Jingle Belles Pink Christmas

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  The Jingle Belles have a pink Christmas card challenge in honor of Breast Cancer Month! What a nice gesture--they're donating money for each card submitted! I am throwing my hat in the ring with this one:

 

 

I used Waffle Flower's Postage Stamp dies and Christmas stencils in shades of Sweet Sugar Plum, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Bubble Bath and Crumb Cake to create my card:

I used the Postage Collage stamp and a little Christmas stamp from Sweet & Sassy to add my little "stamp" icons in Versafine Black and Crumb Cake.  The inside of the Sweet Sugar Plum card was stamped with a goodie-but-oldie stamp from Amy R's Handy Christmas Greetings:

 I still need some practice with my stenciling, but I'll keep trying!

John took my nephew and his sons Jameson and Sawyer fishing on Saturday on John's new (to him) boat:

 

They only caught one catfish, which they threw back, and two eels...yuck!  That was quite the experience, John said!  But they had fun and it was a beautiful day on the river!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.  Genesis 1:20-21

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Postage Collage (Waffle Flower), Handy Christmas Greetings (Amy R), Holiday Greetings (Sweet & Sassy)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Sweet Sugar Plum (ret)
Ink	Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette (ret), Sweet Sugar Plum (ret), Versafine Black
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Postage Stamp Die (Waffle Flower), Postage Collage Christmas Stencil (Waffle Flower), Blending Brushes

AHSC599 Fall Birthday

Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch and I pulled out some retired stamps and some new stamps for my card!  Here's the sketch:

I had originally planned for this card to go to my pastor, but I got a bit carried away with colors and layers, and he is definitely a "plain" kinda guy, so I'll save this for someone else, LOL!  I used the retied Forever Fern and the new Simply Said sets in some gray, gold and rust shades:

I diecut a panel with the Deckled Edge Rectangle dies, then added my foliage; I diecut a matching horizontal panel in Cajun Craze and added a gingham pattern to it, then added my birthday sentiment on top:

My Soft Stone (Papertrey) card was embossed with the Cane Weave embossing folder, and on the inside, I added an Unbounded Love sentiment diecut with a Timeless Arrangements die:

So it will be back to the drawing board for a new card for my pastor, but meanwhile, I have a new card for my birthday stash!  I hope you'll play along with us...we love to see your take on our sketches at Atlantic Hearts!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Unbounded Love, Forever Fern (ret), Background Basics: Gingham (Papertrey), Wreath for All Seasons (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cajun Craze, Soft Stone (Papertrey)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Timeless Arrangements Dies (ret), Deckle Edge Rectangle Dies, Cane Weave Embossing Folder, Sponge Daubers

PP711 Grateful Hearts

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and the talented Joanne is our hostess with a seasonal color challenge for us:

Isn't that a lovely prompt?  One of the cards we made with the retirement ladies used a sweet little pumpkin image from Colorado Craft, so I decided to use that for my card, along with a couple of my favorite fall embossing folders!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from FMS:

My embossed panels of Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie were sponged with Pecan Pie ink and embellished with a Basic Beige ribbon.  The Basic Beige tag was embossed with a Fall Leaf Background embossing folder, then I added my Pumpkin Pie stamped and diecut image on top.  I added an orange glimmer bow and some orange sequins to jazz it up a bit:

I mounted everything on a Cajun Craze card base and stamped a sentiment from Thankful Forest Friends on the inside:

Orange is one of my favorite colors, so this challenge was right up my alley! I hope you'll play along with our fallish colors---and even if you don't choose a fall theme, I am sure you can come up with a creative alternative!  Share it with us at the Players and you may be our Headliner!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thankful Forest Friends (ret), Gather Here (Colorado Craft Company)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Orange Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Basic Beige Ribbon, Orange Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Autumn Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Fall Leaf Background Embossing Folder (Darice), Gather Here Die (Colorado Craft Company), Markers

TGIF494 Spectacolar Birthday

Happy Saturday, peeps! Just a fun little card today for the TGIF sketch challenge:

I needed a birthday card for a friend from church who loves Mexican food; my mind immediately went to the retired Taco Fiesta set!  I turned the sketch on its side and here's what I came up with:

I stamped all the images in Memento black ink and colored them with Blends, then fussy-cut them and mounted them on white panels matted with Poppy Parade.  A retired piece of Granny Apple Green DSP worked for the background, and the sentiment was stamped in Poppy Parade as well!  

I love this sketch and I hope he loves his card!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Taco Fiesta (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green DSP (ret)
Ink	Memento Black, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (unbranded), Blends

Happy Halloween Fun Fold for Creative Creases

Happy Friday, peeps! Yay, it's the weekend!  I was asked to be a guest designer at Creative Creases this week; it's always interesting to come up with some creative "fun folds" to kick up our stamping!  I recently saw this card on Pinterest and thought I'd re-create it!  Thanks to Laura for her video!  So here we go:

There are four inside panels to the card; I used some Grapefruit Grove (and for the life of me, I don't know why I didn't use Pumpkin Pie!!!) for the base, and some Haunted Hues papers from Unity for the patterns.  I will write my greeting on the back!   Here's what it looks like unfolded:

I used an older stamp from Recollections for the two stamped panels; they were stamped with Black Memento ink and colored with SU Blends:

And it was fun to highlight some of these spooky papers too!

To keep the bulk together, I added a Black & Vanilla check ribbon!  

I hope you'll play along with the Creative Creases challenge this week too! Maybe you'll be a guest designer as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  

We were at a meeting last night and missed the show, but Dana took this picture of the northern lights; I am so bummed, but at least she and her family got to see them!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Halloween (Recollections), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Spooky Street (Newton's Nook)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basici Black, Grapefruit Grove (ret), Haunted Hues (Unity)
Ink	Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Black & Vanilla Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Various Blends

Five Easy (Halloween) Pieces

Hello stamping friends!  Five Easy Pieces was the movie I saw on my first date.  I remember NOTHING about the movie, probably because I was so nervous about the date!  (I do remember the date himself, LOL!)  Anyway, recently I bought some jewelry from a sweet little online shop called Chadds Ford Jewelry, and it's only a few miles from me, but when the order came in, the owner included five little Halloween elements to get creative with! Of course, I had to make five cards and they were so easy, hence the title of my post!  I just pulled out some Halloween papers and stamps and here they are:

I'm not going to list the recipes for them, but if you have any questions, shoot me an email!  I am also going to choose one of them for the Shopping Our Stash Halloween challenge as well!  Hmmm, which one should I pick?  Which is your favorite?  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

AHSC509 Many Fall Blessings

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Hope your week is going well so far! It's time to unveil a new Atlantic Hearts sketch, and here it is:

I was going through some of my older stamps and came across Many Blessings; I have used a few of the smaller images in this set, but I don't think I ever stamped the wreath!  It's not quite oval, but hopefully it's acceptable! I pulled out my inks and went to work:

After stamping and watercoloring the wreath on Thick Very Vanilla cardstock, I also stamped the little crate of pumpkins, colored it and fussy-cut it out.  After popping up the crate, I added a few bits of foliage from Timeless Arrangements to place behind it. I love those blue-hued Cinderella pumpkins, so I chose to place my Vanilla layer on a layer of Lost Lagoon which was embossed with the Dashing Designs EF, as well as stamp the sentiment in the center of the wreath in the same shade; a gingham bow finished it off:

I've left the inside "vacant" so I can add a sentiment when needed!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week! It's always so fun to see what everyone comes up with! Check out the other DT samples as well as the AHSC blog!  

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Many Blessings (ret), Timeless Arrangements (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon
Ink	Stazon Black, Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Old Olive, Lost Lagoon, Granny Apple Green, Basic Beige
Accessories	Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dashing Designs Embossing Folder, Aquapainter, Timeless Designs Die (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)