PP779 Tic Tac Toe from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and the creative Ann is our hostess with a Tic-tac-toe grid for us, since it's the fifth Sunday!  Here we go:

I chose the top row across of die cut, twine and sentiment!  I thought I was done with my Easter cards, but decided to send out a couple more, and I fell in love with this wee little trio of bunnies from Inspired By:

I chose to only use that little bun-bun on the left, but I did use the challenge colors as well.  Here we go:

I had not used my Tim Holtz bunny die this year yet, so it seemed a good time!  I dicut two bunnies and stamped one with a gingham stamp, then adhered a plain white face.  The carrot was diecut with Crumb Cake and Copper Clay, and everything was mounted on a stitched oval with a Misty Moonlight scalloped mat.  I added a little twine bow...I just didn't have any buttons tiny enough to add one!  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I embossed a piece of Basic White to sit atop a diecut panel of Misty Moonlight.  And here's the inside:

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps as well:

Again, this card uses a bit more pieces and layers than I normally do, but I just love this bunny and his carrot! I think I'll send this to one of my college roommates!  

I hope you'll play along with our grid this week! SO many possibilities, we can't wait to see what you do with them!  Be sure to share them with us at the Players! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Animals (Close To My Heart), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs), Background Basics: Gingham (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Copper Clay (ret), Soft Succulent (ret), Evening Evergreen (ret)
Ink	Bashful Blue (ret), Cajun Craze
Accessories	Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Eyelet EF, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Lacy Scallop Frame Die (Reverse Confetti), Carrot Bunny Die (Tim Holtz), Eyelet EF

FMS727 Pink Butterflies

Happy Friday, peeps! What a crazy day we had yesterday; we lost our electricity yesterday morning after several hours of flickering lights---crazy flickering, like strobe lights!  It triggered our GFI outlets, so we thought our refrigerator died, but blessedly John remembered the GFI.  Same thing happened when we went to make coffee....again, the GFI!!!  It took several hours for the electric company to come to make the repair (a transformer) but they had it fixed in minutes!  We went from 80 degree temps one day to snow and 30 degree temps the next!  Then the sun came out and melted it all!  March has been crazy!  I did finally get a few minutes to make a card for my college roommate, who fell and broke her ankle!  I already had the pieces on my desk for another project, so it came together fairly quickly.  I used the FMS sketch:

and here we go:

I embossed the Bubble Bath panel with an embossing folder called Butterfly Burst, then added a stitched frame, a stitched and embossed arch, and some pretty diecut butterflies.  The Bubble Bath shimmer cardstock is pretty in real life, but it's a challenge to see the shimmer here! Plus I wish it matched a little better. Oh well.

A sentiment from the retired Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped in Pretty in Pink, and I stamped an encouraging get well message on the inside:

Getting ready for a card class tomorrow, so I'm outta here! Thanks for popping in; enjoy your day and be blessed! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Get Well Soon (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath, Bubble Bath Shimmer
Ink	Pretty in Pink, Versafine Black
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machione, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Sketched Butterfly Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dots EF (ret), Butterfly Burst EF (Simon Says Stamp), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

PP776 Color Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Did you remember to adjust your clocks yesterday?!  "Adjust" being the operative word---it does take some adjustment, doesn't it?  Well, anyway, Joanne is our hostess at the Paper Players this week with a fun color challenge: 

Since I am in the midst of making Easter cards, I chose to use pale rainbow shades for my little Easter peeps card:

I cut my Basket Bunch peeps from cardstocks in Bubble Bath, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia and Highland Heather, then stamped them in Versafine black ink.  They went into an egg diecut with the Excellent Egg dies from some Papertrey Chicken Scratch gingham papers.  I set them in some Granny Apple Green grass and added a Fresh Freesia bow:

The sentiment is from CTMH's Easter Animals set.  I mounted the egg on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Basket Weave embossing folder, then added some sequins before I put it all on a Fresh Freesia card.  Here's the inside (that Fresh Freesia is a challenge to photograph!):

I just love this little lineup, although in real life, I really don't care for much of anything that's made from marshmallow!  I do have ONE roasted marshmallow a year over our Harvest party campfire, LOL!  How about you?  Are you a peeps fan?  Did you know that peeps are made right here in PA, and there is actually a peeps store in National Harbor, MD?! The Bethlehem, PA factory makes 5.5 million peeps A DAY! Yowza!

Well, whether you like peeps or not, we'd love to see your rainbow-hued creations! You don't have to use a rainbow, just some rainbowcolors!  Check out what the DT has created at the Paper Players blog, then come play along!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Basket Bunch (ret), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Bubble Bath, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Chicken Scratch Gingham DSP (Papertrey)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Basket Builder Dies (ret), Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Grass Die (Impression Obsession), Pretty Bows Die (Simon Says Stamp), Basket Weave Embossing Folder (ret)

AHSC671 Peek-a-boo Bunny

Happy Monday, all!  Hope you had a great weekend! Our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week allowed me to use this sweet little Peek-a-boo Bunny die that is just the cutest!  Here's the sketch:

And here we go:

I used some Easter Joy Specialty DSP along with some Lemon Lolly Shimmer Pastel paper, embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder, for my cute Easter card!  I added the Pretty in Pink diecut bunny on a Nested Essentials die and stamped an Easter sentiment from a long-retired SU set:

I embellished the front with a strip of Shy Shamrock and some little enamel flowers.  The inside sentiment came from Close to My Heart:

I just love this little bunny, and I need a baby card in the next day or so, and I think it might be perfect for that as well...we'll see!

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week at Atlantic Hearts,  we always love to see what you create and enter in our gallery! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Blossoms (ret), Picture Perfect Birthday (ret), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock, Easter Joy DSP, Shimmer Pastel Lemon Lolly
Ink	Peach Pie, Balmy BLue
Accessories	Resin Flowers (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Peek-a-boo Bunny Die (Poppy), Stitched 1/4" Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions), Black marker

AHSC662 Happy New Year!

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Ours was very busy visiting friends and family, as well as hosting as well!  We still have New Year's to look forward to as well!  I rarely send out New Year's cards, but since I did miss sending a Christmas card or two, I thought I'd make a couple to mail out!  Just in time, the new Atlantic Hearts Sketch is up:

I also used the photo inspiration from Inspired By:

And here we go:

I must say this card was not without its issues---I forgot that I should only use Stazon when stamping on vellum, and that glue dots show through when you use black cardstock!  Oh well!  The balloons were punched out of various glimmer papers with the retired balloon punch; sentiment is from the retired Greetings of the Season, diecut with the Stitched So Sweetly die.  I embossed a piece of vellum with the Wishing Stars embossing folder from Spellbinders, and I added some swirly stars (Close to My Heart) and some miscellaneous sequins.  Everything went on a Very Vanilla card!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  It's a fun one!  Be sure to share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings Of The Season (ret), Swirly Stars (Close To My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Vellum (ret), Black, Vanilla and Gold Glimmer papers (ret)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Various Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Balloon Punch (ret), Wishing Stars Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

AHSC651 Hey There, Pumpkin

Happy Monday, all!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

and since I had a "pumpkin" class on Saturday--we stamped pumpkin-themed cards--I pulled out another pumpkin stamp I had in my stash!!  Here we go:

This went together pretty quickly; I already had the plaid paper cut but unused for another project; it went on a panel of Calypso Coral and on top went a panel of Cajun Craze.  It was diecut and embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder.  The patchwork pumpkin was stamped in Calypso Coral as well, fussy cut and popped up with a little seam binding embellishment:

The sentiment is from the same set; I had a narrow scrap of Basic White that wasn't quite wide enough to fit the sentiment, so I re-stamped the top portion and fussy cut it out.  I embossed it with a polka-dot embossing folder and added some little orange dots, which in hindsight look a little too pale.  Maybe I'll fix that later!  I left the inside blank so I can add an appropriate sentiment when I need to!

This is a great sketch, I love it! I hope you'll play with it as well, and share your creation with us at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.  I say to the Lord, "You are my Lord; apart from you

I have no good thing."  Psalm 16:1-2

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Wishes (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Timeless Plaid DSP
Ink	Calypso Coral, Cazun Craze
Accessories	Enamel Dots (ret), Seam Binding Ribbon (ret), DImensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret)

PP756 Watercolored Pumpkins

 Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge from Jan!  Clean and Simple as well as watercoloring! Two of my favorites! Here we go:

I drew my inspiration from the sketch at CAS on Sunday as well as these adorable pumpkins from Inspired By:

        

I stamped and diecut a cute little array of pumpkins from an old Close to My Heart set and watercolored them in some fun colors:

The sentiment is from the same set, and I stamped a knit pattern on some Pecan Pie cardstock for the vertical piece, adding a piece of glimmer for fun, along with a little bronze sequin:

I really love watercoloring, and these were a blast to do! I hope you can get out your paintbrush and inks or paints and come play with us this week!  Remember to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE, only using a minimum of produts!  See you at the Paper Players!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Knit Together (ret), August Blessings (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Watercolor, Glimmer Paper from my stash
Ink	Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Memento Black, Soft Succulent (ret), Saddle Brown Stazon
Accessories	Neutrals Dimensionals, Sequin
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Be Mine Stitched Dies, Aquapainter

AHSC644 Boo!

Happy Monday, everyone!  Time for a new sketch challenge from Atlantic Hearts:

I went in a very non-floral direction for my card today, and decided to make a Halloween card! Here we go:

My Halloween cards are usually non-scary and kind of cute, but this ghost definitely has a scary vibe to him! I think the cute little ghosts in the background, as well as my gingham strip, soften his spookiness a bit!  My die is from Tim Holtz and the papers are from Scrapbook.com.  The little sequins add some fun too:

My "boo" is from an older CTMH set and was stamped in Stazon ink on vellum, fussy-cut, then attached to a little banner die:

and a few more of the images from the set were stamped on the inside of the Smoky Slate card:

 I hope that you'll have fun playing with our sketch this week....the sky's the limit with a sketch! You can make it for any occasion you want!  Check out what the DT creates on Wednesday's post at AHSC but you can play now!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hello Pumpkin Scrapbooking (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Willow Lane & Ginghams (both Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Stazon Black, Versamark
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Retro Halloween Die (Tim Holtz), Black Marker, Wink of Stella

AYSI347 Ouch

Happy Friday, everyone!  Hope you have something fun planned this weekend!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's a recipe! They're always fun:

I needed a sort of get well card for an acquaintence.....she had a serious accident with a zero-turn mower and I won't go into a lot of detail (but you can use your imagination!).  But she has a very positive outlook and is optimistic about her ability to adapt, and I really wanted to send her a card!  So here we go:

This little turtle is from a 2019 set called Back on Your Feet, and the images are so cute, I'll never part with it!  I stamped this little guy in Stazon Black ink and watercolored him with three different colors of green ink!  He was diecut with a Stitched Shape die, and I added some embossing on the right panel with the Cute Crochet embossing folder along with a fun little border diecut using the Scalloped Contours dies:

I added a Natural Tones linen thread so I could attach my little tag:

None of the other sentiments in the sets seemed appropriate, so I added a CTMH sentiment on the inside:

The sketch I used comes from the FMS challenge this week by the talented Jen Mitchell:

And I am squeaking it in just under the wire at Retro Rubber, which is a tic-tac-toe grid; I chose the top row across of green, diecut and stitching:

Now, in case you were a little put off by my friend's accident, here's some happier news! The Philadelphia Zoo just had four endangered Galapagos tortoises hatch!! 

They gave them the names of the Golden Girls: Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia!  And their parents are almost 100 years old!  You can read more about it here!  Fascinating story!  

Anyway, I hope you'll play along with our fun recipe this week and create something with a zoo (or other) animal!  You can check out what all the designers created at the As You See It blog, and share yours there too!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Back on Your Feet (ret, 2019), God is Good (CTMH, 2019)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Dandy Designs DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Soft Sea Foam)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Natural Tones Linen Thread
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Cute Crochet Embossing Folder, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Tags & Labels Dies (ret)

Inspire.Create #189 Easter Wishes

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Happy April!  Glad to turn a new page on my calendar!  I have a fun Easter card today; it uses some old and new stuff!  Here we go:

The new stuff (sentiment dies) comes from Simon Says Stamp's Happy Eggs, and it was stamped in Fresh Freesia!  The old stuff is the eggs, diecut with the retired Excellent Eggs Dies, as well as the Altenew cover plate background:

I diecut the eggs from Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Soft Sky cardstocks, then re-assembled them and added some My Favorite Things stitched flowers---another oldie!  Everything went on a Purple Posy card base, and another oldie was stamped on the inside; it's from CTMH's Easter Animals!

I am entering this in the Inspire.Create spring/Easter challenge:

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

"This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them, but God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the worst of sinners, as an example for all those would later believe in him and receive eternal life.  To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the only God--to him be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen." 1 Timothy 1:15-17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Purple Posy, Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sky (ret), Soft Sea Foam, Fresh Freesia
Ink	Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Silver Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Happy Eggs Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Dotted Swirls Cover Plate Die (Altenew), Stitched Flowers Dies (My Favorite Things)

AHSC623 Welcome Spring

Happy Monday, fellow stampers! Time for a fun new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

My friend Sheilah lent me (again....but my own is on its way!) her Layers of Beauty Bundle and it seemed perfect for this sketch:

I created a gate-fold card with some Petal Pink cardstock, adding Soft Sea Foam layers to the front panels as well as some Cane Weave-embossed Basic White layerss.  I stamped and stenciled the florals in Petal Pink, Pretty in Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Soft Sea Foam and Granny Apple Green inks.  This bundle just creates the most beautiful flowers! I fussy-cut the image apart and laid the pieces in the corners of the card, overlapping them on top of an oval panel, stamped with a sentiment from Close to My Heart:

Here's a view of it, slightly open:

And a view of the inside:

It's so fun to make a card with a different fold--I tend to get in a rut!  I hope you'll play along with our pretty sketch this week--it doesn't even have to be a gate-fold card! Can't wait to see what you create, and please share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, Just Chicken In (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink
Ink	Memento Black, Petal Pink, Pretty in Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Soft Sea Foam, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layers of Beauty Dies, Layers of Beauty Masks, Blending Brushes, Cane Weave Embossing Folders, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret)