AHSC664 Thinking of You

Happy Monday, all!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

I used some beautiful papers from Beautiful Gallery, but unfortunately, covered up the prettiest roses!  Duh!  Anyway, I used a plate to cut the arched edge and stamped some Elements of Text with Versamark ink on the right side of the Cloud Cover card.  

The foliage, stamped in Secret Sea and Cloud Cover, are from the retired Forever Fern; the sentiment is from The Right Words.

I added some sparkly gems and it was done!  Even though the roses are covered up, it's still pretty in these blue hues!  I hope you'll play with our fun sketch this week too!  Share your creation with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Forever Fern (ret), Elements of Text (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Cloud Cover, Basic White, Secret Sea, Beautiful Gallery DSP
Ink	Cloud Cover, Secret Sea
Accessories	Glitter Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies (ret)

AHSC661 Thinking of You

 Happy Monday, peeps! How are your holiday plans going?  I still have wrapping to do!  I did carve out some time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week:

Still working on some last-minute birthday cards, so I pulled out the Layers of Beauty bundle; it never disappoints!  Here we go:

I am not a huge fan of Bubble Bath, but I admit that it does look sweet here! I diecut a panel of it with the retired Scalloped Contours dies and embossed it with a new embossing folder called All In a Row.  I used the stencil and colored the flowers with Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink and Strawberry Slush inks; the leaves were Soft Sea Foam and Soft Succulent.  Sentiment is from The Right Words on a Stitched So Sweetly panel.  I did trim down the flowers to make it fit the card!

This will cheer up someone who's having another birthday, LOL!  I hope you'll play with our sketch this week...maybe you still have some Christmas cards you want to hand-deliver, and this might be a great sketch for you!  We can't wait to see what you do with it at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, The Right Words
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine Black, Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delights, Soft Sea Foam, Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layers of Beauty Dies, All In A Row Embossing Folder, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Blending Brushes, Layers of Beauty Stencils

AHSC655 90th Birthday

Happy Monday! It's Stamp Club day, so this will be short & sweet!  Time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

We had a big birthday party at church yesterday for one of our sweet members who turned 90!  I got out some Florals in Bloom DSP, did some fussy cutting, and here's what I came up with:

I used a scalloped die to cut another piece of the DSP for the borders, and the sentiment, stamped in Berry Burst, is from The Right Words; I also added a wee Cloud Cover bow and a few fussy-cut blooms, cut from the same paper:

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment and some greenery from the retired Number of Days set, and added a diecut "90" from the Little Numbers dies:

Such a fun sketch, I hope you'll be able to play along with us!  Check out all the designers' samples on Wednesday when the post goes live at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog!  Thanks for visting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Number of Years (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Berry Burst, Adhesive Sheets, Florals in Blooom DSP
Ink	Berry Burst, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Cloud Cover Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Scallop Dies (Lawn Fawn), Little Numbers Dies (ret)

PP763 Color Challenge from Jan

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It's Jan's turn to be the hostess at the Paper Players, and she has a nice fall-feeling color palette for us this week: 

My dad's cousin is turning 93 this month, so I took advantage of these colors to make him a fall-themed birthday card using some Autumn Toile DSP:

I used some Everyday Arch dies to create a tag with Basic White and Old Olive cardstocks, and used some Mossy Meadow baker's twine for the embellishment.  Sentiments are from Everyday Greetings and Greetings of the Season; the foliage is from Lasting Joy:

Here's the inisde:

Lots of fun ways to use these colors this week! Stop over at the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers did with them!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings, Greetings of the Season, Lasting Joy (ret), The Right Words, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Old Olive, Autumn Toile DSP
Ink	Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso
Accessories	Mossy Meadow Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, 1/8" Hole Punch

AAA76 Cassidy's Birthday

 Happy Saturday, everyone! Tomorrow is Cassidy's 15th birthday--can you believe it?  We probably won't see them until later tomorrow, so I am going to go ahead and post the card that I made for her!  It just happens to work with the AAA Birthday Challenge, which is sports:

She still likes basketball, although she didn't play much this summer.  But I had gotten some fun b-ball papers from Echo Park and decided to make one of the pop-up fun fold cards I've been making!  Here we go:

No stamping on the front, just papers from the pad:

And here's the inside: I pieced together papers for the inside pop-up panel, then added sentiments from The Right Words:

Hope she likes it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Basketball (Echo Park)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Scalloped Dies (Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AHSC642 Pretty Florals

Hello, stamping friends! Time for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, and since I love things in threes, I admit, I was extra-fond of this one: 

I pulled out a pattern from Floral Charm that I hadn't used yet and paired it with some of the solids that coordinated:

I mounted it on a Basic White panel and a Bubble Bath card base, then added some pretty pink ribbon from my stash, creating a faux bow with some embroidery floss  I also heat-embossed a sentiment from The Right Words on a Pretty Peacock banner, using white embossing powder.  I also added some little glimmer dots for sparkle:

I am planning to use this sketch for some upcoming classes for sure!  I hope you'll find it tickles your fancy as well, and you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts! Can't wait to see you there!

Taking a wee break from birthday cards to share this photo; John took my BIL and great-nephews fishing on Saturday!  The weather was fabulous...the fishing, not so much.  But hopefully some great memories were made!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath,  Pretty Peacock, Floral Charm DSP
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals,  Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins (ret), Ribbon from my stash, Embroidery Floss from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies

AHSC641 You're So Kind

 Happy Monday, everyone! Wow, what a gorgeous weekend we had weather-wise! A fun time on our boat, but now it's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

 What a fun sketch! I have so many pretty floral papers, I found one that really spoke to me, got out my snips and went to work!  I don't mind cutting out wee little pieces when they're all so sweet! Here we go:                                  

My papers are from the Florals in Bloom DSP, and I used layers of Berry Burst and Bubble Bath cardstock as accents. The sentiment is from The Right Words.  I did add a couple of silver metallic pearls for "prettiness"!  This is a cute layout...you could even make this a gatefold card, although for this card, I didn't.  Be sure to check out what the DT created over at the Atlantic Hearts blog on Wednesday, but you can play along anytime!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

The Phillies won on Friday!!  Big smiles all around:

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Berry Burst, Bubble Bath, Florals in Bloom DSP
Ink	Berry Burst
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Metallic Pearls
Tools

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)

AHSC637 Floral Birthday

 Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge!  Here we go:

I just got the Floral Charm DSP and although it's a bit of a cheat, I had to use this floral pattern because it was so pretty:

I thought the Blushing Bride cardstock matched the lighter florals, but in hindsight, I would probably use a different color background.  I place the panel in the Mini Corrugated embossing folder (had to run it through once and a little bit more!), then rubbed my Craft White ink pad over the raised ridges. It's hard to see, but it added a nice little contrast.  The Mossy Meadow scalloped panel seemed a little stark, so I stamped some smudes around the edges with the same Craft white ink, then added a simple white ribbon and a sentiment from The Right Words:

This is a really nice, simple, easy sketch, and I hope you'll play along with us as well!  The possibilities are endless!  Check out the other samples at the Atlantic Hearts blog and play along! Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Label Me Bold (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Blushing Bride (ret), Floral Charm DSP
Ink	Craft White, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	White Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder

In(k)spire Me #563 Way To Go

Happy Tuesday, all! My card today uses the sketch from In(k)spire Me, and it's a graduation card for a family friend!  First, the sketch:

Here we go:

I heat-embossed a sentiment from the new set called The Right Words, and I am a little disappointed in how it turned out; my embossing powder may be about 20 years old, so maybe I should invest in some new, LOL!  I diecut it and added a Pretty in Pink scallop to match these pretty florals from Wildflower Birthday DSP:

The gold-striped panel is from the same DSP, I just cut a strip and adhered it to the side. I added a few gold leaves and some sparkly ribbon too!  On the inside, I mixed and matched some sentiments:

The young lady graduate just finished nursing school, so she definitely will be on an adventure!

Thanks for visiting today!  And since I haven't posted a picture of Cassidy lately (she's mostly camera-shy these days), I was thrilled when Dana sent me these!  She and Wayne went fishing after youth group on Sunday evening:

A cute little sunnie!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Adventure Awaits (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Wildflower Birthday DSP
Ink	Bashful Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Pool Party Glimmer Ribbon, Dimensionals, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Heat Tool

AHSC632 Floral Thinking of You

Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

I had some of these Florals in Bloom papers already on my desk, so I decided to use them for my card today as well:

I used the Deckled Edge dies to add some interest, and simply punched out a circle of these pretty flowers as an accent:

The sentiment, stamped in Calypso Coral, is from The Right Words, and I added some ribbon and sequins as embellishments!

I hope you'll play along with our interesting sketch this week!  Share your creation with us at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge blog!  See you there!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green, Florals in Bloom DSP
Ink	Calypso Coral
Accessories	Sequins (ret), White 1/4" Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Deckled Edge Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), 1 1/4" Circle Punch (ret)

PP739 Thinking of You

Happy Sunday, everyone! It's my turn to be the hostess at the Paper Players, and I've got an easy sketch for you to play with:

I think this has so many possibilities! I chose to use some new DSPs for my bright card this week:

My center panel uses a strip of Florals in Bloom along with some patterns from the Bright DSP selection!  Each panel is just wee bit under 1 3/4" wide and 4" high, and I mounted them on a piece of Timid Tiger cardstock.  The sentiment is also stamped in Timid Tiger and it's from The Right Words.  I diecut it and the Granny Apple Green layer with the Textured Notes dies and added a wee little mat of Lemon Lime Twist as well.  To jazz it up a bit, I added a couple of diecuts from the Unbounded Love dies and a simple white ribbon:

I left the inside blank, as I thought this sentiment could work for any number of occasions!  I hope that you find this sketch to your liking as well, and you'll play along with us at the Paper Players! Be sure to check out the lovely samples our Design Team created while you're there!  Thanks for visiting today!

On Friday, Dana and I went plant/flower shopping because we missed our traditional Mother's Day outing! We hit a couple of Amish nurseries, and saw this cute little "purse" while at one of them:

Such a clever idea! I didn't get it but it was fun to look at! And Mr. Chipmunk has come out of his hibernation and making himself known on our porch!!!  He's always fun to watch!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Timid Tiger, Brights DSP, Florals in Bloom DSP
Ink	Timid Tiger
Accessories	White Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Unbounded Love Dies

Happy Summertime

Happy Friday, everyone! I had some time yesterday to make a fun little stenciled card using some Greetery products! It works for the Inspire.Create Challenge this week (Summer Vibes), and the stencil challenge from Just Us Girls: 

I used the Destination: Summer stamp and stencil set to create my card:

I basically copied the "map" that came with the sest, stenciling and stamping these little images to create my scene.  I did add a couple of sequins and some Wink of Stella:

The panel was adhered to a Summer Splash card, and I added a sentiment from the new The Right Words, along with a hibiscus image, on the inside:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Destination: Summer (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Summer Splash
Ink	Summer Splash, Crumb Cake, Versafine Black, lots of others!
Accessories	Sequins (from my stash)
Tools	Destination:Summer Stencils (The Greetery)