FMS580 The Next Adventure

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have a fun masculine card today which makes great use of the fun Ready to Ride DSP!  I love letting the paper do most of the work! It uses the awesome sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

I already had a piece of Basic Black cardstock sitting on my desk, so I used that as my base; here we go:

I used some of the all-over DSP as well as the scrapbooking elements; the motorcycylist was trimmed down and I colored him in with a Crumb Cake blend to make him match the other elements a little better.  I also colored in some of the elements on the Very Vanilla DSP with a blender pen and some Pumpkin Pie ink to tie in with the colors in the map.  The sentiment, from the retired Hats Off, was also stamped in Pumpkin Pie and diecut with a Stylish Shapes banner die:

This sentiment, from the retired Rev Up the Fun seemed appropriate for the inside:

This will go in my stash of birthday cards for April!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hats Off (ret), Rev Up the Fun (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Ready to Ride DSP, Soft Suede DSP
Ink	Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Black Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Blends, Blending Brushes, Blender Pen

LIM480 Big Hooray

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a fun "retro" card today using a couple of older retired sets; it uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps as well as the color theme of black and aqua from Less is More:

         

Now I admit that these colors are a bit unusual for a western-themed card, but I had a scrap of Coastal Cabana DSP on my desk and I was determined to use it, LOL!  So here we go:

The western images are from a set called Out West; the sentiment is from Perfectly Wrapped.  I added a star from YeeHaw:

which is also where I got the sentiment on the inside, except for the "have a"....that's from Endless Birthday Wishes.  Endless Birthday Wishes is one of the very first photopolymer set that SU came out with...and I still have it!

I've been on a roll, making masculine cards, so this will go in my pile for one of my April birthdays!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Out West (ret), Perfectly Wrapped (ret), YeeHaw (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana DSP
Ink	Coastal Cabana, Versafine Black
Accessories	Black & White Twine (Doodlebug)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

AHSC519 Hippest Hippo Birthday

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  When I saw the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, I almost took off running for the hills, but I decided to challenge myself and just do it....it's a Step Card! Here's the sketch:

Lots of step cards involve cutting and scoring within the card base, but I found one that was a little easier! You can see it HERE, it's by Creative Juice by Loni. It involves only simple cutting, folding and adhering, then I went to work with the SAB Hippest Hippos from last year:

I may have gone a bit overboard with the embellishments, but it's for my pastor's daughter and I thought she would like the flowers and hippos! They were stamped and colored with Blends; the flowers were diecut with the retired Pierced Blooms dies.  Everything went on a Blushing Bride base with matching DSP, and the "grass" they're standing on is from the On the Farm dies.

The sentiments are from Hippest Hippos and the retiring Peaceful Moments:

And there's plenty of room for a sentiment on the inside:

Thanks for visiting today!  

We had Cassidy for the weekend, and it was actuallly nice enough to be outside for a wee little bit.  John and I picked up sticks from the recent winds we've had and Cassidy goofed off!

We had a bit of a funny experience on Saturday night; we went to a local restaurant and while we were there, a tornado warning came on our phones....as well as every phone in the entire restaurant!  It was quite a racket and we all shared a moment of "togetherness"!!  In a few minutes we did get lots of rain and wind but it subsided quickly.  Some areas got hail and a tornado did touch down in southern Delaware but blessedly missed us!  Phew!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Moments, Hippest Hippos (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Highland Heather, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride DSP, Pear Pizzazz DSP, Daffodil Delight DSP
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, On the Farm Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Bitty Banner Dies (ret), Hippo Dies (ret), Pierced Bloom Dies (ret)

PP634 Easter Bunnies

Happy Sunday, peeps!  We have fun Paper Players challenge for you today, courtesy of Jaydee, and I don't think we've ever had one quite like it!  Here we go:

Aren't all those little critters adorable?!  I JUST happened to have gotten a new little set of bunny and squirrel stamps from Impression Obsession, and I thought one of the images would be perfect for my little Easter notecard:

I took a pre-made SU note card, added a mat of Petal Pink and Regency Park DSP, then added my little bunnies to an oval of Basic White which was embossed with a polka dot embossing folder.  I stamped the bunnies in Smoky Slate, so I added a scalloped mat of Smoky Slate as well.  The Easter sentiment is from an older Paper Pumpkin kit, diecut with the Skylish Shapes banner.  I added a little Smoky Slate banner behind it as well:

On the inside, I added a sentiment from an older Close to My Heart set:

I also used the FMS sketch as well as the Just Add Ink inspiration:

I used the bunnies and the colors as my inspiration!

We can't wait to see what you create with our "Two by Two" challenge!  Be sure to share it with us at the Paper Players blog, and check out what the DT created as well!  See you there!

Speaking of two by two, both Mr AND Mrs Pileated Woodpecker have made visits to our suet feeders over the last couple of days.  I hear them before I see them...their sounds are quite unique!  Mr has a little red moustache, that's how you can tell them apart! Here's a good view of the male:

The above shot was taken through our patio door.  These were through the screen right outside my craft window, so not as clear, but you can see one has the moustache and the other doesn't....that's the female!

These things are huge!  A downy woodpecker is just about the same length as the suet holder, so you can see how much larger they are!  They really are fascinating to watch!  Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (ret), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart), Bunnies & Squirrels (Impression Obsession D5643)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Regency Park DSP, Smoky Slate DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate, Petal Pink
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Radiating Stitches Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Layering Oval Dies (ret), Bunnies & Squirrels Die (Impression Obsession DIE151-L)

Easter Stamp Class Cards

Happy Saturday, stamping friends! Happy April! How's it going where you live? It's RAIN RAIN RAIN here in SE PA!  Hopefully tomorrow we'll see the sun!  Anyway, I thought I'd share the cards we made at my recent stamp camp; I don't usually do camps until July, but I had a great turnout and we had fun!  So here we go:

Two cute little cards featuring stamps from Pretty Pink Posh's Easter Circles and sentiments from SU's Crazy About You.  

This one features a Lil'Inker diecut bunny and some DSP from last year's Heart & Home with a past Paper Pumpkin sentiment!  Looks so pretty in Fresh Freesia!

Finally, a lovely combination of Soft Sky and Blackberry Bliss!  Cross and florals are from the Hold On To Hope bundle; sentiment is from W+9's Spring Blessings. All SU products are retired.

If you have any questions about any of the stamps or products, just shoot me an email; the address is on the right sidebar! Enjoy your day and be blessed! 

SUOC323 Times Two

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Winding the week down, headed to the weekend!  Did you see the retiring list? And the Color Refresh?  So much info, my head is spinning, and I'm a little sad too!  So hard to see old favorites go!  I'll share a little video at the end of the post about the refresh, so be sure to check it out!  Anyway, I made a couple of cards for the SU Only Challenge, where they are challenging us to recreate one of the cards from page 22 of the mini catalog:

I chose to recreate the card on the right, which features a Mint Macaron base (and which is very sadly retiring....sniff, sniff...just like my favorite Sage Shadow did) and since I really liked the sketch, I made two!  The first one just happened to use Fresh Freesia, which has been growing on me, and happily, is returning:

I took some watercolor paper and colored it with some Fresh Freesia and Mint Macaron inks, then diecut my flowers with the Summer Shadows dies. I was really surprised at how pink the flower came out!!  I used some Fresh Freesia DSP for my circles and stamped Shaded Summer images on the Fresh Freesia card base.  I added a few adhesive sequins too:

Same sketch for the second one; it uses Regency Park DSP and a sentiment from Love For You:

I snipped a few flowers from a leftover scrap and adhered them to a few circular layers, then added a couple of "petals" around the edge, diecut with the Blossoming Happiness dies:

Same sketch but two totally different looks!  Thanks for popping in today!  NOW...here's a link to that fun little Color Refresh video:

Color Refresh

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

RRCB203 A Special Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a fun, easy birthday card for a special three-year-old at our church, who also happens to be our friends' grandson!  The Retro Rubber challenge is to make a birthday card--how convenient!

I pulled out Number of Years (2016) and Boys Will Be Boys (2014) to make a primary-color card for him:

I diecut squares of Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point and Real Red, then stamped, colored and fussy-cut the legos and yoyo.  The "3" was a diecut from a really old SU called Timeless Type Alphabet Junior (anyone remember that set???) and everything was adhered to some popped-up diecut circles!

On the inside, I used Real Red to stamp the sentiment from Number of Years:

I am hoping he knows his colors and numbers so even if he can't read the words, he'll know it's to celebrate HIM!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (2016), Boys Will Be Boys (2014)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, DSP in Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point & Real Red
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies