Rainbow Artsy Fartsy Birthday Card

I wanted to share this pretty rainbow card that I made for my beautiful and talented niece, whose birthday was Nov 10th. When I say talented, y'all have no idea how much. She can take a photo and make a pencil drawing that looks just as realistic, if not more. Her talent amazes me. I am crafty. She is an artist.

I made this card because rainbows mean something amazing for her, and I was hoping that the stamp I chose to use from the Artistically Inked stamp set would elude to her artistic nature. She doesn't just like art y'all. She is art. And I love her. 

Stampin' Up! Supplies

Cardstock: Basic Black, Basic White

Stamps: Artistically Inked

Ink: Versamark, Embossed with White Basics Embossing Powder

Adhesive: Stampin' Seal Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals

Other Supplies: Black Rhinestone Jewels (not Stampin' Up!)

If you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can afford to buy all the pretty things. Ha ha! 

Just click on "Find a Demonstrator" at the top of the Stampin' Up! website. Then, type my name in the search bar (Chelle Scott). 

And, as always, thanks so much for stopping by! And, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Peaceful Cabin Loveliness

I thought I might show you something made with some current product today. I CASEd this card from Chris Smith,a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator. Isn’t it gorgeous?! The only thing used on this card that is retired is the snowflake DSP. But you could totally make a similar design with snowflake stamps embossed in white on red cardstock.

I loved this card so much that I made 8 of them to send out to friends/family this year. 

Stampin' Up! Supplies

Cardstock: Real Red, Basic White, Basic Black

Designer Series Paper: Peaceful Prints (retired)

Stamps: Peaceful Cabin

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments: Subtle Shimmer Sequins, Black & White 1/4" Gingham Ribbon

Other: Stampin' Seal, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Of you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can afford to buy all the pretty things. Ha ha! 

Just click on "Find a Demonstrator" at the top of the Stampin' Up! website. Then, type my name in the search bar (Chelle Scott). 

And, as always, thanks a heap for stopping by! 

Detailed Deer Set of Christmas Cards

I'm back again today with another set of Christmas cards made using the SheetLoad of cards templates from Call Me Crafty Al on YouTube. If anyone actually reads this blog, they'll probably get sick of hearing about her channel lol. But I do feel like I need to give credit to her for the template/sketch. 

On to the card. I love this card, and this sketch. I actually made two previous sets of cards using this same template in August when it was released. I'll leave both sets below. I won't bore you with the details of the product I used because it is all retired/unavailable except the stamp and the butterfly die I used on the friendship card. If you would like details for any product used, just leave a comment. I'd be happy to tell you what I can. 

The below set is really a beautiful set of cards. I hate making sympathy cards, because I don't ever want to use them. But, they are handy to have around when you do need them. 

I feel like I should apologize for my photo quality here loo. I usually craft at night, since I work during the day, and rarely get into the craft room in time to get a good photo in natural light. Oh well. I'm not trying to win a photography contest, I suppose :)

As I mentioned before, the stamp and the butterfly die on this card are still available. The stamp set is the Forever Fern set from Stampin' Up!, and the die is from the Brilliant Wings Dies.

If you want to know what products I used to make any of these, just shoot me a message or comment on this blog post. Becasue frankly, I'm just too lazy to put it all down here ;) 

And, if you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can afford to buy all the pretty things. Ha ha! 

Just click on "Find a Demonstrator" at the top of the Stampin' Up! website. Then, type my name in the search bar (Chelle Scott). 

And, as always, thanks a heap for stopping by! 

Fun Making A "SheetLoad" of Cards

You guys, I found the best thing for creating multiple cards without having to think too much lol. Sometimes I spend more time looking for an idea than I do actually making the cards. I have made it no secret that I don't usually ever come up with a card design on my own. I love to make them, but I find the ones that I create on my own feel boring to me. And why would I want to spend all the time trying to make a unique design when it is more fun for me to just recreate one that is already designed? Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's ok to steal other people's ideas. I think you should give credit for the design whenever you know whose it is. But, I do think it is ok to reproduce it if you aren't selling it or presenting it as your own design. In my opinion, it is the highest form of flattery if someone CASEs (copy and share everything) your work. 

Anyway, this particular card sketch/design is the November 2021 SheetLoad from Call Me Crafty Al on YouTube. She has a series called SheetLoad of Cards. You should totally check it out. She comes out with a new card sketch/design each month to help you make multiple cards in one design (i.e., a SheetLoad of cards). Each month there is a unique hashtag and then there are hashtags to follow all of the social media post for SheetLoad (#sheetloadofcards, #showusyoursheetload, #suysNov2021). 

I especially love this month's SheetLoad because it utilizes my 6X6 paper pads. I love those things, but I hardly ever reach for them. I used the Farmhouse Christmas paper pad from Carta Bella--so good! I also used some new-to-me embellishments--those flat glitter tickers that look like rhinestones. Umm....hello, these will change my life! Ha, not really. But, they will make my cards easier to mail without spending a fortune on the non-machinable post office up-charge.

Did you notice that not one of these cards is exactly the same? I love that too! That isn't always the case for the templates, so I really liked that this month. 

Well, that's all for me today. I hope you enjoyed this post. I really enjoyed making the cards. Let me know if you have heard of SheetLoad or if you check it out, what do you think of it? 

Some Fall Cards to Share

I'm taking a fun and free class with Alejandra Gomez (Creating with Allie on Facebook and other social media). It has been really fun. Yes, I know how to make cards already lol. But it is fun sometimes to learn different techniques that you haven't done before. Or revisit ones you haven't used for a long time. Plus, her accent is just real darn fun to listen to :)

Anyway, these are the three cards I created using the patterned paper background unit from the first night. Aren't they cute? I'm not sure about the last one with the sunflower. It is quite busy. But, it's my favorite paper from the new Plaid Tidings DSP pack.

P.S. I don't love how the stamped images on these watercolor and textured type image stamps shows up in photos. They look kind of cross-hatched or patchy. But, in real life, they are not. You don't see that at all. Just sayin'.

There is a special young lady in my life who is going through some stuff, and I'm trying to help keep her uplifted by sending her cards each week. These first two will probably go to her. I send her a dad joke in each week too, those are always cringingly fun :)

 

If you want to know what products I used to make any of these, just shoot me a message or comment on this blog post. Becasue frankly, I'm just too lazy to put it all down here ;) 

And, if you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can afford to buy all the pretty things. Ha ha! You will have to enter my info in the "find my demonstrator" link at checkout. The name on my demo account is Chelle Scott, and I live in Spanish Fork, Utah.

And, as always, thanks a heap for stopping by! 

For a Friend That Makes Me Smile

Hey there, two posts in the same month? What? Who am I? Ha ha.

Actually, I have been thinking of just not having a blog (*gasp*). Seems like it is antiquated now. At least for someone like me who is just looking to share things that she makes. The really important part is the pictures, and they can go on Instagram. I really don't have much to say about most of them and kind of struggle to write anything interesting. Then, I'm betting nobody ever really reads it lol. Huh. Something to think about. If you read this, what do you think? 

And, on that note, here is a card I made a few days ago using the new Forever Fern suite from Stampin' Up!. Don't you just love those colors? That pattern is my favorite of all of them. I want to hoard it, but I'm trying not to hoard all the pretty things lol. There will always be new pretty things. 

If you want to know what products I used to make this, just shoot me a message or comment on this blog post. And, if you don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already, please choose me as your demo on your next Stampin' Up! order so that I can afford to buy all the pretty things. Ha ha! You will have to enter my info in the "find my demonstrator" link at checkout. The name on my demo account is Chelle Scott, and I live in Spanish Fork, Utah. 

And, as always, thanks a heap for stopping by! 

Christmas in July

Around July each year I start thinking about Christmas lol. Not because I want it to come, but because there are lots of paper crafting events for Christmas in July. In regard to cards, I think this is because lots of us avid paper crafters make our own Christmas cards. And lots of us make lots of cards!

Last year I actually didn't send Christmas cards because I fell in love with some Autumn designer series paper that I really wanted to use. So I ended up sending Thanksgiving cards instead. And, to be honest, that might be a new tradition for me. I love all things fall. We take our family vacation at the beginning of fall and it just seems like it kicks off the best parts of the year for me.

But, to that end, I always end up with all these really pretty Christmas papers in my stash that don't get used. But, I had to have them you know? They're so pretty! I don't scrapbook Christmas anymore. Truthfully, it's a lot less fun when your kids are older. Maybe when I have grands someday....

So, since I was thinking of Christmas I decided to make a card. I had a lot of fun, and I'm so glad I used that greenery sheet from the Stampin' Up! All is Bright DSP from last year (retired, sorry). I just loved it so much and was happy to finally play with it.

This fun fold design is so fun. I believe it is called a buckle fold. I found a video tutorial on Lisa Curcio's YouTube channel, and had to give it a go. I like having a bit of a unique twist on my cards, especially if it lets me use lots of big pieces of pattern. Love me some patterned paper!

If you have questions about anything used on this card, just send me a message or leave a comment. 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Everything

I have not scrapbooked in a long time. At least a couple months. And before that single page I made a few months ago, it had been a very long time. Not sure why. I still watch YouTube vids of my favorite creators all the time. I still buy all the things (I do try to curb that quite a bit. I am well aware that my stash is plenty enough already.). I still look on Pinterest and Pin the inspo. I just had no motivation to actually do it.

Today I was feeling overwhelmed by all of the social media about COVID-19. I just can't look at it or watch it OR talk about it anymore right now. I'm stressed out. We don't have enough food to get through two weeks. We have no money to go and buy food until payday. And, even if we did, there is nothing to buy. People are crazy. It's all gone. Ok. I'm not talking about it. I'm done.

So, needing to get out of my head and off of social media, I took to my crafty supplies and some comedian vids on YouTube. I went in with the plan of making some base pages or just putting some papers together for page kits. Once I started going through my scraps, I got inspired. I had some papers that I loved and just wanted to see a finished page. So I slapped down my papers (all scraps except the background) and grabbed a photo that I already had printed. OMG. I found my hobby again guys! It felt so good. I made a page that I love. I got my hands in some of my paper. The angels sang. It was magical! Lol.

I'm not going to list what papers or supplies these are because I really don't have the foggiest clue. I have had them forever. Except the background diagonal, which I LOVE. I just picked that up. It is Jen Hadfield Chasing Adventures from American Crafts (2018).

Use your stash. Find some of your old supplies that you still love, mix them with new ones. Have some fun. Get out of your head.

On another note, I think I have just organized my paper in a way that is not right for me. I just reorganized them from by color to by print (like florals, stripes, dots, etc.) a few weeks ago. The error in this system became apparent when I went to look for paper today for page kits and had to go through every section to find papers. I thought I would want to find a stripe or a floral or plaid, etc. Wrong! I just want to find paper that looks good together and have similar colors. But organizing by color wasn't working for me either because when something has multi colors, then I don't know what to stick it in. And I also want to store things that are from the same collection together (which I do have a separate category for). This makes me think I should just stick to buying coordinating kits. But I like the idea of making my own kits. Hmm....maybe I should buy in groups of things that I like together, but not necessarily from the same manufacturer. And then store them together? IDK. How do I sort my paper that I currently have? Do I just make a bunch of page kits. I feel a Nicole Jones binge coming on......

Well, that's really all I have in me for today. Hope you found something to inspire you and get you out of your head and crafting today as well.

Paper Pumpkin Fun

Hey all. I just wanted to jump on and share what I got to play with yesterday. I haven't had much time or motivation to play with my crafty stuff lately. Do you sometimes get in a funk like that? I watch lots of videos on YouTube of others playing, but I'm just not motivated. It's a cycle for me I think.

Anyhow, this month's Paper Pumpkin was quite motivating! OMG. So much good stuff. This kit was designed to go with three suites in the new catalog (Garden Lane, Come Sail Away and Woven Threads) none of which I really wanted. But now I think I'm in love with Come Sail Away and need it lol. The sailing stuff in this kit really blew me away. And the paper that went with Woven Threads had me swooning too.

Y'all know I did not design these cards. I CASE almost everything I do. It's just easier and funner when I don't have to think about things :) I cased these cards from several people on the Paper Pumpkin Fan Page on Facebook (Molly Partin, Debbie Henderson, Carrie Ricksecker, and Dana Mclelland).

Aren't those sailboat images stunning? And the map paper, which is actually cut from the envelope liners, just really goes so well. I'm also loving the little anchors.

I love the Bird Ballad suite. I can't help it. And the birds in that paper went lovely with the papers provided in the Paper Pumpkin kit this month. 

I find the color combination and patterns in this paper so beautiful. Makes me kind of want to buy the Woven Threads paper now. And, I'll let you know a little secret. That cardstock is not the new Pretty Peacock that is in the papers. That is a retired color-- Dapper Denim (I think). I loved that paper and couldn't let it go. And it is so close that you really can't tell. 

Well, that's all I have for today. I hope you enjoyed it and find some inspiration to get you crafting a bit as well!

Please, if you don't have a demonstrator already, choose me as your demonstrator when you go to make a purchase on the Stampin' Up! website. My name is Chelle Scott, and I live in Utah :)

As always, thank you so much for stopping by. 

Ode to Hello Cupcake

Oh Hello Cupcake, I will miss you. You retired in March, and life just isn't the same without you.

Ok, just kidding. I don't have to miss the Hello Cupcake stamp set because I still have it and won't part with it lol. But, I am sorry if you didn't get it. The good news is that you can do this same card with any cupcake image, or even a cake or cute animal or whatev.

I'm starting to think that whenever I make a card, I should just make two, right? Because I have everything out. And the cardstock sheets make two card bases anyhow. So why not build up my stash?

As everyone knows, I usually CASE cards (copy and share everything) from someone else. It makes my brain hurt to try to come up with a new design. This card is no different. I cased the lovely Mary Haugen at Center Stage Stamping. You can find her card here.

The little heart stickers are the only thing I didn't case. They are also not Stampin' Up! :0 I do have the Well Written thinlits dies, but I was too lazy to get them out. Lol. They are just stickers I had laying around from Walmart.

The twine is actually a strand that I pulled out of the burlap ribbon. Cause I didn't have twine. Smart huh?

Please, if you don't have a demonstrator already, choose me as your demonstrator when you go to make a purchase on the Stampin' Up! website. My name is Chelle Scott, and I live in Utah :)

As always, thank you so much for stopping by. And I hope you found something interesting to inspire you here today.

Gorgeous Grape Birthday

This coming week we have a lot of birthdays in our family. On May 21st my son will be 22, my sister will be 39, and Shane's aunt will be 65 (those three all on the same day!). My Dad will also turn 65 the next day. So, I have lots of cards to make in a hurry. My son doesn't want one. He didn't want to hurt my feelings, but I understand it isn't his thing. I'm not asking the rest of them lol. I think they will all enjoy them.

Anyhow, I decided to start with Shane's aunt. She is probably the easiest one to make a card for. She likes almost everything I do. And I know one of her fave colors is purple because it was her mom's favorite.

I have been loving the most recent Paper Pumpkin stamp set, Sentimental Rose. It is no longer available, but I had to share how awesome Paper Pumpkin has really become. This set will most likely stay in my stash for a very long time. As long as I love florals or it gets worn out :)

Don't you just love it?! I stamped the background all with the large rose image in Smoky Slate ink too.

Well, that's it for me today. Short and sweet. But stay tuned for more birthday stamping madness :)

For this card, I used the following Stampin' Up! (and some non SU) products available (mostly) for purchase at the Stampin' Up! store. Please, if you don't have a demonstrator already, choose me as your demonstrator when you go to checkout. My name is Chelle Scott, and I live in Utah :)

Stamps: April Paper Pumpkin "Sentimental Rose" set (no longer available for purchase)

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Pear Pizazz, Smoky Slate, Basic Grey 

Paper: Whisper White Cardstock, Gorgeous Grape Cardstock, scrap of purple patterned paper from my stash (non SU)

Embellishments: Metallics Sequin Assortment, leftover corrugated flag piece from April Paper Pumpkin kit

Adhesive: Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Snail Adhesive

As always, thank you so much for stopping by. And I hope you found something interesting to inspire you here today.