AHSC667 Bold Birthday

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Still chilly in our neck of the woods, staying inside and staying warm!  The sketch for the Atlantic Hearts challenge is a great one this week, I love it:

I need a lot of birthday cards this month, and my stash is low, so this was a great way to get them started!  I used some outdoor-themed papers from Simple Stories called Trail Mix and a big, bold sentiment from a retired SU set:

I love this plaid, and the camping badge paper seemed great for a guy who likes the outdoors!  I stamped the sentiment in Pool Party and Pretty Peacock and added some Natural Trim for a little interest:

It all went on a Wild Wheat card base---definitely not my favorite color, but I have almost a full pack of it, so it's good to put it to use, LOL!  

Thanks for popping in today!  We sure hope you'll play along with our fun sketch this week at Atlantic Hearts.  I may even use this again for some of my Valentine cards!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Wild Wheat (ret), Trail Mix (Simple Stories)
Ink	Pool Party, Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Dimensionals, Natural Trim (ret)
Tools

PP722 A Sketch from Joanne

Happy Sunday, all! This will be short & sweet as I am having my hostess appreciation party today! Love getting together with my stampers, and I don't think we'll have any SNOW to ruin it!

It's Joanne's turn to be the hostess at the Players this week and she has an awesome sketch:

I thought this would be a great sketch with which to use some of the new Timeless Plaid papers; here we go:

I used the retired Biggest Wish to stamp my sentiments, and a little lure from the Gone Fishing set was an accent.  I cut two sets of banners from Lost Lagoon and Basic White for a simple embellishment.

I needed a masculine birthday card for an older gentleman at church and I knows he likes to fish, so this is for him!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week, there are endless possibilities!  Check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog and be inspired!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Biggest Wish (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Timeless Plaids DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Does, Stylish Shapes Dies

AHSC607 Easy Peasy Birthday

Happy Tuesday, all!  I am taking a break from Christmas cards and using some new upcoming stuff from the Spring Mini catalog, along with some retired goodies, for my Atlantic Hearts Sketch card! First, here's the sketch:

And here we go:

The Wildflower Birthday DSP has two sheets of punch-out images that make great scrapbook embellishments, but they also are great on cards!  I combined two retired sentiment sets, some retired DSPs and some florals from the Birthday DSP to create this quick, cheerful card!  I simply removed  the elements from the sheet and layered them around my hand-cut banner, added some gold pearls and it was done:

 A happy card for a happy occasion!  I hope you'll play along with the sketch at Atlantic Hearts this week...holiday or other occasion, it's a great one!

Maven's first Christmas tree excursion!

She's on the move!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Wildflower Birthday, Awash in Beauty DSP (ret), Balmy Blue DSP (ret)
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals, Festive Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Labels Dies (ret)

Happy Birthday, Cassidy!

Happy Saturday, peeps! Today is Cassidy's 14th birthday! Time flies!  I made her a card using some basketball papers from Echo Park:

It's a wee bit larger than a standard card, it's 4 1/2" x 6 1/2".  I wanted to get lots of the basketball images on it!!  Everything is from the Echo Park pad except for the basketball and the "HB".  The basketball is an older SU stamp, stamped in Pecan Pie and I added (poorly) the black lines with a fine-tip marker.  The diecut letters are from Lawnfawn. 

 Here's the inside, I used another image from Have a Ball and the sentiment is from Biggest Wish:

She asked for mostly sport-related clothing for her birthday and one sweatshirt she wanted was not going to arrive on time. So I did a little creative tracing and cutting; this will go in her card with a "coming later" note!

Thanks for poping in today! We're celebrating tomorrow, so cleaning is on my agenda for today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish (ret), Have a Ball (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Basic Black, Basketball (Echo Park)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Basic Black
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Oliver's Stitched Alphabet Dies (Lawn Fawn), 1 1/4" Circle Punch (ret)

AHSC573 Birthday Tools

Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a great weekend!  John asked me to make a card for his boat mechanic....yep, he recently bought a (used) boat and it needs a tuneup before we can bring it up from Virginia!  I think he wants to get some brownie points so the guy will work on it sooner, LOL!  Anyway, I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts for this week:

I wanted to go with a nautical theme, but after convincing John that I did NOT have any stamps of motors or engines, he agreed to the papers from Trusty Toolbox along with a sentiment from Biggest Wish:

I basically just layered the DSP, cut out some of the tools and stamped the sentiments in Lost Lagoon and Real Red:

I did add a fun Nested Essential diecut behind my sentiment for fun, as well as these cool mestallic brads!

Hope he likes it!  And I hope you like our sketch as well!  Be sure to check out what all the designers did when they share theirs on Wednesday at the AHSC blog!  Then come play along!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Trusty Toolbox DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies

PP670 Yummy for You

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Today is the last challenge of the year for the Paper Players! This time of the year, everyone is needing a break, right?  Claire is our hostess and she is going out with a bang with her bright color challenge:

 

I admit that this one had me scratching my head!  I pulled out a set I don't use very often, called Super Cool, did a little fussy-cutting and die cutting and here's what I came up with:

I used the FMS sketch:

and some Tahitian Tide DSP and cardstock to create the vertical piece, then stamped my goodie in Melon Mambo and Real Red, then trimmed the strawberry and popped it up back on top:

I diecut the sentiment using Love For You dies, then added sentiments on the inside too:

Big and bold and bright!

What will you do with these colors?!  The design team came up with some really beautiful samples! Check them out over at the Paper Players blog and show us your creativity as well!  We'll see you back on January 7, 2024!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Super Cool, Biggest Wish, More Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Real Red, Tahitian Tide, Tahitian Tide DSP
Ink	Basic Black, Real Red, Tahitian Tide, Melon Mambo
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Love For You Dies

Motorcyle Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I made this card for my nephew's birthday...no challenge, just a fun, simple card for a young guy....I think they're the most challenging to make!  I used papers from last mini called Ready to Ride, and mixed up some new and old stamps for the sentiment:

The wrenches on the background paper have a gloss to them--very cool--and the motorcyle was simply fussy-cut from another piece of the DSP.  I diecut two banners from the Nested Essentials dies and layered them together; the motorcycle hides the seam.  I used sentiments from Biggest Wishes and the retired Endless Birthday Wishes along with some Metallic Studs; it all went on a Very Vanilla card base:

For the inside, I cut a couple of strips from the DSP that look like tire tracs and added a sentiment from the retired Rev Up the Fun:

Hope he likes it!  Thanks for popping in today!

A few pix from around the yard:

My friend Joan gave me these dahlias and I was thrilled to see how pretty they were:

And this bee was completely oblivious of my picture-taking indulgence; I just wish these tiger lilies lasted longer!  They're almost 6' tall!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Rev Up the Fun (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Ready to Ride DSP (ret)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Studs (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies

CAS Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps!  Yay, the weekend is upon us!  I've been watching Cassidy (well, she doesn't require much watching, if you know what I mean) so my routine is a little different and my stamping time has been a little limited.  Plus the tomatoes in the garden are calling my name, so they're taking up a bit of my time!  But I did get a chance yesterday to make a cute little CAS card for two challenges; the Inspired By has a fun alphabet challenge, and Just Add Ink wants clean and simple:

Cute!  I have had a set of Tim Holtz alphabet dies for a while and haven't given them much use, so now is the time! Here we go:

I took some scraps of Soak Up the Sun papers from Carta Bella and stuck some foam adhesive sheets on the back, then cut them out with the dies. I love the dimension the foam creates!  I added a sentiment from Biggest Wish, stamped in Bubble Bath, then added the Stitched With Whimsey stitching around the edge and a few sequins for sparkle:

A fun sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday was stamped on the inside.  This will be going to a sweet young lady at our church!

And this is the last of my birthday cards!  This pretty floral is from Carol:

And I knew right away this was Bonnie's beautiful style!

And this beauty is from Beth:

As my friend Karen said, I really stretched out my birthday with all these cards!  Thanks, everyone!  I am so happy you popped by today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Picture Perfect Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Soak Up the Sun DSP (Carta Bella), Foam Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Alphanumerica Classic Upper Dies (Tim Holtz)

PP651 Blueberry TicTac Toe

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and since it's the fifth Sunday of the month, Jaydee has a tic-tac-toe grid for us:

I chose the left column of flowers, feminine and blue!  I did manage to get some diecuts and embossing in there too!  Here we go:

I also used the sketch from Sunday Stamps and the Just Add Ink challenge had a "choose two" prompt, so I chose gingham and flowers (and I did add a couple of splatters too!):

I stamped and fussy-cut the flowers from Inked and Tiled and layered them on a panel of  Blueberry Bushel cardstock and gingham:

and added a Tailor Made Tag on which I stamped a sentiment from Biggest Wish:

I added some seam binding ribbon and some blue gems and mounted everything on a Basic White card base that was embossed with the Countryside Blossoms embossing folder.  I think this gingham creates a very fresh-looking card!  And I hope you'll play along with our Tic Tac Toe grid this week!  Check out what the other designers created with it over at the Paper Players blog!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Inked & Tiled, Color & Contour (speckles)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blueberry Bushel Gingham
Ink	Blueberry Bushel, Garden Green, Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Rhinestones, Crinked Seam Binding (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Countryside Blossoms EF, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Night of Navy Blend (to color rhinestone)

AHSC531 Zoo Crew Wobbler

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  A quick post today before I run to take Cass to b-ball camp!  This card is for one of John's great-nephews and it uses the Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

I recently bought some of those little wobbler thingies that you attach to your card to give it some motion!  So here we go, using Zoo Crew DSP and a few miscellaneous stamp sets:

I did some partial diecutting to isolate the balloon from the rest of the image and created a card base of Lemon Lime Twist, some matching DSP and Zoo Crew DSP.  The sentiments are from Biggest Wishes and a past Paper Pumpkin kit; I highlighted the "birthday" with a rectangle from Watercolor Shapes, just to give it more emphasis.  The wobbler is attached to the back of the raccoon and wobbles back and forth when I give it a wee little push:

Another past Paper Pumpkin sentiment on the inside, and it's in the mail!

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

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Paper Pumpkin (ret), Watercolor Shapes (Ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly, Zoo Crew, Lemon Lime Twist DSP
Ink	Versafine Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly
Accessories	Wobbler (Amazon)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret)

FMS584 Hello Friend

Hi there, everyone!  The FMS sketch this week by my friend Linda was a tricky one...at least I thought it was, LOL!  I decided to let the DSP do most of the work, using the pretty new Countryside Inn papers!  First, here's the sketch:

And here we go; I already had a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock cut and folded, so I turned it on its side to accomodate the sketch:

I chose a panel with these pretty birds on it, then stamped and diecut one of the outlines from Countryside Corners in Misty Moonlight, then added sentiments from Biggest Wish and Best Family Ever.  I even cut out another little bird and flower to embellish it:

Another sentiment from Best Family Ever and a little extra strip of DSP for the inside:

Busy day ahead, busy weekend too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Countryside Corners, Biggest Wish, Best Family Ever
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Countryside Inn DSP
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Countryside Corners Dies