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Happy Sunday, peeps! I hope you are having a great weekend, and everyone returning from convention had a great time!  Today, Jaydee has a great sketch for the Paper Players and for YOU:

Woohoo, I love this……a great way to use some beautiful DPs!  I chose to use the balloons from Birthday Basics, because I hadn’t used it yet and I love all those fun colors!  Alas, I had no birthday cake stamp, so I went to My Digital Studio for some help!

The Cake and Ice Cream brush set that came with my MDS had a fun cake and party hats, so I printed out the cake in Raspberry Ripple, and the hats in Bermuda Bay and Gumball Green:

Of course, I had to add some “flame” and sparkle to the cake, hats  and candles!  And a quick little ribbon accent to my sentiment flag!  There is a wee bit of stamping…the sentiment is from the retired set, Happiest Birthday Wishes!  I am happy to add this to my birthday card stash, as it is always being depleted!

So now, it’s your turn to play with the sketch and share it with us at the Paper Players as well!  I think I see a few more cards using this sketch in my future!  Can’t wait to see what you create with it!

Playing with Grammy’s “critters”:

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Happy Sunday to everyone!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend!  It is HOT here in PA!  I am the hostess at the Paper Players, and today, our challenge is a sketch:

I mixed it up with my card, using a retiring hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes, an already-retired set, Sweet Little Sentiments, and an upcoming set, Bright Blossoms:

I’ve been hoarding this floral Domestic Goddess DP (why do we do that?) so I thought I would bring it out since it has my new favorite retiring In Color, Poppy Parade in it!   I’ve matched it up with some  hostess DP from last year to make a bold, fresh, birthday card for a friend!  I popped up the little Pool Party blossoms and sweetened them with some pearls:

and then used one of the new banner dies to cut out my sentiment:

I just love that you can use those banners with lots of different sentiments!  Oops, I forgot…that little flower is from Itty Bitty Bits…..it’s just so sweet!  I curved my little banner a bit to give it some interest as well!  Hope you’ll play along with us and have some fun!  Be sure to check out what my teammates at the Paper Players have come up with, too!

Kids invent their own games; why do we buy them toys?  Here, Cassidy plays with the cat food.  She found it fascinating to take it from the big tub and put it into the little cup:

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Dirtday Challenges

 

I combined a few challenges today to make a “little boy” card….that might appeal to a big boy as well!  First, the SCS WT376 challenge was to use green; the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge 119 was to make a masculine card (actually they said it’s all about the man-cave…..I may be stretching this a bit!); and Mary Jo’s Techno Stamper sketch #222:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did flip my circular element on my card as it balanced the bulldozer image a little bit better:

I am not real sure about the two greens together, but I really wanted to use the new In Color, Gumball Green, especially that fun ribbon!  I paired it with Lucky Limeade and some paper from the Summer Smooches line.  I am sure some little boy won’t mind two clashing shades!  Here’s the inside as well:

 

If you have any questions, please shoot me an email!

Cassidy is perfecting her chalk art “swing”:

   

Thanks for visiting!

Framelit Birthday CAS152

For today’s SCS CAS  challenge, we were to use diecuts.  I had this card made as a sample for my club girls to showcase the new Framelits:

I am not really sure how CAS it is, but it certainly shows off the dies!  I made a frame using two consecutive dies and framed some Big Top DP to make this birthday card for a two-year-old.  I loved making this card because I got to use several different sets and products!!! 

To make the party had with its cute little pompoms,  I got to use Pennant Parade and its punch,  and the Timeless Type die for the number,  the floral punch from Itty Bitty Punch Pack, the Scallop Circle Punch and the 1 3/8” Punch and the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder!

For the tag, I got to use Happiest Birthday Wishes, Itty Bitty Bits, and the Large Tag Punch! 

On the inside, I used the negative portions of the diecuts for my sentiment.  I love this effect!  Thanks for visiting today!

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Happy Tuesday everyone!  Check out this awesome color combo from Arielle today:

Doesn’t this make you happy?  I just bought some fun felt in colors very similar to these!  I was tempted to use them on my card, but  I already had mine created; here ya go:

Easy peasy!  A couple of star punches (hint:  punch the smaller star first, then the larger star, centering the cutout!), some baker’s twine, SU’s new Stripes embossing folder and sentiments from PTI.  Oh, and matching buttons! And I used the small star punchouts on the inside as well:

Fun, huh?!  Now let’s see what you can create with these colors.  If you check out the ColourQ blog, you’ll be able to see what all the designers made this week and add your own to the mix!  Have fun!

Wee Details:

• Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes, Star Prints (PTI)
• Paper:  Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Island Indigo
• Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Island Indigo
• Acc:  Large & Small Star Punches, Baker’s Twine, Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-Jig, Brights Buttons, Needle, Stripes Embossing Folder 

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Happy Tuesday, peeps! I am still recovering from convention, phew! So much information to absorb! I was happy to get some stamping time in just for fun, using Arielle’s ColourQ colors for today:

Perfect summertime colors, don’t you think? I totally CASEd a card from Kelly the Gingham Girl; I substituted Wild Wasabi for the Green Galore because I wanted to use the Patterns DP that I had, along with my little flag die. What do you think?

I did not put pearls on mine, but just strung the banners along some baker’s twine, then added a button, some embossing and a sentiment from Happiest Birthday Wishes:

Check out the inside:

I used my markers to color in this fun sentiment from the same set!

I hope you’ll find these yummy summer colors to your liking and that you’ll play along with us. Sashay on over to the CQC blog and strut your stuff; you might just be crowned the QUEEN!

Wee Details:

• Stamps: Itty Bitty Bits, Happiest Birthday Wishes
• Paper: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Patterns DP in Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight & Rich Razzleberry
• Ink: Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight & Rich Razzleberry
• Acc: Baker’s Twine, 1/2 Circle Punch, Perfect Polka Dot EF; Brights Button, Decorative Label Punch, Flag Die, Markers in Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight & Rich Razzleberry

Cassidy’s first beach adventure!