TGIF537 With Love

 Happy Wednesday, all! I recently got the Extraordinary Flora bundle, and although I have played with the matching washi tape, my card today simply uses the stamp set and die.  I was intrigued by the sketch at TGIF:

So here we go:

I do not have a hexagon die, but I do have a punch, so I punched out a hexagon from Garden Green  cardstock, then cut a 1/4" around the outer edge to create a window.  I stamped the florals in Stazon black ink, then watercolored and diecut them out.  I created my square with some Calypso Coral DSP, then layered some of the florals around the hexagon, and added a sentiment from the same set:

I mounted it on a panel of Basic White, embossed with the Exposed Brick embossing folder, which all went on a white card base.  I left the inside blank and will add a sentiment as I need it!

Here's my final array of b-day cards!  This beauty is from Peggy; the gold leaves and fun sentiment treatment really make this card stand out!

This fun lobster card is from my equally fun friend, Shawn! I love how she combined colors and patterns on this card as well as the SEQUINS!

Finally, this beauty (featuring some of my favorite colors!) from the creative Wendy! I just love this woodgrain pattern!

Again, thanks ladies! You helped me celebrate my birthday a wee bit longer!  And thank you for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Extraordinary Flora
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green, Calypso Coral DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Calypso Coral, Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Extraordinary Flora Dies, Exposed Brick Embossing Folder, Textured Notes Dies, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Aquapainter

AHSC642 Pretty Florals

Hello, stamping friends! Time for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, and since I love things in threes, I admit, I was extra-fond of this one: 

I pulled out a pattern from Floral Charm that I hadn't used yet and paired it with some of the solids that coordinated:

I mounted it on a Basic White panel and a Bubble Bath card base, then added some pretty pink ribbon from my stash, creating a faux bow with some embroidery floss  I also heat-embossed a sentiment from The Right Words on a Pretty Peacock banner, using white embossing powder.  I also added some little glimmer dots for sparkle:

I am planning to use this sketch for some upcoming classes for sure!  I hope you'll find it tickles your fancy as well, and you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts! Can't wait to see you there!

Taking a wee break from birthday cards to share this photo; John took my BIL and great-nephews fishing on Saturday!  The weather was fabulous...the fishing, not so much.  But hopefully some great memories were made!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath,  Pretty Peacock, Floral Charm DSP
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals,  Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins (ret), Ribbon from my stash, Embroidery Floss from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies

Christmas Cookie Greetings

Hello, peeps! I am squeaking in this Christmas card for the Jingle Belles sketch in the nick of time, as well as the color challenge from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

Those colors remind me of the beautiful papers I got recently from Mintay, so I pulled some of them out and went to work:

All the papers and the image are from the Christmas Blessings pad; I diecut a Basic Beige and Basic White circle for the cookies, which were fussy-cut.

It's hard to see, but there's a wee brown glimmer star on the center of the cookie (but you can see the dab of glue I used, LOL), which coordinates with the stars on each end of the sentiment banner, which is Crumb Cake, stamped in Cinnamon Cider.  It's from the retired Trees for Sale.

To go with the cookie theme, I stamped this heart and sentiment from Nothing Sweeter, also retired:

I love how realistic these papers look!  And now I have another Christmas card for my stash!  Thanks for visiting today!

A few more birthday cards:

The above card is from my Long Island friend Sandy....love the stenciling on it!  The next card is a fun fold from my friend Robyn...what a cool opening on her card!

Finally, my friend Kathy made a cool card with the Notes & Totes die!  Adorable!

Thanks, ladies! Enjoy your day and be blessed 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trees For Sale (ret), Nothing Sweeter (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Christmas Blessings (Mintay), Brown Glimmer from my stash
Ink	Crumb Cake, Cinnamon Cider (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Star Die (Gummiapan)

PP750 Color Challenge from Claire

Happy Sunday, peeps! Hope your weekend is going well so far!  Claire is our Paper Players hostess this weekand she is definitely challenging us to think "FALL" with these beautiful colors! Check these out:

Now I have a really busy week ahead, so I opted to let my papers do most of the work, LOL!  Here we go:

These beautiful papers are from Studio Light, called Wonderful Autumn, and I believe just about every color in Claire's challenge is featured here!  I did add a pretty diecut sentiment, stamped on Kraft cardstock in Blackberry Bliss ink, and I added a Blackberry Bliss shadow behind it along with some Blackberry Bliss ribbon I found in my stash:

For some added interest, I stamped some text from Elements on Text along the left edge, then mounted it on a Cherry Cobbler card base:

An older W+9 set provided the inside sentiment, along with a Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment (that I stamped crookedly and had to "repair"):

I think these are such beautiful colors together for any fall stamping, I hope you'll play along with us at the Players this week!  Of course, if you think out of the box and have another occasion for which to use them, that's great too!  Can't wait to see what you create!  

Are you tired of birthday cards yet? I have more! This gorgeous vintage creation is from Fran; so much goodness to look at:

This fun, sparkly one is from my sweet friend Sandy:

And this sunshiney, cheerful card is from Karen in sunny Florida:

Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Elements of Text, Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Pretty Patches Pumpkin (W+9), Harvest Wreath (Fun Stampers Journey)
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Blackberry Bliss, Kraft (Close to My Heart), Wonderful Autumn (Studio Light)
Ink	Blackberry Bliss, Cherry Cobbler, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Blackberry Bliss Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Harvest Wreath Die (Fun Stampers Journey), Word Window Punch (ret)

AYSI354 Basket of Wishes

Happy Friday, everyone! Time for a new As You See It challenge and what a fun one it is:

I don't think we've ever done a picnic challenge, but I JUST got the perfect papers for it, and I pulled out a perfect stamp as well!  Here we go:

 

Papertrey had a fun set full of picnic baskets and coordinating sayings, so I pulled one out, inked it up with some Versafine ink and watercolored in my design.  I then diecut it with an Everyday Arches die and added a banner sentiment and a baker's twine bow:

I just receivevd some of these fun plaid papers from Scrapbook.com, so I put that layer on a Basic Beige card base and it's ready for my birthday stash!  

I hope you'll play along with our picnic challenge this week too! Truthfully, there are lots of things you could stamp that are picnic related! Put on your thinking cap and come play along! You can see all the DT creations at the AYSI blog!

A few more birthday cards; this boatful of critters, which made both John and me laugh out loud, is from Sally:

No one beats Michele for florals....this is a stunner for sure:

And this one from my upline, Pennie, combines so many fun little elements into her CAS card:

Thanks, ladies, I love them all! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Picnic & Vintage Picnic Sentiments (Papertrey Ink), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Pretty in Pink, Ginghams (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Versafine Black, Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter, Lemon Lime Twist Marker, Daffodil Delight Marker

Nacho Average Friend

Happy Thursday, peeps! I recently got some cool strip dies and was playing around with some retired colors, so I decided to use them on a card---that's what they're for, right?  It's not for any challenge, but I did need a couple more birthday cards for my August friends!  Here we go...you might want to put on your shades:

I used strips of Magenta Madness, Parakeet Party and Tahitian Tide, layering them on a piece of scrap paper before trimming them to create a mat.  I stamped images from Taco Fiesta and colored them with Blends, then did some fussy-cutting and diecutting on the pieced mat:

I combined a couple of sets for the inside sentiments, and added a taco!

This set never ceases to crack me up!  

Here are a few more birthday cards:  This beauty is from down under, created by my Paper Players teammate Jan...it's gorgeous!

I think the technique that Bonnie used on this card is amazing...and one I want to try too!  Aren't those papers stunning?

And I love the bokeh background on this pretty butterfly card from my friend Debbie...PLUS it had a coupon for ICE CREAM on the inside!  Yum!

Thanks, ladies! You bless my life! Enjoy your day and be blessed as well!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Taco Fiesta (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Parakeet Party (ret), Tahitian Tide (ret), Magenta Madness (ret)
Ink	Memento Black, Parakeet Party (ret), Tahitian Tide (ret), Pink Passion (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Thick Baker's Twine (Ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), 1/2" Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Blends

HSS469 Freesia Birthday

Happy Wednesday, all! I saw a cute fold technique on FB recently but unfortunately, didn't write down the creative person who posted it, so if you know who it was, let me know! I have a couple of birthdays coming up that need cards, so I took the unusual color palette at Hand Stamped Sentiments and went to work!  Here's the palette:

My Sunflower EF has been neglected, so I thought I'd use it; I know there aren't freesia-colored sunflowers in real life (or maybe there are), but in my world, I can make a sunflower any color I want! So here we go:

I cut a panel of Fresh Freesia to 5" x 3 3/4", then ran it through the embossing machine with the embossing folder.  I sponged on Fresh Freesia ink, then diecut the panel with a Textured Notes dies.  I added a mat of Pool Party, then re-attached it to the Fresh Freesia panel.  That all went on a Blackberry Bliss mat and a white card base.

I stamped a birthday sentiment from Year of Flowers and die cut it, again with the Textured Notes dies, and added a wish of Fresh Freesiz ribbon:

And here's the fun fold inside:

It's really easy--cut cardstock or DSP to 10 1/2" x 4".  Score at 4 1/4", 5 1/4" and 6 1/4".  Fold along the score lines to make the little box, then adhere ONLY the larger pieces to the inside of the card.  You can make the pop-up embellishment anything you want!  I have lots of ideas!.  For this card, I pieced together two pieces of Fresh Freesia DSP, using Sticky Strip to make sure the edges were secure, then stamped my sentiment directly on it.  It folds nicely and fits into a regular size envelope!

I promised to show off some of the gorgeous cards I received for my birthday--it will take a while!  Here are the first few!  This stunner is from my Paper Players teammate, Stef!  The image is debossed...and it's gorgeous!

I love orange, so this card really made me smile!  It's from my sweet friend Beth; she always has an encouraging word!

This beauty is from another teammate, Ann! Unfortunately, the mail person was not careful and it sustained some damage (and came in one of those lame apologetic envelopes) but I guess I should just be glad I got it at all!  So pretty!

Thanks, ladies! I have more to share!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Year of Flowers
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blackberry Bliss, Fresh Freesia, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia DSP (ret)
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories	Dimensionals, Fresh Freesia Seam Binding
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder, Textured Notes Dies, Blending Brush

CAS Sparkly Wreath

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a real quick Christmas card today, it uses the CAS Colours & Sentiments sketch as well as the Christmas Kickstart challenge to use a wreath:

I pulled out some goodies and went to work:

My paper is from Unity, called Watercolor Tidings, and the Avery Elle diecuts were made with some retired glimmer paper from SU.  This wreath is just so pretty:

The sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp, called Tiny Words Christmas, and they were stamped in Emerald Envy ink.  I did add a few more little glimmer stars on the inside since the sentiment words are so small!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Green Glimmer Paper (ret), Watercolor Tidings (Unity)
Ink	Emerald Envy (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Star Wreath Dies (Avery Elle)