AHSC615 Twinkle Twinkle

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

I needed a baby boy card for a young couple who used to go to our church, and I happened to find some papers that worked well for the sketch, so here we go:

I had already cut this panel of printed paper and had not used it for the project intended, so I trimmed it down a little, added a Calypso Coral mat and put it all on a Lost Lagoon card.  I fussy-cut a little image from another one of the pages and added a stamped sentiment on a fussy-cut banner:

The image has a wee bit of glitter too....so cute!  And I used another piece of the paper to embellish the inside and stamped a sentiment and a few stars for fun:

The papers made this card a snap to put together...and now it can go in the mail!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week too, we love seeing your creations in the gallery at Atlantic Hearts!

John made a little trip to check on his boat last week and went to the Turkey Point Lighthouse "just because":

It is at the head of the Chesapeake Bay and has quite an interesting history!  The river still had lots of ice on it....I think I will wait until warmer weather to visit myself, LOL!

Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	God's Blessings (ret), Small Sayings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Baby Boy (Jolee's Boutique)
Ink	Calypso Coral
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools

IM440 Congratulations

 Hi peeps!  A quick post today as I have my favorite stampers coming over today!  I needed a baby girl congratulations card and rather than do the traditional pastel pink, I chose to use some of the new SAB Paper Blooms DSP along with the sketch from In(k)spire Me:

I chose to only use the sketch...and here we go:

The front of the card is slightly smaller than a normal card, and that allowed me to adhere a little piece of contrasting DSP to the inside so that it would show along the edge.  

The florals are from Lovely You, stamped in Rococo Rose and Night of Navy; the ribbon is NON gingham:

The outside sentiment is from Here's a Card, and the inside sentiment is from the retired God's Blessings!  Thanks for popping in today...if you have questions, shoot me an email!  Gotta go stamp!

RRCB117 Sweet Baby

Hi everyone!  It's Tuesday, and that means it's time for another Retro Rubber challenge, where we give our older stamps some love!  Today we have an easy theme:

We have a newcomer at our church, and she just happened to have a little girl on MY BIRTHDAY!! Woohoo!  We are taking her a meal today, so I wanted to make a card for her and so this challenge was perfect!  I used my much-neglected Little Cuties stamp set (2017), stamping the pieces on some Shimmery White cardstock and used Blends to color them in; I must say that the Blends "blend" very nicely on this cardstock, I'll be using it more!  So here we go:

I used the TGIF sketch for my starting point:

I used some Homespun Gingham from My Favorite Things for the background, adhering it to a Soft Seafoam card base. I cut two scalloped edges using the Be Mine die from some Crisp Cantaloupe (ret) cardstock for a border, and I used an older PTI set called Daily Design Sentiments for the banner, stamped in Mint Macaron.  I don't have any idea how old that set is, but I am guessing it is from around 2010.  I know I've had it for a long time!  I also stamped some random flowers from a 2015 Paper Pumpkin set as a background:

My final embellishment was to add some faceted dots in Mint Macaron and Grapefruit Grove!  I stamped this sentiment on the inside in Smoky Slate (God's Blessings, 2006):

I am looking forward to meeting this little sweetie!  I hope you'll play along with our Retro Rubber challenge...just remember that the stamps must be at least one year old and you must tell us the age!  Have fun!  

I babysat yesterday and Cassidy went into hairdresser mode, or perhaps I should say "hair decorator" mode.  She gave Jackie the rainbow hair treatment....thank goodness Jackie's mom is very chill about it!

I have to admit that it was cute!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret), Paper Pumpkin (ret), God's Blessings (ret), Daily Design Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Soft Seafoam, Crisp Cantaloupe (ret), Homespun Gingham (My Favorite Things)
Ink	Memento Black, Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate, Soft Seafoam
Accessories	Faceted Gems, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Dies, Blends

FMS333 and HOC April Wedding Love

Happy Saturday, peeps!  It's wedding day for John's nephew Philip, so my card today is a wedding card using the FMS sketch by Narelle and (again) the House of Cards challenge, this time the colors:

I remembered that her shower invite was florals in wine and pinks, so I found some papers from Authentique called Grateful, and went to work with my Altenew Painted Flowers set:

I stamped the flowers on some Rustic White (Papertrey) cardstock in Sweet Sugarplum, Berry Burst, Wild Wasabi and Basic Black nks; the sentiment is from an Avery Elle stamp called Peonies.  I added some scalloped mats and a few sequins:

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from God's Blessings (ret) and added just the outline stamp of the flower in Sweet Sugarplum...I really like that effect!

Thanks for popping in today!  Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge too!

A little origami activity:

A penguin and a giraffe...not a good photo but you get the idea!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!