RRCB276 Love the Beach

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Halfway through the week!  I keep alternating between summer cards and Christmas cards---both are fun to do!  Today it's a summer card, and I am using the sketch from Retro Rubber:

Of course, since there are three panels, I had to play along!  Only a wee bit of stamping on this one, it's mostly ink, paper and dies:

I have an old Cuttlebug die (2006) that I used with some Basic Beige cardstock, then colored the cutouts with SU blends.  I added some Itty Bitty Backgrounds (1997) to the square pieces and mounted them all on a piece of Vitamin Sea from Honey Bee:

I also tried my hand at "speckling" the diecuts with some white craft ink....I definitely need practice on that!  The sentiments are from Unity's All Smiles (2011) and The Paper Studio's Every Day Expressions (2009):

I stamped a sentiment from Charming Sentiments (2022) on the inside and added the little bonus diecuts that cut at the same time as the larger ones!

Everything was Wink of Stella-ed too, but of course, that never shows up!  Anyway, it was a fun card to make and it will go in my birthday stash!  And I didn't realize that my card is very similar to Jane's! Great minds think alike!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"The ocean depths raise their voice, O Lord; they raise their voice and roar.  The Lord rules supreme in heaven, greater than the roar of the ocean, more powerful than the waves of the sea."  Psalm 93:3-4

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments (ret, 2022), All Smiles (Unity, 2011), Every Day Expressions (Paper Studio, 2009)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Vitamin Sea (Honey Bee)
Ink	Soft Sky (ret), Smoky Slate (ret), Crumb Cake (for sponging), Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Paint Brush
Tools	Big Shot, From the Sea Dies (Cuttlebug), Blends, Sponge Daubers, Wink of Stella, Stitched Banner Die (Nelly Snellen)

52CCT26 Merry Christmas

 Happy Tuesday, all!  My card today features an unusual color palette, coming from the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge:

I really had to put on my thinking cap for this one!  I recently got some new Unity stamps called Winter Foliage, so I did some creative stamping and fussy-cutting and came up with this simple card:

I cut and embossed a panel of Basic White, using a Taylored Expressions Cross-Stitch die, then stamped my foliage in Perfect Pine at the top, adding a sentiment from SU's retired Seasonal Tags in the same color.  On a scrap piece of white, I stamped the foliage again in Crisp Cantaloupe and fussy-cut it out, gluing it over the first image.  Finally, stamped the pine cone on a scrap of Kraft in Pecan Pie and added it:

I added a few peach-colored sequins just to jazz it up a bit, then added a Crisp Cantaloupe mat and some piney paper from an old Kaiser Craft pad called Home for Christmas.  It all went on a Perfect Pine card.  Unusual, but it's good to get out of our comfort zone occasionally, right?  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"To whom can the holy God be compared?  Is there anyone else like him?  Look up at the sky!  Who created the stars you see?  The one who leads them out like an army, he knows how many there are and calls each one by name!  His power is so great - not one of them is ever missing!"  Isaiah 40:25-26

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seasonal Tags (ret), Winter Foliage (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Perfect Pine, Kraft (ret), Home for Christmas (Kaiser Craft)
Ink	Perfect Pine, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Cross Stitched Stacked Dies (Taylored Expressions)

AHSC690 A Beautiful Day

Happy Monday, all!  Well, my company has all gone home and things are back to semi-normal!  We did have a lovely week, though!  Eating, thrift shopping, boating....lots of fun things!  I was able to get back into my stamp room for this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I varied my card a wee bit from the sketch as I had a die that cuts out circles instead of squares, so I opted to use that!  Here we go:

My Close to My Heart die was used on SU's new Wood Grain Wonder DSP.  I then punched 1" circles from Honey Bee's Vitamin Sea papers in various prints and fit them inside the openings.  A shell and sentiment from Beautiful Beach were added as the focal points:

I added some sequins from my stash along with some braided trim:

You can be so creative with this sketch---there are endless possibilities! I hope you'll play along with us this week at Atlantic Hearts!

My sister is a great thrifter--she's sort of a "picker" for some friends who have antique booths, so she is always on the lookout for some thrifty finds!  Her hubby Russ was in charge of some of the items too large to fit in her basket at one shop:

And after a busy morning of thrifting, we had to stop to eat at a very tiny little restaurant that had amazing food:

John's burger looked delicious--I had to sneak some fries!

The burger Russ ordered was quite a handful!:

We didn't get any boat pictures, but that was a great day too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Beach (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Wood Grain Wonders DSP, Vitamin Sea (Honey Bee)
Ink	Pool Party, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my Stash, Wavy Trim (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Multi Circle Windows Die (Close to My Heart), Stitched Rounded Rectangle Dies (Impression Obsession), 1" Circle Punch (ret)

PP794 Color Challenge From Jaydee

Happy Sunday, all!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess, and she has a wonderfully happy color palette for us this week:

These just say "summer" to me, how about you?  I just got some new goodies from SU and The Greetery, so I combined them for my summy card today:

This will blind you with that bold background, don't you think?!  LOL!  Let me start with the stamped images; I had seen so many cute things made with the Summer Happiness bundle, I just had to get it, even though I was still busy playing with my Splash and Play bundle!  But there is enough difference between the two, I could justify getting them both!  I stamped my images in Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink and Granny Apple Green, then mounted it on this gingham scalloped panel that was stenciled with Calypso Coral.  The scallop and stencil are both from The Greetery; I didn't plan to make it that bright, but I forgot to "soften" my blending brush on my scrap paper first, and this is what happened! I was actually just sort of playing around with it, you know how you do when you get a new product, but other than the brightness, I thought it would work anyway!

I lightly colored in the flower with a Blender Pen and added an enamel center and some leaves; the sun has some Wink of Stella added:

And that little pop bottle has been "winked" too!  The sentiment is also from The Greetery, called Laid Back Basics.  I love the font!  The background embossing is the Lazy Daisy folder.

Another sentiment from the set went on the inside, along with a cute little pineapple!

I hope you'll check out the AMAZING samples from the Design Team--honestly, they just keep getting more and more awesome!  Share your amazing creation there as well!  Can't wait to see you at the Paper Players!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Summer Happiness, Laid Back Basics (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Granny Apple Green
Ink	Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Dimensionals, Glimmer Dot (ret),
Tools	Big Shot, Summer Happiness Dies, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Laid Back Basics Dies (The Greetery), Stitched Scallop Dies (The Greetery), Scalloped Gingham Stencils (The Greetery), Blending Brushes, Blender Pen, Wink of Stella

CASC&S589 & CKC112 Celebrate

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Can you handle another Christmas card?  I just got the new Stitched Stocking Bundle, and there are some fun stitched elements in there, one of which is a present!  So when I saw the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge, along with the Christmas Kickstart challenge, I knew I could put that little gift to good use!

So here we go:

Since this is a CAS challenge, I just opted for a plain Peaceful Pine gift, although I did cut two more panels, one red and one white, to give the ribbon a chance to stand out a little more!  I added some diecut starts from Give It A Whirl, some red gingham ribbon, and it was all mounted on a Tim Holtz December Calendar embossing folder.

A really old Purple Onion sentiment was stamped in Real Red, diecut and backed with a Stylish Shapes banner die; I added the third star from the Give It A Whirl batch!

The inside uses a lovely sentiment from that Stitched Stocking bundle:

I will be taking a few days off from blogging as I am having family visiting for a few days--gotta stock up on homemade iced tea and chocolate chip cookies so they have something to munch on, LOL!  But I'll be back for our Paper Players challenge on Sunday!I appreciate your stopping by!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched Stocking, Seasonal Sayings (Purple Onion)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Peaceful Pine
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Glossy Dots (ret), Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Stocking Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), December Calendar Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

Warm Wishes

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Another Christmas card today; it uses the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown as well as the theme of "Stars or Stripes" (I used both!) from the Jingle Belles!

This was a quick and easy card for sure!  Here we go:

My printed papers are from My Mind's Eye, called Oh What Fun!, and the sentiment is from Close to My Heart's Love With All The Trimmings.  My stars are diecut from Basic White, Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow and embellished with some sequins.  I couldn't help but add a wee tiny star sequin to the sentiment too:

Here's the inside....using sentiments from the same set!

Slowly but surely adding to my Christmas stash!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love With All The Trimmings (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade, Oh What Fun! (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Star Dies (Paper Rose)

AHSC689 Home Sweet Home

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a wonderful July 4th weekend!  It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch, here we go:

I rarely make slimline cards, so this was a bit of a challenge! However, I had just gotten the retiring Hobby Haven DSP, along with their scrapping elements, so I embraced them and went to work:

Sorry the photo is not too good!  Anyway, my card is 3 1/2" x 8", so it will fit in a business envelope.  I embossed two panels and matched them together to create one long panel using Penny Black's Dots & Dashes embossing folder for my mat.  I then diecut four different DSP patterns using the Perennial Postage dies and layered them on top.  Finally, I added the scrapbooking elements, all featuring things from home:

My sentiment was a combination of two sets, one from Unity and one from Colorado Craft, stamped in Pecan Pie ink and just cut into sections.  Finally, I added some sequins from my stash.  I left the inside blank, and I'll put a sentiment when I decide the occasion!  I just love these fun little images!

I hope you'll be inspired to try a slimline card--it does give one a wee bit more room to play, and although I usually like things in threes, having four panels to decorate is fun as well!  Check out what the DT created at Atlantic Hearts on Wednesday, but you can play along right now!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Home Sweet Home (Colorado Craft), Love & Good Vibes (Unity March 2026 Kit of the Month)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hobby Haven DSP, A Little Latte DSP (ret), Pecan Pie DSP (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Perennial Postage Dies, Dots & Dashes Embossing Folder (Penny Black)