AHSC689 Home Sweet Home

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a wonderful July 4th weekend!  It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch, here we go:

I rarely make slimline cards, so this was a bit of a challenge! However, I had just gotten the retiring Hobby Haven DSP, along with their scrapping elements, so I embraced them and went to work:

Sorry the photo is not too good!  Anyway, my card is 3 1/2" x 8", so it will fit in a business envelope.  I embossed two panels and matched them together to create one long panel using Penny Black's Dots & Dashes embossing folder for my mat.  I then diecut four different DSP patterns using the Perennial Postage dies and layered them on top.  Finally, I added the scrapbooking elements, all featuring things from home:

My sentiment was a combination of two sets, one from Unity and one from Colorado Craft, stamped in Pecan Pie ink and just cut into sections.  Finally, I added some sequins from my stash.  I left the inside blank, and I'll put a sentiment when I decide the occasion!  I just love these fun little images!

I hope you'll be inspired to try a slimline card--it does give one a wee bit more room to play, and although I usually like things in threes, having four panels to decorate is fun as well!  Check out what the DT created at Atlantic Hearts on Wednesday, but you can play along right now!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Home Sweet Home (Colorado Craft), Love & Good Vibes (Unity March 2026 Kit of the Month)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hobby Haven DSP, A Little Latte DSP (ret), Pecan Pie DSP (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Perennial Postage Dies, Dots & Dashes Embossing Folder (Penny Black)

PP793 Theme from Ann

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Hope your July 4th celebrations are going well!  Ann is our hostess at the Paper Players this week and she has a fun theme:

It was serendipitous that I had made this card for John for Father's Day, but it fit the theme perfectly---and it is in patriotic colors to boot:

I recently got this cute little die from Cottage Cutz, so I cut it out in three colors, did a little snipping and gluing, then mounted it on an embossed circle I already had in my stash:

The sentiment is from Papertrey; I mounted everything on a red, white & blue plaid panel and it was done! 

I hope you'll find some inspiration with our challenge this week, and share some "lovely" cards with us at the Paper Players!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Treats Valentine (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Misc DSP
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Sailboat Dies (Cottage Cutz), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Happy Birthday USA!

Happy Saturday, everyone! And happy July 4th to everyone in the USA! 250 years--amazing!  Here are a few lovely cards I received in the mail for our red, white & blue holiday!

This amazing shaker card is from my clever friend Karen:

I never thought to use beads for a shaker card (duh), but I might have to give it a try!  The next card is from my friend Teri:

I love the vintage look---even the envelope was amazing!

And this great card is from my friend Wendy! She always makes the best patriotic cards!

And last, but not least, this beauty from Michele!

I hope your holiday is blessed as we celebrate!!

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!"  Psalm 33:12

AYSI376 My Favorite Embossing Folder

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It Challenge!  This one is a fill-in-the-blank:

Hah!  First of all, there is NO WAY I could pick out just ONE favorite embossing folder! I checked my Excel spreadsheet and I have about 135 embossing folders!!  I know---a wee bit embarassing, but I have been "collecting" them for over 20 years!!  So I just picked out one that I got recently and it's so pretty for Christmas cards!  So here we go:

This folder is called Starry Snowfall, and it's from Spellbinders.  Some of the newer EFs are really large, which is great for classes because I can emboss a full half-sheet of cardstock at once, so it saves me a lot of time!  I added a sweet little image from Unity's Holly Jolly Holiday inside a cutout of the embossed piece.  I was not getting the look I was happy with by just stamping the image on Crumb Cake cardstock, so I tried heat embossing it and adding some shading and that was much better: 

I added a little twine bow, then a sentiment from SU's retired Wishing You Joy on the inside, since I already had it on my desk from yesterday, along with some little extras from Unity's Winter Foliage:

I am also entering this at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, where they are looking for embossing folders as well!  

I do think embossing folders are an amazing addition to one's crafting supplies! Such an easy way to add impressive texture and interest to your creations!  Whenever I show a card to my brother (the engineer), he is always amazed by embossing and diecutting!  So I hope you'll pull out your favorite embossing folder, (even if you can't REALLY decide on a favorite), and show us what you can do with it!  Check out what the other DT members at As You See It did too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy (ret), Holly Jolly Holiday (Unity), Winter Foliage (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Ink	Versamark, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Baker's Twine, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Heat Tool, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Aquapainter, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

FMS 743 Sending You Cheer

Happy Thursday, peeps! I am making Christmas cards to keep me cool, LOL!  The FMS sketch was a challenging, but interesting one:

SO many choices for this sketch! I did a little sorting and purging yesterday in my craft room and found these papers from last Christmas and I had some scraps that I thought would work!  Here we go:

All the papers are from the Christmas Tags & More Mix & Match package; I added an embossed background, and I trimmed off the ornament holder, punched out the ornament, then glued it on again and added a twine bow:

I like how the embossing mimics the mistletoe berries!!!  Unintentional, but it works!  Another card for my stash!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Christmas Tags & More Mix & Match (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Fun in the Sun

Happy Tuesday, all!  We are gearing up for the heat here in SE PA, and I know it has been hot, hot, hot across the pond as well!  Looking forward to spending some time on the boat soon! And what could be better than a summery card using some bright colors and a fun sketch!  The colors are from Inspire.Create, and the sketch is from Sunday Stamps:

I pulled out an older surfboard stamp as well as some new Online Exclusive stamps for my card today:

I stamped the surfboards (they look like rockets to me, LOL!) on some pink and yellow DSP and fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a panel embossed with the Seaside embossing folder.  I rather liked the backside of the embossed piece, so I used that!  I added a sentiment from Splash & Relax, as well as  some shells and starfish from Rolling Waves.  I found a little shell sequin from Whale of a Time--so cute!

Everything went on a Pumpkin Pie card base, and I stamped sentiments from Rolling Waves and Splash & Relax on the inside as well:

My July birthday cards are all ready to mail out, so some August birthday recipient will be getting this one!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rolling Waves, Splash & Relax, Summer Surfboards (Pretty Pink Posh)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie DSP (ret), Daffodil Delight DSP (ret), Melon Mambo DSP (ret), Toadstool Gardens DSP (ret)
Ink	Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Whale of a Tale Sequins (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Seaside Embossing Folder (ret), Rounded Rectangle Dies (Impression Obsession), Blend

AHSC688 Happy 4th of July

Happy Monday, peeps!  The 4th of July is coming up, so I thought I'd use this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch to make a patriotic card!  Here's the sketch:

My base is Basic Beige, and the background stamp from Honey Bee was stamped in Night of Navy:

The Every Day Arches panel was stamped with fireworks in Night of Navy and Cherry Cobbler, all from Waltzingmouse Stamps, as is the sentiment.  The stars are dies from Paper Rose, and the horizontal strip was diecut with a star strip from the retired Mini Treat Bag dies, backed with white glimmer paper.  I diecut more stars and sprinkled them among the fireworks:

I added some rhinestones for sparkle too!  The inside was a stamp from Technique Tuesday, and I added a few stars there too!

I know this is a bit unusual for the sketch, but what a sketch is for....a starting place! I hope you'll play along too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Land of the Free (Honeybee Stamps), Vintage Summer (Technique Tuesday), USA 1776 (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler
Ink	Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Rhinestones
Tools	Big Shot, Every Day Arches Dies, Mini Treat Bag Dies (ret), Stitched Stars Dies (Paper Rose), Blending Brush