Fun in the Sun

Happy Tuesday, all!  We are gearing up for the heat here in SE PA, and I know it has been hot, hot, hot across the pond as well!  Looking forward to spending some time on the boat soon! And what could be better than a summery card using some bright colors and a fun sketch!  The colors are from Inspire.Create, and the sketch is from Sunday Stamps:

I pulled out an older surfboard stamp as well as some new Online Exclusive stamps for my card today:

I stamped the surfboards (they look like rockets to me, LOL!) on some pink and yellow DSP and fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a panel embossed with the Seaside embossing folder.  I rather liked the backside of the embossed piece, so I used that!  I added a sentiment from Splash & Relax, as well as  some shells and starfish from Rolling Waves.  I found a little shell sequin from Whale of a Time--so cute!

Everything went on a Pumpkin Pie card base, and I stamped sentiments from Rolling Waves and Splash & Relax on the inside as well:

My July birthday cards are all ready to mail out, so some August birthday recipient will be getting this one!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rolling Waves, Splash & Relax, Summer Surfboards (Pretty Pink Posh)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie DSP (ret), Daffodil Delight DSP (ret), Melon Mambo DSP (ret), Toadstool Gardens DSP (ret)
Ink	Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Whale of a Tale Sequins (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Seaside Embossing Folder (ret), Rounded Rectangle Dies (Impression Obsession), Blend

AHSC688 Happy 4th of July

Happy Monday, peeps!  The 4th of July is coming up, so I thought I'd use this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch to make a patriotic card!  Here's the sketch:

My base is Basic Beige, and the background stamp from Honey Bee was stamped in Night of Navy:

The Every Day Arches panel was stamped with fireworks in Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler, all from Waltzingmouse Stamps, as is the sentiment.  The stars are dies from Paper Rose, and the horizontal strip was diecut with a star strip from the retired Mini Treat Bag dies, backed with white glimmer paper.  I diecut more stars and sprinkled them among the fireworks:

I added some rhinestones for sparkle too!  The inside was a stamp from Technique Tuesday, and I added a few stars there too!

I know this is a bit unusual for the sketch, but what a sketch is for....a starting place! I hope you'll play along too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Land of the Free (Honeybee Stamps), Vintage Summer (Technique Tuesday), USA 1776 (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler
Ink	Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Rhinestones
Tools	Big Shot, Every Day Arches Dies, Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret), Stitched Stars Dies (Paper Rose), Blending Brush

PP792 Sketch From Joanne

Hello, stamping friends! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Joanne has a lovely sketch for us:

 

I just got SU's new Gingham Gallery (available July 1) and I couldn't wait to play with it--I do love my gingham! Since I've played with most every In Color but Peaceful Pine, I thought it was time to bring this pretty hue to the forefront with a fun, whimsical Christmas card using Joanne's sketch.  Here we go:

This little Unity reindeer is so cute, he looks perfectly okay just stamped in one color!  Of course, I had to add a little punch of color with his red nose:

and added a red glimmer star and a little red embellishment on the sentiment tag:

The above sentiment is from Colorado Craft, with another little Unity sentiment for the inside:

I am also entering this at the Little Red Wagon challenge, where they're looking for "Feather, Fur or Fin"!  Definitely fur here on my reindeer!

I love the layers in this sketch and I hope you do too!  Show us how you'll be using this sketch and share it over at the Paper Players blog! 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	Tinsel Antics (Unity), Stockings Mini (Colorado Craft)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peaceful Pine, Gingham Gallery In Color, Red GLimmer (ret)
Ink	Peaceful Pine, Real Red,
Accessories	Dimensionals, Red Enamel Embellishments (W+9)
Tools	Big Shot, Star Dies (Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession)

FMS742 Birthday Balloons

Happy Friday, all!  Hope you have some fun weekend plans ahead--it's going to be a rainy weekend here but that's not all bad!  We can stay inside and craft, right? I needed a couple of birthday cards for children this week, and I put the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches to work:

I perused my retired stash of DSP and found some with bright colors; here we go:

I used a retired balloon punch to punch out balloons to match the DSP, then added some twine bows and a fun little sentiment!  

Easy peasy!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Me Bold
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay (ret), Soda Pop DSP (ret, can't remember the name of it)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Baker's Twine in ass't colors (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Balloon Punch (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

HSS491 A Little Thanks

 Happy Thursday, all! The Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge this week was a sketch, perfect for the thank-you card I needed!  As much as I like clean-and-simple, I also like a sketch with lots of layers:

It's no secret that Crisp Cantaloupe is one of my favorite colors, so I highlighted it on my card today:

I used Painted Patterns DSP, the small lilies of the valley from the Lily of the Valley bundle, and the pretty Stone & Vine embossing folder:

I diecut the lilies from Barely Blush cardstock and added a little shading with Crisp Cantaloupe ink.  The banner is Soft Sea Foam, sentiment is from the same set!  It's going to be going out in the mail ASAP!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lily of the Valley
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Barely Blush, Soft Sea Foam, In Color Painted Patterns DSP, Vellum (ret)
Ink	Soft Sea Foam, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Adhesive Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Lily of the Valley Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stone & Vine Embossing Folder, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Wink of Stella

RRCB274 A Taste of Summer

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a fruity conconction for you today, just in time for the Retro Rubber challenge this week:

I realized I don't have a lot of fruity stamps in my "retro" collection, but I did remember the Perfectly Preserved set from 2012.  So I pulled it out and got it inky:

There are dies to go with this set, too, for all the elements except the cherries--I had to stamp and fussy-cut them separately!  I mounted everything on a Scalloped Contours die and an embossed Azure Afternoon panel.  The sentiment is from Poppy Stamps, not sure of the year but I know I have had it for a couple of years!

It was fun to pull this set out and use these fun fruity images!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perfectly Preserved (ret 2012), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps, 2024?)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon, Craft White, Poppy Parade, Real Red, Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, All In a Row Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched Scallops Dies (ret), Cannery Dies (ret), Blending Brush

Beachy Birthday Stamp Camp

 Hi peeps! Since Sunday was the first day of summer, I thought I'd share the three cards we made at my stamp camp on Saturday!  The theme was "Beachy Birthday" and I pulled out some old and new goodies to use!  Here we go:

I've listed all my supplies at the end of the blog!  It was a full class and it took a while, as some of the images had to be fussy-cut, and the Rolling Waves dies had to be poked out---my kitchen floor looked like it had snowed, LOL!  But everyone enjoyed making them and I always love seeing my stamping girls!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

FIrst Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shore Thoughts (Lizzie Anne), Rolling Waves, Friends Are Like Seashells (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Sky (ret), Watercolor
Ink	Crisp Cantaloupe, Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue, Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Loose Silver Sequins (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Aquapainter, Wink of Stella

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sea Shells (ret), Shore Thoughts (Lizzie Anne)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Barely Blush, By the Shore (Not 2 Shabby), Calypso Coral, Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon, Granny Apple Green, Basic Black
Ink	Calypso Coral, Balmy Blue, Golden Glow, Clay Mask, Seafoam (both Catherine Pooler), Barely Blush
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Splash & Relax Dies

Third Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends Are Like Seashells (ret), Seashell Collage (100 Proof Press)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon
Ink	Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, Craft White
Accessories	Wavy Trim, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Seaside Shells Dies (ret), Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

AHSC687 Happy Father's Day

Happy Monday, everyone! It's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge time!  Here's our newest sketch:

I needed a Father's Day card for Wayne, so I pulled out my Trusty Tools bundle along with some scraps of the Trusty Tool Box DSP:

It's all pretty straight-forward; stamps were stamped in Versafine Black and either stamped with the two-step stamp or colored with a marker.  The wrench was diecut in some retired Brushed Silver cardsotck, and the Smoky Slate mat was embossed with a really old Diamond Plate embossing folder!

I added a few metallic embellishments, then added a sentiment on the inside from Best Family Ever:

 Since I didn't like the "my" in the sentiment, I crossed it out and added "our" in Lost Lagoon marker!  John couldn't figure out quite how I did it, it matched so well, LOL!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  The DT has made some lovely samples---you can see the post live on Wednesday at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Family Ever (ret), Trusty Tools (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Trusty Tool Box DSP (ret), Brushed Silver (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Real Red, Lost Lagoon, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Metal Embellishments (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Trusty Tools Dies (ret), Stitched Rounded Corner Rectangle Dies (Impression Obsession), Diamond Plate Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Markers, Sponge Dauber

PP791 CAS From Jan Here Comes the Sun

Happy Sunday, all!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess this week, and it's CLEAN and SIMPLE week!  Remember to keep your card elements to a minimum!

What a fun challenge theme!  I recently got some rub-ons from 49 and Market and had not had a chance to use them--perfect timing!  I admit they were a little fiddly to adhere but other than the fact that I had NOT planned to put my big sentiment at an angle, I made them work!  Here we go:

I first embossed a piece of Thick Basic White with the Stitched With Whimsy die, then chose my rub-ons.  I had laid the top one down on the paper, then ran to take something out of the oven and by the time I got back, it had begun to adhere to the paper----so, at an angle it went!  I put the bunnies at an angle too, then added the sun, the sentiment and the yellow splotch:

As I said, they took a little effort to get them to adhere, but I found out that using the tip of my piercing tool to run with helped get the finer details in place!  I left the inside blank, as this could be used for any number of occasions!  The rub-ons made for a very quick card and I think it's CAS enough!  I am also going to enter this over at the Krafty Chicks, where they're also looking for CAS!

I hope you'll play with our CAS challenge at the Paper Players this week!  Check out what the design team did with this---you may be surprised at the "weather" they chose!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Do not be deceived:  God will not be mocked.  A man reaps what he sows."  Galatians 6:7

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink
Accessories	Spring Stories Rub-ons (49 & Market)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret)

AYSI375 Fruity Colors

Happy Friday, peeps!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and we have another bright color palette with which to play:

Aren't those blooms beautiful?  I went in a different direction, making use of my new fruity Made With Sweetness dies:

The strawberry was diecut with Melon Mambo; the cherry with Berry Burst; and all the other elements with Lemon Lime Twist.  Everything went on a Coastal Cabana polka-dotted paper with a stitched scallop border:

The sentiment is from the retired Banner Year, diecut with a circle punch and a Tasteful Labels mat.  I also added a little Soft Cord bow for fun!  My lime is also sparkled with Wink of Stella--too bad it doesn't show up in the photo!

I hope you'll kick off the summer season with these bright colors and play along with us at As You See It!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Banner Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Melon Mambo, Coastal Cabana DSP (ret)
Ink	Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories	Dimensionals, Lost Lagoon Soft Cord (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Made with Sweetness Dies, 1" Circle Punch (ret), Tasteful Labels Dies (ret), Sponge Daubers, Wink of Stella, Stitched Scallop Rectangle Window Dies (Lawn Fawn), Early Espresso Marker (ret)

FMS741 Little Note of Thanks

Happy Thursday, all!  I needed a few more thank you cards and the FMS sketch gave me a great layout to make some quick, easy CAS ones!

I still had Bloom Boutique out on my desk, and I loved Michele's postage stamp design, so instead of stenciling a design, I just used some of the patterns as my "stamp":

I mounted those pretty patterns on a piece of Basic White embossed with the Lazy Daisy embossing folder, and added a tag with some pretty Crisp Cantaloupe ribbon.  I just loved this color when it first came out and I still love it!  The only other addition is a gold Festive Pearl!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes of Spring
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bloom Boutique DSP
Ink	Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Crisp Cantaloupe Ribbon, Dimensionals, Festive Pearls (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Perennial Postage Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret)

SSC338 For You

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a lovely little card using the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

I needed some thank you cards for recent orders, so I went to the Bloom Boutique DSP pack and chose some Hydrangea Hue patterns and went to work:

I used stamps and dies from the Scalloped Wishes bundle; the dragonfly was diecut using gold foil and shimmer paper--so pretty!

Now I need to make a few more!

John and some of his friends from church went fishing last Saturday in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore!  It was a gorgeous day and they caught a lot of fish, but he was more intrigued by the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the background.  If you remember, the bridge was destroyed in 2024 when a ship lost power and rammed into the pilings, collapsing the bridge and killing six construction workers.  Maryland hopes to have it reopened in 2030.

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scalloped Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gold Foil, Hydrangea Hue, Bloom Boutique DSP, Shimmer
Ink	Hydrangea Hue
Accessories	Gold Pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Wishes Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies

AHSC686 Best Wishes

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I'm a little late posting my Atlantic Hearts Sketch card this week---just took a little break, I guess!  Anyway, here's the sketch:

I admit this sketch had me stumped for a bit, but when I decided to make my card larger than a standard-sized card, I had a better result!  So here's my 5" x 6" card:

I stamped the Layers of Beauty in Versafine Black ink, then used the stencil to add Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon and Soft Sea Foam inks.  I cut the design apart and layered them on a panel of Azure Afternoon that had been embossed with the retired Quilt Top embossing folder.  The sentiment is from Pinkfresh's Scripted Bold Sentiments 1, also stamped in Azure Afternoon ink. 

I added some loops of gold thread as well as some gold pearls to finish it off.  I had to make a custom envelope as well, but I forgot to photograph that!  I hope you'll play along with our pretty sketch and make use of some of those bold sentiments you might have in your stash!  Share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!

I haven't shared any pictures of Cassidy lately, as she's busy with school and basketball.  She played in an AAU league this spring and after a bit of a rough start, her team won all three games this past weekend for their championship.  It was a long-awaited, well-earned win, too!

To say we were all happy was an understatement!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty (ret), Scripted Bold Sentiments 1 (Pinkfresh)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon, Soft Sea Foam, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Versafine Black
Accessories	Gold Pearls, Gold Thread (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layers of Beauty Dies (ret), Layers of Beauty Masks (ret), Quilt Top Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker), Blending Brushes