AYSI385 Speedy Greens

Happy Friday, all! Time for a new challenge at As You See It, and it's the "challenging" SPEED challenge!  So for those who aren't familiar with our challenge, we want to see what you can come up with in ten minutes or less!  You can have all your supplies ready to go, then set the timer and GO!  Here's the CAS card I came up with....can you figure out what our theme is?

It's not trees....but it IS "Shades of Green"! 

I used some of the many tree stamps in my collection, along with three different shades of green!  I first stamped a large tree from Unity in Mossy Meadow.  I then created a mask of a snowy hill and stamped the other trees in Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam and Mossy Meadow (stamped off):

This pretty sentiment is an oldie from a retired Artistic Outpost stamp; a snowflake from the Unity set was stamped over it in Soft Sea Foam:

And I think this must be a new record for me, timewise:

I did have all my stamps, paper and ink ready to go, so it went quickly! I could have added some sequins or glitter, but I just let it go as an uber-CAS card!

I hope you'll challenge yourself and do our Speed Stamping challenge this week!  Just be sure to tell us your time when you post your card at As You See It!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rooted in Nature (ret), Evergreen Holiday (Cornish Heritage Farms), Pines of Endearment (Unity), Midwinter (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Garden Green, Basic White
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories
Tools

Color Dare 719 Just Wanted to Say Hi

Happy Wednesday, peeps! My card today uses the colors from Color My Heart Color Dare #719:

What a pretty combo! I was looking through some of my background stamps recently and realized I haven't been using them at all, so I pulled out an old Cornish Heritage Farms one, along with the retired Color and Contour stamp set:

I stamped the background in Soft Sea Foam, then added the flowers in Lost Lagoon and Pool Party, giving the leaves a little was of Soft Sea Foam too.  I added a wee little bit of Elements of Text on the background of the arch, then a sentiment from Unity. The placement of the sentiment didn't quite hit the mark on the stitched strip, but, it is what it is! A little rhinestone sticky finished it off:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Color & Contour (ret), Elements of Text (ret), March 24 Kit of the Month (Unity), Leafy Backgrounder #3 (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party
Ink	Soft Sea Foam, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party
Accessories	Traditional Sparkling Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot Everyday Arches Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Stitched Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions), Aquapainter

LRW874 Aw Shucks!

Happy Friday, peeps! I have been busily making cards this week but not posting anything!  I finally did get a chance to make a card for a friend who recently had some surgery.  The Little Red Wagon challenge is looking for anything farm-related, and as I was going through all my stamps, I remembered this fun image from Unity and it seemed to have a good sentiment too:

My friend is not "sick" so "Get Well Soon" didn't really fit the bill, but I thought she would get a kick of out of this sentiment!  I used some digital gingham paper cut out with the Perennial Postage die, and a Nellie Snellie die set for the sentiment.  I added a wee bit of black & white twine for fun.  The set is Funny Farm by Unity:

I am struggling lately with photogaphing my cards!  Nothing looks quite right....I guess I need to fool around with some backgrounds to see which ones make the whites look really white!  Anyway, thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Funny Farm (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Digital Gingham (Jenny AllSorts Design on Etsy)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Black & White Baker's Twine (unknown)
Tools	Big Shot, Perennial Postage Dies, 1/8" hole punch, Stitched Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

AYSI376 My Favorite Embossing Folder

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It Challenge!  This one is a fill-in-the-blank:

Hah!  First of all, there is NO WAY I could pick out just ONE favorite embossing folder! I checked my Excel spreadsheet and I have about 135 embossing folders!!  I know---a wee bit embarassing, but I have been "collecting" them for over 20 years!!  So I just picked out one that I got recently and it's so pretty for Christmas cards!  So here we go:

This folder is called Starry Snowfall, and it's from Spellbinders.  Some of the newer EFs are really large, which is great for classes because I can emboss a full half-sheet of cardstock at once, so it saves me a lot of time!  I added a sweet little image from Unity's Holly Jolly Holiday inside a cutout of the embossed piece.  I was not getting the look I was happy with by just stamping the image on Crumb Cake cardstock, so I tried heat embossing it and adding some shading and that was much better: 

I added a little twine bow, then a sentiment from SU's retired Wishing You Joy on the inside, since I already had it on my desk from yesterday, along with some little extras from Unity's Winter Foliage:

I am also entering this at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, where they are looking for embossing folders as well!  

I do think embossing folders are an amazing addition to one's crafting supplies! Such an easy way to add impressive texture and interest to your creations!  Whenever I show a card to my brother (the engineer), he is always amazed by embossing and diecutting!  So I hope you'll pull out your favorite embossing folder, (even if you can't REALLY decide on a favorite), and show us what you can do with it!  Check out what the other DT members at As You See It did too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy (ret), Holly Jolly Holiday (Unity), Winter Foliage (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Ink	Versamark, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Baker's Twine, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Heat Tool, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Aquapainter, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

FMS733 Spotlight on Geraniums

 Happy Monday again! I am squeaking in another card today for the FMS sketch:

I have to admit that I haven't made a spotlight card for a long time and almost just tossed this one in the trash after several attempts, but I finally managed to eke one out that I felt was good enough to share!  It uses a pretty image from Unity's March 2026 Kit of the Month called Good Vibes:

Still not sure about the mixing of the greens!  Anyway, I stamped one image in black and another in mint green, then diecut a circle from the blackone and watercolored it in:

I embossed a Soft Sea Foam panel with the Eyelet embossing folder, trimmed everything down, added a stitched scalloped border and a sweet sentiment from the same set, then popped up the spotlit image.  Fresh and springy!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Good Vibes (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Versafine Black, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, Seafoam (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret),  Eyelet Embossing Folder, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter

AYSI364 Another Beer

Happy Friday, all!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge of 2026 and it's a fun one!  It's a fill-in-the-blank, and we want you to use your newest craft purchase!

My newest craft purchase is some Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol!  This technique of blending colored pencils with Gamsol has been around for a long time, but I never jumped on that bandwagon, so "Santa" very nicely gave some to me for Christmas (thanks, John!)!  And since Wayne's birthday is today, I decided to use this technique on a Unity stamp set---a mug of beer!  So here we go with my CAS creation:

I stamped the beer mug with Versafine ink, diecut it out, then colored the beer with Goldenrod and Spanish Orange Prismacolor pencils, adding a little Light Cerulean Blue to the mug itself and Black on the suds:

I added the sentiment to a Very Vanilla card and popped up the beer, adding some shading to the bottom with Pecan Pie ink.  My Wink of Stella kind of "exploded" while I was trying to add some sparkle, so it is VERY sparkly, LOL!  Here's the inside, using another sentiment from the same Unity set along with a Waffleflower Inside Sentiments Birthday set:

I am also entering this at the Addicted to CAS challenge, where they are looking for "glass"!

SO....what new goodies did you get for Christmas or just recently?  We'd love to see what you create with them!  Share them with us over at the As You See It blog!  Can't wait!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends are Like Seashells (for the bubbles; ret), A Cold One (Unity), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Very Vanilla, Thick Basic White
Ink	Versafine Black, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, A Cold One Dies (Unity), Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Blending Stumps, Wink of Stella, Aquapainter

FMS717 O Christmas Tree

Hello there, stamping friends! I feel like I haven't been in my craft room for AGES.  I have almost run out of Christmas cards and John keeps asking me, "Did you send one to so-and-so?", and I have to go make a couple more!  I finally made one just for craftiness' sake using Narelle's sketch at FMS:

I still had a couple cards left from the Christmas Greetings Mix & Match Specialty Cards, and I got a couple pre-Christmas gifts to myself, so I put them all to use:

I got a sweet set from Unity called Holly Jolly Holiday--just adorable!  I stamped the tree on Thick Basic White cardstock in Garden Green ink, but before removing it from my Misti, I cleaned my stamp and inked it up again with Versamark and stamped right over top of the image.  I then heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder and watercolored it in with Soft Sea Foam ink:

The embossing really keeps everything neat and tidy with no ink bleeding into the image! I fussy-cut it and mounted it on a Basic White panel that was embossed with a snowflake EF, then added a sentiment from Pine Tree Trimmings, inked and embossed the same way.  A simple gold foil panel matched the gold lines in the plaid!

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from the retired Peaceful Season stamp set:

Thanks so much for popping in today! Off to make some goodies for a little dinner we've having tomorrow for my TOPS ladies!  Hopefully I won't go too far over my calories--it IS the holidays, after all!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings, Peaceful Season (ret), Holly Jolly Holiday (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gold Foil, Soft Sea Foam, Christmas Greetings Mix & Match Specialty Cards
Ink	Garden Green, Versamark, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter, Heat Tool, Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

Straight Up

 Hi there! I am squeaking in a Father's Day card today; it uses the inspiration photo from Inspired By as well as the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I pulled out some old papers from Authentique along with a Unity stamp and here's what I came up with:

I stamped the image in Black Stazon and watercolored it, then added a sentiment from the same set, along with some adhesive metallic brads; the sentiment was diecut with the Stitched Shapes dies and Layering Ovals dies:

Gone Fishing provided the inside sentiment and I added a little scrap of the printed paper too!

I have peeps coming to stamp tonight, so that's it for now!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing (ret), If You Were Whiskey (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Night of Navy, Basic White, Original Collection (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, Stazon Black, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Adhesive Brads, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Aquapainter

AHSC621 Floral Sketch

 Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a good weekend!  The Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is certainly a fun one, as it always is!

Since I already had a couple of Unity sets out on  my desk from yesterday's card, I decided to use the large zinnia image instead of actual circles. Here we go:

I stamped the flowers three times around the edges in Peach Pie, using an Old Olive market to color in the stem.  I added an older Easter sentiment, also stamped in Old Olive, and diecut with the Everyday Arches die, then mounted it on a Peach Pie card base:

I made another card while I was at it, using a sentiment from Charming Sentiments, diecutting it with the matching die and using an Old Olive card base.  I backed the sentiment with a matching "shadow", and I also colored in the lady bugs with a Lemon Lolly marker; just a different look:

The sentiment was placed in a different location too, and I added some speckles from Country Birdhouse for fun:

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  You can see all the DT submissions on Wednesday, but feel free to play along right now!  Can't wait to see what you create!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Suite Sentiments (ret), Love & Good Vibes (Unity KOTM March 2024)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peach Pie
Ink	Peach Pie, Old Olive
Accessories	Party Dots, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Old Olive Marker

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Charming Sentiments (ret), Love & Good Vibes (Unity KOTM March 2024)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Old Olive
Ink	Peach Pie, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Charming Sentiments Dies, Lemon Lolly Marker, Old Olive Marker

PP729 CAS Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, all!  Joanne is our Paper Players hostess with a fun Clean-and-Simple challenge!  Remember, those CAS challenges are to keep things simple....a minimum of layers and doodads!  In fact, Joanne just wants us to use one stamped image!!

I received a lovely set of images from Unity back last March and had not used this particular one, so I thought it was a good time to get it inky:

I stamped the image in Real Red, and I did add a bit of blender-pen coloring to the geraniums, but really, the image is so detailed, it doesn't need it.  I added another Unity sentiment, "hello" as well as a few sequins:

And a sweet sentiment on the inside as well:

It is fun to do a CAS card like this occasionally, heaven knows I have enough stamps that would fit the bill!  How about you?  What can you do with just one stamped image?  I'll bet you can do more than you realize!  Show us your CAS creations over at the Paper Players blog and check out what the Design Team created as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love & Good Vibes (Unity KOTM 3/24), Every Step of the Way (Unity KOTM 11/24)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Sequins from my stash
Tools	Blender Pen

PP725 CAS Masculine from Jan

Happy Sunday, all!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess today and she has a fun clean-and-simple challenge for us!!  She wants us to make a masculine card---that can definitely be a challenge at some times!

I saw a card on Facebook and sadly, didn't keep the source, so if anyone knows who came up with this idea, let me know!  I took the largest die from the Everyday Arches dies, laid the straight edge just a wee bit above the fold of my Crumb Cake card and here's what I came up with:

The die cuts easily through the two layers of cardstock!  These images and sentiments are all from Unity, and they were stamped in Versafine Black ink:

I did add a couple of Basic Black diecuts for a little visual interest; I used Basic Borders and All That Dies (trimmed down).  And I gave my delivery van a little grounding with a swash of Pecan Pie with my aquapainter!

Hope you'll play along with our masculine clean-and-simple challenge at the Paper Players this week!  Pull out your masculine stamps and show us what you come up with!  

The kids went to the Super Bowl parade on Friday---I watched some on TV---lots of noise and excitement!  Wayne is a diehard Philadelphia sports fan, as is his brother, so I think although it was very cold, they had a great time!

The cheerleaders are important, too, right?!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For the Guys (Unity), Consider Yourself Vintage (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, All That Dies (ret), Basic Border Dies (ret)

PP721 CAS From Jaydee

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week, and she's got a Clean and Simple one for us:

 

How fun! I don't think we've ever had one of these challenge themes before! I admit that when I first started to create my card, I totally spaced on the "CAS" part!  So this may be a little more layered than I would normally make!  Anyway, here we go:

I pulled out the retired set Sealed with Love, along with the matching dies Love Notes, to create my card today. This set is one of my all-time favorite Valentine sets!  The new In Color of Petunia Pop seemed like a fun color to create my little love note:

I used the Petunia Pop DSP to create my envelope, added the little love note and the diecut hearts along the edge. I also embossed the white panel with the Fun Patterns EF.  A fun little sequin added some sparkle! On the inside a sentiment from Unity's November 24 Kit of the Month, along with a couple of other elements from the Sealed with Love set:

I hope you'll play along with our Paper Players challenge this week....remember to keep it clean and simple!  Check out what the DT created as well over at the PP blog!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sealed with Love (ret), Every Step of the Way (Unity KOTM 11-24)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petunia Pop, Petunia Pop DSP
Ink	Petunia Pop, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Purple Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Fun Patterns EF, Love Notes Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)