AYSI355 Speed Stamping

Happy Friday, everyone!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and its the "challenging" SPEED STAMPING!  Here we go, this should be an easy one: 

So for the speed stamping challenge, you need to get all your supplies together and ready, then make your card in ten minutes or less!  Here's my take on it:

I stamped the Skeleton Leaf stamp from Sweet & Sassy, using Garden Green ink on Soft Sky cardstock.  I matted it with Evening Evergreen and adhered it to a 4 1/4" square card.  The sentiment is from Stamp Simply, and I diecut it with a banner die, then added some silver pearls:

And here's my time!!!

What can you stamp in ten minutes or less?  Keeping it simple and gathering all your supplies beforehand is the key to success here!  Share your speedily-stamped creation over at As You See It! I anticipate seeing lots of fall leaves there!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Skeleton Leaf (Sweet & Sassy), Farmhouse Scriptural Thoughts (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sky (ret), Evening Evergreen (ret)
Ink	Garden Green, Evening Evergreen (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Pearls (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Country Rooster Birthday

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  No challenges today, just a fun card for my niece, who has a mini-farm and raises chickens, among other things!  Now I know my card features roosters but I am hoping she'll enjoy it just the same. I got these fun papers from Unity recentlly and paired them with a  Stamp Simply sentiment:

This is a large card, 5" square, but I wanted to get as much of the 6x6 paper on there as I could! I cut the panel diagonally and added some faux stitching down the middle, then added my birthday sentiment and a few enamel dots::

I added a sentiment from The Right Words on the inside:

Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Farmhouse All Occasion Greetings (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Chicks & Red Gingham (Unity)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Kristina's Finishing Touches Dies (Kristina Werner)

Every Good & Perfect Gift

Happy Wednesday, all! I have a flowery card for you today, using the color palette from Retro Rubber:

I have to admit that I struggled with this card, not because of the colors, they're beautiful...but because I do struggle lining up all the layers of this particular stamp set.  It's from W+9, called Freehand Florals, and it's from 2016.  I think I have probably mis-aligned the layers, but at some particular point, I just gave up and went with it!  So here we go:

I stamped my flowers in Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie and Flirty Flamingo, and the leaves in Soft Sea Foam.  I did add a wee little Balmy Blue baker's twine bow, and framed them all in a Penny Black Double Frame die:

The sentiment is from Stamp Simply's Farmhouse Scriptural Quotes, and I've had that since 2023 or 2024!  In hindsight, I wish I had stamped it in a different color that Flirty Flamingo, but again, I'd spent way too much time on it!

I stamped a birthday sentiment on the inside, so this will go in my birthday stash!  I am also entering this at Little Red Wagon, where they're looking for flowers!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Farmhouse Scriptural Quote (Stamp Simply, 2023), Freehand Florals (W+9, 2016)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam DSP (ret)
Ink	Soft Seafoam, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories	Balmy Blue Baker's Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Freehand Florals Dies (W+9), Double Frame Die (Penny Black)

RRCB241 Farm Fresh Birthday

Happy Thursday, all!  Squeaking this "farm-fresh" birthday card in over at Retro Rubber, where they have a tic-tac-toe board:

I chose the top row across of diecut, twin and patterned paper.  I needed a card for a guy at church; he's the foreman at a large farm and believe it or not, they make cheese!  I found these fun papers in my stash, and I pulled out a couple of Stamp Simply sets from 2023 to make his card (although I think he makes his cheese from sheep--no sheep on this paper!):

First, let me say that the blue gingham panel does not look anything in real life like it does here...way too bright in my photo!  Anyway, I stamped my cows and arrows in Night of Navy on Basic Beige cardstock and diecut them out.  I had a circle already cut in my stash, so I mounted them on the circle, stamping "farm fresh" and a birthday sentiment from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings (also a couple years old):

The gingham stamp is from Papertrey---waaaay old, probably at least 10 years! I stamped it in craft white, then sponged Night of Navy ink on it to tone it down a bit.  And lastly, you can see a tiny bit of Linen Thread I tied around the arrows.  

I love anything country, so this makes me happy and I hope he likes it too!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Background Basics: Gingham (Papertrey), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps), Farmhouse Signage (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Night of Navy, Frontier (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, Craft White, Basic Beige
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Farmhouse Signage Dies (Stamp Simply), Zigzag Circle Die (Sissix)

Thankful Pumpkins

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I spent a wee bit of time in my craft room this morning and decided to make a fall-themed card for two challenges: As You See It has a nice sketch, and Hand-Stamped Sentiments has a lovely fall mood board:

I have been saving this pumpkin paper (well, hoarding it, really) for a long time, so I decided to finally break it out:

This is a larger card, 7.25" x 4.25", because I wanted to make sure I got all those pumpkins on it!  The papers are all from Recollections, called Thankful Heart.  I stamped the "thankful" in Mossy Meadow on some of the striped paper and matted it with a scalloped mat:

The floral image is from the same papers, diecut and matted with a Pistachio Pudding scalloped mat:

And although it's hard to see, I did add some speckled stamping around the pumpkins in Basic Beige, and added some Mossy Meadow twine and a few neutral sequins.  The inside is a sentiment from Simply Stamped, and I fussy-cut another pumpkin to add to the bottom. The vine stamp is from Close to My Heart:

I think this will make a nice Thanksgiving card!  

It's Solanco Fair week, so I am off to put in a blanket that Dana crocheted as well as a small cross stitch project that I did.  I did several projects this past year....getting them framed was another story!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seaside Wishes, Blessed (Paper Sweeties), Farmhouse Scriptural Quotes (Stamp Simply), Autumn Blessings (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Pistachio Pudding (ret), Thankful Heart (Recollections)
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Basic Beige, Pistachio Pudding
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Mossy Meadow Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret)

Vintage Sympathy

Happy Saturday, everyone! Praise the Lord, the sun is shining here in Pennsylvania, and it's a Saturday!  Amazing! Unfortunately, I needed another sympathy card recently, and I used the sketch from As You See It and a few of the Earth Day prompts from Festive Friday for my (vintage again) card:

I pulled out some older nature-themed stamps and went to work:

The elements from the FF challenge that I chose were neutrals, woodgrain, twine and thinking of you.  I stamped the bird's nest in Pecan Pie on some Very Vanilla and colored in the eggs very lightly:

The sentiment from Hero Arts was stamped on a little banner and I added another wee little bird's egg.  The elements behind the nest were some retired stitched ribbon and Wavy Trim.

My woodgrain paper was originally white, so I used a blending brush to color it with Crumb Cake ink, then I stamped several images on it in Gray Granite to create my own collage-style background paper:

I added a Gray Granite mat as well as a Pecan Pie mat, on which I stamped a dictionary-style page around the edges.  I used a Stamp Simply sentiment on the inside, and added a few more feathers from Soft as a Feather, an older retired SU set:

The card is for John's brother-in-law who lost his father recently.  John's sister and BIL are great birders and we often swap bird sighting stories with them, so I hope they will find comfort in this card!  Thanks for popping in today!  

We made a little visit to my nephew's house yesterday to see this little peanut:

Cute as a button and good as gold!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Soft as a Feather (ret), Birds of a Feather (Artistic Outpost), Farmhouse All Occasion Greetings (Stamp Simply), Sentiment CL342 (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pecan Pie, Gray Granite, Heart & Home DSP (ret)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Gray Granite, Pecan Pie, Soft Sky (ret), Balmy Blue
Accessories	Wavy Trim, Soft Sky Stitched Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Oval Dies (Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Blending Brush

CASC&S532 Thinking of You

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  The Clean and Simple Colours and Sketches challenge is a pretty color one this week:

And my sweet friend from over the pond, Joanne, is the hostess!  I loved her card SO MUCH that I am CASEing it, using a retired set called Pocket Silhouettes, along with another oldie, Teeny Tiny Wishes!  Here we go with my simple card: 

I used markers to color each of the florals, then diecut them with a Stitched Shapes die.  They were mounted on an Azure Afternoon panel that was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, and I also added a strip of Balmy Blue under them.  The sentiment was also stamped in Balmy Blue and diecut with a banner die (although I am wishing I had stamped it in Old Olive!!):

A Stamp Simply sentiment went on the inside, along with a repeat of one of the silhouettes, stamped in Balmy Blue:

Sadly, I am going to need another sympathy card....two deaths in two days within our church family!  Thanks for visiting today!

Dana told me the pups got new beds....Eden's not hard to spot, but can you see Ginger?

She's so tiny, I guess she gets cold easily, so she burrows down under the covers, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pocket Silhouettes (ret), Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Farmhouse All Occasion Greetings (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (ret), Azure Afternoon Marker, Old Olive Marker, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

40th Anniversary Card

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a lovely weekend.  My friend Robyn, who is also my co-worker at church as well as a crafty stamper herself, has been working at our church for FORTY years!  Wow!  She has seen lots of changes in her many years and has still maintained her positive spirit and love of the Lord! We managed to surprise her yesterday with a big luncheon!  And of course, I had to make her a card in her favorite color of purple!

I stamped the florals from Dainty Delight in Stazon Black, then watercolored them and diecut them with the matching dies.  Although you can't see it very well in the photo, the horizontal panel is Glimmer Paper, which gave it a wonderful sparkle!  A little scalloped panel of Mint Macaron, and it all went on a piece of Gorgeous Grape dsp.  

I added some sparkly ribbon and a little tag from Our Daily Bread Designs, and stamped a congrats on the inside:

I used the sketch from Just Add Ink:

And I am also entering this at the Time Out Challenges this week where they want something sparkly!

I had to share this from the luncheon yesterday; Robyn loves chocolate, so her daughters and several others made chocolate desserts.  There was quite an array from which to choose:

LOL!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

A friend loveth at all times. Proverbs 17:17a

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs), Farmhouse All Occasion Greetings (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mint Macaron (ret), White Glimmer (ret), Gorgeous Grape DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Gorgeous Grape, Fresh Freesia, Mint Macaron (ret)
Accessories	Glitter Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Dainty Delight Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Large Banner Dies (Pink & Main), 1/8" Hole Punch, Aquapainter

PP663 Sketch from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, peeps! Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week and it's sketch week! I love sketches!  Here we go:

Wouldn't you know it, I needed another sympathy card this week, so I used Jaydee's sketch to create one:

These beautiful All About Autumn papers are just perfect for a thoughtful card; I used two layers of vellum for my bottom panel so you could still see the leaves through them a bit, and a panel of Copper Clay for the top panel, embossed (debossed, actually) with the Leaf Fall embossing folder:

The sentiment and diecut are both from Papertrey; I added some enamel dots for interest.  A simple sentiment from Stamp Simply was stamped in Early Espresso on the inside:

I am also going to pop this in over at JUGS where they have a lovely mood board:

I hope you'll play with our intriguing sketch this week!  Be sure to visit the Paper Players blog to see what all the designers came up with. I hope they inspire you to play with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Inspired: Prayer (Papertrey), Farmhouse Scriptural Thoughts (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Copper Clay, Vellum, All About Autumn DSP
Ink	Early Espresso, Copper Clay
Accessories	Enamel Dots (from my stash), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Leaf Fall Embossing Folder, Deckle Edge Rectangle Die, Prayer Die (Papertrey)

IB257 Sympathy Card

Happy Thursday, all.  Sadly, we had two past members of our church pass away within the last two days.  I was totally enamored of Silke's card (you can see it HERE) for the current Inspired By challenge, so I set out to CASE it for a sympathy card.  First, let's see the photo inspiration:

I remembered that I purchased the same PTI dies last year that Silke used on her card and I think I used them once so I got them out for my card too!  I paired the smaller pumpkin with a Hymn Block sentiment from Sweet & Sassy:

I stamped it in Early Espresso on a piece of woodgrained paper:

then created my pumpkin with some retired Naturals White and Mellow Moss cardstocks, giving them a good sponging around the edges with Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake inks and speckling them with Itty Bitty Backgrounds.  It all went on a Boho Blue card base and I added a little piece of Boho Blue twine for color:

And a few sympathy sentiments on the inside as well:

It is a blessing that my friend will no longer be suffering from her cancer, but we will miss her!  Thanks for popping in today....enjoy it and be blessed.

For those who love to see all things Longwood, their blog recently featured an interesting article about tree removal.  Even a public garden like Longwood is no match for winds and storms, but their professionals do have procedures in place to follow if a natural disaster occurs.  It's an interesting read with some pretty amazing photos!  You can check it out HERE.

photo courtesy of Longwood Gardens

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts), Hymn Blocks (Sweet & Sassy) Farmhouse Scriptural Quotes (Stamp Simply), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Boho Blue, Crumb Cake,  Naturals White (ret), Mellow Moss (ret), Misc Woodgrain paper
Ink	Early Espresso, Boho Blue, Sahara Sand (ret), Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Mellow Moss (ret)
Accessories	Boho Blue Thick Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Subtle EF (ret), Into the Bloom: Pumpkin Dies (Papertrey)