STB - february 19 2024

So there ain't nothin' pastel or quiet about this week's spread in my STB memory planner. And Barbie is to blame. We watched the movie this week. With flowers and cocktails to match of course.

My favorite Crayola color in the 64 box was Magenta (and Periwinkle). So I was extremely happy to have an excuse to pull out a pack of journal cards I have and put them to use here in this Barbie spread. Can you believe that card allowed me to doctor it up to read "today is the best day ever?" Like they always greeted the day in Barbieworld! 

Of course I had to include all the "Hi Barbie" too ;)

The sleeve holds photos of STB spreads. I was cranking them out.

And I forced myself to write down things I need to make happen. Let's just looking back right now, I'm shooting about 50/50.

Journal cards. Stickers. Stamps. Washi.That's what's in my Heidi Swapp STB memory planner this week. 

 

simon says stamp sending sunshine release - garden party

Have you seen the new release "Sending Sunshine" over at Simon Says Stamp? Nice and summery.  I received a wonderful typographical die to play with and man did I have fun! Did you see my Malibu sunset inspired projects? Or the poolside ones?

Meet today's projects inspired by flora. Specifically lush green garden parties.

Simon Says Stamp Summertime die

Flora and Fauna Flamingo Flamingo Pool Party stamp

Memory Box Parker Numbers die
Altenew Inks

Lately I'm deceiving myself into thinking I may start scrapbooking one day soon, and I really think this die lends itself to journal cards. So I thought about the kinds of photos that are typical for summer. Usually lots of green grass in the photos. So I had to grab this beautiful PP with leaf images and make a beautiful, but neutral journal card.

And then I thought about other words you could create with all the leftover letters... and created the "Summer 2018" journal card. BTW, those numbers are actually gold! And, BTW... how about ME + U = US. Or Merrier. Or MUM. And of course Mer and Meer for the internationals... Lotsa possibilities.

So these Flora and Fauna stamps got me thinking about making a summertime birthday card... but you'll have to come back tomorrow for that one!

Check out the entire new release over at Simon Says Stamp and the blog hop too. I'm back with my last makes tomorrow.

simon says stamp sending sunshine release - poolside

There's a new release "Sending Sunshine" over at Simon Says Stamp that will certainly get you in the mood for summer if you're not already ;) I received a wonderful typographical die to play with and man did I have fun! Did you see yesterday's Malibu sunset inspired card?

Meet today's projects inspired by poolside tones.

Simon Says Stamp Summertime die

Simon Says Stamp Summer Garden stamp

Altenew Inks
enamel dots

And then, this die definitely makes me think of beach days too and cuz I'm deceiving myself into thinking I may start scrapbooking one day soon, I made a couple journal cards using an alcohol-inked blue scrap along with some beachy PP.

Simon Says Stamp Summertime die

Flora and Fauna Flamingo Under the Sea stamp

Alcohol Inks
Altenew Inks

Check out the entire new release over at Simon Says Stamp and the blog hop too. I've got a couple more makes with this die to share with you tomorrow.

I'm playing at:
Stamping Sensations - Close to Nature
Task for Two - Blutenmeer
Penny Black and More - May AG
Your Next Stamp - #89

Fusion - The Harbor

STAMPlorations release - wanderlust/travel dies

Hope you've been enjoying the events over at STAMPlorations this month where the gals have been creating with the newly released products? Today a group of us are working with the Wanderlust/Travel word and phrase dies. You can catch the whole lineup here.

When I saw these travel related products it jogged a memory. Have a moment for a story?

My cardmaking addiction hobby actually started when I made party invitations for DH's 50th. With one circle punch and one PP pack. After that I thought I could scrapbook memories for my kids. Went online to see what other PP was out there. HA! And got sucked in. I still remember discovering online shops. And galleries. And You Tube videos. And challenges. Basically the whole wonderful world of cardmakers (as my kids would say... "oh, you mean your ooooonline friends").

Well, I never made one scrapbook page (though it's kinda funny that my file for online order invoices is titled "scrapbook" - HA!).

But back to today's project. You may have caught wind of pocket page scrapbooking ;) Now that, folks, could be much more my style; I basically used to do it. Kind of. When I was in college I'd cut out words and sentences from magazines and add them into my photo album as captions or overlays for my photos. Ahead of my time, I was ;)

So I decided to make myself some cards/journal cards/whatever they're called (these dies are the perfect size and attitude for just that) in case I ever actually decide to do some scrapbooking!

STAMPlorations Wanderlust stamp

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies stamp

STAMPlorations Aloha word die

STAMPlorations Just Go word die

STAMPlorations Bloomtangled 2 die

STAMPlorations Bubbles stencil

distress inks

embossing powder

sewing machine

They're 3x4" with rounded corners. Kept the color scheme the same and quite limited. Used blues thinking they might go well with photos of lovely blue skies from our last road trip.... Not much more I can do now to make that scrapbook page happen than to JUST DO IT, eh?

I'd actually thought of doing the journal cards on old map paper. But then (it's graduation time, ya know?) I came up with this idea as a way to gift money.

STAMPlorations Wanderlust stamp

STAMPlorations Just Go word die

old map
twine

Glued an old map (make it extra special by using a map of the recipient's destination) to CS and die cut the pillow box. Then I stamped a strip of CS and die cut "just go". I decided I liked the look of the negative better than the positives so I added a touch of twine and adhered the negative to the pillow box and called it good to go.

I hope you're enjoying the projects from the rest of the girls today. I just love all the new wanderlust projects. Maybe cuz I just love to travel...

Thanks for coming by. I'm stopping by these challenges:
Kreativtanten - Alles Geht
Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies

Paper Players - Sketch