PP494 Rain or Shine

Hello, stampers!  Time for another Paper Players challenge with Anne Marie as our hostess!  Check out this fun theme:

Well, my first couple attempts fell flat, and I also found out that I am missing a stamp from my Under the Umbrella stamp set....grrrr!  That in turn prompted a tidy-up of my stamp room, which was very therapeutic, but did not turn up my missing stamp.  Anyway, I finally resorted to my favorite gingham and this is what the end result was:

I stamped and fussy-cut each pair of boots from gingham in Poppy Parade, Terra Cotta Tile, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Pacific Point, Highland Heather and Blackberry Bliss:

I really wanted to use Pumpkin Pie for the orange, but I had NONE left, so I colored the gingham lines with a Daffodil Delight Blend to increase the orange-ness of it, and it worked pretty well!  I couldn't fit them all on a standard-sized card, so this is a skinny 6x3.5" card.  I remembered this raindrop DSP from A Little Foxy, so I cut that to fit, added a stitched scalloped border, and a sentiment from Under My Umbrella as well as a little flower:

So I am still on the lookout for my missing stamp....hopefully it will turn up, stuck to another stamp case or something!  Meanwhile, I hope you'll check out what the other DT members created for this challenge over at the Paper Players blog.  Then I hope you'll share yours with us too!  You might end up being our Headliner!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Under My Umbrella
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Gingham DSPs, A Little Foxy DSP (ret)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Sweetly Stitched Dies, Stitched Be Mine Dies, Blends

FMS438 Put on Your Sunglasses

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I finally got some new goodies...no ink pads yet....but I made do with what I had and used some pretty new papers and stamps!  My first card is for the FMS sketch this week:

I have come to a realization that I am not drawn to use bright colors, but I forced myself to use some Magenta Madness, just a wee bit, on this card, along with some Flowers for Every Season DSP.  Be careful, it's so bright, you might need your sunglasses:

Since I don't have any matching ink, I stamped a sentiment from Many Mates in Melon Mambo and used the Stitched Nested Label dies to cut it out, along with a Magenta Madness and Just Jade DSP diecut as well:

For a little accent, I snipped out one of the florals from the DSP and added it at the bottom, along with a few extra leaves behind the diecut.

I am also throwing in a card I made for the daughter of a family friend; she graduated this year, and I don't know her school colors, but I thought it would be fun to create a brightly-colored card, so again...Magenta Madness and the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set; again, sunglasses-BRIGHT:

I used Melon Mambo ink for the background, and used Versamark to stamp the little dots in between.  I stamped the sunflower in Smoky Slate and used inks and a blender pen to color it in.  I added an accent layer of Granny Apple Green behind the sentiment:

and another sentiment from the same set seemed perfect for a new graduate heading off to college!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

This is sort of the same way I feel on a lazy rainy afternoon!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Many Mates
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Magenta Madness, Flowers for Every Season DSP, Just Jade DSP
Ink	Melon Mambo
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Ornate Layers Die

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Celebrate Sunflowers, Perennial Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Magenta Madness, Whisper White, Granny Apple Green
Ink	Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Versamark
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Sunflower Dies, Stitched Be Mine Dies, Blender Pens

As You See It 227 My Favorite Movie.....

Helloooo, everybody!  Thank heavens it's Friday!  What a week!  The As You See It challenge is a really fun one, I don't think we've ever had one like this!  Heather is asking us to make something that reminds us of one of our favorite movies!

One of my favorite movies (and book) is To Kill A Mockingbird.  I know the movie is NOT about a mockingbird, but as I love birds and it's been real fun this spring to watch them outside my windows, I decided to make a bird card!  (And it's not even a mockingbird, sorry!) So here we go:

I found this pretty Lost and Found Blush paper in my stash; it only had the tiny birds and the garland up in the corner already on it; the rest has been stamped in Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride and Rococo Rose with various stamps from my stash; I just love this little bird:

He is from an Artistic Outpost set called Birds of a Feather, as is the print and egg background.  After stamping him in Early Espresso, I watercolored him in a bit, then added the Sahara Sand print background, some fern fronds in Blushing Bride and a wee little smattering of honeycomb in Sahara Sand  (both from Butterfly Basics):

I found a little scrap of pink gingham, so I scalloped the edge of it, adhered it to the side and fastened a little burlap trim to it.  I added a Papertrey sentiment, and my final addition was a smattering of sequins.  For the inside, I stamped a sentiment from Watercolor Wonder on top of another fern frond:

Did you know my mother's name was Fern?  My siblings and I always laughed and said it was because her father was a florist, although we thought her sister's name should have been Rose or Lily instead of Grace! Anyway, I always think of her when I use this stamp!  I just love this card, the colors are so pretty and I think that bird is as sweet as can be!  And since I used patterned paper AND stamped on it as well, I am entering this at Little Red Wagon, where they want patterned paper or make your own!

How will you be inspired?  I hope your favorite movie isn't a zombie one or something, LOL!  Share your creation with us at  As You See It...I can't WAIT to see what you make, and be sure to stop by the blog to see what inspired our designers...you might get a giggle!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Birds of a Feather (Artistic Outpost, Butterfly Basics (ret) Watercolor Wonder (ret), Take Three Fall (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Blush DSP (Lost & Found)
Ink	Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose, Early Espresso
Accessories	Linen Braid, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Be Mine dies, Sponge Daubers

IB127 Colorful Kicks

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Hope you are coping in these difficult days!  It's time for another Inspired By challenge, this is a cute one, but it did give me pause!  Here's the prompt, as well as the option sketch:

I knew exactly what stamp set I was going to use, but I really wanted to incorporate all those fun colors in there too!  So here's my final product:

I stamped, colored and cut out the sneakers from Epic Celebration, but all my circle stamps were too large for the background I wanted to achieve.  So I used a circle die and a sheet of acetate to create a stencil of sorts, then stamped my circle stamp directly over top of it, cleaning between each color.  Surprisingly, it made these fuzzy edges, which were pretty cool, so I added some speckles to funk up the fuzzy:

I added a sentiment from Label Me Bold, a layer of Blueberry Bushel, layered that on a layer of Coastal Cabana that was stamped with the smudge stamp from Label Me Bold, and then on a Whisper White card base.  Here's the inside....sentiment from the same Epic Celebration, but I stamped my circles full-size right on top!

And since The Spot has a masculine challenge this week, I am entering this there as well!

There are so many directions in which you could go for this fun challenge....can't wait to see what you create!  Share it with us at Inspired By!  Thanks for popping in, and enjoy your day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Epic Celebration, Label Me Bold, Shape Ups, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (all ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel (ret)
Ink	Coastal Cabana, Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slate, Garden Green, Purple Posy, Hello Honey (ret), Blueberry Bushel (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Aquapainter, Acetate sheet for stencil, Circle Framelits (ret)

CAS Christmas Guest Designer

Hi everyone, happy Wednesday!  I am excited!  The sweet gals over at CAS Christmas asked me to be a guest designer for their current challenge!  You know I said YES!  Here is their prompt:

I knew just what I was going to use for my card and I went right to work:

I started by embossing a Whisper White panel with the Subtle EF and adhering it to a Gold Foil mat.  I used some deep gold glimmer paper that SU had a couple of holidays ago and diecut it using my favorite Lil'Inkers bell die.  I just love the little details...and I saved some of those wee little stars that popped out to embellish my card, too!  I adhered them to a Mossy Meadow greenery diecut:

and added a tiny little tag on which I stamped "Noel" in Delicata Gold ink.  And you can see a couple of those little stars!  Clean, simple and easy!

How are you making out with your Christmas card stash this year?  If you haven't started yet, this would be a great time!  Be sure to check out what all the designers have created at CAS Christmas and get inspired!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

This little petunia seeded itself in our driveway.  It reminds me of the Bible verse from Matthew 13: 20:  "Truly, I tell you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard (or petunia) seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move.  Nothing will be impossible for you."  Lately, I am feeling the need for some faith like this little petunia's!  How about you?

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Sentiment (Sweet & Sassy)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Gold Foil, Joyous Noel Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Gold Delicata (ret)
Accessories	Gold Trim (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Subtle EF, Tiny Tag Punch (ret), 1/16" Hole Punch, Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz), Bell Dies (Lil'Inker)

RRCB136 Summer Fun

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  It's time for another Retro Rubber Challenge, where we give some love to our stamps that are a year old--or older!  This week we have an appropriate theme challenge:

I challenged myself this week by using a sketch and an unusual color palette with my fun, vintage summertime image from Technique Junkie, which I got at least three or four years ago:

Here's the sketch I used from Try Stampin' on Tuesday:

and the color palette from Inspire. Create:

I started by stamping the besties image in Night of Navy, then trimmed out around their heads and did some partial diecutting with a Stitched Shapes die.  I added a back panel of Rich Razzleberry, diecut with a Stitched So Sweetly die (and cut apart) which had been embossed with a Perfect Polka Dots EF:

I added a sentiment and shell from another old set from Artistic Outpost called Boardwalk (approx 2015), and mounted it all on this terrific printed paper that looked just like ocean water!  On the inside of my Coastal Cabana card, I added a few more oldies but goodies:  a sentiment from Friends 24-7 (2009) and Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms, probably 10 years old!):

I finished it off with a striped Bermuda Bay bow and some pretty turquoise sequins from my stash!  I have so many summer stamps, it was hard to choose, but I was happy with how this turned out, and it's already in the mail to someone special!

I hope you'll kick off summer by stamping a summer-themed card with us!  Just be sure to use stamps that are at least one year old, and tell us how old they are!  Can't wait to see what you share! 

The farmer cut our field on Saturday, and raked and baled it today....such a pretty sight, at least to a farm girl like me:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Besties (Technique Junkies), Friends 24-7 (ret), Boardwalk (Artistic Outpost), Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana, The Bee's Knees DSP (Honey Bee Stamps)
Ink	Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana
Accessories	Bermuda Bay Striped Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Perfect Polka Dot EF (ret)

Two Masculine Cards

Happy Monday, peeps, hope you all had a great weekend! And happy June!  I've got two masculine cards today for two friends at church who'll be celebrating birthdays real soon!  The first one uses the FMS sketch; at first I was totally at a loss as to how to use this sketch:

But one of the cards that I needed was for my cousin, who is a carpenter, and I remembered these little Tool Charm dies from MFT, and I went to work:

This is a notecard-sized card; each tool was diecut from Brushed Silver cardstock and diecut again (except for the wrench) with some colorful cardstock, trimmed and adhered:

I added a sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthdays, stamped in Call Me Clover, and mounted on a Pinewood Plank-embossed piece of Whisper White, then mounted on a Call Me Clover notecard.  I used a Cornish Heritage Farms sentiment on the inside, along with a stamped image from Totally Tool:

My second card uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

The stamps from Rooted in Nature both fit those squares on the sketch so nicely!  

I stamped them in Mossy Meadow, added a strip of DSP from Magnolia Lane, another Pinewood Plank embossed background and another sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthdays:

To add a little interest to the sentiment, I added a little burlap ribbon behind the Stitched Rectangle:

Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!  And here's a little more critter action from our back yard:

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Birthdays, Totally Tool (ret), Birthday Centers (ret, Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Call Me Clover, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Ink	Call Me Clover, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pinewood Planks EF, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tool Charm Dies (My Favorite Things)

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rooted in Nature, Itty Bitty Birthdays, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Magnolia Lane DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Burlap Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Sponge Dauber