PP766 Tic Tac Toe from Claire

Happy Sunday, peeps! Claire is our Paper Players hostess this week, and since it's the fifth Sunday, it's a Tic-Tac-Toe!  She has some wonderful choices for us!  She must have known how much I love vintage, so my automatic choice was the right column of Vintage, Patterned Paper and Sparkle!  Let's go!

 

I had a couple of pieces of some lovely vintage papers from Simple Stories left from a pad I got several years ago....they're almost all gone, but I salvaged one piece with this wonderful Santa against a collage of vintage prints.  I didn't want to cut it down, so I made it into a large slimline card measuring 4" x 8"...here we go:

I did have to make the paper a bit narrower, so I trimmed it down and cut out the holly leaves, then added a strip of red glimmer paper and re-attached the remaining paper behind it to fit my card.  I stamped a vintage sentiment in Cherry Cobbler on some of the same paper and diecut it, then adhered it to the front:

Another vintage sentiment on the inside, along with some plaid paper to accent the bottom:

I do love my vintage images and this was a treasure to create! I hope you'll find some good inspiration using Claire's grid for your own card.  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Christmas (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals Ivory (ret), Cherry Cobbler, Simple Vintage Christmas (Simple Stories), Red Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

AYSI362 Birthday Sketch

Happy Friday, all! Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!! My Black Friday plans are to do nothing, LOL!  We do have a new challenge for you at As You See It, and it's a lovely sketch:

I needed a birthday card so I pulled out some Peaceful Garden DSP---it's not just for Christmas--and cut some of the coordinating patterns to fit the sketch:

I layered everything on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder, then added some leafy diecuts cut from some Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper, along with some white Pearls of Beauty:

The sentiment is from Simply Said, stamped in Secret Sea ink.  

I hope you'll play along with our lovely sketch this week!  It's a great way to use up some of those leftover DSP pieces we can't seem to toss---I am sure you all know what I'm talking about!  We hope you'll share your creation with us at the As You See It blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Secret Sea, Peaceful Garden DSP, Peaceful Garden Glimmer
Ink	Secret Sea
Accessories	Pearls of Beauty, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Timeless Arrangements Dies (ret), Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions)

Thanksgiving Blessings

 Happy Thursday, peeps, and Happy Thanksgiving, if you're in the US!

Here is the chorus of a hymn called "Count Your Blessings": 

• Count your blessings, name them one by one,
  Count your blessings, see what God has done!
  Count your blessings, name them one by one,
  *Count your many blessings, see what God has done.
  [*And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.]

We all have blessings! Praise the Lord!  Enjoy your day and have a blessed Thanksgiving with your family and friends!

To a Deer Friend

 Happy Thanksgiving eve, everyone!  I have a fun little Christmas card today, a bit "punny", and it is for three challenges:  Color My Heart Color Dare wants shades of brown, plus two other colors; Christmas Kickstart wants to see antlers, and the CAS Colours & Sketches is a sketch:

I had not used the pretty little deer from Papertrey's Deer To Me for a long time, so I got to work:

My shades of brown are Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso; I added Real Red and Shaded Spruce as my two additional colors.  I faintly stamped trees from Pine Tree Trimmings in the background, and the punny sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings:

A sentiment from Best Year went on the inside:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings, Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Whittle Sayings (PoppyStamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Real Red
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Craft White
Accessories	Red Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), 1/8" Hole Punch

AHSC657 Christmas Tufted Titmouses

Happy Tuesday, all!  Time for a new Atlantic Heart Sketch challenge, here we go:

Since I am kind of done with fall cards, I chose to make another Christmas card, albeit in rather non-traditional Christmas colors!  I chose to use the little tufted titmouses (or is it titmice?!) from Winterly Tree Tops, along with some Nests of Winter DSP:

I used a postage die to cut out the striped paper, then stamped, diecut and watercolored those cute little birds:

I added some berries in Cajun Craze, a little Copper Clay baker's twine bow, and a sentiment from the retired More Merry Messages:

Some sequins finished it off! I'd like to make another card with this sketch, this time using embossed panels behind my main image!  What will you create with it?  I hope you'll play along with our sketch and share your final creation with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winterly Tree Tops (ret), More Merry Messages (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Smoky Slate, Basic White, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Smokky Slate, Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze, Garden Green
Accessories	Copper Clay Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winterly Tree Tops Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

PP765 A Sketch from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new challenge from the Players! Ann is our hostess with a really lovely sketch for us:

I had some of the papers from the Christmas Tags & More DSP on my desk and I thought one of the designs might make for good elements for this sketch! So here we go:

I started with a Soft Sea Foam card base, then added a mistletoe mat.  The half-wreath image was cut down to size, mounted on a panel of Real Red and a sentiment from Wishing You Joy.  I diecut a bell and bow (Honeybee) from some Champagne Foil, Real Red and Cherry Cobbler cardstocks, then "hung" it from some silver thread:

I just realized I forgot the clapper! Oops!  Oh well!  This sketch is really lovely; I love things in threes, and you could use different papers or images for the three panels, or just cut one apart as I did! So versatile!  I can't wait to see what you do with it! Hop on over to the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers did as well!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Christmas Tags & More DSP, Champagne Foil (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Thread (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Bell Dies (Honeybee Stamps)

IB363 Here Comes Santa

 Happy Friday, peeps!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend planned! I have a sweet little Christmas card for you today; it happens to fit the Inspired By prompt this week!  Here's Laurel's inspiration:

I was inspired by the country colors as well as that wee, tiny little Santa hat that's on one of the napkin rings, LOL!  Here we go:

I started with a Mellow Moss card base, then added some pretty wreath-printed paper and a Crumb Cake banner.  I pulled out one of the stencils that I got last year and stenciled the Santa hat in Real Red and Craft White, and added a frayed burlap ribbon tie.  You can't see it, but I added some Wink of Stella to his hat as well!

A sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Tiny Words Christmas fit on the banner perfectly!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Mellow Moss (ret), Santa Claus Lane (Echo Park)
Ink	Real Red, Mossy Meadow, Craft White
Accessories	Burlap Twine (ret), Christmas Stencils (Amazon), Wink of Stella
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Blending Brushes