PP694 Clean & Simple Sympathy

Happy Sunday, everyone! It's Paper Players time and I am the hostess this week!  It's Clean-and-Simple week, and that means we keep our layers and embellishments to a MINIMUM!  That's a challenge sometimes, isn't it?  My theme is Sympathy or Encouragement.  It's always good to have some sympathy cards on hand, so that's what I chose for my card.

I had this pretty seashell set on my desk for another project and I thought how nice a card would look with just one shell, so here we go:

I stamped the shell in Versafine black ink and colored it loosely with Summer Splash ink.  The sentiment is very old, it's from Crafty Secrets and it was stamped in the same color.  The "sand" is from Country Birdhouse, stamped in Crumb Cake and I added some shading under the shell along with some Wink of Stella,  A Basic Beige ribbon was my only embellishment; I did round the corners for a little more interest.

I added a sympathy sentiment on the inside along with some more "sand".  I think the sentiment on the front is a nice one for a sympathy card.

While I had the set out, I made another card, coloring and fussy-cutting the shells, then mounting it on a Basic Beige panel that was embossed with a SSS embossing folder called Cast Away.  It is an amazing folder, perfect for any nautical or beachy-themed card!

It's not quite as clean-and-simple as my first one, but would make a great encouragment card for a special friend!

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week!  Don't be intimidated by the CAS part...just use the basics of stamps, ink and paper and you'll be good to go! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Peaceful Moments (ret), Swirly Seashells (Close to My Heart), Seaside (Craft Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige
Ink	Versafine Black, Summer Splash, Crushed Curry, Petal Pink, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Basic Beige Stitched Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Cast Away Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp), Wink of Stella, Aquapainter

52CCTD24-24 Winter Wonderland

Happy Saturday, peeps! I was honored to be chosen as a guest designer at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and this week's challenge is Winter Wonderland!

I was thrilled to see this challenge because I had these glimmer paper diecuts sitting on my desk for MONTHS!  You never do that, right?!

My friend Sandy lent me the dies in January and the diecuts have been languishing on my desk ever since!  So I made quick work with them for the challenge, mounting them on some Misty Moonlight cardstock that was stamped with some silver stars, added a few more glimmer paper snowy hills, and a sentiment from Sparkle of the Season:

And since I had MORE diecuts left, I decorated the inside too!

I hope you'll play along with our Winter Wonderland challenge this week! So many possibilities to think of! Be sure to share them over at the 52CCTD blog! Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks so much for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season (ret), Swirly Stars (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, White Glimmer
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Rectangle Stitched Dies (ret), Banner Die (Pink & Main), Snowy Village Dies (unknown), Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn)

Tis The Season

Happy Friday, peeps, happy weekend! I have a Christmas card today; it uses the sketch from Try A Sketch on Tuesday; here's the sketch:

There were a lot of summery-themed cards in the gallery, but I went a different route:

I lined up some papers from Unity for the bottom portion, then added a diecut tree from the Tree Lot dies, a few rhinestones and a sweet sentiment from Simon Says Stamp:

Another sentiment from the same set on the inside, and I have another card for my holiday stash!

This also qualifies for the Jingle Belles' challenge of using three designer papers, so I'm popping it in there. And since the Krafty Chick's challenge this week is Christmas, I am entering it there as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  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 Succulent (ret), Sweet Sorbet (ret), Just Jade (ret),  Watercolor Winter (Unity)
Ink	Just Jade (ret)
Accessories	Red Rhinestones from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Layering Circle Dies (ret), Tree Lot Dies (ret), Scalloped Contours Dies (ret)

FMS640 Ouch!

Happy Thursday, everyone!  Our congregation at church has had a rash of mishaps.....one young man was hit head-on by another car and broke both arms and legs; one older lady was on a treadmill at the local Y and fell off, dislocating both shoulders and breaking her nose and chin, and another older lady fell and broke her hip!  I had used up almost all my get-well cards, so when I saw the sketch at FMS, I thought it would be fun to use for my next card.  Here's the sketch:

I pulled out my trusty Back On Your Feet set, found some fun papers to use and went to work:

This card is really uber-simple! I diecut the plaid with the Radiating Stitches die and then found a scrap of Granny Apple Green polka-dotted paper that matched, so I stamped my turtle directly on to the DSP and fussy-cut him out.  A stamped the sentiments from the same set, diecutting them with an Ornate Frames die, and added a slightly larger one under Mr Turtle to make him stand out a bit better.

The sentiment was stamped in Old Olive on the inside.  

I hope all my friends are back on their feet soon!  We miss them!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments for this is the duty of all mankind.  For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.  Escclesiastes 12:13-14

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Back On Your Feet (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Granny Apple Green DSP (ret), Sending Love (Gina K)
Ink	Versafine Black, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Radiating Stitches Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies (ret)

CCC145 Thinking of You

Happy Tuesday, peeps! My card today uses the colors from Creative Colour Challenges:

I wanted to use the new Happiest Day set in a fun way:

I used the medium-sized arch stamp to create some flowers in Summer Splash ink, with Pecan Pie centers, then fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a Summer Splash DSP diecut.  It was matted with Pecan Pie layer and a Crumb Cake Perennial Postage diecut:

I stamped the dragonfly with Crumb Cake and Summer Splash inks, and added an Earth Tone Shimmer Gem.  I diecut the sentiment with a Countryside Corner die:

I embossed a panel with the Dotted Circles embossing folder; the inside was stamped with a sentiment from Adoring Hearts:

I rather like this color combo, I'm going to save it for future!!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

I call to God, the Most High, to God, who supplies my every need.  He will answer from heaven and save me; he will defeat my oppressors.  God will show me his constant love and faithfulness.  

Psalm 57:2-3

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiest Day, Adoring Hearts
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Summer Splash, Summer Splash DSP
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Summer Splash
Accessories	Earth Tone Shimmer Gems, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Countryside Corners Dies,  Rectangle Stitched Dies (ret), Dotted Circles Embossing Folder

AHSC581 To You

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a good weekend!  The new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is a beautiful one:

It gave me a chance to use some beautiful papers from Carta Bella called Gather at Home; a few snips, a few layers and here we go:

I guess I should have changed my background in my photobox, it all seems to blend together!  I cut some florals from the same black printed paper as the banner, and mounted them on a few diecut circles, then added a diecut sentiment from Waffleflower and a few sequins.  For fun, I added a Perfect Polka Dot embossed panel as well:

Easy peasy---the paper did most of the work!  I hope you'll play along with this pretty sketch this week! The multiple layers give you lots of opportunities to use up some of the many papers we all have!  Hope to see you in the gallery!

Dana and Wayne went to a cute little mini golf course over the weekend:

With scenery as pretty as this, it wouldn't matter if you couldn't hit your ball into the cup, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love; neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world below--there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 8:37-39

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiment Additions (Waffleflower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Gather at Home (Carta Bella)
Ink	Tranquil Tide (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Circles Framelits (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Sentiment Additions Dies (Waffleflower), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret)

PP693 Color Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Joanne is our Paper Players hostess this week with an absolutely smashing color palette:

I love blues and yellow together!  I pulled out a really old Papertrey set for my card today, because I wanted to use the sketch from Retro Rubber as well:

So here we go:

Vintage Picnic and the coordinating sentiments are from around 2013, oldies but goodies!  I stamped the basket in Night of Navy on Boho Blue cardstock and fussy-cut it out, adding some shading.  The flowers were stamped in Versafine Black and colored with Lemon Lolly and Lemon Lime Twist markers:

To kick up the Lemon Lolly color, I added a "napkin" and back panel of Lemon Lolly.  The sentiment was also stamped in Night of Navy.  I pieced together a couple of sentiments for the inside:

Everything went on top of a panel that was embossed with the  Basket Weave embossing folder.  I am also entering this at the FarmQuest Challenge, where they're looking for a picnic theme!

I think these colors are so happy and cheerful together!  I hope you think so too!  Please come play with us at the Paper Players and share your creation over at the PP blog!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Picnic & Vintage Picnic Sentiments (2013, Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue
Ink	Night of Navy, Lemon Lolly, Boho Blue
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (ret), Basket Weave Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies SD203 (Nellie Snellen)