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)
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)

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)