AYSI381 Color Challenge

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have some fun stuff planned for the weekend!  It's time for a color challenge at As You See It, and this one is quite striking: 

I really had no clue what to do with this challenge, but I remembered a set from Colorado Craft and a little light bulb went off! I normally do not go quite as literal with my stamping, but this one just had to be:

I first embossed a piece of Basic Gray cardstock with a Tim Holtz Brick embossing folder, adding some dimension by swiping my Basic Gray ink pad on the inside of the folder before embossing.  I then stamped my door on some Azure Afternoon cardstock, gave it a little watercolor shading and fussy-cut it out.  The little kitties were stamped, watercolored and also fussy-cut, then they were all mounted on an Azure Afternoon mat and white card base.

I didn't want my sentiment to overpower my design, so a simple hello from an old Flourishes set worked fine!  I have been updating all my stamps in a database, adding sentiments so I can find one when I need it, and I have forgotten a lot of my older stamps, so it was nice to give this one some love!  

I know this is a challenging color combo, but I enjoyed thinking outside the box a bit and I hope you will too!  Play along with us at As You See It!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Home Sweet Home (Colorado Craft Co), Sweet Violet (Flourishes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Ink	Basic Gray, Azure Afternoon, Versafine Black
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Brick Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Aquapainter

RRCB280 Happy Fall

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! I pulled out a real oldie for today's card, which is for the Retro Rubber sketch:

I came across this set from 1999 called Fall For All, which features those sweet little line art images I loved so much when I first started stamping:

I stamped my little sweetie in Stazon ink on watercolor paper and colored her in with an aquapainter and reinkers:

I added a few punched out leaves from the Beautiful Autumn stamp set (2020) to scatter around the outside of my image.  The papers are retired Crushed Curry and Garden Green DSPs, and I diecut around the outer edge of my Very Vanilla card with the Stitched With Whimsy die!  The sentiment on the banner is from Close to My Heart's Autumn Blessings, which I know I have had for several years!

I left the inside blank but I'll probably make this a birthday card!  I just love her little face!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Fall for You (1999), Beautiful Autumn (2020), Autumn Blessings (Close to My Heart 2022?)
Card stock & Papers	Watercolor, Very Vanilla, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie,  Garden Green DSP (ret), Crushed Curry DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pecan Pie, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Gray Granite
Accessories	Painted Patch Dots, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret), Leaf Punch (ret), Banner Punch (Pink & Main)

Fall is My Favorite Color

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Hope you had a lovely holiday weekend! It certainly had a nip of fall in the air, but I know that September can have some warm days, so I'm not putting away my shorts quite yet!!  I did make a fall card for you today; I recently purchased some pretty digital papers and just had to put them to use!  I matched them with the Honey Bee Blessings of Fall stamp set:

I stamped the sentiment in Pecan Pie on Crumb Cake cardstock, then mounted it on a diecut Pale Payap panel that was blended with Cajun Craze ink, then overstamped with a script stamp from Elements of Text:

I added some sequins along with a couple of punched glimmer paper leaves!  It all went on a card base of Copper Clay; I left the inside plain for whatever occasion may arise!

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Elements of Text (ret), Blessings of Fall (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Copper Clay (ret), Pale Papaya (ret), Fall Pumpkins Digital (My Porch Prints on Etsy), Glimmer Paper (Recollections)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Blessings of Fall Dies (Honey Bee), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), Leaf Trio Punches (ret)

AHSC698 Trick or Treat

Happy Monday, everyone!  And Happy Labor Day!  Time for a new challenge from Atlantic Hearts!  Here we go: 

I haven't done any Halloween cards yet, so I decided to remedy that!  I found some spooky prints and went to work:

I am a little on the fence about this card, but it has so many layers and parts I just couldn't start over, LOL!  The papers are actually some retired Christmas papers called Lights Aglow. I diecut a rectangle out of one side and flipped it over, matted it with some glimmery golden-hued paper and mounted it back on top.  I added a Starburst circle and stars diecut from the same glimmery paper.  The vellum panel was embossed with the new SU Swirls of Magic embossing folder, and I swiped some Smoky Slate ink across it to give it some depth.  Finally, my sentiment from My Creative Time was stamped on a Crushed Curry banner:

I did add some gold Blooming Pearls, then stamped the inside:

I hope you'll play with our fun sketch this week!  If you like lots of layers, this one is for you!  Check it out at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time), Halloween 1 (Graphics 45), Primitive Pumpkins (My Favorite Things)
Card stock & Papers	Crushed Curry, Vellum (ret), Lights Aglow DSP (ret), Glimmer Gold (unknown, a gift)
Ink	Versafine Black, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Blooming Pearls (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Swirls of Magic EF, Textured Notes Dies, Stitched Stars Dies (Paper Rose), Give It a Whirl Dies (ret), Peaceful Season Dies (ret), Starburst Dies (ret)

PP802 Theme Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new theme challenge for the Players, and Joanne is our hostess this week!  Since her birthday is coming up, she chose "Candles" as her theme!  And it doesn't have to be birthday candles--any candle is okay!

I only have a few candle stamps and dies, and they didn't really do anything for me, but I remembered a pad of  heavy paper that I had featuring all kinds of birthday papers in bright colors and GLITTER!  So a few snips and some glue and I made two cards:

This is just one panel from one page; I trimmed off the "celebrate" strip and mounted it with some dimensionals.  It all went on a Granny Apple Green card base.

A Simply Said sentiment, stamped in Azure Afternoon (which turned green on the cardstock, LOL) went on the inside:

I hope you'll play along with our fun theme challenge this week, and be sure to hop over to the Paper Players blog to see some amazing creations from our designers!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Granny Apple Green, Birthday Wishes Stack (Die Cuts With a View)
Ink	Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools

LRW874 Aw Shucks!

Happy Friday, peeps! I have been busily making cards this week but not posting anything!  I finally did get a chance to make a card for a friend who recently had some surgery.  The Little Red Wagon challenge is looking for anything farm-related, and as I was going through all my stamps, I remembered this fun image from Unity and it seemed to have a good sentiment too:

My friend is not "sick" so "Get Well Soon" didn't really fit the bill, but I thought she would get a kick of out of this sentiment!  I used some digital gingham paper cut out with the Perennial Postage die, and a Nellie Snellie die set for the sentiment.  I added a wee bit of black & white twine for fun.  The set is Funny Farm by Unity:

I am struggling lately with photogaphing my cards!  Nothing looks quite right....I guess I need to fool around with some backgrounds to see which ones make the whites look really white!  Anyway, thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Funny Farm (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Digital Gingham (Jenny AllSorts Design on Etsy)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Black & White Baker's Twine (unknown)
Tools	Big Shot, Perennial Postage Dies, 1/8" hole punch, Stitched Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

JUGS 838 & RRCB279 Happy Fall Stenciled Pumpkins

Happy Tuesday, all!  Happy September!  The JUGS stencil challenge this week is "anything goes"!  

I got this pumpkin stencil last year and couldn't wait to play with it again!  It's from Spellbinders, and it's an easy peasy one! Here we go:

I stenciled the pumpkins on a panel of Golden Glow cardstock in Timid Tiger, Golden Glow, Cajun Craze and a combination of Granny Apple Green and Balmy Blue; stems were in Pecan Pie.  I embossed it with the Subtle embossing folder and gave it a whirl with the Stitched with Whimsy die to give it a little oomph.  A Honey Bee sentiment was stamped and diecut, mounted on a couple of oval dies and embellished with a wee bit of Cajun Craze Linen Thread.  

A simple birthday sentiment went on the inside!  I am nudging myself into my fall stamping! And since this stamp and stencil are both a year old, I am entering my card into the Retro Rubber challenge, which is "anything goes" as well!

And speaking of fall, I finished this little cross stitch project yesterday too:

Stitched on linen and mounted on two felt scallops, sewn together with French knots! 

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blessings of Fall (2025 Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Golden Glow
Ink	Golden Glow, Cajun Craze, Pecan Pie, Timid Tiger, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Cajun Craze Linen Thread (ret), Dimensionals, Colorful Pumpkin Stencil (Spellbinders)
Tools	Big Shot, Blessings of Fall Dies (Honey Bee), Subtle Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched With Whimsy Die (ret), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession) Scalloped Oval Punch (ret), Blending Brushes