Mint and Black

Happy Labor Day, everyone...at least those in the US!  I tried to stay away from my stamp room this weekend, but it was dreary and dank and I just had to perk myself up a bit!  I made one card for three challenges:  CAS-ual Fridays had mint and a neutral:, Less is More had black, white and one color, and the CAS(E) this Sketch had, of course, a sketch!

 

I used a Unity stamp called Humble and Gentle, stamped it on some mint plaid paper, colored it with SU Blends in Mint Macaron, and added a black and white printed strip from my stash:

I embossed the Rustic White (Papertrey) card front with the Subtle embossing folder before attaching all my elements.  The flower has the Bible verse Ephesians 4:2 wrapped around the image:

I put a birthday sentiment on the inside and it's ready to go!

Another wedding photo:

Since Winston couldn't be at the "pawty", Kelly made little doggy-shaped cookies as favors (for the adults!!):

He's sweet but feisty!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Humble and Gentle (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Rustic White (Papertrey), Misc Black & White print, Fall Break (Carta Bella)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Black Glimmer Brad (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	SU Blends in Dark and Light Mint Macaron, Big Shot, Subtle EF

IB32 Cool Treats

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I hope you're having a good week so far...it's been hot here, but perfect weather for the pool!!  Thank goodness for generous neighbors who let us come swim in theirs, LOL!  Today's Inspired By challenge is a cool one too; here's my interpretation:

And here's Laurel's prompt:

Now, I've never had Jersey Jack's gelato (which you can't even get in New Jersey; it's from Australia!), but you can be sure I have had LOTS of regular old ice cream...in fact, this cone would be my idea of heaven!! I worked at an ice cream shop in high school and all my coworkers warned me that I would be sick of ice cream by the time I quit....nope, not me!  I love it!  This image from Unity Stamps was a lot of fun to stamp and color in with my blends!  I mounted it on a piece of gingham, diecut with a MFT Wonky Stitched die, and topped it with a little Real Red Glimmer paper cherry!  We've got pistachio, chocolate marshmallow, black raspberry, orange sherbet, lemon, mint chocolate chip and mango!  Yum!

I made a little tag with a Tags and Labels die after stamping a sentiment from a retired SU set called Sweet Stuff; I embossed it with white embossing powder and filled in the letters with a  little chalk pen:

The Powder Pink card base was embossed with the Tufted embossing folder...it sort of looks like an ice cream cone, doesn't it?!  Yum!  I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week...it's a sweet one!  Thanks for popping in!

Our niece's inlaws have a farm not far from our house and we get our eggs there.  Cassidy makes a beeline to the calf barn where about (honestly) thirty to forty cats make their home as well!  It's hard to see, but under the tree to the right are about six or seven just chillin' in the shade!

Inside, she latches on to one...she knows I always say "no" when she asks to take one home, but she can come play with them any time!  Check out the little one peeking out from behind the trash can:

And here's a pair peeking out from the bushes....they have black and white ones and a couple of Siamese as well!

I am 99% sure there are NO mice on this farm, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret), All Smiles (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Powder Pink, Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red Glimmer, Homespun Gingham, (My Favorite Things)
Ink	Memento Black, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tag & Label Dies (ret), Tufted EF, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Chalk Pen, Blends, 1/4" Hole Punch, Wonky Stitched Dies (My Favorite Things)

Crushing on Curry

Happy Friday, peeps!  I had a bit of a rough day yesterday so I hunkered down in my craft room last night for a bit of stamping therapy!  Neither is stellar but at least I got inky!  They both use Crushed Curry ink, too!  The first is for CAS(E) this Sketch:

I pulled out some stamps that hadn't seen ink for a long time!  A plaid background from Unity (Gurnsey Gingham) and a little thumbprint set from Clearly  Besotted (In Print) seemed like a fun match:

This little kitty is stamped in Crushed Curry and Soft Suede on Very Vanilla cardstock.  I used a MFT die and some retired SU burlap ribbon:

He just makes me smile!   My second one is for the Happy Little Stampers challenge of Diecuts as well as the CAS Watercolour Card Challenge for August, which is sunflowers:

      

I diecut two flowers from some watercolor paper, using a MFT Stitched Flowers die, then watercolored them with Crushed Curry and Soft Suede inks, since I already had them on my desk!  I layered them together, then I added some Old Olive leaves and stem, and mounted them on a Whisper White card that had been embossed with a Lil'Inker Stitched Rectangle die:

The sentiment is from SU's Beautiful Bouquet!  This card was partly inspired by Bonnie's birthday card to me; this picture doesn't do it justice, it is even prettier IRL!

And here's another floral beauty from my friend Linda H:

And this beauty is from my Paper Players teammate Jaydee:

Thank you ladies, for my beautiful cards!  More coming in the next few days!

Cassidy has been saving her money to buy a skateboard, and I thought it might be a good idea to get her one at a yard sale to try out  first!  We hit a fabulous yardsale right around the corner from our house and managed to score a Penny skateboard, two helmets, a boogie board and a plastic toboggan, all for $1 each!!  Look at the look on her face:

So far this is the only way she's been able to ride on it, LOL!

Give her time!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

AYSI181 What I'm Obsessed With

Hello peeps!  Friday, yay!!!  Yesterday turned out to be a lovely day, surprisingly, and we spent some time in the neighbor's pool!  Yippee!  Today is a new As You See It challenge, and it's a unique one:

Well, now....let me think...this WAS a challenge for me because I can find myself obsessed with any number of things!  BUT since I just received this new Subtle embossing folder, I find myself reaching for it quite often, so that's my "current" obsession!  Today I am using it with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

to make a birthday card for my BIL who happens to be a pilot!  I've been searching for a good airplane stamp for a while, and I finally found one at Unity!  This set is called For the Guys, and the images are a bit vintage, which I really like!

I used some Our Daily Bread Designs paper called Patriotic Collection, along with some layers of Real Red and Night of Navy.  The card base is a retired color, Bordering Blue, which was one of my favorites, and it was embossed with the Subtle EF.  Finally, I stamped the airplane:

and the sentiment both on a piece of paper from the same paper pad (dumb luck that the sentiment lined up so perfectly!!!) and added a couple of enamel stars after die-cutting the banner and fussy-cutting the plane.

 

I love the patriotic feel to this masculine card!  What are you obsessed with right now? I hope you'll play along at As You See It and show us what you can't live without, LOL!

Speaking of patriotic, we were at my SIL's house yesterday while she watched her grandsons....one of them just got this hat and he thought it was pretty snazzy....he wore it most of the day:

The rest of them just ate ice cream!!!

I think Remy was sad, he didn't have any ice cream!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

IB30 Pool Time

Hey everyone!  The Inspired By challenge today is called Pool Time...I will have to enjoy my pool time vicariously through my card because there certainly is no pool time here in PA!  MAYBE on Saturday the sun will return!  Anyway, here's my fun little card:

And here is Laurel's prompt for this week:

I don't have any pineapple or flamingo stamps, but I do have an Adirondack chair, a sunshine, and some summery sentiments!  I started out with some fun papers from Crate Paper, and a sketch from CAS Colours and Sketches:

I layered some diecuts:

added a couple fun sentiments and embellishments:

and some stamping on the inside as well:

I need a few more birthday cards, so this will definitely come in handy!  Hope you'll play along with our summery challenge at Inspired By!

Cassidy got a new belt in karate last night!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Colorful Seasons, Sentiments O'Simple (Unity Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Cute Girl DSP (Crate Paper)
Ink	Regal Rose (ret), Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Pineapple Punch
Accessories	Glimmer Dots, Paper Pumpkin Dots, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Seasonal Layers Thinlets, Smile & Sunshine Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

IB23 Summer on the Porch

Hi, everyone!  Thursday's here...ahhhh, almost the end of the week!  It's time for another Inspired By challenge too, and we've got a sponsor this week--Unity Stamps!  Be sure to check out blog to see all the details!  They have some sweet images, and for my card today, I chose a wee little flower and Bible verse called Humble and Gentle:

And here's Laurel's prompt that inspired me!  Doesn't that look like a cozy scene??

For my card, I stamped my image with Soft Suede and Versamark inks and embossed it with clear embossing powder, then used Crushed Curry, Real Red, and Granny Apple Green to color it.  It's a bit hard to read, but the verse is Ephesians 4:2: "Be completely humble and gentle, bearing with one another in LOVE":

Isn't that sweet?  For my banner, I used some really old Cosmo Cricket papers, then dry embossed the Whisper White panel with the Modern Mosaic embossing folder.  It all went on top of a Crushed Curry card base, and I used some Summer Starfruit thick baker's twine for the embellishment.  And my layout is from the Sunday Stamps sketch, turning it on its side:

Be sure to check out the IB blog, because the designers have created some lovely things!!!  We'd like to have to share yours as well!

So here are the 25 goodie bags that Cassidy filled up for her school summer birthday party!!  

And doing a little ROYGBIV artwork:

Not sure what the guy is doing on top of the snowglobe-looking thingy on top of the rainbow...but who am I to question creativity?!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Humble and Gentle (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Watercolor, Garden Girl DSP (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink	Soft Suede, Versamark, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Summer Starfruit Thick Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Aquapainter