PP780 A Theme Challenge

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Happy Easter!  I am the hostess at the Paper Players today and we have a seasonal theme:  Spring Showers!   

I took my cue from that cute pair of rain boots at the top center since I have a fun little die that matches perfectly!  Here we go:

My papers are from Echo Park's Bee Happy (love those papers); the boots die is from Impression Obsession, and the flowers are from SU's Pierced Blooms:

The sentiment is from Cutest Crew, which is my new most-favorite stamp, LOL!  I also used the sketch from Hand-Stamped Sentiments for my layout, although I realized AFTER I made my card that the sentiment is in the wrong place!  Ooops!

And since the Inspired By challenge this week is  "Boots", I am entering it there as well!

There aren't many "showers" on this card but it's certainly spring-y!  I hope you'll play along with our theme challenge this week at the Paper Players--lots of inspiration from which to choose!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Bee Happy (Echo Park)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Yellow & White Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Boots Dies (Impression Obsession), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Starstruck EF (ret)

Blessings to You At Easter

Happy Tuesday, all!  I am looking forward to some sunshine today--still cold, but better than rain & dampness!  My quick little card today is for the Inspired By challenge as well as the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

I am still finding ways to use some of the pretty papers I got recently from Craft Consortium!  I chose a leafy pattern for the top portion of the sketch, using a circle die to cut out the right portion.  I then diecut a little egg from a solid piece, stamped some little polka dots on it, then added a wee little bunny:

I stamped a sentiment on a Crumb Cake banner in Mossy Meadow ink:

And the inside:

Both sentiments are from Divinity Designs!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dot Dot Dot (ret), Easter Cross (Divinity Designs), Alleluia (Divinity Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Versamark, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

IB376 & SS380 Tea Time

Happy Tuesday, peeps! If you're on the east coast, did you get plowed out yet? Another load of snow for the winter of 2026!  At least this one didn't have single-digit temps!!!  The sketch from Sunday Stamps and the inspiration from Inspired By was my basis for today's card! 

I had gotten a cute little tea-time stamp set recently from Colorado Craft, and this was the first time inking it up! I pulled out some softly-hued DSP and stamped my little tea-drinking mice directly on it:

I did some paper-piecing of the cups, using some scraps of DSP from various pads, then colored the images with Copics.  I did add a wee bit of "sugar" to the teaspoon!

The vertical strips were embossed with a cross-stitch die and I added some little pink flower sequins and a diecut sentiment; another CCC sentiment went on the inside:

I saw another card today from MarDi using these mice, and I must say, after seeing hers, I was almost ashamed to post this one. Her card is AMAZING!  You can see it here!  I PROMISE I did not copy her card, but we both must have thought these little mice fit that challenge perfectly, LOL!  All the samples from Inspired By were really amazing this week!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tea Time Fun (Colorado Craft Company), Birthday Wishing (Colorado Craft Company)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride DSP (ret), Rustic Blooms (Not2Shabby), Sending Love (Gina K)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Floral Gems (from my stash)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), Copics

AHSC665 Holiday Snowflake

Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge! It's a fun one, with lots of layers:

I really loved the inspiration photo from Inspired By this week, so I used that for my colors and theme:

And here we go:

I have to admit that this card took me WAY longer than it should have---I just have so many products from which to choose, LOL! I started with an Almost Amethyst card base--anyone else remember THAT color?  What a pretty shade of purple it is!  I added a snowy embossed panel and a Pool Party strip that was stamped with the Buffalo Check in Craft White ink---subtle, but it's there!  The snowflake was diecut from some white glimmer paper, and I added some other purple glimmer snowflakes:

The sentiment banner is from Spellbinders; I also added some Smoky Slate pearls.  The inside sentiment was stamped in Smoky Slate as well, and I adhered a few leftover snowflakes:

There are tons of possibilities for which you could use this layout!  I hope you have fun with it!  Be sure to share your creation with us at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret), Buffalo Check (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Almost Amethyst (ret), Grain & Grunge (Honey Bee), Lavender Glimmer (Recollections), White Glimmer (CTMH)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Smoky Slate Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched Snowflakes Dies (ret), Seasonal Tags Dies (ret), Handmade Sentiments Dies (Spellbinders), Circle Scallop Dies (Nestabilities), Snowflake Dies (Shady Lane), Scattered Snowflakes Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

IB363 Here Comes Santa

 Happy Friday, peeps!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend planned! I have a sweet little Christmas card for you today; it happens to fit the Inspired By prompt this week!  Here's Laurel's inspiration:

I was inspired by the country colors as well as that wee, tiny little Santa hat that's on one of the napkin rings, LOL!  Here we go:

I started with a Mellow Moss card base, then added some pretty wreath-printed paper and a Crumb Cake banner.  I pulled out one of the stencils that I got last year and stenciled the Santa hat in Real Red and Craft White, and added a frayed burlap ribbon tie.  You can't see it, but I added some Wink of Stella to his hat as well!

A sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Tiny Words Christmas fit on the banner perfectly!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Mellow Moss (ret), Santa Claus Lane (Echo Park)
Ink	Real Red, Mossy Meadow, Craft White
Accessories	Burlap Twine (ret), Christmas Stencils (Amazon), Wink of Stella
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Blending Brushes

IB358 Modern Leaves

Happy Tuesday, all!  Wow, fall has fallen here in SE PA! The wind is blowin' and the leaves are goin'--right off the trees!  My card today features leaves, but in a bit of a mod way, taking a hint from the Inspired By challenge this week!  I used both the inspiration and the sketch:

 

I didn't have quite the exact colors of the inspiration photo, but I pulled out some that were similar, as well as a stamp & die set from The Stamp Market.  Here we go:

I diecut some strips from Basic Gray, Basic White, Basic  Beige, Cherry Cobbler and Blushing Bride, then diecut and stamped some leave as well.  I also diecut some leafy branches from the Dainty Delight dies as well as punched out a few 1/2" circles and arranged them all together:

Sentiments from Everyday Greetings went on the front and the inside, along with another stamped leaf:

This is defintely out of my comfort zone, style-wise, but I like the modern look to it!  

The kids went to Minnesota this past weekend with some of Wayne's family to watch the Vikings/Eagles game!  The Eagles won and I think they all had a great time!

That stadium is amazing!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings (ret), Lots of Leaves (The Stamp Market)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride (ret)
Ink	Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Versafine Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Candy Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dainty Designs Dies (ret), Lots of Leaves Dies (The Stamp Market), Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), 1/2" Circle Punch (ret)

Straight Up

 Hi there! I am squeaking in a Father's Day card today; it uses the inspiration photo from Inspired By as well as the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I pulled out some old papers from Authentique along with a Unity stamp and here's what I came up with:

I stamped the image in Black Stazon and watercolored it, then added a sentiment from the same set, along with some adhesive metallic brads; the sentiment was diecut with the Stitched Shapes dies and Layering Ovals dies:

Gone Fishing provided the inside sentiment and I added a little scrap of the printed paper too!

I have peeps coming to stamp tonight, so that's it for now!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing (ret), If You Were Whiskey (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Night of Navy, Basic White, Original Collection (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, Stazon Black, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Adhesive Brads, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Aquapainter

IB335 Happy Spring

 Happy Friday, peeps! It is quite damp and dreary today in SE PA, but we always need the rain! My card today is one I almost didn't share....it isn't quite up to my standards but I decided to show it anyway to prove that no matter how experienced a stamper you are, sometimes things just don't come out the way you expect!  

I have been playing with the Notes & Totes bundle and as much as I love it, I am struggling with it...I think it's bigger than I envisioned!  Anyway, the Inspired By challenge this week inspired me to try to use the tote die; here's the photo:

So off I went to create:

I won't go into all the details about what I don't like about this card, but I will say that the pretty flowers  from You Are Remarkable, stamped in Soft Seafoam ink,  just got lost.  I should have stamped them in something darker....so maybe I'll try them again!  

I tried an old technique for the tote itself; I stamped the retired Knit Together stamp using Versamark ink and dabbed on some pastels with a cotton ball....remember them?  It turned out darker than I wanted, sadly.  I couldn't even stamp the inside correctly...it was crooked and had a halo, so I had to trim my stamp, restamp and diecut a piece to cover it up:

 

At least I managed the background okay, using a piece of Country Woods DSP!  Well, you can't win them all!  Thanks so much for bearing with me here today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Year of Flowers, Choose Happy, Knit Together (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Soft Seafom DSP (ret), Country Woods DSP
Ink	Versamark, Soft Seafoam, Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pastels (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Notes & Totes Dies, Textured Notes Dies

Happy Winter Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps! I don't know about anyone else, but I am struggling to get back into my regular routine after the holidays! I know it's only a couple of days, but I feel jet-lagged, LOL!  I did manage to get into my craft room yesterday to make a wintery birthday card!  It uses the inspiration from Inspired By and the sketch from FMS:

So here we go:

I embossed a panel of Boho Blue with the retired Cable Knit embossing folder, and diecut a snowflake with the retired Stitched Snowflake die.  The snowflake was mounted on a Sentimental Christmas DSP circle as well as a Crumb Cake scallop.  I admit, I did go a little overboard with the gems and sequins, LOL!  The sentiment is from Choose Happy, on a Stylish Shapes die:

The inside sentiment is from Unbounded Love:

I am also entering this at JUGS, where they are looking for dies!  

Now to make three more cards---January is a busy birthday month for my family!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love, Choose Happy
Card stock & Papers	Boho Blue, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Sentimental Christmas (ret)
Ink	Boho Blue
Accessories	Iridescent Gems, Sequins (Honey Bee)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Snowflake Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Cable Knit EF (ret)

SOS536 Best Wishes Brother

Happy Thursday, peeps! My brother's birthday is coming up and the Shopping Our Stash challenge is asking for a winter themed card but not Christmas!  I used some plaid Christmas papers from Echo Park's The Magic of Christmas, along with a deer diecut and a Birch Wood-embossed piece of woodgrain paper for his birthday card:

My sentiment was a combination of an older Paper Pumpkin "Best Wishes" and a Fiskars "brother"; the pine cones and greenery were from W+9's Merry & Bright.  The deer diecut is from Paper Rose; finally I added some black adhesive brads to add a little zip!

Edited to add:  I am also going to enter this at the Inspired By challenge for this week as well:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (ret), Celebrate Family (Fiskars), Merry & Bright (WPlusNine)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Black, The Magic of Christmas (Echo Park)
Ink	Versafine Black, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals, Adhesive Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Birch Wood Embossing Folder, Merry & Bright Dies (WPlusNine), Deer Family Dies (Paper Rose)