IB156 Beary Warm Wishes

Happy Thursday, everyone!  We're back at Inspired By with this uber-sweet little bear...doesn't he look stylish?  

 

I began by pulling out an old SU set called Thankful Forest Friends and stamping the little bear in Smoky Slate ink; here's how he ended up:

I added some little "fur" lines with a marker and fussy-cut him out. The background is some retired DSP on which I stamped a sprinkling of little Smoky Slate and Memento Black winter hats, hand-drawing the ribbing; I even stuck one on top of Mr. Bear's head:

I added an old Whippersnapper sentiment atop a Basic Gray panel that was embossed with a retired Sweater Knit embossing folder:

And added a sentiment from Rustic Retreat on the inside:

I think this is such a sweet, fun inspiration photo, I hope you'll play along!  I have several birthday cards to make, and this one is at the top of my list!  Can't wait to see how you interpret our prompt this week!  Be sure to check out what the other DT members created as well!  Hop on over to the Inspired Blog to see! Thanks for popping in today!

I wanted to share a picture of some cookies my niece Kelly made for Christmas....they were gorgeous and tasted delicious to boot!  Lots of detail and PAINTING with edible paint!! She is the Martha Stewart of the family, hands down!  They definitely contributed to my holiday weight gain, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rustic Retreat, Thankful Forest Friends (ret), Winter Schminter (Whippersnapper), Christmas Cheer Turnabout (hat, Concord & 9th), Bits & Pieces: Winter (hat topper, Right at Home)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Gray, A Little Foxy DSP (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Sweater Knit EF (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies, Basic Black Marker, Gray Marker

TCC146 Warmth of the Season

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  How is your week going?!  I hope okay!  We are back at The Card Concept where you tell us what "style" your card-making is!  Here's our beautiful, warm, cozy prompt for this week:

Mmmm, that looks delicious!  Makes me want to go have a latte, or cappuccino, or hot chocolate, or something!  And I had so many ideas!  Here's what I ended up with:

For my Clean and Layered card, I chose to use the Nordic theme, red tones and that pretty mug as my inspiration!  I stamped the mug from the retired Scentsational Season set in Riding Hood Red and after die-cutting it out, mounted it on an oval panel that was embossed with a Tim Holtz EF.  The sentiment is from the retired Hearts Come Home set, backed with some burlap ribbon and embellished with some wee little brown sequins:

The papers are from Simple Stories, and I did emboss two little rows of snowflakes to accent the vertical piece.  My sketch is from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

I hope you'll start the new year off with us and share something inspired by our photo!  Just be sure to tell us what "style" you used...you can find all the styles listed on the Card Concept blog!  See you there!  And thanks for stopping in today!

I do believe I have neglected showing Eden in her Christmas finery, and since it sort of matches today's card, here she is:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scentsational Season (ret), Hearts Come Home (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Vellum, Naturals White (ret), Riding Hood Red (ret), Simple Vintage Christmas DSP (Simple Stories)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Burlap Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Holiday Collection Framlits (ret), Stitching Line Dies (Ellen Hutson), Oval Layering Dies, Scalloped Oval Dies (Nestabilities), Deer Knit Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

Just Saying Hello

 Hi stampers, happy Tuesday!  Hope your day is going well! I got in some stamping time yesterday and dug out a couple florals to create my card for today:

The Global Design Project had a lovely palette for their current challenge, so I used that as my starting point:

Petal Pink is not a color I normally gravitate to, but it makes a beautiful flower with the All Things Fabulous set.  I added foliage in Soft Sea Foam and some smaller florals in Night of Navy.  I adhered it to a Shimmery White panel that I watercolored with a Soft Sea Foam wash and diecut it with the Nature's Thoughts die:

I added a Night of Navy scalloped mat, created from piecing together three Stitched So Sweetly panels, then mounted it on a Soft Sea Foam card base on which I had stamped some greenery from Tasteful Touches.  The sentiment is from the same set.  My final embellishment was a wee bit of gingham ribbon!  This could be a get well card, a birthday card, or a just thinking of you card!!!  I am also entering it in The Spot's challenge this week, which is Designer's Choice:

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Tasteful Touches
Card stock & Papers	Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Shimmery White
Ink	Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Night of Navy
Accessories	Navy Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Nature's Thoughts Dies, Fabulous Florals Dies, Aquapainter

TGIF297 Christmas Greetings

 Happy Monday, peeps!  My card today features a snowman, but we only have rain where I am!!  I got a few new stamps this Christmas, and I decided to use this Tim Holtz set in black and white, to fulfill this week's TGIF challenge:

So here we go:

I stamped the snowman first, then cut a mask to cover him up and stamped the tree behind him:

He's such a cutie!  I added an older TH sentiment, then used the little "snowflake" stamp to the background, stamping it in Versamark ink, then using Heat and Stick powder and some retired Dazzling Diamonds glitter on top.  It's hard to see here, but perhaps you can see a wee bit of the glitter!

The white panel went on a Basic Black card base with a white mat on the inside!  I can't wait to use this set again, but in color!  I know it seems crazy to be making Christmas cards in January; probably everyone is sick of them, but I like to make them all year long!  And since the Jingle Belles challenge this week is looking for something old and something new, I am entering there as well! Thanks for popping in today!

For Christmas, John's sister Mimi gave Cassidy a Rock and Mineral set. It included a block of some sort of hard plaster substance in which were contained eleven little stones.  She had to hammer and chisel at the block until she unearthed the little stones.  Mimi's grandson Zion "helped", although his main activity was to bulldoze the leftover dirt into little piles.  He did have fun wearing the safety glasses and looking through the magnifying glass!

Cass was very excited when she uncovered the first one! (She's also wearing an apron her mommy made in 4H from about 25 years ago!!)

Honestly, this kept them busy for over an hour...and I didn't even mind the pounding noise!!

The final reward:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'"  John 8:12

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winterscape, Deco Christmas (both Tim Holtz)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink	Memento Black, Versamark
Accessories	Heat and Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (ret)
Tools	Heat Tool

PP522 Something New for 2021

Hello stampers!  It's time for the first Paper Players challenge of 2021 and I am the hostess!  If you got some new goodies for the holidays, now is the time to break them out!  And even if you didn't get something "new", I am sure you have something in your stash that's not gotten inky or cut into or cranked or whatever!  We just want to see something new!

For my project I chose to do something I've not ever done....watercolor an embossed image!  This is a new folder from the upcoming Mini Catalog, called Seashells, and it's part of a lovely suite called Sand & Sea.  I embossed a piece of Thick Whisper White cardstock, then colored the embossing with ink and an aquapainter:

I painted each section with ink that was fairly watered down, as I wasn't quite sure how the embossing would take the ink; all in all, I guess it's not bad for my first attempt!  I used several colors to color the shells, adding a little shading after the initial layer dried.  This one used Blushing Bride and Petal Pink:

This one was Pool Party with a hint of Coastal Cabana; the purple ones were Highland Heather and Magenta Madness (I wouldn't do that again):

and this one was So Saffron and Mango Melody along with Blushing Bride; I really liked this one! The seaweed was done with Pear Pizzazz and Soft Seafoam, and I also added Wink of Stella to the little water bubbles, as well as to some of the shells.

I adhered it to a Pool Party card base and added a sentiment from Here's A Card, which was cut with a Tasteful Labels die.

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week, and I was remiss in my last Paper Players post in not announcing that we have a new team of Guest Designers!  Please pop over to the Paper Players blog to meet Nancy, Debbie and Amanda, see what they created, along with our regular team, and give them some love!  Thanks for popping in today!

Electronics...every kid's dream!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Here's a Card
Card stock & Papers	Pool Party, Thick Whisper White
Ink	Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Petal Pink, Highland Heather, Magenta Madness, So Saffron, Mango Melody, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Seafoam
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Seashells EF, Aquapainter, Wink of Stella, Tasteful Labels Dies

Flirty Heart

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Hope you have a nice weekend planned!  I have a very quick card I made using the new Lots of Heart set from the mini catalog, all done up in a monochromatic theme of Flirty Flamingo!  Check it out:

I LOVE this gingham heart, you all know how much I love gingham!  I did not get the matching dies, so I just fussy-cut the heart with my snips, then used my Be Mine dies to cut out some smaller hearts to accent it. I added a sentiment from the same set and stamped a line of hearts down the side before adhering a horizontal strip of DSP, oh and a little Iridescent sequin too!

And here's the inside as well: 

What a fun little set!  I know this will get lots of use for Valentine's day as well!  Thanks for popping in today...be sure to come back tomorrow for a brand-new Paper Player's challenge as well!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

GDP272 Seashore Thank You

Happy New Year, stamping friends!  I am taking my tree down today, and that's about it...relaxing for the rest of the day!  I found some stamping time yesterday to create a card for the Global Design Project, which is to CASE the designer:

I began with a beautiful piece of Sand & Sea DSP, and added a panel of Whisper White that was diecut with an Ornate Layers die:

I stamped three shells from Seaside Notions in Rococo Rose, So Saffron and Magenta Madness, then lightly watercolored each one and fussy cut them out, layering them on top of a Polka Dot Tulle ribbon:

My sentiment is from the new set Lots of Love, also stamped in Rococo Rose!  Such a pretty font.  A simple card but that DSP really makes for a beautiful background!  Thanks for popping in today!

I love this shot of my great-nephews from a couple of weeks ago...they LOVED being out in the snow!  Look at those rosy cheeks!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast."  Ephesians 2:8

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seaside Notions, Lots of Love
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Sand and Sea DSP
Ink	Rococo Rose, So Saffron, Magenta Madness
Accessories	Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Layers Dies, Aquapainter