AHSC561 A Day Without Chocolate

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Are you warming up yet?  It definitely has been chilly here in SE PA!  I have a fun card today which uses an awesome sketch from Atlantic Hearts: 

I needed a thank you card for some goodies that were given to me recently, and since the goodies involved CHOCOLATE, I dug out the retired Nothing's Better Than set, some Pecan Pie ink and DSPs and went to work:

I stamped my candies in Early Espresso and Pecan Pie inks and diecut them out, along with the chocolate sentiment in Early Espresso cardstock.  I added a Lost Lagoon scalloped mat on which to scatter my candies:

I added a couple more scallops and the sentiment on the inside, tucking the last little piece of chocolate down in the corner!

Yum! Now I want a piece of something, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nothing's Better Than (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie DSP
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Love You More Than Dies (ret)

PP599 A Cocktails Kind of Day

Happy Sunday, peeps!  I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week, and I've chosen a fun, summery color palette for our challenge this week:

 

These colors seemed to say "summer celebration" to me, and since I am using the stamp set Nothing's Better Than tomorrow at my stamp clubs, I decided to use it for today's card as well:

I wanted to use the FMS sketch, so I had to make my card a larger 5" square to accomodate my cocktail!  

I started with a diecut square of Tahitian Tide cardstock which I embossed with the Seashells embossing folder, sponging the raised areas with some white craft ink.  I then added my elements from Nothing Better Than as well as Friends are like Seashell, stamping and coloring in the challenge colors:

I am sure my family would laugh at this card because I am adamant about not eating or drinking anything BLUE!  But in my stamping world, I don't have to imbibe....I can just create, right?!  My only other addition was  a little blue faceted gem to dot my "i"!  I did add a birthday sentiment on the inside so it is just waiting to be sent to someone with a summertime birthday!

I hope you'll play along with my color challenge this week!  You can find all the details at the Paper Players blog, along with samples from the DT using this fun palette!  

Speaking of drinking and/or eating things that are fake blue, Cassidy sent this to me last week.  She and the family were at Applebee's and apparently Mountain Dew has this:

I could probably get that down, with all that ice, it looks pretty refreshing.  But I'll just stick to my usual water or tea!   Thanks for popping in today, enjoy it and be blessed!

"Consider what God has done:  Who can straighten what he has made crooked?  When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider:  God has made the one as well as the other.  Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future." Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nothing's Better Than, Friends are Like Seashells
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Parakeet Party Glimmer
Ink	Memento Black,  Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Craft White
Accessories	Blue Faceted Gems (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Seashells EF, Seaside Seashells Dies, Love You More Than Dies, Sponge Dauber, Blender Pen, Wink of Stella

TTTC124 Summer Shaker

Hi there everyone!  Hope your week is going well!  It's time for a new Tic Tac Toe challenge, and here's the grid that Joanne came up with for Team X:

I needed a birthday card for my niece, and these fun summery papers from Carta Bella seemed to be perfect for a cute shaker card!  I chose the diagonal of Fruit, Patterned Paper and Shaker:

After creating the shaker and filling it with some Ice Cream Corner Sprinkles, I added a little cocktail from Nothing's Better Than, complete with its little lemon wedge on the rim:

There's also a cherry on the patterned paper:

and a little "celebrate" sentiment banner to bring it all together!

My niece will be 31 years old...hard to believe, and I can remember the day she was born!  Hope she likes it!  And I hope you'll play along with our Tic Tac Toe challenge grid this week.  Check out what all the DT created as well!  See you there!

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

"For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us."  Psalms 103:11-12.

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nothing Better Than, Many Mates (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Window Sheet, Soak Up the Sun DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Memento Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Positively Pink
Accessories	Dimensionals, Ice Cream Sprinkles (ret), Foam Sheets
Tools	Big Shot, Love You More Than Dies, Square and Scalloped Square Dies (Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)