PP768 Blue Christmas

Happy Sunday, stamping friends! This week is the first week back for the Paper Players, and I am the hostess with a lovely wintery color challenge for you!  You could use this for a Christmas card, as I did, but I think the colors would be good for a masculine card as well, especially since there are some new "gear" stamps and dies in the new mini catalog!  Here we go:

As I said, I chose to make a Christmas card with a relatively new-to-me die from Spellbinders called Barn Star!  Here we go:

The star was diecut from Misty Moonlight cardstock, and I added a Night of Navy bow and silver glimmer accents.  I also added a white glimmer oval underneath, and mounted it all on a panel of Basic White, embossed with a Spellbinder's embossing folder called Scattered Christmas.  I used the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, but sadly missed the deadline.

My sentiment banner is from The Greetery; the inside sentiment is from Peaceful Season, both stamped in Night of Navy ink:

I am happy to be adding another Christmas card to my stash for 2026!  I hope that you'll come play with my colors this week at the Paper Players, and share your creation with us over at the blog! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret), Tear Strip Tags (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Silver Glimmer, White Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scattered Christmas EF (Spellbinders), Barn Star Die (Spellbinders), Tear Strip Tags Dies (The Greetery)

CAS On Sunday 325 Let It Snow

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have a quick, CAS card for the CAS on Sunday challenge, which is "snowman"!  I have lots of snowman images, but this Tim Holtz one is a wee bit more "vintage", and I haven't used it yet this season!  So here we go:

I stamped the snowman in Secret Sea ink, and added some snowflakes in Cloud Cover.  I made a smudge, so I added a couple of snowflake sequins.  The "Let it Snow" sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, and the stitching around the edge is the retired Stitched With Whimsy die.

On the inside, a sentiment from the retired Christmas Pines, as are the snowflakes.

Fun, simple and easy! Thanks, CAS on Sunday, for a great challenge!  And thank you for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Pines (ret), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp), Winterscape (Tim Holtz)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Secret Sea, Cloud Cover
Accessories	Snowflake Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret)

HSS479 Sending Love

Happy Friday, all! A real quick card today using the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch:

I needed some samples for my upcoming hostess party using the new Made With Love DSP, and this was a great place to start:

I added an embossed panel of Flirty Flamingo to the DSP panel, a sentiment from the new Prayers & Promises, and a few stitched hearts and sequins:

A retired sentiment from Sealed with Love went on the inside:

These papers are fresh and fun!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Prayers & Promises, Sealed with Love (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Flirty Flamingo, Real Red, Made with Love DSP
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Give It a Whirl Dies (ret), Dotty Hearts Embossing Folder (ret)

FMS718 Sweets for My Sweet

Happy Thursday, peeps! I was happy to see the FMS sketch this week...lots of fun ideas for this one!

I have SO MANY pads of fun papers, it was hard to pick one from which to choose!  In the end, I chose some papers from Carta Bella called Roll With It, as well as a bit of a stripe from Authentique called Meadow! Letting the papers do all the work made for an easy-peasy card!  Here we go:

There are all sorts of fun baking & cooking-related prints in the pad, along with some scrapbook elements.  I created my layers, adding a scalloped border to the diagonal piece.  I then added the sentiment panel, which I mounted on a scalloped square of Very Vanilla, and added a little apron image from the Homemade set from Paper Sweeties:

The apron was colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol---a new technique for me!  It was fun!  Now this is winging its way to my friend!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Homemade (Paper Sweeties)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Roll With It (Carta Bella), Meadow (Authentique)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Be Mine Stitched Hearts Dies (ret), Scalloped Square Dies (Nestabilities), Homemade Dies (Paper Sweeties), Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Blending Stump

JB2601 Wrapping Paper Santa

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I am starting off the new year with some Christmas cards, LOL!  I totally wiped out my supply last year, so I need to start replenishing!  The Jingle Belles want to see cards made with gift wrapping supplies!  Dana had some really cute gift wrap this year and she gave me some little pieces that she had left over---even before I saw this challenge!  Woohoo!  So here we go:

I am not sure what kind of fold you call this card....it's a standard 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" size, scored on the 8 1/2" side at 4 1/4" and 2 1/8".  I guess maybe a z-fold card?  Anyway, The Santa and the stripes are both from wrapping paper; card base is Crumb Cake and I embossed a piece of Shaded Spruce with a holly embossing folder for the front.  I made a belly band (that is positioned crookedly right now!) with some retired Riding Hood Red cardstock and I added the sentiment, popped up so it would slide over Santa's beard.  Here's the inside:

It's hard to see, but Santa's beard is embellished with Wink of Stella, and I added a few snowflake sequins for fun!   Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Labels (ret), Oh What Fun! (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Riding Hood Red (ret), Wrapping Paper
Ink	Real Red, Emerald Envy (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Snowflake Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Holly Vines Embossing Folder (Darice), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Wink of Stella

AHSC663 Birthday for a Friend

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a good weekend! I am slowly getting back into the swing of things! It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I have a friend whose birthday is today, and she loves purple, so this one is for her!

I used some pretty (shiny!) papers from Gina K called Sending Love as well as the butterfly from Sketched Butterflies.  The horizontal panel is Granny Apple Green, diecut with the Be Mine Stitched Framelits die and accented with some white seam binding ribbon.  The butterfly was stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink on Highland Heather cardstock and diecut with the matching die.  Sentiment is from Everyday Greetings:

The inside sentiment is also from Everyday Greetings and Greetings of the Season:

I did add some Wink of Stella to the butterfly as well as some pretty pearls to my square piece!  I am hand-delivering this, so no worries about those big fat pearls, LOL!

I hope you'll play along with this fun sketch this week....lots of opportunities to use up some of your small scraps that I know you have in your stash!  Share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings (ret), Greetings of the Season (ret), Sketched Butterflies (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Sending Love (Gina K)
Ink	Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Pearls, White Seam Binding (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Squares Dies (ret), Sketched Butterflies Dies (ret), Be Mine Stitched Framelit Dies (ret), Wink of Stella

CH#124 Nephew's Birthday

Hello, all!  Happy Saturday! I feel like it's been ages since I posted! I hope you all had a great New Year's holiday!  I am slowly getting back into my craft room after the Christmas decor clean-up!  Now my craft room needs a clean-up, LOL!  I did manage to make one card for my nephew who will be turning 40 in a few days!  I used Bonnie's color challenge from Color Hues:

Since he has his own construction company, I chose Trusty Tools to create his card:

I used Smoky Slate and Basic Gray cardstocks for the background; stamped, diecut and colored the hammer, then added the balloons using the retired Balloon punch and retired Little Numbers dies:

A sentiment from Best Family Ever went on the front:

and also on the inside, along with another sentiment from Best Year.  Hope he likes it!

Thanks for visiting today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools, Best Family Ever (ret), Best Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Real Red
Ink	Smoky Slate, Real Red, Versafine Black, Basic Gray
Accessories	Dimensionals, Red & White Bakers Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Trusty Tools Dies, Diamond Plate Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Little Numbers Dies (ret), Balloon Punch (ret), Banner Dies (Pink and Main), Corner Rounder Punch, Sponge Daubers, Smoky Slate Marker (ret)