Tranquil Tide Happiness

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  If you're over here on the east coast, I hope you're weathering this heat!  I have been stamping like crazy, making samples for my upcoming catalog party, and I used this sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches to highlight my favorite new In Color this year:  Tranquil Tide!  Here's the sketch:

Again, a monochromatic card!!!  But Tranquil Tide is so pretty, I think it can stand on its own just fine:

My papers are from the Fresh Florals stack and the sentiment is from Colorful Seasons.  I stamped the flowers from Jars of Love off on a scrap of paper first before diecutting them, so they had a lighter tone; the greenery was stamped full-strength.  I used a Layering Circles die for a scallop border, and it was done!

Monday was the last day of school and already we've done library visit, dropped off donated food to the food pantry, did some artwork and painting, and gone out for ice cream!  We have some activities planned and hopefully we'll get to the pool to cool off!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Colorful Seasons, Jars of Love
Card stock & Papers	Tranquil Tide, Whisper White, Fresh Florals DSP
Ink	Tranquil Tide
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Everyday Jars, Framelits, Dimensionals

CTS224 Jars of Yellow Flowers

 

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Just a quick little card today using the CAS(E) this Sketch sketch:

I am such a literal gal, I have trouble thinking outside the "box", so I put little square boxes on my card, using a small square acrylic block to make my three focal points:

I lightly patted them on my So Saffron, Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry ink pads and then "stamped them on my thick white cardstock base.  I added some florals from Jars of Love, along with the sentiment, a couple of enamel embellishments and some sequins:

The little panel on the left was a happy mistake...I smudged some ink on the left side, then realized I needed a little panel over there anyway, according to the sketch, so I cut the portion off of the front of the card only, then added a little Hardwood-stamped piece to take its place!  I like it!

A little serious coloring time with her Cheerios:

Be blessed, enjoy your day and be sure to come back tomorrow for our next Paper Players challenge!

Project Details--All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Jars of Love, Hardwood
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Smoky Slate
Ink	Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Delightful Dijon (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Enamel Embellishments (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Everyday Jars Framelits, Dimensionals, Square Acrylic Block

PP329 Apple-y Thanks

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Joann is our hostess for the Paper Players today, and I have to tell you, this sketch really threw me for a loop!  BUT.....I persevered and managed to come up with something that I really love!

I recently got some cute BoBunny papers called Kiss the Cook...lots of cute patterns...and in the end, I decided on these country gingham and quilt patterns:

The smaller apples were punched from another piece of the BoBuny paper; I diecut some stitched squares and mounted them on top.  The large apple is from Papertrey; it was stamped in Riding Hood Red on Whisper White cardstock and fussy-cut to be mounted on the larger square:

The sentiment from Jars of Love looked like a good fit! The only other thing I added was some baker's twine, as the patterns are pretty busy!  I need several thank you cards in the next few days, so I'm off to a good start!  

I can't wait for you to check out what the other designers did with this sketch...and share yours with us as well!

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance 

·        Sandy

·        Crystal

·       Valentyna

·        Deanne

Mommy loves owls, so Cassidy made one for her in art class....isn't it cool?!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details
Stamps	Papertrey Apple; Jars of Love
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Confetti Cream, Whisper White, Kiss the Cook DSP (BoBunny)
Ink	Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso
Accessories	Pool Party Baker's Twine
Tools	Old Olive and Early Espresso Markers; Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, dimensionals

Hostess Appreciation Party Goodies

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a good weekend.....we had another down (John) with a stomach bug and I still sound like a croaking toad, but I feel better, well enough to have my Hostess Appreciation event!  We were missing a couple due to illness, but we still had fun with six stampers in attendance!  I thought I would share the projects we made after our lunch; sorry I have no photos of my girls or the food.....camera forgotten!!!  Anyway, I HAD to make something with Hey, Chick....I encouraged them to do some watercoloring on this card:

A little detail of this cutie:

Then we made a candy favor (at first glance, it looks like a ketchup bottle!) using Jars of Love, Sealed with Love and Sending Love DSP along with SU's 2x8" cello bags:

I notice my topper got bent on the way home!  Oh well!  This was a fun project, especially filled with "kisses"!!  Last, we made a Valentine's card--I probably got this from Pinterest, but I didn't save it, so I don't know to whom to give the credit, sorry!  We did ours in Pool Party and Calypso Coral so we could use A Little Foxy DSP for the envelopes!

One of the things we always do is a hand-stamped gift exchange.  We played a game and passed around the gifts, and this is the one I got....my gift-giver was Audrey, the granddaughter of my friend Billie (and daughter of Billie's daughter, Jill....who are all wonderful stampers), and Audrey is only ten!  I love the topper she created....

Check out this cool 3D sticker she used:

And I am pretty sure I know someone who will LOVE those lollipops!  The gift I created seems rather tame after Audrey's!  It's a little note pad covered with Fruit Stand DSP with a matching pen:

It used the new set Day at the Beach along with Labeler Alphabet!  If you would like info about any of the projects, email me!!!  No pix of Cassidy today, she was away for the weekend, so check back tomorrow!!   Have a blessed day!

MTS151 Giving Thanks

Happy Monday, peeps!  The countdown to Thanksgiving is on; Cassidy has off all week, so we'll be busy trying to keep her entertained!  I made one last Thanksgiving card using the Match the Sketch sketch for this week:

I pulled out some  retired Orchard Harvest DSP to make another shaker card, again with Jar of Love:

I cut the smallest jar from Crumb Cake cardstock, added some sequins and diecut leaves and a little wrap of baker's twine.  The sentiment from Basket of Wishes was perfect, stamped in Early Espresso!

Just for fun, I added some more baker's twine and a few more diecut leaves!

  

Thanks for looking in today!

Cassidy got a fish....here's Gilly, while he is waiting to have his bowl cleaned:

A lollipop is always helpful when fishing a fish out of its little temporary home!

The transfer was successful, I might add!  Enjoy your day!

FMS259 Jar of Love Thanks

Happy Friday, peeps!  Hope you have a great weekend planned!  I am trying to get some things done for an upcoming craft show, so the housework will have to wait, LOL!  

I love the sketch that Linda created for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week:

I used some paper from the A Little Foxy 6x6 pad and pulled out Jar of Love for the focal point.  I have to tell you, if you've not used SU's thick cardstock, you need to try it!  Stamping on it is a dream, but when you die-cut the pieces, they are nice and sturdy and almost feel like chipboard!  It makes such a difference!  

I stamped the flowers in Crushed Curry and Delightful Dijon inks:

 The jar, "thanks" and stems are Smoky Slate, and I stamped the water very lightly with Soft Sky:

 

I added some thick baker's twine and silver sequins to finish it off!  And it's in the mail to a new customer!

Cassidy did not want me to take her picture while we were making her Halloween favors for school (that Paper Pumpkin kit is perfect!) but she did let me take a picture of her cute shirt which featured pastel parrots, before she burst into a fit of giggles!  Maybe when we finish the favors I can sneak in a picture!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"A cheerful heart is good medicine" - Proverbs 17-22a

Paper Players 316 Bless Your Heart

Happy Sunday, peeps!  I hope all of  you in the southeastern part of the country are safe & sound! Sunday brings us another Paper Players challenge!  Sweet Sandy is our hostess with a seasonal color palette today:

I combined it with the sketch from Paper Craft Crew:

to make a thank you card for a fellow demonstrator who hosted a shoebox swap yesterday:

I originally had a Halloween card made for this, but decided to try to use the colors for a non-Halloween card!  I had Jars of Love on my desk, so I started stamping and die-cutting...I also used some elements from Touches of Texture.  I remembered my Paper Players teammate Nance saying that you can stamp off photopolymer stamps on a tissue, so I used that idea to stamp the background foliage so it wouldn't overpower the main foliage:

I stamped the smallest jar in Wild Wasabi and mounted it on a circle, both of which were stamped with the texture stamp from Touches of Texture, also stamped off.  I assembled everything on a  piece of Festive Birthday DSP and added a sentiment from Jars of Love and a wee bit of black and white Baker's twine:

I did add a couple of sequins, too....just for fun!  And I cannot stop using this sentiment from Basket of Wishes...it works for so many occasions:

I sure hope you'll play along with our challenge this week...and check out the fun creations the design team came up with:

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance 
• Sandy
• Linda
• Hannelie
• Colleen

Thanks for popping in today!

The "Grammy, I DO NOT want you to take my picture" face!

PPA320 Fall Jar of Love

Happy Friday and happy last day of September!  I recently got the Jars of Love set...I really debated as to whether or not I "needed" it, but it has so many cute images, I broke down and got it!  I wanted to do something with fall colors, and when I saw Dawn's sketch at Pals Paper Arts, I got to work!  First, here's the sketch:

And here's the card:

I realize this pattern from A Little Foxy DSP is a little subdued for my jar of fall foliage, but it does give my card a bit of an organic feel!  I used Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon and Pumpkin Pie for my foliage; the jar was stamped in Basic Gray and the water is Soft Sky.  I also added some Soft Sky bees and some Smoky Slate speckles, but they're a bit hard to see:

I stamped some designs from Timeless Textures on my horizontal and vertical pieces using Versamark ink, and the sentiment is from Sprinkles of Life.  I finished it off with some silver and tan baker's twine!  I am sure I will be playing with set a lot more in the future!

Cassidy wanted to make a birthday card for her classmate Emma and we were short on time (you can tell it was after her bath!) and she found these little images from Sweet Stuff along with a Project Life card, in my scrap pile;  I had colored and cut them out but never used them, so we combined them on a Pink Pirouette card and stamped a sentiment on the front!  She hasn't quite figured out that the name on the card should be her FRIEND's name, not hers!  Oh well!  She wrote quite a sweet little note on the inside and I am sure that Emma will figure it out!  Since there was a face on the ice cream cone, she took a marker and drew a face (with glasses) on the cupcake as well!  Her little mind is always thinking!

And here's me in a little Scottish snack shop, having a spot of tea!

Thanks for popping by today!