AYSI378 Hello Sunshine

 Happy Friday, peeps!  My second post today--time for a new As You See It theme challenge, and it's a happy one:

Summer day mean swimming to me, and I just love this retro bathing suit image from the retired Sunny Splash:

I stamped it in Poppy Parade, added a mat and some diecut elements from Rolling Waves and Splash & Relax, then mounted it on some bright striped paper!  Here's the inside, from Happiest of Birthdays:

Summer means different things to different people, so we hope to see lots of interesting things in the gallery this week!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sunny Splash (ret), Happiest of Birthdays (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Basic Black, Golden Glow, Carnival (Colorbok)
Ink	Poppy Parade, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Splash & Relax Dies

KC831 Watermelon Greetings

Happy Friday, everyone!  The Krafty Chicks Anything Goes challenge has a mood board this week:

I had a stamping class on Wednesday at the retirement community where Dana works, and one of the cards we made fit the watermelon on the mood board perfectly!  Check out mine:

I used a scallop die to cut a panel from the retired Country Gingham DSP.  The watermelon slice was cut using the Everyday Arches dies, using Strawberry Slush, Basic White and Garden Green cardstocks.  I used three hearts from various Paper Pumpkin kits to create the "seeds":

The sentiment is from The Greetery's Laid Back Basics.  I had a couple extra kits left over, so I made another card; I used a different sentiment and I hand-drew the seeds:

We did add a few little sequins for sparkle!  

Here are a few more birthday cards!  From Mollie:

and from Sally:

This pretty one is from Tracy: love those colors:

And this beauty if from Renita:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Laid Back Basics (The Greetery), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Strawberry Slush, Garden Green, Country Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Versafine Black
Accessories	Pink Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Everyday Arches Dies, Stitched Scallop Dies (The Greetery), Black Marker

FMS747 Easy Birthday

Happy Thursday, all! For some reason, this week just seemed to get away from me! How can it be Thursday already?  I have a very quick card today for the FMS sketch; here's the sketch:

I had my Meant for You Ephemera Pack (still) on my desk and there was a sweet little bouquet of balloons on it and I thought I could use that!  I did turn the sketch a quarter turn to make the balloons work!  Here we go:

I happened to find a couple cute little pre-made note cards from Studio G that had a scallop already cut on the edge.  I added some gingham paper to the inside, adhered the balloons, then heat-embossed a "happy" sentiment in gold and stamped the birthday in Strawberry Slush:

Waffle Flower provided the inside sentiment:

Easy peasy!!!  I need to start on my August birthday cards, so this is the first!  And speaking of birthdays, I got some GORGEOUS cards for my own birthday on Tuesday!  Thanks, everyone!  I'll be sharing them in the coming weeks because they're too pretty not to share!  Here are the first few:

This beachy scene is from my Paper Players teammate Christy!

This beauty is from my friend Sandy!  Gorgeous!

And this lovely easel card is from my friend Karen (in Florida)!  The details are delightful!  Thanks, ladies!

And thank you for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiments Inside (Waffle FLower), Sentiments STP-002 (Spellbinders)
Card stock & Papers	Notecard (Studio G), Gingham (unknown), Mix & Match Ephemera
Ink	Gold Encore (ret), Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Gold Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Heat Tool

Pink Poinsettia

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a Christmas card for you today, it fulfillls three challenges:  CAS on Sunday wants flowers; Sunday Stamps has a sketch; and 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants stenciling:

I will admit that there is only a wee bit of stenciling on my card, but it IS there!  So here we go:

I wanted to use a poinsettia on my card, but in a non-traditional color! I already had this Blushing Bride scalloped piece diecut in my stash, so I pulled out some Barely Blush cardstock, which coordinates with it nicely, and diecut some poinsettia petals, along with the leaves (Soft Sea Foam) and a center (Lemon Lolly).  I sponged the edges and crimped the petals (remember your CRIMPER?) before assembling on to the scalloped piece, on which I stenciled a few polka dots with an Echo Park stencil and a blending brush:

My outside sentiment was from Simon Says Stamp, stamped and diecut into a little banner tag:

And the inside sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.  I don't use Very Vanilla too often, so it was a nice change from the white!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp), The Very Best Gift (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Barely Blush, Soft Sea Foam, Lemon Lolly, Blushing Bride (ret)
Ink	Barely Blush, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals, Very Vanilla Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Poinsettia Die (Shady Lane Impressions), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Blending Brushes, Baby Love Stencil (Echo Park), Crimper (ret)

AHSC692 Brighten up My Day

Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

I had an idea in my head which didn't quite turn out the way I'd hoped, but after spending time and energy on it, I just went with it!  Here we go:

After creating some layers with Perfect Pine, Bubble Bath and some florals from Craft Consortium's Bloom & Wild, I heat-embossed some butterflies from Sketched Butterflies on vellum, then colored them on the back with a Blend.  I did add a pink pearl for an embellishment.  Here's a better close-up so you can see the embossing:

Here's the inside:

 I hope you'll find some inspiration from our sketch and play along with us this week! You can find all the details on our Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sketched Butterflies (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath, Peaceful Pine, Vellum (ret), Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Versamark, Pretty in Pink, Bubble Bath, Peaceful Pine
Accessories	Pink Pearls (my stash), Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Sketched Butterflies Dies (ret), Heat Tool

PP796 A Sketch from Christy

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Christy has an awesome Paper Players sketch for us this week---it's got THREE elements!  Yippee!  Here we go:

I needed a birthday card for my brother-in-law, who has traveled all over the world as a pilot.  I hit upon an awesome yard sale last week with my sister and got several retired SU stamps (like I need more!) incuding one called Papa's Pocket, so I put it to use! Here we go:

I began by stamping three of the images in Versafine ink on Crumb Cake cardstock, then overstamping them with the retired Sanded background stamp.  I colored them in with markers. My images were just a wee bit too big to go side by side, so I overlapped them a bit after diecutting them with a stitched die:

Everything went on a piece of map DSP, and I stamped a sentiment from Label Me Bold above the images.  For the popped-up element, I stamped an image from Papertrey's Postmark and fussy-cut it out.  It all went on a Lost Lagoon card base.  Here's the inside:

I really love this sketch and I am going to save it for future use! So many possibilities! I hope you'll play along with it this week too!  Share it with us at the Players for sure!  Thanks for visiting today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Papa's Pocket (ret), Sanded (ret), Label Me Bold (ret), Postmark (Papertrey), Handmade Essentials (Scrapbook.com)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, The Collector (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Versafine Black, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Rounded Stitched Dies (Impression Obsession)

FMS746 You Make My Heart Smile

Happy Thursday, all!  The FMS sketch is a fun one this week...haven't used this type of sketch for a while and it gave me a chance to use some new goodies!  Here's the sketch:

I got a package of Meant for You Mix and Match Ephemera, which are nice and thick and even have adhesive on the back!   I chose a pretty little bouquet of flowers and matched it with some new Barely Blush Gingham DSP:

My Barely Blush card is 4 1/4" square, and I added the gingham, then a couple of diecut circles, then adhered my little bouquet.  You just have to make sure you don't place the circles any higher than 

5 1/2", so it will still fit in a standard-sized envelope!

I used a Taylored Expressions stitched strip die to cut a scrap of Lost Lagoon, then stamped a sentiment from Layers of Beauty in Misty Moonlight ink and added some pearls; I added a few pearls among the flowers in the bouquet too!  I left the inside blank and will add a sentiment when necessary!

These ephemera packs are loaded with fun images and make for a quick card or scrapbook page!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Barely Blush, In Color Gingham DSP, Meant for You Mix & Match Ephemera
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Pearls
Tools	Big Shot, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Stitched Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions)