SIP108 Fabulous Florals

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Stamp Ink Paper challenge....Fabulous Florals!  

My go-to florals lately are Beautiful Bouquet....I stamped a background with some elements from Butterfly Basics, and then stamped and diecut a lot of flowers:

This set makes such a pretty bouquet!

And there's even a little tag & bow...the matching Bouquet Bunch framelits make it easy peasy!  I even added a little pink washi tape from this month's Paper Pumpkin kit....so sweet!

I hope you play along with us....I know you love florals!  And here are my loves:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Bouquet, Butterfly Basics, Touches of Texture
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Powder Pink, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sky, Crumb Cake
Ink	So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Powder Pink, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories	Washi Tape (July Paper Pumpkin)
Tools	Big Shot, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Blue Christmas

Happy Monday, everyone!  Just a quick card today, no challenges, it uses the upcoming Carols of Christmas with last year's Christmas Pines, along with a cool embossing folder technique:

The deer is probably my favorite little element from this set; I stamped him in Early Espresso and die cut him, then set him atop a "snowbank" I created by tearing some Whisper White cardstock.  To create the background, I used my inkpad to layer a coating of craft white ink on the raised portion of the Woodland EF, then ran it through the Big Shot with a layer of Dapper Denim cardstock inside.  I love the effect it gives!  I added a sentiment from Christmas Pines, and a few little footprints with a gray marker. I am thinking a little glitter on the snow would have been nice, maybe I'll add that later!

You never know when you'll meet an alligator...or is it a crocodile?

Have a blessed day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Pines, Carols of Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Dapper Denim
Ink	Dapper Denim, Early Espresso, Craft White
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Woodland Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Basic Gray Marker

Paper Players 353 CAS Bikini Fun

Hi everyone!  Happy Sunday!  I hope you're having a great weekend!  It's the fabulous Claire's turn to host the Paper Players challenge and she has a CLEAN AND SIMPLE one.....the reason I put those in capital letters is because the first time around, I FORGOT that part of the challenge!!

So this is actually my second card for this challenge!  It uses the CASology cue card of "Wish" as well as the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

        

So this is just a little tongue-in-cheek card.....I am sure some of you remember the little song from 1960 by Brian Hyland called Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini?  (You can hear it here if you've never heard it!!!)  I remember it being one of the very first songs I heard on the radio, and I was six years old at the time!  Anyway, while trying to figure out what I could create for this CAS challenge, I found this yellow polka-dotted paper and remembered this little bikini stamp (actually I think it's supposed to be underwear, but you'll have to work with me here, people) I got a while back from my friend Tammy!  Bingo!  

I stamped it in Daffodil Delight, added my little sentiment with Brushwork Alphabet, an embossed panel and some twine and it was done!

I actually did wear a bikini in my much younger days.....but nowadays, I can only wish to wear one, LOL!   I hope you'll stop by the Paper Players blog to see the others' fun CAS cards and be sure to share yours with us as well!  Now, do you have that song stuck in your head like I do?!  Enjoy!

The "kids" are on vacation visiting some family in GA and SC.  No trip down south is complete without a stop at South of the Border, right?

Be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Brushstroke Alphabet, Big Girl Panties (unknown maker)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Matinee DSP (Imaginesce)
Ink	Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Thick White Baker's Twine
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals

AYSI154 Crazy Sweet

Happy Friday, peeps!  It's the end of a long, very hot week....I feel like I have been melting!  I hope you're staying cool, wherever you are!  It's time for another As You See It challenge...I just love these!  Today's is a great sketch:

Sadly, I hadn't even opened up my June Paper Pumpkin OR broken into this fun DSP pack, Pick a Pattern!  Since this particular pattern had some watermelon-ish colors, I thought it would be fun to add a little melon to my card to make a birthday greeting for my niece!  Here we go:

I stamped the watermelon images in Flirty Flamingo and Emerald Envy, then used a set of words from the Paper Studio called Everyday Expressions to make the rest of my sentiment:

I cut out a little flower from a scrap of the DSP for a wee little embellishment, and added some black candy dots to finish it off!  I hope you'll play with our sketch -- you have two weeks to create something with it!  Be sure to check out the DT's samples at the AYSI blog, too!

It's been so hot, we've been doing some playing inside to beat the heat.....Cassidy always has about five or six dolls she's "mothering" at any given moment!

 Enjoy your day--be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (June 2017), Everyday Expressions (The Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, Pick A Pattern DSP
Ink	Basic Black, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories	Candy Dots
Tools	Circle Punch, Blossom Die (Nestabilities), Big Shot, Dimensionals

Blue Christmas for Jingle Belles and FMS296

Happy Thursday, peeps!  It's been a crazy week with not much stamping time, but I did get a couple minutes to play with an interesting challenge at the Jingle Belles:

Cute huh?  I incorporated the FMS sketch as well:

So here we go:

I used a bunch of stuff on this card, new and old!  The base is 4 1/4" square, Crumb Cake, and I added layers of Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White and Pacific Point. I used a square and oval Stitched Shape Framelit to cut the layers, then used the tree die from the new Card Front Builder Thinlets (available next month); the snowflake die from Seasonal Layers and the little starry image from the new Carols of Christmas (also available next month):

Isn't that tree pretty in Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper?!  And I couldn't resist adding the little fox from Jingle All the Way, as well as a sentiment from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

Last, I stamped the Burlap background stamp on my card front with Versamark ink so it wouldn't be too dark; just a soft image to replicate the fireplace in the inspiration picture!  This went together fairly easily, believe it or not!  

Cassidy has finally gotten the hang of brushing her own hair and occasionally likes to accessorize her pony tails!  This is called a "JoJo" bow....not sure  who JoJo is, but her bows certainly pack a punch!

Thanks for visiting today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Carols of Christmas, Burlap, Jingle All the Way (ret), Nov 2016 Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pacific Point, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer
Ink	Pacific Point, Versamark
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Card Front Builder Framelit, Seasonal Layers Framelit, Stitched Shapes Framelits,  Small & Large Dimensionals

SIP107 Tic Tac Toe!

Hi peeps!  It's Tuesday and time for another Stamp Ink Paper challenge!  This week, it's a tic-tac-toe! That's always a fun one!  Here we go:

I had this little blue panel sitting on my desk from a previous embossing paste experiment, so I paired it up with a wee little blue bird from Best Birds:

I stamped it in Basic Gray and colored it in with an aquapainter and Marina Mist ink; then I stamped the branch and leaves and colored them with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip.  I diecut them with the Birds & Blooms die, then added some speckles from Touches of Texture, a torn strip of Old Olive and some Old Olive-hued twine:

This will get added to my "Thinking of You" card stash!  I hope you'll play along too, and share you creation at the Stamp Ink Paper blog...check out what the others have created as well!

We set up the kiddie pool yesterday (although after three years, it has sprung a couple of leaks!) and that first filling of water is COLD!  Not sure how long it will hold up, but at least on these next few hot days, we can cool off a little bit!  We have VBS in the morning, so not much time to hit the big pool!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Birds, Touches of Texture
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Old Olive
Ink	Basic Gray, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Accessories	Green Cord (DMC)
Tools	Big Shot, Birds & Blooms Thinlets, Embossing Paste, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Palette Knife

PP352 Color Challenge

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Hope you're having a great weekend!  It's my turn to hostess at the Paper Players this week, and I've chosen a rich monochromatic palette for you to play with:

For my card, I began with the FMS sketch:

and the Blooms and Wishes and Beautiful Bouquet stamp sets:

I randomly stamped the floral images in the three challenge colors on a circular panel, then matted it with another circle of Berry Burst.  I did a banner sentiment with Rich Razzleberry, and I found some Sweet Sugarplum glimmer ribbon for my horizontal piece...I love the way it shines and accents the sequins from my stash as well!:

Another birthday card for my July stash!  I hope you'll play with these colors!  The DT has made some beautiful samples!  Be sure to check them all out:

Claire

Jaydee

Joanne

Laurie

Nance

Sandy

Deanne

Annie

Jan

Friday we went to the neighbors' to go swimming...as soon as Cassidy and Lee jumped into the pool, they found this teeny tiny frog....it's so tiny, you can barely see it!

Of course, they had to take turns putting it on each others' heads:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blooms & Wishes, Beautiful Bouquet
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Berry Burst
Ink	Berry Burst, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories	Sweet Sugarplum Glimmer Ribbon (ret), Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Thinlets, Circle Dies (Nestabilities)