Christmas Wishes Quilted Star

Happy Tuesday, all! No challenges today, but I wanted to share one of the cards we made at stamp club last night, which was a quilted star card.  I originally saw this on Amanda Mertz's blog and she got the idea from Lorraine Tierney. You can see her card, as well as her YouTube video, HERE. It looks complicated, but it's really quite easy and she gives you some neat tricks!  So here are the versions we did, using the Christmas Greetings card pack along with the Christmas Tags & More DSP and ephemera:

We started with strips of the DSP; I confess that I resorted to using Taylored Expressions 1/2" Easy Strips dies to cut them out, because they cut four at a time, which made things quite a bit speedier!  After adhering them according to Lorraine's directions, we then embossed the panel with the Eyelet embossing folder and added an ephemera in the center:

The tag was stamped with a sentiment from Pine Tree Trimmings and diecut with a Stylish Shapes dies; the ribbon is a new Online Exclusive for November, called Chevron!  The club ladies seemed to like this card, and we all liked the pre-made cards in Crumb Cake and Garden Green, with gold accents, which are a little larger and come with matching envelopes!  I can't wait to play some more with the little punchouts from the DSP pack...so cute!

I hope you are staying warm because it's COLD and windy here today!  Thanks for popping in, enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Christmas Greetings Specialty  Cards, Christmas Tags & More DSP
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Green Chevron Ribbon, String
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Easy Strips 1/2" Dies (Taylored Expressions)

AHSC655 90th Birthday

Happy Monday! It's Stamp Club day, so this will be short & sweet!  Time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

We had a big birthday party at church yesterday for one of our sweet members who turned 90!  I got out some Florals in Bloom DSP, did some fussy cutting, and here's what I came up with:

I used a scalloped die to cut another piece of the DSP for the borders, and the sentiment, stamped in Berry Burst, is from The Right Words; I also added a wee Cloud Cover bow and a few fussy-cut blooms, cut from the same paper:

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment and some greenery from the retired Number of Days set, and added a diecut "90" from the Little Numbers dies:

Such a fun sketch, I hope you'll be able to play along with us!  Check out all the designers' samples on Wednesday when the post goes live at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog!  Thanks for visting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Number of Years (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Berry Burst, Adhesive Sheets, Florals in Blooom DSP
Ink	Berry Burst, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Cloud Cover Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Scallop Dies (Lawn Fawn), Little Numbers Dies (ret)

PP763 Color Challenge from Jan

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It's Jan's turn to be the hostess at the Paper Players, and she has a nice fall-feeling color palette for us this week: 

My dad's cousin is turning 93 this month, so I took advantage of these colors to make him a fall-themed birthday card using some Autumn Toile DSP:

I used some Everyday Arch dies to create a tag with Basic White and Old Olive cardstocks, and used some Mossy Meadow baker's twine for the embellishment.  Sentiments are from Everyday Greetings and Greetings of the Season; the foliage is from Lasting Joy:

Here's the inisde:

Lots of fun ways to use these colors this week! Stop over at the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers did with them!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings, Greetings of the Season, Lasting Joy (ret), The Right Words, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Old Olive, Autumn Toile DSP
Ink	Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso
Accessories	Mossy Meadow Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, 1/8" Hole Punch

JUGS800 O Ribbon Tree

Happy Friday! Yay, the weekend is upon us!  The sweet team over at Just Us Girls is celebrating an amazing milestone--800 challenges!  Woohoo! Congratulations, Girls!

Their theme this week is "Anything Goes", so I am sharing a card I made a couple of days ago.  It actually came out the way I envisioned it--amazing! SU has some beautiful silver and blue ribbon right now and I thought it would make a pretty Christmas tree.  Here we go:

I first cut out a panel of thick Basic White with the Textured Notes dies, then cut out a tree using the new Pine Tree Trimmings die.  I backed the opening with the Misty Moonlight Silver-edged ribbon, added a silver diecut star and a sentiment from Pine Tree Trimmings set:

I popped it up on a white card base, added a sentiment from Words for the Season, and it's finished! CAS and cute!

Be sure to stop over at the JUGS blog--some of the designers have giveaways!  That's always fun!  

Just have to brag on Cassidy a wee little bit--check out this report card! Woohoo!!

And thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Words for the Season, Pine Tree Trimmings
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Silver Foil
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Misty Moonlight Silver-edged Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Pine Tree Trimmings Dies

FMS711 You Make My Heart Smile

 Happy Thursday, peeps! A busy day today, so this will be short and sweet! Kim's sketch at FMS is an interesting one:

That is a big circle! My mind immediately went to my Dotted Circles embossing folder, so I combined it with a little wreath from the retired Cottage Wreaths set:

My wreath is stamped in Crumb Cake, and I added some additional leaves in Pecan Pie and some "blueberries" because I had already stamped and embossed my sentiment on some Misty Moonlight cardstock:

After running a piece of Basic White through the embossing folder, I trimmed it out, then mounted it on another embossed piece, this time using Gathering Leaves.  My final addition was a wee bit of twine, tied into a bow, and a few silver pearls.  I left the inside blank, because there are several occasions for which I could use this card, so I'll stamp something when I need it!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"In his disciples' presence Jesus performed many other miracles which are not written down in this book.  But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life."  John 20:30-31

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, Cottage Wreaths (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight
Ink	Craft White, Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Silver pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Wreaths Dies (ret), Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Let It Snow

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a quick little card which is for two challenges!! The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown has a sketch for November, and Addicted to CAS wants to see a snowflake!

 

I recently got a pretty snowflake embossing folder, and last year at Christmas, I got a set of cute little holiday stencils from Amazon, so I put both to use:

I really wanted to add more layers, but I kept everything pretty simple; the embossed layer went on a Cloud Cover card base.  I stenciled the snowflake with the blue ink that was already on my blending brush--probably Misty Moonlight, but done very lightly!  I did add a Cloud Cover glimmer paper scallop behind it and a wee little sentiment banner, oh, and an iridescent gem:

Another tiny sentiment on the inside, stamped with Lost Lagoon:

Adding slowly but steadily to my Christmas stash!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit is contrary to the flesh.  They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.  Galatians 5:16-17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Cloud Cover Glimmer
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Iridescent Gem (ret), Dimensionals, No-name Stencils (amazon)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Blending Brush

AHSC654 50th Anniversary

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a nice weekend! We went to a friends' 50th anniversary party at church on Saturday evening...it's hard to believe that I've know this couple since we were in school in the 60s and 70s!!  Anyway, I made them a card using the newest Atlantic Hearts sketch!  Here's the sketch:

I admit that slimline cards like this make me a bit nervous, so I made mine a wee bit shorter; it measures 6" x 3 1/2", and it's not really a tradtional 50th anniversary card in that I didn't use a lot of gold:

I wanted a card to reflect their love of nature and plants as well as the fact that their home and farm is rustic!  I chose some woodgrain paper for my background, then diecut and colored some florals. I just couldn't find diecut leaves that I liked, so I just stamped some directly on the background paper and I liked the subtle effect of that! I added a Crumb Cake tag with some ribbon & gold trim, then added gold pearls:

A couple of oldie stamps on the inside:

 

We gave them a small bottle of John's homemade wine, so they can celebrate!  Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you'll play along with our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week, so put on your thinking cap and get creative!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret), Dainty Delight (ret), Graceful Words (ret), Forever Fern (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Americana (Honey Bee)
Ink	Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen, Daffodil Delight, Peace Pie, Lost Lagoon, Balmy Blue, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Lost Lagoon Ribbon (ret), Gold Thread (ret), Dimensionals, Gold Pearls (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Dainty Delight Dies (ret),  Blender Pen