Happy Daisy Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps! It's chilly today---brrrr! At least the sun is shining!  I have a sunshiney card for you today though! It's for our niece Addie's first birthday--we've only gotten to see her one time since she's been born, so I am sure she's doing all kinds of one-year-old things!  I thought the challenge at Inspired By was just adorable, so I am combining it with the FMS sketch as well as the Krafty Chicks challenge of CAS!  

And here we go:

I used a retired stamp called Sweet Stuff for the daisy image, stamping the center again on a piece of Lemon Lolly and adhering it on top.  The embossed panel is also Lemon Lolly, adhered to a scallop diecut with a Scalloped Contours die.  To get the square shape, I simply cut the rectangle down and layered it to create the square.  The seam is covered by the sentiment!

The circle is popped up by a wobbler mechanism, so it really sticks out!!  In order to bring the Best Family Ever sentiment up to the same height, I layered four dimensionals under the right side of it!  The left side remains free so when it is "wobbles" the sentiment is stationery.  I am not quite sure how I am going to mail it with that popped up sentiment, LOL!  The inside sentiment is from the same set; I stamped it crooked, so I restamped and diecut a piece to adhere over top!

If we get some pictures from her birthday, hopefully I can share them!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly
Ink	Stazon Black, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wobbler
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies, Everyday Details Dies, Tags & Labels Framelit Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dot EF (ret), Lemon Lime Twist & Granny Apple Green Markers

CASC&SC533 Pastel Eggs

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I got these SU Easter Egg dies just in time to make a few more Easter cards! My card today uses the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch from my teamie Joanne, and although my eggs take up a little bit more space than what shows on her sketch, I hope she won't mind!  Here's the sketch:

And here we go:

I diecut each egg from pastel cardstocks and adhered the outlines to a polka-dot embossed panel. This is one of those times where I wish I had used adhesive paper on the back of my eggs....they did NOT want to adhere to that embossed panel!  

I mixed up the inner pieces and inserted them back into the eggs and added a Close to My Heart Easter sentiment stamped in Balmy Blue.  I just hope they'll arrive to the recipient still attached to the card, LOL!  Aren't these colors pretty together? And I added some pale sequins just for fun!

Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sky (ret), Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam, Purple Posy (ret), Pink Pirouette (ret), Pale Papaya (ret)
Ink	Balmy Blue
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Eggs Dies, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Pick a Banner Punch

Christmas Wishes

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I have a sweet vintage-themed card for you today; the challenge at 52 Christmas Card Countdown wants to see a fireplace, and the Color Hues challenge is blue and cream:

I used a shade of blue a wee bit darker---Misty Moonlight--and a stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms from many years ago when they were still around.  Here we go:

I stamped and diecut my image, added a scalloped border, then layered it on a piece of blue printed paper from Authentique's Alpine collection.  I added a circle diecut with an Artistic Outpost sentiment, added a little scalloped border under it and then for fun, a wee little diecut stocking:

And a Cornish Heritage Farms sentiment for the inside!

And since I used circles and squares on my card, I'm squeaking this in over at Just Add Ink:

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms), The Night Before Christmas (Cornish Heritage Farms), Frosty & Friends (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, One Horse Open Sleigh (ret),  Alpine (Authentique)
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Navy Embroidery Floss, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Squares Dies (ret), Give it a Whirl Dies, Mini Stocking Die (Taylored Expressions)

AHSC569 Christmas Ornament

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a good weekend!  It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge, and as usual, it's a fun one:

This sketch reminded me of the floating element card, where you adhere strips of cardstock or paper to an acetate sheet, diecut it into a shape, then pop it up with dimensionals so that it looks like it is "floating" on top of your card! It's easy but very impressive!  So here's my floating ornament:

I used the colors of Soft Sky, Pool Party and Coastal Cabana for my strips, along with some matching glimmer paper for the bow and ornament topper.  Some Coastal Cabana polka-dotted DSP went on the base along with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp:

 These colors match the colors for Inspired By this week, too:

And I am also entering it over at the Krafty Chicks, where they're looking for Christmas!

I hope you'll have fun with our sketch this week!  It certainly doesn't have to have a floating element, or even a heart...use your imagination!  We can't wait to see what you create!  Share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sky (ret), Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Coastal Cabana DSP, Acetate Sheet, Mint Glimmer Paper (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies, Circles Framelits Dies (ret), Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Spruced Up Outline Dies (ret)

PP618 Lucky Birthday

Happy Sunday, peeps! Hope your weekend is going by nicely!  Joanne is our Paper Players hostess this week, and it's Clean and Simple week again!  Here's her fun theme:

I really don't have many "good luck" stamps, but I did find one, but you won't spot it right away on my CAS birthday card:

I stamped these cute Colorado Craft images on thick white cardstock and watercolored them in with ink and an aquapainter....at 4am, I might add, on a sleepless morning!  (Anyone else have any of those?)  

The person to whom this is going loves green, so I gave the bunny an Emerald Envy balloon, and stamped the sentiments, inside and out in green as well.  And here's my "lucky" sentiment:

My friend will totally get this sentiment, too!  It's from a retired SU called Afterthoughts!  

I hope you'll play along with our Clean and Simple challenge---remember to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE, LOL!  Resist using all those layers and embellishments!  Check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog, then come play along!

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.  Proverbs 17:17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Afterthoughts (ret), Birthday Wishing (Colorado Craft)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Versafine Black, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Soft Sea Foarm, Blushing Bride (ret)
Accessories
Tools	Aquapainter

Quick Hyacinths for Easter

Happy Friday, peeps! I have a quick card today for a few challenges!  The As You See It challenge is a speed challenge, looking for flowers; the Flower Challenge wants a square card; and Retro Rubber is also looking for spring flowers!

And first, a disclaimer; the stamps I used are two-step stamps and I did NOT use a stamp platform because of the speed stamping challenge, so they may look a little blurry....hope your eyes don't cross while looking at them, LOL!  But here we go:

First, let me say that this uber-simple card took me just under six minutes to create, mostly because I had all my supplies at the ready, and as I said, I didn't use a stamp platform except to stamp the words!  The card is 4 1/4" square, and my stamps are from a 2020 set from W+9 called Spring Blessings, stamped in Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam, Mint Macaron and Garden Green:

I added a quick little bow of Crinkled Seam Binding, and the inside sentiment is from SU's God Bless II, from 2002!  It's an oldie for sure!

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Praise God with shouts of joy, all people! Sing to the glory of his name; offer him glorious praise!

Psalm 66:1-2

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	God Bless II, (ret, 2002), Spring Blessings (W+9, 2020)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam, Garden Green, Mint Macaron (ret)
Accessories	Crinkled Seam Binding (ret)
Tools	Stamparatus

FMS627 Boho Butterfly Sympathy

Happy Thursday, peeps! My allergies got me down and out these last few days but I was finally able to get some stamping in last night! Sadly, I needed two more sympathy cards, and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches worked perfectly!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I used some Poetic Expressions DSP and Boho Blue cardstock, then used a Paper Butterfly accented with an Iridescent gem. The sentiment is from Lasting Joy, stamped on a diecut from Timeless Arrangements.  I did add a little scallop diecut from the retired Be Mine Stitched framelits:

I flipped the sketch and the butterfly for the second card:

I just love this blue!  I am just sad I need the cards!

Dana and Wayne got me a bird cam for Christmas and I finally got it set up.  Take a look at this pretty guy (sorry, he doesn't seem to show up on my phone, but he does on the computer!!):

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lasting Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue, Poetic Expressions DSP
Ink	Boho Blue
Accessories	Iridescent Gem, Dimensionals, Paper Butterfly
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine Every Day Essentials Dies, Stitched Be Mine Dies (ret)