FMS643 Land That I Love

 Happy 4th of July! We have a lazy day and I'm having trouble getting started today!  The FMS sketch from Linda was a fun one to use for a patriotic theme!

I pulled out a couple of patriotic stamps and here's what I came up with:

I stamped one image from SU's retired Star-Spangled Banner in each color of Real Red and Blueberry Bushel, then did some paper piecing for my center panel.  I diecut it with a Perennial Postage die, although I did have to run it through two times to get the shape I wanted!  I added some diecut stars behind the image:

The sentiment was from a really old set from Mark's Finest, called American Made; it was diecut and I added some Bitty Banner diecuts behind it:

Another image and sentiment from Mark's Finest went on the inside:

And since the Time Out Challenge is featuring stars this week, I'm entering it there as well!

Happy Independence Day!  And here's a funny photo for you, totally not related to the 4th of July, sent to me by my sister in South Carolina:

I could use some of those pencils while doing my crossword puzzles every day!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Star-Spangled Banner (ret), American Made (Mark's Finest)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel
Ink	Real Red, Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stitched Star Dies (Paper Rose), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Banner Die (Nellie Snellen), Star Embossing Folder (ret)

Winterly Tree Tops Peace

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I had a chance to play with the new Winterly Tree Tops set, which will be available soon!  I am entering my card in the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge, which is to color in an image, as well as the Christmas Kickstart Challenge, which is festive frames!

I began by stamping the cardinal pair on Thick Basic White with Stazon black ink, diecutting them out, and watercoloring them:

I diecut the frame from the same set of dies, and layered it on a piece of the coordinating DSP, Nests of Winter.  I just LOVE this pattern!  I then popped up the cardinals:

And I used a retired sentiment from Wrapped In Christmas, diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies:

I wish we had some white glimmer paper, because this frame would look amazing diecut from that!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winterly Tree Tops, Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Aquapainter

Copper Stenciled Roses

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Still playing with the Layers of Beauty bundle and since the JUGS challenge this week is stenciling, I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring!

Inkspirational is also looking for stencils:

And I am also playing along with my old friends as Tic-Tac-Toe; I chose to use the elements from the left column:

I haven't done any heat embossing for a long time, so I pulled out my copper embossing powder, my Versamark ink pad and went to work:

It's fun to experiment with different colors on these roses; to go with the copper embossing, I chose Peach Pie, Copper Clay, Cajun Craze, Soft Sea Foam and Old Olive.  Even though we're in the midst of summer, I still enjoy these fall hues!  

I also heat-embossed a couple of sentiments from Unbounded Love and diecut them with the matching die, then everything got mounted on a panel of Basic White that was embossed with the Distressed Tile embossing folder and diecut with the Perennial Postage dies.  Around the edges of my Basic Beige card, since I already had my Versamark pad out, I stamped the smaller floral image from the same set; it gives a lovely tone-on-tone effect that doesn't detract from the main design.  I also added a Neutral sequin in copper as well!  You just cannot go wrong with this stamp, stencil and die bundle!    

Cassidy had a friend over last weekend and although our weather has been HOT, that particular evening it was quite chilly.  Wayne had set up a TV to watch on the patio, and the girls wanted to watch a spooky movie:

Sweatshirts, blankets, two bowls of popcorn and two DOGS to keep them warm!  Looks like fun! Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers Of Beauty, Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Basic Beige
Ink	Versamark, Peach Pie, Copper Clay, Cajun Craze, Soft Sea Foam, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals, Neutral Sequins, Copper Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layers of Beauty Dies & Masks, Unbounded Love Dies,, Heat Tool, Blending Brushes, Distress Tile Embossing Folder, Perennial Postage Dies

AHSC584 Thinking of You Always

Happy Monday, everyone!  Happy July!  And it's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge!  Here we go:

I recently got the new Scenic Pumpkin Patch stamp set that will be available in a couple of days.  Honestly, I shy away from SCENES.  Yikes, they scare me! But I was determined to try out this set because I just love pumpkins! And I know we're in the middle of summer, but bear with me as I stamp some pumpkins:

I placed most of my stamping to the right of the panel to satisfy the sketch.  I did make a lot of little masks to keep in my stamp case for future use....it's really helpful when you want to layer these images! Everything is pretty straightforward stamping, although I did use a die that I can't even remember the name of, it was one of the first SU came out with, along with some retired leaf dies and some fall colors:

The sentiment is also new, from the Winterly Tree Tops set, such a nice sentiment too! The Mossy Meadow card base was embossed with the Leaf Fall EF, although it's hard to tell!

So I'll keep playing with this set and hopefully the scenery won't scare me so much, LOL!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch too!  The Atlantic Hearts blog will feature all the DT samples on Wednesday, so check them out!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Winterly Tree Tops
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry DSP (ret), Masking Paper
Ink	Balmy Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Leaf Fall Embossing Folder, Seasonal Tags Framelits (ret), Labels Dies (ret), Blending Brush, Early Espresso Marker (for birds)

PP696 Sandy Toes

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Happy last day of June! Wow, how did that happen?!  The Paper Players hostess this week is Anne Marie, and I am filling in for her as she's a little under the weather!  But she did come up with this awesome tic-tac-toe grid, since it's the fifth Sunday of the month:

First, I have a confession to make....I have TOO many stamps!  Seriously! The stamp set I used on this card I have probably had for three or four years and NEVER INKED IT UP!  But I remedied that this week, so here we go:

I am sure that I was inspired by something my friend Michele made with this set and had to have it...and then it just sat! So anyway, I inked up this little boy, watercolored him in and paper-pieced his little boogie board and put him on a piece of Azure Afternoon striped DSP.  The edge of the DSP was diecut with a Penny Black die, and I added a sentiment from the same set; it's from Waffle Flower called Sandy Toes!  I only wish they had both the left and right flipflop stamps....it looks like this little guy has two left feet!

The tic-tac-toe row that I chose was across the top of stars and/or stripes, bling and blue.  Now you're going to have to trust me on the bling, because the only thing I could think of to bling up my card was some Wink of Stella on the sand....I know you can't see it here, but it is very sparkly in real life!

My final addition was some retired Wavy Trim.  The sketch I used is from FMS:

Such a fun sketch!  I added a sentiment from the Light the Candles kit---this set of sentiments is awesome!

I hope you'll have some fun with our Tic-Tac-Toe grid this week!  Share it with us over at the Paper Players blog and check out what the other designers came up with as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Light the Candles Kit, Sandy Toes (Waffleflower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Azure Afternoon DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Wavy Trim (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Curved Stitch Die (Penny Black), Aquapainter

TGIF479 Hooray for Surprises Birthday Card

Happy Saturday, peeps! Hope you have some fun weekend plans!  John is taking eleven people fishing on a charter boat today, so my day is free!  I spent some time yesterday working on a birthday card for a young man in our church...I hope he doesn't think it's too childish, LOL!  I have wanted to use the Hooray for Surprises set to make a window card that you open, using the special dies, and I saw a great video by my friend Amanda. She highlights a wonderful technique to get the images lined up perfectly!  You can see it here.  I used the birthday cake and candles image along with some bright inks, paper and cardstock.  So here we go:

So if you can see the little pull tab on the right side of the diecut, that gets pulled open by the recipient, and there is another image under the circle.  Of course, I forgot to take a picture of THAT, but it said "Make a Wish"!  The cake was stamped in Azure Afternoon, the candles in Lemon Lime Twist and the flames in Daffodil Delight, along with some stars from the retired Wood Words:

Sentiments are from the Light the Candles kit:

And even though it doesn't look like it, the cardstock, sentiment and stars on the inside are also Azure Afternoon....the camera really doesn't capture the shade correctly!

I am going to enter this at TGIF Challenges, where they are looking for sweet treats!  Can't get much sweeter than a birthday cake, right?!  

Anyway, this family always includes jokes in their birthday cards to us, so I am enclosing one as to him:  "How do bees celebrate moving to a new hive?  They have a house swarming party!"  I hope he likes it!  Corny but cute!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Light the Candles Kit, Wood Words (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Azure Afternoon DSP (ret)
Ink	Azure Afternoon, Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Hooray for Surprises Dies

AYSI326 Robot Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps! I totally forgot my great-nephew's birthday, so I pulled out the Robot Buddies kit and a few other goodies, and made a quick little card! I used the As You See It sketch:

So here we go:

I stamped the image in Pumpkin Pie and Bermuda Bay inks, then used my Mini Alphabet dies to create the word "beep!".  I used one of the card bases from the kit, along with some Pool Party DSP and a little sticker border!  And of course, some googly eyes!

I stamped the birthday sentiment and some of the cogs on the inside and added a "2" from Little Numbers and sent it on its way!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Robot Buddies Kit
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Pool Party DSP (ret)
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Mini Alphabet Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Little Numbers Die (ret)