Nina's Southern Accents

Friday, July 20, 2018

Country Roads, Take Me Home-GDP 147

Hey Y'all!

This week's Global Design Project is right up my alley, or down my lane, lol! I grew up on a farm--my grandmother drove a tractor and a Ford pick-up, she grew okra, raised hogs, and could shoot better than most men! I loved that woman, she had so much spunk! So this week, my card is dedicated to my grandmother, affectionately known by her grandchildren as "Mammy."
This card was actually inspired by a picture one of my friends put on Facebook.

"Heartland" is the stamp set that is the focal point of this card. Now we didn't have a barn as elaborate as the one depicted in this scene, but we did have a pond. "Sheltering Tree" makes a guest appearance in the scene, that is where the sentiment and single tree come from. The water ripples in the pond and the grass around it are from "High Tide."

I masked the barn scene and sponged the sunset, grass, and water. I stamped the image on Cherry Cobbler cardstock, fussy cut the barn, and popped it up with dimensionals to make it stand out as the focal point. The silo and background trees were colored with Stampin' Blends.

"Thinking of You" was the perfect sentiment, since I was reminiscing about my childhood days and my grandmother.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my project. All of the items I used in today's project are listed below, click on any item to purchase and it will take you to my online store. Please use the current Host Code (U2UFT2A9) if ordering less than $150, if ordering over that amount skip the host code and claim the rewards for yourself. Stampin' Up! has some fabulous deals going on in the month of July---DSP is BUY 3 GET 1 FREE, and they are also offering everyone who signs up to be a demonstrator a FREE STAMP PAD FAMILY in addition to the items you choose in your starter kit. I would love for you to join my team! You can click on the Online Store or Join My Team Tab at the top of the blog to learn more.

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See you back soon!

Love,

Nina

Product List

Heartland Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143892]

$17.00

Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set

[137163]

$25.00

High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143006]

$26.00

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119685]

$8.50

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119686]

$8.50

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100867]

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Old Olive Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

[144573]

$4.50

Old Olive Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144574]

$4.50

Smoky Slate Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[145054]

$4.50

Smoky Slate Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

[145055]

$4.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

$7.50

Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[147108]

$7.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$7.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]

$7.50

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

$7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]

$7.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$7.50

Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill

[145406]

$9.50

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$7.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$5.00

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

$7.00

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Stamping Sponges

[141337]

$3.50

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Friday, July 13, 2018

Unconventional Memory Keeping

Hey Y'all!
Those of you that read my blog regularly know that I promised a series on Scrapbooking/Memory Keeping at the beginning of June. I have not blogged about it as regularly as I had hoped, but here is another post, this time about Memory Keeping that is not in a book.

I have 2 daughters, and neither one is into stamping. BREAKS. MY. HEART. So when one of them asks can I help her stamp something, the answer is ABSOLUTELY! So I really can't take the credit for this project...it was all her idea.

Her boyfriend is a welder, and has taken a job travelling. They have started a tradition of him bringing her a rock from the states he goes to, and she writes the place on the rock and puts them in a jar.

She wanted to make something to go on the jar, and this is what we came up with.

She chose the letters from the Pick a Pennant stamp set, and that sweet little heart came from Sitting Pretty. (By the way, I got the Pick a Pennant FREE when I went to Onstage in Atlanta..fun times!) Pick a Pennant comes as a bundle with matching dies, but I have not purchase them yet. Remember, when the stamp set and dies are sold as a bundle, you save 10%! Stampin' Up! has so many sets that have individual letters in them to create your own message!

We stamped the sentiment on a piece of retired DSP I had in my stash, and used the Layering Circle Framelits to make the 2 layers, the bottom layer is Real Red. I thought it turned out perfect!

Isn't that a neat way to preserve memories! Now I may have to do some Memory Keeping of my own to log me and my daughter making memories!

Do you have a way you have preserved memories besides putting pictures in an album or a scrapbook? Tell me about it in the comments below.

Reminder: some great deals going on in the month of July-DSP sale for customers and FREE Ink Pad family in addition to your starter kit by becoming a demonstrator. Just click on the pictures for more info. Don't miss out! Let me know if you have any questions about these sales.

The items we used in this project are listed below, just click on an item to go to my online store to purchase. Thanks for taking the time to stop by, now go make some memories, and be sure to record them for posterity!

Love,

Nina

Product List