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It sure is nice to have both kids in school! Finally time for some serious stamping!! This is for the sketch challenge on SCS. This also the first time I have used this stamp set, must have to say, I love it! And first time opening up this now retired DSP paper! Still trying to feel that fall’ish mood too! Thanks for stopping by, please let me know you were here!

flowers were embossed with clear embossing powder and R.Rust craft pad. I really like this layout as well! Great for using up all that DSP paper laying around!!!

Stamps:Upsy Daisy

Ink: Craft and Classic R.Rust

Cardstock:Kraft, M.Moss, R.Rust, S.Sky and retired can’t remember the name SU DSP paper!

Tools  & Accessories: largeoval punch, 1″ circle punch, designer label punch, HPH pewter, piercing tool and mat, ticket corner punch, crop a dile.

The weather is changing here in Oregon. I am not ready for summer to leave, but with the inevitable coming I felt the need to embrace todays color challenge at SCS! The color challenge: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip and Really Rust! I do love the look of the three colors together; very fall’ish!

My favorite technique, I’ve decided is to watercolor and this stamp set could not be more perfect for that! My preferred method is still an aqua painter and the lid of an ink pad although I know there are several ways to do it! 

Stamps: Long Time Friend, Linen BG 

Cardstock: Choc. Chip, Really Rust, Baja Breeze, watercolor paper (SU)

Ink: Choc. Chip, Really Rust, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze, and a titch of Sahara Sand for the shovel.

Accessories: scallop border punch, Piercing tool and mat, choc. chip ribbon, and bazzill stitch ribbon, dimensionals.

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 I just love this cute little bowl of strawberries from Karen Lockhart. I am sucker for strawberries, love em’! This is also the first time I have used the new SU In Colors. I have to say that at first I wasn’t so sure, but they are growing on me!

stamps: SU background Polka Dot, SU background linen, and Karen Lockhart bowl of strawberries.

ink: pink pirouette, RHRed, stazon black, white craft, c.celery (air tool)

paper: RHRed base, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Vanilla

accessories: In Color buttons, linen thread, glue dots, piercing tool and mat pack, distressor tool, ticket corner punch, aqua painter

I have always loved stamping; but lately it seemed more of a chore than an enjoyment. I have a new and improved stamping studio that now includes a place to sit. No more dragging everything out to the counter and putting it all back. Thanks to my wonderful husband and his hard work, I am the proud owner of the world’s smallest stamp studio! We revamped the coat closet and it is now a small cozy place to create! I am super excited and super excited to get back to stamping more consistently!

Here is a card that I made today! I realized that going back to my love of stamping no longer limited me to only Stampin’ Up! products. I love strawberries and I love this House Mouse image!

Stamps: House Mouse, Sentiment from the So Very SU set 

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi text.(love to say Wild Wasabi too!), Black, Rose Red, Watercolor paper, SU prints designer papers

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery

Accessories: sm oval punch, 1″ circle punch, Designer Label Punch, aqua painter, lots of dimensionals! Pink gingham ribbon, scallop border punch, Celery brads, small circle punch 

Love Love Love this stamp set! So cute! I am sure the guys will love the micro brew beer filled mug on a birthday card and us girls will love the fru fru drinks!! hmmmm, appletinis, strawberry margaritas, and pina coladas are just a few of my favorites!!

I found this delightful sketch from the blog of I {heart} 2 stamp; for which I somewhat followed. Colors used are C. Celery, new Baja Breeze and P. Pomegranate.  I really love the new buttons too! I found the ribbon used at a lss. I got really lucky because I had not seen the Baja Breeze In Color in person. I think it is made by Bazzill. I am wishing I would have bought more! So far this is my favorite of the new In Colors. The center of the button is a rhinestone brad; super easy to attach the prongs through the button holes. I did end up cutting the rest of the prongs off. A little hard to see, but the coordinating sentiment is stamped in Baja Breeze on the Baja Breeze cardstock near the drink.

So what is your favorite In Color?

Still on a roll with this bear! I will probably run the bear “into the stamp table” since it is the only new SU set I have…. He just makes me laugh!!

This bear is up to his tricks again! Each s’more was individually embossed. The bear is also embossed and raised on dimensionals! Love those things! I will probably run out of liquid applique by the time I am not making s’more cards anymore!!

here is another I made for the sketch challenge on SCS

sketch challenge was a 4.25 square card with a circle in the center…. I used the stamp a ma jig to create the circle of s’mores! This card makes me think that he is coming out of the woods for more s’mores! Each s’more is raised on a dimensional as well as the bear!

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ok this stamp set Under the Stars, cracks me up…. This little raccoon looks like he is in big trouble!

He came, he ate, he made a mess and then he left! gotta love that liquid applique for these marshmallows!

I am so craving a s’more right now!  

This summer has been a whirl wind of activities and volunteering at the ranch! I finally found some time and mojo today so I stamped out a couple cards using a newly released stamp set from Stampin’ Up! called Under the Stars! This bear totally cracks me up!

   close up of him jumpin’ on those s’quitos!

Bear was stamped and cut out adhering him with dimensionals. I bent the edges of him to give him a little more action of him jumping and smashing the mosquito’s! oh, but one got away! I found this patterned paper in the camping section of my local scrapbook store! How perfect is that!

   close up of shimmery polar bear.

Polar Bear Happy Brrrthday! Bear was stamped on shimmery white cardstock in white craft ink and embossed. I then cut him out and used dimensionals to raise him up! I added gun metal grey stickles to his eyes and nose! Very shimmery IRL!

Bear was stamped and then two way glue applied for the fun flock! He needed some shorts! Looks like someone woke this bear up too soon! (sometimes I feel this way in the morning!)

I am so excited to start with Haven of Hope Ranch this week! I just attended the first volunteer meeting for the summer sessions. It was so neat to see the work of God in action. They presented the needs of the ranch to the group and as we introduced ourselves and what our hopes were for volunteering with the ranch, you could see that each of us there tonight were meeting a specific need! God is so gracious and provides for everything! Below is another couple cards that filled the tin shown below.

I presented the tin to the gal who is overseeing the volunteers. I asked that she pass it along to the owner of the ranch. She was so excited to receive it and said that it was so needed! I will be making another for the ranch in Bend that I spoke about in a previous post.

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I’ve always loved horses. I was a lucky little girl to have a pony growing up. I didn’t have the greatest childhood with a less than stellar father, but I can remember that my best memories were that upon my horse. I was compelled to watch the evening news the other night. I normally don’t since there is nothing but the horrific details of the day so I choose not to watch. But something made me turn the TV on, and just in time. There was a segment about a ranch called Chrystal Peaks Youth Ranch, later to find out, right here in Oregon. This is a ranch that rescues horses from whatever the situation including the slaughter house. They rehabilitate the horse and give the chance to underprivileged and abused children the opportunity to connect with such an amazing animal. Good for the horse and great for the child in need. I’ve always had a dream, although not loudly shared, to work with rescued horses or even to have a ranch like this myself.  As I watched this segment I felt the burning question, why don’t you do this? You know, you have something to offer.  OK. I prayed about it that night. I got on the Internet and did some research. This particular ranch is in Bend, about 3 hours from me, so volunteering is out of the question. But right here, in Newberg, is a ranch with the same mission… doing the work of God with a horse. I quickly read the entire website and decided to print out all the necessary volunteer paperwork. I am in the process now of connecting with the owner. In the meantime, I still have a burning desire to do something for each of these wonderful ranches. Um…. They receive a lot of support and I bet write numerous Thank Yous. Here is my chance to do something today. My goal~ 100 cards, horse related, to split between these wonderful, heavenly places.

Here are just two of the designs using the SU set Bareback.

I encourage you to check out each of these websites. The stories are amazing. You may need a box of tissue. Whether you are a horse lover or not, you will truely see the work of God being done everyday.

 http://www.crystalpeaksyouthranch.org/default.aspx

http://www.havenofhoperanch.org/