AHSC602 Season's Greetings

Happy Wednesday, stampers!  It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch; here we go: 

I recently got the kit of the month from Unity and this pretty image was part of it:

I wish there was a die for it, because my fussy-cutting skills on something this large and detailed are not that good, LOL!  Anyway, I stamped and cut it out twice using Crumb Cake ink on Basic Beige cardstock, only using a portion the flower for the lower area.  I created a frame from Champagne foil using the Stitched Rectangle dies, and mounted it on another panel of Basic Beige that had been embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.  I created a banner using a sentiment from the same set, this time stamped in Pecan Pie and diecut with the Nested Essentials dies.  A few gold gems were scattered around for sparkle.

And this pretty sentiment went inside:

This sketch has loads of potential and I hope you'll play along with us as well!  You can see all the designs by the team on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Bliss of Christmas (Unity Kit of the Month 10-24)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Very Vanilla, Champagne Foil (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Gold Gems (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Subtle Embossing Folder (ret)

Flower Challenge 97 Fall Roses

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I haven't played with the Stippled Rose bundle for a long time, and when I saw that The Flower Challenge's theme was "thanks" this month, I jumped right in!  Here we go:

I began by stamping the roses in Copper Clay on Basic Beige cardstock, then used the die to get them out, along with some of those detailed leaves in Mossy Meadow.  Instead of watercoloring the roses as I would normally do, I used a small Tim Holtz blender to blend in Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze inks on the flowers and Mossy Meadow on the leaves.  It's definitely a learning curve, and I did get some green ink where I might not have wanted, but I went back in with a blender pen to add some detail to the smaller areas!

I used a vintage woodgrain paper from Countryside Woods and distressed the edges a bit, then added the flowers.  I stamped the sentiment directly on the paper as well.  My final embellishments were some Natural Sequins and a bow using the Natural Tones Linen Thread in green!  I think you could color these roses in any shade and they'd be beautiful!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.  Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.  As the scripture says, "You have found out for yourselves how kind the Lord is." 

1 Peter 2: 1-3   E100 Military Edition

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stippled Roses
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Mossy Meadow, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Copper Clay, Mossy Meadow, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Natural Sequins, Natural Tones Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stippled Roses Dies, Blending Tools (Tim Holtz)

Uber-CAS Snowflake Christmas

Happy Monday, peeps! This is probably one of the clean-and-simplest cards I have ever made, LOL! The challenge at CAS On Sunday is to use a corner of your card, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments has a pretty mood board:

All three of the pictures are pretty, but I just happened to have a snowflake stamp already out on my desk, so I went with that:

I used thick Basic White cardstock and embossed the snowflake in white embossing powder, then blended Pretty in Pink ink on top.  A simple sentiment and a few more snowflakes were stamped in Memento's London Fog ink and I added a pearl in the center:

An older Paper Pumpkin sentiment was stamped on the inside; not sure if it was the ink or my poor old stamp, but this was the best impression I could get!

Another Christmas card added to my stash!

This weekend we attended a "sprinkle" (instead of a shower) for my niece Paige, who is expecting her third child in January and it's a girl! After two boys, we're so excited!  She will have three under the age of three though....that's why God gives us children when we're YOUNG!  My other niece, her sister Kelly, did all the food and decorating.  She is our family's Martha Stewart for sure.  Check out these lemon cupcakes (and they were DELICIOUS):

The whole table was lined with arrangements like this:

Cassidy was in her glory, because Maven was there too!

Here we are with the happy momma-to-be!

Thanks for indulging me with pix of the family!  And thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Snowflakes, Christmas Words (Impression Obsession), Paper Pumpkin Snowflakes
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Craft White, Pretty in Pink, London Fog (Memento)
Accessories	Festive Pearls, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Blending Brush

PP714 Give Thanks

Happy Sunday, everyone! Elizabeth is our Paper Players hostess this week with a timely theme challenge:

 

I pulled out a sweet W+9 stamp and die set that I've had for a while and here's what I came up with:

I started with a Mossy Meadow card base and some plaid paper from the Perennial Lavender suite; then I stamped and diecut my pumpkin, added the sentiment and the center heart on a diecut oval, embellished with a scallop border of Mossy Meadow:

I diecut a few fall-colored leaves and some "twigs" from the retired In the Woods, using Crumb Cake cardstock and arranged it all at the bottom with a twine bow:

On the inside, I added another sentiment from the same set, plus an extra little heart that I had stamped and cut:

I used Judy's sketch from  Freshly Made Sketches for my layout:

I love the country feel of this image and papers! I hope you'll find a reason to create a card to give thanks and you'll share it with us at the Paper Players!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pretty Patches-Pumpkin (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Perennial Lavender DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Scallop Oval Dies (Nestabilities), Pretty Patches-Pumpkin Dies (W+9)

Halloween Cards from Friends

Happy Saturday, peeps! I thought I'd share some of the fall and Halloween goodies I got in the mail (and in person) this season!  This fun little cauldron is from Kathy, and of course, it has CANDY in it!

This beautiful card is from Sally:

And this fun creation is from my friend Sandy:

My clever friend Karen sent me this....and the little ghost's legs move!

Sandy also gave me this little coffin, full of candy too!

Shawn always has cute cards:

And so does Wendy!!  The little black trim on this card is adorable!

And last but not least, this sweet, sparkly creation is from Beth!  She always has such nice things to say in her cards!♥  And I love that glimmer paper!

Thanks, ladies! So much fun getting hand-made goodies!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Blue Christmas

Hello, stamping friends! Happy November!  I have a cute little Christmas card today that was sort of a happy mistake!  I had stamped a piece of Azure Afternoon cardstock with the retired Buffalo Check stamp for a previous project, but decided it wasn't going to work.  I saved it, though, and later on, brought it out and decided to try embossing it with a snowflake folder.  I liked it!  I added a bit of stamping on a scalloped panel, and came up with this:

The stamp set is used is an old, old one from Cosmo Cricket--remember that company? I don't think I ever got it inky before this!  I stamped the lights and snowflake across the white panel, then stamped and cut out the ornament separately.  No frills or doodads, but I think with the plaid embossed background, it's enough:

Thanks for visiting today!

Eden & Ginger in the Halloween holiday spirit:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check (ret), Christmas (Cosmo Cricket)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Snowflake Quilted Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

TO275 Life is Short

Happy Thursday, peeps! The Time Out Challenge this week is a fun one, and it gave me a chance to use a set I hadn't gotten inky yet, along with some dies that hadn't seen any action yet!  Here's the challenge:

I had gotten this What's Cookin' stamp from Taylored Expressions a while ago, so I pulled it out, along with its matching dies and another die set called Bake Me Happy.  I had some fun baking-related papers so I mixed and matched them all together to create this:

I have a friend whose birthday is coming up, and she is an excellent cook, so this will be for her.  I tried to match the colors to the little mixers on the paper; I used Poppy Parade, Garden Green, Crushed Curry and Bubble Bath.  The beater is a scrap of silver foil, and I stamped a little flower on the bowl:

This sentiment just cracks me up; she likes humorous cards, so I hope she'll like it too!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiest Day, What's Cookin (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Bubble Bath, Balmy Blue, Silver Foil, Roll With It (Carta Bella)
Ink	Garden Green, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, What's Cookin Dies (Taylored Expressions), Bake Me Happy Dies (Taylored Expressions), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Stitched Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson)