Thursday, January 29, 2026

CSF Thursday Challenge - CSF905

This week's Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Challenge is a sketch challenge and I got out the beautiful Layers of Beauty bundle that hasn't seen ink in a while because I knew as soon as I saw the sketch it was the perfect stamp to use!

 
The floral image was stamped in Crumb Cake and the stenciled fillers were brushed on using Petal Pink and Old Olive.
 

Petal Pink and Old Olive Two Tone cardstock created the torn angled edges to carry the colors, and Old Olive Linen Thread and Old Olive Moody Palette Glossy Dots added the embellishments.
 


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Saturday, January 24, 2026

CSF Saturday Blog Hop - Masculine Love


Today's Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Hop theme is Masculine Love. It's hard for me to not go all frilly and feminine with Valentine's cards, but the Gears & Textures dies really helped me get over that!


On a Basic Gray card base I adhered some Made With Love DSP, then used another pattern from that pack to made the double heart stripe matted on the Textured Metallic strip.


Then it was just a matter of cutting lots of gears and rearranging them until I was satisfied with the layout. I used a heart (from the heart cluster) in Endless Love for the center of the popped up gear, and the XO from the coordinating die set. I think I'm going to write "You move me" inside. (Wild thing, you make my heart sing...) 😁

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori de Groot at Loritamarie Crafts.


Stampin' Up! products used:
  • Stamps: Endless Love Bundle
  • Paper: Basic White, Basic Gray, Made With Love DSP, Textured Metallic Specialty Paper 
  • Ink:  Poppy Parade
  • Accessories: Gears & Textures Dies


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Thursday, January 22, 2026

CSF Thursday Challenge - CSF904


This week's Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Challenge are the colors Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, and Peach Pie.

I'm really trying to influence Mother Nature with this card, but she is not cooperating AT ALL. 😠 We are forecast to get the biggest snow in years this weekend, followed by extreme cold, which means the snow is going to stick around. Booo!


I used the Easter Basket bundle for my card, stamping, coloring, and die cutting the flowers, then adding the die cut Crumb Cake basket to hold them. The (second largest) Branching Out die cut label was lightly colored by blending on Peach Pie for a warm glow. It was popped up over the 2" x 5-1/4" Peach Pie strip and Lovely Stripes embossed Balmy Blue background.


I hope y'all stay safe and warm in the upcoming storm! 


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