Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Christmas Wishes

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I have a sweet vintage-themed card for you today; the challenge at 52 Christmas Card Countdown wants to see a fireplace, and the Color Hues challenge is blue and cream:




I used a shade of blue a wee bit darker---Misty Moonlight--and a stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms from many years ago when they were still around.  Here we go:


I stamped and diecut my image, added a scalloped border, then layered it on a piece of blue printed paper from Authentique's Alpine collection.  I added a circle diecut with an Artistic Outpost sentiment, added a little scalloped border under it and then for fun, a wee little diecut stocking:


And a Cornish Heritage Farms sentiment for the inside!


And since I used circles and squares on my card, I'm squeaking this in over at Just Add Ink:


Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!



Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms), The Night Before Christmas (Cornish Heritage Farms), Frosty & Friends (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers     Very Vanilla, One Horse Open Sleigh (ret),  Alpine (Authentique)
 Ink Misty Moonlight
Accessories Navy Embroidery Floss, Dimensionals
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Squares Dies (ret), Give it a Whirl Dies, Mini Stocking Die (Taylored Expressions)

Monday, March 18, 2024

AHSC569 Christmas Ornament

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a good weekend!  It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge, and as usual, it's a fun one:



This sketch reminded me of the floating element card, where you adhere strips of cardstock or paper to an acetate sheet, diecut it into a shape, then pop it up with dimensionals so that it looks like it is "floating" on top of your card! It's easy but very impressive!  So here's my floating ornament:


I used the colors of Soft Sky, Pool Party and Coastal Cabana for my strips, along with some matching glimmer paper for the bow and ornament topper.  Some Coastal Cabana polka-dotted DSP went on the base along with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp:


 These colors match the colors for Inspired By this week, too:


And I am also entering it over at the Krafty Chicks, where they're looking for Christmas!


I hope you'll have fun with our sketch this week!  It certainly doesn't have to have a floating element, or even a heart...use your imagination!  We can't wait to see what you create!  Share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!


Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Soft Sky (ret), Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Coastal Cabana DSP, Acetate Sheet, Mint Glimmer Paper (Close to My Heart)
 Ink Lost Lagoon
Accessories Dimensionals
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies, Circles Framelits Dies (ret), Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Spruced Up Outline Dies (ret)

Sunday, March 17, 2024

PP618 Lucky Birthday

Happy Sunday, peeps! Hope your weekend is going by nicely!  Joanne is our Paper Players hostess this week, and it's Clean and Simple week again!  Here's her fun theme:


I really don't have many "good luck" stamps, but I did find one, but you won't spot it right away on my CAS birthday card:


I stamped these cute Colorado Craft images on thick white cardstock and watercolored them in with ink and an aquapainter....at 4am, I might add, on a sleepless morning!  (Anyone else have any of those?)  


The person to whom this is going loves green, so I gave the bunny an Emerald Envy balloon, and stamped the sentiments, inside and out in green as well.  And here's my "lucky" sentiment:

My friend will totally get this sentiment, too!  It's from a retired SU called Afterthoughts!  

I hope you'll play along with our Clean and Simple challenge---remember to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE, LOL!  Resist using all those layers and embellishments!  Check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog, then come play along!

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.  Proverbs 17:17


Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Afterthoughts (ret), Birthday Wishing (Colorado Craft)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White
 Ink Versafine Black, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Soft Sea Foarm, Blushing Bride (ret)
Accessories
Tools     Aquapainter

Friday, March 15, 2024

Quick Hyacinths for Easter

Happy Friday, peeps! I have a quick card today for a few challenges!  The As You See It challenge is a speed challenge, looking for flowers; the Flower Challenge wants a square card; and Retro Rubber is also looking for spring flowers!


And first, a disclaimer; the stamps I used are two-step stamps and I did NOT use a stamp platform because of the speed stamping challenge, so they may look a little blurry....hope your eyes don't cross while looking at them, LOL!  But here we go:


First, let me say that this uber-simple card took me just under six minutes to create, mostly because I had all my supplies at the ready, and as I said, I didn't use a stamp platform except to stamp the words!  The card is 4 1/4" square, and my stamps are from a 2020 set from W+9 called Spring Blessings, stamped in Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam, Mint Macaron and Garden Green:


I added a quick little bow of Crinkled Seam Binding, and the inside sentiment is from SU's God Bless II, from 2002!  It's an oldie for sure!


Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Praise God with shouts of joy, all people! Sing to the glory of his name; offer him glorious praise!
Psalm 66:1-2



Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps God Bless II, (ret, 2002), Spring Blessings (W+9, 2020)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White
 Ink Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam, Garden Green, Mint Macaron (ret)
Accessories Crinkled Seam Binding (ret)
Tools     Stamparatus

Thursday, March 14, 2024

FMS627 Boho Butterfly Sympathy

Happy Thursday, peeps! My allergies got me down and out these last few days but I was finally able to get some stamping in last night! Sadly, I needed two more sympathy cards, and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches worked perfectly!  Here's the sketch:



And here's my card:

I used some Poetic Expressions DSP and Boho Blue cardstock, then used a Paper Butterfly accented with an Iridescent gem. The sentiment is from Lasting Joy, stamped on a diecut from Timeless Arrangements.  I did add a little scallop diecut from the retired Be Mine Stitched framelits:


I flipped the sketch and the butterfly for the second card:


I just love this blue!  I am just sad I need the cards!

Dana and Wayne got me a bird cam for Christmas and I finally got it set up.  Take a look at this pretty guy (sorry, he doesn't seem to show up on my phone, but he does on the computer!!):


Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!




Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Lasting Joy
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Boho Blue, Poetic Expressions DSP
 Ink Boho Blue
Accessories Iridescent Gem, Dimensionals, Paper Butterfly
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine Every Day Essentials Dies, Stitched Be Mine Dies (ret)

Monday, March 11, 2024

AHSC568 Bubbles & Wheat

Happy Monday, peeps!  I hope you all had a great weekend!  Today, we have a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch: 


I am not going to belabor the fact that the In Color Wild Wheat is not one of my favorite colors!  But this sweet little patterned paper from Poetic Expressions was calling my name, so I went out of my comfort zone and embraced the wheat!  Here we go:


I cut some strips of the same DSP, different pattern, as well as a little strip of Bubble Bath, which was embossed with an Ellen Hutson Stitching Lines die, then attached them to the little print.  I used markers, ink and a blender pen to color in the sprig from Nature's Prints, then added the Hello sentiment from the same set.  Finally, some little banners, also embossed with the Stitching Lines dies, finished it off.  Although Wild Wheat is still pretty far at the bottom of my "favorite colors" list, I think this turned out pretty sweet!

I hope you'll be able to play with our sketch this week....I think it's a great one (especially because I love things in THREES--love those three strips!) and I am sure I'll be using it again!  Share your creation with us at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog--we can't wait to see it!

Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!



Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Nature's Prints
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Bubble Bath, Wild Wheat, Poetic Expressions DSP
 Ink Wild Wheat, Bubble Bath
Accessories Wild Wheat Twine, Dimensionals
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Natural Prints Dies, Everyday Details Dies, Give It A Whirl Dies, Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Sunday, March 10, 2024

PP680 Color Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, everyone!  The Paper Players' challenge this week is from our hostess Jaydee, and she has a color challenge for us!  Her prompt uses bold, bright colors, but I think you can use any shades of these:


I did choose to use the bright colors of Daffodil Delight, Bubble Bath and Granny Apple Green for my card, but in mostly small amounts!  Here we go:


I stamped the images and sentiment from Courage and Faith in Versafine Black, then colored the images with markers.  I did manage to get some blending in there...Blends bleed with Versafine, so I used regular markers in Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Bubble Bath and Berry Burst for the flowers, and Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist for the leaves:


I diecut it with a circle die, added a little Adhesive-Backed flower, then mounted it on a Daffodil Delight panel that was embossed with the retired Framed Tulips embossing folder.  A little bit of black & white gingham ribbon reinforced the black and white outlines!  Unfortunately, I needed a third sympathy card this week, so this will be popped in the mail for that!  

I hope these colors inspire you to create something bright and fresh, or use softer hues to create whatever you want!  Check out what the DT created at the Paper Players blog to get some more inspiration!

I thought I'd share a couple of pictures of a wasp's nest that had been hanging in our maple tree over the summer! Blessedly, we didn't have to mow under this particular tree as it is so shady, no grass grows under it!  It finally deteriorated enough to fall down and John found it in the year.  The outer sections (which are falling off) sheathe the inner combs....pretty fascinating!


 
You just don't want to get near it when those wasps are alive, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!


Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Courage & Faith
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Daffodil Delight
 Ink Versafine Black
Accessories Black & White Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Circle Framelits (ret), Markers in Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder (ret)