PP755 Lovely Lemon Thank You

Hi, stamping friends! I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week, and it's color challenge week: 

I know most of us are thinking fall hues but I wanted to challenge you to use a more spring-like palette!  I needed a thank you card for my SIL since she took care of my flowers while we were on vacation, so what better stamp to use than Layers of Beauty?!  Here we go:

I stamped my florals in Soft Sea Foam, then stenciled in Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Lost Lagoon on the petals and leaves.  I found a piece of Lost Lagoon bokeh print from some Christmas DSP we had a few years back and mounted it behind a Penny Black double scalloped fram.  The floral diecut extended beyond the edge of the card, so I just trimmed them off.  

A sentiment from Everyday Greetings was heat-embossed in white on a banner of Soft Sea Foam, distressed a wee bit, and then I added a little Lemon Lolly baker's twine behind it as well as a couple of pearls:

Edited to add:  I am also going to enter this over at the Flower Challenge, where their sketch this week is very similar to mine:

I hope you'll play along with our colors this week, too!  The design team came up with some very interesting designs as well!  Be sure to check them out over at the Paper Players blog! Can't wait to see what you come up with!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

FMS703 Patchwork Pumpkin

Happy Thursday, peeps! Recently on a quilting site, I saw some fun little patchwork pumpkins:

And when I saw the FMS sketch:

I thought it would be fun to recreate those pumpkins using paper and dies, similar to this card that I just did!  So here we go:

I used a few scraps from Carta Bella's Fall Break and some Taylored Expressions dies to create my pumpkin.  Then I mounted it on an Everyday Arch diecut from Very Vanilla and embossed with the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder:

I added a punched leaf and some linen thread; the outside sentiment is from Right at Home (and I know it's larger than what the sketch required, sorry) and the inside sentiment is from Lawn Fawn:

I have enough of my "patchwork" pieces to make a couple more pumpkins!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Grateful Heart (Right at Home), Thankful Mice (Lawn Fawn)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Terracotta Tile (ret), Adhesive Sheets, Fall Break (Carta Bella)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Early Espresso
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies, Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Leaf Punch (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Dainty Diamonds Embossing Folder (ret)

Autumn Toile Trio

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I confess that when crafting or sewing, I tend to gravitate towards tiny prints and wee little designs! However, SU has some lovely larger designs in a fall DSP package called Autumn Toile, and I just love the prints they have designed!  I made some samples for my stamp clubs last week and thought I'd share three of my favorites!  Here we go:

I love pumpkins, so this may be my favorite pattern in the whole bunch! I created a tag using some CTMH Kraft paper and the Nested Essentials dies, adhering a Metallic Rub-on and some sequins, then stamping a sentiment using words from the new Seasonal Tags and Choose Happy:

This pattern is great for a masculine card:

I used a sentiment from Simply Said along with a diecut from the new Words for the Season;  Very Vanilla cardstock was adhered to a piece of Adhesive foam and diecut...it really pops against the tattersall pattern:

And finally, this little foxy print is just so fun as well:

I distressed the Early Espresso mat with the edge of an acrylic ruler, then cut a Crumb Cake partial arch with the Everyday Arches die, added a pine bough from Seasonal Tags, the Thanksgiving from Choose Happy, and the diecut greeting is from Words for the Season:

I hope you love all of these patterns as much as I do! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

AHSC646 Christmas Patchwork

Hello, stamping friends! We have a fun Atlantic Hearts sketch for you this week:

I recently got these stitched strip dies from Taylored Expressions, and they were perfect for this sketch!  I had lots of scraps left from my Echo Park Christmas papers, so I just cut a bunch of them in coordinating colors.  Here's the end result:

To make adhering the strips easier, I put a piece of adhesive sheet on a piece of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" scrap paper, then placed them down on the adhesive, butting each edge up against the others.  Piece of cake!  I added a tag with a sentiment from the new set Pine Tree Trimmings, and a glimmer "bow" that will make it easy to mail!

I added a sentiment from Words for the Season, along with another stitched strip:

This may look like a challenging sketch, but once you get started, it's not hard at all!  Great to use up all those scrappy strips we all have hanging around!  I hope you'll play with us at Atlantic Hearts this week! And I am going to pop this in over at Inspire.Create as well, as they're looking for Christmas! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Words for the Season, Pine Tree Trimmings
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Ruby Glimmer Paper (CTMH), Christmas Salutations & Santa Claus Lane (Echo Park)
Ink	Mossy Meadow
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession)

PP754 Sending You Cheer

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Ann as our hostess! And what a fun challenge she has for us:

Ann's challenge gave me the chance to use this cute new set called Jar of Joy!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I stamped the jar, gingerbread and candy image and punched it out with the matching punch, then mounted it on a piece of Christmas Tags & More Specialty DSP.  The horizontal strip is the opposite side of the green paper.  I added some Peppermint embellishments for more candy fun!

The sentiment on the front is from another new set called Wishing You Joy:

I added a little piece of DSP on the inside, as well as another sentiment from Jar of Joy:

There are endless possibilities for our challenge this week! Be sure to hop over to the Paper Players and see what the other designers came up with! And while you're there, be sure to welcome our new team member, Christy!  She's been playing with us for a long time, and we're happy to have her on the team! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jar of Joy, Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Christmas Tags & More Specialty DSP
Ink	Garden Green, Real Red, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Peppermint Embellishments, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sweet Jar Builder Punch, Cracker & Treat Bag Dies (ret), Blender Pen

AYSI356 Last Hurrah for Summer

Happy Friday, stampers! It's time for a new challenge from As You See It, and this is a lovely sketch--you know I love things in "threes", so this is right up my alley!  Here's the sketch:

I have been very neglectful of the pretty In Color Summer Splash, so I decided to give it a last summer hurrah, using some summery, beachy elements!  Here we go:

I diecut three banners from the Summer Splash DSP and added a wee bit of ribbon behind each one.  Then I embellished each one with some elements from the Notes & Totes dies, and put everything on a piece of Basic White cardstock embossed with the Seashells embossing folder:

I added a little sentiment from Choose Happy, and some more ribbon:

 We've had an exceptionally cool August and I feel like mother nature is going to come back with a warmer-than-normal September!  We'll see if my prediction comes true, LOL!  Meanwhile, I hope you'll play with our triple-banner sketch!  Share it over at As You See It and take a peek at what the other design team members created!  Thanks for visiting today!  And here are a couple more pictures from vacation:

Cassidy is burying her friend in the sand--she asked to be buried, crazy!

Dana, Wayne and Cassidy revisited the cute little gazebo where they got married---it will be eight years go next week!! Time flies!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Choose Happy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Summer Splash, Summer Splash DSP
Ink	Summer Splash
Accessories	Summer Splash Stitched Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Notes & Totes Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Seaside Embossing Folder (ret)

FMS702 Friend

Happy Thursday, everyone! We just returned from a nice beachy vacation at the lovely little Delaware town of Lewes (pronounced "Lewis").  I don't think I ever had an August vacation where the weather was as perfect as we had this past week!  Just delightful!  But I was itching to get back in my craft room and I admit I feel a bit rusty!  Dana gave me some pretty papers for my birthday and I decided to use one of them for the FMS sketch this week.  Here's the sketch:

And here's my soft feminine take on it:

I diecut a circle and some leaves from the papers, mounting them on a piece of Very Vanilla embossed with the Timeworn Type embossing folder, then added a little organdy rose that SU had a LONG time ago!!  I also added a couple of little glimmer paper swirly diecuts for fun:

The sentiment diecut is from Waffle Flower.  I left the inside blank; I'll fill that in when I decide to send it to a friend!  Thanks for popping in today!

A couple of pictures from vacation; we ate dinner one evening at the Cape May-Lewes ferry terminal while we watched the ferry go out:

This cool mural greets you as you go into the terminal:

It amazed me how many cars, trucks and RVs they were able to get aboard!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiment Additions (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Blue Glimmer Paper (ret),  DSP (unknown maker)
Ink	Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Leaves Dies (ret), Patterned Pumpkins Dies (ret), Timeworn Type Embossing Folder (ret), Sentiment Additions Dies (Waffle Flower)