AHSC682 Poinsettia Greetings

Happy Monday, everyone!  Although it doesn't feel much like Christmas weather here in PA, I am using this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch for a decidedly festive card!  Here's the sketch:

What a lovely sketch, full of wonderful layers!  So here we go:

I usually don't go in for lots of diecuts on my cards, but today I embraced my Big Shot, dies and cardstocks and layered them on thick!  I diecut several poinsettias in Real Red cardstock, then shaded them with Cherry Cobbler ink and gave them some gold glimmer centers:

A few different papers from my stash formed the other layers, and I used some white glimmer paper to create the diecut sentiments and foliage.  A sentiment from Wrapped in Christmas went on the inside:

I love poinsettias at Christmas; they remind me of holidays at my grandfather's florist shop where my mom would always get one for my teachers!  Luckily, these poinsettias don't need watering or a dark closet, LOL!  I hope you'll find some inspiration from our sketch and play along with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  Thanks for visiting--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Garden Green, White GLimmer (ret), Tidings of Christmas (ret), Mad 4 Plaid (Photo Play)
Ink	Real Red, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Glimmer Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Dies (ret), Poinsettia Dies (Shady Lane Impressions), Timeless Arrangements Dies (ret), Season of Cheer Dies (Concord & 9th), Sponge Daubers

PP786 CAS Challenge from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess this week with a fun Clean and Simple challenge:

Yum!  There are a myriad of choices with this challenge! Just remember to keep it clean and simple--minimal layers, images and stamps!  I put my new Made With Sweetness dies to work, using the peach die along with the Mini Alphabet dies as well:

I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Pumpkin Pie cardstocks to create my peach slice, adding a little white craft ink to the Pumpkin Pie piece to soften it up a bit.  The tag was cut from some retired Crisp Cantaloupe DSP and a piece of vellum, tied with some Crisp Cantaloupe ribbon.  I shaded the alphabet letters with a Blend to give them a little depth.

I added a sentiment from the retired Sunny Sentiments set:

And I am going to enter this into the TGIF challenge, which is thank you cards:

We can't wait to see what food you will add to your clean and simple card!  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sunny Sentiments (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pumpkin Pie, Crisp Cantaloupe DSP (ret), Vellum (ret)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Crisp Cantaloupe Ribbon, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Made With Sweetness Dies, Mini Alphabet Dies, Tailor Made Tag Dies (ret), Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Blends

Stenciled Merry & Bright

 Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have some fun plans for the weekend.  We may finally see some nicer temps and sunshine!  I have a Christmas card today that fulfills two challenges;  the Krafty Chicks want Christmas, and Just Us Girls, where they want flowers:

I recently got a new stencil and die from Spellbinders called Christmas Florals.  This was my first attempt at using it, so it's not perfect but I can see lots of possibilities with it!  Here we go:

I pretty much followed the picture on the package, LOL...next time I might use some other colors!  After diecutting it, I mounted it on a brick-embossed backbround piece and added the Strawberry Slush sentiment, which also comes with the set:

A sentiment from the retired Peaceful Season went on the inside:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Strawberry Slush
Ink	Blueberry Bushel, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Timid Tiger, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue, Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Christmas Florals Dies, Christmas Florals Stencil, Blending Brushes, Brick Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

FMS736 Hydrangea Hello

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I pulled out some old and new products for today's card!  It's for the FMS sketch challenge from Verena :

I love SU's new Hydrangea Hue---I am a big blue fan, and this is a lovely shade!  I also used the new Lazy Daisy embossing folder, some new Bloom Boutique papers and some old Pierced Blooms dies:

It's hard to see, but there are gold accents on the printed paper, so I added a gold foil strip, diecut with a stitched strip die, along with some gold leaves and little gold pearls.  I heat-embossed a sentiment from Prayers & Promises in gold as well:

Love all the flowers--what a cheerful card!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Prayers and Promises
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gold Foil, Hydrangea Hue, Bloom Boutique DSP
Ink	Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Gold Pearls (ret), Dimensionals, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Stitched Strips Dies 1/4" & 1/2" (Taylored Expressions), Heat Tool

CASC&S585 Sending Love

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  A very quick card today for the the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch, which is here:

I have been playing with the Product of the Month from a month or so ago called Notes of Spring; I paired it with some Craft Consortium papers and a sentiment from Prayers and Promises:

I cut the printed paper with the Stitched Rectangle die and added a Gray Granite mat.  The deer outline was also stamped in Gray Granite and the inner portion was Crumb Cake:

I added a stitched strip of white for the diagonal portion so as not to detract from the pretty papers.  Here's the inside:

I love these neutral colors! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes of Spring, Prayers & Promises
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gray Granite, Little Fawn & Friends (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Gray Granite
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Strips (Taylored Expressions)

Pastel Cookie Christmas

Happy Tuesday, all! I am steadily working on Christmas cards, how about you?  I was intrigued by the colors of pink, blue and gray in the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge this week, but when I saw the Peace on Earth Christmas challenge, I had an idea!!  Here's their prompts:

I took my inspiration from the little snow village in the lower left; I remembered a fun embossing folder I got last year, so I pulled it out and went to work:

As sometimes happens, the idea in my head doesn't quite transfer to the actual card, but after investing time in it, I just accepted it, LOL!  I embossed a piece of watercolor paper with the Christmas Cookie embossing folder, then lightly gave the raised areas a wash of Pretty in Pink, Balmy Blue and Smoky Slate.  I added a wee little sentiment and some skinny silver ribbon from my stash (which will probably never run out, LOL!), then mounted it on a piece of Pink Pirouette and a gray card from my local stamp store:

I did add some glittery accents and a sentiment on the inside:

Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Sentiment (ret), Mini Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Watercolor, Basic White, Pink Pirouette (ret), Gray Misc
Ink	Balmy Blue, Pretty in Pink, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Narrow Ribbon (ret), Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, 7/8" Scallop Punch (ret), 1" Circle Punch (ret), Christmas Cookies Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp), Aquapainter, WInk of Stella

AHSC681 So Sweet

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a nice weekend!  Our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week is a lovely basic sketch that I know you'll like!  Here we go:

I used some diecuts I was playing around with to make my cheerful card today!

I just got the Made With Sweetness dies, so I cut out three citrus wedges in yellow, green and orange--so fun!  I mounted them on a panel I had already diecut using the Eyelet Blooms die and added some DSPs in matching colors.  The sentiment is from an older SU set called Storybook Friends:

I left the inside blank and I'll add a sentiment when I send it out!  

I hope you'll play with our versatile sketch this week! You'll be able to see ALL the DT creations on Wednesday, but feel free to play along now!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Storybook Friends (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Timid Tiger, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, DSPs in Pumpkin Pie & Daffodil Delight (ret)
Ink	Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Green & White Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Made With Sweetness Dies, Eyelet Blooms Die, Ornate Layers Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)