RR33 and CCMC396 Hexagon Sympathy

Happy Monday, peeps! Did you watch the Downton Abbey finale?  I was hoping Edith's missing beau would turn up, but I guess the alternative seemed to be a happy one....lots of happiness all round, in fact!  But now what will I watch on Sunday nights?!  Maybe Mr. Fellowes will have a new series for us soon!

A quick card this morning, unfortunately it's a sympathy card for a family who lost their son much too soon.  I used the color palette from Create with Connie & Mary and the sketch from Retro Rubber:

                                                                                          

And here is my card:

In order to fit all five hexagons across my card, I had to make it longer than a standard A2 card; this one is almost 7" x 3 3/4", and again, I made a custom envelope with my Envelope Punch Board.  The hexagons are from Six-Sided Sampler, stamped in the challenge colors, and I used the Zigzag embossing folder for my background and some washi tape from a Project Life kit.  The Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment is stamped on Botanical Vellum and trimmed with the Itty Bitty Banners die, then embellished with some black candy dots.

Thanks so much for popping in today!

Pot-washing 101:

Never too young to start learning!  Enjoy your day!

Paper Players 285 Hello Sunshine

Happy Sunday, everyone!  I am so excited...the final episode of Downton Abbey is tonight...I can't wait!  Are you a fan?  I am praying for happy endings!! We'll have to wait and see!  But right now it's time for another Paper Players challenge and my sweet friend Sandy is our hostess...and she's got a wonderful challenge for us, very appropriate for this time of the year, LOL!  Check it out:

I am desperately (well, maybe not desperately) trying to use up some of my older DSPs and I found some cute MME Follow Your Heart papers with kites on them, because whenever I think of spring and sunshine, I think of playing outside and trying to fly a kite!  Unfortunately, I am more like Charlie Brown and I never have much success!  But in stamping, I can fly anything!  So here we go:

This is pretty simple card...the base is Daffodil Delight, a wee bit over 6" x 3 3/4".  I stamped the sun from Kinda Eclectic in So Saffron and the Jenni Bowlin silhouette in Basic Black.  

I stamped "hello sunshine" from last year's Project Life's So You set, then cut out a kite from the same DSP and popped it up, adding some baker's twine and "bowties" from scraps of Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight DSP:

Since the card was an odd measurement, I also made a custom envelope for it in the same sunshiney colors!  

The design team has a lot of fun takes on Sandy's challenge!  Be sure to check them out below and show us yours as well on the Paper Players blog!

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

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy your day!  

PPA290 Hello Baby

Happy Saturday, peeps!  A late post for today, been binge-watching Doc Martin!  I did squeeze in some stamping time and created a baby card for friends of Dana's who just had a little boy!  He's so cute, too!  First, the sketch from Pals Paper Arts:

I mixed things up on my card, using some new and old stuff!  Here we go:

I used a fun piece of retired SU DSP from a couple of years back (can't remember the name and I've lost the cover!!!), along with a panel of Marina Mist, stamped with the Alphabet stamp in white ink and diecut with a stitched die from Lil'Inkers.  The hostess set Silhouettes & Script provided the cute little baby bottle image, and I cut an identical mat from Night of Navy to lay behind to give it a visual boost.  I laid two pieces of Summer Starfruit ribbon side by side, and added the sentiment on top.

                    

Thanks for popping in today!  Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the Paper Players challenge!

A little reading with Mommy:

FMS226 - Again

Happy Friday, peeps!  This is what we woke up to in SE PA this morning:

Yep!  Winter is not finished with us yet!  It's really not bad; the roads are clear and it's almost over, and it is more of a nuisance than anything!  Another nuisance is a nasty head cold that has walloped me and is sapping my energy and creativity!  I used the FMS sketch again just because I was too tired to look for another one!  Here it is:

I did pull out the SAB Botanical Gardens Vellum stack as well as some Watermelon Wonder DSP for this particular card...it was the first time I used these pretty vellum prints!

I layered the vellum over the DSP, which was layered on a Watermelon Wonder panel and heat-embossed a sentiment from the Watercolor Wishes card kit (again...laziness ruled) and as you can see, I didn't use an Embossing Buddy, so my sentiment has some little additional flecks:

Still looks pretty on the vellum, though....and to carry through the feathers that are printed on the vellum, I diecut two feathers, folded them in half and ran them through my crimper to get this cool effect:

My horizontal panel is from the Color Me Irresistible Specialty pack...can you see the embossed dots?  It's subtle, but I love how they complement the polka-dotted DSP.  A baker's twine bow completes my card!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy wanted to make a card yesterday for my friend and she specifically asked for a cardinal:

  and added sequin embellishments:

which she decorated some more!  I particularly like the eyelashes on the cardinal!  Enjoy your day!

FMS226 and Curtain Call Thanks

     

Hi everyone!  Hope you're having a wonderful week so far!  I seem to be needing a lot of thank you cards lately...here's another one using the Freshly Made Sketches sketch from Rita as well as the yummy Key Lime palette from Curtain Call:

                                     

I've been hoarding these lovely Graphic 45 papers from the Botanical Tea 6x6 pad, so I decided to put them to use:

I think this sketch is perfect since it allows that beautiful botanical paper to take center stage!  I pulled out an old SU set called Best Friends Forever and second-generation stamped it on some Very Vanilla in Wild Wasabi, then stamped the "thanks" in full-strength WW on top, using a sentiment from the Watercolor Wishes card kit.  I added a little double-layer butterfly, punched from Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper and some vellum that I stamped with white craft ink and layered on a little green chalk:  I love how the glimmer paper gives a little subtle sparkle:

Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy set up a changing table pn her nightstand for her Baby Alive doll!  First the powder and the diaper:

First layer of clothes:

Hmmm, getting that second skirt over the first one requires some gymnastics:

Finally all dressed....shoes, skirt and all!

Mojo 437 and SIP37 Thanks

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Wow, this week is zipping by!  In between playing outside yesterday (it was beautiful here in SE PA) and hanging out laundry, I got in a little stamping time, using the sketch from Mojo Monday and the challenge at Stamp Ink Paper...I used felt!

                        

I am still playing around with the beautiful papers from my friend Teri; this polka dot background pattern is from Story Time by Studio Calico, and I incorporated the leftover flowers from my Paper Players card here to make this sunny card:

I punched a strip from Pool Party with my Heart border punch and backed it with some Lost Lagoon, then stamped the sentiment from Another Thank You in So Saffron, Soft Sky and Pumpkin Pie:

I stamped some Timeless Texture on the sunflower center in White craft ink and added a couple of felt leaves from the Flower Fair dies:

Now, it's all ready to go out in the mail!  Thanks for popping by today!

A little scooter fun before school.....the rest of the week is going to be wet and cold, so we wanted to take advantage of the warm temps!  Just a teaser, winter is STILL here!

                       

  

TSOT260 ThankYou

Happy March, peeps!  It's time for another Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch too!  Check it out:

I am not sure if the colors on the original sketch inspired me, or just an itch to use up some of the papers I am not normally drawn to, but I chose some Bohemian papers for my card today:

This is a pretty simple card, basically, I just let the paper do most of the work, although I did incorporate the latest Paper Pumpkin set, Hello Sunshine, into it:

Don't gasp, but I actually cut apart the "thank you" sentiment so that it would fit onto a circle...it's easy enough to match them back up again if you want to stamp them in a line!  I added some of the florals around the sentiment as well as on the little Bermuda Bay banner, which was dry embossed with the Zigzag folder.  My final addition was some retired Rich Razzleberry ribbon!  

I hope you'll play along with the TSOT challenge this week....you have two weeks to play, and you can share your creation on the blog, or on our Facebook page!  Can't wait to see you there!

Cassidy mastering the art of spaghetti-eating: