September 6, 2023 - Thanks CLR286 Stamps and PPRS-D286 Dies

 

It's back to school time and whether your student has been in school for a few weeks now or just getting started doesn't matter. What matters is are you supply ready with Thank You cards?

Hi all! Tia here with you from RockyMtnCraftia.com. I always looked forward to crafting a variety of Thank You cards and gifts when the school year got started. Ready to thank my son's classroom teacher, and para-professional. Thank his specials teacher (music/art/computers/gym) at back to school night. Better yet, was when he asked me for a Thank You card for the crossing-guard!

There are so many people in our lives that we can not only be Thankful For, but can also take time to just Thank! And this is the stamp set to do it! 

https://www.prickleypear.com/thanks-clear-stamp-set-clr286/

My cards today are super fast and easy! Perfect for making several to have in your stash! I began with an A6 sized card (4.5x6.25) I used design paper with a school theme. Keeping with that theme I selected the dash-lined Thanks stamp. It reminded me of the tracing letters you do when learning to write.

I embossed white letters on black cardstock and used the word die to cut out. Then used the reverse colors on 'for all you do' and fussy cut it out. 

I popped both sentiments on foam tape, layering them slightly. 

Using an old Cricket cartridge called 'Back To School', I cut out several apples from toner paper and then foiled them. Count this cute card-done!

Here, I matted the card with black cardstock and adhered the design paper to it.

I used a 2 inch strip of black cardstock across the center. As before I embossed 'Thanks' in black on white cardstock and reversed the colors on 'for all you do' and adhered them the same way as before. 

I had an extra foiled apple and added it with foam tape too.

I told you these cards were fast, easy and super cute! 

Pick up the Thanks stamp set and coordinating die set today and get started on filling up your Thank You card stash!

Until next time, have fun and Go-Get-Crafty!

-Tia

Sunday August 20, 2023-F.R.O.G. - Fully Rely On God CLR290 Stamp

 Welcome my Pear Pals! What a beautiful weekend it has been-I hope you've had good weather too and gotten to enjoy it! Tia here with you today from RockyMtnCraftia.com. No matter what season of life you are in I know you can be uplifted with the newest release stamp from Prickley Pear Stamps-F.R.O.G which stands for Fully Rely On GOD. This tiny but powerful stamp is just the perfect size for a bookmark! And I know many of my design teammates did just that! 

I took my bookmark one step further by giving it a home on a card! I didn't want to loose the bookmark and made my pocket from heavy duty acetate. 

I ran the acetate thru my die cutting machine with a stitched rectangular die larger than my bookmark and adhered it with red-double sided tape.

My card base is a 5.5in square and I used Simple Stories design paper.

Once my bookmark and it's holder where in place, it occurred to me that I had the perfect opportunity to make a 2ndary bookmark on the backside of the original!

This verse taken from 1Peter 5:7 is on the packaging of your F.R.O.G stamp. So I had wrote it on a lacey die cut scrap and adhered it to the backside of the double-sided design paper from Simple stories that was on the front of the card!

So now the card recipient can place either side in it's holder for inspiration. Take the bookmark with them in their favorite book. And still have a card that is shouting words of love and hope!

What a GREAT new release this month has been! And F.R.O.G is certainly my favorite!

Thanks for following along and have a wonderfully restful Sunday. 

Take some time for you and I hope it includes time to also be CRAFTY!

-Tia

August 19, 2023- Doggone Good Friends CLR287 Stamps and PPRS-D287 Dies

 

Hello Pear Pals! Happy Saturday to you, Tia here from RockyMtnCraftia.com. Today's design team card is from the new release Doggone Good Friends. 

We all have that one friend, that "ride or die". I am fortunate enough to have mine within 5miles of me! We took plenty of road trips through college, including driving across the Royal Gorge, here in Colorado, with the top and doors off on a Jeep! So this stamp set made me think about how blessed I am to have her in my life and all the crazy road trips we have been on!

I wanted my doggie duo to have a little motion, so I tried my hand at a 'rocker-card'! 

Grab your circle die cuts or anything that you can draw & cut a circle from and then score it in half. And voila! You have a rocker card.

I cut a smaller circle out of acetate that I knew my doggies and sentiment would fit on and adhered the bottom half. I then covered it with a half circle of "map" design paper.

The trick to a rocker card it getting it to balance. With just the doggies-no worries. The moment I added the road sign, I knew I had to balance it. Hello-the cactus from our Brighter Days Ahead Clear Stamp Set CLR285. After coloring and adhering one cactus, I was still off and went for the other! Perfect-o!

This is such a cute set, with so many great sentiments and adjectives to choose from! Find it here in the Prickley Pear Store: Doggone Good Friends and don't forget to pick up the die set!

Thanks for checking in today and if you get the chance-call that friend and let them know how "doggone" blessed you are having them in your life!

And then-Go Get Crafty!

-Tia

February 20, 2023 Birthday Banners Stamp Set-CLR062D

Happy Birthday American Presidents! Hi Pear Pals! Tia here with you from RockyMtnCraftia.com It's President's Day and as we celebrate them, I'm also celebrating my son's birthday!

 I've got a fun, bright and energetic masculine card that I've made using the Birthday Banners stamp set from Prickley Pear Stamps.

For this card, I wanted to fill my entire card base with the banners and created a running stream of them across the page using an acrylic block.

I started with a top folded A2 card and planned to run all four banners down the page. I started by measuring the banners. I found that together they would take up 3-inches of my card. That left 1.25 inches for the top & bottom. 

Starting 1.25 inches down I took the longest banner and stamped it the full length across the card. For the second line, I stamped the shortest banner and filled the remaining line with another long banner. Because this banner was "too long", it would naturally run into the third line and I kept this going-alternating the banners until I had created 4 rows. Leaving 1.25 inches at the bottom. 

I selected a fun colorful confetti design paper in 1-inch strips for the top and bottom. I like using a thin 1/4in.  strip of paper to 'cover the seams'.

Before adhering my papers, I selected my Copics to coordinate and colored!

Here is the list of COPICS I coordinated with:

Pink: RV11; R81; R83

Green:G03; G05; G17

Blue: B01; BG02; BG15

Orange: YR65; YR16; YR68

Red: R22; R14; R27

Pink Frosting: R81

Cream Frosting: Y23

Chocolate Frosting: E23; E57

Once I had my base of colors selected I used them randomly to fill in everything on the card-the confetti, cupcake wrappers, hats & stars.

For the flag ends, I initially colored the gap black and then realized I didn't like it! (Yep, I change my mind mid-create all the time!) So, to add some flare, I filled in the darkened ends with an embossing pen and threw on some silver embossing powder. Because, who doesn't love the look of embossing powder!

I completed the card by stamping the birthday sentiment that comes in the set and die cutting it out with a banner die. Orange is my son's favorite color!!!

Thanks for following along with me for this fun birthday card! Stick around, the hubby has a birthday in March and I've got a plan on how to use this Birthday Banners set AGAIN! And the rest of the design team has more AMAZING ideas for you...AND maybe another NEW RELEASE?!?

Until the-you know what to do! 

Go-Get-Crafty!

-Tia