Grateful Woodland Wreath

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  A sweet little card today for two challenges: the SIP challenge of thankful (mine is actually grateful, I hope that's okay), and the TSOT sketch:

I realize as I look at the TSOT sketch, I missed the little horizontal banner part..oops, oh well!  Anyway, I just got this cute Woodland Greetings set (CTMH) and couldn't resist inking it up and coloring in some of the images:

All the images were stamped on Crumb Cake with Soft Suede ink and colored with Blends and Copics; I heat embossed the sentiment in white and did a little bit of sponging around the edges:

I shaded the bunny a tiny bit with a Blend, then highlighted his tummy and tail with a gel pen...he is the cutest, don't you think?  All the patterned papers are from Authentique's Nestled pad.  I added some white twine to complement the white embossing.

On the inside, I stamped a little fox and a sentiment from CTMH's Inspired Words set.  And it's already in the mail!

Thanks for popping in today!  Sorry I have no pix lately, but Cassidy is spending the night Friday so hopefully I will have some then....if I can sneak them in!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Two Masculine Cards

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Another crazy busy day and not much time to stamp yesterday, but I needed a couple of masculine cards, so when I saw the Stamp Ink Paper challenge (cute graphic, too):

as well as the In(k)Spire Me sketch/color challenge:

I got right to work, and created two cards; one a birthday, and one a get-well:

The challenge colors are Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green, but I found these papers in an Echo Park Fall is in the Air 6x6 pad, so I decided to go with them, adding touches of Crumb Cake and Early Espresso.  The birthday one uses the soon-to-be-retiring-I-thought-it-would-be-around-forever Lovely as a Tree stamped lightly in the background, with a leaf from Rooted in Nature and a sentiment from Beautiful Bouquet:

It's hard to see, but the leaf is stamped on some printed paper as well:

The get-well card uses Happy Tails and the matching punch, including a little Early Espresso heart:

And the inside sentiments are from Happy Tails and Apron of Love:

Need to pop these in the mail ASAP!  Thanks for popping in today!

Last night was Cassidy's third grade curriculum night, where family members come and visit the classroom and see what their children are learning.  Cassidy's class is learning about the thirteen colonies, particularly Jamestown, and so they put on a game show called "Who Wants to Be a Colonist?", although it was more like Family Feud, LOL!  Cassidy had a main part; she was Fred the Colonist, and she played against Dr Joe Jackson.  My friend Sharon just happened to vacation in Jamestown last week and brought home a hat for Cassidy to wear, my SIL had some boots that looked the part, and Grampy made her a corncob pipe:

She nixed the pipe once she got to school...they did grow tobacco in Virginia but I guess she thought it might not be a good influence on the other students, LOL!  Here she is, answering questions about the early colonies, and soundly beating Dr Joe:

All the kids did a great job and we learned a lot about the colonies!!!

(I love the name tag!!!)

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

AYSI198 Birthday Butterfly

Happy Friday, peeps!  It's time for another As You See It challenge, and we have a lovely sketch for you!

I went very literal with the sketch; as I was making this card earlier in the week, I was lamenting that I never use these beautiful retired butterfly dies, so when I saw the sketch, I knew what I wanted to use!

Once I cut out the butterfly from Early Espresso cardstock, the rest was easy to put together!  I used some Share What You Love Specialty DSP for my banner...it gives a nice shimmer that you can't see here.  I added some silver thread, a sentiment from Happy Birthday Gorgeous and some Nature's Twine in Grapefruit Grove:

I had a little doily already half-cut and I used some sequins from my stash on a  piece of Thick White cardstock I embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder, then mounted it all on a Grapefruit Grove card.  And since it fulfills the bottom row across of Stamp Ink Paper's Tic-Tac-Toe challenge, I am entering there as well:

So happy you popped in today...I hope that you'll play with our beautiful sketch this week!  Show us what you create at the As You See It blog!

A few more pictures from my Longwood visit a couple of days ago:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Card stock & Papers	Grapefruit Grove, Early Espresso, Thick White, Share What You Love DSP
Ink	Grapefruit Grove, Early Espresso
Accessories	Silver Thread, Nature's Twine, Doily, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Butterflies Thinlet (ret), Woodgrain EF

TSOT and SIP Birthday for a Friend

Hi everyone! I have a birthday card to share today, using two challenges; the Try Stampin On Tuesday sketch and the Stamp Ink Paper challenge of Bring on the Cake!  

So here we go:

I found these papers in a stash that my sweet friend Teri sent me, and with the cupcakes on one of them, they seemed a natural for the challenge!  I used a So Saffron card base, dry embossing it with a large polka dot EF, and a Spellbinder's Small Die of the Month die for the birthday sentiment.  The optional theme at TSOT is also "favorite patterns", so these definitely fit the bill!  

I did add a little glimmer dot "cherry", which I might go back and re-color with my SU Blend to make it more red than pink!  

So happy that you popped in today! 

And speaking of cupcakes, here's Cassidy chowing down at a recent birthday party....gross, it's BLUE!!!

 Enjoy today and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	So Saffron, Old Olive,  Poppy Parade DSP (ret), Misc DSP from my stash
Ink
Accessories	Glimmer Dot
Tools	Big Shot, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Small Die of the Month Birthday Die (Spellbinders), Envelope Punch Board (for rounding corners)

SIP189 Gingham Kittens

Hey, peeps, just a quick post today...feeling a little icky, just going to lay low today!  The Stamp Ink Paper challenge this week is gingham, plaid or stripes:

There will probably be a gazillion of entries using SU's Gingham Gala DSP and I will jump on that bandwagon too...I love it!  And now that SU has gotten the Organdy Ribbon back in stock (YAY), I had to use some of it too!  So here we go:

This was a pretty easy card to make as I had some of the elements already cut and laying on my desk; I used the Cat Punch to punch out my gingham kittens, then added a larger gingham background.  I stamped a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings on a piece of Whisper White, diecut with a Rectangle Stitched die and added some of the sweet little ribbon!  

  

My kitties looked a little plain (I guess I could have stamped on them, duh, but I liked that they looked like little stuffed animals!) so I gave them each a little bow in matching colors!

That's it! I will leave the inside plain until I decide what occasion it will be for!  Thanks for popping in today!  

No kitties, but sweet Eden wishing she could go outside and chase some, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

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Green and Serene

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Just a quick post today!  This card was one I originally made for my own monochromatic challenge at the Paper Players, but I kind of "forgot" that it was supposed to be clean and simple!  SO I started over, but finished this one anyway because I really like it!  So here we go:

I used the same Serene Garden, but stamped it in Granny Apple Green on Soft Sea Foam cardstock, using my Stamparatus to get a good image!  The flower was shaded with a blender pen, then diecut and popped up.  My sentiment is from Accented Blooms and punched with the matching punch.  Before adhering it to my card front, I ran the panel through the Subtle Embossing folder for a little extra dimension!  I think these colors are unusual together, but I love the final result!  And since the Stamp Ink Paper challenge this week is monochromatic also, I am entering this!

Speaking of green, we got some new-to-us John Deere green this weekend!  Last weekend while at a Christian retreat, we took a ride and found this for sale on the side of road!  Needless to say, it was a pricey weekend!  But hubby is HAPPY!

We are supposed to get 3-5" of snow tomorrow, so I had better see this thing in action, LOL!  Enjoy your day and thanks for popping it today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Serene Garden, Accented Blooms
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Subtle Embossing Folder, Tailored Tag Punch, Garden Scene Framelits, Blender Pen, Stamparatus

Two Baby Cards for CASCSC308

Hi everyone!  Hope your week is going by nicely!  I think we are finally out of this snowy, rainy, sleety wet weather we've been having!  Keeping my fingers crossed anyway!  

I needed two baby cards this week; one for a friend who welcomed a little boy into their family of two boys and four girls, and another for a friend who became a first-time grandmother, welcoming a little girl!  I used the CAS Colours and Sketches sketch for both of them:

So here we go:

 

My camera captured these colors a bit wonky; in real life, they match nicely!  I used the Be Mine framelits and a retired heart punch to create my trio of hearts, and I used two retired sets, PS:  I Love You for the Blushing Bride stamped heart, and Suite Sayings for the sentiment.  I added another little piece of MFT gingham to peek out under the scalloped bottom too!   I heat-embossed the sentiment on some vellum and tucked a little Powder Pink ribbon behind it to "peek" through:

I combined two sentiments to stamp the inside as well:

The boy card is the same, except I used Balmy Blue, some Marina Mist ribbon and I didn't add the scallop at the bottom.  I substituted some Gingham Gala sequins for the pearls!

I am also entering this in the Stamp Ink Paper challenge this week, which is vellum!

Happy that you popped it today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Cassidy made a "snow chair"...looks like she is definitely chillin'!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Bouquet, PS:  I Love You, Suite Sayings (both ret), Blessed (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Vellum, Homespun Gingham (My Favorite Things)
Ink	Craft White, Blushing Bride, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Pearls, Gala Gingham Sequins, Powder Pink Ribbon, Marina Mist Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Framelits, Rectangle Stitched Framelits, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Large Heart Punch (ret)