AYSI345 Happy Easter

Happy Friday, peeps! I am thrilled to be asked to return to the design team of one of my favorite  challenges, As You See It!  This week we have a fun color challenge for you:

I have been wanting to try my hand at a shaped card, using the Every Day Arches dies.  I combined it with the You Are Remarkable stamp set and came up with this:

I embossed the top panel with the Starstuck embossing folder, then stamped the flower on a smaller arch and added some ribbon and sequins:

I made a little "hinge" with another piece of cardstock to attach the back layer to the front, and added a white panel with my sentiment and another flower:

I can't wait to try another one of these cards, now that I have the first on eunder my belt!  I hope you'll play along with our colors this week, and share your creation with us at As You See It!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable, Throughout the Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peach Pie, Fresh Freesia
Ink	Garden Green, Peach Pie, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Fresh Freesia Ribbon (ret), Purple Adhesive-backed Sequins (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies, Starstruck Embossing Folder (ret)

One Layer Poinsettia

 Happy Thursday, all!  The Jingle Belles challenge this week is to make a one-layer card, and the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is an interesting color palette:

And the Christmas Kickstart challenge is poinsettias:

so I pulled out an old SU favorite, Poinsettia Petals, and went to work:

At first glance, this seems to be rather a not-very-cheery Christmas card, but the photo really doesn't do it justice!  I heat-embossed the poinsettia with Pebble Path and Versamark inks and clear embossing powder, and colored it with the Moody Mauve and Blackberry Bliss inks.  In hindsight, I would not add the shading around the outer edges, but you know how it does....once you start, you gotta keep going! I added some speckles and a pretty sentiment, all on a Basic Beige card base:

The embossing really gives it a nice touch!  I added a sentiment from the same poinsettia set as well as some stamped berries:

One-layer cards can be a challenge, but it can be done!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings of the Season, Country Birdhouse (speckles), Poinsettia Petals (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige
Ink	Versamark, Pebbled Path, Moody Mauve, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquaapainter

RRCB251 Little Cuties Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps! My pastor's daughter is having a birthday, so this card is for her! Since the Retro Rubber challenge is "Anything Goes", I decided to go with that, using a set from 2017 called Little Cuties...it's a favorite go-to stamp for children and Easter! 

So here we go:

I know my pastor's children always wanted pets, but alas, the only pets they have are hamsters! I don't have any hamster stamps, so this was the next best thing!  I stamped each animal in Smoky Slate ink, then colored them in with Blends. 

 I added a Fresh Freesia scalloped mat, a few sequins and some sequined ribbon and mounted it all on a panel of Fresh Freesia DSP and matching card:

Another retired stamp called Little Delights (2021) had the perfect sentiment for the inside:

Hope she likes it!  And just as an aside....if you need to know the date of any stamp, you can go on Splitcoaststampers.com and look in the galleries.  The Stampin' Up one has all their stamps and the date they came out!  Very helpful!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (2017, ret), Little Delights (2021, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Fresh Freesia DSP (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Sequins (ret), Dimensionals, Sequined Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Blends

Inspire.Create #189 Easter Wishes

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Happy April!  Glad to turn a new page on my calendar!  I have a fun Easter card today; it uses some old and new stuff!  Here we go:

The new stuff (sentiment dies) comes from Simon Says Stamp's Happy Eggs, and it was stamped in Fresh Freesia!  The old stuff is the eggs, diecut with the retired Excellent Eggs Dies, as well as the Altenew cover plate background:

I diecut the eggs from Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Soft Sky cardstocks, then re-assembled them and added some My Favorite Things stitched flowers---another oldie!  Everything went on a Purple Posy card base, and another oldie was stamped on the inside; it's from CTMH's Easter Animals!

I am entering this in the Inspire.Create spring/Easter challenge:

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

"This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them, but God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the worst of sinners, as an example for all those would later believe in him and receive eternal life.  To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the only God--to him be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen." 1 Timothy 1:15-17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Purple Posy, Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sky (ret), Soft Sea Foam, Fresh Freesia
Ink	Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Silver Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Happy Eggs Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Dotted Swirls Cover Plate Die (Altenew), Stitched Flowers Dies (My Favorite Things)

AHSC623 Welcome Spring

Happy Monday, fellow stampers! Time for a fun new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

My friend Sheilah lent me (again....but my own is on its way!) her Layers of Beauty Bundle and it seemed perfect for this sketch:

I created a gate-fold card with some Petal Pink cardstock, adding Soft Sea Foam layers to the front panels as well as some Cane Weave-embossed Basic White layerss.  I stamped and stenciled the florals in Petal Pink, Pretty in Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Soft Sea Foam and Granny Apple Green inks.  This bundle just creates the most beautiful flowers! I fussy-cut the image apart and laid the pieces in the corners of the card, overlapping them on top of an oval panel, stamped with a sentiment from Close to My Heart:

Here's a view of it, slightly open:

And a view of the inside:

It's so fun to make a card with a different fold--I tend to get in a rut!  I hope you'll play along with our pretty sketch this week--it doesn't even have to be a gate-fold card! Can't wait to see what you create, and please share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, Just Chicken In (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink
Ink	Memento Black, Petal Pink, Pretty in Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Soft Sea Foam, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layers of Beauty Dies, Layers of Beauty Masks, Blending Brushes, Cane Weave Embossing Folders, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

PP731 Thinking of You Tic Tac Toe

Happy Sunday, peeps! It's the fifth Sunday of the month (and that means March will finally be over!) and that also means a Tic-Tac-Toe grid at the Paper Players! And I get to be the hostess!  So here's the grid:

I chose the left column of flowers, diecut and lavender, and I also have ribbon, green and sentiment!  So here we go:

I first stamped the hyacinth from W+9's Spring Blessings, and diecut it with the Every Day Arches die, adding a Garden Green arch behind it.  Everything went on a piece of Perennial Lavender DSP and a Highland Heather card base.  I did a little ruffled ribbon as well as a Papertrey sentiment. 

 On the inside, I added a nest and some eggs from the same set along with an Easter sentiment:

There are dies to go with this set, but I chose to fussy-cut the eggs as I didn't like the white border, LOL!  But I do love this layered stamp set!

I hope you'll find something that tickles your fancy on our tic-tac-toe grid this week, and that you'll make something fun and creative to share 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	Spring Blessings (W+9), Vintage Picnic Sentiments (Papertrey), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Highland Heather, Garden Green, Perennial Postage DSP
Ink	Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Garden Green, Soft Seafoam, Gorgeous Grape, Highalnd Heather, Seaside Spray (ret)
Accessories	Ruffled Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies

Love & Joy Christmas Shaker

Happy Friday, peeps! A quick post as I am hosting a ladies luncheon today to celebrate a dear friend's birthday! And it's a surprise!  So let's go!  The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge is a shaker card, and as much as I love them, they're always a challenge to me!

  

I thought the new Flip Flap window envelopes that are used for scrapbooking might be a fun choice to use for the shaker portion, so I gave it a try. So here we go:

I started by diecutting a tree from a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock, then embossing the panel with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder. I used a piece of Mintay's Merry Little Christmas paper in a snowflake pattern to insert inside one of the top-loading Flip Flaps and filled it with sequins.  I trimmed the adhesive flap so that it would adhere on the inside of the pocket and attached it to the back of the card front.  Of course, no matter what you use to hold your sequins, gravity insists that they collect at the bottom of your card, LOL!  I added a glimmer star at the top, and everything went on a Soft Sky card base with a little sentiment from Greetings of the Season:

And on the inside, I stamped a sentiment from Peaceful Season:

It does look nice when you shake it, but you'll have to take my word for it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season, Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Soft Sky (ret), Merry Little Christmas (Mintay), Blue Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	3x4" Flip Flaps, Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, In the Woods Dies (ret), Country Star Punch (ret)

FMS679 Monochromatic Thank You

 Happy Thursday, all! I have a quick monochromatic card today using the FMS sketch:

What a great sketch by Karren! I haven't used Azure Afternoon lately, and I have a whole pack of Brights DSP that's going to be retiring soon, so I pulled out a floral piece, did a bit of fussy cutting and came up with this:

I used the Spotlight on Nature dies to cut an Azure Afternoon circle and backed it with a white circle, then stamped a sentiment from Bright Borders on a Every Day Details diecut circle.  I fussy cut some leaves from the same paper and tucked them behind:

Did you know that you can use your Blends to customize white ribbon to match your projects? I used a Light Azure Afternoon Blend to color a little piece of white ribbon and added it to the top of my sentiment! So fun!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bright Borders
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Azure Afternoon DSP
Ink	Azure Afternoon
Accessories	White 1/4" Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Every Day Details Dies, Layering Circle Dies (ret), Light Azure Afternoon Blend

AYSI344 Hippity Hoppity

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  The As You See It sketch has THREE elements--woohoo, I love those threes!  I just had to play along!

I just got this Simon Says Stamp Easter set in the mail and couldn't wait to get it inky!  Here we go:

This was an uber-simple card to make!  I used a mat of Pretty in Pink with some Wildflower Birthday gingham paper, cut with the Perennial Postage dies, then stamped my eggs in Pretty in Pink, Balmy Blue and Soft Sea Foam.  Isn't this sentiment the cutest?

Another sentiment and wee little egg went on the inside:

So cute! I can't wait to play with this set some more!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Wildflower Birthday DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate, Pretty in Pink, Balmy Blue, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Happy Eggs Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

Hello Friend

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I'm on the fence about my card today! I used the colors from Creative Colour Challenges as well as the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

So here we go:

I used several sets here! The bird and sentiment are from Country Birdhouse and the background behind it is Elements of Text.  I stamped the bird in Basic Gray and colored him in with Soft Sea Foam a wee bit of Lost Lagoon ink.  The little leaf is from Iconic Imagery.  I added some embossed and diecut layers, and the mat is Every Day Happiness.  The final embellishments are some matte dots and some gray gingham ribbon:

The gray was the hardest to incorporate; hope there's enough here to qualify, LOL!  It was fun to put together anyway! And speaking of birds, I haven't shown my almost-favorite guy who visited my suet yesterday:

My feeder is right outside my craft room window, but there is a screen, so it's not perfectly clear, but regardless--isn't he impressive?  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Elements of Text, Iconic Imagery
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sea Foam, Every Day Happiness DSP
Ink	Basic Gray, Soft Sea Foam, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret), Gingham Ribbon (Penny Supplies)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Birdhouse Dies, Iconic Imagery Dies, Textured Notes Dies, Cane Weave Embossing Folder, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret)

AHSC622 Sweet Merry Christmas

Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I pulled out some papers I got last year on sale and made a Christmas card:

The background and two of the banners use papers from the Christmas Paper Collection 2014 from Divinity Designs; the pale pink and blue are from Mintay's Merry Little Christmas.  That adorable  little sentiment banner is from a company called Gummiapan and it is as cute as can be!  There is a little star opening on the end, which I backed with a sliver of white glimmer paper, although you can't see it here:

I added some star sequins as well as some Glittered Organdy Ribbon, which has some pretty pink and blue glitter in it!  Finally, the inside, stamped in Riding Hood Red, from Greetings of the Season:

It feels good to add another Christmas card to my stash!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week...you can see all the designers' projects on Wednesday, but you can play along now!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Raspberry Ripple (ret), Christmas Paper Collection 2014 (Divinity Designs), Merry Little Christmas (Mintay), White Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Riding Hood Red (ret)
Accessories	Glittered Organdy Ribbon (ret), Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Merry Christmas Die (Gummiapan), Happy Labels Pick a Punch

PP730 Floral Birthday

Happy Sunday, everyone! Ann is our super hostess at the Paper Players this week and she has a wonderful sketch--such a versatile one, too!  Here we go:

I still had a paper pad from Not 2 Shabby on my desk, and I just fell in love with these florals! I needed a birthday for a very special friend, and this fit the bill:

This is a case of letting the papers do all the work! I simply layered the pieces on a white card base, gave the floral panel a Pebbled Path mat, and stamped the sentiment from Country Birdhouse on another scrap of the paper!  I did add a tiny little scalloped mat behind my floral circle as well as some iridescent sequins that are barely visible!

I stamped another sentiment on the inside in retired Blushing Bride:

And it is already winging its way to my friend!

I hope you'll play along with this awesome sketch.  The design team has done some amazing work with it, so I hope you'll pop over to the Paper Players blog, check them out, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pebbled Path, Rustic Blooms (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Versafine Black, Blushing Bride (ret)
Accessories	Iridescent sequins (from my stash)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Circles Dies (ret), Petite Scalloped Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)