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Happy Friday, peeps! Just a quick card today for my FIL whose 90th birthday is next week!  We have a little surprise trip planned for him, just down to the Jersey shore, but we are all looking forward to it!  I used the sketch from Can You Case It:

And I broke into my Into The Woods DSP from the mini:

Easy peasy!  I let the paper do all the work!  The horizontal panel is from Sweet Lil’ Things; the sentiment is from Paper Pumpkin, a couple of months ago:

On the inside, I also finally used my new Little Letters along with the birthday sentiment from the same PP kit, along with a diecut piece I had sitting in my scrap pile:

Have a fabulous weekend!  I’ll see you on Sunday with a new Paper Players challenge!

Enjoying the last few days of summer, eating on the patio by candlelight!

RS181 and CQC

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Another sympathy card today, this one using Arielle’s Retrosketches sketch and the ColourQ color palette, neither of which I’ve played with in quite a while:

First, I flipped the sketch so my little bird wouldn’t be staring off into space!  I used a Sahara Sand card base and stamped the Dictionary background stamp on it with Versamark so it wasn’t too dark.  Then I went to work on my elements:

I had a scrap of textured Soft Sky in my scrap pile, so I stamped it with a MFT Distressed Background Blocks stamp, then added a diecut bird and some diecut leaves from the same Lawn Fawn set as yesterday’s card:

Same Petite Pairs sentiment too, since it was already on my desk!  Thanks for visiting today!

KJ241 Sympathy

Just a quick card today; unfortunately, I need a couple of sympathy cards this week, so I used the Kraft Journal’s Take Your Pick challenge for one of them:

I chose patterned paper (some really old Basic Grey stuff in my stash); leaves and die cuts (my favorite Lawn Fawn stitched leaves) for my card:

The base is Crumb Cake, and I used last month’s Paper Pumpkin stamp set for the sentiment.  I had a few extra leaves cut out, so I added them, plus  sentiments from Petite Pairs, on the inside:

Thanks for visiting today!

Waiting for the bus with another “baby”:

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Hi everyone!  It’s Tuesday and that means Try Stampin’ On Tuesday has a new challenge for us.  Check out this sketch:

The option is to make this a gate-fold card if you like!

We are enjoying beautiful fall-like weather here in SE PA this week, which should make me feel like stamping an autumnal card, but instead, I chose some pretty florals from my favorite Pretty Petals paper stack!  I paired them with the sweet little Cottage Greetings set:

The banner diecut is from the Mini Treat Bag thinlet; I added a little Very Vanilla designer button and some green cord from my stash.  I hand-cut the Calypso Coral mat for the banner.  Looking at it now, I wish I had moved up the sentiment banner a wee bit, but it’s stuck down fast, so it will have to do! 

I stamped another sentiment on a scrap of DSP for the inside as well:

I hope you’ll play along with us this week too!  You can share your creation on the TSOT blog, or check out our Facebook page as well!

Cassidy and her little friend Sully at church on Sunday during our church picnic;  Sully’s mom and my daughter grew up together and shared lots of youth group activities!  The tradition continues!

Paper Players 262

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Hope you’re having a fabulous weekend!  It’s time for another Paper Players challenge!  First, though, I want to tell you that our sweet DT member, Ann Schach, will be stepping down from the team.  Her inimitable style (love her pearls) as well as the stories and adventures of her beautiful pups, touched our hearts, kept us entertained, and inspired us!  She will be missed!  Joanne stepped it to take Ann’s color challenge, and a lovely one it is:

My first thoughts were to make a floral card, but I wanted to challenge myself to use these colors for a Halloween card, so I looked through my plethora of Halloween sets and came up with this fun Lawn Fawn Trick or Treat set:

I paper-pieced my candy corn, giving each one a little shading with a marker:

and used a few other sets to embellish the inside:

My cardstock is Very Vanilla and some miscellaneous SU DSPs!  And the sketch is from Just Add Ink’s #279:

I hope you’ll find these colors inspiring, so that you’ll play along with us!  Check out what the other DT members created:

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance
• Sandy
• Amy
• Jodi
• Lisa

Some fun rainy day weekend play for Cassidy and her friend Dominic:

Enjoy your day!

TSOT235, CYCI85 and KJ240

Hey peeps!  Another post for today; I rarely post twice in one day but somehow I missed this awesome color combo from Can You Case It, and it’s almost up:

So I am squeaking this one in by a hair!!!

I am also using the sketch from Try Stampin’ on Tuesday:

as well as the Kraft Journal’s Autumn Challenge 240.  I chose the colors of Soft Sky, So Saffron, Tip Top Taupe and Chocolate Chip.  I used Hardwood, Kinda Eclectic and Lovely as a Tree for my background stamping, and the new Cheer All Year for the sentiment and feather.  I cut the feather in half and placed it behind the sentiment to make it look a bit longer, then added a little linen thread to add some interest!  Thanks for visiting!

Today was a bit cooler than the past few days, thanks to our rain yesterday, but that meant a jacket and boots for a little jaunt this morning!

Enjoy the weekend!

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Happy Friday, peeps!  I am busy prepping for my stamp club meeting tonight, so this card is short and sweet!  I have been very remiss in my Christmas card-making, so I used the sketch from CAS(e) This Sketch to use up some hoarded washi tape!  Here’s the sketch:

And here’s the card:

My sentiment is from the new Christmas Greeting thinlits, and I cut the “merry” out three times, one each from Riding Hood Red, Mossy Meadow and Old Olive, then layered them atop the washi.  The enamel dots are also new from SU:

I love this look!  Thanks for popping by today!

These photos are lousy, but the little chef was helping make sausage and peppers!!  Yum!

Enjoy your day!