Paper Players 467 Holiday Cheer

 

Hi stampers!  Happy Sunday!  Claire is our hostess at the Paper Players this week with a fabulous color challenge..bright and cheerful!  Here you go:

 

At first glance, I panicked a little when I saw the colors---PURPLE!!  But I put on my thinking cap and came up with this:

I used the CAS(E) this Sketch sketch:

and began my making my own "DSP" by stamping some snowflakes in all three colors on a piece of white cardstock.  It looked a little plain, so I did some sponging around the edges for more definition, which looked much better!  I created some sentiments using Concord & 9th dies, layering the "cheer" with three layers of Granny Apple Green cardstock, as well as backing the "holiday" with a wee little strip of Bermuda Bay foil:

I remembered that I had some Bermuda Bay glimmer paper from a couple of years back, so I used that to diecut a snowflake, and added a rhinestone colored with a purple Copic:

My trend lately has been to use non-traditional colors to make a Christmas card, and this one fits that bill as well, but I like it!  I hope you'll play along with these colors as well...you don't have to make a Christmas card, you can use them for whatever you want!  Check out what the DT did as well as the Paper Players blog!

And I just happened to notice this stained glass heart that's hanging in the window in Cassidy's room; it was made by my SIL, and it has the exact same colors as Claire's challenge!  So pretty! 

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Yule Need (Paper Smooches), Winter Bits & Pieces (Right at Home)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay Foil, Bermuda Bay Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Rhinestone
Tools	Big Shot, Season of Cheer Dies (Concord and 9th), Copic

PP460 Tall Skinny Gnome

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Wow, summer is back again...it's been hot this weekend!  Hopefully we can cool off looking at my latest Paper Players card!  The amazingly-talented Claire came up with a fun new challenge...a tall and skinny sketch!!  How fun is that?!

My card is definitely skinny....2 1/2" across and 6" tall!!  This little gnome (Fun Stampers Journey) was calling my name, he hadn't been inked up for a while, so I stamped him twice, once in Real Red and again in Smoky Slate, and did a little cutting and pasting:

After coloring in his nose and beard with Blends, I stamped a Real Red heart, some trees in Smoky Slate to create a backdrop, and they were all mounted on a piece of Whisper White cardstock embossed with a Nordic pattern.  It's too bad you can't see the Wink of Stella on his beard, it's quite sparkly!   A piece of retired SU DSP worked perfectly for my vertical panel!

A couple more images on the inside and a fun Christmas sentiment from Paper Smooches, and my card was done:

And since the Christmas Kickstart Challenge is featuring Scandinavian designs this week, I am entering it there as well!

I hope you'll play with our sketch this week...there is lots of room for creativity, and the tall and skinny feature will challenge you to do something different!  Be sure to check out what the Design Team did at the Paper Players blog!  See you there!

Talk about a dog just enjoying the day:

I am sure Eden is thinking "Wayne, you've got a nice drink....where's mine?"  LOL  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Yule Need (Paper Smooches), Gnome for the Holidays (Fun Stampers Journey)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Sending Love DSP (ret)
Ink	Real Red, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Rhinestones, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Gnome for the Holidays Dies (FSJ), Deer Knit EF (Tim Holtz), Blends, WInk of Stella

CTS311 Birthdays

Happy Monday, peeps...another snowy, yucky day...at least we haven't gotten some of the atrocious weather that's affecting other parts of the country!  I hope you are all safe and sound! I got in a wee bit of stamping time between doing tax returns this weekend...blessedly, the CAS(E) This Sketch by Brian was a real easy one:

Since it's the beginning of the month, I am making cards for my church friends; this one has a decidedly "country" feel to it:

I used some papers from Carta Bella's Country Kitchen, matted in Poppy Parade, and stamped with a sentiment from Happy Birthday, Gorgeous:

I added a little grosgrain ribbon and floss trim for fun!  The second one is for a teenager, and I recently won a set from Paper Smooches called Teen Routine!  

I stamped the phone image on a piece of DSP from American Craft's Little by Little 6x6 pad, which is also the source of the background paper.  I mounted it on a white card base that had been embossed with a Large Polka Dot embossing folder:

After stamping the sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthdays on the inside, I added a few more images from the set:

Thanks for popping in today!

Our old swing set is getting rickety, but Lee and Cassidy found that if you put snow on the slide, you can still go pretty fast!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed--stay safe and warm!

Card One Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Birthday, Gorgeous
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Country Kitchen DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Real Red Wide Grosgrain Ribbon (ret), embroidery floss, Dimensionals
Tools	Envelope Punch Board (to round edges)

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teen Routine, Itty Bitty Birthdays
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Shimelle's Little by Little DSP (American Crafts)
Ink	Mint Macaron, Poppy Parade, Berry Burst
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Envelope Punch Board (to round edges), Smoky Slate marker

Blue Christmas Greetings

Happy Wednesday, all!  I am squeaking this card in by the skin of my teeth! I haven't made many Christmas cards yet this year, and here it is, the end of January!  My card today uses three challenges:  Little Red Wagon's Winter Blues; Jingle Belles' Look What Santa Brought Me, and the sketch from Fab Friday:

My card is fairly clean and simple; my new set is from Paper Smooches, and it's called All Yule Need; I stamped it in Blueberry Bushel on a piece of Authentique paper from the Alpine collection, then fussy-cut it and added a Soft Sky mat.  The sentiment is from the same set, same papers, as is the darker blue panel:

For fun, I added a couple of little glimmer stars from my scrap folder, both punched with retired SU star punches:

Everything went on a Soft Sky card base, and I stamped a simple sentiment on the inside, and I have another card to add to my holiday stash!

This morning, the sky was bright blue, sunny and cold!  At 2pm, this afternoon, this is what it looked like:

A quick little snow squall blew through and lasted about 15 minutes....but it's even colder now than it was before!!  Poor little birds, I need to refill their feeder and suets!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

PP408 Little Love Notes

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Joanne is our hostess this week at the Paper Players and she has a really fun, cute challenge for us this week!  Here ya go:

This one was a great one for me as I was strapped for time and these little lunchbox notes just flew together!  I found some little envelopes in my envelope box that fit a 2 x 3 1/4" card perfectly, so I just chose some scraps from my stash and went to work!  The main images are from a set called In Print by Clearly Besotted....they all use the same "fingerprint" image and are topped with various animal outlines:

They have coordinating sentiments and I added some little stamped embellishments as well:

I will give these to Dana to tuck in Cassidy's lunchbox!  The DT also has some fun creations as well, not all as tiny as these, LOL!  Be sure to check them out and share your little lunchbox notes with us as well:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Anne Marie

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie

·        Jan

So Friday afternoon was my niece's wedding...she has been planning this since she was a little girl and she wanted an outside wedding.  It POURED all day long, but she persevered with her plan and it was a most memorable event:

The venue was an old mill with a (very loudly) rushing stream right next to the building.  The bride ditched her umbrella before walking up the "aisle" but you can see my sister on the left with hers!  By this point, it wasn't raining hard, just a little sprinkle here and there!

How many times have you sat in a wedding and thought to yourself, "I wish they would speed this up a bit?" Well, this minister spoke at warp speed, deleting many parts of the ceremony in anticipation of the heavens opening up and drenching us all!  It was the funniest thing ever.  And their vows included always cherishing each other and WINSTON (their Scottie dog!!), which brought giggles from everyone:

Quickly, they were pronounced husband and wife and made their way to shelter and the party!

My niece is just beautiful and as sweet and kind and loving as can be...she waited a long time for this and it's definitely one for the books!  I'll share some more pix in a couple of days!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	In Print, Good Times (both Clearly Besotted), Needle Little Love (Paper Smooches), Stitched Shapes (Simon Says Stamp), Paper Pumpkin, Water Droplets Background (Deep Red)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Blushing Bride
Ink	Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Basic Black, Real Red, Early Espresso, Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Glue Pen
Tools	Blender Pen

TGIF172 One in a Dozen

Happy Monday peeps!  Hope you had a fabulous weekend!  It's hot, hot, hot here in PA, but it is August, so it's to be expected.  I don't think I have ever mowed so much grass in a summer before, especially in August.  With the rain we've been having, our yard is like a jungle!  Anyway, I managed to get in some stamping time over the weekend; I sold a couple of items on ebay lately and I always like to send a little card with the item.  I usually just make a little 3x3" card but I wanted to do something a little special for this customer, as she purchased a vintage Pyrex bowl in a pretty turquoise blue.  So she got this in her package:

I used the sketch from TGIF Challenges:

And my poor old eyes totally missed that swirly element at the top, so hopefully my embossing will be sufficient!  I stamped the images from Perfect Mix and used my blends to color them in.  The DSP is some retired Coastal Cabana from a few years ago, and I recycled a little piece of dark gray paper from something I received in the mail to make my scalloped edge!  The little silver embellishments are the new Frosted Epoxy Droplets from the Holiday Mini....very cool!

And here's another little notecard I made, just using some scraps from my scrap bin, for another ebay customer who bought a needlework kit:

I am pretty sure the designer paper is from an old Cosmo Cricket pad, and the stamps I used are from Paper Smooches, a set called Needle Little Love!  I stamped them on various scraps of DSP and colored them with Blends:

These were so much fun to make!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

These are my last birthday cards to share!

This fun little card is from my creative friend Michele....that little bunny is on a bobble spring, so Cassidy really enjoyed making it wiggle!

And this little country gem is from my sweet friend Wendy...she knows my country-lovin' heart!  Thanks, ladies!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perfect Mix (ret), Needle Little Love (Paper Smooches)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Very Vanilla, DSP scraps
Ink	Memento Black, Basic Gray
Accessories	Frosted Epoxy Drops, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Quilted EF, Stitched Scalloped Borders (Lawn Fawn), Blends

CAS Colours and Sketches Guestie!

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I am excited to finally be able to share that I was asked to be a guest designer for CAS Colours and Sketches this month!  Of course I said "yes"!!  

Our first challenge of this month is a color one!  Check these out:

I knew right away what I wanted to do with these colors; I just received these fun stitched flower dies and they were perfect for the challenge:

I cut out an assortment and just fiddled around with them until I liked the placement.  The butterfly from Flying Home was a sweet little addition; I stamped it in Basic Black and colored it with SU markers:

I used a Stitched Hillside die from Lawn Fawn to create my "grass" and added "stems" and a sentiment from Paper Smooches' Needle Little Love!

I hope you'll play along with our color challenge this week!  Be sure to check out the blog to see all the delightful creations from the design team!

Just a few scenes from around my yard and on my walks!

A bluebird, sitting on Cassidy's swing....he and his mate are regulars in our yard!

My neighbors' stream and barn:

John's zucchini plants are getting big....honestly, with all the rain we've had, I think they grow 3-4" a day!

As I walked to the garden to pick some asparagus, the sky was filled with these wonderful clouds...I wish you could have seen them in person!

Thanks for popping by today...enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Flying Home (ret), Needle Little Love (Paper Smooches)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo
Ink	Basic Black, Garden Green, Melon Mambo
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Stitched Flowers DIe (My Favorite Things)