TMS492 You Are Wonderful

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a couple simple cards today, both using this sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I love things in threes, so when I saw this, I knew I had to play!  I sort of did the sketch from memory once I saw it, so I "forgot" that the sentiment band went all the way across...hopefully it will be okay!  The first card is for someone who did a really nice favor for me, so I made her a thank-you card using some American Crafts Shimelle papers and a couple of stamp sets:

I stamped the little feather from Papertrey's What the Doodle Feather set in So Saffron, Mint Macaron, and Merry Merlot (stamped off once), then fussy cut them out and mounted them on some stitched circles:

The sentiment from Rooted in Nature seemed perfect, also stamped in Mint Macaron:

I mounted the whole shebang on a So Saffron card base...I just think these colors and patterns are so fun!

My next card is a little note card made for the cancer center; it uses the same sketch, but the color challenge from Hand-Stamped Sentiments:

This is one REALLY simple; a layer of Highland Heather on a white notecard, then a layer of Twinkle Twinkle DSP, and some words and a sentiment from Close to My Heart's Inspired Words:

I stamped the dragonfly from Touches of Texture with Highland Heather ink, then colored it with Blends and some Wink of Stella, then popped it up on a mini dimensional:

I hope it brings some encouragement!  Thanks for popping in today!

Speaking of encouragement, Dana had been talking at dinner about work issues, and when she opened her lunch the next day, she found another little lunchbox card from Cassidy:

I guess we probably all wish for a day like that, LOL!  Enjoy yours and be blessed!  And remember...little pitchers have big ears!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rooted in Nature, Touches of Texture, Inspired Words (Close to My Heart) What the Doodle Feather (Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Pool Party, So Saffron, Highland Heather, Twinkle Twinkle DSP, Little by Little DSP (Shimelle)
Ink	Mint Macaron, So Saffron, Pool Party, Merry Merlot
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Rectangle Stitched Framelits, Radient Sunflower Die (Simon Says Stamp), Blends, Stamparatus

CTD530 and TMS490 for Dana

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Today is Dana's birthday and I can share my card with you because she's already received it!!  I was intrigued by the color palette at the Color Throwdown this week, and I also liked the sketch from Tuesday Morning sketches:

So here we go:

I gave a plethora of products some love on this one, LOL!  The stamps are all SU; Painted Harvest for the flower; Rooted in Nature for the leaf; and an old Paper Pumpkin set for the sentiment and as an afterthought, I threw in the butterfly!  I used a combination of Melon Mambo and Berry Burst for the flower, with Smoky Slate for the center and leaf:

My print papers are from MME's Gingham Farm; the horizontal Berry Burst piece was cut with a die from Swirly Snowflakes, and the scalloped border is from Close to My Heart!  Finally on the inside, another Paper Pumpkin sentiment (I have SO many of them!) and I repeated the leaf stamp!

We are off very early today to take another load of tools from my dad's house to the auction!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

PP428 I'll Be Your Up

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Laurie has our Paper Players challenge this week, and she has a very trendy color challenge for us!  Here we go:

My first instinct was to go for a Valentine's card, but in the back of my mind were those encouragement cards for cancer patients that my club girls and I want to make, so I pulled out Bella and Friends and went to work!  

First, I found a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches, flipping it so that my Bella would be facing inward:

I stamped the images in Memento black and colored them with Smoky Slate blends and Melon Mambo ink; Bella and the balloon were fussy cut and popped up.  The sentiment was also stamped in Melon Mambo, and I mounted it on some circular mats.  Finally, I layered a couple of DSPs in Basic Gray on top of a Melon Mambo card and it was done!  I think this is just such a cute image, I hope it brings cheer to someone who's feeling down!

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week...there are lots of possibilities for this color palette!  Can't wait to see your creation in the gallery!  Meanwhile, check out what the DT created:

• ·        Ann
• ·        Claire
• ·        Jaydee
• ·        Joanne
• ·        Laurie
• ·        Nance
• ·        Anne Marie
• ·        Su
• ·        Wanda

I have a few photos from our family get-togethers after my dad passed away.  For the younger generation, it's all about the PHONES!!  My niece Jessie, Cassidy and my great-niece Emma:

And here they are again, this time my other niece Paige is snapping the photo of Jessie, her brother Will, Cassidy, Emma and her sister Lucy!  I remember when someone brought out a camera when I was younger, we never wanted our picture taken, LOL!  Now they're all hams!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bella and Friends
Card stock & Papers	Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Animal Expedition DSP, Schoolhouse DSP (ret)
Ink	Melon Mambo, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Blends in Light and Dark Smoky Slate, Aquapainter

IB55 Warm Winter Wishes

Hi everyone!  Happy Thursday!  Time for another warm, cozy Inspired By challenge!  I usually love making Christmas cards at any time of the year, but for some reason, I have not been very inspired since 2019 rolled around!  I had to give myself a kickstart to get in the spirit with this card!!:

And here is Laurel's prompt; warm and cozy for sure:

My DSPs are all retired from SU; the darker blue one actually had white flowers, but I brayered them with some Soft Suede ink to give them a more distressed apperance!  The sentiment was heat embossed in white ink and embossing powder, and the little coffee cup was stamped in Memento Black, Night of Navy and Soft Suede, then I added some coloring with a Bronze Blend:

I stamped the horizontal panel with the Buffalo Check stamp in Night of Navy, and I embossed the background with the Cable Knit embossing folder.And here's the inside:

All other sentiments and images are from Close to My Heart, and I used the Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch for this week:

 

If you've not ever played along with the Inspired By challenge, I encourage you to give it a try!  Can't wait to see your creation!

I recently joined the Spellbinder Die of the Month club, and got a cute little paper doll-style die that I thought Cassidy would like:

Most of the pieces are small and fiddly, but she did a great job; true to her tomboy-style (regardless of the Mardi Gras beads she is wearing!!!), she chose to create a boy with neutral clothes....although I am not too sure about those shoes, LOL!  To each her own, right?!  She added the buttons, pocket and fingers herself!!!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check, Love with All the Trimmings (Close to My Heart), Just Treats (CTMH)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Delightful Daisy DSP, Warmth & Cheer DSP (both ret)
Ink	Craft White, Memento Black, Soft Suede, Night of Navy
Accessories	Braided Linen Trim, Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Ovals Framelits, SU Blends, Brayer, Embossing Buddy, Sponge Dauber, Cable Knit Embossing Folder, Stamparatus, Heat Tool

TMS466 Green Deer

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Have you ever seen a green deer?!  Well, I have one to share with you today!  My creative friend Wendy made a cute little card yesterday using the Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch (you can see her card HERE) and I loved it so much, I thought I would CASE it and make my own!  Her card is for Halloween, and mine is Christmas!  I recently got the Under the Mistletoe DSP, and I usually gravitate towards the smaller prints, but I thought I would challenge myself to use the bold Shaded Spruce one...so here we go:

And here is the sketch prompt:

I stamped a deer from Dashing Deer in Shaded Spruce and diecut it with the Detailed Deer Thinlet, popping it up on a panel that had the corners rounded with my Envelope Punch Board.  The sentiment is from Many Blessings:

What I thought was so clever on Wendy's card was that she cut out some elements from DSP to create her accent piece, so I did the same, cutting a small flower and part of a leaf out, then layering them on top of a larger flower.  There is a tiny bit of Old Olive in the pattern as well, so I used the corner die from the Detailed Deer Thinlet to make a couple of swirly pieces:

My final addition was a glimmer dot in the center of the smaller flower!  While this is certainly out of my comfort zone, I think it turned out nicely!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Off to a party!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dashing Deer, Many Blessings (available Sept 5)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Old Olive, Under the Mistletoe DSP
Ink	Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Glimmer Dot (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Detailed Deer Thinlet, Envelope Punch Board (for rounding corners)

TMS452 Almost

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Did you notice the title of my post today?  I added "almost" because I "almost" used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches this week...here it is:

And here's my card...I just could NOT tilt that panel...it looked like my classic car was going to crash, going downhill!!  I still liked the sketch, so I just used it with an untilted panel!  Hopefully they'll be forgiving, if not, that's okay too!!

 

Anyway, at first glance, this would seem to be a birthday card for a 70-year-old, but it's not!  One of our local businesses is celebrating 70 years!  It's a used-car dealership, and the owner is a friend of ours; he's continuing the business that his father started in 1948.  We have bought several cars from him, and having been in the car business myself for 25 years, it's sometimes hard to find someone who is honest and trustworthy, but Kenny certainly is!  So this card is for him...to celebrate his business ethic and hard work!

I recently got this vintage car image from Unity Stamps and just in time!  The license plate paper is some from my friend Teri, and I thought it would be a fun background!

For the other element of the sketch, I diecut an open star, added vellum behind it as well as some corduroy ribbon, then added "70" with SU's Little Numbers:

I used leftover scraps to create the inside....I hope he has a good sense of humor!  (I think he does)!  

I am also entering this in the Male Room Challenge, which is "cars"!!

Yesterday was Teacher Appreciation Day (which John thought was T-Shirt Appreciation Day...I think he needs his hearing checked) and Grammy just happened to have a card that Cassidy approved of for her teacher:

I love the pigtails!  Have a blessed day and thanks for popping in!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Inspired By challenge, too!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For the Guys (Unity Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Rustic White (Papertrey), Real Red, Bordering Blue (ret), Unknown DSP, Vellum
Ink	Real Red, Night of Navy
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Corduroy Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Star Dies (Nestabilities), Little Letters (ret), Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Ovals Framelits

Catching Up on Christmas

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I had time to make two simple Christmas cards..both use CTMH's Be Jolly set as well as some Oh What Fun! papers from My Minds Eye!  The first one is for Merry Monday's challenge of pastel colors:

The image was stamped with Pool Party ink, and I added a Soft Sky panel and Soft Sky seam binding ribbon; I punched out a few glimmer snowflakes (one of which is waving to us, uh-oh!) and adhered them to the pink snowflake paper:

I colored in the image with a Blushing Bride marker:

and added a simple sentiment on the inside:

My next card is for the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge and the Jingle Belles:  Text Me challenge:

This "ho ho ho" paper was just begging to be used for the "text" challenge; I added a mat of Tranquil Tide and stamped the sentiment in the same color:

A little shading with a blender pen and Riding Hood Red ink:

and the inside sentiment from My Favorite Thing's Seasonal Sentiments:

Thanks for visiting today...be sure to come back tomorrow for our next Paper Players challenge, too!

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