PP648 Colors from Ann

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Hope your weekend is going along nicely!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess with a lovely color challenge for us all:

Although at first glance, these are not colors I would put together but as I worked with them, I thought they were quite pretty.  In retrospect, I wish I had not added the black mat on my card, but it's stuck on there good, so it's staying!  Here we go:

Dainty Delight is the star of the card!  I used a Blending Brush to layer some Bubble Bath on a white mat, then stamped the biggest floral image in Lost Lagoon and colored in the flowers with a Blender Pen and some Berry Burst and Bubble Bath inks:

I made a couple of sentiment banners with the Stylish Shapes dies, added a little scrap of black grosgrain ribbon, then winked it all with some Stella and added some iridescent sequins and some rhinestones from my stash:

On the inside of the Bubble Bath card, I stamped a sentiment from Lasting Joy and another image from Dainty Delight...I love how they layer so nicely!

I hope you'll stop over at the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers created; they have really outdone themselves and I am sure you'll get some inspiration from them.  Then share yours there too!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Lasting Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Bubble Bath
Ink	Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, Versafine Black
Accessories	Rhinestones, Iridescent Sequins (from my stash), Dimensionals, Black Grosgrain Ribbon (from my stash)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Blender Pens, Blending Brush, Wink of Stella, Black Blend (to color rhinestones)

Monochromatic Christmas Stars & Stripes

Happy Friday, all!  I have a Christmas card to share this morning and it's for three challenges: the RetroRubber sketch, the CAS on Sunday challenge of designer paper, and the Jingle Belles challenge of stars and stripes!

I knew there were stars and stripes in the Classic Christmas DSP from a couple of years back, so I pulled out some scraps, and few dies and went to work:

I used a star die from the retired Mini Treat Bag dies to cut a strip of white glimmer paper, backed it with a piece of green glimmer paper, and used some of the stars to accent my starry DSP:

My sentiments are from an Altenew stamp set from several years ago called Festive Silhouettes, and I lined them up in my Stamparatus and stamped them in Shaded Spruce ink.  I adhered a leftover star for fun:

The inside sentiment is from CC Designs called Jolly Christmas and it's at least five years old!!  More stars, too!

Another card to add to my stash!  

A couple of days ago, an unusual (to me) bird landed on my patio!  (Sorry this photo is so blurry!)

I knew from my Merlin app that it was a Great-crested Flycatcher, and had seen them flying up in the trees in my neighbor's woods, but had never seen one this close!  The next day, I heard a tapping on the siding on the patio, and there it was again!

The angle of this photo makes it look very small, but really, it's at least as big as a mockingbird!  So fun to see a different species!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl; instead it is put on the lampstand, where it gives light for everyone in the house.  In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.  Matthew 5:15-16

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Festive Silhouettes (Altenew), Jolly Christmas (CC Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, White Glimmer (ret), Green Glimmer (ret), Class Christmas DSP (ret)
Ink	Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret)

FMS593 Fun Folds

Happy Thursday, everyone!  The FMS sketch this week is a fun one, especially since Karren has challenged us to make a "bridge" card....a type of fun fold.  She gives a link to some directions in her post, but I challenged myself to wing it!  So here's the sketch:

And here's my card, using the Queen Bee and Lasting Joy stamp sets:

I stamped the bee with Stazon ink on vellum, then colored the back side with a Crushed Curry marker:

I used a Crushed Curry card base with Inked Botanicals  DSP for my accent layers.  The sentiment on the inside panel is from Lasting Joy, stamped in Memento Black.

The measurements for my card are very simple!  I took a piece of cardstock 5 1/2" x 7"', and on the 7"side, from each end, score at 1"and 1 3/4".  Fold in the two sides so that it forms a sort of box shape, and that's it!  Here's a side view:

The horizontal piece I used is 3 1/2" across; you can make it as high as you like, and you can decorate it in whatever way you like!  When you fold this flat, it will still fit into a standard-sized envelope.  And the signature can be written on the back side!  

And I had so much fun making the bee one, I made another:

This one uses Flirty Flamingo cardstock and I realized I used Calypso Coral DSP....dang, I always get those two colors mixed up, LOL!  Circle Sayings provided all the images and sentiment!  I colored the cupcake with Blends, and added some Wink of Stella and a rhinestone "cherry"!  

I am also going to pop one of these in over at Krafty Chicks, where their theme this week is "Stamp Act"---stamp something!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Queen Bee, Lasting Joy
Card stock & Papers	Crushed Curry, Basic White, Vellum, Inked Botanicals
Ink	Crushed Curry, Memento Black, Stazon Black
Accessories
Tools	Crushed Curry Marker

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Circle Sayings
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Flirty Flamingo, Calypso Coral DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories	Iridescent Gem (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	2 3/8" Circle Punch, Blends, Wink of Stella

AHSC532 Fishy Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Hope you all had a relaxing July 4th!  We did NOTHING! It rained off and on all day, in between sweltering sunshine, so we just chilled!  It was very relaxing, LOL! Well, I did stamp a wee bit and do some knitting, so it wasn't a total waste of a day!  I love the Atlantic Hearts Sketch for this week...I am a sucker for all those little banners:

I have not used my Gone Fishing stamp set very much yet, and I need several masculine birthday cards this month, so I decided to pair it with Biggest Wish and some Gingham DSP:

I really like this Pecan Pie shade of brown....warm and inviting!  I stamped my sentiment with that and Night of Navy, then diecut several little banners from Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight, Boho Blue, Night of Navy and Pecan Pie cardstocks, using a little banner from Give It A Whirl.  I stamped the watery image on each one just to give them a little interest.  The lures were stamped and diecut and added to the sentiment panel, along with a few Metallic Brads.  

The inside sentiment is from Charming Sentiments, and I added a little fishy in there too!

One down, about seven more to go, LOL! 

My niece is pregnant with her second child and she sent our family this photo to let us know her "reveal":

I know Cole will be happy to have a little brother to play with (although we were all hoping for a girl),  I was also excited to see the hand-stamped note!!  Apparently the ultrasound technician does SU, and she made it for them!  So fun!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Charming Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Pecan Pie, Basic White, Night of Navy, Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake, Gingham DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Boho Blue, Versamark
Accessories	Rustic Metallic Brads, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Dies, Give It A Whirl Dies

52CCT23-25 Retro Christmas Ornaments

Happy 4th of July, everyone!  I have a decidedly un-patriotic-hued card today for you, it's a Christmas card featuring retro Christmas ornaments (at least they look retro to me) in retro colors!  And I used the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

And here we go:

I embossed my Basic White card base with a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, then stamped and diecut my ornaments using the retired Spruced Up Bundle from last year.  The large ornament was cut from Real Red glimmer paper; the smaller ornaments were stamped in Parakeet Party; all the ornament toppers were cut from Silver foil.  I added a Pink Pirouette snowflake, embellished with an Iridescent gem, and finally the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp was stamped in Pretty in Pink and diecut as well:

Truthfully, this card too way longer than it should have; for some reason, the idea in my head just wouldn't translate to the card!  But I put too much effort into it to toss it, so I persevered! I appreciate your visit today---enjoy your day and be blessed and have a safe 4th of July!

And I did want to share the one patriotic card that I got from my sweet friend Wendy....you can see all her wonderful creations on her blog HERE.  I love the dies she used, such a fun way to make a card that packs a punch!  Thanks, Wendy!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spruced Up (ret), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Red Glimmer, Pretty in Pink (ret), Classic Christmas DSP (ret), Silver Foil
Ink	Parakeet Party, Pretty in Pink (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Iridescent Gem (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spruced Up Outlines Dies (ret), Snowflake Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Seasonal Tag Dies (ret), Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

Happy July 4th!

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