IB376 & SS380 Tea Time

Happy Tuesday, peeps! If you're on the east coast, did you get plowed out yet? Another load of snow for the winter of 2026!  At least this one didn't have single-digit temps!!!  The sketch from Sunday Stamps and the inspiration from Inspired By was my basis for today's card! 

I had gotten a cute little tea-time stamp set recently from Colorado Craft, and this was the first time inking it up! I pulled out some softly-hued DSP and stamped my little tea-drinking mice directly on it:

I did some paper-piecing of the cups, using some scraps of DSP from various pads, then colored the images with Copics.  I did add a wee bit of "sugar" to the teaspoon!

The vertical strips were embossed with a cross-stitch die and I added some little pink flower sequins and a diecut sentiment; another CCC sentiment went on the inside:

I saw another card today from MarDi using these mice, and I must say, after seeing hers, I was almost ashamed to post this one. Her card is AMAZING!  You can see it here!  I PROMISE I did not copy her card, but we both must have thought these little mice fit that challenge perfectly, LOL!  All the samples from Inspired By were really amazing this week!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tea Time Fun (Colorado Craft Company), Birthday Wishing (Colorado Craft Company)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride DSP (ret), Rustic Blooms (Not2Shabby), Sending Love (Gina K)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Floral Gems (from my stash)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), Copics

SSC371 Trio of Trees

Happy Tuesday!  I have a fun little Christmas card today and I used some products that I don't think I've used more than once or twice!  I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps, because I love things in threes:

And here we go:

I started by cutting some trees from dark green glimmer paper using a Cottage Cutz die, then mounting them on a Tim Holtz December Calendar-embossed mat:

Both sentiments, inside and out, are from More Merry Messages; I heat-embossed the outside one and diecut both before adhering:

I really like the clean, fresh look of this!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	More Merry Messages (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Green Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine,  Heat Tool, Tree Trio Dies (Cottage Cutz), December Calendar Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Banner Dies (Pink & Main) Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

SSC369 Peaceful Garden Thanks

 Happy midweek, everyone!  The Sunday Stamps challenge this week was a bit daunting, but again, it IS a challenge, so I gave it a go!  It's a color palette; check it out:

It IS a pretty inspiration photo, and the colors reminded me of the colors in the Peaceful Garden DSP, so I pulled out my Perennial Postage dies and a few pieces of DSP and went to work:

After diecutting my pieces out, I layered them on a Crumb Cake panel that was embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder, then added some Cloud Cover ribbon and some little white flowers:

The sentiment is from Terrific Toadstools!  I managed to get four out of the five colors on there!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, 

so that people are without excuse."  Romans 1:20

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Terrific Toadstools
Card stock & Papers	Pecan Pie, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Peaceful Garden DSP
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Cloud Cover Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Perennial Postage Dies, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret)

SSC365 Peaceful Birds

Happy Wednesday, peeps! My teammate Claire had a fun card on the Paper Players blog this week and I thought it was intriguing! It came from the Sunday Stamps challenge:

and I admit that I am still on a Christmas card kick--I know, I need to focus on something else, right?!  Anyway, I still have several pieces of the Nests of Winter DSP, so I pulled some of that out and came up with this:

I cut a triangle from the lighter piece, then cut it in two pieces and mounted it on a piece of Lost Lagoon that I embossed with an embossing folder from Spellbinders called Mandela BLooms.  I diecut the little birds from the DSP as well, and added a Cherry Cobbler scalloped edge behind them:

The little "peace" is from Impression Obsession, diecut with a Pink & Main banner die.  Such pretty colors together and an interesting sketch! 

The kids just got back from a week in Costa Rica!

They had a blast!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Words (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Cherry Cobbler, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Mandala Blooms EF (Spellbinders), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AYSI352 What Shape Would You Use?

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It challenge....and it's a fun one:

My shape would definitely be a circle and I do have three of them here, although they're a wee bit hidden by the shapes of my sunglasses! I hope that's acceptable to my own team members, LOL!

I had the idea for this card in my head a few days ago, mostly for the Inkspirational challenge of using three of something (I love my threes!), and then when I saw the Sunday Stamps sketch, it just all went together:

My sunglasses are from the Notes & Totes die and I used Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black to create them, popping them up on circles diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies:

My background paper is Coastal Cabana DSP, and my little wonky strips are from Spellbinders, Kristina's Finishing Touches.  There's Wink of Stella on the glasses for some extra shine!  Since this is a thank you card for one of my club girls, I used a sentiment from Simply Said directly on to the DSP.

So how about you?  What would be your shape to use on a card? We can't wait to see what shape you choose!  Share your creation with us at the As You See It blog and take a peek at what the other designers created as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Pretty in Pink, Coastal Cabana DSP
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Notes & Totes Dies, Wink of Stella, Kristina's Finishing Touches Dies (Spellbinders)

Happy Shell Birthday

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I have a summery, seashell-filled card today for two challenges! The Sunday Stamps challenge has a pretty color palette and the Time Out challenge wants seashells:

This is really clean and simple, as I let the shells do most of the work!  Here we go:

My seashells are from a retired Close To My Heart set and they were stamped  in Secret Sea and Versamark inks, then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder.  I colored them with reinkers and an aquapainter, using Petal Pink, Peach Pie, Timid Tiger, and Balmy Blue inks.  I stamped a  few speckles from You Are Remarkable, and a retired sentiment from Circle Sayings in Mossy Meadow, to match my Mossy Meadow arch:

I did add a few sequins from my stash for some sparkle! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable, Circle Sayings (ret), Swirly Seashells (CTMH)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue
Ink	Secret Sea, Balmy Blue, Petal Pink, Peach Pie, Timid Tiger, Versamark
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter, Heat Tool

SS362 Fishy Dad's Day

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I was making a few Father's Day cards for my card box and thought the sketch from Sunday Stamps might be a good one to use! I had an idea in mind...it didn't come out quite as I envisioned it but sometimes that happens!  So here's the sketch:

I used the retired Gone Fishing bundle, which I'll never get rid of, because it's perfect for the fishermen in your family!  So here we go:

I used a card base of Old Olive, embossing it with my new Kristina Werner's Finishing Touches dies--aren't they fun?  I used pieces of Timeless Plaid DSP and cut my little elements from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped them to match:

At the last minute, I stamped "DAD" from the retired Guy Greetings just to add a little bit more to the front:

And stamped these on the inside:

Not a lot of frills, but guys don't really like frills, right?!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing (ret), Guy Greetings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Old Olive, Timeless Plaid DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, Old Olive, Boho Blue (ret), Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Gone Fishing Dies (ret), Finishing Touches Die (Kristina Werner Spellbinders)

SSC361 Blessed Day

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Doesn't it feel like Sunday? Or Monday? Those Monday holidays mess me all up! I have a quick little card today that uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

Although I am disappointed that SU didn't have very many new designer papers this year, it is nice to be able to continue to use the ones I didn't use very much from last year!  This card uses some pretty prints from Nests of Winter along with the flower from You Are Remarkable:

I stamped my flower in Early Espresso and added the petals in Moody Mauve, stamped off once to give it a lighter hue.  It was backed on a little square, also from Nests of Winter, and a sentiment from Unbounded Love:

And I always need birthday cards, so a sentiment from the same set went on the inside:

Easy peasy and sweet!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You are Remarkable, Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Nests of Winter, Early Espresso
Ink	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Moody Mauve (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies

SSC359 Happy 90th Birthday

Hello, all my stamping friends! I have a fun, quick card today that was really easy to put together using the Sunday Stamps sketch:

The Wildflower Birthday has such fun papers and ephemera included with it, it makes created a special card really easy! I did pull out some older dies and Gold Foil paper to jazz it up, since this is a birthday card for my aunt Janice who is turning 90, and she has always been a wonderful aunt to me!

I layered some of the coordinating papers and used the cake image as one of the circles.  The other circle was another pattern, diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies and I added the "90" on top.  I used another Stylish Shapes dies to stamp and heat-emboss a birthday greeting from Year of Flowers in gold too:

I am getting a lot of use from that stamp set; here's the inside using the same set, stamped in Pretty in Pink:

This will be wending its way to her in the next day or so!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Year of Flowers
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Wildflower Birthday Specialty DSP, Gold Foil
Ink	Pretty in Pink, Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Heat Tool, Large Numbers Dies (ret)

Joy & Peace

 Happy Tuesday, all! I have a sweet little card today that uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps as well as the color theme from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

I still have lots of DSP from Classic Christmas, so I got out a sheet of starry Crumb Cake paper, some cardstock and went to work:

This is a fun sketch to work with if your papers coordinate on both sides!  I did some heat embossing for the sentiment at the top, and used a couple of dies from my stash for the little scene and pine trees:

You can't see it, but there's Wink of Stella on the pond, too!  A quick sentiment on the inside and I have another Christmas card for my stash!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Night Divine (ret), Hope & Peace (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Classic Christmas DSP (ret)
Ink	Crumb Cake, White Craft
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winter Village Die (Penny Black) Pine Tree Dies (Cottage Cuts), Heat Tool, Wink of Stella

SSC356 Blessed

Happy Tuesday, everyone! On Sunday, we welcomed three young ladies (their average age was ten!) as members of our church!  To welcome them, I used the Sunday Stamps sketch and made each one a card.  Here's the sketch:

Each one was a wee bit different, but here's one of them:

I used images from the retired Sweet Stuff, stamping them in Smoky Slate and coloring them with markers and Wink of Stella.  The sentiment is from Paper Sweeties' Blessed:

Some sweet papers from Not 2 Shabby worked well with my images, and I did add a wee little bit of embossing at the bottom of the card!  Now to get them off in the mail!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"We are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works."  Ephesians 2:10

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret), Blessed (Paper Sweeties)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Rustic Blooms (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Markers in Daffodil Delight and Soft Sea Foam, Wink of Stella