PP774 Sketch from Jan

Happy Sunday, all!  It's Jan's turn to be our Paper Players hostess and she has a sketch for us! Boy, I love a good sketch, and this one definitely fits the bill:

I haven't done a vintage-style card for a while, so I searched through some of my papers and found this pretty paper pad from Kaiser Kraft called Pen & Ink.  So here we go:

All these papers except for the Basic Gray panel, including the sentiment, come from the Pen & Ink pad.  The butterflies are embossed, so there's some pretty shine to that panel!  I added some embossed stitching to the gray panel as well as some Black & Vanilla gingham ribbon:

I did something a little different by adding another piece of paper from the same pad to the inside; the sentiment is an old Waltzingmouse stamp, and I added some subtle stamping with a Tim Holtz butterfly stamp:

This is such a great sketch--I am sure I'll be using it again! I hope you'll check out what the design team did with it as well, over at the Paper Players blog!  And we hope you'll share your creation with us as well!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Butterfly Melange (Tim Holtz), Grateful (Waltzingmouse)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic Gray, Pen & Ink (Kaiser Kraft)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Black & Vanilla Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitching Labels Dies (Ellen Hutson)

Valentines from Friends

Happy Saturday, all!  I got some beautiful Valentine cards this year and thought I'd share them with you:

This pretty one is from my friend Shawn.

This is from my friend Kathy; I love that sentiment!

This is from my friend Wendy; that big foil heart is stunning!  She has a great blog, too, you should check it out!

My friend Teri knows just how much I love vintage Valentines, so she sent me this cutie!

And my friend Karen sent me this amazing card with a surprise:

Look at all those chocolates!  Don't they look good enough to eat?! Yum!

Thanks so much, ladies! I felt special receiving these in the mail!  Enjoy your day today and be blessed!

CASC&S579 Spring Blessings

 Happy Friday, peeps! I have an uber-quick card today for the challenge over at CAS Colour & Sketches:

I've been having lots of fun revisiting stamps that have been in my stash for a while, and only got minimal use!  Today's Altenew set has probably only been used once or twice, so I dusted it off and went to work:

I stamped the Dot Botanicals in Pistacho Pudding and Soft Succulent inks, then added a sentiment from W+9 in Garden Green and added a few sequins.  I haven't used Very Vanilla much lately, so it was nice to use that for a change!

A simple sentiment from PTI's Wreath for All Seasons went on the inside! I need to bulk up my birthday cards, so this will be perfect for those spring birthdays!

And since the Krafty Chicks challenge this week is CAS, I am going to pop it in over there as well!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wreath for All Seasons (Papertrey), Dot Botanicals (Altenew), Spring Blessings (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla
Ink	Garden Green, Pistachio Pudding (ret), Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools

FMS724 Happy Easter

Happy gray, cloudy, foggy Thursday!  I have a cheerful little Easter card for you today, although I may have "overdone" the gingham part!  It uses the FMS sketch:

and some cute little Easter images from Pretty Pink Posh!  Here we go:

My images were stamped in Versafine black ink and colored with Blends and Copics, then diecut and mounted on some papers from Honey Bee and backed with a scalloped mat of Timid Tiger:

My sentiment is an oldie from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped on a Nestabilities banner die and threaded with some orange gingham ribbon!  I think these little images are so cute!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Easter Circles (Pretty Pink Posh)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Timid Tiger, Bee Happy (Honey Bee)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Labels Dies (ret), Stitched Scalloped Dies (unknown maker), Label Dies (Nestabilities), Blends, Copics

JAI779 Simple Birthday

Happy Tuesday, all!  Yesterday was Dana's birthday,so I made a very simple card for her using the Just Add Ink sketch:

I've not used the Perennial Lavender papers for a while, and she likes purple, so that's what I went with:

I added a little charm from my stash, tied to a white grosgrain ribbon; the sentiment below is from Prayers & Promises:

The inside sentiments are from Pinkfresh and Waffle Flower:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Prayers & Promises, Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Perennial Lavender
Ink	Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Linen Thread, Playful Pets Trinkets (ret), White Grosgrain Ribbon (my stash)
Tools

AHSC669 Happy Birthday

 Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a nice weekend!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I deviated a wee bit from the sketch because I wanted to use my Taylored Expressions 1/2" strip dies, so I have no spaces between my strips!  Hopefully that's still okay!  So here we go:

I wanted to do something "springy" and these Sending Love papers from Gina K are so pretty, although the colors really do not photograph very well, sadly!  I simply cut strips from each pattern and adhered them to a Basic White panel which was then adhered to a Soft Sea Foam card front.  The sentiment is from the Picture Perfect Birthday set.  I created some "heart" flowers to mimic the ones on the paper using the heart from Give It A Whirl and the leaves from Pierced Blooms dies:

I originally was going to use a tulip die from Concord & Ninth, but I like the hearts better, so I put the tulip one on the inside, LOL!

I hope you'll play along with our interesting sketch this week!  You can find all the details at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  See you there!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Picture Perfect Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, Sending Love (Gina K)
Ink	Pool Party, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, 1/2" Stitched Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), Tulip Frame Die (Concord & 9th)

PP773 CAS Balloons

 Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Stef as our hostess!  It's Clean-and-Simple time, and it's a fun one:

What's more fun than balloons and birthdays?!  We just have to make sure it's CLEAN and SIMPLE!  So here we go:

This little Anita Jeram bunny from Colorado Craft is one of the cutest images EVER!  And so easy to color!  Because I chose pink as my accent color, I'm going to say this bunny is a SHE!  She has three balloons; two I diecut separately (and you can see the little string hanging down---I forgot to cut it off!) and the one is part of the original stamp.  I did some loose watercoloring and after diecutting, I mounted it on a stenciled background and added the birthday sentiment.

And here's the inside:

This worked up in a flash!  Now, how will you put your birthday wishes and balloons together?  Share your creation with us at the Paper Players--can't wait to see it!  Just make sure it's CLEAN and SIMPLE--minimum layers and products!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Birthday Wishing (Colorado Craft Company)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink, Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Birthday Wishing Dies (Colorado Craft), Baby Love Dots Stencil (Echo Park), Blending Brush, Aquapainter