SSC328 Tool Time Birthday

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope your weekend went well! I am using the Sunday Stamps sketch today for a birthday card for my nephew, who is turning 30! Yikes! I remember when he was born; we were having one of the worst cold spells I can remember; the roads and driveways were covered with ice and snow for days and days!  Anyway, here's the sketch:

Since he is definitely a mechanically-inclined guy, of course I had to use the Trusty Tools and Trusty Toolbox stamps and papers for his card:

Sometimes I get hung up and limit myself to using only the colors in the DSP, but I strayed here and went with an Azure Afternoon color theme, along with Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry.  Brad does have a BIG blue Ford tractor, so that diamond-plate embossed background piece is a nod to that!  I stamped and diecut the tools, then mounted them on top of three circles from the DSP.  I added a little sentiment from the retired Teeny Tiny Wishes to the wrench:

On the inside, I used a die and stamps from the Hooray for Surprises set; you pull the little tab and there is a sentiment under the circle.  It's a little tricky to get it lined up, but I made a trial run with some scrap supplies, and I think I got it right--we'll see!!  I did also add the numbers, diecut from Little Numbers, in Brushed Silver cardstock:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. 

 Proverbs 19:20

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Trusty Tools, Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon, Azure Afternoon DSP, Trusty Toolbox DSP, Brushed Silver (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Trusty Tools Dies, Hooray for Surprises Dies, Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Litttle Numbers Dies (ret),  Diamond Plate Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

PP675 Love You

Happy Sunday, everyone!  It's Paper Players time, with Joanne as our lovely hostess and she has a lovely challlenge for us, very timely, too:

I chose to make a note-card sized card; I had this Berry Burst glimmer paper diecut heart floating around on my desk, getting in my way, for a couple of weeks, so I finally decided to put it to use for my card today!  Here we go:

Since playing around with the Adoring Hearts bundle, I've got LOTS of these Basic White embossed hearts floating around too, LOL!  I used an old SU Triple Heart punch to punch a third heart from Bubble Bath glimmer paper, then mounted them all on a piece of Berry Burst gingham paper.  The bottom portion of the notecard was also embossed with the Dotty Hearts embossing folder.  The sentiment is new-to-me, it's from Waffleflower, called Sentiment Additions...love it!

My final addition was some Sweet Sorbet glittery ribbon!  A nice change from red, although I love red hearts too!

I hope you'll find some inspiration from our challenge this week...I love that little puppy image on the mood board....SO cute, I hope someone will do something inspired by that sweet face!  Check out what the other designers did at the Paper Players and share yours too!

On Friday, I gave a little class at a local retirement community and we made two projects for Valentine's Day.  A new customer of mine is a resident and she is an experienced stamper (blessedly!!!) and she got all the details lined up for me and helped as my very able assistant as well!  I don't even have a photo of the projects we made because I gave them to her for helping me, although the card was very similar to the one featured here!   You can see them stamping the project below:

I learned a LOT about stamping with these older sweeties...they were very keen to make the projects but I need to remember that their fingers may not be as agile as mine!  But they were very patient, even when we made a few blunders, and are already wanting to do something next month!  I will say, my hands were covered with Berry Burst ink by the class was over, LOL!  But it was fun! And their facility is beautiful! Looking forward to stamping with them again soon!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiment Additions (Waffleflower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Berry Burst Gingham, Berry Burst Glimmer, Bubble Bath Glimmer
Ink	Berry Burst
Accessories	Sweet Sorbet Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Adoring Hearts Hybrid Die & Folder, Dotty Hearts Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched Be Mine Dies (ret), Sentiment Additions Dies (Waffleflower), Triple Heart Punch (ret)

BYSHC42 Christmas Begins with Love

Happy Friday, peeps! The Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers has lovely sketches for creating Christmas cards and I couldn't resist the one for this go-round:

I recently got some beautiful Mintay Christmas papers; being 6x6" square, it's often challenging to figure out a way to use them on a standard-sized card, but I was able to trim one of the pieces down, slicing it into 1 7/8" x 5" panels (although I do see that there are measurements on the sketch--duh), so here we go:

The artwork on these papers is stunning! I stamped a sentiment from the retired Shine Bright in Real Red, and added a little fussy-cut cardinal which are also included in the paper pad.  You can't see it very well, but there is also a glimmer snowflake tucked under the panel too:

Another sentiment from the set went on the inside of the Blushing Bride card, and I adhered a little strip of the other side of the paper at the bottom:

Good to build up my holiday card stash!  And since the Little Red Wagon challenge this week is looking for some "sugar", I'm entering it there as well....since all those little gingerbread goodies and that cup of hot cocoa certainly contain sugar!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shine Bright (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Blushing Bride (ret), White Glimmer (ret), Merry Little Christmas (Mintay)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Iridescent Gem (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Seasonal Tag Framelits (ret)

FMS621 Classic Birthday

Hi there, peeps, Happy Thursday, and happy February!  When I saw the Freshly Made Sketches sketch this week, I almost ran for the hills! But I challenged myself to play along and I am glad I did! Here's the sketch:

And here's how I interpreted it:

He's All That is a nice masculine set that has been sadly neglected in my stamping room, and when I saw this paper in the Trusty Toolbox selection, I thought the classic birthday image would coordinate nicely!  And I am embarassed to say that I have hardly ever used the dies that come with this set, so I was happy to give them some love.  I almost didn't go with the argyle diecut...it is a little busy but I thought it gave my black circles a retro feel! I can remember my mom knitting argyle socks, with all those multi-colored bobbins!  

I carried the circle theme to the inside as well, adding a sentiment from Hooray for Surprises and the #1 image from He's All That:

Since I love Lost Lagoon, this 4 1/4" square card just makes me happy!  Now I just have to wait until November to give this to my special guy, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	He's All That, Hooray for Surprises
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Lost Lagoon, Trusty Toolbox DSP
Ink	Versafine Black, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, All That Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, 3/4" Circle Punch

AHSC562 My Heart Is With You

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Wow, the last day of January, time flies!  My card today features the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch:

along with some papers from Close to My Heart that I've had for a while but haven't even opened!  So I remedied that today!  Here we go:

I love the vintage French feel of these prints...I layered one of the papers on a Crumb Cake base, and before layering it, I stamped a few images from the retired French Foliage and Butterfly Basics:

I added a couple of embossed hearts from the Adoring Hearts embossing folder, some Boho Blue twine, and a sentiment from another retired set called Small Sayings. It's hard to see, but there's a wee little strip of Champagne foil paper that gives the elements a little pizzazz!  On the inside, another retired sentiment from Holiday Best:

This was actually my second attempt at this card; the first one I was not as pleased with; it went on a Very Vanilla base, but I didn't really like the stamped elements as much.  

I did like the sentiment; it was a sticker from the same set of papers:

Those twirly elements behind the sentiments are always problematic for me, I can never get them quite right! But I now have two more Valentines for my stash!  

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

We love because God first loved us.  I John 4:19

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Butterfly Basics, Small Sayings, French Foliage, Perfectly Wrapped (all retired)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Very Vnailla, Champage Foil (ret), Cosette (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Versafine Black, Crumb Cake, Moody Mauve
Accessories	Boho Blue Twine, Dimensionals, Rose Metallic Thread (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Adoring Hearts Hybrid Embossing Folder & Die, Perennial Postage Dies, Sponge Dauber, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

52CCTD A Little Stitched Star

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I have a fun Christmas card for you today; I've not used the Patchwork die lately, so I decided to use it for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge, which is to use stitching!  

Normally, I would get out my sewing machine and do some actual stitching on my card, but I was lazy, so after diecutting the two panels from some retired Lights Aglow DSPs, I assembled them back together on a Basic White panel, adhered them onto a Soft Succulent card base and added sentiment from Paper Smooches.  For the sewing part, I diecut two white felt stars and sewed them together with some embroidery floss and added a gold sequin to match the gold dots on the papers:

Since I told you I was lazy, I only put the stitched star on one card, LOL!  But I did add an Evening Evergreen scallop border to my sentiment on this one!!  Two more cards for my Christmas stash!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Yule Need (Paper Smooches), Swirly Stars (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Succulent (ret), Evening Evergreen (ret), Lights Aglow DSP (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Accessories	Felt, Gold Sequin from my stash, Embroidery Floss
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Patchwork Dies,  Layering Circles Dies (ret), Country Stars Die (Shady Lane)

Peekaboo Birds

Happy Monday, stamping friends! I have a quick post today as it is Stamp Club day! Yay!  I was looking for ideas using the Adoring Hearts suite and after seeing lots of cards with the individual birds from the Flight and Airy papers, I thought I'd combine them both:

I diecut a piece of Basic White using two-thirds of the die and embossing folder, then snipped out some of the birds to put behind the heart openings.  My only dilemma is that all the left-facing birds are the same color!  But hopefully the recipient won't notice, or mind!  I stamped a sentiment from Best Family Ever in Boho Blue ink, added a Boho Blue ribbon and mounted it on a Boho Blue card base!  The last thing I did was use a teeny tiny wee little bit of BB ink and water to color the background around the birds; it was getting lost against the Basic White openings and it helped define them nicely!

I left the inside blank, but this will probably go to my friend who just had a pacemaker "installed"!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Family Ever
Card stock & Papers	Boho Blue, Basic White, Flight & Airy DSP
Ink	Boho Blue
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Adorning Hearts Die, Aquapainter