PP393 and TGIFC159 Thanks a Bunch

Hello everyone and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, grandmoms, stepmoms, pet moms, whatever!  Today the awesome Claire is our Paper Players hostess, and if you know anything about Claire, you know these bright colors are a perfect match to her outgoing personality!!  Check these out:

Strawberry Slush and Hello Honey are retired colors, so feel free to substitute something close if you need to!  For my card today, I chose the little birdhouse from Flying Home to stamp and color in with inks and an aquapainter:

I stamped my image in Stazon ink on Shimmery White cardstock; I wish we had Blends in all these colors, as my watercoloring is not as good as my "blending", LOL!  I did try to do a little shading, and I added a butterfly from the same set, popped up on a mini dimensional:

After diecutting it with the largest circular Stitched Shapes framelit, I used some retired DSP in Strawberry Slush on which to mount it:

I also used the retired Dotted Scalloped Ribbon punch to create a little border from the same Shimmery White cardstock because I used the sketch from TGIF Challenges:

and I thought it would add a nice little touch!  The final addition was a sentiment from Sprinkles of Life, stamped in Wild Wasabi!  

I hope you'll play along with us this week!  The DT has come up with some fabulous ways to use these fun colors as well!  Check them out here, or hop over to the Paper Players website:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie

·        Jan

Dana took me to a local nursery called Groff's...it was amazing!  Lots and lots of plants and flowers (and people!!!), and I picked out a few things for my Mother's Day gift.  It was almost overwhelming, so I will need to go back on a weekday when it is less crowded, to get a few more things to try to attract some hummers and butterflies!  My backyard has NO flowers right now, we are waiting on some patio proposals, so I will have to be happy with some planters and pots of flowers!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

FF118 Christmas Quilt

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  A quick card today for the Fab Friday color challenge:

I just received the Christmas Quilt set from the upcoming Holiday mini catalog, and was thinking how it wasn't just for Christmas! It has so many fun elements that can be used for all types of occasions!  Although lining up the panels of quilt are a little tricky, even with a Stamp-a-ma-jig, I think it still has lots of possibilities:

I remembered that I had some polka-dotted Melon Mambo DSP left from a couple of years ago, so it was the mat for my 4 1/4" card; I added a layer of Lemon Lime Twist that was stamped with the little blanket stitch stamp, then a scalloped layer of Melon Mambo and the quilt panel itself.  I stamped the outline of the quilt in Smoky Slate.  A little sentiment from Sprinkles of Life, embellished with two of the floral images from the set (and a candy dot!) finished it off!  It is a pretty, bright color combo, which is what we needed yesterday!

And here's another little bright spot in our rainy day yesterday!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Quilt, Sprinkles of Life
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist, Patterns DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Memento Black
Accessories	Candy Dot
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Squares Framelits Dies, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Mini Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig

CASology 226 and Inspired by 34 Chalkboard Candles

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  I haven't played with the CASology challenge for a long time....but the "candle" cue fit in with a birthday card that I needed to make!

I have to admit, this is the third attempt at making a CAS card with a candle on it!  I might show you one of the other ones....I think the third one just might go in the trash!  But anyway, here we go with the keeper....or the one to be sent, as it were:

I don't have too many candle stamps, but I did find one in the Sprinkles of Life set, and stamped it randomly in white on some chalkboard paper.  I added a couple of flower images from a Paper Pumpkin set and cut it all out with a Stitched Shapes circle:

I embossed a sentiment (same Paper Pumpkin set) in white on Melon Mambo, cut it into a banner, added some sequins (these are really pink, trust me!) and mounted it on a heavy white card base. I am also submitting this to the Inspired by All the Little Things challenge for this week; even though it's a Christmas scene, I am going for the chalkboard and pink!

 Cassidy did some stamping for fun recently using the Snow Place set and my retired markers!

I love that she throws tradition out the window when she uses color....in her world, a Santa hat can be red and yellow and a candy cane red, white and navy blue (her favorite color, btw!):

Enjoy your day!

PPA320 Fall Jar of Love

Happy Friday and happy last day of September!  I recently got the Jars of Love set...I really debated as to whether or not I "needed" it, but it has so many cute images, I broke down and got it!  I wanted to do something with fall colors, and when I saw Dawn's sketch at Pals Paper Arts, I got to work!  First, here's the sketch:

And here's the card:

I realize this pattern from A Little Foxy DSP is a little subdued for my jar of fall foliage, but it does give my card a bit of an organic feel!  I used Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon and Pumpkin Pie for my foliage; the jar was stamped in Basic Gray and the water is Soft Sky.  I also added some Soft Sky bees and some Smoky Slate speckles, but they're a bit hard to see:

I stamped some designs from Timeless Textures on my horizontal and vertical pieces using Versamark ink, and the sentiment is from Sprinkles of Life.  I finished it off with some silver and tan baker's twine!  I am sure I will be playing with set a lot more in the future!

Cassidy wanted to make a birthday card for her classmate Emma and we were short on time (you can tell it was after her bath!) and she found these little images from Sweet Stuff along with a Project Life card, in my scrap pile;  I had colored and cut them out but never used them, so we combined them on a Pink Pirouette card and stamped a sentiment on the front!  She hasn't quite figured out that the name on the card should be her FRIEND's name, not hers!  Oh well!  She wrote quite a sweet little note on the inside and I am sure that Emma will figure it out!  Since there was a face on the ice cream cone, she took a marker and drew a face (with glasses) on the cupcake as well!  Her little mind is always thinking!

And here's me in a little Scottish snack shop, having a spot of tea!

Thanks for popping by today!

Mojo460 and CC185 Bunches of Blue

Happy Tuesday, all!  My card today is a monochromatic one using Swirly Bird and the Swirls & Scribbles thinlets.  It was a happy coincidence that I already had these colors out, and they fit the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge:

And the Mojo Monday sketch seemed like a fun one:

Despite the fact that I LOVE blues, I really struggled with this card....what was in my mind just didn't translate to the finished product! But I spent so much time on it, I kept at it and finally came up with this....still not my favorite of all time, but I do love the little hand-stamped DSP, so I will try that particular pattern again!  Anyway, the vertical panel is Dapper Denim, embossed with the Woodland folder; the main panel is Marina Mist, stamped with the Swirly Bird stamp in craft white and Dapper Denim that was stamped on scrap first to give it a lighter color.  The dies are from Scribbles & Swirls and Birds & Blooms; sentiment is from Sprinkles of Life, stamped in Night of Navy.  The larger swirl is vellum.  

I also cut a few leaves and placed them randomly around my wreath for a little extra interest.

I have never seen blue leaves, but in the stamping world, anything goes, right?!

A couple weeks ago we made some clay beads and they were finally dry enough to paint.  Of course, we had to glitter up a couple of them!  We strung them on a pipe cleaner, coated them with some glue and popped them in the glitter.  The rest we painted..and she painted the glittery ones too, once they dried!

Here are the finished products....we are going to string them on some ribbon and hang them on our porch as a sort of wind-chime, although they are really more for decoration than sound!

Have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by!

TSOT Vintage St Pat's

Happy Tuesday, all!  We've got another sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday, with the optional theme of St Patrick's!  Here ya go:

I don't have too many St Patrick's Day stamps, but I have collected a few digital images of vintage St Pat's postcards, so I printed one out to use for my card today:

My base was Naturals Cream, embossed with the Elegant Dots EF; my banner is Glorious Green (remember that color??) and Basic Gray on which I stamped a grid (Simon Says Stamp) and then filled in each grid with a shamrock from Itty Bitties....you can see some gray shamrocks on the digital image itself.  The sentiment is from Sprinkles of Life, and it was stamped in Garden Green on a banner diecut from the Large Numbers die....I shaded it a little with some Sahara Sand ink to make it look 3D:

I think this little Irish lass is quite fetching, don't you?!  I hope you'll play along with us today--you have two weeks to participate and you can show your card off on the blog or on the TSOT Facebook page--either one is acceptable!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Cassidy sportin' a new hat Mommy crocheted....hot off the hook!

Enjoy your day!

Happy Fifth Birthday!

Oh yes, how can it be?!  My wee Cassidy is turning five today!  And kindergarten is just around the corner!  Remember this?

I made a special card for her (even though I had made one a month or so ago, I had to make one that had a “FIVE” on it!!!) and it had to be full of sprinkly goodness:

I used the sketch from Match The Sketch for my layout:

and used images from Sprinkles of Life for those five big candles, as well as DSP from the Cherry on Top paper pack!

There’s sparkle on those flames, too….you’ll have to take my word for it!  And here are a few more pix from the party on Saturday.  All the little girls got wings, a magic wand, a tutu and butterfly headpieces:

Cassidy loved the little fairy decorations hanging from the trees:

She was definitely eyeing up those fairy cupcakes, too!

Now, tonight we’ll have her “real” birthday party and another cake and candles!  Enjoy your day!

A Real Shaker Card This Time

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  You all were so gracious about my faux shaker card from Sunday’s post, I thought I would prove to you that I honestly do know how to make a real shaker card!  This idea was rattling around in my head for a while after I received Sprinkles of Life and I finally took it to fruition…no pun intended:

I used some Farmer’s Market DSP and the new Tags & Labels dies to make my shaker window.  I stamped and punched out the tree, bird and apples and assembled the whole thing with a window sheet and foam tape. 

It’s really cute IRL!  I added a couple of banners and stamped the sentiment on an Itty Bitty Banner to finish it off.  And here’s a hint about punching out those small images with the Tree Builder punch.  Stamp your small image on a narrow piece of scrap cardstock (we all have plenty of them, right?):

Slide the strip into the specific punch area from the back….you should be able to wiggle it through the slot fairly easily:

Then just punch!  You won’t have a bunch of other punched pieces flying around!   Here’s my little apple, and I still have more cardstock on which to stamp and punch!

We are on vacation, so I am going to take a little bloggy break, but I’ll be back on Sunday with my Paper Players creation!  Enjoy your week!