AHSC677 Birthday in Pink

 Happy Monday, everyone!  Our Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is one I really like!  I've done cards similar to this before, but not with the semi-circle element!  Take a look:

I also decided to use hues of pink for my card so I could play along with the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge; my second color is white!

I punched out 1 1/4" squares of various pink cardstocks, then ran them through embossing folders and dabbed on a bit of pink ink to show the detail a bit better!  Adhered them to a card front and added a birthday sentiment and some diecuts and it was good to go:

Aren't those embossed panels pretty?

Another sentiment and flowers from the same set went on the inside:

I like pink, but it's not a color I normally gravitate to, so this was fun! I enjoyed pulling out some retired goodies as well! I hope you'll play with us at Atlantic Hearts this week too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lasting Joy (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Strawberry Slush, Rococco Rose (ret), Bubble Gum,, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Blushing Bride
Ink	Cotton Candy (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Mini Pearls (Want 2 Scrap), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Unbounded Love Dies (ret), Embossing Folders:  Starstruck (ret), Eyelet, Countryside Blossoms (ret), Elegant Dots (ret), Distressed Tile (ret), Mandela Blooms (Spellbinders), 1 1/4" Square Punch (ret)

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

Two CAS Cards

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Almost the weekend!  Sadly, I needed a couple of sympathy cards this week, I'll share one here;  it uses the sketch from FMS and the color palette from Color Dare:

So here we go:

The circular image is the Skeleton Leaf from Sweet n Sassy stamps; the leaves were cut from Soft Succulent, Pale Papaya and Roccoco Rose cardstocks with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves die.  Sentiment is from Hero Arts:

I stamped a simple Bible verse on the inside, it's from Stamp Simply:

My second card today is a quick Christmas card; it uses the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I have a few rolls of washi tape that I thought would be fun to use; even the sentiment is washi tape:

I had been playing with a Spellbinder bird die, so I thought I'd make a little diecut cardinal to embellish it:

A simple sentiment from Unity Stamp was stamped on the inside:

I've already started moving my spent flower pots to behind our shed, pulling out dead flowers and such, so imagine my surprise when I went to empty our recycle and saw this little pansy popping out of a cleaned-out pot! I didn't even plant pansies this year!  I have no idea how it got there:

But it was a sweet little gift from heaven!  Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Yet, O Lord, you are our Father.  We are the clay, you are the potter, we are all the work of your hand." Isaiah 64:8

PCC338 Remembering Jerry

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Today is our town's annual Memorial Day parade, and John will be marching in it once again!  Blessedly, the weather is beautiful, although we'll probably be HOT by the time it's over!  I won't complain, though, I promise!

We lost a dear family friend earlier this week; he had developed dementia and his body just gradually forgot what it was supposed to do.  His wife was a classmate of my dad's, so I always enjoyed talking to her as she is one of the sweetest ladies I know. She was really heartbroken when my dad passed away; they were class reunion buddies!   It's been a rough few months for all of us.  Jerry served in the Navy and the Air Force, so I wanted a sympathy card to honor him for his service as well as offer condolences.  Artistic Outpost's Hero set came to mind, so here we go:

I used this sketch from Paper Craft Crew:

I stamped the "hero" image in Night of Navy on a piece of Whisper White cardstock, then added a layer from Authentique's Original collection which featured a white and navy weathered look.  I embossed another plain layer of the same collection with the Star embossing folder, added a red and white striped ribbon and a Real Red punched star:

I managed to get the sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings stamped on the little tab at the top of the paper, then used a narrow banner die to cut it out:

I did add some silver thread behind the image, but since it was a masculine-themed card, I didn't want to go too overboard with embellishments!!  I am also adding this to the Color My Heart Color Dare challenge this week:

Thanks for popping in today--be sure to stop back tomorrow when I will be the Paper Players hostess!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

My little helper!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Greetings, Hero (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Original DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Silver Thread, Candy Dot (ret), Striped Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big SHot, Star Embossing Folder, Star Punch (ret), Banner Dies (Nestabilities)