AHSC685 The Best Day

Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a nice weekend! It was lovely here in PA!  The sketch today from Atlantic Hearts is a lovely one, as usual!

 It features flowers but I went in a different direction:

I stamped, colored and cut the pups from Cutest Crew out, then mounted them on a panel embossed with the Eyelet Blooms dies.  I heat-embossed a sentiment from the same set on a piece of Hydranga Hue cardstock and added a matching ribbon and a couple of pearls:

It all went on a piece of Hydrangea Hue polka dot paper from the In Color Painted Patterns DSP.  Cute and simple!

I hope you'll play with our sketch this week---as you can see, you don't need to use flowers! I can't wait to see what you create!  Share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hydrangea Hue, In Color Painted Patterns DSP
Ink	Versafine Black, Craft White, Hydrangea Hue, Pecan Pie, Smoky Slate, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Hydrangea Hue Ribbon, Pearls, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Cutest Crew Dies, Eyelet Blooms Dies, Aquapainter, Heat Tool

PP789 Masculine Challenge from Stef

Happy Sunday, all!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, with Stef as our hostess.  She has a timely theme challenge as Father's Day is coming up! But don't limit yourself to just that holiday!   Here we go:

I chose to go with a masculine birthay card rather than Father's Day, and I used the Retro Rubber Tic-Tac-Toe grid as my guide:

I chose the middle column of stripes, squares and twine, using the retired Out West (2010) stamp set:

I stamped my cowboy on a stitched square of Basic Beige using Catherine Pooler's Macciato ink.  I also overstamped it with the Linen (2006) background stamp using Crumb Cake ink.  I mounted it on a square of Early Espresso cardstock, distressing the edges for a rustic look:

My sentiment is from Poppy Stamps Whittle Sayings - not sure the age, but I have had it a couple of years - and it all went on some barbed wire paper from Authentique's Frontier collection.  You can just barely see it; I didn't even see it until I photographed my card, behind the barbed wire is a very faint vintage newsprint pattern.  Very cool!  I used the other side of the barbed wire paper as the horizontal panel, then added a "lasso" of some twine I had in my stash.  I know of a few rootin-tootin cowboy types in the family who might enjoy this card!

I hope this challenge will prompt you to make a masculine card! We know they're not as fun to make as feminine ones but we're sure you'll rise to the challenge!  Share your creations with us at the Players!  We can't wait to see them!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Out West (2010), Linen (2006), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Early Espresso, Frontier (Authentique)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Macchiato (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Twine from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker)

CAS Christmas Bird

 Happy Saturday, peeps!  It's hot out there today!  Nothing like making a Christmas card to cool one off! Loll has begun her CAS Christmas Card Challenge again with the theme of "Bird":

I love birds, so I had lots of stamps to choose from, but I had not used this little Elzy Bell image for a long, long time.  This bird may be the tiniest bird on a card you've ever seen:

My card is 4 1/4" square with an embossed snowflake background.  I stamped little Elzy Bell with black Stazon ink and colored everything in with a blender pen and ink.

I added some Wink of Stella to the snow for sparkle, and a little Purple Onion sentiment.  The inside sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I am trying to use my older stamps, can you tell?!!! 

In the spring, my birds wake me up promptly at 5 am!!  I am willing to bet this little bird sounds just as sweet!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Winter Song (Elzybells), Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms), Seasonal Sayings (Purple Onion)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Stazon Black, Azure Afternoon, Real Red, Pecan Pie, Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wink of Stella
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker), Banner Die (Pink & Main), Snowflake Embossing Folder (Darice), Blender Pen

AYSI374 Friends Are Like Seashells

Happy Friday, everyone!   We have a new challenge from As You See It today, and it's a lovely sketch:

I was in a beachy mood, so I pulled out some retired DSP and used that as my starting point.  Here we go:

I stamped some shells from Friends are Like Seashells  in Pretty in Pink, adding a bit of shading with ink and a blender brush, then I popped in a few diecuts from Rolling Waves.  I also heat-embossed a sentiment on some Sunset Shimmer vellum paper---didn't turn out quite the way I planned, but it's still legible, so I'm stickin' to it! 

A few sequins finished it off. I also embossed the circle but I covered up most of it, so that was probably not a good idea, LOL!  I stamped a sentiment on the inside with Strawberry Slush ink and adhered the remaining Rolling Waves diecuts:

What's your take on this sketch?!  I hope you'll play along with us at As You See It so we can see what your interpretation is!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends Are Like Seashells (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pink Sunset Shimmer Vellum, Sand & Sea DSP (ret)
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Versamark, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Seaside Seashells Dies (ret), Circles Framelits (ret), Ruffled Embossing Folder (ret), Heat Tool

Inspire.Create #217 Congratulations

 Happy Wednesday, all!  Inspire.Create has a fun sketch this week:

So many possibilites with this!  I thought about using squares of DSP but changed my mind and decided to put a few of my plethora of embossing folders to work, along with some of my never-ending stash of DSP:

I punched out  1 3/8" squares of Thick Basic White cardstock, then embossed them with six different embossing folders and mounted them on a mat of Cloud Cover cardstock.  They all went on a plaid panel from Everyday Happiness.  The sentiment from Extraordinary Flora was stamped in Cloud Cover as well and diecut with a Timeless Arrangements die.  That die comes with little floral diecuts that attach behind the die--very clever! I added a Cloud Cover bow and some tiny pearls to finish it off:

I do love my blues and this shade is one of my favorites!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Extraordinary Flora (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Cloud Cover, Everyday Happiness DSP (ret)
Ink	Cloud Cover
Accessories	Cloud Cover Ribbon, Dimensionals, Tiny Pearls from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, 1 3/8" Square Punch (ret), Timeless Arrangements Dies (ret), Eyelet EF, Stone & Vine EF, Lazy Daisy EF, Gathering Leaves EF,Greenery EF, Wrapped in Texture EF (most ret)

In(k)spire Me 591 Birthday Wishes

Happy Tuesday!  Here's a wonderfully easy sketch from In(k)spire Me that I used for an equally easy birthday card:

I only used the sketch this time (one of these days I'll use the colors, too, LOL!)  So here we go:

I used Painted Patterns DSP in Peaceful Pine along with some Chevron Ribbon and a sentiment from the retired Little Delights, diecut with a Spotlight on Nature die.  The candles are from the retired Picture Perfect Birthday--I thought they matched the DSP pretty nicely!

I added a Waffle Flower sentiment on the inside along with a couple of birthday hats from Little Delights as well:

What a great sketch--I may whip up a few more of these!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Picture Perfect Birthday (ret), Little Delights (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peaceful Pine, Peaceful Pine Painted Patterns DSP
Ink	Peaceful Pine, Golden Glow
Accessories	Dimensionals, Chevron Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Layering Circles DIes (ret)

AHSC684 You're Sweet

Happy Monday, everyone! Happy June!  We have a lovely sketch for you this week at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

Ooh, I love things in threes!  I pulled out some vintage-look papers to go with a strawberry I had already made and was sitting all lonely on my desk:

The strawberry is from the Made With Sweetness dies; papers are from Carta Bella's Roll with It and Papertrey's Chicken Scratch gingham.  I had a panel already embossed with the Softly Sophisticated embossing folder, so I diecut it into a circle and added a scalloped mat.  Sentiment is from Sweet Stuff, stamped in Soft Succulent and colored in with a blender pen:

I added a little baker's twine bow for fun!  I hope you'll play along with our fun sketch this week at As You See It! Thanks for popping in! Enjoy today and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Whisper White, Daffodill Delight, Strawberry Slush, Garden Green, Soft Succulent (ret), Roll With It (Carta Bella), Chicken Scratch (Papertrey)
Ink	Soft Succulent (ret), Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Yellow & White Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Made With Sweetness Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (ret)