As You See It 371 Recipe in Pink

Hello all!  Happy Friday! It's time for a new As You See It challenge, and this week, it's Recipe time!  Here we go:

My friend Colleen recently made a gorgeous postage-style card (you can see it HERE) and she inspired me to get out my postage dies and stamps and put them to use! I only used hers as a starting point, as she did neutrals and vintage.  Mine is decidedly PINK and floral:

I already had this Pink Pirouette diecut "frame" in my Pink Pirouette folder, so I used that as my starting point. I stamped images from the retired Hand-Penned Petals on the frame as well as on one of the postage stamps, and used the dies from the same set to create some detailed flowers.  The little seed packet image is from the retired Flowering Rain Boots.  I added a sentiment from Hero Arts as well as some postage stamp elements from Waffle Flower:

My final addition was a wee little bit of grosgrain ribbon for accent.  It was fun to mix and match these images and sets, do some stamping and sponging, then put it all together! I hope you'll find something to create using our "recipe" this week at As You See It!  Can't wait to see what comes of it!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Flowering Rain Boots (ret), Hand-Penned Petals (ret), Postage Collage (Waffle FLower), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pink Pirouette (ret), Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush, Cotton Candy (Catherine Pooler), Distress Worn Lipstick (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Grosgrain from my stash, Mini Pearls (Want 2 Scrap)
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Die (Waffle FLower), Penned FLowers Dies (ret), Triple Flower Punch, Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows Die (Lawn Fawn)

AHSC678 Just a Note

 Happy Monday, everyone!  I love today's Atlantic Hearts sketch:

                                                      

I found these gorgeous florals in some Craft Corsortium papers and although I hated cutting into them, I just had to showcase them on my card today:

I've been a lazy stamper lately and let the paper do most of the work, and I admit that I did it again here!  I even cut out a larger flower for my central image, adhering it to an oval of Soft Succulent that was softened with a layer of vellum!  I did do a wee bit of stamping for my little slider tag, which was threaded throught some Pink Pirouette seam binding:

I even adhered a scrap strip to the inside because it's just too pretty not to!

I had bunches of ideas swirling around in my head for this sketch, so you may see it again!  I hope you'll have some ideas about how to use it as well, and share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for visiting; enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum (ret), Soft Succulent (ret), Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash, Pink Pirouette Seam Binding (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Rectangle Stitched Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Tag Slider Dies (Nestabilities)

More Embossed Postage

Hey, peeps!  No challenges today, I just made a quick little card using some leftover pieces of the embossed postage panel I did earlier in the week (you can see my first card HERE).  I trimmed some of them down and made this:

I used SU's Perennial Postage die to diecut a panel from a piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock and embossed it with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder.  I then mounted the three embossed "stamps" on the panel, and added a Hero Arts sentiment.  I then popped up the whole panel inside the outer portion of the frame to give it added dimension.

Such pretty images!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Postage Mosaic Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

Inkspirational Welcome Baby

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a quick little card today for a friend who became a great-grandmother recently!  I was going to use my little peekaboo bunny die, but opted for this sweet little baby shoe image instead:

The Inkspirational challenge this week is to use stencils with the option of plaid:

so I used a Kristina Warner Layering Plaid Stencil to create a background; I used Pretty in Pink and Strawberry Slush for my simple plaid.  The baby shoes are a Susan Branch design; I stamped them in Versafine Black and watercolored some shading:

I added a pale gray mat, a little sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs, and a gingham bow.  The inside features sentiments from Hero Arts and Technique Tuesday:

I'll pop this in the mail today!  Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Blessed (Technique Tuesday), Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts), Baby Shoes (Susan Branch, All Night Media)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Stone (Papertrey)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), 3/4" Circle Punch (ret), 7/8" Scalloped Punch (ret), Layerinng Plaid Stencils (Kristina Werner), Blending Brushes

FMS696 Vintage Ads

Happy Thursday, peeps! I found these vintage ads in some of my papers; I've had them for a long time and I can't even remember who makes them, so when I saw the FMS sketch this week, I thought I could put a dent in my stash!  Here's the sketch:

My proportions may be a bit off but hopefully you can still see the sketch! I don't need a baby card, but that's what came to mind when I began creating:

I trimmed down my ads to fit the front and added a Blushing Bride panel behind them (which seemed to match better on my desk than in this picture!), cutting it with an Everyday Details die, then stamping it with a little polka dot design in white craft ink.  I added a little "congratulations" banner in the center:

And a little sentiment on the inside:

I was happy to put these fun little ads to use!  It really didn't make a dent in my stash though, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dot Dot Dot (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts), So Blessed (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride (Ret), Vintage Ads (unknown)
Ink	Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Essentials Dies, Textured Notes Dies

HSS467 Shabby Chic Wedding Congrats

Happy Tuesday, all! My niece recently surprised everyone and got married! They'd been engaged for a long time and just decided to get married without any big fuss! (Smart couple!)  Naturally, I had to make them a congratulations card, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch was perfect for what I had in mind.  Here's the sketch:

I haven't done a shabby-chic card for a long time and I really wanted to use some of the pretty vintage papers I had in my stash.  I pulled out a retired SU stamp set called Nature's Prints and went to work:

My card base is Basic Beige, with Very Vanilla accents, and the papers are from PhotoPlay and Kaiser Craft.  (I admit, these are hard colors to photograph!)  I stamped a sentiment from Hero Arts on the scripty piece, then added a sprig from the Nature's Prints, stamped in Basic Beige, as well as some seam binding that I dyed with BB ink, crumpled up and heat set in my microwave!

A sentiment from the same SU set was stamped on the inside, and I also overstamped the same sprig on top of the sentiment, using Versmark ink:

And here's a photo of the couple---they look like they could be fashion models, don't they? We wish them lots of blessings!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Very Vanilla, French Flea Market (PhotoPlay), Pen & Ink (KaiserCraft)
Ink	Basic Beige, Basic Gray, Versamark
Accessories	Vanilla Seam Binding, Basic Beige Reinker, Twine from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret)

FMS689 Sepia Sympathy

Happy Friday, all! I'm a little behind schedule today!  Since John told me I needed to make more sympathy cards, I decided to use the FMS sketch from Cecile to remedy that.  Here it is:

I made my central portion of the card, then realized it was too big to fit on the size card I wanted!  So I opted to make a larger 5" square card!  Here we go:

The scripty portion is from Elements of Text, stamped in Crumb Cake, and the greenery is from the retired Nature's Prints, stamped in Crumb Cake and a wee bit of Pecan Pie:

I added a Crumb Cake mat and a scalloped Pecan Pie mat, as well as a bit of twine and pearls from embellishments.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  I did add a few speckles around the edges as well, they're also from Elements of Text.  It feels good to use some of my older retired sets!  

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

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Elements of Text, Nature's Prints (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Ink	Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Twine, Brown Pearls from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Natural Prints Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Squares Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Sponge Dauber

AHSC631 Patriotic Thinking of You

Happy Monday, everyone!  It's time for the latest Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, and I wanted to create a card in patriotic colors for Memorial Day, but not necessarily in a Memorial Day theme, because I don't send out those kinds of cards! But I knew I had some papers in vintage patriotic colors, so that's what I went with!  First, the sketch:

To accomodate the size of my papers, I chose to make my card a wee bit larger than normal; it's 6 1/4"x 4 3/4", from Basic Beige.  I cut my printed background paper to fit my card, then simply cut our the floral panel and added a Night of Navy border, although in my photo, it looks much brighter:

The sentiment is from Hero Arts, stamped on another piece from the same paper pad and diecut with a 3/4" wide banner die:

And since my card is a little larger than normal, I created a custom envelope with some paper I had in my stash, no idea the maker!!

I hope that you'll have some time this week to play with our sketch at the Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for visiting; enjoy your day and be blessed!

  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hero Arts CL342
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Night of Navy, Americana (Honey Bee)
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banners Dies (Pinkfresh)

PP734 CAS Challenge from Elizabeth

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Happy Easter, too!  Elizabeth is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has a fun CLEAN-AND-SIMPLE challenge for us:

Isn't that little bunny adorable?  I already had all my Easter cards done, but I did remember this cute little pair of bunny slippers in my stash:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I used a piece of Petal Pink DSP for the left panel, embellishing it with a wee bit of cardstock that was diecut with a scalloped stitched die.  The slippers were stamped in Versafine Black and the ears and noses were watercolored with Petal Pink ink:

The outside sentiment is from Hero Arts; the inside is from A Dozen Thoughts:

I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks challenge, where they are looking for CAS creations!  

This is such a fun challenge! You could use bunnies for any number of occasions!  Don't forget that it has to be clean-and-simple---minimal supplies and layers! Be sure to check out the samples from the Design Team over at the Paper Players to get some inspiration! Hope to see you there!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Dozen Thoughts (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts), Bunny Slippers (100 Proof Press)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Petal Pink DSP (ret)
Ink	Petal Pink, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Stitched Scalloped Die (Lawn Fawn), Aquapainter

AHSC625 Daisy Sympathy

Happy Wednesday to everyone!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

 

I finally got to play with ONE thing from the new upcoming SU catalog, and it's this pretty cardstock in Cloud Cover...isn't that a lovely color?!  I do love my blues!  I paired it with some non-SU papers in my stash; here we go:

I stamped the daisy from the Online Exclusive You Are Remarkable set in Memento Black ink directly on to the yellow print paper, and stamped the leaves in Mint Macaron.  I wanted to make the daisy white, so I used some White Craft ink with a very damp paintbrush and filled in the petals:

If I were to do this again, I would leave the paper in my Misti, ink, color and then ink again because I did go over the lines a wee bit on the narrower petals!  It's a learning curve, right?!  I added a layer of Cloud Cover and then some daisy print and my sympathy sentiment.  Here's the inside:

It's hard to make these sympathy cards sometimes, but unfortunately, they're necessary!  I hope you'll play along with our AHSC sketch this week, it's a great one!!  Check out what the Design Team did over at the AHSC blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable (online exclusive), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Bee Happy (Echo Park)
Ink	Memento Black, White Craft, Mint Macaron (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Another Sympathy Card

Happy day-after-Christmas, everyone! I have been MIA with all my holiday preparations, but sadly, I needed another sympathy card this week! I snuck into my craft room a couple days ago and made this simple card.  It uses the sketch from Inspire.Create, and the colors from Creative Colour Challenges:

I pulled out an old wooden stamp from Stampscapes, along with some DSPs and this is what I came up with:

I used Basic Beige for the stamped panel and card, and Country Woods and Countryside Inn DSPs.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  I was surprised how nice the Blueberry Bushel ink looked on the Basic Beige cardstock:

I used an older Our Daily Bread Designs verse for the inside, along with a Hero Arts sentiment as well:

My only embellishment was some Basic Beige ribbon.  The family who lost their mom used to have a bed and breakfast called the Log House, so I thought this image was appropriate.  So glad you popped in today!

So on Christmas, I had most of my immediate family, their children and grandchildren, for dinner and dessert.  That included four boys, ranging in ages from one to nine! And Maven was in the mix too with her almost-one-year-old voice!  The noise was deafening, but it was fun.  I recently saw a clip on FB where parents gave babies a choice of two things to play with; one was a toy and the other was something like a box, a spoon, or just something that you wouldn't think would capture their eye, but every time, the child went for the non-toy item!  Maven's mom sent me this video, which totally reinforces that idea (along with the dads who were involved as well!); be sure to turn up the audio, because listening to this little Cole laugh just made me laugh too:

And here's that little Maven herself with Aunt Dana! (And she was playing with a spoon!)

They just grow up so fast!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Scripture Collection 1 (Our Daily Bread Designs), Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts), Lakeside Cabin (Stampscapes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Countryside Inn DSP, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Basic Beige Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)

FMS663 & LRW783 Simple Sympathy

Happy Thursday, all.  Sadly, we lost a former church member this week, one of the godliest men I knew.  He was a farmer, a millwright, a hunter and served his community tirelessly.  I wanted to use the paper from Winter Meadow that had the deer image on it, and the FMS sketch worked well with it:

The Little Red Wagon challenge this week is monochromatic, so since these papers are in shades of gray, that's what I used:

I used Smoky Slate and Basic Gray for my cardstocks, although I think probably Gray Granite would have been better, although it has a brown tinge to it that I really don't care for.  I did stamp a pine tree on the background and a sympathy sentiment on the front.  The horizontal panel is also embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.  A few enamel dots were the only embellishment.

It's sad to lose our loved ones at any time, but to lose them around the holidays is an additional challenge.  I know Dave's family is rejoicing that he is in heaven, but we all miss him here on earth!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

I heard a loud voice speaking from the throne: "Now God's home is with people!  He will live with them, and they shall be his people.  God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.  He will wipe away all tears from their eyes.  There will be no more death, no more grief or crying or pain. The old things have disappeared." Revelation 21:3-4

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts), Forest of Tress (Flourishes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Winter Meadow DSP
Ink	Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Subtle Embossing Folder (ret)