Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Sweet Little Altoid Box

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Yesterday I resurrected an Altoids box that had been floating around my craft room after seeing this sweet card by my friend Lisa. I remembered that I had some of those Mintay papers, and like so many of the 6x6 pads I get, there are scrapbooking elements on some of the pages, which I never use. I thought it would be fun to incorporate them into a little vignette within my Altoids box.  The designs are both whimsical and elegant, and you'll see what I mean.  Here's the front:


All the papers and elements are from the Merry Little Christmas line by Mintay.  I used the Iconic Imagery die to cut out the snowflake paper for the front of the tin, then fussy cut the deer and that fierce-looking cardinal from the scrapbooking elements of the pad.  I did add a couple of diecut snowflakes as well.  Sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs, Mini Tag Sentiments.  Here's the back:


This time, I stamped a sentiment from Jolly Christmas by CC Designs and used the Nested Essential dies to cut it out.  And here's the inside; these papers are from the same pad but definitely have a more elegant feel:


I simply trimmed the papers to fit the inside, popping up the one on the right.  The left design is all one paper, the only addition is the sentiment (Tiny Words Christmas, from Simon Says Stamp), stamped on a scrap of the paper in Soft Succulent.  The right design has the flowers fussy-cut and popped up; same set for the sentiment.  Here are some closeups:



I did add a few glimmer paper leaves using the Timeless Arrangements dies and some retired glimmer paper, as well as a big silver wire bow.  A piece of retired Blushing Bride ribbon went around the outside, adhered with some Tear n' Tape:


This was loads of fun to make! I am going to enter this is the Inspire.Create challenge this week, which is "Anything But a Card" as well as the Peace on Earth challenge:



Thank you so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!






Monday, December 2, 2024

AHSC606 Warm Wishes

Happy Monday, peeps! The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was a challenging one for me this week, for sure!  Here we go:


And here we go:


I admit that I think I have Christmas card burnout---nothing that I was coming up with was working with this sketch!  I finally came up with this one, and even on this one, I didn't position the vertical strips quite the way I wanted!  Anyway, I used an older CTMH stamp set, stamping the sleigh and snowflakes in Misty Moonlight, then adding some Dazzling Diamonds glitter around the perimeter:


I did make a second one, using scraps from a Christmas paper pack, and tags from The Greetery:


I can't wait to see what everyone else creates with this sketch!  Check it out over at AHSC and share yours with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Wonderland (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Welcome Winter (Carta Bella)
 Ink Misty Moonlight
Accessories Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (ret)
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Tear Strip Tags (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Real Red, Evening Evergreen (ret), Home for Christmas (Violet Studio)
 Ink Real Red
Accessories Dimensionals, Silver Festive Pearls, Red, Green & Silver Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Tear Strip Tags Dies (The Greetery)

Sunday, December 1, 2024

PP718 Peaceful Deer

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Wow, happy December...that month flew by!  It's my turn to be the hostess over at the Paper Players this week, and the theme I've chosen is "Be a Deer"---add a deer to your project!

It wasn't my plan to be so literal in my interpretation of the sketch, but I had a piece of Winter Meadow on my desk and I liked how it looked like a wintery sky, so I went with it!  Here we go:


I have several deer dies, but I hadn't used this Papertrey one for a while; I diecut it in white and stamped the antlers and legs in Misty Moonlight ink:


I placed him on a stitched hill then added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp along with some of the "greenery" from the same PTI set:


The background looked a little bare, so I added some glimmer stars, a couple of rhinestones and a few Poppystamps Whittle trees!  The inside sentiment is from CC Designs called Fanciful Christmas:


While I had the die out, I decided to make a second card since I just got a die I had been wanting for a long time (Michele is such an enabler!):


This time I stamped my deer in Pecan Pie on some Kraft cardstock, then added the background DSP, the double scalloped borders and a sentiment from Hope & Peace.  I am sure you'll be seeing a bit more of this fun die!  And we hope to see YOU in the Paper Players gallery, showing off your deer!  It doesn't have to be Christmas; deer are great for masculine cards, baby cards, anything!  Can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for visiting today!

The last of my "smalls"!  Now I have some bigger projects to frame or finish somehow....more work, more money, LOL!




 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Deer to Me (Papertrey), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp), Fanciful Christmas (CC Designs)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Winter Meadows DSP, White Glimmer (ret)
 Ink Misty Moonlight
Accessories Silver Cord (ret), Dimensionals
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), Tree Dies (Poppy Whittles), Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Star Dies (Taylored Expressions), Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Hope & Peace (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Kraft (ret), Home for Christmas (Violet Studio)
 Ink Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories Dimensionals
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Double Frames Dies (Penny Black)

Friday, November 29, 2024

FMS664 Welcome Baby

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you had a fine Thanksgiving, if you're in the US! We'll be decorating our church this morning for Advent, so this will be quick! 

Our neighbor's son (who is also our neighbor) and his wife just had their first baby, so I used the FMS sketch to make them a card.  Here's the sketch:

Of course, since there were three panels, I just had to play along!  Here we go:


I looked through my stash of retired DSP and picked out some pastel patterns for the vertical panels, and I pulled out an oldie but goodie teddy bear from Every Little Bit:


Another oldie, And Many More, provided the sentiment!


Cute sketch for a cute little baby!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!


Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps And Many More (ret), Every Little Bit (ret)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Pistachio Pudding (ret), DSPs in Pool Party, Daffodil Delight and Blushing Bride (all ret)
 Ink Memento Black
Accessories Dimensionals, Crinkled White Ribbon
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Layering Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Blends

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

52CCT24-44 Ribboned Santa

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Are you all ready for the big day tomorrow?  Ours will be low-key!  I am going to make Cornish hens....hopefully they'll turn out okay, I've never made them before!

My card today is for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, which wants to see some ribbon on our cards! 

I have TONS of ribbon and don't use it as much as I should!  I did find some glittery burlap ribbon in my stash which I thought had a nice country feel to it, so I decided to use that along with another image from the North Pole Trading Company stamp set I still had on my desk.  So here we go:


This time, I colored in my Santa with some Blends.  He looks a little stark against the burlap and dark green, perhaps I should have used Very Vanilla cardstock, LOL!  Anyway, I thought the ribbon would adhere with some Tear 'n Tape, but it didn't, so I made the mistake of using liquid glue, which seeped through a little bit.  Oops.  After it dried, I added a red glimmer brad to the top of the Santa ornament, which matched nicely with the glittery snowflakes on the ribbon:


Both my inside and outside sentiments are from an older CTMH set called Santa Claus:


Maybe not the best card I've made but it has country holiday vibe to it that I like anyway!  Thanks for visiting today!

Now that all my stamp classes are done for the year, I've been concentrating on finishing the cross stitch projects I was working on during 2024!  Here are just two of them...they call them "smalls" in the cross stitch world!


They're about 4-5" across, stitched on linen, and stuffed with polyfill; I'll put them all in a little basket when I start to decorate!



Enjoy your day and be blessed!


Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Santa Claus (Close to My Heart), North Pole Trading Co (Photo Play)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Crumb Cake, Christmas Salutations (Echo Park)
 Ink Memento Black, Real Red
Accessories Dimensionals, Glitter Brad (ret), Glittery Burlap Ribbon (unknown)
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Blends

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

AHSC605 Warm Wishes

Happy Tuesday, all!  My card today uses the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, as well as the AAA CAS Christmas challenge:


I pulled out a set from Photo Play that I got several years ago and have hardly used:


I heat embossed the ornament in gold, then watercolored it with Poppy Parade ink; in hindsight, I wish I had used Blends or Copics.  I added some greenery in Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen, along with a wee little sentiment and some speckles of gold.  The gold vertical piece was some gold Shimmer Trim from CTMH...I miss that stuff!  The final addition was a gold diecut bow:


I added a Greetings of the Season sentiment, along with a little left-over piece of greenery, on the inside:


I hope you'll play along with our pretty sketch this week!  Tomorrow you can see ALL the DT submissions, and I am sure you'll get lots of inspiration at the AHSC blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!




Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps Greetings of the Season, North Pole Trading Co (Photo Play), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers     Basic White, Soft Succulent (ret), Gold Glimmer (ret)
 Ink Encore Gold (ret), Poppy Parade, Evening Evergreen (ret)
Accessories Gold Shimmer Tape (CTMH), Dimenisonals, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools     Cut & Emboss Machine, North Pole Trading Co Dies (Photo Play), Heat Tool, Aquapainter