Home to Roost

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  No challenges today, just thought I would share some samples I made for my workshop last Saturday.  I mostly do clubs, so I haven't had a workshop in a long, long, LONG time, I felt a bit rusty!  But we had lots of fun!  I wanted to show the versatility of the SAB set, Home to Roost.  Here is a stepped-up version with water-coloring on watercolor paper as well as background stamping and using the new Rectangle Stitched dies:

Really, Mr Rooster is a breeze to color...just slap on some reds, yellows and greens with an aquapainter, and you're good to go, LOL!

And for a simpler version, I stamped him in Blueberry Bushel on Sahara Sand, then added some of the grasses on the Blueberry Bushel card base.  I did add a little interest by embossing a design from the Stitched Labels dies and added a gingham ribbon to complete the "country" look!

Thanks for popping in today!

Last fall the Paper Players had a challenge to make Lunchbox Love Notes; you can see my post here.  Imagine  my surprise when Dana sent me a text while she was on her lunch break one day last week:

I had given them to Dana to put in Cassidy's lunch, and Cassidy decided to put one in her mom's lunch!  So cute!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Petal Garden Thank You

Hi peeps!  A quick little post today using some DSP I haven't used much of, Petal Garden.  Although I like most of the colors in the line, I find the combination of a few of them jarring and I just can't find the right way to use them.  But I did like this sweet combination of Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Old Olive, so I created a thank you card using the "you" thinlit from the SAB Celebrate You set:

I adhered the Calypso Coral mat and DSP together, then cut the "you" out of both pieces, then backed it with some Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper and stamped "thank" from Work of Art:

I added a white bow and mounted it on the floral DSP which was mounted on a Thick White Cardstock base.  Easy but it looks so cool IRL!  Thanks for popping in today!

Super Bowl Monday meant Pajama Day at school!  Cassidy rocked her favorite teen idol, JoJo!

She even had JoJo socks!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Work of Art
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Calypso Coral, Petal Garden DSP, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer
Ink	Tangerine Tango
Accessories	White Woven Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Celebrate You Thinlets, Dimensionals

As You See It 168 Amazing You

Hello, peeps!  Friday brings us another As You See It challenge, a pretty sketch:

Since I was already experimenting with my Blends, I thought I would use the small flower from the SAB set, Amazing You.  This time I used the Rich Razzleberry shades on one of SU's notecards:

First, I stamped the image in Smoky Slate on the card front, then layered a piece of Pick a Pattern DSP over top.  I stamped the flower again on Thick white cardstock with Memento ink, colored it using light and dark Rich Razzleberry and dark Cherry Cobbler Blends, then fussy-cutting both the flower and the leaves and layering them on the front:

I also took a scrap of Sweet Sugarplum cardstock, stressed it with my bone folder until the fibers broke and split the paper into two layers, cutting one layer into a banner.  Using the inside of the cardstock gives it a soft suede-like look and that shade really coordinates nicely with the Rich Razzleberry hue!  I also added some silver thread and a scattering of small rhinestones.  My sentiment is from Better Together, stamped in Rich Razzleberry!  This little card is already out in the mail!  

I think this is a fabulous sketch and we've been thrilled with all the beautiful creations you've shared with us lately!  I hope you'll come play with us as well....you have two weeks to play!! Thanks for popping in today...enjoy your day and be blessed!

Eden's first night of puppy obedience school!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Amazing You, Better Together
Card stock & Papers	White Notecard, Sweet Sugarplum, Thick White, Pick a Pattern DSP
Ink	Rich Razzleberry, Memento Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Rhinestones, Silver Thread
Tools	Rich Razzleberry and Cherry Cobbler Blends, Dimensionals

SIP133 Flying Home Celebration

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for a sketch challenge at Stamp Ink Paper!  This one was perfect for me to try out some new goodies, too!

I had been resisting purchasing SU's Blends, but I finally broke down and got them all!  I was intrigued by the image on the little pocket featured on the bottom right corner on page 41 of the Occasions catalog...it used one of the images of Flying Home (same page), masked and stamped twice, then colored in with Blends.  But the key was using a light colored stamp in which to stamp it so it looked very realistic.  So again, I was just "practicing" on a piece of scrap paper and I liked it so much that I used it on today's card:

I only used the top half of the stamp set, inking it up in Sahara Sand ink and coloring it with light and dark Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Blends.  I diecut it with the Stitched Shapes die, and covered the bottom portion with another die cut, then created a banner with Peekaboo Peach and three layers of the "celebrate" from the Celebrate You thinlets, available through SAB.  I put a layer of Adhesive Sheet under each one, which made it very easy to adhere them together!  Here's a close-up:

The DSP is from Delightful Daisy, and I love how the leaves mimic the leaves in the stamped image!  A couple of pearls filled in the white space at the bottom of the circle nicely!

This is really a terrific sketch, and I hope you'll play along with us this week!  The DT has some amazing samples as well!  Check them out at Stamp Ink Paper!

Cassidy began her ukelele lessons yesterday:

She looks a little apprehensive, but Dana said she did very well!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Flying Home
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Peekaboo Peach, Delightful Daisy DSP
Ink	Sahara Sand
Accessories	Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Blends Markers, Pearls
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Celebrate You Thinlets, Dimensionals

Epic Celebration Guitar

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  This is my first foray into using Brushos!  A few months ago I had no clue what they even were, but now SU is selling some so I thought I would give them a try.  There is definitely a learning curve and I have found lots of help on the internet, but there are several different ways to use them!  So I am in practice mode right now!  I am happy that SU has come out with some masculine stamp sets this spring and I thought the guitar from the SAB set Epic Celebration would be perfect to use with the CAS Watercolour Challenge for January, which is Birthday!

I started out with some cheapie watercolor paper, since as I said, I was in "practice" mode, and I was pretty happy with my first one...I made two, they're very similar but of course, with any watercoloring, no two are ever alike! So here we go with the first one: 

I stamped my image and sentiment with Versamark and black ink together, then heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder; I used an aquapainter to lay down some water around the images, then sprinkled on blue and yellow Brusho and tilted the paper a bit, "helping" the color spread with my aquapainter.  It looks pretty "epic"!!  The sentiment was punched out with a circle punch and matted with Basic Black cardstock diecut with the Scalloped Layering Framelit.  The card base was Crushed Curry:

Same technique, card base is Dapper Denim:

You can see how different each one is, depending on how much Brusho you use and how it blends!  Definitely need more practice!  

 Cassidy went to a birthday party before Christmas...the little boy's mom and Dana went to Sunday School together and now their children are too!  In the background, you can see my great-nephew Jameson as well!  It's a family affair!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Bubbles and Fizz

Happy Thursday, peeps! I am embarrassed to admit that I had this stamp set, You're So Sweet, and never inked it up!  AND it matches the Mini Treat Bag framelits perfectly!  But I really wanted to show off this fun DSP that you can get through SAB (with a $50 purchase) called Bubbles and Fizz!  It coordinates with the Bubble Over stamp set, but it's so fun, you could use it lots of ways!  I used my favorite layout, adding a diecut strip of stars and the outlined star image from You're So Sweet:

I fussy-cut the outside of the star, but the star framelit in the Mini Treat Bag set fits the inside perfectly!  I stamped "my friend" on a scrap of white cardstock, then used a square stitched framelit to add a line of stitching to the top and bottom, then embellished it with one of the diecut stars!  The colors in this DSP are so fun!  Thanks for popping in!

I don't have any pictures of Cassidy today, but anyone on the east coast of the US knows how cold it is!  My sister, who lives near Charleston, SC, sent me these pictures yesterday!  Her son, who is home from West Point, took Daisy for a walk:

And then he went surfing!!!

Brrrrrr!  Crazy weather!  Crazy nephew!   Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You're So Sweet
Card stock & Papers	Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Bubbles and Fizz DSP
Ink	Cameo Coral
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Mini Treat Bag Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals

CASEing Doris

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a fabulous weekend!  I received a pretty card in the mail from my friend Doris, and I thought I would re-create one of my own.  I had this panel of watercolor paper already on my desk; I was playing with the stamp set Flower Patch and my aquapainter, and when I saw Doris's card, I thought it would be a good way to put this little panel to use!  I think it is called a Z-fold:

It's a little tricky to photograph, but here is the card folded:

I stamped the florals in Watermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach and Crushed Curry; the leaves are Pear Pizzazz.  I stamped them on watercolor paper, then just swooshed a wet aquapainter around the edges to draw a wee bit of the ink out.  Some speckles, enamel dots and a sentiment from a fall Paper Pumpkin kit finished it off.  And here's the inside, using the SAB DSP Carried Away and a sentiment from Suite Sentiments:

Basically, you create your card exactly as you would normally, but score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4" and fold the first fold back.  Then decorate as you wish!  My angled panel is Pear Pizzazz, and I also stamped the corners with a crackle stamp from another Paper Pumpkin kit!  And here is Doris's pretty card, outside and in!

You should try this fold--it's fun, easy and adds some interest to your card!

A little hike on Saturday before the cold weather returned!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a blessed day!

Project Details--All Supplies Are Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Flower Patch, Gorgeous Grunge, Paper Pumpkin (Fall?), Suite Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz, Watercolor, Carried Away DSP
Ink	Watermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Delightful Dijon
Accessories	Narrow Black Grosgrain Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot EF (ret), Aquapainter

Paper Players 333 Sketch

Hi everyone!  Happy Sunday!  It's my turn to host the Paper Players challenge for this week and I have a set of "three" elements for challenge #333!  Here ya go:

I just received the new package of glimmer papers available as a Sale-a-bration benefit...sooooo pretty!  I just had to use them ALL on my card today.....just a little hint of them so as not to blind you with the shimmer!  I did originally use a scallop die to cut them out but decided it was a bit much, so I just cut them down and used them as plain mats with the images from A Day at the Beach:

Each image was inked with Versamark, then inked again using the ink colors to match the glimmer paper (Sweet Sugarplum, Mint Macaron and Bermuda Bay), then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder. That allowed me to watercolor each image without the image itself bleeding:

I added a simple little fun sentiment from Silhouettes and Script as well as some white enamel dots! And since I had this fun scallop frame left behind when I re-cut my Sweet Sugarplum mat, I decided to use it for the inside...it fit the sentiment from Suite Sayings perfectly!

I hope you'll play along with our Paper Players challenge this week...I have to admit that the DT outdid themselves!  You can see them all at the PP blog!

Doesn't everyone put a puzzle together on the driveway?

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details-All Supplies Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	A Day at the Beach, Silhouettes and Script, Suite Sayings
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, In Color DSP Stack, SAB Glimmer Assortment, Sweet Sugarplum
Ink	Sweet Sugarplum, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay
Accessories	White Enamel Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Dimensionals, 1 3/4" Circle Punch

MTS163 Linda's Birthday

Hi peeps!  Hope you had a good weekend!  I have several birthdays coming up in February, and my card stash is in sad shape, so I went to work!  The Match the Sketch sketch was a pretty one:

I am trying to use up some of my DSP stash; these pretty ones are from Blooms & Bliss!  They make it so easy to create layers since they coordinate so well:

I liked the heart element, so I stamped the sentiment from Avant Garden and punched it out with a heart punch, then layered it on top of some stitched circles that match the colors in the DSP.  I even lightly stamped the flower from Avant Garden as well....such a pretty effect and it matches that DSP perfectly!

And the inside:

I think my friend Linda will love it!

Cassidy went to a trampoline center yesterday....a great way to work off some energy when the weather is SO icky....too cold and damp to do anything outside!  We have three days off coming up and I don't know what I am going to do to keep her busy!!!

Thanks for popping in and have a blessed day!

Project Details - All Supplies SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Avant Garden (SAB)
Card stock & Papers	Mint Macaron, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Blooms & Bliss DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Island Indigo
Accessories	Island Indigo ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Die, Heart Punch (ret)