Simple Pleasures

 These two new stamps from Technique Junkies Wild Poppies and Enjoy were made for each other!  I stamped the flowers, colored with watercolor and added some white acrylic splatter.  Mounted on a simple easel card base with the sentiment visible when the front is tucked behind the ribbon as a stop.  Use my code TJ10FAITH for a 10% discount on these and all the other great new releases at TechniqueJunkies.com.

Happy Hump Day! Pam here sharing some patriotic beauty! Nice to share these creations with our brothers and sisters that have served or are serving.

Patriotic Corners, Honor the Fallen and the third card I used a sentiment from Thank You for your Service.

Quickly put together using red, white and blue! 

 

Simplicity

Sometimes just keeping things simple is a good thing

Today, using the new 'meadow sprigs' stamp 

embossed in white onto kraft cardstock

a wee bit of sponging around the edges

Then for something completely different - the saying is wider than the card !!!  We all seem to stay within a certain box...lets go beyond !!! 

The 'happy birthday' is from an inside out set..

couple of butterflies and we are done.

Thanks for stopping by 

Be sure when shopping to use my discount code

TJ10Darlene

Let the A$$ kicking begin!

 Sometimes it is hard to know what messages to send to those who are suffering from cancer. The sentiment on this card is from the new Cancer Sucks set, meant to give you words when your own fail. I used the Silhouette stamps stamp with 3 colors of Catherine Pooler ink applied in an ombre look direct to stamp for the background.

Cancer Sucks Stamp Set: https://techniquejunkies.com/cancer-sucks-set-of-9/ Silhouette Stems: https://techniquejunkies.com/silhouette-stems/

Cancer Sucks.

 Without a doubt, cancer sucks. Ten years ago my 18 (at the time) year old son was diagnosed with a form of Lymphoma. It was, by far, the worst year of our lives. A senior in high school should not be faced with their mortality at such a young age. We know that we are incredibly lucky that he is in remission - and this year is his 10th year.

I made the Technique Junkies stamp set in his honor - specifically this Picc Line Scar stamp. I used the ribbon from the Walk Through Fire stamp. Lime green is the color for Lymphoma. For every one of you who has traveled this journey, God Bless You.

Wild Poppies

 Hey Crafty Friends - 

Today I am showcasing the Wild Poppies stamp set. It is such a versatile stamp set that can be used a variety of ways with many different sentiments. My focal technique was simply coloring with alcohol markers. After I colored the image a postage die was used to cut it. The 'Thinking of You' sentiment was heat embossed. Beautiful image that makes for a pretty card! 

Check out this close up!

I hope you were inspired. Thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!

Our Last show in the West Springfield MA area

 

This is our Last Year of Traveling to Shows...

StamperCon West Springfield MA Friday May 31: 10am - 5pm Saturday June 1: 10am - 4pm Eastern States Exposition 1305 Memorial Ave West Springfield, MA 01089

Our last show in the West Springfield area... We are sad to announce that our last time to exhibit at the West Springfield MA show will be May 31 - June 1, 2024. Please come by to shop and say hello! We will miss seeing you and hope you will come out to say goodbye and give us hugs! We WILL still be available for online sales for another year or so, but this is our last in-person show in West Springfield. See the show schedule below for the remainder of 2024. Although we love being at shows, our plans for retirement are starting and 2024 will be our last year of show travel. Although we enjoy the shows, the time away from family, the toll set up and take-down take on our bodies and the grueling travel time to get to-and-from each location is very difficult. Our 2024 Tradeshow Schedule is below.

Our Specials at shows this year! If you take the time to come to a show, we have some show specials for you! Buy 5 stamps get the 6th FREE* Spend $40.00, Get a free Specialty Stamp Set** One full rack of specially priced stamps, plus additional clearance items! (New!)

Although we won't be at shows next year, the shows will still go on... While the decision to cut shows from our schedule next year is not an easy one, rest assured that the shows will still go on without us in 2025 and beyond. Please continue to support the shows - or any show in your area - the vendors travel far and wide and EVERYONE appreciates your attendance and your business.

2024 Tradeshows West Springfield MA - May 31 - June 1 StamperCon Sharonville OH - August 2 - 3 Classes Start 7-31 Stampaway USA Hamburg NY August 24-25 Stamp Scrap Art Tour Westminster MD - Sept 7 - 8 Stamp Scrap Art Tour Hampton VA Oct 19 - 20 Stamp Scrap Art Tour