AYSI301 Speedy Seashells

Happy Saturday, peeps!  The As You See It challenge is a speed challenge this week, and the theme is seashells:

Since the start of this summer has been rather "un-sunny", I jumped at the chance to do a sunny, seashore-themed card!  I gathered all my supplies together and went to work:

I already had the Crumb Cake cardstock cut to make a 4 1/4" square card; the shells were stamped in Versafine Black ink on watercolor paper and watercolored (very quickly!), then fussy cut.  I did have a time where I had to stop the clock when I dropped an entire bag of sequins on my craft room floor!!!  But altogether, after re-starting the clock, adding the sequins and a little baker's twine trim, the clock stopped at 9:15!  Just in the nick of time!

Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Swirly Seashells (Close to My Heart), Seashells (Crafty Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Watercolor (ret), Sand & Sea DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Blushing Bride (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Crisp Cantaloupe Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Aquapainter

You Are The Best

Happy Friday, everyone!  I saw a sweet card yesterday on the very talented Carolyn King's blog and thought I would recreate it using some different stamps. While she used Sending Smiles, I used Dainty Delight florals and a sentiment from Timeless Arrangements.  Here we go:

I created the fence with Pebbled Path cardstock and the Timber embossing folder, then stamped my flowers in Crumb Cake and watercolored them in.  They were then diecut with the matching die and I added a "vine" of Old Olive going behind the fence:

The sentiment is on a Tailor Made Tag and I used some retired Baker's Twine to embellish it.  The background of my Thick Basic White card was also embossed with the Timeworn Type embossing folder!  I may try another one of these using a brown fence....I like the rustic look! 

Since the Krafty Chicks challenge this week is All Occasions, I am going to enter this!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Timeless Arrangements
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Pebbled Path, Old Olive
Ink	Crumb Cake, Berry Burst, Old Olive, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Metallic Brads, Dimensionals, Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Die, Dainty Delight Die, Timber Embossing Folder, Timeworn Type Embossing Folder

FMS591 A Special Thank You

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I had a really fun day yesterday, which led me to make this special thank you card (more about that later)!  I used the FMS sketch:

along with some Berry Burst gingham and "berries":

I cut a panel of Berry Burst gingham, edged it with some zigzag borders, and added a thank you and sprigs using the Timeless Arrangements bundle:

To give the upper portion of the card a little contrast, I embossed it with a polka dot embossing folder, and then stamped a sentiment on the inside, along with a heart from Country Bouquet:

So my craft/knitting group that meets at church went out to lunch yesterday, then we visited a gorgeous yarn shop. One of the gals had a birthday, and another gal decided to give us all an "un-birthday" gift!!  We each got a gorgeous handbag, all different (she is a savvy yard-saler!) and a matching crocheted item to go with it.  Here's my beautiful Berry Burst handbag (she even made custom tags for each bag):

and a gorgeous matching shawl she crocheted; I just adore those little tassels!!!

We are so blessed to have her as a friend!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Timeless Arrangements, Country Bouquet
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Berry Burst
Ink	Berry Burst
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timeless Arrangements Dies, Basic Borders Dies, Checks & Dots Embossing Folder (ret)

CASC&S514 Nacho Average Friend

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a fun little card today using the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

I haven't played with Taco Fiesta lately, so I stamped, colored and fussy-cut some images, and came up with this:

I began with a Crumb Cake card on which I added a Cane-embossed layer.  I diecut a piece of Basic White with one of the rounded-edge dies from Nested Essentials on which I stamped various colors of confetti, then added my figures and sentiment:

I also diecut a zigzag piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock to add some interest to the sides as well as the inside:

Finally, my sentiment from Circle Sayings went on the inside as well!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Circle Sayings, Taco Fiesta
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana
Ink	Memnto Black, Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Basic Borders Dies, Nested Essential Dies, Cane Embossing Folder, Blends

AHSC530 Pray Without Ceasing

Happy Tuesday, peeps! The sketch from Atlantic Hearts always inspires me and this week is no exception!

I recently got some really pretty bee-themed papers, and I also just got the Queen Bee set (it's still available through Online Exclusives) so I thought I would use them together to make a card thanking our guest minister for his amazing message on Sunday!  So here we go:

I stamped, watercolored and fussy-cut the bee; although it's hard to see, the background of the leaves is Crumb Cake, the the florals are Crushed Curry:

She is mounted on a diecut piece of Brushed Gold cardstock and the card is embellished with some Metallic Gold pearls.  The sentiment is from Stamp Simply's Farmhouse Scriptural Thoughts.  In case you'd like to recreate the sketch, here are the measurements I used:

Top left panel:  2" x 2 1/8"

Top middle panel:  1 3/4" x 2 1/8"

Top right panel:  1 1/8" x 2 1/8"

Bottom horizontal panel:  1 3/8" x 5 1/8"

Very Vanilla mat:  4 x 5 1/4"

Very Vanilla sentiment banner: 1" x 5", and I hand-cut the fishtails at each end

Thanks so much for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." Proverbs 16:24

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Queen Bee, Farmhouse Scriptural Thoughts (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Brushed Gold (ret), Tell the Bees (Hackney & Co)
Ink	Versafine Black, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Gold Pearls (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Paintbrush

FMS590 You're A Good Egg

Happy Monday, peeps!  I will be busy today as I have stampers coming tonight, but I wanted to squeak in a card for the FMS sketch before it ended!  I am not sure if my friend Beth will have received this in the mail yet, if she hasn't, she'll get a sneak peek!  Before I explain, let me show you the sketch:

And here's my card; I pulled out some retired goodies for this one:

Remember Hey Chick?  I stamped that crazy chicken with some Stazon ink and watercolored her, then stuck her in a little "crate" made from He's the Man DSP.  Her "straw" is from the Basket Builder Framelits!  I stamped the word "thanks" on a Conversation Bubble diecut and added another one behind it for some contrast:

And here's the inside, using another Conversation Bubbles die:

So, what prompted my chicken-themed thank you?  Beth saw the post where Cassidy was learning to separate eggs, so she sent us both these adorable egg separators:

Isn't that the cutest thing?  The feet hang on to the edge of the bowl and you just crack the egg over the openings and the white slides right into the bowl!  Haven't used it yet, but I can't wait to try it!  Thanks again, Beth!  And thank you for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Family Ever, Hey Chick (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Poppy Parade, So Saffron (ret), He's the Man DSP (ret), Day at the Farm DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Crused Curry, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals, Candy Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Conversation Bubbles Dies (ret), Basket Builder Framelits (ret), Stitched Strips Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)

PP645 CAS One-Layer Father's Day

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It's Father's Day here in the US, and also time for a new Paper Players challenge with Jaydee as our hostess!  And it's Clean-and-Simple time!  Here's her CAS theme:

ONE LAYER!  That means just one piece of cardstock, folded in half, then stamped!!  I had lots of ideas but one-layer is challenging, isn't it? I kept wanting to add more stuff!  In the end, this is the one-layer notecard I created:

I hadn't broken into my Gone Fishing set yet, and Wayne is an avid fisherman, so I thought it would be a perfect way to create a Father's Day card for him.  I originally started on a regular-sized card, but the images looked a little dwarfed, so I trimmed it down to a note card.  Before stamping each set of images, I used the retired Watercolor Shapes and stamped a rectangle in Antique Linen Distress ink. I don't often use Distress inks, but I feel like they made my other inks bleed a little bit; I'll have to do some further experimenting with them!  I just love these little lures and fishy:

I added some speckles to the rainbow trout with a Blushing Bride marker, too....I am not sure if that's what a rainbow trout looks like in real life, but it's gonna do for my card!  I added another lure and a sentiment from the same set on the inside:

My last part was to stamp "For You" from Country Bouquet, then add a little Linen Thread to the card front....it helped to offset the rectangles that I didn't stamp quite in the center!  I am going to enter this over at the Krafty Chicks as well, as their challenge this week is Clean and Simple too!

I hope that our one-layer Clean-and-Simple challenge doesn't challenge you too much, because we'd love to see how creative you can be with it!  Be sure to check out the Design Team's samples over at the Paper Players blog....then share yours with us too!

The kids went to the Delaware shore yesterday, leaving early in the morning in Wayne's jeep....with no sides or roof!  Brrrr!  Both Cassidy and her friend Gia were well bundled-up!

Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

"The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him."  

Proverbs 23:24

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Country Bouquet, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Watercolor Shapes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla
Ink	Basic Gray, Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon, Shaded Spruce, Old Olive, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Antique Linen Distress (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Linen Thread
Tools