SSC350 Sympathy

Happy Thursday, peeps! Sadly, I needed a sympathy card this week.  They're never easy, but even more challenging around the holidays.  I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

along with some warm plaid papers I recently got from Unity.  Here we go:

I stamped one of the trees from the long-retired Happy Scenes set, along with a sentiment from Special Moments, both on Crumb Cake cardstock, and diecut them with circle dies:

I added a single leaf from an older Paper Pumpkin set, and since there's a wee bit of red in the plaids that I used, I colored in the bird with a blender pen and some Real Red ink.  The inside verse is from Stamp Simply:

Thanks for visiting today!  

I had my visitor again yesterday:

You can really see his moustache here!  He's so BIG!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Scenes (ret), Paper Pumpkin (ret), Special Moments (ret), Farmhouse Scriptural Quotes (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Yuletide Plaid (Unity)
Ink	Real Red, Versafine Black, Versamark
Accessories	Rustic Metallic Dots, Dimensionals, Blender Pen
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circles Dies (ret)

AHSC608 Noel

 Hello, peeps! Happy Monday!  The Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is an interesting one:

Normally, I try to stay pretty true to the orientation of the sketch but I just got a new cover plate die and thought it would be fun to use, and its orientation is portrait, so I used it anyway!  Here we go:

I began by stamping the letters in Blueberry Bushel.  The alphabet is an older wooden one I've had for a long time, called Narratives by Creative Imaginations, and I just fussy-cut the squares out.  The Festive Grid cover plate from Pinkfresh covers the entire card front, so I mounted it on a Blueberry Bushel card and mounted the squares with dimensionals.  I added a Simon Says Stamp sentiment:

and finished the inside with a sentiment from SU called Night Divine:

A very simple card but I love the colors and that fun cover plate!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  On Wednesday, you'll be able to see all the DT's designs at the AHSC blog! Be sure to share your creative endeavors with us too! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp), Narratives (Creative Imaginations)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blueberry Bushel
Ink	Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Festive Grid Die (Pinkfresh Studios)

AYSI338 Thanks So Much

Happy Sunday, peeps!  I haven't posted for a week! Gee whizzies! I had a very busy few days, but I also came down with a nasty cold, and John's been sick for several weeks, so I was just taking it easy!  I was itching to get back into my craft room however, so I snuck in yesterday afternoon to make a thank you card for a friend!  I used the sketch from As You See It:

So here we go:

I deviated a tiny bit from the sketch, using an image from Sentimental Christmas, cutting it out with a circle die instead of the rectangular shape. My panel is Azure Afternoon and I matted it with Shaded Spruce to match the "greenery".  Although the horizontal piece is covered up by that greenery, it was also cut from a piece of Sentimental Christmas, then embellished with some Shaded Spruce and Poppy Parade pine and berry diecuts.  I also fussy-cut a little bird to add to the center of the spray:

The sentiment from Latte Love was embossed in white:

The front of the card is also embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder!  This will go out in the mail tomorrow!

While I was "resting" I decorated a wooden box that John made me after last Christmas; it is actually four pieces of wood that velcro together and they go around the bottom of our Christmas tree to look like a crate.  Dana had one for her tree and when I looked at them online, I thought they were a little pricey, so John stepped up to the plate and went to work! He painted it white and I stenciled a design on it.  It turned out pretty well:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Shaded Spruce, Poppy Parade, Sentimental Christmas DSP
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Labels Aglow Dies (ret), Pretty Pines Dies (ret), Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Heat Tool

AHSC607 Easy Peasy Birthday

Happy Tuesday, all!  I am taking a break from Christmas cards and using some new upcoming stuff from the Spring Mini catalog, along with some retired goodies, for my Atlantic Hearts Sketch card! First, here's the sketch:

And here we go:

The Wildflower Birthday DSP has two sheets of punch-out images that make great scrapbook embellishments, but they also are great on cards!  I combined two retired sentiment sets, some retired DSPs and some florals from the Birthday DSP to create this quick, cheerful card!  I simply removed  the elements from the sheet and layered them around my hand-cut banner, added some gold pearls and it was done:

 A happy card for a happy occasion!  I hope you'll play along with the sketch at Atlantic Hearts this week...holiday or other occasion, it's a great one!

Maven's first Christmas tree excursion!

She's on the move!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Wildflower Birthday, Awash in Beauty DSP (ret), Balmy Blue DSP (ret)
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals, Festive Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Labels Dies (ret)

PP719 Color Challenge from Ann

 Happy Sunday, stampers! Today is our last Paper Players challenge of the year, with Ann as our hostess, and she has a wonderful color palette for us:

What a great way to end our holiday stamping, right?!  I just had to go with the retired Poinsettia Petals set, embossed in gold, with some Pretty Peacock accents:

I remembered some gold-printed DSP from waaaay back so I pulled that out for a background panel, and I also used the retired Pine Bough embossing folder as well:

The sentiment is from the same poinsettia set, but I mounted it on a banner from the Peaceful Season set, and added some gold pearls for accent.  The inside sentiment is from Greetings of the Season:

Of course, I had another idea in mind, so I made a second card, similar layout, using the Christmas Labels set and a diecut bell:

And a little sentiment from Lil'Inkers, which is where the bell is from as well, for in the inside:

I hope you'll come play along with our last challenge of the season, and share your color-filled creation wtih us at the Paper Players! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

JAI731 & RRCB245 Winter Sleigh Rides

Happy Friday, peeps! Are your Christmas cards all done?  I have mine almost all addressed and ready to go, but I still love making them!  Especially when there are so many fun challenges out there! The one from Just Add Ink really caught my eye, along with the Tic-Tac-Toe board from Retro Rubber:

I was inspired by the red, white and tan colors in the photo and I chose the middle row down on the TTT board of texture, greenery and tag, although I could have also done a couple more of those rows/columns!  So here we go:

I used a really old Cornish Heritage Farms set called Winter Signage to create my little sign; it is mounted on a piece Country Woods DSP tag, cut with a Bonanza die.  That stamp is at least ten years old, LOL!  I added diecut greenery in Evening Evergreen and a bit of Cherry Cobbler striped ribbon that retired long, long ago! 

I mounted everything on a Cherry Cobbler panel that was embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder called Deer Knit.  On the inside, a sentiment from Greatest Part of Christmas (2019), along with a wee little cup of cocoa from Merry Cafe (2017):

I did add a few little cherry cobbler "berries" for fun!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greatest Part of Christmas (ret), Merry Cafe (ret), Winter Signage (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen (ret), Country Woods DSP
Ink	Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Cherry Cobbler Striped Ribbon (ret), Cherry Cobbler Thick Baker's Twine (ret), Enamel Dots (from my stash), dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Bonanza Dies (ret), Evergreen Dies (Tim Holtz), Deer Print Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

SOS536 Best Wishes Brother

Happy Thursday, peeps! My brother's birthday is coming up and the Shopping Our Stash challenge is asking for a winter themed card but not Christmas!  I used some plaid Christmas papers from Echo Park's The Magic of Christmas, along with a deer diecut and a Birch Wood-embossed piece of woodgrain paper for his birthday card:

My sentiment was a combination of an older Paper Pumpkin "Best Wishes" and a Fiskars "brother"; the pine cones and greenery were from W+9's Merry & Bright.  The deer diecut is from Paper Rose; finally I added some black adhesive brads to add a little zip!

Edited to add:  I am also going to enter this at the Inspired By challenge for this week as well:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (ret), Celebrate Family (Fiskars), Merry & Bright (WPlusNine)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Black, The Magic of Christmas (Echo Park)
Ink	Versafine Black, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals, Adhesive Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Birch Wood Embossing Folder, Merry & Bright Dies (WPlusNine), Deer Family Dies (Paper Rose)