FMS715 Celebrating You

Happy Thursday, all...on the slide to the weekend, yippee!  I have lots of birthdays in December and my card supply is running low,  so the FMS sketch came in handy for a quick card using some patriotic colors!  Here's the sketch:

I pulled out some Honey Bee papers called Americana, did some diecutting, punching and stamping, and here we go:

Sentiments are from the retired Perennial Birthday, and it was mounted on a Crumb Cake base:

And since the Krafty Chicks have a birthday challenge, I am adding this to theirs as well!

Off to make some Christmas cookies!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Americana (Honey Bee)
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Small Star Punch (ret)

TCH123 Warm Wishes

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! I had a couple of Lawn Fawn diecuts laying on my desk unused from another project, soI thought I'd use them with Color Hues' challenge for this month, which is pink and green:

In hindsight, I probably should have used markers to color in these little images, but I love to watercolor, so that's the medium I chose.  Here we go:

I'm afraid my early-morning photography is not as good as it should be, so my colors look a bit washed out!  I stamped my houses in Versafine Black and colored them in Smoky Slate, Pretty in Pink, Soft Sea Foam and the retired Soft Succulent.  I added some glitter to the rooftops and mounted it on a panel of Basic White, embossed with a Waffleflower snowflake plate.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, stamped in Smoky Slate, and I added some tiny rhinestones for fun!

On the inside of the Pink Pirouette card, I stamped another sentiment from Simon Says Stamp (see how pale the pink looks?!):

I have a whole stack of UFOs, as Bonnie would call them (Unfinished Objects) on my desk, so my plan the rest of the week is to FINISH them!!!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Celebrate Winter (Lawn Fawn), Christmas Blessings, (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pink Pirouette (ret), Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink, Soft Sea Foam, Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Rhinestones, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Simply Celebrate Winter Dies (Lawn Fawn), Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Dashed Snowflake Panel Die (Waffle Flower), Aquapainter

AHSC658 Brightly Shining

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  The Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is a lovely one, as usual:

I had some pretty papers from Thoughtful Journey sitting on my desk, and I thought they would make a pretty Christmas card, so here we go:

I wanted to use this sentiment from Night Divine, so I stamped it in some Pretty Peacock ink on a diecut panel and added some crinkly seam binding in a shabby-chic bow that just happened to match perfectly.  I embossed another panel with a star embossing folder and assembled it all together, along with some star sequins:

A sentiment from Peaceful Season went on the inside:

I just realized I didn't put any little doodads in the four corners, so I hope they'll not kick me out, LOL!  And I hope you'll play along with our sketch challenge this year at Atlantic Hearts! Can't wait to see your creations!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season, Night Divine
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thoughtful Journey DSP
Ink	Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Seam Binding (unknown), Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Wishing Stars EF (Spellbinders)

Big Bold Thanks for FMS714

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope everyone had a good weekend!  Trying to get back into a routine again!  I am playing with the current FMS sketch today, and although I so wanted to put a Christmas ornament on this card, I needed a thank you card, so I went in a different direction!  Here's the sketch:

I pulled out some neglected DSP, did a bit of stamping and fussy-cutting and here we are:

Embossing folder is Eyelet; sentiment is from Timeless Arrangements, and Basic Black and Melon Mambo are my colors....easy peasy! I did add a bit of retired Gingham Ribbon for fun!

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

"Be persistent in prayer, and keep alert as you pray, giving thanks to God." Colossians 4:2

PP766 Tic Tac Toe from Claire

Happy Sunday, peeps! Claire is our Paper Players hostess this week, and since it's the fifth Sunday, it's a Tic-Tac-Toe!  She has some wonderful choices for us!  She must have known how much I love vintage, so my automatic choice was the right column of Vintage, Patterned Paper and Sparkle!  Let's go!

 

I had a couple of pieces of some lovely vintage papers from Simple Stories left from a pad I got several years ago....they're almost all gone, but I salvaged one piece with this wonderful Santa against a collage of vintage prints.  I didn't want to cut it down, so I made it into a large slimline card measuring 4" x 8"...here we go:

I did have to make the paper a bit narrower, so I trimmed it down and cut out the holly leaves, then added a strip of red glimmer paper and re-attached the remaining paper behind it to fit my card.  I stamped a vintage sentiment in Cherry Cobbler on some of the same paper and diecut it, then adhered it to the front:

Another vintage sentiment on the inside, along with some plaid paper to accent the bottom:

I do love my vintage images and this was a treasure to create! I hope you'll find some good inspiration using Claire's grid for your own card.  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Christmas (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals Ivory (ret), Cherry Cobbler, Simple Vintage Christmas (Simple Stories), Red Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

AYSI362 Birthday Sketch

Happy Friday, all! Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!! My Black Friday plans are to do nothing, LOL!  We do have a new challenge for you at As You See It, and it's a lovely sketch:

I needed a birthday card so I pulled out some Peaceful Garden DSP---it's not just for Christmas--and cut some of the coordinating patterns to fit the sketch:

I layered everything on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder, then added some leafy diecuts cut from some Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper, along with some white Pearls of Beauty:

The sentiment is from Simply Said, stamped in Secret Sea ink.  

I hope you'll play along with our lovely sketch this week!  It's a great way to use up some of those leftover DSP pieces we can't seem to toss---I am sure you all know what I'm talking about!  We hope you'll share your creation with us at the As You See It blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Secret Sea, Peaceful Garden DSP, Peaceful Garden Glimmer
Ink	Secret Sea
Accessories	Pearls of Beauty, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Timeless Arrangements Dies (ret), Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions)

Thanksgiving Blessings

 Happy Thursday, peeps, and Happy Thanksgiving, if you're in the US!

Here is the chorus of a hymn called "Count Your Blessings": 

• Count your blessings, name them one by one,
  Count your blessings, see what God has done!
  Count your blessings, name them one by one,
  *Count your many blessings, see what God has done.
  [*And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.]

We all have blessings! Praise the Lord!  Enjoy your day and have a blessed Thanksgiving with your family and friends!

To a Deer Friend

 Happy Thanksgiving eve, everyone!  I have a fun little Christmas card today, a bit "punny", and it is for three challenges:  Color My Heart Color Dare wants shades of brown, plus two other colors; Christmas Kickstart wants to see antlers, and the CAS Colours & Sketches is a sketch:

I had not used the pretty little deer from Papertrey's Deer To Me for a long time, so I got to work:

My shades of brown are Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso; I added Real Red and Shaded Spruce as my two additional colors.  I faintly stamped trees from Pine Tree Trimmings in the background, and the punny sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings:

A sentiment from Best Year went on the inside:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings, Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Whittle Sayings (PoppyStamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Real Red
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Craft White
Accessories	Red Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), 1/8" Hole Punch

AHSC657 Christmas Tufted Titmouses

Happy Tuesday, all!  Time for a new Atlantic Heart Sketch challenge, here we go:

Since I am kind of done with fall cards, I chose to make another Christmas card, albeit in rather non-traditional Christmas colors!  I chose to use the little tufted titmouses (or is it titmice?!) from Winterly Tree Tops, along with some Nests of Winter DSP:

I used a postage die to cut out the striped paper, then stamped, diecut and watercolored those cute little birds:

I added some berries in Cajun Craze, a little Copper Clay baker's twine bow, and a sentiment from the retired More Merry Messages:

Some sequins finished it off! I'd like to make another card with this sketch, this time using embossed panels behind my main image!  What will you create with it?  I hope you'll play along with our sketch and share your final creation with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winterly Tree Tops (ret), More Merry Messages (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Smoky Slate, Basic White, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Smokky Slate, Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze, Garden Green
Accessories	Copper Clay Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winterly Tree Tops Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

PP765 A Sketch from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new challenge from the Players! Ann is our hostess with a really lovely sketch for us:

I had some of the papers from the Christmas Tags & More DSP on my desk and I thought one of the designs might make for good elements for this sketch! So here we go:

I started with a Soft Sea Foam card base, then added a mistletoe mat.  The half-wreath image was cut down to size, mounted on a panel of Real Red and a sentiment from Wishing You Joy.  I diecut a bell and bow (Honeybee) from some Champagne Foil, Real Red and Cherry Cobbler cardstocks, then "hung" it from some silver thread:

I just realized I forgot the clapper! Oops!  Oh well!  This sketch is really lovely; I love things in threes, and you could use different papers or images for the three panels, or just cut one apart as I did! So versatile!  I can't wait to see what you do with it! Hop on over to the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers did as well!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Christmas Tags & More DSP, Champagne Foil (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Thread (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Bell Dies (Honeybee Stamps)

IB363 Here Comes Santa

 Happy Friday, peeps!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend planned! I have a sweet little Christmas card for you today; it happens to fit the Inspired By prompt this week!  Here's Laurel's inspiration:

I was inspired by the country colors as well as that wee, tiny little Santa hat that's on one of the napkin rings, LOL!  Here we go:

I started with a Mellow Moss card base, then added some pretty wreath-printed paper and a Crumb Cake banner.  I pulled out one of the stencils that I got last year and stenciled the Santa hat in Real Red and Craft White, and added a frayed burlap ribbon tie.  You can't see it, but I added some Wink of Stella to his hat as well!

A sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Tiny Words Christmas fit on the banner perfectly!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Mellow Moss (ret), Santa Claus Lane (Echo Park)
Ink	Real Red, Mossy Meadow, Craft White
Accessories	Burlap Twine (ret), Christmas Stencils (Amazon), Wink of Stella
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Blending Brushes

52CCT2025-43 Winter Scene

Happy Thursday, all! I have a cute little winter-scened card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge this week:

SU's Winter Scenes have some sweet little scenes, and I chose this one:

I started with a Cloud Cover card base, then added a woodgrain print from Country Woods. I stamped my image in Black Stazon and used inks to watercolor it.  I added a little bit of twine to accent:

A wee bit of Wink of Stella adding some glitter to the snow!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Scenes, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Cloud Cover, Thick Basic White, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Black Stazon, Pecan Pie, Cloud Cover, Mossy Green, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals, Red Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies, Aquapainter

CTD845 Farewell to Color Throwdown

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a bittersweet post today!  The long-standing Color Throwdown blog is ending and today is the last post, and the team has asked some of the original members to participate! Our first post was in July of 2008 and I remember the excitement I felt when Tammy asked me to be on the team! I'll share that first card in a moment, but let's see what the CTD Design Team has picked for us this week:

A lovely seasonal palette for sure!  Here is another quilted card, similar to the one I made earlier  (HERE is the link to the original designer) and I wanted to recreate it using the challenge colors! So here we go:

This quilted card is such a great way to use up some scraps!  I used my Taylored Expressions Easy Strips 1/2" dies to cut out some fall patterned paper, then layered it on a piece of Very Vanilla, , added some Quilt Top embossing, then adhered it to a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock that had been embossed with a leafy embossing folder:

I did a little faux button and some twine, and then around my Honey Bee sentiment, I added some punched leaves and dotty embellishments:

And a lovely Bible verse for the inside:

Now, for a walk down memory lane; here is the first color challenge CTD had, as well as the card that I created for it:

I still love those colors!!  My photography skills were not too good then; in fact, it was pretty funny looking back at some of my posts!  We all have learned and honed our skills along the way, haven't we?  Anyway, I hope you'll go play with the last Color Throwdown challenge, give the ladies' cards some love and perhaps walk down your CTD memory lane as well!  Thanks for popping in! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blessings of Fall (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Timid Tiger, Misc DSPs from my stash
Ink	Cajun Craze
Accessories	Mossy Meadow Thick Twine (ret), Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), Button Die (Papertrey), Leaf Punch (ret), Quilt Top Embossing Folder (ret), Fall Leaf Background Embossing Folder (Darice)