PP740 Recycled Christmas

Happy Sunday, peeps! Happy June!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess this week with a really fun challenge:

Usually I have something hanging around on my desk that I salvaged from a piece of mail or something, but I had to resort to going to my cut-up Christmas card stash that I usually send to St. Jude's but hadn't sent out yet!  I found this sweet little image on the front of a card, so I re-purposed it for my own holiday greeting:

I diecut the panel with a Scalloped Contours die and backed it with a mat of Gold Glimmer paper and added a little gold pearl to the star, then popped it on top of a Very Vanilla card base.  I just love this little sentiment:

And to add to the sparkle, a sentiment from Sparkle of the Season, embossed in gold, went on the inside:

I cannot wait to see what you can create with something recycled or repurposed!  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog, and see what the other participants created as well!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Gold Glimmer (ret), recycled Christmas card
Ink	Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Festive Pearls, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Heat Tool, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

AHSC591 Peace & Joy

Happy Monday, peeps! I am playing with some new goodies today, using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

 

The new Graceful Greenery vellum is really pretty; it coordinates with the Golden Greenery stamp set, but I paired it today with a sentiment from Iconic Images:

I backed the vellum with a piece of Basic White so I could layer it on a Mossy Meadow card, which I stamped with a sprig from the retired Sparkle of the Season.  I stamped the sentiment words in Old Olive and Pecan Pie on an Iconic Imagery die, and layered it on a Spotlight on Nature circle diecut:

I stamped a couple of little sprinkles behind the sentiment, and put some linen thread behind it.  The inside sentiment and die are from Christmas Labels....you're going to be seeing a lot of this in the future!

This is a lovely sketch and I hope you'll play along at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

She liked the card!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Labels, Iconic Imagery, Sparkle of the Season (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Pecan Pie, Graceful Greenery Vellum
Ink	Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Craft White, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals, Linen Thread
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Iconic Imagery Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Christmas Labels Dies

RRCB236 Sparkle of the Season

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Wow, my last few days have been quite a whirlwind...my family really stepped up to the plate to celebrate my big day!  I'll share more in the coming days, along with some of the gorgeous cards I received!  First, I managed to get back into my stamping routine today with a fun little slimline card using the RetroRubber sketch challenge:

And here we go:

I've had this Papertrey die for a long time and never used it, because it is pretty large! But it works for a longer slimline card!  I diecut it from Thick Very Vanilla cardstock and adhered it to a plaid piece of DSP from SU (although I can't remember the name of it!).  I then stamped some images from Sparkle of the Season (2021) and arranged them along an embossed panel of more Very Vanilla.  I added some "berries" for fun!

An inside sentiment from the same set, stamped in Cherry Cobbler, finished it off!

I feel like I didn't get to use this set enough when it came out, so I was happy to use it again!

For the start of my birthday celebration, my brother took us out to the really fancy restaurant at Longwood Gardens, where we sat on the covered terrace and had an amazing meal!  Since my brother works at Longwood, although NOT in the restaurant, he rubs shoulders with a lot of them, so we got extra-special treatment, along with a really yummy birthday cupcake:

It was delicious! And there was a little piece of chocolate that said "Happy Birthday" on the plate with it....yummy, too!  I'll share some more later!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season (ret, 2021)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Plaid (SU, unknown)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Seasonal Swirls Dies (ret), Fun Patterns EF, Merry Christmas Die (Papertrey Ink)

52CCTD24-24 Winter Wonderland

Happy Saturday, peeps! I was honored to be chosen as a guest designer at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and this week's challenge is Winter Wonderland!

I was thrilled to see this challenge because I had these glimmer paper diecuts sitting on my desk for MONTHS!  You never do that, right?!

My friend Sandy lent me the dies in January and the diecuts have been languishing on my desk ever since!  So I made quick work with them for the challenge, mounting them on some Misty Moonlight cardstock that was stamped with some silver stars, added a few more glimmer paper snowy hills, and a sentiment from Sparkle of the Season:

And since I had MORE diecuts left, I decorated the inside too!

I hope you'll play along with our Winter Wonderland challenge this week! So many possibilities to think of! Be sure to share them over at the 52CCTD blog! Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks so much for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season (ret), Swirly Stars (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, White Glimmer
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Rectangle Stitched Dies (ret), Banner Die (Pink & Main), Snowy Village Dies (unknown), Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn)

TCC169 Lovely Wreath

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Time for a new Card Concept challenge, where we use different concepts to create our cards!  Here is the gorgeous inspiration that Julie has for us this week:

I loved this photo and these colors so much, I pretty much went with a literal interpretation for my Clean and Layered card today!  I used some pretty Altenew layered flowers and some SU greenery to create this:

Some stampers are really proficient at lining up these layered stamps, but I admit that I do struggle with them a wee bit!  But I think these came out okay enough!!! I used shades of Petal Pink, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Polished Pink, Real Red and Merry Merlot to create the roses, and the leaves were stamped in Granny Apple Green:

I mounted them on a panel of Basic White that was embossed with a Tim Holtz brick embossing folder and lightly sponged with Smoky Slate ink so that the texture was visible.  A wee little sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs was diecut and popped up on the wreath, as well as a simple little bow from Organdy Glittered ribbon:

I stamped a greeting from a retired set called Good Greetings and since I had an extra "frond", I added that on the inside:

What will inspired you today?  Colors? Florals? The heart-shaped wreath?  I hope you'll play along with us at The Card Concept and share your creation and concept with us as well!

Sawyer, the birthday boy, with his very clever "camo" cake created by my other very clever niece, his Aunt Kelly!!!  It was a big hit!  You can see LOTS of camo in this photo!!!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."       Matthew 25:40

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season (ret), Good Greetings (ret), Freehand Florals (Altenew), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Polished Pink, Real Red, Merry Merlot, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Glittery Organdy Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stamparatus, Seasonal Swirls Dies (ret), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Freehand Florals Dies (Altenew), Brick Wall Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Sponge Dauber

PP572 Sparkly Peace & Happiness

Happy 2022, everyone!  We're back at the Paper Players with some new challenges and new guest designers!  Ann is our first hostess of the year and she's asking us to use some sparkle:

I got some new ornament dies right before Christmas so I thought using them with some glimmer paper would be a perfect way to highlight them:

A photo just doesn't catch the sparkliness of the card!!  Anyway, I diecut three ornaments from gold, silver and white glimmer paper, then added bows of Merry Merlow, mounting them on a star-embossed panel and a Merry Merlot card base:

I stamped a sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas and diecut it out to pop on top.  There is a new die in the upcoming spring catalog called Sports Event, and it has a die that is a cluster of little stars....what a great die to have!  I used a scrap of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper to cut some out and sprinkle on two of the ornaments, then added some on the inside as well to accompany my sentiment from Sparkle of the Season:

And I am squeaking in the sketch from FMS:

as well as the new Jingle Belles challenge, which is to use something new that Santa brought us!  

I hope you'll play along with us at the Players this week...it's a great way to get that stamping mojo back and get back into a creative groove!  Check out what the DT made as well as our new Guest Designers; you can see everyone at the Paper Players blog!

Thanks for popping in today!  Happy New Year, here's to a healthy one for all!  

My favorite photo of Christmas:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season, Itty Bitty Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Merry Merlot, Gold, Silver & Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Merry Merlot
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Labels Dies, Sports Event Dies, Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret), Star Embossing Folder (ret), Ornament Dies (Hero Arts)

Joyful Scottie

Hi peeps!  I have had a few stressful days with very little stamping time, so I made myself sit in my craft room and do a bit of creative therapy last night!  I thought the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday was fun: 

and I've had this mood board in the back of my mind from Double D Challenges since I first saw it:

So pretty!  I always like to send my niece a Christmas card with a Scottie dog on it because she has THREE of them!!  So here we go:

This little Scottie and his sled are from Cottage Cutz, and I flipped the sketch so he wouldn't be sledding off the edge of my card!   The "joy" is actually the word "enjoy" from a retired SU Mini Treat Bag die, and I just cut off the first two letters!  The Tailor Made tag was embossed with a Darice Snowflake embossing folder.  For a little color, I added some greenery from Sparkle of the Season along with some red rhinestone berries!  

I finished it off with some plaid banners and ribbon; I should have added a rhinestone to the little flower on the sled!!  Maybe I'll do that before I mail it off!  Anyway, thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Be Dazzling Specialty Paper (ret), Mad 4 Plaid DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Red Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Black & White Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Seasonal Swirls Dies, Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret), Scottie Dog Die (Cottage Cutz), Snowflakes Embossing Folder (Darice)

Grateful Heart

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Hope you have something fun planned!  I think we'll go to the Veteran's Breakfast at our local senior center!  That's always fun!  I have a couple of cards to share today! Hope you can hang in there! The first one is a simple card for the CAS Color and Sketches challenge:

I pulled out some Hand Penned DSP and did a bit of diecutting first, then a wee bit of stamping as well:

I added a scallop of Blushing Bride, some foliage from Sparkle of the Season and a sentiment from Banner year:

Of course, everything is better with a little sparkle, so I added a few sequins too!

My next card is for our pastor's son...he's a real cutie, and I wanted to make him an extra-special card, so following some directions for a Vertical Stair-step card on Splitcoaststampers, I came up with this:

Here's a side view:

The card base is Bermuda Bay along with some miscellaneous printed paper I found in my stash.  Sentiments and number are from Number of Years.  I added some Bermuda Bay and Poppy Parade balloons, punched with the balloon punch, and I hand-drew the strings:

Hope he likes it!  I am entering this at the Little Red Wagon challenge, where this week they want to "Hear It For the Boys", as well as Debbie's new-to-me challenge of Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases!  

And here's the birthday boy:

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

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Banner Year, Sparkle of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Hand Penned DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, Evening Evergreen
Accessories	Iridescent Sequins (ret), White Floss
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Layering Circle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay, Party Favor DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Frames Dies, Large Numbers Dies (ret), Balloon Punch, White Gel Pen, Basic Black Marker

Shake, Shake, Shake Your Shaker Card

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  At our clubs this month, one of our projects was to create an easy shaker card using a cello sheet to create a pocket for the shaker elements.  For our card, we used a SU clear envelope, but you certainly recycle any of the clear acetate pockets that most of our craft supplies are packaged in!  This is what we made using the Merry Snowflakes bundle and lots of sequins and glitter:

We stamped the snowflakes randomly on a piece of Basic White, then cut apart a clear envelope and adhered the edges to the back of the stamped piece with Sticky Strip on three sides to create a pocket.  After filling the pocket up with sequins and glitter, we adhered the open edge with a final strip of Sticky Strip. Just look at all those fun sequins!  We added a sentiment from Christmas to Remember as well as a diecut snowflake from the Stitched Snowflakes dies.

Here's another one I made as a sample; the pocket is a little smaller and I used a piece of Painted Christmas DSP as the background, filling it with gold, silver, maroon, green and white sequins.  The Evening Evergreen card base was embossed with the Wintry embossing folder and sponged with matching ink, and the gold-embossed sentiment from For Unto Us was diecut with a Tasteful Labels die:

Of course, it's difficult to see all the sequins when it's propped up!  But I love this color combination of Evening Evergreen and Merry Merlot....so elegant!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Snowflakes, A Christmas to Remember, Sparkle of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party
Ink	Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Clear Envelope, Sequins (retired SU and Pretty Pink Posh), Glitter (Walmart), Tear N Tape, Sticky Strip
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Snowflake Dies

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For Unto Us
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Merry Merlot, Evening Evergreen, Painted Christmas DSP
Ink	Evening Evergreen, Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Red Rhinestone, Clear Envelope, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh and my stash), Glitter (Walmart), Tear N Tape, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Contour Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tasteful Label Dies, Heat Tool, Sponge Dauber

TCC163 Thankful for You

Hello there, stampers!  It's time for a new Card Concept challenge, and here is the photo prompt that Julie has for us today:

My inspiration for my card was the pretty pumpkins in the centerpiece, the color palette and the checkered napkins!  So here we go:

I used a sentiment from Pretty Pumpkins along with images and dies from the Sparkle of the Season bundle.  

I found a piece of black and white checked DSP from a SAB package from a couple of years back, and I added two banners to complement my little pumpkin vignette!  The Soft Succulent horizontal piece was diecut with a Scalloped Contour border die, and the sketch that I used is from Atlantic Hearts:

I would say that my card is clean and layered...as usual!  I hope you'll play along with us as well!  Share your creation with us at The Card Concept, and be sure to tell us what your style is!  You can see all the styles listed on the blog!  Thanks for visiting today!

While in Montana, my nephew and his family went to a sapphire mine!  How cool!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." Psalm 46:1

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pretty Pumpkins, Sparkle of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Very Vanilla, Bumblebee, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Succulent, Cajun Craze DSP, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Checked DSP (ret)
Ink	Soft Succulent, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Decorative Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Label Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Seasonal Swirls Dies