SIP127 All Wrapped Up

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Our latest Stamp Ink Paper challenge is a fun one---All Wrapped Up!

I already had this little snowman from Seasonal Chums colored and cut out, so I set out to do something with him!  The stamp presents itself as a tag, but I didn't necessarily want to use him as a tag, but I did use him as an embellishment on a little Wood Crate:

I created the crate with the Wood Crate die, using Smoky Slate cardstock and stamping the Hardwood background stamp on it with Craft White ink.  I used a few retired products to create my little "sign" in Real Red and Bermuda Bay, then added some Mini Tinsel Trim and some holly leaves from the Quilt Builder die.  The berries were created with a scrap of Real Red Glimmer paper and my 1/8" circle punch:

Last, I added a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds glitter and some recycled tissue paper from my latest Paper Pumpkin (which I haven't even opened yet!!):

The design team has created some wonderful tags and packaging....be sure to check them out, leave some love, and share your gifty packaging with us as well!  Can't wait to see what you bring to the party!

Cassidy got her own little snowman over the weekend...unfortunately it's one of those annoying toys that mimics what you say....thank goodness there's an "off" button!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seasonal Chums, Hardwood, Endless Wishes (ret), Time of Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Real Red Glimmer
Ink	Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Craft White, Real Red, Wild Wasabi
Accessories	Mini Tinsel Trim, Misc Markers
Tools	Big Shot, Wood Crate Thinlet, Stitched Shapes Framelit, Quilt Builder Framelits, 1/8" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Sponge Dauber

SIP96 CAS Wedding

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  It's time for another Stamp Ink Paper challenge....CAS wedding!

Wedding season is coming up!  Sadly, I have very few stamps that would be considered "wedding" stamps, but I did find a couple images from the retiring Every Occasion that worked!  I used the sketch from last week's Freshly Made Sketches; even though it's too late to submit, I thought the sketch was fun and worked well with my images and papers:

I just got some pretty springy papers from Bo Bunny's Petal Lane Collection and I picked out a simple stripe that would complement my heart and wedding bells:

I used a tiny bit of black for accent and used another banner from Time of Year (it was already sitting on my desk from yesterday's card!) and added some elements from The Paper Studio to complete my sentiment!  Easy and quick!  I hope you'll share your CAS wedding creations with us...be sure to check out what the other DT did as well!  

Saturday was room clean-up time!  Of course, there had to be some hijinks before she got down to serious work, although she did put the clothes away that were in the basket before she got into it!  Silly girl!

And she proudly showed Grampy her room once it was done...not perfect, but we're "in training"!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details--All Products SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Every Occasion, Time of Year, Everyday Expressions (The Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Watercolor, Basic Black, Petal Lane Collection DSP (Bo Bunny)
Ink	Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Regal Rose (ret)
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Scallop Circle Dies (Nestabilties), Dimensionals

PP341 Redux

Hi peeps!  Hope you had a great weekend!  I had rather a lazy weekend, so my card today is a re-do of yesterday's sketch from the Paper Players! (You can see the sketch here).  I liked it so much, I made another card, this time for my BIL whose birthday is today....uh oh, it's going to be late!  Anyway, here it is, using Moroccan and Serene Scenery DSPs, Endless Birthday Wishes and Time of Year:

It's hard to see in the photo, but the base is Very Vanilla (I need to get another background for my neutral cards!) and I added some of those cool Urban Underground embellishments!  My BIL is a contractor, so he'll appreciate them, LOL!

John went to work day at church on Saturday morning, and it was gray and gloomy, so I tempted the girls with playing with the new Paper Pumpkin kit, since Cassidy enjoys painting!  I brought out all my watercolor pencils, and she wanted to do ALL of the designs!!!

I haven't made them into cards yet, but I'll try to do that this week!  Here's Cassidy's first attempt...it almost looks like her Avon Grove tie-die shirt colors!!  They really enjoyed it!

Enjoy your day and be sure to come back tomorrow for a Stamp Ink Paper challenge!  Be blessed!

Project Details--All Supplies Stampin' Up!
Stamps	Endless Birthday Wishes, Time of Year
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Moroccan DSP, Serene Scenery DSP
Ink	Basic Black
Accessories	Urban Underground Embellishments
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Dimensionals

MM237 and GDP076 Poinsettia Christmas

Whee, it's Wednesday...the week is half over!  AND it's March first! I am keeping up with my Christmas card-creating, so at the end of the year, I should be in good shape!  Today's card uses the Merry Monday prompt of "Shimmer and Sparkle", as well as the Global Design Project sketch, which is to CASE the talened Kylie Bertucci's card:

Stampin' Up! came out with this gorgeous poinsettia stamp a couple years ago called Joyful Christmas; I thought it would be pretty in lieu of the florals that Kylie used!  Here's my take on her sketch:

I used Versamark and Real Red ink to stamp each image on watercolor paper, then embossed them with clear embossing powder, making sure I cleaned my stamp well between each inking!  Then I watercolored the florals with Watermelon Wonder, Real Red and Cherry Cobbler inks...and you know me, I always "loosely" watercolor!

I colored the centers with a Zig Painty gold pen; added some Encore Gold speckles, gold sequins, and heat-embossed the "Christmas" from Time of Year with Encore Gold ink and Gold Glory embossing powder:

The "merry" is from a Paper Pumpkin kit, I believe from Christmas 2015.  A wee bit of gold thread peeks out from behind the sentiment as well, and I used Real Red glimmer paper for a little mat and gold foil for the card front!  Although this is a little more flashy than my usual style, I think it's pretty!  It certainly sparkles and shimmers!

Trying out a bus stop selfie with my new phone!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details--All Products Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Time of Year, Joyful Christmas (ret), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Paper Pumpkin (Nov 2015?)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Watercolor, Gold Foil, Red Glimmer
Ink	Versamark, Real Red, Watermelon Wonder, Cherry Cobbler, Gold Encore
Accessories	Gold Wire, Gold Sequins (Verve), Clear Embossing Powder, Gold Zig Painty (ret)
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquapainter

CCMC428 and PPA322 At Christmas

Happy Friday, peeps!  Yay, it's the weekend!  I have a busy one planned, but it's all good!  But how can it be October 14 already??!!  Hope you have some fun things planned as well!  I have another Christmas card today; I was inspired by this sweet card by my friend Joanne....it is just so cute!  So this is for the Create with Connie & Mary color challenge, just like hers, as well as Susan's fun little sketch from the Pals Paper Arts:

So here we go:

I will admit that Sweet Sugarplum is a sadly under-used color in my cardmaking!  It's really quite pretty!  I stamped the banner from Time of Year, fussy-cut it out and put it atop a Swirly Scribbles Pear Pizzazz diecut.  I was really sad when SU discontinued Iridescent Ice embossing powder, which is what I used on my "wreath" here, but you can get a similar effect with Versamark ink, Heat & Stick Powder, and Dazzling Diamonds glitter!  I just smooshed my diecut into my Versamark pad, coated it with the EP and heated it up:

I love how it gives it a darker, sparkly look!  I stamped the holly in Pear Pizzazz and Sweet Sugarplum, trimming and gluing, then added some Pool Party strips of DSP from a few years back.  This is such a fun sketch, I love it!  I added a simple sentiment on the inside; I think it might be a bit too simple, I might have to go back and add some more holly or something!

Another card to add to my stash!

Continuing on our "Minion" day (for some reason, she kept the hood up the entire morning until she got dressed!!!), my sweet friend Sandy set her some fuzzy Jack-o-lantern stickers, so she went to work making Halloween cards for her two sets of cousins:

Despite my best efforts, she really loves coloring more than stamping, although she did do a little bit here with Jolly Bingo Bits!  I have a whole set of retired SU markers and she loves them the best!

Since she is learning to read and write, I cannot hardly get her to stamp a sentiment...she writes a whole letter on the inside; I wish I had taken a photo of it!  Other than spelling a few words wrong, she does really well.  She climbed up on a chair to look at the October calendar to see how to spell "Halloween"!  Now she knows it by heart!  She really has a giving heart, she loves to give cards and even her toys away!

Thanks for popping by today and have a blessed day!

At This Time of Year

Happy wet, rainy, damp Thursday, everyone!  Yesterday whupped my butt....I haven't had a bad day like that in a long time!  No stamping time, either!  But today is a new day and while I was looking for a card to mail out, I came across this card that I made a few weeks ago but never posted, so I'll share it today:

I'd seen several cards where the Swirly Scribbles die was used to make a wreath or a pumpkin; this one started out as a pumpkin but I just couldn't make it work, so I paired it with a banner from the Time of Year hostess set and the little acorn and oak leaf, and that worked much better!  The diecuts were cut with Pumpkin Pie, Peekaboo Peach and Tangerine Tango cardstocks, and the banner was stamped in Old Olive.  I stamped the fall things in Chocolate Chip and Delightful Dijon and did some fussy-cutting and gluing!!!  The whole shebang was mounted on a white square and a Layering Squares diecut, also in Old Olive, then mounted on a card that used the Warmth & Cheer DSP sweater print:

The inside uses the other sentiment from the set:  Thinking of You.  It's such a warm and cozy creation, don't you think?  Out in the mail it goes!

I don't have any pix of Cassidy since I was away, but I have to share one of the highlights of my trip, even though it's not really particularly Scottish!  Outside Edinburgh Castle, a group of people had a stand representing some sort of wildlife rescue group (I was so enamored of what I saw, I didn't really pay attention to what it was, LOL!) and they had three owls that they had raised from owlets available for you to hold and stroke!  I WAS IN HEAVEN!  It was worth the four pounds to have this soft little owl sitting on my arm for a few minutes!  I can't even tell you what kind of owl it was, but you can see another striking one behind me, white and black.  It was amazing, especially for this crazy bird lady!  

And if it looks like I am wearing the same outfit in every picture, I practically was....it was so cold and windy (see my pink earmuffs?) I had to wear my big scarf around my neck to keep warm!  At least this day the sun was shining...at least for this moment!  Thanks for popping by!

Paper Players 311 Birthday Balloons

Happy Sunday, all!  If you're on the east coast, I pray that the hurricane hasn't affected you too much!  Jaydee is our hostess today at the Paper Players and she has a fun challenge:

I remember being SO excited the first time I purchased some circle dies.....it opened up a whole new creative world!  But since my mojo has been hiding lately, instead of the circular card I wanted to make, I opted to use this new balloon die my friend Martha gave me a wee bit ago.  I am not quite sure what I was thinking when I chose this color combination of Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral and Flirty Flamingo, but I guess I thought it would look pretty together.....not too sure about it though.  But here it is:

I used the sketch from this week's Match the Sketch as a starting point:

I used a Very Vanilla card base, with Playful Palette and By the Shore DSPs; the balloons were cut from Calypso Coral, and the sentiment from the hostess set Time of Year was stamped with Basic Black and fussy-cut.  My horizontal panel is Flirty Flamingo and it is stamped with a little border from Christmas Pines...so many fun things in that set!  The "wishes" is from a stamp set from The Paper Studio.  I added some black ribbon and a few black sequins:

I hope that you'll play along with our circle challenge this week!  I am looking forward to seeing some fun creations!  Check out what the DT made as well:

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance 
• Sandy
• Linda
• Hannelie
• Colleen

A little coloring time with Grampy:

Enjoy your day!