AHSC697 Snowflake Christmas

 Happy Monday, all! Can you believe it's the last day of August!?  Time flies! And it's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I pulled out some Echo Park paper scraps and came up with this:

I created a frame with the Rectangle Stitched dies and added some snowflake paper behind it, then mounted it on another piece of coordinating starry paper.  I was a little disappointed that my glittery snowflakes didn't show up as nicely as I thought they would, but you know, when you've already put time into a card, sometimes you just gotta go with it!  I used the retired Peaceful Season dies for my big Christmas sentiment, and the retired Bitty Banners die for the small Merry:

I backed the Merry with a wee little bit of Cherry Cobbler grosgrain ribbon, and added some glittery sequins to the center of the snowflakes.  Sentiments from the same set went on the inside:

I think this is a lovely basic sketch and could be used for a variety of seasons or occasions! I hope you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts!  

John took his BIL, nephew and two great-nephews out on the boat on Friday to do some fishing! Zion and Titus got to "drive" the boat and they all did some chillin' as well!!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, White Glimmer (ret),  Santa Claus Lane (Echo Park)
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Riding Hood Red (ret)
Accessories	Glitter Adhesive Dots (ret), Cherry Cobbler Grosgrain Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Peaceful Season Dies (ret), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Stitched Snowflakes Dies (ret)

PP801 Tic Tac Toe from Jaydee

Hello, stamping friends!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and since it's the fifth Sunday of the month, our hostess Jaydee has a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge for us:

 

I chose the diagonal of patterned paper, free and circles, but I could also do the center column of things that fly, free and texture!  Here we go:

At first glance, it doesn't look as if I have any patterned paper, but my embossed background is actually a piece of Soft Sea Foam DSP from a few years back; I thought you might be able to see the floral pattern, but the Lazy Daisy embossing pretty well hides it!  I had these three circles sitting on my desk, unused, from another project so I decided to keep these colors for my little birds from the Cutest Crew!  I stamped them in black and did some watercoloring with Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Crisp Cantaloupe:

I added an assortment of sequins from my stash, and stamped this sentiment on the inside:

Cute and sweet! I hope you'll find some inspiration from our Tic-Tac-Toe grid and share your creation with us at the Paper Players as well!  Lots of possibilities there!  

And I thought I would share this "Soft Sea Foam" moth that John found while mowing!  It is a Luna moth, and it is 5" across.  Not sure why it didn't stay alive, but it was in perfect condition!

It reminded me of times when Cassidy and I would find things in nature that she would take to school for show and tell! Those times are long gone, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew, Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Lemon Lolly, Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Sea Foam DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Soft Sea Foam, Lemon Lolly, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Sequins (from my stash), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Aquapainter

Blessed Christmas Tides

Happy Saturday, all! I have a Christmas card for you today; it was sort of a test, but it didn't come out too bad, but I will definitely be attempting this again, it was fun!  The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants to see cards made with the Fractured Technique (there is a link on their blog), and the Jingle Belles want to see stickers!  I just happened to use a sticker on my card, so yippee!

Here we go:

My vintage panel is from Cathe Holden's Christmas Flea Market Finds' Loving Christmas Wishes stickers.  I cut a couple of strips from Poppy Parade using the Taylored Expressions Easy Strips dies...these were 1/2" and I think they're just a wee bit overpowering for my image.  Next time I'll try the 1/4" ones!  They all went on a One Horse Sleigh DSP from a couple of years ago.

I added a Simon Says Stamp Pretty Bow 2 diecut, shabbying it up a bit with some Crumb Cake ink, and an old sentiment from Cornish Heritage Farms on the inside.  

This technique is incredibly easy and really eye-catching! I will definitely be trying it again, because heaven knows I have a plethora of Christmas papers!!! 

I belong to a knitting/crocheting/crafting group at my church and it is full of extremely talented women!  My friend Claudia recently created this afghan.....it was a labor of love and it took a LONG time:

Each white stripe is crocheted in a different stitch, and all the stars were crocheted, then sewn on individually!  (She said they almost did her in!!!)

I've convinced her to enter it in the Solanco fair--I hope she wins!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, One Horse Sleigh DSP (ret), Cathe Holden Stickers
Ink	Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Easy Strips 1/2" Dies (Taylored Expressions), Pretty Bows 2 Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

AYSI380 Sunflower Birthday

 Happy Friday, peeps! Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge and it's a sketch--love sketches!

I love the new Sunflower Fields DSP, so I pulled out a couple of the patterns and went to work:

I mounted my 1 7/8" squares on a piece of Old Olive cardstock, added the horizontal piece, then created a little birthday tag with the retired Tailor Made Tag dies and stamped it with a sentiment and flower from Cutest Crew:

I added some speckles from You Are Remarkable; the inside sentiment is also from that set:

This is such a great sketch....it's a good one for using up some scraps, or maybe just do a monochromatic one with different embossing folders!  I hope you'll play with us! Share your creation with us at As You See It!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew, You Are Remarkable (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Sunflower Fields DSP
Ink	Cajun Craze, Old Olive
Accessories	Painted Patch Dots, Mossy Meadow Gingham Ribbon, Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret)

FMS751 Just a Note

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I am home from vacation, putting away my stretchy shorts and trying to get back on my "healthy eating" track, LOL!  And I am trying to get back into a crafty mood!  Michele's FMS sketch is a fun one, and I just happened to be getting some ideas for an upcoming class and her sketch fit the bill!  Here's the sketch:

And here we go:

I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder and embossed a panel of Coastal Cabana.  The typewriter die is one I've had for a while and I don't remember who makes it!  I added a little note, stamped with a Papertrey sentiment, and mounted it on a Bubble Bath panel that was stamped with the A to Z stamp in Pretty in Pink:

I added some twine and a little pink glimmer heart.  And since this is a thank-you card to my SIL for watering my flowers while we were gone, I added a Colorado Craft sentiment as well as another Papertrey sentiment on the inside:

So happy you popped in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A to Z (ret), Kinder World (Colorado Craft), Take Three: Fall (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Bubble Bath, Coastal Cabana, Brushed Silver (ret), Pink Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Pink Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Typewriter EF (Tim Holtz), Typewrite Die (unknown), Triple Heart Punch (ret)

AHSC696 Christmas Love & Joy

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

What a great sketch! I looked through my plethora of Christmas papers and came up with these from Kaiser Craft (had them forever) and thought they would make a lovely card:

The left paper is glossy and the right paper has glossy dots!  Snazzy!  I cut the panels and mounted them on a Garden Green card base.  I added a circular element and fussy-cut another poinsettia from the glossy paper, then added a layered Christmas sentiment: from Peaceful Season:

I love that layered sentiment as well as the smaller diecut one below it!  Another Christmas card to add to my stash!  I hope you'll play with our sketch too!  Share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Home for Christmas (KaiserCraft)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Peaceful Season Dies (ret), 2 3/8" Circle Punch, Layering Circle Dies (ret)

PP800 A Throwback Sketch

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Today is our 800th sketch at the Paper Players!  That is really hard to believe!  Ann has decided to go back to our first sketch and do a throwback challenge!  Here we go:

So here we go:

This sweet little silhouette image is from a set that I bought at a yard sale a few weeks ago; I stamped it on a piece of Basic White, fussy-cut it out and blended some Balmy Blue ink on it to match the embossed piece behind it.  The floral paper is from Authentique, called Meadow, and I added a wee bit of gingham for fun. 

The sentiment and silhouette are actually one stamp, so I taped off the silhouette portion and stamped the sentiment portion again, diecutting it with a banner die:

A sentiment from The Greetery's Laid Back Basics went on the inside:

I hope you'll play along with our special challenge this week, and help us celebrate our 800th challenge!  Check out what all the designers created at the Paper Players blog, then share yours with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."  Lamentations 3:22-23

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thankful Thoughts (ret), Laid Back Basics (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium), Meadow (Authentique)
Ink	Versafine Black, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Black & Vanilla Gingham (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Blending Brush