AYSI360 You're the Micest!

Happy Friday, all! Happy Halloween! And time for a new As You See It challenge:

What a great theme! So many possibilitiees, right?!  I haven't played with my wee little Harvest Mice from My Favorite Things this season yet, so I got them out and got inky with them:

I stamped this little mouse and his harvest of apples on some watercolor paper and colored them with inks and an aquapainter, them added a diecut fence and some falling leaves, all on a background of some Thoughful Journey DSP:

I added the sentiment and mounted everything on a Cloud Cover card base.  Our local state representative's office recently notarized fourteen documents for me--no charge--so this is going to them along with some fall goodies!  

I hope you'll play along with our "harvest" theme too!  Hop on over to the As You See It blog to see what everyone else came up with!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Harvest Mice (My Favorite Things)
Card stock & Papers	Watercolor, Cloud Cover, Basic White, Thoughtful Journey DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Pecan Pie, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Thankful Mice Dies (Lawn Fawn), Fence Dies (Gina Marie), Aquapainter

CASC&S572 Another Easy Card

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I have another quick Christmas card, courtesy of the lovely sketch from the team at CAS Colours & Sketches:

I was going through some older Christmas DSP and found this gingham print from Toile Tidings, and I thought it would look nice with one of the new Winter Scenes:

I stamped and diecut my little scene, then added "Noel" from Wishing You Joy, and diecut it with an Everyday Arches die.  I created a banner from the plaid, adding a Garden Green mat, then mounted it on a card embossed with some pine trees:

I added some Wink of Stella and a wee little starry sequin to finish it off!  

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

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Scenes, Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Toile Tidings (ret)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Star Sequin (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Tall Pines Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp), Wink of Stella

Five-Minute Christmas Card

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  There are a couple of Christmas card challenges out there this week; 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants a "quick" Christmas card, and Inspire.Create also wants a Christmas card:

I got these beautiful papers from Divinity Designs at the end of last year, and they make for a very quick, beautiful card....I just trimmed them down, mounted them on a card front and stamped a sentiment:

This sentiment, stamped in Mossy Meadow, is from the retired Shine Bright:

The inside sentiment is from the retired Greatest Part of Christmas:

I did add a couple of snowflake sequins for fun, but the whole thing took about five minutes.  It took me longer to unjam my bottle of glue than it did to make the card!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greatest Part of Christmas (ret), Shine Bright (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Soft Stone (Papertrey), Vintage Winter Card Fronts (Divinity Designs)
Ink	Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Snowflake Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools

AHSC653 Christmas Cardinal

Hello, stampers! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch: 

When I saw that banner, I immediately thought of  the retired Toile Christmas and that beautiful cardinal and pretty scrolled sentiment!  So here we go:

I stamped Mr. Cardinal in Versafine black ink and watercolored him as well as the greenery.  In hindsight, I am thinking I should have made my oval a little more "stand-out", but sometimes one just needs to leave well-enough alone!  

The background paper is from Unity and is mounted on a (retired) Certainly Celery card base.  The inside sentiment is from the same set:

I added a few red sequins and it was done!  Tis the season to ramp up those holiday cards, so this one will go into the stash!  What will you create with our sketch?! We hope to see you in the gallery at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."  Lamentations 3:22-23

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Toile Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Certainly Celery (ret), Winter Flowers (Unity)
Ink	Versafine Black, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Christmas Cardinals Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Aquapainter

PP761 Boo! Sketch from Joanne

Hello stampers! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Joanne has an awesome sketch for us this week!  So much fun!

I have so many Halloween stamps, it's hard to get to all of them but I couldn't let the month go by without using this funny cat and jack:

This image is from 100 Proof Press, stamped on some Basic White in Versafine Black, then watercolored lightly.  I overstamped it with the retired Weathered background stamp to give it an aged look!  The boo is from an old Recollections stamp as well.  My papers are all from Unity, and they complement the vintage look of my scary cat.  A few orange glimmer stars finished it off!  Here's the inside of the card:

Another vintage goodie from Lizzie Anne, adorned with a couple more stars!

This sketch is so versatile, you can use it for lots of occasions! Be sure to stop by the Paper Players blog to see what the designers did with it.  Put on your creative thinking caps then, and share your creation with us!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy with Swoop, the Philadelphia Eagles mascot:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Weathered (ret), Vintage Black Cat & Jack (100 Proof Press), Halloween (Recollections)
Card stock & Papers	Timid Tiger, Basic White, Haunted Hues (Unity), Orange Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (Ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Oval Dies (ret), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), Sponge Dauber, Small Oval Punch (ret)

FMS709 Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have a fun little Thanksgiving card for you today, using some goodies I recently gifted to myself, LOL!  First, the sketch, which is from Freshly Made Sketches:

Normally, I'd jump on that banner, because I love banners, but I thought a new fence die that I got would be a fun substitute.  Here we go:

The fence is from Gina Marie, and the pumpkin and sentiment are from Honey Bee...so cute!  After diecutting, I did a lot of ink blending on both of them, and I also gave the sentiment a bit of a silhouette with Mossy Meadow cardstock.  The papers are some oldies from Carta Bella, called Fall Break:

Another HB sentiment on the inside:

Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy had the most amazing-looking donut...my mouth was watering:

I don't even want to think about the calorie count!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blessings of Fall (Honeybee Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, Crushed Curry, Fall Break (Carta Bella)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Blessings of Fall Dies (Honeybee), Lovely Layers:Fall Bounty Dies (Honeybee), Fence Die (Gina Marie), Sponge Daubers

Christmas in Blue

Happy Wednesday, all! I've got a couple of Christmas cards to show you from a recent stamp camp, and they feature some new holiday products:

The above card features sentiments and greenery from Seasonal Tags and it uses Peaceful Garden DSP, Secret Sea cardstock, Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper, and Secret Sea and Cloud Cover inks.

This card uses the new Wishing You Joy and Winter Scenes, both stamped in Misty Moonlight.  The scene was stamped on a Perennial Postage diecut and sponged with some Memento London Fog ink using a rectangle stencil.  The blue paper is some retired Close to My Heart (I think it's Lagoon), and embossed with a retired Softly Falling embossing folder:

A wee piece of Cloud Cover ribbon and a sweet little pearl finished it off!  Thanks for popping in today!

On one of their forays in Minneapolis, the kids went past a home whose owner is a big Game of Thrones fan.  The guy created his own "throne" and allows visitors to have their pictures taken sitting on it!  Here's Wayne, complete with crown and sword:

I can honestly say I have never watched anything vaguely related to Game of Thrones, so I can't vouch for the authenticity of any of this, LOL!  But it looks pretty amazing to me!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

IB358 Modern Leaves

Happy Tuesday, all!  Wow, fall has fallen here in SE PA! The wind is blowin' and the leaves are goin'--right off the trees!  My card today features leaves, but in a bit of a mod way, taking a hint from the Inspired By challenge this week!  I used both the inspiration and the sketch:

 

I didn't have quite the exact colors of the inspiration photo, but I pulled out some that were similar, as well as a stamp & die set from The Stamp Market.  Here we go:

I diecut some strips from Basic Gray, Basic White, Basic  Beige, Cherry Cobbler and Blushing Bride, then diecut and stamped some leave as well.  I also diecut some leafy branches from the Dainty Delight dies as well as punched out a few 1/2" circles and arranged them all together:

Sentiments from Everyday Greetings went on the front and the inside, along with another stamped leaf:

This is defintely out of my comfort zone, style-wise, but I like the modern look to it!  

The kids went to Minnesota this past weekend with some of Wayne's family to watch the Vikings/Eagles game!  The Eagles won and I think they all had a great time!

That stadium is amazing!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings (ret), Lots of Leaves (The Stamp Market)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride (ret)
Ink	Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Versafine Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Candy Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dainty Designs Dies (ret), Lots of Leaves Dies (The Stamp Market), Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), 1/2" Circle Punch (ret)

AHSC652 Christmas Gnome

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a good weekend!  It's time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

Since the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge this week was gnomes:

I pulled out an old stamp from Fun Stampers Journey and went to work:

I stamped Mr. Gnome in Stazon black and watercolored him, then gave him a tree and little heart, stamped in Soft Succulent on some retired CTMH papers:

I added a gingham border, a cute diecut sentiment and some glimmer glue dots; everything went on a sweet soft gray birch tree panel from Spellbinders:

A coordinating sentiment on the inside:

I hope you'll play with our AHSC sketch this week!  It's a fun one!  Check out what the designers did on our blog...it will feature them on Wednesday, but you can play now!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gnome for the Holidays (Fun Stampers Journey), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp), Background Basics Gingham (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Sage (Close to My Heart), Winter (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Stazon, Black, Mossy Meadow, Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Traditional Sparkling Sequins
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gnome for the Holidays Dies (Fun Stampers Journey), Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Aquapainter

PP760 CAS Foliage

Happy Sunday, all! Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess with a lovely autumn-themed CAS challenge for us:

 I had so much fun creating my vivid leaves for a card last week, I decided to do some again, this time using some different dies and a leafy embossing folder as a background.  I know this isn't my usual CAS style, but it really came together quickly:

My dies are from Impression Obsession, and I diecut them from textured paper, then used a blending brush to add color.  I must say, those brushes are amazing for coloring an image quickly!  I ran a piece of Basic Beige through the embossing folder, then added a wee bit of shading around the edge and a little spritz of watery Pecan Pie ink for that "cinnamon" look (at least that's what it looks like to me!):

I stamped a sentiment in Poppy Parade (and I see I got a little too close with my spritzing--I'll have to fix that!) and added some maroon gingham that I colored with a Crumb Cake blend to make it a little more rustic!

I hope you'll play with our CAS challenge this week!  Just remember to keep your stamping and embellishments to a minimum!  Check out what the DT created as well over at the Paper Players blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blessings of Fall (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Basic Beige, Whispers of Texture Specialty Paper
Ink	Poppy Parade, Timid Tiger, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie, Cinnamon Cider
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Patchwork Leaves Dies (Impression Obsession), Blessings of Fall Dies (Honey Bee), Blending Brushes, Fall Leaf Background Embossing Folder (Darice), Crumb Cake Blend

AYSI359 You Make Me Smile

 Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!  It's recipe time at As You See It, and we have some fun "ingredients" for you to play with!  Here we go:

I remembered this fun Impression Obsession image I got a couple of years ago and thought it would work well for the challenge:

I stamped the image on some thick Basic White cardstock using Stazon ink, diecut it with the retired Ornate Frames dies, then watercolored everything in with reinkers:

I did use some shades of green, as one of the elements was flowers, so hopefully that was okay!  My sentiment is from Timeless Arrangements, and I made a frame with two different-sized banner dies.  The background paper is from an Echo Park Spooky Halloween pad!  I love those little swirly designs!

Hope you'll cook up something fun with our recipe this week and share it with us at As You See It!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Timeless Arrangements, Fall Array G12370 (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Grain and Grunge (Honey Bee), Spooky (Echo Park)
Ink	Stazon Black, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Timid Tiger, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Metallic Copper Dots (ret), Dimensionals, Copper Thread (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Christmas Cardinal Dies (ret), Ornate Frames Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter, Wink of Stella

FMS708 Thank You

 Happy Thursday, all! A fun sketch is over at FMS this week:

I have been neglecting my pretty Floral Charm papers, so I decided to put them to use:

I fussy-cut some flowers and leaves and adhered them to a Plaited Frames circle (Penny Black), then mounted everything on a orange floral DSP piece that I embossed with the Sunflower embossing folder.  I also dyed some Linen Thread with a Rich Razzleberry Blend to give it a wee bit of color:

Since this card is for our pastor and his wife for Pastor Appreciation Month, I added this sentiment from Timeless Arrangements on the inside; however, I am going to cross out the "I" and put "We" because it will be from both of us, and add "both" at the end, because it's for both the pastor and his wife, LOL!

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Timeless Arrangements
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Floral Charm DSP
Ink	Berry Burst
Accessories	Dimensionals, Linen Thread
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Plaited Frames Dies (Penny Black), Rich Razzleberry Blend (ret)