Simple Shamrock

Happy gray and dreary Saturday, peeps!  Another rainy weekend here in SE PA! I have a quick card for you today; I don't send out St Patrick's Day cards, but it is fun to make a green-themed card for someone who might have a birthday on that day!  I am entering this at the Double D Challenges too:

The new Spring Corners die has a heart-shaped die, so I diecut three of them from Shy Shamrock, and stamped some of the dots from the set to create a shamrock.  I also made a stitched frame and mounted it all on a panel embossed with the Dotted Circles embossing folder:

A fun sentiment from Hooray for Surprises and a single pearl finished it off!  Quick and easy!  And thanks to Diane, who suggested I enter this in the Can You Handle the Pressure challenge!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Spring Corners
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shy Shamrock
Ink	Shy Shamrock
Accessories	Pearl, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spring Corners Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder

Jingle Shells

Happy Friday, peeps! I have a fun Christmas card today, which uses the sketch from FMS, the Under the Sea challenge from Retro Rubber, and the Krafty Chicks Christmas challenge:

I pulled out an old set from 2007 called Crab & Company to make my funny card:

I used some "bubbly" DSPs, cutting them out with a Stitched Rectangle die, then added the little sea creatures, all stamped with Versafine Black ink and watercolored:

To highlight the sentiment, I stamped a circle from SU's 2002 set called Little Shapes! I had forgotten all about this set, but it's pretty handy!  I added some yellow sequins too:

My inside sentiment is from Market Street Stamps called Country Christmas; I think it is from 2006! It's old, at any rate!

I had lots of fun making this little cutie and I can another to my stash!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Crab & Company (2007), Little Shapes (2002), Country Christmas (Market Street Stamps, 2006)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana DSP, Flirty Flamingo DSP, Daffodil Delight DSP
Ink	Versafine Black, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Accessories	Sequins (from my stash), Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter

AYSI343 Punched Banners

 Happy Wednesday, peeps!  The As You See It challenge from my friend Joanne is a speed challenge (keep it under 10 minutes) and she wants us to use punches!

I just got some new banner punches, and I had some scraps of Timeless Plaid that were 1" wide, so I gathered up my supplies and went to work:

I began with stamping a sentiment from the new Spring Corners on a Basic White card in Lost Lagoon ink.  

Then I used the Happy Labels Pick a Punch to punch out my banners and layered them on my card. To embellish them I punched out a star using a small punch, then punched again around the opening with a larger punch to create an open star.  I added a little matte dot and it was done!

Because I had most of my supplies at hand, it only took me 4 minutes and 16 seconds to whip this up! I think this will make a great masculine birthday card!

Yesterday was a pretty momentous day for our family; a few months ago Cassidy asked Wayne if he would adopt her and he said yes! So we all went to court for the adoption proceedings and everything went well!  

The little person on Cassidy's left is the judge! She even had heels on and was shorter than Cassidy!  She was very nice!

And with all the grandparents:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.  Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, 'Abba, Father'. So you are no longer a slave, but God's child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir." Galatians 4:4-7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Corners
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Timeless Plaid DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Matte Dots (ret)
Tools	Happy Labels Pick a Punch, Large Star Punch (ret), Small Star Punch (ret)

AHSC620 Pink & Gray Christmas

Happy Tuesday, everyone! I've made another Christmas card using the most recent Atlantic Hearts sketch:

And I used the color palette from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

And here we go:

Did you ever have an idea for a card, then when you were finished, thought to yourself that maybe those elements put together wasn't such a good idea? This was one of those cards!  I think the diecut snowflakes were just a wee bit too much, or maybe it's the glittery Christmas sentiment!  Anyway, I had already put a lot of effort into it, so I just went with it!  I used Pirouette Pink and Smoky Slate for my main colors; the snowflake paper is from Mintay.  The white panel is embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder.  I used a retired SU die for the snowflake border, embellishing it with some metallic pearls.  The sentiments are from the Peaceful Season bundle and Greetings of the Season:

The inside was also from Greetings of the Season:

It's still a lovely sketch and I may try to create something different with it later, LOL!  But at least I have another card for my Christmas stash!  I hope you'll play along too and share your creation with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season, Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Pink Pirouette (ret), Merry Little Christmas (Mintay), Silver Glimmer (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories	Metallic Pearls (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowfall Sky Embossing Folder,  Peaceful Season Dies, Swirly Snowflakes Thinlets (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

PP728 Color Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, peeps! It's time for a new Paper Players challenge with Jaydee as our hostess! This color palette was perfect for an Easter card!

I used a bunch of pastel colors as well as a bunch of products for my card:

I had gotten the Excellent Eggs dies before they retired but had never used them, so I created a big Easter egg using a various assortment of pastel cardstocks, stamping a couple of the panels with some dots and stripes:

The bunny is from a really old SU set; I diecut some other eggs from various DSPs and the sentiment diecut was cut from Basic White. I did create a couple little eggs and gave them The background Petal Pink DSP was mounted on a Petal Pink card and the inside was stamped with a sentiment from CTMH (sorry for the poor photo):

 

Pastels are so pretty, especially in the spring! I hope you'll play along with us---I am thinking florals, baby, or like mine, Easter!  Can't wait to see what you create over at the Paper Players!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dot, Dot, Dot (ret), Solid Stripes (ret), Hello Spring (ret), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Lemon Lolly, Pale Papaya (ret), Purple Posy (ret), Petal Pink DSP, Peach Pie DSP,  Soft Seafoam DSP
Ink	Peach Pie, Soft Sky (ret), Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Egg Dies (ret), Happy Easter Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Basket Builder Dies (ret), Easter egg dies (no name), White Gel Pen, Sponge Dauber

CASCS55 Happy We Are Friends

Happy Thursday, everyone! I am using a new stamp on my card today, it's called Spring Corners! I sometimes hesitate getting new stamps because I have so many already, but this one has sentiments going around the corner and I thought they were quite interesting!  My first foray is for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge, which is a color challenge using hues I would not usually go to:

I chose the balloon image to create a friendship card:

I stamped, diecut and watercolored the balloons in the challenge colors, and although you can't see it, I added some Wink of Stella.  The sentiment was stamped in Berry Burst, and I used the new Textured Notes dies to cut out the Lemon Lime Twist DSP and Basic White layers:

My final addition was some Black & White Gingham ribbon!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Corners
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist DSP
Ink	Black Stazon, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Black & White Gingham Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spring Corners Dies, Textured Notes Dies

HSS458 Just a Little Thank You

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a quick thank you card today using the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments: 

I'm trying to use up some of my pretty papers before they retire, although I have so much paper, there's really no danger of that happening!  So for this one, I used Nests of Winter and Country Woods:

I used the Winterly Tree Tops dies to cut out my pretty little robin and mounted him on a Stylish Shapes stitched square.  The sentiment came from Terrific Toadstools, stamped in Moody Mauve:

I used a piece of Moody Mauve Textured ribbon for the ribbon treatment; those kinds of loopy loops are a little bit intimidating to me, hope it looks okay!

Thats it for today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed, and thanks for popping in!

"Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The Lord is the everlasting God; he created all the world.  He never grows tired or weary.  No one understands his thoughts."  Isaiah 40:28

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Terrific Toadstool
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Nests of Winter DSP, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Moody Mauve
Accessories	Dimensionals, Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies