LRW880 Happy Halloween

Happy Friday, all! Yay, I get to stamp with my ladies at the local retirement community today; that's always fun!  First, I'll show you my CAS Halloween card created for the Little Red Wagon challenge!  Here we go:

Their challenge is to use a frame, and I remembered that I had this twiggy frame from Poppy Whittles that had barely ever been used!  I diecut it in Basic Black and added some Whittle punkins and a simple sentiment:

Do you like their "glowing" mouths?! LOL!  I used an older CTMH sentiment for the inside:

Since I had my Whittle dies out, I created a Christmas one, although I am not as happy with this one--I added an outer frame from Penny Black, and wish I had left it plain:

This one uses the same twiggy frame in Pecan Pie, a pair of trees in Pretty Peacock, a stitched snowbank and some wee little glimmery stars:

A couple of pretty little sentiments from past Paper Pumpkin sets were stamped in Real Red:

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

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	And Many More (ret), Hello Pumpkin (Close to My Heart ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Basic White, Timid Tiger, Gray Granite, Spooky (Echo Park), Orange Glimmer (ret), Gold Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Whittle Wood Picture Frame Dies, Whittle Pumpkin Dies (both PoppyStamps), Hello Pumpkin Dies (CTMH)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Pretty Peacock, White Glimmer (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Sports Event Dies (ret), Whittle Wood Picture Frame Dies, Whittle Trees Dies (both PoppyStamps), Double Frame Dies (Penny Black)

Fall Collage

Happy Thursday, everyone! And happy October!  After a few false starts, I finally stamped a card yesterday that I was happy with! I really didn't have anything special in mind when I started it but then I realized I needed a sympathy card, so sympathy it was:

I've really enjoyed revisiting some of my older stamps; this one, Thoroughly Thankful, is from way back in 2006!!! I stamped the image in Stazon on watercolor paper, colored it in with reinkers and an aquapainter, then diecut it and mounted on a Basic Beige panel embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder:

A sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes was added, and I colored a gold brad with a Cajun Craze blend to make it look more coppery!  Here's the simple inside with a sentiment from Hero Arts:

I've got three challenges I want to enter this in:  Hand Stamped Sentiments' mood board; Freshly Made Sketches' sketch, and the Little Red Wagon challenge of Fall Colors:

I took my inspiration from all the colors and fall images on the mood board! So pretty for the season!

And even though I don't have a mouse on my card, here's a chipmunk from Dana:

You can just barely see him peeking out of the rainspout! Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thoroughly Thankful (ret), Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Sentiments CL340 (Hero Arts), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Watercolor, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake
Ink	Stazon Black, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral, Timid Tiger, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gold Brad
Tools	Big Shot, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Stitched Square Die (Lil'Inker), Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Banner Dies (Impression Obsession), Aquapainter

LRW874 Aw Shucks!

Happy Friday, peeps! I have been busily making cards this week but not posting anything!  I finally did get a chance to make a card for a friend who recently had some surgery.  The Little Red Wagon challenge is looking for anything farm-related, and as I was going through all my stamps, I remembered this fun image from Unity and it seemed to have a good sentiment too:

My friend is not "sick" so "Get Well Soon" didn't really fit the bill, but I thought she would get a kick of out of this sentiment!  I used some digital gingham paper cut out with the Perennial Postage die, and a Nellie Snellie die set for the sentiment.  I added a wee bit of black & white twine for fun.  The set is Funny Farm by Unity:

I am struggling lately with photogaphing my cards!  Nothing looks quite right....I guess I need to fool around with some backgrounds to see which ones make the whites look really white!  Anyway, thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Funny Farm (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Digital Gingham (Jenny AllSorts Design on Etsy)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Black & White Baker's Twine (unknown)
Tools	Big Shot, Perennial Postage Dies, 1/8" hole punch, Stitched Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

PP792 Sketch From Joanne

Hello, stamping friends! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Joanne has a lovely sketch for us:

 

I just got SU's new Gingham Gallery (available July 1) and I couldn't wait to play with it--I do love my gingham! Since I've played with most every In Color but Peaceful Pine, I thought it was time to bring this pretty hue to the forefront with a fun, whimsical Christmas card using Joanne's sketch.  Here we go:

This little Unity reindeer is so cute, he looks perfectly okay just stamped in one color!  Of course, I had to add a little punch of color with his red nose:

and added a red glimmer star and a little red embellishment on the sentiment tag:

The above sentiment is from Colorado Craft, with another little Unity sentiment for the inside:

I am also entering this at the Little Red Wagon challenge, where they're looking for "Feather, Fur or Fin"!  Definitely fur here on my reindeer!

I love the layers in this sketch and I hope you do too!  Show us how you'll be using this sketch and share it over at the Paper Players blog! 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	Tinsel Antics (Unity), Stockings Mini (Colorado Craft)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peaceful Pine, Gingham Gallery In Color, Red GLimmer (ret)
Ink	Peaceful Pine, Real Red,
Accessories	Dimensionals, Red Enamel Embellishments (W+9)
Tools	Big Shot, Star Dies (Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession)

Hello Sweet Friend

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a fun little card today for three challenges; the FMS sketch, the friend of mine challenge at Little Red Wagon, and the envelope challenge from CAS on Sunday:

So here we go:

I started with a little scrap of Pool Party DSP and created an envelope with it using the Love Notes dies, then added a little note stamped with the "hello" to tuck inside. I stamped some hearts from the retired Wood Words in Blushing Bride ink and mounted both on a panel of Pool Party diecut with the Perennial Postage dies and stamped with Elements of Text.  I had one last little piece of this twine that I wrapped around the envelope, then mounted it on a piece of DSP. The DSP is actually Petal Pink; I always get those two colors mixed up, but it'll have to do, LOL!

My final addition was the "sweet friend" from Poppy Stamps, stamped on a little banner.  You'll see some of these papers again tomorrow--spoiler alert!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scalloped Wishes, Elements of Text (ret), Wood Words (ret), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Petal Pink DSP (ret), Pool Party DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Blushing Bride, Pool Party
Accessories	Blushing Bride Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Love Notes Dies (ret), Perennial Postage Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

LRW855 Happy Earth Day

Happy Saturday, everyone! Even before this challenge popped up at Little Red Wagon, I had saved this pretty lavender envelope from my mail, because I knew I wanted to create something with it!  So it worked perfectly for the "Earth Day" challenge, which was to use something recycled on your creation! So here we go; simple and easy:

I cut the envelope to fit my card front and adhered it; I diecut a vellum circle and sponged some Gorgeous Grape ink on the back of it, then added a scalloped border around it.  The floral diecut was a leftover from yesterday's project, unused, and I thought it worked well with the outline images on the envelope:

I added some Smoky Slate pearls and a sentiment from Lily of the Valley.  I left the inside blank, and will add a sentiment when I send it out!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lily of the Valley
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum (ret), Envelope from the mail
Ink	Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Smoky Slate Pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big SHot, Penned FLowers Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

FMS721 Shabby Valentine

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have a sweet little Valentine card for you today; it's for the FMS sketch by Jen as well as the neutral challenge from Little Red Wagon:

I went through my plethora of 6x6 pads to find some vintage prints to start my card; the ones I found were from Prima called Farm Sweet Farm.  I cut some to fit a 4 1/4" square card and went to work:

I diecut a heart from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped some postage stamp images from an old Papertrey set in Pecan Pie ink.  I added a Champagne foil heart and some pearl embellishments as well as a Technique Tuesday sentiment, stamped in Basic Gray ink.  I added a Crumb Cake scalloped heart behind it and gave everything a good vintage burnish with my sponge dauber and some Crumb Cake ink:

A sentiment from an old Paper Pumpkin set went on the front, and finally, some neutral rickrack trim for fun!  I haven't made a collage-style image for a long time, and it was fun to do!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Grateful (Technique Tuesday), Paper Pumpkin (ret), Postmarks (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Champagne Foil (ret),  Farm Sweet Farm (Prima)
Ink	Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Rickrack (from my stash), Dimensionals, Various Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Heart and Scalloped Heart Dies (Nestabilities), Sponge Dauber

SUO393 Rev Up The Fun

Happy Wednesday, all!  The SU Only challenge is a color one this week:

and I needed a birthday card for my great-nephew Sawyer.  I had an idea in mind and decided to incorporate these colors as well. All my images are retired SU, and I hope that's okay for the challenge!  I also used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches  for my uber-CAS card:

So here we go:

I know the image looks black, but trust me, it is Night of Navy! I stamped designs from Gorgeous Grunge and Perfectly Wrapped in the corner in Crushed Curry, then stamped the Extreme Dirt Bike stamp in Navy.  I did add some speckles as well, stamped off.  Sentiment is from Rev Up The Fun:

I added a simple birthday sentiment on the inside.  And since the Little Red Wagon challenge this week is K for "Keep it Simple", I am adding it there as well!

Here's a picture of Sawyer and his brother, sister, mom and mom mom; they have a cookie-making day every Christmas at their mom mom's house:

That's a lot of cookies!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Extreme Dirt Bike, Gorgeous Grunge, Perfectly Wrapped (all ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy
Ink	Crushed Curry, Night of Navy
Accessories
Tools

PP764 Challenge from Stef

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Stef as our hostess!  It's Clean-and-Simple week too!  Here we go:

What a great theme!!  It had me conjuring up all kinds of ideas! I knew I wanted to do a vintage image, because I love vintage Christmas, and while going through my bulging folder of vintage Christmas ephemera, I came across a page of stickers from Current!  Remember them?  Santa is one of my favorite images for Christmas; he makes me think of my childhood Christmases!  I pulled out some DSP from a few years back and went to work:

I adhered my Santa to a little diecut circle and added a gold scalloped mat becase, as you can see, the Christmas-word DSP is printed in gold foil too!  I recently got this cute banner die, so I diecut it in Real Red, then added another banner of gold foil behind it to help it stand out:

On the inside, I added a Flonzcraft sentiment:

Not a lot of stamping, but a whole lot of cute!  And since Little Red Wagon is looking for gold or silver, I'm going to pop it in over there as well!

Now, what CAS creation will you create for our challenge?!  Remember to keep it simple!  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog! We can't wait to see it!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Sentiments (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Brushed Gold (ret), Wonder of the Season Specialty DSP (ret), Current Sticker
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machines, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Petite Scalloped Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Cutting Sentiments Dies (Spellbinders)

LRW829 Vivid Leaves

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I am way late today!  But I've been experimenting in my craft room and having some fun with some old products and new products!  I was totally enamored by THIS CARD created by my PP teammate, Stef.  Wowza, it is amazing! 

I remembered that I had some retired dies from SU called Stitched Leaves, and I thought I'd  experiment with them to see if I could come up with something similar.  I used blending brushes and ink instead of alcohol inks to color mine, but I was happy with the vivid colors I was able to achieve:

Stef's challenge was to only use rust and yellow, but I went with all the fall colors!  The yellow leaf is diecut from some watercolor paper, but the other leaves were diecut with some new paper that will be coming out soon called Whispers of Texture.  If you look closely, you can see a wee bit of a woven texture on them:

I also added some new embellishments called Pearls of Beauty, and I unraveled some burlap ribbon to create a rustic bow.  Everything went on a panel of Country Woods DSP, and I stamped a sentiment from Simply Said.  I am going to enter this at the Little Red Wagon challenge because they're looking for a Captain's "log"...anything woodgrain!

The leaves outside my window don't look quite this bright, but they are beginning to turn!  Fall is definitely in the air!  Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Watercolor, Whispers of Texture (OE-Nov), Country Woods DSP
Ink	Crushsed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Pearls of Beauty (OE-Nov), Burlap Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Leaves Dies (ret)

PP748 Hello Summer

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this week, Jan has an awesome sketch for us! I REALLY enjoyed playing with this one:

I decided to veer off from doing my Christmas cards and chose to create something decidedly summer-ish!  Here we go:

Oh, I just love all these pastel "flavors"!!  I had gotten a paper pad called On the Sunny Side from Not 2 Shabby last year and found these beautiful prints and summer elements to mix and match!  I started with a Pretty in Pink card and added layers of Lemon Lolly, Soft Sky and Pink Pirouette, diecutting and embossing some of them for interest.  The little sentiment was diecut with the Stitched Rectangle die and I fussy-cut the treats:

I stamped a sentiment from Peaceful Moments on the inside using Strawberry Slush ink:

Since this features summertime treats, I am also entering it at Handstamped Sentiments for their "Summer Vibe" challenge, as well as the Little Red Wagon, who is featuring "F" for food!

There are just so many fun possibilities with this sketch because of all the elements!  I hope you'll have as much fun with it as I did!  Share yours with us at the Paper Players--can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Moments (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Pink Pirouette (ret), Soft Sky (ret), On the Sunny Side (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Textured Notes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Mini Corrugated EF, Polka Dot EF (ret)

LRW812 Sundae Funday

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a quick card today using some new goodies I just got, along with some favorite oldies as well! The Little Red Wagon challenge is to use embossing, and I just happened to have made this fun birthday card using an Anita Jeram bunny from Colorado Craft, and the Dotted Circles embossing folder:

My bunny was stamped in Versafine black ink and color with Blends, then cut out with the retired Scalloped Contours die.  I added some sequins and a sparkly ribbon, then added a wee little tag:

My Bubble Bath card front was embossed with the EF, offsetting it a bit for some added interest.  I stamped a simple birthday sentiment on the inside, and it's ready for my next go-round of birthday cards!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sundae Funday (Colorado Craft), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Glittered Organdy Ribbon, white cording
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Tiny Tags Dies (Papertrey), Blends

Every Good & Perfect Gift

Happy Wednesday, all! I have a flowery card for you today, using the color palette from Retro Rubber:

I have to admit that I struggled with this card, not because of the colors, they're beautiful...but because I do struggle lining up all the layers of this particular stamp set.  It's from W+9, called Freehand Florals, and it's from 2016.  I think I have probably mis-aligned the layers, but at some particular point, I just gave up and went with it!  So here we go:

I stamped my flowers in Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie and Flirty Flamingo, and the leaves in Soft Sea Foam.  I did add a wee little Balmy Blue baker's twine bow, and framed them all in a Penny Black Double Frame die:

The sentiment is from Stamp Simply's Farmhouse Scriptural Quotes, and I've had that since 2023 or 2024!  In hindsight, I wish I had stamped it in a different color that Flirty Flamingo, but again, I'd spent way too much time on it!

I stamped a birthday sentiment on the inside, so this will go in my birthday stash!  I am also entering this at Little Red Wagon, where they're looking for flowers!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Farmhouse Scriptural Quote (Stamp Simply, 2023), Freehand Florals (W+9, 2016)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam DSP (ret)
Ink	Soft Seafoam, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories	Balmy Blue Baker's Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Freehand Florals Dies (W+9), Double Frame Die (Penny Black)