Help! I need inspiration!

There is a verse in the Bible that says there is nothing new in the whole world. I believe that is true. So, while I like to think some of my designs are original they really aren't. I find inspiration in all sorts of places.

What has happened before will happen again. What has been done before will be done again. There is nothing new in the whole world.

Ecclesiastes 1:9Good News Translation (GNT)

Oh course, the usual places like Pinterest, You Tube and the blogs of those more talented that "Moi" are usually my first "run to for help" places. Tombo often catches me in our favorite  department store with my cell phone taking pictures of whatever-dishes, sheets, baby clothes. All these objects have beautiful designs or color combos that give me that "Ah Ha" moment. I recently deleted a picture off my cell phone of one of my friends shirts! It was red and white striped with a spray of blue flowers down one side. I immediately thought of a card design when I saw the shirt. 

This weeks card was inspired by this beach towel Tombo brought home on one of his famous hunting(shopping) trips for bargains. 4 really nice beach towels for less than the price of 2!

I immediately thought, "That would be a great card using black embossing powder and emboss resist technique" Well, I don't have black embossing powder, so I stamped by fish from Seaside Shore in Versamark then in Black Memento ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I choose 5 colors Sweet Sugarplum,Flirty Flamingo,Crushed Curry,Wild Wasabi and Emerald Envy. I sponged a strip of each color vertically on the 4 x 5.25 layer of Whisper White. This piece was attached to a Basic Black card base. Ta DA!
My youngest daughter lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, the only one to leave our community, so the miss you means this cards for her, because Momma misses her little girl! I don't card how old she is! Hope you like the card and thanks for stopping by. Be Blessed!

 

Ugh! I'm ready for Fall!

This always happens this time of year. We are "swamed" out, vacationed out (well maybe not), tired of the sun and the heat and the mosquitoes. One of the only things I never tire of is the beach!!! You can never get enough Vitamin sea!

That's probably why I'm stuck on Seaside Shore and that great coordinating DSP By the Shore. The two cards I want to share today I cased off pinterest. LOVE them both. Simple, love the copper embossing powder, a new product, and the use of DSP. One of these came from one of our international demonstrators Stephanie Lemke, The other one I just can't locate where I saw it. I'm sorry.
Hope you like them. I love the copper which is so on trend right now. And how simple and easy they were to make. Fast cards are my favorite at times.

 Now for the big news.

Today I saw the new Holiday, Fall and Winter catalog online at Stampin' Up! Oh my goodness!!!! New punches, framelits with coordinating stamp sets of course. Lots of Halloween stuff for your want to be ghouls and goblins! Traditional Christmas, cute Christmas, Christmas project kits, Yep it's all there! So keep your eyes open and if you would like me to send you a copy next month leave me a comment or drop me an email. Thanks. I'm going to turn down the AC and head to my craft room and pretend it's FALL! Ya'' be blessed and better yet, go be a blessing!

Summertime, Summertime, Summertime! Stampin' Friends July Blog Hop

Welcome to Stampin' Friends July Blog Hop! If you came from Melanie Coverston's blog thank you for continuing on the hop.  I am so honored to be ask to participate again with this awesome creative group of ladies! So this month I am a guest hopper along with Twila Davis and Robyn Rasset,  but I have been ask to be a permanent hopper for the rest of this year. I am beyond excited!

Summertime fun is the theme of our Stampin Friends Blog Hop this month. Nothing says Summer more to me than the beach! I grew up in the water-Pool, ocean, lake, creek-it didn't matter, we were always swimming, boating, fishing and water skiing. My dear Tombo lived his whole life (before me) right at the door of the worlds most beautiful beaches, and he doesn't swim! But, he does love to fish in the ocean for big fish!!!! This is probably why I fell in love with this Seaside Shore stamp set and By the Shore DSP the minute I saw it. What a great saying and love the fishes! One of my goals this year is to use, not hoard, my beautiful DSP. I created these projects with that in mind.

I have 2 cards, a 3 D box frame, and a little treat holder to share with you today.  I stayed with the By the shore color palette of Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral and Dapper Denim (my new fav).             The neutral is Very Vanilla

This one I used the  lines from the Swirly thinlits with a bunch of layered circles. The Happy Place is from a Paper Pumpkin. Made me think of Finding Nemo.

Then, I had to try out the very popular
frame card. It is a blast to make and way easier than I imagined. If you like Geometry -you can have a ball making these. You can create  several different sizes and vary the center and the size of your frame width. This one is about 4 1/2 by 6 1/2- I started with a 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 piece of Soft Sky cardstock . My framed edge is 1/2 inch. My final project is this sweet little treat holder. Our VBS theme this year is Submerged! This is a great little treat holder for our teachers. It will hold some goldfish and a Caramel and Sea Salt Ghirardelli square.
 I hope you enjoyed these and they inspire you to create something fun and summery!


Now for some fun! We have a free giveaway each month! Yep, every month each blogger on this hop will send 1 lucky hop "Blog Candy' . You must visit and leave a comment with #SFJulyBlogHop. Each  comment is an entry to win!  Good Luck!

Here's the whole list of Very Creative Stampers:

1. Steph Jandrow
2. Kathie Rotti
3. Melanie Coverston
4. Cindy Waldroff- That's me.
5. Carolina Evans
6. .Christine Pennington:
7. Robyn Rasset
8. Melissa Thomas
9. Elizabeth Jeanne
10. Twila Davis
11. Lynn Streifert
12. Siara Acdal

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