PP804 CAS Challenge from Christy

Hello, stamping friends! It's time for a new challenge from the Paper Players, with Christy as our hostess.  It's Clean and Simple time!  And what a fun one she has chosen: 

I don't have many bear stamps, but I did remember this little guy from Thankful Forest Friends.  I went looking for some "beary" sentiments and came up with this one from My Creative Time, so I made a Christmas card:

This is a little less CAS than I normally do, but hopefully it still qualifies!  I did some masking after stamping my little bear in Pecan Pie, adding some Soft Sea Foam trees from the retired Trees for Sale set.  The sentiment was stamped in Cherry Cobbler, so I added some Cherry Cobbler glimmer stars to match:

And of course, I embossed a Soft Sea Foam mat with Swirls of Magic for a fun background.  Another My Creative Time sentiment went on the inside, and since I had some leftover stars, they went on the inside too!

This bear reminds me of Masha and the Bear! Have you ever seen any of those cartoons?  They're Russian but they have them dubbed in English; Cassidy and I loved watching them. Masha sure knows how to get herself into trouble and the bear always rescues her just in time!  You can watch Jam Day on YouTube!!!  (We prefer the older ones, I haven't watched the newer ones!).  And since the CAS Christmas Card challenge is asking for Woodland Critters, I am entering it there as well!

We hope you'll play along with our bear Clean and Simple challenge! Remember to keep it simple!  Check out the other creations at the Paper Players blog!

Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thankful Forest Friends (ret), Trees for Sale (ret), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Masking Paper, Cherry Cobbler Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Soft Sea Foam, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Swirls of Magic Embossing Folder, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Sports Event Dies (ret)

CAS Christmas Santa's Sleigh

Happy Tuesday! It's hard to think about Christmas when the temps are in the 90s, LOL!  But Christmas it is! The CAS Christmas challenge this month is Santa's Sleigh:

I remembered I had an older CTMH set with a sleigh in it; probably has never been inked up!  I am not sure my final outcome would really be considered CAS enough, but I am entering it anyway!!  Here we go:

I stamped the image in Basic Gray ink on a piece of StudioLight Sending Joy paper, then colored it in with Lost Lagoon and Smoky Slate inks:

I stamped the sentiment in Lost Lagoon, added a little sparkly snowflake and some Lost Lagoon cording, then stamped the inside:

Really quick and easy; I was happy to use this stamp set as well as these pretty papers!  

A few more birthday cards---I may have just one or two more to share!  This pretty floral delight is from my friend Robyn:

I love the vintage look that Fran created:

This bold beauty is from my PP teammate Joanne!

And Wendy used some of those pretty new sunflower papers!  Lovely!

And finally, this stunner from Beth! Unbelieve stenciling and diecutting:

She even foiled the inside:

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Reindeer Crossing (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Lost Lagoon, Sending Joy (Studio Light), Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Basic Gray, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Lost Lagoon Cord (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Dies (ret), Snowflake Dies (Shady Lane Impressions), Aquapainter

Let It Snow

Happy Wednesday, all!  The CAS Colours and Sketch challenge has an interesting color palette this week:

and the CAS Christmas challenge is looking for snowmen:

How about a little row of snowmen?  I pulled out a really old SU set called The More the Merrier, stamped it and colored it a wee bit and here we go:

I used the challenge colors to color in the snowmen, mounted the panel on a scalloped panel of Petal Pink and then mounted it all on an snowflake-embossed panel of Basic White.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted's In Stitches: Christmas:

The inside sentiment came from the same Clearly Besotted set:

It was fun getting this older stamp inky...but I think I might add some glitter for snow--REAL glitter, not just the Wink of Stella kind, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is. 
Hate evil, love good;
    maintain justice in the courts.
Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy
    on the remnant of Joseph."  Amos 5:14-15a

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The More The Merrier (ret), In Stitches:Christmas (Clearly Besotted)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink
Ink	Stazon Black, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Petal Pink
Accessories	Faceted Gem (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Scallop Dies (ret), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Aquapainter, Dashed Snowflake Plate (Waffleflower)

CAS Christmas Bird

 Happy Saturday, peeps!  It's hot out there today!  Nothing like making a Christmas card to cool one off! Loll has begun her CAS Christmas Card Challenge again with the theme of "Bird":

I love birds, so I had lots of stamps to choose from, but I had not used this little Elzy Bell image for a long, long time.  This bird may be the tiniest bird on a card you've ever seen:

My card is 4 1/4" square with an embossed snowflake background.  I stamped little Elzy Bell with black Stazon ink and colored everything in with a blender pen and ink.

I added some Wink of Stella to the snow for sparkle, and a little Purple Onion sentiment.  The inside sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I am trying to use my older stamps, can you tell?!!! 

In the spring, my birds wake me up promptly at 5 am!!  I am willing to bet this little bird sounds just as sweet!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Winter Song (Elzybells), Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms), Seasonal Sayings (Purple Onion)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Stazon Black, Azure Afternoon, Real Red, Pecan Pie, Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wink of Stella
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker), Banner Die (Pink & Main), Snowflake Embossing Folder (Darice), Blender Pen

Guest GD for 52CCT

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I was honored to be chosen to be a guest designer at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown with this card.  Their color challenge this month is a color one:

And although I won't be able to enter it, I used their sketch from last week!  So here we go:

I used some DSP panels of Tahitian Tide and Real Red for my vertical pieces, then stamped my CTMH Santa hat in Real Red ink and popped it up on a Stylish Shape circle using some dimensionals:

I added some Glimmer Paper stars in matching colors (see the white one???) and mounted everything on a Tim Holtz-embossed panel of Basic White, then a mat of Real Red and a card base of Tahitian Tide.  Sentiment is from the same CTMH set, diecut with a retired Ornate Frames die.  I had a few extra stars cut out, so I added them too!

I am also entering this at the CAS Christmas challenge, where this month, their challenge is Santa!

I hope you'll be able to play along with our color challenge this week!  Check out what the DT did at the 52CCT challenge! Thanks for popping by; enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beary Christmas Cardmaking (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Tahitian Tide, Glimmer Papers in Red, White and Tahitian Tide
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensional, Chunky Glitter
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Die, Stylish Shapes Dies, Ornate Frames Dies (ret), Beary Christmas Dies (CTMH), Stars Dies (Verve), Poinsettia Knit EF (Tim Holtz)

Green & White Christmas

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Gray and cloudy today here in PA, a good day to stay inside and stamp!  I have a quick little card for a few challenges:  Christmas Card Throwdown wants green and white; CAS Christmas wants a wreath, and it's Christmas week at Krafty Chicks: 

I pulled out some green and white glimmer paper and went to work:

My green glimmer wreath is a diecut from Avery Elle; the white stars are from SU's Cracker & Treat Box Dies and the bow is from SU's Pierced Blooms.  The sentiment is a no-name one I got from a friend, stamped with Tranquil Tide ink:

I had a few extra stars, so I added them to the inside along with a sentiment from Christmas to Remember:

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

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpse that prevails."  Proverbs 19:22

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas to Remember, Christmas Sentiments (unknown)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Tranquil Tide (ret), Green Glimmer (ret), Sparkling Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Tranquil Tide (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Cracker & Treat Box Dies, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret)

PP574 CAS Winter Deer

Hello stampers!  Is it cold where you are?  Brrrr!  It's certainly been a cold weekend here in southeast PA!  Claire's challenge for us this week at the Paper Players certainly is appropriate: 

Remember that this is a CAS challenge!! 

Oh my, I must tell you that this is the third card I made for the challenge!  First, I neglected to notice the "winter" description, so that one was put aside.  Then, the original headline was for animals or birds, but the prompt didn't say that, so I posted that one yesterday, LOL!  FINALLY, I came up with this one, which even though I only have "one" animal, hopefully, it's okay!

The CAS Christmas challenge is asking for Silver and Gold, hence my color palette!

Last year, SU featured some pretty gold embossed DSP called Wonder of the Season; I think I used one little piece of it!  But this newsprint-style pattern was a fun background for my silver-embossed reindeer:

I added a gold foil scalloped mat and some silver diecut holly leaves and silver berries!  I had also embossed a sentiment for the front but decided it looked better without, especially since this is a clean and simple challenge!  So I simply adhered it to the inside:

It all went on a plain Basic White card base!

I hope you'll come play with our clean and simple winter animals challenge!  It doesn't have to be a Christmas card....I am sure there are lots of other occasions for those cute little critters! Can't wait to see what you create...share it with us at the Paper Players and check out what the DT created as well!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

"My dear brothers, take note of this:  Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires." James 1:19-20

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Silhouettes (Sweet & Sassy)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gold Foil (ret), Silver Foil (ret), Wonder of the Season DSP (ret)
Ink	Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Silver Embossing Powder, Mini Dimensionals, Silver Dots (unknown, from my stash)
Tools	Big Shot, Heat Tool, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies, Christmas Silhouettes Dies (Sweet & Sassy), Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz)

RRCB169 Anything Goes

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Time for a new Retro Rubber Challenge, where we give some love to our older stamps!  Today our challenge is "Anything Goes"!!!

I chose to make a clean-and-simple Christmas card using the CAS Christmas Challenge colors of gray and red:

So here we go:

I used some Stamp Market stamps from around 2018 called Candy Cane Christmas, along with a snowflake folder and the Tailor Made Tags die, stamped in Real Red and Smoky Slate.  I added a Smoky Slate second tag, stamped with some white craft ink, and a "bow" of silver glimmer paper!

I love these colors together!  I hope you'll play with our Retro Rubber challenge this week....just make sure that your stamps are at least a year old and tell us their age!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Dana won tickets to a hemp farm hemp maze....sounds interesting, right?  I need to research the farm to see exactly what they do, but they had a lot of fun there. Cassidy took her friend Chloe, and they got to see buffalo (or maybe they're bison, not sure!!!) that were fed pumpkins (the seeds help them with parasites) while on the hay ride (along with someone's pet dog!):

Then on to the hemp maze:

And of course there were the usual countryside insects as well:

I'll share some more pix tomorrow!  Thanks for visiting today; enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Candy Cane Christmas (Stamp Market), Paper Pumpkin snowflakes stamps (retired several years ago)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Silver Glimmer
Ink	Real Red, Smoky Slate, Craft White
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Snowflakes Embossing Folder (Darice), Candy Cane Christmas Dies (Stamp Market)

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