PP471 Sugar-Sprinkled Season

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Today is our last Paper Players challenge of 2019!!  Wow, this year zipped by!  We'll be taking off the next few weeks so our designers can have a break!!  Today is my turn to host the challenge, and I have a color challenge for you:

I wonder what I had in mind when I chose these colors...I have no idea!  But someone had a gingerbread challenge on their blog and that got my mind going, so here's my take on it:

My little gingerbread, stamped in Crumb Cake is on a silver "cookie sheet"!  I gave him some "sugar" decorations with some Ice Stampin' Glitter, and I also embellished the bottom edge of the embossed Seaside Spray panel with some silver ribbon!  Even though it looks coppery here, his cookie sheet really is silver: 

To add a little more silver to the mix, I heat-embossed a sentiment with Silver embossing powder as well:

I think this is a pretty color combo, and I hope you'll play along with us over at the Paper Players!  Be sure to stop by at least to see what gorgeous creations the DT came up with!  Share yours too!  See you there!

We have a covered dish at church today, so it's going to be busy--I put up my tree yesterday as well as a wreath on my dad's grave...it was one year yesterday he passed away.  The kids got their tree yesterday as well:

Can't wait to see it all decorated!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Christmas, Scentsational Seasons (ret), Perfect Mix, Whimsical Holiday (snowflake, Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Seaside Spray, Silver Foil
Ink	Seaside Spray, Crumb Cake, Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Ribbon (ret), Ice Stampin' Glitter
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tin Type Embossing Folder, Holiday Collection Framelits (ret), Heat Tool, Crumb Cake Blend, Blender Pen

IB81 Smore Gingerbread Men

Happy Thursday, everyone!  It's time for another Inspired By challenge, and you're gonna laugh when you see what the inspiration photo is today....it is NOT gingerbread men!  So here's my card:

And here's the inspiration photo Laurel chose for us:

Yum, don't they look like fun little treats?!  Just not gingerbread treats!  But I have a confession...I don't like s'mores.  I know, weird.  I like all the components individually, I just don't care for the combination! Way too messy for me!  BUT....I thought I could combine the elements....gingham, graham cracker tan, chocolate brown, marshmallow vanilla and silver---well, silver---together to create a little cookie sheet of gingerbread men:

The cookies from Scensational Season were stamped in Early Espresso on Crumb Cake--they look a little burnt, don't they?--and placed on a Silver Foil cookie sheet on which I embossed lines on the back to make it look like "sides".  I added some elements from the Apron Builder die set, as well as sentiments and stars from the Nothing Sweeter set from last Christmas:

For fun, I even die-cut a felt oven mitt...if I'd had more time, maybe I could have stitched a little design on it!  It was a fun card to put together!  Now, how will you be inspired by our photo?  I hope you'll share your creation with us too!  Can't wait to see what it is!

When you have a tornado warning, and you've got pizza, you eat it in the bathtub!!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nothing Sweeter (ret), Scensational Season (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, WHisper White, Silver Foil, Frontier DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Real Red, Early Espresso
Accessories	Felt, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Squares Die, Stitched Shapes Die, Apron Builder Die (ret), Holiday Collection Die (ret), Light Red SU Blend, Radiant Sunflower Die (for stitched circle, Simon Says Stamp)

IB49 Cozy Peppermint

Hi peeps!  Happy Thursday to you all!  Brrr...it's cold here in PA, we even had a few snow flurries yesterday!  My Inspired By card for this week should warm you up:

And here is Laurel's sweet prompt; don't those candy canes look pepperminty-delicious?!

My layout was inspired by Try Stampin' On Tuesday:

I had several candy cane stamps but wanted to do something a little bolder, so I stamped the Buffalo Check stamp with Real Red ink on some white cardstock and used the candy cane die from Scentsational Season to tuck inside the mug from the same set, heat-embossed in silver:

I embossed the circle with a knit embossing folder and added a silver glimmer paper scallop, a Soft Sky tag and some Soft Sky seam binding:

The sentiments on the front are from Papertrey and on the inside, Close to My Heart!  I also embossed the Smoky Slate card base with the Subtle EF, just for fun!  I hope you can find something that inspires you in our latest challenge prompt, and share it with us at Inspired By!  And just for fun, Laurel has encouraged me to add this to the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

Santa visited Dana's work....Cassidy got all dressed up in her Christmas finery to tell him what she wanted:

Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check, Scentsational Season (ret), Just Treats-September Stamp of the Month (Close to My Heart ret), Holiday Treats (Papertrey), Christmas Script (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Silver Glimmer, Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Real Red, Encore Silver (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Soft Sky Seam Binding and Baker's Twine (ret), Silver Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot,  Circle and Scallop Dies (Nestabilties), Cozy Knit EF (Fun Stampers Journey), Tag Die (Papertrey ret), Scentsational Season Dies (ret), Heat Tool, 1 3/8" Circle Punch

MM263 and FMS311 Christmas Cocoa

Happy Thursday, all!  I just couldn't get through the entire week without making another Christmas card, sorry!  The sketch from FMS just called my name, and the inspiration photo from Merry Monday was too fun to pass up:

I pulled out two retired sets called Scentsational Season and Warmth and Wonder to create this cozy little scenario:

I used papers from KaiserCraft for the background, and SU's Wood Textures for the pinecones, as well as Tranquil Tide (greenery) and Vellum (steam) cardstocks:

I love the effect of white embossing on the vellum...I can almost smell that hot cocoa!  Another Christmas card for my stash!

Well, this is the only picture Cassidy would let me take of her Halloween costume:

The elusive JoJo girl!  Oh, she did let me take one of her flashing zip-up sneakers!  Can you see the lights?!  LOL!

Enjoy your day and be sure to come back tomorrow for a new As You See It challenge!  Be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scentsational Season, Warmth and Wonder (both retired)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Vellum, Naturals White (ret), Tranquil Tide, Wood Textures DSP, Home for Christmas (Kaisercraft)
Ink	Riding Hood Red (ret), Chocolate Chip, White Craft
Accessories	White Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Heat Tool, Chocolate Chip Marker, Pretty Pines Thinlits, Scentsational Seasons Dies (ret), Dimensionals

Cozy Christmas Cup

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Hope your weekend is going well!  I just loved this sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch this week:

and although I was tempted to use a bird on my card, I realized I have been remiss in making Christmas cards, so I thought I would remedy that, and I used the prompt from Merry Monday as a starting point:

And amazingly, this card was a snap to put together!!!  It only took me about 15 minutes!!!  Here we go:

I used the mug from a retired SU set called Scentsational Seasons and heat-embossed it on some black and white DSP from Carta Bella; the plaid is from the same paper pad.  And the sentiment is from Clearly Besotted!  Love that cross-stitch font!

Cassidy got a little jewelry-making kit for Christmas, just basically bracelets and charms, but she was quite serious about the one she made for Mommy!

Thanks for popping in today and be blessed!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for the Paper Players challenge!

Project Details
Stamps	Scentsational Seasons (Ret SU); Christmas In Stitches (Clearly Besotted)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Christmas Delivery DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Riding Hood Red, Craft White
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Reverse Confetti Lacy Scallop Frame Die, Mug Die, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Merry Monday 63

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a great weekend….I am still recovering from my yard sale!  Thank goodness DH & DD were there to help! 

Lesley has a fun sketch for us this week!  Check it out:

I pulled out some cute little papers gifted to me by my friend Martha to make my card:

That fun set from last year’s Christmas catalog, Scentsational Season, was a perfect match!  I stamped the mug in Garden Green and added the candy cane in Real Red!  It was mounted on an circle embossed with the Snowburst folder, and embellished with some little hologram stickers:

After adding the banner on the front, I also added a sentiment on the inside along with a couple snowflakes:

I hope you’ll play along with us this week to add to your Christmas card stash!  And make sure you check out what the other designers have created using this sketch at Lesley’s Always Playing with Paper blog!!!

Deep in thought…..complete with all three colors of barrettes that she insists on wearing!  Enjoy your day!

ISSC42 and IB50

Wow, two posts in one day! Can you believe it?  I had a wee bit of extra stamping time, so I combined a couple challenges for this fun winter card…it could be a Christmas card or a birthday card!  First, here are the challenges:

the iSpy sketch for this week as well as the Inspired By challenge photo:

Cute, huh?  So here we go:

I went more with the colors than the theme (well, a little of the theme)  of the inspiration montage, which I love, BTW, but I guess the little gingerbread man could definitely fit in with the baking theme!  I pulled out a couple older sets that hadn’t gotten inky for a while, along with Scentsational Seasons, and whipped up this quick card.  I don’t know if you can see the subtly-stamped snowflakes against the text background, but they’re there, stamped in Pool Party, which is also the background DP as well!  Some linen thread and a well-placed heart, and my happy little gingerbread card is complete!

Any questions, shoot me an email!

Merry Monday 40

Happy Chilly Merry Monday, peeps!  Another cool Yule sketch from Lesley:

I flipped the sketch on its side and stamped my little gingerbread man from Scentsational Season:

I can’t believe this is the first time inking this little guy up!  I added a sentiment from More Merry Messages and a cool piece of burlap that I received as a gift.  I adhered it with a couple of strips of Snail adhesive, and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds glitter on top; the glitter adhered to the little openings and added a fun glittery touch!  Too bad it’s hard to see here:

Anyway, I hope you’ll play along with us!  It’s NOVEMBER already---time to get those Christmas cards started if you haven’t already!  Check out Always Playing with Paper to see all the other fun cards, and welcome my friend Sherry Eckblad as a new designer!!  If you have any questions about my card, please be sure to email me your questions!  Have a great day!

Playing in the suds…..who doesn’t love a good sink full of bubbles?

Two Sweet Cards

Two cards today, both featuring something sweet!  The first one is for CASology 17, and the cue card is “sugar”:

I made another card first, but it wasn’t CAS enough, so I made this one using the Scentsational Seasons candy cane, stamped in Cherry Cobbler , with some snowflake embossing, a little scalloped square of Gumball Green and some Cherry Cobbler baker’s twine:

The “sweet” is from Teeny Tiny Wishes…there is a sentiment “sweet treats” and I just markered the “sweet” and punched it out with the jewelry tag punch!  It very loosely uses the Fall To Layout #214 from Clean and Simple:

My next sweet card is for the Paper Smooches challenge this week, which is to make a gift card or money holder.  I used a free digital image, colored with Copics, and the iSpy sketch #39 for my card:

A little sparkle on the candy canes:

And on the inside, an envelope diecut with the SU Scallop Envelope die, in which to tuck a gift card or some moolah!!!

Easy peasy!  Oh, and here’s the sketch, almost forgot:

If you have any questions, please be sure to shoot me an email!

Halloween was postponed until Friday in our neck of the woods, so I don’t have any pictures of Cassidy in her costume….that is, if she even allows her mommy to dress her in it!  I do have a couple of her “rearranging” my fall decorations on my porch.  She seems to be doing a lot of this lately!

It’s still a bit windy here today, so we are a bit disheveled!!!  But thanks for visiting!