CH#124 Nephew's Birthday

Hello, all!  Happy Saturday! I feel like it's been ages since I posted! I hope you all had a great New Year's holiday!  I am slowly getting back into my craft room after the Christmas decor clean-up!  Now my craft room needs a clean-up, LOL!  I did manage to make one card for my nephew who will be turning 40 in a few days!  I used Bonnie's color challenge from Color Hues:

Since he has his own construction company, I chose Trusty Tools to create his card:

I used Smoky Slate and Basic Gray cardstocks for the background; stamped, diecut and colored the hammer, then added the balloons using the retired Balloon punch and retired Little Numbers dies:

A sentiment from Best Family Ever went on the front:

and also on the inside, along with another sentiment from Best Year.  Hope he likes it!

Thanks for visiting today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools, Best Family Ever (ret), Best Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Real Red
Ink	Smoky Slate, Real Red, Versafine Black, Basic Gray
Accessories	Dimensionals, Red & White Bakers Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Trusty Tools Dies, Diamond Plate Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Little Numbers Dies (ret), Balloon Punch (ret), Banner Dies (Pink and Main), Corner Rounder Punch, Sponge Daubers, Smoky Slate Marker (ret)

PCC652 Denim Birthday

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Trying to catch up on my late-December birthday cards!  I have not played with the Paper Craft Crew challenge for a long, long time and they had a nice sketch:

I needed a masculine birthday card, and I found some "denim" papers in my stash from a long time ago and picked out a few that coordinated:

My panels and banner are all from the Nested Essentials dies; sentiment is from Simply Said:

And since I still had Best Year on my desk from yesterday's card, one of its sentiments went inside:

I really like these papers---too bad they're almost gone!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Best Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Pecan Pie, Original (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Adhesive Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Corner Rounder Punch (ret)

KC799 Peace on Earth

 Happy Friday, all! Yay, the weekend is upon us! I have a real quick card this morning, it used items that I had already laying on my desk, and so it came together in a jiffy!  The challenge at Krafty Chicks is CAS, so I am entering it there!

So here we go:

The snowflake background was diecut with the Waffleflower Dashed Snowflake Panel; the deer is from Papertrey, and the snowflake was a freebie from Waffleflower as well!  I used the Tiny Words Christmas for the front sentiment as well as the inside, and I also stamped a Christmas sentiment from Best Year along with it:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!  Off to wrap some presents!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Rhinestones, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dashed Snowflake Panel (Waffleflower), Single Snowflake Die (Waffleflower), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), Stitched Hillsides Dies (Lawn Fawn), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

To a Deer Friend

 Happy Thanksgiving eve, everyone!  I have a fun little Christmas card today, a bit "punny", and it is for three challenges:  Color My Heart Color Dare wants shades of brown, plus two other colors; Christmas Kickstart wants to see antlers, and the CAS Colours & Sketches is a sketch:

I had not used the pretty little deer from Papertrey's Deer To Me for a long time, so I got to work:

My shades of brown are Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso; I added Real Red and Shaded Spruce as my two additional colors.  I faintly stamped trees from Pine Tree Trimmings in the background, and the punny sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings:

A sentiment from Best Year went on the inside:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings, Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Whittle Sayings (PoppyStamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Real Red
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Craft White
Accessories	Red Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), 1/8" Hole Punch

FMS712 John's 70th Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps!  John has a "big" birthday coming up on Sunday!  He'll be retiring at the end of the year as well! Lots of milestones!  I used the FMS sketch this week to make his card! Here's the sketch:

And here we go:

I used several retired products on my card; the Large Numbers dies, an image from Sailing Home, and a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  I also embossed a portion of the card front with the Cast Away embossing folder from Spellbinders:

Inside, the sentiment from Best Year was stamped in Cherry Cobbler:

We don't have anything big planned for his "big" day, but we'll go out to dinner!  Thanks for popping in today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home (ret), Best Year (ret), Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Plaid from Amazon
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Large Numbers Die (ret), Smooth Sailing Home Dies (ret), Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

PP733 Color Challenge from Stef

Happy Sunday, peeps! Wow, I haven't posted in several days--it was just one of those weeks, you know?  The creative Stef is our Paper Players hostess this week with a cute color palette for us:

Initially I thought "Easter" for these colors, but I already had all my Easter cards finished!  I recently got a little freebie die in my Simon Says Stamp order and it was still laying on my desk, so I thought I'd put it to use! I pulled out some Highland Heather DSP, some Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Pool Party cardstocks and went to work:

I used an Adhesive sheet behind the outline portion of the die to make it easier to stick down, then just filled in the balloon with the cardstocks in the challenge colors.  

I did add a Basic Black mat beneath my scalloped panel, added a black and white gingham bow and a little black and white sentiment from Label Me Bold:

Best Year provided the inside sentiment, stamped in Granny Apple Green:

I hope you'll play along with our fun colors this week!  You can still go Easter, or baby, or floral, or anything! Just be sure to share it with us over at the Paper Players blog!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Me Bold (ret), Best Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather DSP, Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Versafine Black
Accessories	Black & White Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Balloon Bouquet Die (Simon Says Stamp)

PP732 Challenge from Jan

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess this week with a great theme...it's perfect for all types of cards, but I chose to make a masculine one, because I never seem to have enough of them!

I pulled out an old Artistic Outpost set called Route 66 and did some collage-style stamping: 

My card base is Basic Beige, and I used the same ink to stamp all the images in the background, adding some shading around the edges.  I stamped the motorcycle in Versafine Black:

I used an old Paper Pumpkin set to add the embossed sentiment on a Tailor Made tag and embellished it with some Brushed Gold stitched stars from the retired Give it a Whirl dies; I felt like they matched the background pretty well!

Finally, a sentiment from Best Year and the third little leftover star to embellish it!

I hope you can play along with our "travel" theme this week!  Be sure to share your card with us at the Players blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Year (ret), Route 66 (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Basic Beige, Brushed Gold (ret)
Ink	Basic Beige, Versafine Black
Accessories	Twine from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret)

TGIF477 Happy Father's Day

Happy Tuesday, peeps! This will be quick...Cassidy has a Nike basketball camp she's attending at a local college and my job is to get her there on time and pick her up!  No problem!  I wanted to share the Father's Day card I made for Wayne this year; it used the sketch from TGIF:

Wayne loves watching any Philly sports, so I made him a baseball-themed card with a retired set called Have a Ball:

I stamped the mitt, bat and ball and fussy-cut them out and mounted them on two stitched star diecuts.  The sentiment is from the retired Best Year, embellished with a Basic Border diecut:

And on the inside, some stars from the Have a Ball set and a sentiment from Unbounded Love:

I think he liked it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love, Have a Ball (ret), Best Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Basketball (Echo Park)
Ink	Night of Navy, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Basic Border Dies (ret), Stitched Star Dies (Paper Rose)

IB267 Zany Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps!  I am taking a break from holiday stamping, as my birthday card stash is running low!  I pulled out my  Zoo Crew DSP and Zany Zoo dies and stamps to make an easy-peasy card:

I loosely used the Inspired By 267 sketch, flipping it so my little aardvark wouldn't be marching off the page!:

I diecut two of the figures from the DSP, the ballerina and the raccoon.  The aardvark had to be fussy-cut!  I think this little cutie is my favorite! I colored her tutu with Melon Mambo and Berry Burst inks, and although you can't see it, it highlighted with some Wink of Stella!  I added a sentiment from Zany Zoo with a Shimmer Paper mat diecut with a Labels Aglow die:

A sentiment from the retired Best Year went on the inside, along with some confetti!  Now it's off to send it to a special birthday girl!

Thanks for visiting today!

I snagged these photos of my great-nephews Jameson & Sawyer; every year they make cookies with their grandmom:

They look very intent on their decorating, don't they?

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

PP615 Happy 90th Birthday

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, where Anne Marie has a Tic-Tac-Toe grid for us, since it's the fifth Sunday!  Check it out:

My dad's cousin is turning ninety and a special celebration is on tap for him, so I thought I'd use the center column of die-cut, texture and birthday as my tic-tac-toe!  And here we go:

I had a little scrap of the Rings of Love DSP in my stash, so I started with that, adding a mat of Soft Suede and mounting on a Cinnamon Cider card base that was embossed with the Timber embossing folder.  I stamped the bear from Thankful Forest Friends and fussy-cut him out, then stamped the border on a diecut piece of Basic White.  I added a sentiment and numbers as well as a few metallic elements and it was done!  

Added a quick little sentiment on the inside:

I hope you'll play along with us and our tic-tac-toe grid this week!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Share it with us at the Paper Players, and check out what the design team created as well!

Thursday night the town where Cassidy takes karate lessons had their annual Halloween parade, and her karate class participated:

Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thankful Forest Friends (ret), Best Year (ret), Number of Years (ret), Mini Numeric (Tim Holtz)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cinnamon Cider, Soft Suede, Rings of Love DSP (ret)
Ink	Cinnamon Cider, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals, Rustic Metallic Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tasteful Label Dies (ret), Timber Embossing Folder (ret)

FMS531 Nature's Prints Hello

Happy Saturday, peeps!  My card today uses a set that will be in the upcoming SU catalog called Nature's Prints.  I paired it with sketch from FMS:

Instead of using the DSP that coordinates with this set, I chose to use a wee bit of Hand Penned for my little squares, and a little floral image, stamped in Gray Granite and colored in Pale Papaya:

I mounted them on a Basic White card base that was partially embossed with the Greenery cover die, then added a strip of Sun Prints and Pale Papaya:

and a sentiment from Best Year along with a Genial Gem:

I am also entering this at Little Red Wagon, where they want to see THREE of something! Thanks for popping in today!  And I thought I'd share a vintage postcard that Dana sent to me!  She has an app on her phone that lets her color in images, and she colored this one and told me it looked like something I would have on my blog!  So here it is in all its cuteness:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Again the high priest asked him, 'Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?' "I am," said Jesus.  And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."  Mark 14:61b-62

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints, Best Year
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pale Papaya, Sun Prints DSP
Ink	Gray Granite
Accessories	Genial Gems, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Greenery Die, Scalloped Contours Dies, Natural Prints Dies, Blends