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)

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)