Hippity Hoppity

 Hey peeps! I am in full-bore Easter-stamping mode with bunnies taking center stage again!  I got some new stamps and dies from my local Amish stamp store (I'll be sharing those later), but I dug into some of my stash of papers and stamps to create this cutie:

 

My papers are from Carta Bella's Gather at Home, along with a little Blushing Bride stitched tag from Impression Obsession.  The bunnies are also from IO, stamped in Crumb Cake and colored with a Pink Pirouette Blend and accented with Blushing Bride ribbon and twine:

I had a couple of already-cut banners from the Greetery, so on one, I stamped a sentiment from Simon Says Stamps' Happy Eggs.  The inside sentiment was also from that same set, along with a Christian sentiment from Divinity Designs:

I hope it's okay to mix secular and Christian!  Those bunnies are just too cute!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bunny Friends (Impression Obsession), Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp, Alleluia (Divinity Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride (ret), Gather at Home (Carta Bella)
Ink	Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Blushing Bride Ribbon (ret), Blushing Bride Twine (ret0, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Bunny Friends Dies (Impression Obsession), Tear Strip Tags Dies (The Greetery)

AYSI359 You Make Me Smile

 Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!  It's recipe time at As You See It, and we have some fun "ingredients" for you to play with!  Here we go:

I remembered this fun Impression Obsession image I got a couple of years ago and thought it would work well for the challenge:

I stamped the image on some thick Basic White cardstock using Stazon ink, diecut it with the retired Ornate Frames dies, then watercolored everything in with reinkers:

I did use some shades of green, as one of the elements was flowers, so hopefully that was okay!  My sentiment is from Timeless Arrangements, and I made a frame with two different-sized banner dies.  The background paper is from an Echo Park Spooky Halloween pad!  I love those little swirly designs!

Hope you'll cook up something fun with our recipe this week and share it with us at As You See It!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Timeless Arrangements, Fall Array G12370 (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Grain and Grunge (Honey Bee), Spooky (Echo Park)
Ink	Stazon Black, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Timid Tiger, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Metallic Copper Dots (ret), Dimensionals, Copper Thread (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Christmas Cardinal Dies (ret), Ornate Frames Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter, Wink of Stella

AHSC650 Vintage Santa

Happy Monday, peeps!  After a whirlwind weekend, I am ready to hunker down and clean up my craft room---and the rest of my house, LOL! But we had beautiful weather and it was a lovely weekend!

It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I saw a cute challenge at Peace on Earth:

And I knew I just had to find a vintage Santa to use for the sketch! So here we go:

I believe this digital image came from the Graphics Fairy, and I printed my Santa on some sturdy computer paper, then fussy-cut him out and mounted him on a stitched square of Basic White cardstock.  I found some fun  candy cane paper to mount it all on, adding a few diecut holly leaves and a heat-embossed sentiment:

This vintage sentiment from Flonzcraft seemed to work with my vintage Santa:

I think this sketch is very versatile and could be used for most any occasion or image!  I hope you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts this week!

Cassidy enrolled in Life Sciences class this year as an elective, and she had to take a baby home for the weekend!  This is "Elisha"!  He cries, needs to be fed and have his diaper changed!  

Apparently his eyes don't close, however!!!  She said he awakened her three times on Friday night, but only once on Saturday night.  It was interesting watching her take care of him at church on Sunday! He certainly got a lot of attention!  But I think she'll be glad to turn him in on Monday!!!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Words (Impression Obsession), Christmas Sentiments (Flonzcraft)f
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Garden Green, Winterberry (My Mind's Eye), computer paper
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, 1/8" Hole Punch, Holiday Greens Dies (Tim Holtz), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Heat Tool, Computer

PP757 A Wagon Full of Fun

Happy Sunday, all! Stef is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has a wonderful, versatile sketch for us:

I did take a little liberty with the sketch, turning it on its side, because when I stamped my image, I didn't realize how large it was, LOL!  And I bucked the circular shape (which I would normally do) and went with a rectangle!  I found this cute image in my retired fall stamps and just had to give his little guy some ink:

Since my image was so large, I made a larger card--this one measures 4 1/2 x 6 1/4"  I stamped some Timeless Plaid DSP with a little leafy border, then added my watercolored image:

It was stamped on Fluid 100 Watercolor paper and colored with reinkers.  The "hello" is from Unbounded Love.  A really old stamp was used for the inside sentiment:

as well as some little pumpkins I stamped down in the corner!  Some of my old SU favorite styles!

I hope you'll find some inspiration from the DT at the Paper Players--I am sure this sketch will have you coming up with all kinds of ideas!  Share them with us at the blog, we can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love, Sweet Seasons (ret), Harvest Hello (ret), 100% Autumn (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Old Olive, Timeless Plaid DSP, Fluid 100 Watercolor, Basic Beige
Ink	Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Real Red, Misty Moonlight, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Pecan Pie, Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essential Dies, Aquapainter, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret)

FMS705 Autumn Mists

Happy Thursday, peeps! The FMS sketch this week is fabulous---three elements, you know I love things in threes!

I could make a plethora of cards using this sketch, so many ideas in my head!  For my first one, I decided to make a fall-themed one, so I pulled out some Florals in Blooms DSP; the non-floral sides have some pretty solid patterns.  Here we go:

I did some creative diecutting with The Greetery's Shiplap Builder dies, extending them a wee bit longer to fit on my embossed base.  Then I stamped a sentiment from an older Impression Obsession stamp on two of the panels.  I finished it off with two diecut leaves from some retired DSPs and a linen bow:

This will probably be a birthday card, but I left the inside blank and I'll add a sentiment when I need it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm.  He said: "Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you and you shall answer me. Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?  Tell me, if you understand.  Who marked off its dimensions?  Surely you know!  Who stretched a measuring line across it?  On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together 

and all the angels shouted for joy?"  Job 38:1-7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Squares (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Florals in Blooms DSP, Orchard Harvest DSP (ret), Crushed Curry DSP (ret)
Ink	Early Expresso
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timber Embossing Folder (ret), Shiplap Builder Dies (The Greetery), Patchwork Leaves Dies (Impression Obsession)

SSC365 Peaceful Birds

Happy Wednesday, peeps! My teammate Claire had a fun card on the Paper Players blog this week and I thought it was intriguing! It came from the Sunday Stamps challenge:

and I admit that I am still on a Christmas card kick--I know, I need to focus on something else, right?!  Anyway, I still have several pieces of the Nests of Winter DSP, so I pulled some of that out and came up with this:

I cut a triangle from the lighter piece, then cut it in two pieces and mounted it on a piece of Lost Lagoon that I embossed with an embossing folder from Spellbinders called Mandela BLooms.  I diecut the little birds from the DSP as well, and added a Cherry Cobbler scalloped edge behind them:

The little "peace" is from Impression Obsession, diecut with a Pink & Main banner die.  Such pretty colors together and an interesting sketch! 

The kids just got back from a week in Costa Rica!

They had a blast!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Words (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Cherry Cobbler, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Mandala Blooms EF (Spellbinders), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

FMS695 From Meow To You

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have something fun planned! I have a fun little card today which uses the sketch from FMS along with some stamps I've had for a while and haven't gotten inky!  Here's the sketch:

I have a friend who loves cats, and although her cats are not black, I am hoping she'll like this card for her birthday anyway!

This set is from Impression Obsession, and I stamped the cats on thick white cardstock, then fussy-cut them out and placed them behind a Smoky Slate oval frame.  To capture their whiskers, I first traced the outlines on the gray polka dotted paper with a pencil, then stamped them again.  The cut ones were glued on over top and then the whole thing went on a Basic White card base:

I know my card doesn't look pure white in the photo, but it is, LOL!  A punny sentiment went on the inside too:

I probably gave her a card similar to this several years ago, but since I can't remember it exactly, I am counting on the fact that she can't either!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Black Cat Love (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Smoky Slate DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

AHSC636 Merry Washi

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend! Time for another Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge:

Those little horizontal elements reminded me of washi tape, so I went to my little (old) stash and here's what I came up with:

I think because it's been so dang hot, I am longing for cooler temps, and Christmas comes to mind!  This was a fun one to make; I used a double layer of vellum for the circular element so you still see a wee bit of the washi through it, then added a red glimmer diecut sentiment, all on a woven patterned mat and a Crumb Cake card:

And on the inside, another sentiment from the same set I used on yesterday's card!

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge! If you don't have washi tape, I am sure you have some little strips of DSP that would work perfectly!  Share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts challenge blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	To You & Yours (ret), Christmas Words (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Adhesive Sheets, Vellum (ret), Christmas Blessings (Mintay), Cherry Cobbler Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Washi Tape (unknown sources)
Tools	Cut and Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Uber-CAS Snowflake Christmas

Happy Monday, peeps! This is probably one of the clean-and-simplest cards I have ever made, LOL! The challenge at CAS On Sunday is to use a corner of your card, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments has a pretty mood board:

All three of the pictures are pretty, but I just happened to have a snowflake stamp already out on my desk, so I went with that:

I used thick Basic White cardstock and embossed the snowflake in white embossing powder, then blended Pretty in Pink ink on top.  A simple sentiment and a few more snowflakes were stamped in Memento's London Fog ink and I added a pearl in the center:

An older Paper Pumpkin sentiment was stamped on the inside; not sure if it was the ink or my poor old stamp, but this was the best impression I could get!

Another Christmas card added to my stash!

This weekend we attended a "sprinkle" (instead of a shower) for my niece Paige, who is expecting her third child in January and it's a girl! After two boys, we're so excited!  She will have three under the age of three though....that's why God gives us children when we're YOUNG!  My other niece, her sister Kelly, did all the food and decorating.  She is our family's Martha Stewart for sure.  Check out these lemon cupcakes (and they were DELICIOUS):

The whole table was lined with arrangements like this:

Cassidy was in her glory, because Maven was there too!

Here we are with the happy momma-to-be!

Thanks for indulging me with pix of the family!  And thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Snowflakes, Christmas Words (Impression Obsession), Paper Pumpkin Snowflakes
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Craft White, Pretty in Pink, London Fog (Memento)
Accessories	Festive Pearls, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Blending Brush

52CCT24-37 Sweet Christmas

Hello stampers!  Happy Saturday! I was chosen to be a Guest Designer at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown...one of my favorite challenges!  This week it's a sketch: 

What a fun sketch!  I pulled out some Unity papers, some retired cardstock and stamp sets and went to work!  Here we go:

I created a little frame from Poppy Parade cardstock to frame my little candy cane; there are actually candy canes on the printed paper, but I covered them all up!!! I added some diecut "greenery", a little baker's twine and an enamel "berry"!  The Certainly Celery panel was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder too:

I combined two stamp sets to create my sentiment; the "Christmas" is from Impression Obsession's Christmas Words, and the "have a sweet" is from Lawn Fawn's Baked with Love:

And the inside sentiment is from the retired Jar of Cheer:

So much fun to play with all these layers! I hope you'll play along with the challenge too....Christmas will be here before you know it, so if you've not started your holiday cards, I hope this will get you in the mood!  Thanks for popping in today!

Wayne, his brother, his cousin, Dana & Cassidy went to Tampa to see the Eagles play---unfortunately it was NOT a good game for Eagles fans!  It was about 100 degrees, but I think they still had a good time!

Uncle Matt looking goofy in the background!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jar of Cheer (ret), Holiday Sampler (ret), Christmas Words (Impression Obsession), Baked with Love (Lawn Fawn)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Evening Evergreen (ret), Certainly Celery (ret), Winter Flowers (Unity)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dot (W+9), Red & White Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)