Happy Saturday all. Here is a Fun Fact Friday post that should have happened yesterday, so sorry about that. Fun Fact: My husband retired a few weeks ago and I totally forgot that it as Friday! Hahahaha! Why I have no idea because I am still working and should know what day it is. LOL
Anyway, today’s card or should I say yesterday’s card is one I made for our team’s color challenge. The challenge was to use the following colors: blackberry bliss, peach pie, gorgeous grape, flirty flamingo, and black. The challenge was to use some or all of the colors. My card today features all of these colors.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card that was supposed to be posted yesterday. But hey, it kinda looks like a retirement card, don’t you think??? hahahaha Join me on Monday for Part 2 of my Everyday Arches Series! CLICK HERE if you missed Part 1. Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Have you ever been to the Butterfly House in St. Louis, Missouri? If not it is certainly a worthwhile adventure. The Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, a part of the Missouri Botanical Garden, is a popular attraction in St. Louis known for its lush, tropical conservatory filled with free-flying butterflies and diverse insect exhibits. It features a 8,000 square foot glass conservatory with nearly 2,000 butterflies from around 80 species. The facility also includes an insect zoo, classrooms, a theater, and a seasonal native butterfly garden. So next time you are in St. Louis, check it out because you just might see the butterfly in today’s card there. LOL
For today’s card I started with a Pretty Peacock card base. I cropped the butterfly from the bundle in both Very Vanilla and Pretty Peacock cardstock. To the 3-3/4 x 5 piece of Very Vanilla CS, I used the round stamp from Elements of Text and stamped it in the middle w/Pretty Peacock ink. I used both splatter stamps and stamped some images in full color while other images I stamped off. I used a Blending Brush to add some Crumb Cake ink around the words and the edges of the panel. I stamped the greeting from Grateful Blessings w/Pretty Peacock ink and added it to the card front. Before adding the butterflies, I added some bling to the Very Vanilla butterfly. It is probably difficult to see, but I used liquid glue to add the Pretty Peacock butterfly and then attached the Very Vanilla butterfly only at the body, leaving the wings unattached.
I hope you enjoy creating this card and if you ever visit St. Louis, I strongly encourage you to check out the butterfly house at Botanical Gardens. If you love butterflies, you won’t regret it. Happy Stamping.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Did you know that Barcelona’s Sagrada Família is scheduled for completion in 2026. The final, central spire, measuring in at 566 feet, will make the cathedral the tallest church building on Earth. All spires, as well as the building’s interior and exterior, are covered with mosaic artwork. Who knew???
My card today is not a grand mosaic, but it is the Mosaic Tile Technique for stampers. While a true mosaic art piece is made up of lots of little piece fit together to create an image or design, I mimicked it by using 1 -1/4 x 1-1/4″ Basic white squares to create my own mosaic tile card. I hope you will give this technique a try.
Mosaic Tile Technique
Start with a Basic White panel, mine measures 3-3/4 x 5. Stamp and color your images or feel free to use a piece of our amazing designer series paper, either one will look great. I stamped on my white with the flowers and dotted accents from You Are Remarkable. I used Petunia Pop and Garden Green to add color with the solid images.
After you are finished with all the stamping and coloring, cut your cardstock in portrait position into 1-1/4″ strips. Two cuts will get you three strips. I guess technically you can cut in the landscape position at 1-1/4″, then you will need to make three cuts. Either way, when you have your strips, very carefully and keeping them together, cut at 1-1/4″ again until you have 12 squares aka tiles. You can use washi tape or prepositional tape to keep them together, just be super careful when you are removing the tape, you don’t want to damage any of your tiles.
Cut a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of Basic Black cardstock and begin placing your tiles making sure you have even borders. I like to work in a top and bottom corner to start off. Once you have your first row with spacing down it is easy to keep adding tiles. I also like to use the Tombow liquid glue as it gives you a little more wiggle room to position tiles before it dries.
Then all you have to do is decide on a greeting and add it to your card front. I stamped my Happy Birthday from The Right Words and used Stampin’ Dimensional to attach them to my card front. This is a really fun card, but notice how I did not add this to our Five Minute Friday series. I just takes a little bit more time to be sure all your tiles are straight. That really is the hardest part. I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Happy Friday! It is time again for another Five Minute Friday. Today I am sharing with you a super simple card I created using the Natural Botanicals stamp set. I used my paper snips to fussy cut the flowers before adding them to my Basic White panel.
If you are not a fussy cutting fan, you can always stamp the flower images directly to one of the 4 x 5-1/4 Basic White panels. Either way this card will only take you five minutes to create.
I started with a Daffodil Delight card base. I cut two 4 x 5-1/4 Basic White panels, one for the card front and one for the inside. I stamped the flowers with Early Espresso along the edge of a 2 x 4″piece of Basic White cardstock. Since this is a reversible stamp, I stamped the solid side of the flower with Daffodil Delight ink. I fussy cut and aligned the flowers along the left side of one Basic White panel.
The thank you is stamped with Early Espresso ink and is from the stamp set, With You In Mind. Add a few gold pearl bling and your card is ready to go. Stamp and decorate the second white panel as desired and attach to the inside of the card.
I hope you enjoyed this simple Five Minute cards using the reversible stamp set, Natural Botanticals. Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
It’s Friday, I hope you are all ready for the weekend. I know I am. One thing I have to do this weekend in clean my craft room. It is a mess! I am sure that never happens to you! Fun Fact: Why is it that no matter how big a crafting space is most crafters tend to create in a 8 x 8 space surrounded by misc. crafting supplies? Well, my craft rooms needs attention so I am crafting in a 4 x 4 space. Time to clean up, organize, and get energized.
Blueberry Bushel CS- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, plus scrap for butterfly body
Very Vanilla CS- 4 x 5 1/4 (2)
Basic Black CS-4 x 4
Melon Mambo CS-1/8 x 7
Bloom Impressions DSP-4 x 5 1/4 cut on the diagonal
Stampin’ Adhesive
With You In Mind stamp set
Blueberry Bushel Ink
I started by cutting my piece of DSP in half on the diagonal and then attached it to the Very Vanilla panel. I then added my strip of Melon Mambo and trimmed off the edges. Crop the butterfly using Basic Black CS and and the body with Blueberry Bushel and attach to card front. Stamp the greeting with Blueberry Bushel ink and add the 2nd panel of Very Vanilla to the inside.
This was a super fun and very easy card lay out. If you have this amazing DSP, I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am. If not hop on over to myonline store and purchase yours today. Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Hello my stamping friends and happy Friday! Sale-A-Brations is going on now and for every $60 you spend, you can earn a free product featured in the 2025 Sale-a-Bration catalog. Click Here to see that catalog. Fun Fact: Did you know that Sale-a-Bration was first launched in 2003. Wow, that is a long time.
Today’s cards feature the Blossom Impressions DSP from the 2025 Sale-A-Bration catalog.
Project Supplies Cards #1
Daffodil Delight CS-5-1/2 x 8-1/2, strip 1/2 x 3-1/2
Another fun fact about Stampin’ Up!. It was started in 1988 and actually sold rubber stamps, mostly wood, from other companies. In 1992, they hired their own illustrator and began producing Stampin’ Up! exclusively designed stamps. In 1997, when Stampin’ Up! launched their first catalog, they discontinuing all sales from other companies. Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Well, it has been a snowy January in St. Louis and even though parts of St. Louis got well over 12″ of snow, it is not as snowy as the Blizzard of 1978. I was not living here at the time and I have no idea who took this photo, but apparently school was cancelled for two weeks. That was well before E-Learning.
Now the photo below is of my backyard when we got snow a few weeks ago. This was from the morning, but it continued to snow all day. Lots of shoveling, but then again, lots of exercise. It has been pretty cold here but not as cold as the winter of 1884 when the all time low temperature in St. Louis was -22! Burr, now that is cold.
And now today’s card with a much warmer scenery!
I started with an 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock that I folded in half to create my card. I then cut a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of the Thoughtful Journey Designer Series paper and attach to the card front. This paper is so soft and elegant. I then stamped my greeting from Kindest Expressions with Misty Moonlight ink. This was a super simple card, but it looks so comforting.
Wow, this week has flown by. Sorry about not posting a Weekly Wednesday video. We had a few family medical issues to deal with this week, but I am back on track and the weather here in St. Louis has gotten significantly colder. If you live in the Chicago area that your weather will match today’s card!
Fun Fact: St. Louis, Missouri receives an average of 15.5-18 inches of snow per winter season. The greatest cumulative snowfall in St. Louis occurred in 1977, when the city received 49.2 inches of snow. However, the average annual snowfall in Chicago, Illinois is 36-37 inches. Chicago experiences a heavier snowstorm about every three years, with over 10 inches of snow falling in 1-3 days. Now that is great snowman making weather. What’s the weather like in your neck of the woods?
For today’s card I used the One of a Kind snowflake die and cropped 5 snowflakes with Balmy Blue cardstock. I used our liquid glue to add them to a Basic White card panel. I then ran the white pane through the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine using the Snowflake Sky embossing folder. I love that the snowflakes are also embossed.
I then stamped Let it Snow from the Sophisticated Sled set with Balmy Blue ink on a scrap of Basic White cardstock three times. Yes, then I got out my paper snips and fussy cut each greeting and added it to the Basic White panel. I attached it all to a Balmy Blue card base and I was done in less that 10 minutes.
I am really not sure what to call this technique but it is a super cool way to use your die cuts and your embossing folder at the same time. Give it a try, you won’t be disappointed. Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Did you know that the story of the Star of Bethlehem appears only in the Book of Matthew. The gospel tells us that a bright star appeared in the eastern sky when Jesus was born, famously seen by a group of wise men. It is in Matthew 2:1–2 where the story begins with the Magi, or wise men from the East, traveling to Jerusalem to ask about the newborn king of the Jews. It is also in Matthew 2:9–11 where the Magi follow the star, which stops over the place where the child Jesus is. The Magi are overjoyed and pay homage to the child.
For today’s card I began with a Basic White card base. I stamped the shepherd from Shepherd’s Care stamp set with Memento Black ink on a scrap of Basic white and fussy cut it and layered it to the card front. I stamped the greeting with Memento Black ink and the star with Night of Navy. If you don’t like to fussy cut, you can simplify this by just stamping the Shepard directly to the card front. I think it would also look good all stamped with Night of Navy as well.
Guess what? There are only 40 days until Christmas!!!! Happy Stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Fun Fact: Years ago I was a second grade teacher and today I am going back into the classroom to sub for my niece, Shelby. She is on an ACTS Retreat this weekend. If you have been on an ACTS Retreat, please pray for her as she mentors others closer to Christ. I guess this was not really a fun fact, more of a personal fun fact, but hey at least it is Friday.
Since I am going to be with little people today, I thought my deer card looks like a mom and dad deer watching out for their young one. Yes, that might be a stretch, but it’s possible. I have two cards, the first is a very clean and simple and the second is the same cards, stepped up with some sponging, bling, and a die cut greeting.
I used a Pool Party card base and added a layer of Pecan Pie. The deer are stamped with Pecan Pie and this card came together very quickly, like I said, very clean and simple. This set is Graceful Deerand is in the annual catalog and online.
My second card has the same layering and stamping, with a bit more to step it up! I added some Pool Party sponging for the sky and some Pecan Pie sponging for the ground. I colored the two little birdies with a Real Red blend and added a simple greeting and die from Unbounded Love.
I hope you enjoyed today’s cards. They are perfect for those men in your life who love to hunt! So whether you choose to go simple or step it up, happy stamping!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
