AHSC673 Floral Charm

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a nice weekend!  It's time for another wonderful sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

                                                       

I wanted to revisit some of the lovely DSPs that've been in the main catalog, Floral Charm and Country Woods.  They tend to get neglected when the mini catalogs come out, right?  I guess that's why SU is going to be having three catalogs a year going forward!  More fun stuff to look at!  Anyway, I did some layering of these pretty papers; added a Basic White panel embossed with the Exposed Brick EF and some lovely ribbon and pearls:

I simply diecut one of the florals from the DSP and added a Mossy Meadow mat.  I sponged white ink around the edges of the Mossy Meadow to give it a softer look!  The sentiment is from the new Rolling Waves....I've used the sentiments several times and still haven't gotten to use the dies yet!  Hopefully soon!  I diecut it with the Textured Notes dies and added a little flag on each end from the Stylish Shapes dies:

And another sentiment from Rolling Waves went on the inside, stamped in Misty Moonlight:

I hope you'll find this sketch perfect for your crafting!  We hope you'll come along and create something, then share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts sketch blog!  See you there!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rolling Waves
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Mossy Meadow, Country Woods DSP, Floral Charm DSP
Ink	CLoud Cover, Misty Moonlight, Craft White
Accessories	Festive Pearls, Dimensionals, Faux Linen Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Textured Shapes Dies, Sponge Dauber

PP777 CAS Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, all!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week with a timely, fun Clean-and-Simple challenge: 

There are always lots of options for florals, right?!  For my card, I also chose to use the color challenge from Retro Rubber as well:

So here we go:

I am really trying to use some of my older stamps; these florals happen to come from a Paper Pumpkin kit; I would say it's at least five or six years old, perhaps older, because I haven't done Paper Pumpkin for a while!  I stamped the flowers and leaves on a piece of Basic White cardstock and watercolored them with Bubble Bank, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green and Mossy Meadow inks.  I then fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a Bubble Bath frame on top of a Basic White card base.

 I also diecut a little cross-stitch pattern around the edge of the card--still keeps it clean and simple, but adds some interest!  Finally my sentiment is from Suite Sayings (2016), stamped in Strawberry Slush.  It is always fun to use some older stuff!  

I hope you'll play with our challenge this week!  Remember to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE--minimal stamps, layers and embellishments!  Share it with us over at the blog!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Suite Sayings (2016), Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine Black, Bubble Bath, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Aquapainter

AYSI368 Happy Easter

 Hello again, peeps! Another post today, because it's As You See It time!  This week we have a lovely sketch:

Because I was really short on time, I let the papers from SU's Easter Joy do all the heavy lifting on my card:

I used a full 4"x6" panel from one of the sheets, diecut a striped egg from another and added a banner sentiment from the retired Easter Friends.  My little bunny is actually diecut from velveteen paper--so soft and fuzzy! Isn't he cute, hopping along?

And a sweet little sentiment on the inside:

I hope you'll find something in your array of stamping supplies to use on our sketch this week!  We can't wait to see what you create! See what the Design Team did with it as well, at the As You See It blog! Thanks for visiting again today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Friends (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Easter Joy DSP, Velvet Paper (ret)
Ink	Balmy Blue
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Winter Elements Dies (Sissix)

FMS727 Pink Butterflies

Happy Friday, peeps! What a crazy day we had yesterday; we lost our electricity yesterday morning after several hours of flickering lights---crazy flickering, like strobe lights!  It triggered our GFI outlets, so we thought our refrigerator died, but blessedly John remembered the GFI.  Same thing happened when we went to make coffee....again, the GFI!!!  It took several hours for the electric company to come to make the repair (a transformer) but they had it fixed in minutes!  We went from 80 degree temps one day to snow and 30 degree temps the next!  Then the sun came out and melted it all!  March has been crazy!  I did finally get a few minutes to make a card for my college roommate, who fell and broke her ankle!  I already had the pieces on my desk for another project, so it came together fairly quickly.  I used the FMS sketch:

and here we go:

I embossed the Bubble Bath panel with an embossing folder called Butterfly Burst, then added a stitched frame, a stitched and embossed arch, and some pretty diecut butterflies.  The Bubble Bath shimmer cardstock is pretty in real life, but it's a challenge to see the shimmer here! Plus I wish it matched a little better. Oh well.

A sentiment from the retired Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped in Pretty in Pink, and I stamped an encouraging get well message on the inside:

Getting ready for a card class tomorrow, so I'm outta here! Thanks for popping in; enjoy your day and be blessed! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Get Well Soon (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath, Bubble Bath Shimmer
Ink	Pretty in Pink, Versafine Black
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machione, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Sketched Butterfly Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dots EF (ret), Butterfly Burst EF (Simon Says Stamp), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Masculine Tag Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have a fun birthday card I made for our nephew; it's always a challenge for me to make masculine cards, but I recently got a fun Tim Holtz die, so I pulled out some cardstock, printed paper and went to work:

I diecut a piece of Early Espresso with the die, then backed it with a stripey piece of some scrap DSP from my stash.  Of course, after I adhered the background paper, I decided to stamp the front with some script from Elements of Text in the same color.  I cut a tag with a die I've had for years and don't think I ever used, then stamped a birthday sentiment on it, and added a diecut star and some fun twine.

A simple sentiment went on the inside.  I can't wait to play with these dies some more!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Elements of Text (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crunb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard (ret), Scrap DSP
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	Linen Thread, Natural Trim (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Mixed Media #1 Dies (Tim Holtz), Blueprints 6 Dies (My Favorite Things), Country Stars Dies (Shady Lane)

More Embossed Postage

Hey, peeps!  No challenges today, I just made a quick little card using some leftover pieces of the embossed postage panel I did earlier in the week (you can see my first card HERE).  I trimmed some of them down and made this:

I used SU's Perennial Postage die to diecut a panel from a piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock and embossed it with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder.  I then mounted the three embossed "stamps" on the panel, and added a Hero Arts sentiment.  I then popped up the whole panel inside the outer portion of the frame to give it added dimension.

Such pretty images!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Postage Mosaic Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

CAS on Sunday 329 Aspen Birthday

Happy Tuesday, all!  Have you gotten any recent SU sets in the new packaging?  Although I like the slim design, I find that while they're stored sideways on my shelf, I can't see the names of the sets, so I forget that I have them!  That's what happened with the new set called Aspen Grove!!  As I was going through them anew, I thought the images would be great for the sketch at CAS on Sunday:

I needed a quick masculine birthday card, so here's what I came up with:

The trees were stamped in Gray Granite and Garden Green; the sentiment from the retired Suite Sayings, also stamped in Garden Green.  I used two circle dies to cut it out:

This whipped up quickly! I love this sketch as it's quite versatile, too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world."  John 16:33

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Aspen Grove, Suite Sayings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green
Ink	Garden Green, Gray Granite
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, ZigZag Edge Dies (unknown maker)