AYSI385 Speedy Greens

Happy Friday, all! Time for a new challenge at As You See It, and it's the "challenging" SPEED challenge!  So for those who aren't familiar with our challenge, we want to see what you can come up with in ten minutes or less!  You can have all your supplies ready to go, then set the timer and GO!  Here's the CAS card I came up with....can you figure out what our theme is?

It's not trees....but it IS "Shades of Green"! 

I used some of the many tree stamps in my collection, along with three different shades of green!  I first stamped a large tree from Unity in Mossy Meadow.  I then created a mask of a snowy hill and stamped the other trees in Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam and Mossy Meadow (stamped off):

This pretty sentiment is an oldie from a retired Artistic Outpost stamp; a snowflake from the Unity set was stamped over it in Soft Sea Foam:

And I think this must be a new record for me, timewise:

I did have all my stamps, paper and ink ready to go, so it went quickly! I could have added some sequins or glitter, but I just let it go as an uber-CAS card!

I hope you'll challenge yourself and do our Speed Stamping challenge this week!  Just be sure to tell us your time when you post your card at As You See It!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rooted in Nature (ret), Evergreen Holiday (Cornish Heritage Farms), Pines of Endearment (Unity), Midwinter (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Garden Green, Basic White
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam
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Tools

AYSI384 Hope is a Feather

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have a nice weekend planned!  It's time for the latest As You See It challenge, and our theme is "Feathers"!  I pulled out an old Papertrey stamp for my card today:

And here's our prompt:

I will admit that this didn't come out quite the way I had planned, but what can I say! I stamped the image in Lost Lagoon on some pretty grungy-look papers, left the stamp in my stamp positioner and stamped it again in Versamark, then heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.  It was easy to fill in the spaces with some matching Copics. I chose lighter colors as I was afraid the darker ones would be too harsh:

The sentiment is a really old SU one called Friend to Friend; I also added a little linen "bow" at the top of the feather!  A get well sentiment from Technique Tuesday went on the inside, and I added a little Cloud Cover feather on top!  The base is Cloud Cover as well:

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week....you'd be surprised how many ways you can use a feather (gobble gobble)!!!  Share it with us at As You See It!  And thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction."  Proverbs 1:7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friend to Friend (ret), What the Doodle: Feather (Papertrey), So Grateful (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Cloud Cover, Vintage Floral (Art Collage)
Ink	Basic Gray, Cloud Cover, Lost Lagoon, Versamark
Accessories	Linen Thread, Linen Trim Ribbon (ret), Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Misc Copics

AYSI383 Autumn Wishes Recipe

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It challenge and it's Recipe time!  Here's my take on our "recipe" for this week:

And here's our prompt:

As you can see, I chose a non-traditional color theme for my pumpkin-y card!  I just love this gingham from Everyday Happiness, so I decided to use an openwork pumpkin from the retired Detailed Pumpkins dies, cutting it from Lost Lagoon cardstock and adhering it to a white background.  That looked a little stark, so I added a Pecan Pie stem and I did a light color wash in the openings of the pumpkin:

I added a diecut "Autumn" in Mossy Meadow, along with some matching leaves, and a sentiment from a sentiment set.  It is stamped in Mossy Meadow too but looks black here!! The final addition was some smoky blue sequins from my stash!  Everything went on a Crumb Cake base.

This recipe has all things that I love and I hope you will love them too! Can't wait to see your card in our As You See It gallery too!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Everyday Happines DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Lost Lagoon Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Detailed Pumpkin Dies (ret), Words For the Season Dies (ret)

AYSI381 Color Challenge

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have some fun stuff planned for the weekend!  It's time for a color challenge at As You See It, and this one is quite striking: 

I really had no clue what to do with this challenge, but I remembered a set from Colorado Craft and a little light bulb went off! I normally do not go quite as literal with my stamping, but this one just had to be:

I first embossed a piece of Basic Gray cardstock with a Tim Holtz Brick embossing folder, adding some dimension by swiping my Basic Gray ink pad on the inside of the folder before embossing.  I then stamped my door on some Azure Afternoon cardstock, gave it a little watercolor shading and fussy-cut it out.  The little kitties were stamped, watercolored and also fussy-cut, then they were all mounted on an Azure Afternoon mat and white card base.

I didn't want my sentiment to overpower my design, so a simple hello from an old Flourishes set worked fine!  I have been updating all my stamps in a database, adding sentiments so I can find one when I need it, and I have forgotten a lot of my older stamps, so it was nice to give this one some love!  

I know this is a challenging color combo, but I enjoyed thinking outside the box a bit and I hope you will too!  Play along 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	Home Sweet Home (Colorado Craft Co), Sweet Violet (Flourishes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Ink	Basic Gray, Azure Afternoon, Versafine Black
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Brick Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Aquapainter

AYSI380 Sunflower Birthday

 Happy Friday, peeps! Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge and it's a sketch--love sketches!

I love the new Sunflower Fields DSP, so I pulled out a couple of the patterns and went to work:

I mounted my 1 7/8" squares on a piece of Old Olive cardstock, added the horizontal piece, then created a little birthday tag with the retired Tailor Made Tag dies and stamped it with a sentiment and flower from Cutest Crew:

I added some speckles from You Are Remarkable; the inside sentiment is also from that set:

This is such a great sketch....it's a good one for using up some scraps, or maybe just do a monochromatic one with different embossing folders!  I hope you'll play with us! Share your creation 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	Cutest Crew, You Are Remarkable (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Sunflower Fields DSP
Ink	Cajun Craze, Old Olive
Accessories	Painted Patch Dots, Mossy Meadow Gingham Ribbon, Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret)

AYSI379 Crafty Speed Stamping

Happy Friday, all!  As You See It has the most fun challenge of all--the SPEED stamping challenge!  We want to see what you can create in ten minutes or less!  Get all your supplies ready to go, then CREATE!  And speaking of "create", here's our challenge prompt:

My initial thought was to use the Hobby Haven DSP but I remembered that my friend Kathy gave me a lovely array of DSP and scrapbooking stickers from Echo Park called I'd Rather Be Crafting.  I already had a Pool Party card cut, so I simply cut some DSP, punched out a circle, and did some stickering! Here we go:

I added a wee bit of ribbon after doing the circular image since I had enough time:

This sticker was so cute, I put it on the upper inside layer:

And I stamped a birthday sentiment on another scrapbook element for the other inside layer:

And here's my time:

Not bad for a quick card! I actually like speed stamping challenges--makes us go back to the basics!  I also like to let the paper do most of the work!  I hope you'll play with our As You See It  challenge this week!  Be sure to let us know what your time was too!  Can't wait to see what you create!

And I have one more birthday card to share; this one is from my PP teammate, Ann:

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

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Pool Party, Strawberry Slush, I'd Rather Be Crafting (Echo Park)
Ink	Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Summer Splash Bordered Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Layering Circles Dies

AYSI377 Recipe for Sunshine

Happy Friday, peeps! We are having a yard sale this weekend, so this will be short and sweet!  It's recipe time at As You See It:

Yellow is not a color that I normally gravitate to, but it was fun to stretch myself with some papers, stamps and dies from my collection!  Here we go:

I barely had time to use this SU Hope Joy & Love before they retired it, so I thought it would be good to get it inky!  I stamped the sentiment in Daffodil Delight on a panel of Basic White on which I added some diecut stitching.  I then added some diecut flowers using a little scrap of paper I found in my stash and some leaves from Soft Sea Foam:

I added a bit of ribbon and some enamel dots for the centers, then mounted it on a striped scrap from my stash and a Crushed Curry base.  I think the yellow is quite cheery!  I hope you'll play with our cheerful yellow recipe!  We can't wait to see what you create and share with us at As You See It!

"Ears that hear and eyes that see--the Lord has made them both." Proverbs 20:12

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hope, Joy & Love (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Soft Sea Foam, Bee Happy (Honey Bee), Rustic Blooms (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Enamel Dots (ret), Gingham Ribbon from my stash, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched FLowers Dies (My Favorite Things), Finishing Touches Dies (Kristina Werner)

AYSI376 My Favorite Embossing Folder

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It Challenge!  This one is a fill-in-the-blank:

Hah!  First of all, there is NO WAY I could pick out just ONE favorite embossing folder! I checked my Excel spreadsheet and I have about 135 embossing folders!!  I know---a wee bit embarassing, but I have been "collecting" them for over 20 years!!  So I just picked out one that I got recently and it's so pretty for Christmas cards!  So here we go:

This folder is called Starry Snowfall, and it's from Spellbinders.  Some of the newer EFs are really large, which is great for classes because I can emboss a full half-sheet of cardstock at once, so it saves me a lot of time!  I added a sweet little image from Unity's Holly Jolly Holiday inside a cutout of the embossed piece.  I was not getting the look I was happy with by just stamping the image on Crumb Cake cardstock, so I tried heat embossing it and adding some shading and that was much better: 

I added a little twine bow, then a sentiment from SU's retired Wishing You Joy on the inside, since I already had it on my desk from yesterday, along with some little extras from Unity's Winter Foliage:

I am also entering this at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, where they are looking for embossing folders as well!  

I do think embossing folders are an amazing addition to one's crafting supplies! Such an easy way to add impressive texture and interest to your creations!  Whenever I show a card to my brother (the engineer), he is always amazed by embossing and diecutting!  So I hope you'll pull out your favorite embossing folder, (even if you can't REALLY decide on a favorite), and show us what you can do with it!  Check out what the other DT members at As You See It did too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy (ret), Holly Jolly Holiday (Unity), Winter Foliage (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Ink	Versamark, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Baker's Twine, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Heat Tool, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Aquapainter, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

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)

AYSI374 Friends Are Like Seashells

Happy Friday, everyone!   We have a new challenge from As You See It today, and it's a lovely sketch:

I was in a beachy mood, so I pulled out some retired DSP and used that as my starting point.  Here we go:

I stamped some shells from Friends are Like Seashells  in Pretty in Pink, adding a bit of shading with ink and a blender brush, then I popped in a few diecuts from Rolling Waves.  I also heat-embossed a sentiment on some Sunset Shimmer vellum paper---didn't turn out quite the way I planned, but it's still legible, so I'm stickin' to it! 

A few sequins finished it off. I also embossed the circle but I covered up most of it, so that was probably not a good idea, LOL!  I stamped a sentiment on the inside with Strawberry Slush ink and adhered the remaining Rolling Waves diecuts:

What's your take on this sketch?!  I hope you'll play along with us at As You See It so we can see what your interpretation is!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends Are Like Seashells (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pink Sunset Shimmer Vellum, Sand & Sea DSP (ret)
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Versamark, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Seaside Seashells Dies (ret), Circles Framelits (ret), Ruffled Embossing Folder (ret), Heat Tool

AYSI373 Speedy Tulips

 Happy Friday! Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's SPEED STAMPING time!  Woohoo!  For this challenge, we are asking you to stamp a card in ten minutes or less, and show us your time!  You can assemble all your supplies ahead of time, but once you start stamping/diecutting/adhering, you're on the clock!  So here's our prompt this week:

I don't have many tulip stamps--maybe one--but I do have a wee little tulip die that I bring out every now and then, and since it's small I was pretty sure I could fit it into my ten-minute time frame!  So here we go:

I really love the combination of Poppy Parade and Pool Party, so when I saw this big polka dot print DSP in my scrap bin, I thought it would be great for a bright red tulip!  It comes with this little frame die, and I already had this piece of white cardstock embossed and unused, so I ran everything through the Big Shot , did some stamping and punching, and called it done!  Hopefully you can't see the glue that oozed out while trying to adhere that skinny little frame, LOL!

Since I had some time left, I did add some red enamel dots for pizzazz!  And since the Just Add Ink challenge this week is "Polka Dots", I am entering it there!

And here's my time:

Not bad!  I hope you'll not be scared off by our speed stamping challenge!  Just keep it simple, bright and fun!  Share it with us over at the As You See It blog, and don't forget to give us your time!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Pool Party DSP (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Tulip Frame Dies (Concord & 9th), Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (ret), Modern Label Punch (ret)

AYSI372 Array of Seashells

Happy Friday, all! Time for a new As You See It  theme challenge and it's one I just love!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps for my card:

I pulled out an older Close to My Heart stamp set, did some heat embossing and coloring, and here we go:

I stamped the images with Pecan Pie ink and before taking them out of the Stamparatus, I inked them again with Versamark and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder.  Then I watercolored them with reinkers and fussy-cut them out.  I embossed a piece of Everyday Happiness DSP with a rope embossing folder, then layered all the shells on top, along with a piece of burlap ribbon and a sweet sentiment from an older Crafty Secrets set:

Another couple of CS sentiments went on the inside:

I just love beachy things, so creating this was a lot of fun!  I hope you'll play along with our beachy-shell themed challenge this week at As You See It as well!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Swirly Seashells (Close To My Heart), Seaside (Crafty Secrets), Chandelier (Crafty Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Everyday Happiness DSP
Ink	Pecan Pie, Versamark, Golden Glow, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pretty in Pink, Highland Heather, Hydrangea Hue, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals, Burlap Trim (ret), Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big SHot, Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Aquapainter,  Heat Tool, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)