AYSI384 Hope is a Feather

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have a nice weekend planned!  It's time for the latest As You See It challenge, and our theme is "Feathers"!  I pulled out an old Papertrey stamp for my card today:

And here's our prompt:

I will admit that this didn't come out quite the way I had planned, but what can I say! I stamped the image in Lost Lagoon on some pretty grungy-look papers, left the stamp in my stamp positioner and stamped it again in Versamark, then heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.  It was easy to fill in the spaces with some matching Copics. I chose lighter colors as I was afraid the darker ones would be too harsh:

The sentiment is a really old SU one called Friend to Friend; I also added a little linen "bow" at the top of the feather!  A get well sentiment from Technique Tuesday went on the inside, and I added a little Cloud Cover feather on top!  The base is Cloud Cover as well:

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week....you'd be surprised how many ways you can use a feather (gobble gobble)!!!  Share it with us at As You See It!  And thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction."  Proverbs 1:7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friend to Friend (ret), What the Doodle: Feather (Papertrey), So Grateful (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Cloud Cover, Vintage Floral (Art Collage)
Ink	Basic Gray, Cloud Cover, Lost Lagoon, Versamark
Accessories	Linen Thread, Linen Trim Ribbon (ret), Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Misc Copics

AHSC688 Happy 4th of July

Happy Monday, peeps!  The 4th of July is coming up, so I thought I'd use this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch to make a patriotic card!  Here's the sketch:

My base is Basic Beige, and the background stamp from Honey Bee was stamped in Night of Navy:

The Every Day Arches panel was stamped with fireworks in Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler, all from Waltzingmouse Stamps, as is the sentiment.  The stars are dies from Paper Rose, and the horizontal strip was diecut with a star strip from the retired Mini Treat Bag dies, backed with white glimmer paper.  I diecut more stars and sprinkled them among the fireworks:

I added some rhinestones for sparkle too!  The inside was a stamp from Technique Tuesday, and I added a few stars there too!

I know this is a bit unusual for the sketch, but what a sketch is for....a starting place! I hope you'll play along too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Land of the Free (Honeybee Stamps), Vintage Summer (Technique Tuesday), USA 1776 (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler
Ink	Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Rhinestones
Tools	Big Shot, Every Day Arches Dies, Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret), Stitched Stars Dies (Paper Rose), Blending Brush

FMS738 Thank You Kindly

Happy Thursday, all!  Cecile's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was really a cool one, I couldn't wait to play:

A friend of mine recently gave me a pink of homemade strawberry jam---YUM!  I wanted to make her a little thank you card, so I remembered I had an Altenew set that had some strawberries in it:

I first diecut a stitched border with a die from Reverse Confetti and mounted it on a Peaceful Pine card base.  I stamped the berries in Versafine ink, then watercolored them and fussy-cut them out.  The background foliage was stamped in the new In Color Peaceful Pine (stamped off once), and a little stitched stamp was stamped in the same color. 

Sentiment is from Whittle Sayings, and I added some little mini sequins for sparkle!  I think I might have to go have some toast with jam after this, LOL!  I am also going to enter this at the Farm Quest challenge where they are looking for fruit!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful You (Altenew), Borderline Stitches (Technique Tuesday), Whittle Sayings (Poppystamps), Celebrate Family (Fiskars)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peaceful Pine
Ink	Versafine Black, Peaceful Pine, Real Red, Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Mini Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Banners Dies (Pink & Main), Lacy Scallop Frame Die (Reverse Confetti), Aquapainter

Inkspirational Welcome Baby

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a quick little card today for a friend who became a great-grandmother recently!  I was going to use my little peekaboo bunny die, but opted for this sweet little baby shoe image instead:

The Inkspirational challenge this week is to use stencils with the option of plaid:

so I used a Kristina Warner Layering Plaid Stencil to create a background; I used Pretty in Pink and Strawberry Slush for my simple plaid.  The baby shoes are a Susan Branch design; I stamped them in Versafine Black and watercolored some shading:

I added a pale gray mat, a little sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs, and a gingham bow.  The inside features sentiments from Hero Arts and Technique Tuesday:

I'll pop this in the mail today!  Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Blessed (Technique Tuesday), Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts), Baby Shoes (Susan Branch, All Night Media)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Stone (Papertrey)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), 3/4" Circle Punch (ret), 7/8" Scalloped Punch (ret), Layerinng Plaid Stencils (Kristina Werner), Blending Brushes

FMS721 Shabby Valentine

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have a sweet little Valentine card for you today; it's for the FMS sketch by Jen as well as the neutral challenge from Little Red Wagon:

I went through my plethora of 6x6 pads to find some vintage prints to start my card; the ones I found were from Prima called Farm Sweet Farm.  I cut some to fit a 4 1/4" square card and went to work:

I diecut a heart from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped some postage stamp images from an old Papertrey set in Pecan Pie ink.  I added a Champagne foil heart and some pearl embellishments as well as a Technique Tuesday sentiment, stamped in Basic Gray ink.  I added a Crumb Cake scalloped heart behind it and gave everything a good vintage burnish with my sponge dauber and some Crumb Cake ink:

A sentiment from an old Paper Pumpkin set went on the front, and finally, some neutral rickrack trim for fun!  I haven't made a collage-style image for a long time, and it was fun to do!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Grateful (Technique Tuesday), Paper Pumpkin (ret), Postmarks (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Champagne Foil (ret),  Farm Sweet Farm (Prima)
Ink	Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Rickrack (from my stash), Dimensionals, Various Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Heart and Scalloped Heart Dies (Nestabilities), Sponge Dauber

FMS707 Get Well Pumpkin

Happy Thursday, peeps! The week is whizzing by!  I have a quick card that I made for a friend who had a fall and cracked some ribs!  Ouch!  The sketch is Judy's from FMS:

And here we go:

I already had my pumpkin made, an extra from when I made THIS card, so the only thing I had to do was get some scraps for the background.  I did add a little border around my pumpkin and a get well sentiment from Technique Tuesday:

This will be winging its way to her in the mail today!  Thanks for popping in, enjoy your day and be blessed!

FMS696 Vintage Ads

Happy Thursday, peeps! I found these vintage ads in some of my papers; I've had them for a long time and I can't even remember who makes them, so when I saw the FMS sketch this week, I thought I could put a dent in my stash!  Here's the sketch:

My proportions may be a bit off but hopefully you can still see the sketch! I don't need a baby card, but that's what came to mind when I began creating:

I trimmed down my ads to fit the front and added a Blushing Bride panel behind them (which seemed to match better on my desk than in this picture!), cutting it with an Everyday Details die, then stamping it with a little polka dot design in white craft ink.  I added a little "congratulations" banner in the center:

And a little sentiment on the inside:

I was happy to put these fun little ads to use!  It really didn't make a dent in my stash though, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dot Dot Dot (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts), So Blessed (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride (Ret), Vintage Ads (unknown)
Ink	Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Essentials Dies, Textured Notes Dies

PP747 CAS Things With Wheels

Happy Sunday, all! I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week, where it's Clean-and-Simple week, one of my favorites!  Here's my theme:

I think this theme could be great for masculine OR feminine cards! I actually went with a feminine image, using an older Waffleflower layering set that's not seen much ink:

Although it took me a couple of tries to get everything lined up, I like the graphic look of it! I  used the colors from Color Throwdown as my palette:

I used Daffodil Delight for the girl's dress, adding some gray polka dots; her bike is Memento Black and Flirty Flamingo, and the sentiment (Technique Tuesday) and shadows are Smoky Slate:

I embellished the sentiment with a gray enamel dot, then I added some pink and gold paper to match the pink bike! It all went on a Smoky Slate card base, and I stamped a sentiment from a Reverse Confetti set on the inside.

This is a little bit out of my normal style, but I think it's fun and unusual!  I hope you'll play along with our CAS challenge this week at the Players! Just remember to keep in simple!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biking Girls (Waffleflower), Cotton & Thistles (Reverse Confetti), Good Times (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Gray, Basic White, Madras Plaid Coral (Memory Box)
Ink	Memento Black, Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Enamel Dot (W+9)
Tools	Blender Pen

TTTC257 Thinking of You

Happy Thursday, everyone! I was so happy to be chosen as a guest designer with my old friends at the Tic Tac Toe challenge recently!  Here's the board they've selected for this week:

I chose the right diagonal of die cut, embossing and twine for my fall card today:

I used my favorite fall embossing folder and embossed a piece of Crumb Cake with it.  The leaves are from Lawn Fawn, and I used Real Red, Terracotta Tile and a wee piece of Plaid Tidings to creat them.  A sentiment from Happiest Day on a Pretty Pink Posh diecut tag and some Copper Clay twine finished it off...and of course, a sequin!

I also added a Technique Tuesday sentiment on the inside, stamped in Copper Clay as well:

I think Felicita's board is a great one for some fall/seasonal stamping!  I hope you'll play along with us at Tic Tac Toe!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiest Day, So Grateful (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Terracotta Tile (ret), Plaid Tidings (ret)
Ink	Copper Clay
Accessories	Dimensionals, Copper Clay Jute, Naturals Sequins
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Leaves Dies (Lawn Fawn), Stitched Banners (Pretty Pink Posh), Autumn Blessings EF (Cuttlebug)

PP692 Patriotic Friends

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Jaydee as our hostess! It's theme week and what a fun one Jaydee has chosen:

Where would we be without our friends, right?!  So let's go!

I bought this Technique Tuesday stamp several years ago, just for this image, I loved it so much! I used it ONE TIME....and it went missing in my stamp room.  I tore everything apart and never found it.  Fast forward to about a year ago, I was looking through some vintage-type papers in one of my folders and lo and behold, stuck to the back of one of the pages was my stamp!  Phew!  I wanted to make a patriotic-themed card and this image seemed to fit the bill, along with the theme of friendship! I stamped the image in Real Red and fussy-cut it, then added a sentiment, some blue banners and some yummy blue gingham:

On the inside, a birthday sentiment, a little strip of the opposite side of the DSP and I'm ready to go for a July birthday!

And since the Color Throwdown challenge this week features my card's colors, I am going to enter it there as well!

Friendship is one of the best and easiest themes we could have, so I hope you'll take the challenge and make a friendship card, then share it with us at the  Players' blog!

Before I go, I am going to brag on Dana little....she always has to listen to me (and my two sisters) yak on and on about the birds we saw and/or heard, and when she sent me this video, I almost fell off my chair.  She took it through a window, so there's a glare and some background noise (you may want to hit the mute button to keep from hearing annoying commercials!), but she captured this female pileated woodpecker amazingly:

She's afraid she's becoming a bird nerd now, LOL!  Thanks for watching, thanks for visiting and be blessed today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Small Sayings (ret), Vintage Summer (Technique Tuesday), Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Blueberry Bushel Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Star Punch (ret)

PP632 The Fresh Sights of Spring

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Spring just doesn't really want to make an appearance around here in southeast PA---it is playing hide-and-go-seek with us; nice one day, cold the next!  But hopefully Ann's pretty Paper Players clean-and-simple challenge this week will let us celebrate spring regardless of the temps!

 

I love the colors that are in the prompt too--very spring-like---so I went with them along with the sketch from FMS:

And here we go:

These cute little tulips were created with a die from Concord & 9th; I used Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, So Saffron and Granny Apple Green cardstocks for them, then mounted them on Basic White diecut circles.  The bottom panels are Fresh Freesia DSP and cardstock, diecut with the Stitched Rectangle dies:

The sentiment is an oldie from Technique Tuesday called Beauty of Spring; to keep the card simple but to add some interest, I diecut a frame with Stitched With Whimsy and added some sequins:

Now, what clean-and-simple creation will you share with us this week?!  Get some inspiration from the Design Team over at the Paper Players blog, then share them with us!  Can't wait to see them!

My spring bulbs are always late blooming; my neighbors' yards are already full of daffodils and mine are still just little green shoots!  This little patch of mini daffodils...Michele, are they jonquils?....popped up suddently and surprised me a day or so ago:

I love how the late afternoon sun peeks through their petals!

Thanks so much for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beauty of Spring (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Granny Apple Green, Fresh Freesia DSP
Ink	Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched with Whimsy Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Tulip Frame Dies (Concord & 9th)

AHSC513 Hello Baby

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Well, this February we've celebrated a big birthday, a big wedding, and this weekend a big baby shower!  I guess I should be glad we haven't had any snow to mess up the plans!  John's nephew and wife will be having a GIRL!!!  Finally!  So I couldn't wait to make a little baby girl card for her shower; I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

I didn't use quite as many horizontal panels on my card, but I pulled out some pretty pastels from this year's DSP collection and here's what I came up with:

After cutting my DSP into 1" strips and mounting on a Basic White card, I stamped the baby shoes in Smoky Slate ink and added just a wee bit of shading, then fussy- cut them out.  I cut out a filigree heart from the retired Be Mine Stitched Hearts dies and popped the little shoes on top:

Teeny Tiny Wishes came to the rescue once again for a wee little sentiment, punched out with the retired Word Windoe punch:

And I stamped a sentiment from Technique Tuesday's Beauty of Spring on the inside, with another couple of diecut hearts:

She's due in late March, can't wait to see her!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Beauty of Spring (Technique Tuesday), Baby Shoes (Susan Branch)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, DSPs in Balmy Blue, Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz and Petal Pink
Ink	Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Be Mine Stitched Heart Dies (ret), Word Window Punch (ret), Light Gray Copic