FMS758 Uber Simple Masculine Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps! Ick, I have a dentist appointment today, so I'll make this quick! I needed another birthday card for a young man and it needed to be pretty simple because he is just not a fussy guy!  I pulled out some masculine papers and came up with this:

He's not a carpenter, but he is a handyman, so hopefully he'll appreciate the woodgrain and that wee little saw, LOL!

Sentiment is from Simply Said; the saw die is an oldie from My Favorite Things.  I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

And since the Krafty Chicks have a CAS challenge this week, I am entering it there as well!

That's it for today!  Off to sit in the dentist's chair!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Real Red, Silver Foil, Nestled (Authentique)
Ink	Macchiato (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Tool Dies (My Favorite Things)

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Wednesday, all!  There's a sweet little sketch over at TGIF and I am squeaking this one in just under the wire!

And here's the sketch:

This image is from an older SU set called Harvest Home.  I stamped it in Versafine Black on watercolor paper, then stamped just the crock on Smoky Slate cardstock with Misty Moonlight ink.  After watercoloring the Indian corn, I did some tricky fussy-cutting of the crock and glued it over the original image:

I used the colors from the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge of Timid Tiger, Cajun Craze & Misty Moonlight:

I hope using neutrals is okay!  I added a few more touches; I embossed the image with the Subtle embossing folder, and embossed a Basic Beige mat with the Hive embossing folder.  The Misty Moonlight bat was diecut with the new Tile Garden dies, then separated and mounted on another Basic Beige mat.  I added some candy dots to fill in the "gap"!  Finally, my sentiment came from the retired Banner Year!  I thought this was an unusal color combo, but I like it!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Banner Year (ret), Harvest Home (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Misty Moonlight, Watercolor, Smoky Slate
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Cajun Craze, Timid Tiger, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Subtle Embossing Folder (ret), Hive Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter

AHSC703 Hey Boo

Happy Tuesday, all! Time for another Atlantic Hearts Sketch to play with! I chose to go Halloween, because I need to amp up my supply!  Here we go:

This was a really fun sketch to use! At first I was a little intimidated by all the layers, but I pulled out a 6x6 Halloween pad from Echo Park called Spooky and found lots of little patterns and scrapbook elements that were easy to pull together for my card!

To extend the 2x2" squares, I mounted them on a piece of Basic Gray that was die cut with the Iconic Images dies and stamped with a swirly star stamp from CTMH.  Then I fussy cut a couple more images and layered them behind, then added some orange sequins:

Little Delights provided the sentiment and some spooky bats on the inside!

If you like layers, you'll love this sketch! Come show us your layers at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Delights (ret), Swirly Stars (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Gray, Spooky (Echo Park)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Versafine Black
Accessories	Orange Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Bit Shot, Iconic Imagery Dies (ret)

FMS757 Pumpkin Spice Season

Happy Monday to everyone!  I bought the More Than Autumn bundle last year before it retired and I think I've only used it once! And since it's that time of the year, I needed to get it inky:

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

along with some pretty fall prints and gingham (although it's hard to see).  And here's the inside:

I do like pumpkin spice things, as long as they're not TOO sweet--usually pumpkin spice coffee is too cloying for me.  I would eat the whipped cream and cinnamon off the top though--for sure!

All the images are from More Than Autumn; the cup was watercolored with Soft Sea Foam on Basic White cardstock; the printed paper is from Craft Consortium's Little Fawn & Friends, and I don't have a label for the gingham.  The "cinnamon" is from Itty Bitty Backgrounds and everything was mounted on a layer embossed with Honey Bee's Burlap embossing folder.  This will make a fun card in which to enclose a coffee gift card!! 

We went to a local nursing home last week to visit a church friend and we came upon these little guys who were visiting the staff and residents:

They were quite comfy in their little pounches! I can't remember how old the larger one was, but the wee one was six months old! SO soft and adorable.  Dana actually had these folks visit at her nursing home a couple of years ago and she wanted to bring one home!  I am sure Eden (and Wayne) would have put the nix on that! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	More Than Autumn, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic White, Cajun Craze, Little Fawn & Friends (Craft Consortium) Gingham (??)
Ink	Versafine Black, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Beige, Soft Sea Foam, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, More Than Autumn Dies, Burlap Embossing Folder (Honey Bee), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter

PP807 Color Challenge from Jan

Happy Sunday, all!  Hope you're having a great weekend!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess with a fun color challenge this week!  Can you figure out what colors she chose?

So here we go:

I loved this challenge because I haven't used either Azure Afternoon or Granny Apple Green in a long time!  They worked perfectly with this lakeside cabin image I had!!  I stamped it in Stazon Black on a piece of watercolor paper, colored it with reinkers, then diecut it with the Stitched Rectangle die.  I mounted it on a piece of woodgrain paper from Echo Park.  Sentiment was from Simply Said, and I did add a couple of ancient Candy Dots for a wee bit of interest.  This will be going to Dana's half-brother, who is an avid outdoorsman, so he won't care for a fussy card, LOL!

I hope you'll play along with these lovely colors--there are lots of ways these could be used! Check out the DT samples at the Paper Players to get some inspiration, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Lakeside Cabin (Stampscapes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Watercolor, Azure Afternoon, WoodGrain (Echo Park)
Ink	Stazon Black, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter

AYSI383 Autumn Wishes Recipe

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It challenge and it's Recipe time!  Here's my take on our "recipe" for this week:

And here's our prompt:

As you can see, I chose a non-traditional color theme for my pumpkin-y card!  I just love this gingham from Everyday Happiness, so I decided to use an openwork pumpkin from the retired Detailed Pumpkins dies, cutting it from Lost Lagoon cardstock and adhering it to a white background.  That looked a little stark, so I added a Pecan Pie stem and I did a light color wash in the openings of the pumpkin:

I added a diecut "Autumn" in Mossy Meadow, along with some matching leaves, and a sentiment from a sentiment set.  It is stamped in Mossy Meadow too but looks black here!! The final addition was some smoky blue sequins from my stash!  Everything went on a Crumb Cake base.

This recipe has all things that I love and I hope you will love them too! Can't wait to see your card in our As You See It gallery too!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Everyday Happines DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Lost Lagoon Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Detailed Pumpkin Dies (ret), Words For the Season Dies (ret)

52CCT2026-37 Christmas Bunny

Happy Thursday, everyone! Hope you're having a good week so far!  The weather has been fabulous here in PA....enjoying these fall days immensely!  But I am shifting from fall cards to Christmas today!  Here we go:

I am using the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, flipping the sketch so my bunny wasn't looking off the edge of the card!

I am going through my older stamps, and this little bunny is from a Artistic Outpost set called Midwinter,  I stamped him in Smoky Slate, diecut him with a circle die, then created a couple of masks to create a snowy field and sky:

I added a mini sentiment from Simon Says Stamp and a glimmer snowflake, then layered it all on a Cloud Cover mat embossed with a Snowflake Swirls folder.  I also added a mat of Smoky Slate.  A sentiment from W+9 went on the inside:

I know I need to make some Halloween cards, but it was nice to make a calm, soothing Christmas card today!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Midwinter (Artistic Outpost), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp), Pretty Patches:Tree (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Smoky Slate, Masking Paper, White Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Cloud Cover
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Snowman Dies (ret), Snowflake Swirls Embossing Folder (Darice)