PP785 A Color Challenge From Claire

Happy Sunday, and happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!  Claire is our hostess this week at the Paper Players with a marvelous color palette for us to play with:

I usually try to think outside the box with color challenges, but this week I just had to go floral! I haven't used the Layers of Beauty bundle for a while and these seemed like lovely colors for it:

I diecut, stamped and colored these beautiful roses with the challenge colors, then added a bit of a Coastal Cabana wash in between the images where there was a lot of white space.  I did that so that it would blend a wee bit better with the fun diecut background paper using some Coastal Cabana DSP and the Scalloped Contour dies:

I also added an embossed mat in the background as well as a sentiment tag.  The sentiment is from Paeprtrey ink on a Tailor Made Tag die.  I think these purple roses are just beautiful! And I know you'll come up with something beautiful with these colors too!  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog, and you might be the Headliner this week!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty (ret), Daily Designs Sentiments (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash, Coastal Cabana Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Layers of Beauty Dies (ret), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Tailor Made Tags DIes (ret), Blending Brushes, Aquapainter, Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (ret)

TGIF576 Tool Time Birthday

Happy Saturday, peeps! I have a fun little card I made for our retired pastor, who is quite a handy man!  I pulled out some retired papers and stamps as well as some fun little diecuts to make this for him:

I used  Trusty Tool Box DSP papers and some little My Favorite Things Tool Charms dies for the embellishments:

The sentiment is from Perennial Birthday, and everything went on a Gray Granite card base.  I used the sketch from TGIF for this week as my layout:

Now it's winging its way to Indianapolis!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Gray Granite, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Brushed Silver (ret), Trusty Tool Box DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tool Charms Dies (My Favorite Things)

AYSI372 Array of Seashells

Happy Friday, all! Time for a new As You See It  theme challenge and it's one I just love!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps for my card:

I pulled out an older Close to My Heart stamp set, did some heat embossing and coloring, and here we go:

I stamped the images with Pecan Pie ink and before taking them out of the Stamparatus, I inked them again with Versamark and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder.  Then I watercolored them with reinkers and fussy-cut them out.  I embossed a piece of Everyday Happiness DSP with a rope embossing folder, then layered all the shells on top, along with a piece of burlap ribbon and a sweet sentiment from an older Crafty Secrets set:

Another couple of CS sentiments went on the inside:

I just love beachy things, so creating this was a lot of fun!  I hope you'll play along with our beachy-shell themed challenge this week at As You See It as well!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Swirly Seashells (Close To My Heart), Seaside (Crafty Secrets), Chandelier (Crafty Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Everyday Happiness DSP
Ink	Pecan Pie, Versamark, Golden Glow, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pretty in Pink, Highland Heather, Hydrangea Hue, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals, Burlap Trim (ret), Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big SHot, Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Aquapainter,  Heat Tool, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Christmas Pup

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! I have been falling a wee bit behind on my Christmas cards so when I saw the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, I knew I had to play along:

I recently got some fun stickers from Cathe Holden's Christmas Flea Market Finds, so I used one on my card:

I mounted my little puppy on a diecut circle, matted with a scallop of Garden Green, then added a couple of banners and mounted everything on some pretty plaid paper that has some lovely gold accents in the pattern:

I added a simple sentiment on the inside, and I've added another to my stash!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green, Gold Foil, Terracotta Tile (ret), Sticker (Cathe Holden/Spellbinders), Madras Plaid Coral (Memory Box)
Ink	Cajun Craze (for sponging)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Sponge Daubers

Sleepy Kitty

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a really, really clean and simple card for you today; I used the theme from CAS on Sunday, which is animals, and the colors from Color Hues:

I used two new In Colors (out today!) of Hydrangea Hue and Golden Glow, along with a sweet little image from Unity Stamps:

I made an embossed oval and stamped my sleepy kitty inside, then added a Whittles Saying to the corner, along with a little flourish from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

This is uber-CAS,  even more CAS than I normally do, but I do have a friend who loves cats, so this will be for her!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love & Good Vibes (Unity), Whittle Sayings (Poppystamps), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hydrangea Hue
Ink	Hydrangea Hue, Golden Glow
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

AHSC680 Thank You

Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a nice weekend!  Our Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is an interesting one; gave me a chance to use some new goodies as well as some older ones!  Here's the sketch:

I was looking forward to playing with some new DSPs that will be live in a couple of days; this one is from Bloom Boutique.  I paired it with some diecut Pierced Blooms flowers and an embossed sentiment from Trusty Tools:

Bloom Boutique features the new In Colors Peaceful Pine and returning Crisp Cantaloupe, and I diecut some strips, adhered them next to each other and glued them to a Basic White mat.  The vertical panel was embossed with the Lovely Strips embossing folder, and I added some sequins for fun.  The flowers were mounted on a stitched oval diecut with a Crisp Cantaloupe scallop border:

This sketch is a great one to use up some of those smaller pieces of DSP we all have lying around, so I hope to see some fun creations in the gallery this week!  Be sure to pop over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog and check out what the other designers have done!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Peaceful Pine, Bloom Boutique DSP
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder, Stitched Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Heat Tool

PP784 Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new challenge from the Players, and Jaydee is our hostess this week with a wonderful theme!  Here we go:

This should be an easy one, right?!  I have had this gingham border floating around on my desk for weeks, left over from another project, so I decided to put it to use!  I needed a birthday card for a young woman at church who sings with Dana in our ensemble, but she is also an accomplished baker!  She made some tiramisu to share at ensemble practice, and Dana, knowing that tiramisu is my FAVORITE dessert, actually shared some with me! YUM!  So this card is for her:

I know that baking isn't necessarily an all-feminine theme, but it is for me today!  These images are all from Lawn Fawn's Baked with Love, stamped in black, diecut and colored with Blends or Copics:

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs' Mini Tag Sentiments, and I also used the new SU Product of the Month Eyelet Blooms die, but instead of diecutting it, I dry embossed it for a background!  Pretty  Here's the inside of the card:

I hope she likes it! And I hope you like our theme well enough to play along with us this week!  Check out what the other designers created at the Paper Players blog and come share yours with us too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Baked with Love (Lawn Fawn), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Red Glimmer (ret), Ginghams (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Eyelet Blooms Die, Perennial Postage Dies, 3/4" Circle Punch (ret), 7/8" Scallop Punch (ret), Baked with Love Dies (Lawn Fawn), Assorted Blends and Copics