MM465 and SIP65 Get Well

Hi everyone!  I had created this card earlier in the week for the Mojo Monday sketch:

and was thrilled when I saw the Stamp Ink Paper challenge was monochromatic!  Check!

I love monochromatic!  I used some pretty papers from Graphic 45's Botanical Tea line in a pretty Wisteria Wonder shade:

It's a bit hard to see, but the back panel was stamped with a floral image from Tim Holtz's Flower Garden set., then sponged and decorated with some SU enamel dots.  The sentiment is from Delightful Dozen (ret SU), and I stamped the scallop behind it with a Leafy backgrounder stamp (ret Cornish Heritage Farms):

I added a piece of doily (SU) and some twine from my stash, then stamped a sentiment from Papertrey on the inside and lightly stamped the same floral image on top:

And speaking of florals, since I don't have any new pix of Cassidy, now that she's in school all day, I thought I would share some things that are in my flower garden:

A monarch on a spider zinnia:

A closeup of  another zinnia:

Butterfly bush:

And yes, a mama and three teen-age turkeys, behind the garden:

We knew the turkeys were around, as my SIL and a neighbor had told us they had seen a mother turkey with babies, but this was the first time they had ventured all the way down to our yard.  They were actually IN our yard but as soon as I went out with my camera, they scuttled away!

Enjoy your day!

TSOT288 Joyful Birthday

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  It's time for another Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch:  

The option this week is Autumn Colors, but I was itching to use some of this fun Festive Birthday DSP that I hadn't had a chance to play with yet!  I needed a birthday card, so it was a perfect time to dig into it:

I let the paper do most of the work!  I added a Melon Mambo flower, cut using the Flower Fair Framelits along with some leaves from the Flourish Framelits; I accented it with a big white enamel dot in the center:

And the sentiment banner was diecut with the banner from the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits; the sentiment is from a retired SU set called Small Sayings, stamped in Marina Mist, and shaded just a wee bit with some ink and an aquapainter to give it dimension!

And on the inside, I added a little narrow strip of the same DSP, different pattern, and a sentiment from Papertrey:

I thoroughly enjoyed this sketch, and I hope you'll play along with it as well!  You can share it on the TSOT blog, or we even have a Facebook page where you can enter it too!

Some of Cassidy's chalkwork:  that's a bear (sort looks like a pig to me, but what do I know?) and a mouse with a long pink tail, walking in the grass at night, with a moon in the sky!  Sure it is!

JAI328 Peaceful Pines

Happy Monday, peeps!  And it IS a happy Monday---the weather has cleared of that nasty heat and humidity and it IS a beautiful day in SE PA!  I have a very quick CAS card for you today; it fulfills the Just Add Ink Letter "P" challenge!  For my card, I used some SU thick white cardstock, rounding one edge and stamping two "P" things:  a pine tree and the word "peace":

The pine image is one I've had for a long, long time from Flourishes, and I used a little masking technique...actually the very first technique I learned at my very first rubber stamp experience...I think it was with DOTS stamps!  Remember them?  Anyway, the demonstrator showed us how to stamp trees using a curved piece of paper as a mask, so it looked like they were behind a snowy hill.  I was so amazed, and that hooked me on stamping!  Anyway, I used Mossy Meadow ink for the trees and Cherry Cobbler for my sentiment (ret. Cornish Heritage Farms), added a little glitter, and it was done!  Thanks for popping in today!

I told my dad last week that sunflowers always seemed like the "saddest" flowers, because their heads are so heavy, they have to nod all the time!  Well, the ONE sunflower I had, which was almost 7' tall, finally got so heavy that it broke its stem:

To give you an idea of its size, here is Cassidy, walking around and trying to hold it upright!

Enjoy your day!

PP312 with CCMC423 Fall Leaves

Hi everyone!  Happy Sunday!  It's time for another Paper Players challenge....and today, I am the hostess with some fall colors for you!  It's been desperately hot here in PA, so I thought these colors might help us feel a wee bit cooler:

I also used the sketch from Create with Connie & Mary:

I chose to use my colors with a Crumb Cake card base...here we go:

The first thing I did was to emboss my card with the new Cable Knit Dynamic Textured EF; this baby is HEAVY.  Even after reading the directions, I almost broke my Big Shot because I tried to use it with my Magnetic Plate.....do NOT try that!  Luckily, common sense prevailed and I managed to do it correctly!  The leaves were cut with the Leaflet framelits; I stamped each of them with an image from Timeless Textures, sponged the edges, then folded them in half and ran them through my crimper....remember that fun little tool?  Then I added a little baker's twine and linen thread embellishment:

For the Pear Pizzazz panel, I did some stencilling with a retired stencil from the Build a Banner kit, then stamped some images from French Foliage (ret SU) and Timeless Textures on top to give it an aged look:

I added some torn Cajun Craze edges and a sentiment from Basket of Wishes...I just love this one, I've used it several times already!

Can't wait to see what you create with my colors...and check out what the DT has done:

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance 
• Sandy
• Linda - off this week
• Hannelie
• Colleen

 Thanks for popping in!

Do you think this wee one is a little tired?  I just don't know how she can sleep like that!

Enjoy your day!

Shadowboxes

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Just a quick post today, I thought I would show you the project some of my customers made last night at Stamp Camp:

I originally got the idea for these shadowboxes from Julie Davidson; you can see her spring one here. There are lots of these out in blogland; it's so fun to see the ideas that everyone comes up with!   For my fall one, I used stamps, papers and products from several different companies.  (It makes me feel good to use those stamps I've purchased over the last twelve years, LOL!)   The frame is from JoAnn Fabrics.  Everyone seemed to like it, and I am looking forward to making one for winter as well.  Here is the summer one we did a couple of months ago:

If you have any questions about any of the products, just let me know!

Another photo from Dutch Wonderland....hatching from a dinosaur egg, LOL!

Enjoy your day!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players post, too!

CASCSC190 MM212 and CCC39 Golden Christmas

Happy Friday, peeps!  I was happy to see Merry Monday was back from its summer vacation, so I jumped right in with their Black, Gold and White challenge, and the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch was an interesting one as well:

Actually, I cheated a little and used Very Vanilla, because my musical DSP was vanilla-based!  So here we go:

I used a Simon Says Stamp die called Holiday Frames, cut from Gold Foil and backed it with some Basic Black cardstock to make it stand out.  I mounted it on some retired SU music paper and used a plate to trace a big scallop along the bottom edge, turning the sketch on its side.

I added a few diecuts from Swirly Scribbles, and it was done....and hey, no stamping at all!  This also qualifies for the musical Christmas Card Challenge #39:

Thanks for popping in!

Cassidy gave me some buttons for my birthday...at least she said they were for me, but I knew she wanted to use them herself!  A little boy in her room is having a birthday today, and she wanted to make him a card with the buttons! What could I say, of course I let her use them:

She stamped the sentiment and his name, then we punched holes in the card so that the shanks of the buttons could go through, and she anchored them with glue dots.  Let me tell you, this child knows what to do with glue dots!  Then, she added some stickers to the envelope, courtesy of Doris!

Enjoy your day!

FMS252 Thinking of You

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I seem to be drawn to unusual color combos this week, not sure what's going on!  When I saw the Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

I just knew I wanted to use some of the pretty papers from Floral Boutique and a die from Swirly Scribbles....but I just couldn't make it work with any of the blue hues I was searching for.  So I went in a totally opposite direction and chose a white diecut on top of a Melon Mambo circle on which I stamped one of the Swirly Bird images in Craft White:

I added some Wild Wasabi leaves, and a little strip of Melon Mambo, stamped in white with a grid from Timeless Textures....and a couple of sequins for fun:

My final addition was a little sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped in Night of Navy.  A little unusual, but I think it is cheerful and I hope the recipient will like it!

Cassidy asked me for some vegetable seeds because she wanted to plant something in the garden...and John just happened to be ready to plant some fall spinach, so off they went:

Hopefully we'll have a nice row of spinach in a few weeks!  Enjoy your day!