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Happy July 4th and God Bless America! 

PP647 At The Beach

 Happy Sunday, peeps!  I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week, and our theme is At The Beach:

So many possibilities for this theme!  Stampin' Up! just came out with a beautiful new kit called Boho Beach, and they have the most gorgeous card backgrounds ever!  They look like those acrylic pours!  I chose to use one of them, but added some non-SU goodies that I've collected over the years!  So here we go:

I began by cutting a Tailor Made tag from Pecan Pie cardstock, and embossing a sweet little sentiment on it.  I was gifted a wonderful die set of sea-themed goodies, so I cut some out of watercolor paper and added them to the tag along with some random sequins:

And here's the inside, stamped in Pecan Pie and Lost Lagoon:

Here is one of the cards using the layout from the card kit; those envelopes are gorgeous too!

I am also going to pop my first card in over at TGIF, where their challenge this week is Beach Party!

I can't wait to see what you create for our theme!  The Design Team has created some amazing samples, so be sure to pop over to the Paper Players blog to check them out.  Get some inspiration, then share yours with us too!

Speaking of the beach, the kids went to the Delaware shore on Friday---a bit hazy due to the Canadian wildfires, but still a great day!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Boho Beach Kit, Shore Thoughts (Lizzie Anne)
Card stock & Papers	Pecan Pie, Watercolor, Boho Beach Kit
Ink	Pecan Pie, Lost Lagoon, Craft White
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Baker's Twine (ret), White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies, From the Sea Dies (Cuttlebug), Wink of Stella, Heat Tool

AYSI302 Trust in the Lord

Happy Friday, everyone, and happy last day of June! Wow, that month zipped by!  I had a little bit of free stamping time today and I really liked Jan's sketch at As You See It:

I needed a sympathy card, so I gathered up my supplies and here's what I came up with:

I always forget that the Bible verse from Courage & Faith, along with the images on each side, are pretty large!!  But after stamping and coloring them, I didn't want to give up, so I used the Countryside Corners dies to cut them out, (running the panel through two times to shorten it) then mounted the panel on some Inked Botanicals DSP and a Lost Lagoon card base.  

The words were stamped in Lost Lagoon, the foliage in Soft Seafoam, and the foliage was then colored in with a Blend and some ink.  I added a Lost Lagoon ribbon and some retired gems, then stamped two sentiments from Lasting Joy in the inside:

I also embossed the front of the card with the Leaf Fall embossing folder!  Now, it's off to write some consoling words and pop it in the mail!  Thanks so much for stopping by today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.  Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.  

1 Samuel 12:24-25

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lasting Joy, Courage & Faith
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Inked Botanicals DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Soft Seafoam
Accessories	Lost Lagoon Ribbon, Iridescent Gems (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Countryside Corners Dies, Leaf Fall Embossing Folder, Aquapainter, Blends

FMS592 Woof

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I haven't had much stamping time this week, but I did manage to create a fun little birthday card for a dog-loving friend!  It uses the FMS sketch:

And here we go:

My wee little pup and his baseball are from Close to My Heart and the sentiment is so old, I have no idea who made it...I just know the name of the set is Ruff Day!  I used a plethora of die cuts for the grass, sun and clouds, and it all went on a Basic White card base with a Soft Sky sky:

Oh, and I did add a little face from Taco Fiesta on my sun!  And the inside says "That's Happy Birthday in dog talk"...which was partly stamped and partly printed in marker!  Another card in the mail!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Taco Fiesta, Paper Pal Pets (Close to My Heart), Ruff Day (unknown), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Real Red, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Pal Pets Dies (CTMH), Grass Die (Impression Obsession), Grass Die (My Favorite Things), Sunburst Die (unknown), Clouds Die (Lil'Inker), Blends

AHSC531 Zoo Crew Wobbler

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  A quick post today before I run to take Cass to b-ball camp!  This card is for one of John's great-nephews and it uses the Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

I recently bought some of those little wobbler thingies that you attach to your card to give it some motion!  So here we go, using Zoo Crew DSP and a few miscellaneous stamp sets:

I did some partial diecutting to isolate the balloon from the rest of the image and created a card base of Lemon Lime Twist, some matching DSP and Zoo Crew DSP.  The sentiments are from Biggest Wishes and a past Paper Pumpkin kit; I highlighted the "birthday" with a rectangle from Watercolor Shapes, just to give it more emphasis.  The wobbler is attached to the back of the raccoon and wobbles back and forth when I give it a wee little push:

Another past Paper Pumpkin sentiment on the inside, and it's in the mail!

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

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Paper Pumpkin (ret), Watercolor Shapes (Ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly, Zoo Crew, Lemon Lime Twist DSP
Ink	Versafine Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly
Accessories	Wobbler (Amazon)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret)

CAS260 Love You Always

 Happy Monday, everyone!  I have Cassidy this week and it's basketball camp week! She really loves her basketball so hopefully she'll learn some new skills and hone up the ones she's working on!  I have a quick clean-and-simple card today for the CAS On Sunday challenge, which is "love"!  It's hard not to think of pink, red and Valentines when making a "love" card, so I tried to think outside the box a bit and just used a simple sentiment and floral image, along with a couple of embellishments:

I managed to use up a few scraps on this card!  The piece of watercolor paper was one I didn't use from another project...I just turned it over and used the other side, LOL!  I love the font on this sentiment; it's from the new Stamped With Love set, and since I already had Dainty Delight on my desk, I chose the small Queen Anne's lace image, stamping it in Soft Seafoam ink.  I used a retired piece of baker's twine to give a little accent and colored some retired Candy Dots with a Black Blend for the corner:

Simple and easy!

Dana took a stained glass class yesterday at a local winery and she shared with me what she made:

The dragonfly started with pieces of stained and clear glass and a silver fork with the top cut off!  Dana placed dried flowers on one piece of glass, then covered it with another one, making a "sandwich" to create the top wings. 

Then she learned how to solder the foil and flux together with the soldering iron; she said it was a little tricky but I think she did pretty well for the first time!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Stamped with Love, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Soft Seafoam, Watercolor, Basic Black
Ink	Versafine Black, Soft Seafoam
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Black & White Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	1/8" Hole Punch

PP646 Most Wonderful Sketch

Happy Sunday, stampers!  I am beginning to feel like a mushroom here in SE PA, it has done nothing but RAIN for the best part of the week, with several more days ahead.  I guess I shouldn't complain, as we were almost in a drought; that certainly has been taken care of!  Anyway, it's time for a new Paper Players challenge with the lovely Claire as our hostess, and she has a fun sketch for us:

The Jingle Belles are also having a masculine Christmas card challenge, so I decided to combine both the challenge and the sketch for my card today, since Christmas is only SIX MONTHS AWAY!!!:

Nothing says "masculine" like dad going to pick up the family Christmas tree in his truck, right?  The retired Hostess set Holiday Haul provided the perfect little image to go along with these fun papers from Violet Studio Designs!  

Sentiments are from Close to My Heart, and I even stamped a little Santa sack on the inside as well!

Claire has designed such a fun sketch for us, I plan to use this for an upcoming stamp camp myself!  And I hope you'll find some inspiration from it as well!  Be sure to check out what the design team at the Paper Players has come up with and share yours with us too!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Holiday Haul (ret), Reindeer Crossing (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Succulent (ret), Home for Christmas (Violet Studio Designs)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Red Pearl (ret), Festive Pearls (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret)