TSOT278 Birthday Wishes

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Feels like Monday again, doesn't it?  This week will zip right by, hopefully!  It's time for another Try Stampin on Tuesday sketch, this time with the option of "blue":

What a great sketch!  Lots of room for stamping, DSP or whatever!  I chose not to use the blue, although it is my favorite color, but I had some Along the Shore DSP scraps sitting on my desk, so I decided to use them and Flirty Flamingo for my "vintage" card today:

I was able to use several of my favorite stamp sets here:  Butterfly Basics, Touches of Texture, and Timeless Texture!  The DSP has an ombre pattern to it, so I placed the lighter portion at the top of my panel and stamped the floral image from Touches of Texture in Watermelon Wonder, then lightly colored them with Flirty Flamingo ink and a blender pen.  I also added the lacy stamp, some speckles, and the postmark stamp from Butterfly Basics:

   

I stamped a piece of Flirty Flamingo with various images to create my background, then mounted both pieces on some Crumb Cake and distressed the edges.  I stamped the sentiment on another piece of the DSP:

Finally, I added a couple little layered butterflies and some Flirty Flamingo ribbon and linen thread:

I have several friends who have July birthdays, so one of them will be receiving this card!  Thanks for popping in, and I hope you'll play along with our sketch!  You can see all the details at the TSOT blog, or you can submit your creation on our Facebook page as well!

Here's a photo of me with my younger sister Joyce at my nephew's annual Fourth of July party!  It was a little damp but we had a great time!

Enjoy your day!

CYCI127 and SSC130 You're Sublime

Happy 4th, everyone!  I have a fun little card today using (again) You're Sublime and some fun colors from Can You Case It:

along with the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

And here we go! 

I started out with some watercolor paper that is really crappy...but I hate to waste anything so, I am striving to make the best of it!  SU's is really the best, I just wish in came in bigger pieces!  Anyway, I stamped my submarine in Stazon and used an aquatpainter and inks in Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay and Cool Cucumber to color my image:

You can see how the image bled, even after drying it with a heat tool!  I gave the fishies and the periscope a little highlight with my white gel pen and stamped some speckles with the current Paper Pumpkin set.  I rounded the top edges with a corner punch, tore the bottom edge, added a banner sentiment and some baker's twine to finish it off.  Oh, and I added some Candy Dots too!  I mounted it all on a Bermuda Bay panel that was embossed with the Decorative Dots EF.  It's corny but cute!   Hope your day is wonderful!

Missin' this little funny face!

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July to all my American friends!  Remember the sacrifices made to keep America free....God bless the USA!

Paper Players 302 Christmas in July

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Sandy is our Paper Players hostess today, with a theme near and dear to my heart:  Christmas in July!  Woohoo!  Never too early to start on those holiday cards!

I decided to let some My Mind's Eye Merry & Bright papers do most of my work today:

I trimmed this notebook-style paper down to fit my Soft Sky card base, tying some baker's twine so the seam wouldn't show!  I added a little medallion stamped with Kinda Eclectic, a banner stamped with a Paper Pumpkin sentiment, and little brad embellishment from the same MME line:

a little diecut cardinal popped up on a dimensional (Impression Obsession's Cheery Cardinals):

and a few Champagne glimmer paper stars, randomly placed:

Most all the rest of it was already printed on the paper....love it!  Does this get you in the mood to do some Christmas stamping?  Share it with us at the Players!  Meanwhile, check out the lovely samples the DT has come up with:  

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

And speaking of  our design team, we have asked all the guest designers to stay on for a little bit longer!! Woohoo! 

A little visitor to my patio...I don't think I have ever seen a chipmunk this close to the house!  He was checking out the sunflower seeds scattered from the feeder:

 Enjoy your day!

GDP42 and AYSI138 Apple of My Eye

Happy Saturday, peeps!  This is a quick card for today, getting ready for a little cookout tonight!  The Global Design Project has a wonderful CAS sketch:

and As You See It is celebrating Canada Day with the colors of red and white:

Originally, I had planned to do a Christmas card but didn't like the final result, so I went with an apple theme:

I just got this Writing Notes background stamp and hadn't inked it up yet; I think it looks cute with the Papertrey apple and sentiment:

And doesn't that little enamel heart look so sweet?  The circles are diecut from a Lil'Inker die , as is the rectangle mat.  Easy peasy!  Enjoy your day and be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

Cassidy is on vacation this week, so no photos unless I get some via Facebook, LOL!  I'll leave you with our little wrens who just today are trying to fledge....it's a slow process!  Momma keeps trying to encourage them with some treats, but they are still hovering inside where it's safe!

FMS243 and LRW348 Fancy Buttons

Happy July, everyone!  Wow, June just zipped by, didn't it?!  I am looking forward to a nice holiday weekend, though!  First, a little card using the Freshly Made Sketches sketch and the theme from Little Red Wagon, which is "Button it Up!".  Here's the sketch

First, I just have to confess to Brenda at LRW that it was not my intention to CASE her card as I did, but when I first saw the challenge, I immediately thought of this Papertrey set, Button Boutique, that hadn't seen ink for a looooong time!  When I went back to check the challenge, I realized I had used a lot of similar elements in my card!  So kudos to Brenda, as her card must have really made an impression!  You can judge for yourself:

Another "disclaimer"....I made this card with some pretty Graphic 45 papers my sweet friend Debbie gave me (Secret Garden); I thought this little gingham print would match the Flirty Flamingo In Color we have now....I blithely went along stamping and having fun and then when I photographed it...uh oh, those colors don't really match too well!  Oh well!  It's done and done!    So enough rambling....I stamped the button card in Calypso Coral and Flirty Flamingo, then sewed on some vintage buttons from my stash.  I don't usually use real buttons anymore on my cards because of the bulk, but since I will probably hand-deliver this card, I went for the shabby seam-binding bow as well!  I used SU's Very Vanilla and some cotton thread:

And finally, since it looked a little off-kilter, I added a needle (I probably have hundreds in my sewing stash) and used a little of the same thread:

I love this effect, even if my colors don't match, LOL!  And on the inside, I stamped some more of the elements from the set along with a sentiment from SU's Cottage Greetings:

I don't know why I haven't used this set more...it's so fun!

And speaking of fun, Cassidy and a new-found friend were having fun with some measuring cups, a few empty detergent bottles, and a bucket....who says you need expensive toys, right?!  This kept them busy for a long time!

 

Enjoy your day!

CQC328 and CAS179 Ahoy!

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  My card today features the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

and the colors from ColourQ:

I have delayed using this cute little sailboat from Swirly Bird because it was everywhere in blogland and on Pinterest and I was just sort of "saving" it for the right time!  I thought these colors were really fun (although I did substitute more current ones) so here we go:

I started out by sponging some "clouds" on my Pool Party sky by punching out a scalloped circle and covering up the lower half with a post-it note, then sponging white ink through the upper portion (the birds were drawn with a marker):

I stamped the boat in Night of Navy, and the sails in Pear Pizzazz and Tangerine Tango, then cut them and popped them up on a "swell" of Whisper White cardstock cut with the Swirly Scribbles die.  The sentiment was made with the Labeler Alphabet....if you are fortunate enough to have the 1/4" square punch that SU used to sell, it is the perfect size to punch out these little letters!  A drop of Tombow glue and they line up so nicely! Finally I added some little banners from the retired Banner Blast and added some cute enamel accents in Night of Navy:

I just love these cheerful colors!

Enjoy your day!