AAA280 Butterfly Sympathy

Happy Tuesday, happy New Year's Eve!  Sadly, I needed sympathy card #3.....I notice that these things often happen in threes, so I was kind of waiting for it. While shopping yesterday, I saw one of my customers from several years ago and she shared her dad passed away, so this card is for her!  It uses the sketch from AAA Cards:

I pulled out a retired stencil and the Sketched Butterfly stamp set and this is what I came up with:

The stencil was blended with Fresh Freesia ink and the butterflies were stamped in Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape.  I added a sentiment from Unbounded Love and those pretty Purple sequins available through SAB when it starts:

And the inside:

Have a happy and safe New Year's Eve and thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love, Sketched Butterflies
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather
Accessories	Purple Adhesive Sequins, Butterflies & Flowers Masks (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Blending Brush, Sketched Butterflies Dies

AHSC605 Warm Wishes

Happy Tuesday, all!  My card today uses the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, as well as the AAA CAS Christmas challenge:

I pulled out a set from Photo Play that I got several years ago and have hardly used:

I heat embossed the ornament in gold, then watercolored it with Poppy Parade ink; in hindsight, I wish I had used Blends or Copics.  I added some greenery in Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen, along with a wee little sentiment and some speckles of gold.  The gold vertical piece was some gold Shimmer Trim from CTMH...I miss that stuff!  The final addition was a gold diecut bow:

I added a Greetings of the Season sentiment, along with a little left-over piece of greenery, on the inside:

I hope you'll play along with our pretty sketch this week!  Tomorrow you can see ALL the DT submissions, and I am sure you'll get lots of inspiration at the AHSC blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings of the Season, North Pole Trading Co (Photo Play), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Succulent (ret), Gold Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Encore Gold (ret), Poppy Parade, Evening Evergreen (ret)
Accessories	Gold Shimmer Tape (CTMH), Dimenisonals, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, North Pole Trading Co Dies (Photo Play), Heat Tool, Aquapainter

Cardinal Trio

Happy Friday, everyone!  Phew, the weekend is here!  When I saw the sketch at AAA Cards, I knew I had to play with that little trio-inspired sketch:

I also used the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

And here we go:

I used the Perennial Postage dies to cut out my "stamp", then created a stencil with an acetate sheet and sponged in some Balmy Blue ink.  The twigs are from the Winterly Tree Tops dies and the cardinals are from Poppystamps:

I did add some glitter to the twigs too!  The sentiment stamp is from Night Divine, stamped in Cherry Cobbler; the inside sentiment is from Hope & Peace:

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

A gentle answer quiets anger, but a harsh one stirs it up.  Proverbs 15:1

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Night Divine (ret), Hope & Peace (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pebbled Path, Cherry Cobbler, Acetate Sheet
Ink	Balmy Blue, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Blending Brush, Cheery Cardinal Dies (Poppystamps)

CAS Twinchie Poinsettia

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Halfway through the week!  There are lots of Christmas challenges out there, so I am throwing my hat in the ring for a few of them!  SUO wants Christmas in July; CAS Christmas wants a poinsettia; and AAA Cards wants a "twinchie" with the option of Christmas! 

So here we go:

I began by diecutting a mini poinsettia from Poppy Parade cardstock using the smallest Poinsettia dies.  I gave it a bit of shading with some Real Red ink, offsetting two layers together.  The Garden Green leaves are from the same die, and I used some gold Glimmer paper from a past Holiday mini catalog a few years back for the center.  It went on a panel of Basic White that I ran diagonally through the retired Basketweave embossing folder:  

The "twinchie" can't be any bigger than 2", with nothing over the edge, so when I stamped my sentiment from the retired Seasonal Chums set, I cut it out with a Tasteful Labels die, then ran it through again to shorten it so it would fit within the 2" requirement.  I used the same Glimmer paper to create a scalloped frame to finish it off.  It all went on a plain Basic White card front!  Another for my Christmas card stash, and my Christmas club girls just might see this one some time because I really like how it came out!  Thanks for popping in today!

Yesterday at dusk I came home from a meeting and the sun was SO RED in the hazy sky, I just had to stop and take a picture.  It's not very clear, but hopefully you can get the picture!  My nephew told me it was reflecting the fires on the west coast!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seasonal Chums (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green, Poppy Parade, Gold Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Garden Green, Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Labels Dies, Poinsettia Dies, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (Ret), Basketweave Embossing Folder (ret), 1/4" Circle Punch, Sponge Daubers

Holiday Hugs for AAA Cards

Happy Monday everyone!  Is it hot enough for you?  It sure is hot here!  So I have a quick little Christmas card for the AAA Cards Challenge:

I recently won some Sugar Pea stamps and this little Gnome For Christmas set was one I chose:

This is just a little notecard; I stamped and colored this little guy, then diecut and mounted him and his tree on an embossed panel, finishing with a diecut sentiment:

The inside sentiment reads "from our gnome to yours"!!  I think looking at this little gnome makes me feel a wee bit cooler! Thanks for popping in today!

We went to a picnic at my nephew's on Saturday and it was fun to see some friends and family members we haven't seen for a while.  Dana's family wasn't able to attend, but I did see this little blueberry-eating dude again!

  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gnome for Christmas (Sweet Pea Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red
Ink	Memento Black, Garden Green
Accessories	Birthday Bonanza Pompom (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Smooth Sailing Dies, Gnome Dies (Sweet Pea Designs), Knit EF (Tim Holtz), SU Blends, Wink of Stella