PP811 Color Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, all!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Joanne has a color palette for us that really said "Christmas" to me and probably will to you, too!  Here's my card, using the retired Toile Christmas stamp:

 

And here's her prompt:

I stamped Mr Cardinal in Versafine Black and Real Red inks, then added some Tim Holtz holly in  long-retired Handsome Hunter (remember THAT color?).  I diecut the cardinal out with the Christmas Cardinal dies, and added some gold swirls from the same dies:

Some holly-printed DSP created the background, I also stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment on the front with gold ink and embossing powder, and added three gold pearls to the corner.  The berries are from Iconic Imagery.  A Simon Says Stamp sentiment went on the inside, along with an extra set of berries:

I must say that the Design Team outdid themselves with these colors!  I hope you'll go check them out at the Paper Players blog, and use these colors as an excuse to start your holiday stamping, if you haven't already!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Toile Christmas (ret), Iconic Imagery, Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shimmery White (ret), Painted Christmas DSP (ret), Gold Shimmer from my stash, Handsome Hunter (Ret)
Ink	Real Red, Versafine Black, Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Festive Pearls, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Christmas Cardinals Dies (ret), Iconic Imagery Dies (ret), Foliage Dies (Tim Holtz), Heat Tool, Aquapainter

AYSI385 Speedy Greens

Happy Friday, all! Time for a new challenge at As You See It, and it's the "challenging" SPEED challenge!  So for those who aren't familiar with our challenge, we want to see what you can come up with in ten minutes or less!  You can have all your supplies ready to go, then set the timer and GO!  Here's the CAS card I came up with....can you figure out what our theme is?

It's not trees....but it IS "Shades of Green"! 

I used some of the many tree stamps in my collection, along with three different shades of green!  I first stamped a large tree from Unity in Mossy Meadow.  I then created a mask of a snowy hill and stamped the other trees in Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam and Mossy Meadow (stamped off):

This pretty sentiment is an oldie from a retired Artistic Outpost stamp; a snowflake from the Unity set was stamped over it in Soft Sea Foam:

And I think this must be a new record for me, timewise:

I did have all my stamps, paper and ink ready to go, so it went quickly! I could have added some sequins or glitter, but I just let it go as an uber-CAS card!

I hope you'll challenge yourself and do our Speed Stamping challenge this week!  Just be sure to tell us your time when you post your card at As You See It!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rooted in Nature (ret), Evergreen Holiday (Cornish Heritage Farms), Pines of Endearment (Unity), Midwinter (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Garden Green, Basic White
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam
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FMS761 Hope & Joy

Happy Thursday, peeps! Another Christmas card, since I already had this little paper pad from Scrapbook.com still on my desk!  Here we go:

I loosely used the sketch from FMS:

The scenery on these papers is so cute....and all the color coordinate with each other! Not sure what to call this pinky-gray color, but it's pretty.  I just love this wee tiny little snowman:

I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp on a skinny banner as well as some glittery snowflakes.  Another sentiment from SSS went on the inside:

So happy you popped in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Glimmer White (ret), Christmas (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Every Day Arches Dies, Snowman Dies (ret), Stitched Snowflakes Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Season's Greetings Reindeer

Happy Wednesday, all! Ramping up on my Christmas cards, although I do have a good supply already, I always love making them anyway!  The Retro Rubber gals have a nice sketch this week, and the CAS Christmas challenge is "Reindeer":

I found a reindeer stamp from 2011 that I honestly don't think I've ever used before!  It's made by Market Street Stamps, and it's called Prancer:

I stamped him in Smoky Slate and added a sentiment from W+9 called Pretty Patches: Tree (2012), stamped in Real Red, and gave him a red pearl nose!  The background papers are from Scrapbook.com's Winter collection; the diagonal panel was diecut with  dies from Kristina's Finishing Touches. 

 Here's the inside, which is also from W+9:

Hope it's CAS enough!  I love the gray and red, such a nice color combination!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Prancer (2011, The Stamp Market), Pretty Patches:Tree (2012, W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Winter (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Real Red
Accessories	Festive Pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	BIg Shot, Oval Nestabilities, Kristina's Finishing Touches Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AHSC706 Birthday Wishes

Hello stampers! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch!  This is a great one if you like layers! Here's my take on it:

And here's the sketch:

I don't usually go "literal" for sketch ideas, but as soon as I saw this one, I knew I wanted to use some elements from the retired Wildflower Birthday DSP!  I used the striped paper as a background, then used the cake and balloons as my main elements. I added a strip in Pretty in Pink glimmer paper, and  the sentiment, stamped in Pretty in Pink, is from Little Delights:

I did add a wee little candle using the Charming Sentiments die to pop on top!  I stamped the inside with a sentiment from The Right Words:

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  It's always fun to see how people interpret it! Share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for visiting; enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Delights (ret), The Right Words (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Gold Foil, Wildflower Birthday DSP (ret), Pretty in Pink Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, 1/2" Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Charming Sentiments Dies (ret)

PP810 Theme Challenge from Claire

Happy Sunday, peeps! Happy November!  Phew, the year is almost over!  Did you enjoy your extra hour of sleep today?!  Claire is our Paper Players hostess this week with a FUN theme challenge!  I took advantage of it to use up some retired designer papers and stamps! Here we go:

And here's our prompt--PLAID!!!:

I love plaids!  I used the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments for my layout:

and gathered up some plaid papers from Timeless Plaid, along with some images from the retired Sailing Home:

My sailboat is stamped in Lost Lagoon and colored with Basic Beige, and the compass is also Basic Beige.  Sentiment is from Poppy Whittles.  John has a power boat now instead of a sailboat, but this will probably be his birthday card for his big day coming up in a couple of week!

SO....there are so many ways to use plaid, it was hard to come up with just one idea! What's your idea for plaids?  I hope you'll share your creation with us at the Paper Players this week!  Can't wait to see it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home (ret), Poppy Whittles Sayings (Poppystamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Lost Lagoon, Timeless Plaids DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Lost Lagoon, Basic Beige
Accessories	Dimensionals, Candy Dot (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Smooth Sailing Dies (ret), Circles Dies (ret), Scalloped Rectangle Dies (Nestabilities)

CAS on Sunday 346 Autumn Get Well

Hello, all!  Happy last day of October, Happy Halloween!  I couldn't let the month go by without using one of my favorite fall embossing folders!  Here we go:

I used the same mottled green DSP that I used on this card, only this time I embossed it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and lightly swiped a Mossy Meadow ink pad over the raised portions.  I already had this Pumpkin Pie diecut leaf sitting on my desk left over from another project, and since I needed a get-well card for a lady from my church, I stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes, punching it out with the Word Window punch, and it was done.

The challenge at CAS on Sunday is to use an embossed background; I hope this one is okay since it's not white or vanilla, but it definitely is CAS and was quick to throw together!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Floral Charm DSP (ret)
Ink	Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Autumn Blessings Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Stitched Leaf Die (Lawn Fawn), Word Window Punch (ret)