Very simple. Have a great Monday.

Happy Stamping,

 

 

 

Stamping Inkspiration Blog Hop

It's February and our theme is Love is in the Air and since it's Valentine's Day weekend,  I have a couple of Valentine's Day cards  for you.  To me, Valentine's isn't just for love, it is is to show appreciation for any special person in your life.    Just like your best friend, they deserve a card right?  I have used the fabulous set, Hey, Girlfriend for my cards, just love the images.

For this card I used some of the paper from Snail Mail DSP pack perfect with those Blushing Bride hearts.  Now the stamp set does not have matching dies but the images really are easy to fussy cut.  I added a few of the Artistry in Bloom sequins in Rich Razzleberry but they do look more pinkish in real life.  

For my second card is for my Sweetheart and  I have used the same basic layout adding an additional layer and what about this colour combination.  Basic Gray and Magenta Madness, personally I love it.  

The card base is Basic Gray and then I used a piece of In Good Taste DSP that has such a great texture.  Our girl is coloured with our fabulous blends and then I added a few retired epoxy hearts that I coloured with my Magenta Madness blend.  The sentiment is from January's Paper Pumpkin.  

And now it's time to see what Jill Chapman has created for us,     

And here is a list of all the blogs that are part of this month's hop.

Angie McKenzie  ●  Alejandra Gomez  ●  Vicki Milyard

  Tricia Butts  ●  Rochelle Laird-Smith  ●  Annette Ball

Jo Blackman  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Jan Musselman

Terry Hamilton  ●  Lisa Mackey  ●  Deb Macdowell

Sue Allen  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Linda Moore  ●  Satomi Wellard  ●  Aurélie Fabre

Melissa Faust  ●  JoAnn Pollock  ●  Narelle Fasulo

Mo Rootes  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Susan Webster

Susan Simpson  ●  Anne Marie Hile  ●  Ann Krucek

Shel Anderson  ●  Kimberley Morris  ●  Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Danielle Kassing  ●  Chris Smith  ●  Mikaela Titheridge

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Jill Chapman  ●  Teri West  ●  Libby Fens

Happy Stamping,

How about some happy Chickens

Yes, I do love my animal stamps!

and how about the chick coop, wire and corn, those are all die cuts that come in the Framelits, aren’t they great.  
well hope you have a wonderful weekend and get a little time in your craft room.  Come back tomorrow, we have another blog hop with the Inkspiration group.

Happy Stampin,

Elaine

Birthday Chick

Same colours and stamp set as Monday's card but I have used a different image and a slight change in the layout.

I am loving the Seaside Spray with Basic Black it really makes things pop.  I do love this sentiment, we should celebrate the person having a birthday.  Again I have heat embossed the sentiment and cut it up, which seems to be a trend right now.  It is a great way to enlarge your sentiments or customize them.  Do love this chick and the matching dies certainly make things easy.  

Happy Stamping,

Around the World on Wednesday Hop

        

It's time for another Around the World on Wednesday hop and this month the theme is You've Got Mail.  Like every other cardmaker, I make cards to sent out to people. Sometimes I make them without knowing who they will go out to, but most are made with a specific person in mind.  We all are struggling with the restrictions due to Covid so this card hopefully will put a smile on the receivers face.  I love the sentiment from Happy Thoughts, it's the 1,000,000 stamp set inspired by Jackie Bolhuis and what about the shark!  He is from Shark Frenzy and certainly makes me smile. 

I used a piece of DSP from the Whale of a Time DSP pack along with Basic Gray and Smoky Slate.  My next card uses the same sketch but doesn't it look different by placing the sentiment strip in a straight line instead of on an angle.  

For this card I have used the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set and a piece of DSP from Playing with Patterns DSP pack. Again, I hope that I have created a card that will bring a smile to the receivers face.

And now let's hop on over to Sharon's blog and see what she has created for us.

 

Are here is a list of all the blogs this month.

Jan Clothier - NZ

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Satomi Wellard

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Wendy Lee - US

Shel Anderson - CA

Chris Smith - US

Anne Marie Hile - US

Brenda Nelson - CA

Tricia Butts - US

Elaine de Montmorency - CA

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert - US

Teri West - US

Cheryl Hamilton - US

Happy Hopping,

Darling Donkeys

Saleabration only has 19 days left and then you won't be able to get Darling Donkeys anymore.  Today I have a slightly different card for you, I really can't remember what it is called, I think Tent topper but not really positive.  First you make a 4 1/4 square card and add your shape on top making sure that you do not go higher than 5 1/2" so your card will fit in a standard envelope.

I have used Granny Apple Green and the gorgeous Flower & Field DSP (yes, it is a Saleabration choice too).  Do you like to make different cards instead of your standard fold?  

Happy Stamping,

Happy Monday,  hope that you had a wonderful weekend.  It was cold, oh my, it was feeling like spring last week until Friday when we had a freak snowstorm and now, the thermometer has plunged down to terrible temperatures.  Ok, Alberta is having it worse than us, but hey, I don't live there for a reason!!

I have today, what I think is a fun card using the Hey Birthday Chick set.  Do these chickens look like they are doing auditioning for the Rockettes?

I have used Soft Seafoam for the card base and image panel and added Basic Black to make everything pop. The sentiment is from a older Paper Pumpkin set, I tell you all the time that the Paper Pumpkin has great stamps and a majority of them are sentiments that we all need.  Now personally I don't know if chickens are actually yellow but hey, it works for me!

 

Happy Stamping,

Hey Girlfriend,

Have you seen the stamp set, Hey Girlfriend inspired by April Lopez for her 1,000,000 set.  The set has beautiful sentiments, a mini dog and cat and three different girls.  Checkout this simple card,   Would this not be a perfect thank you, miss you or love you card? 

Flirty Flamingo was my colour today, from the Blends for the dress, the DSP and the card base.  Their colour coordination is where in my opinion is where Stampin' Up is better than any other company out there, The colours are always perfect no matter what you are using from colouring tools to ribbon.

Happy Stamping,