SIP88 Kiss it Goodbye

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Stamp Ink Paper challenge!  It's a fun one this week....anything but a card!  Can't wait to see what the other team members have created, too!

I had actually been working on this even before I saw the challenge!  I had one clear Stampin' Up! checkbook cover left from many, many years ago, and had wanted to create a new one for my checks. So here we go: 

I saw this color combo at Sunday Stamps.....soooooo pretty!

I have a few scraps of DSP left from the Stella & Rose: Mabel line from My Mind's Eye....I just pulled out some pieces and went to work!  My friend Maryanne used to have checks with a set of lips on them and the saying "Kiss it Goodbye", so I thought that would be a fun sentiment to put on it.  Unfortunately, in my messy craft room, the "n" has disappeared from my Labeler Alphabet set; luckily I didn't need it for this one, but I am sure I'll want it in the future!  Maybe it will turn up...I've looked everywhere!  Grrrr!  The letters are stamped in Lost Lagoon and backed with matching cardstock. 

And the lips from Sealed with Love were perfect, stamped in Tangerine Tango and mounted on a stitched circle and scalloped mat:

I also used a new-to-me stitched scalloped border from Pretty Pink Posh (LOVE it) and stamped some Distressed Dots on my Lost Lagoon mat!  Now when I have to write a check, at least I will get a little chuckle!  I hope you'll play along with us--get your creative juices flowing and show us what you've got!

Wayne tried to show Cassidy how to skip a stone!

Be blessed and enjoy your day!

Project Details--All Products Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Sealed with Love, Labeler Alphabet,  Distressed Dots BG (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Lost Lagoon (both ret), Tangerine Tango, Stella & Rose-Mabel DSP (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Tangerine Tango
Accessories	Clear Checkbook Cover
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Scallop Borders Die (Pretty Pink Posh), Petite Scalloped Circle Dies (Nestabilities)

CASEing Doris

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a fabulous weekend!  I received a pretty card in the mail from my friend Doris, and I thought I would re-create one of my own.  I had this panel of watercolor paper already on my desk; I was playing with the stamp set Flower Patch and my aquapainter, and when I saw Doris's card, I thought it would be a good way to put this little panel to use!  I think it is called a Z-fold:

It's a little tricky to photograph, but here is the card folded:

I stamped the florals in Watermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach and Crushed Curry; the leaves are Pear Pizzazz.  I stamped them on watercolor paper, then just swooshed a wet aquapainter around the edges to draw a wee bit of the ink out.  Some speckles, enamel dots and a sentiment from a fall Paper Pumpkin kit finished it off.  And here's the inside, using the SAB DSP Carried Away and a sentiment from Suite Sentiments:

Basically, you create your card exactly as you would normally, but score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4" and fold the first fold back.  Then decorate as you wish!  My angled panel is Pear Pizzazz, and I also stamped the corners with a crackle stamp from another Paper Pumpkin kit!  And here is Doris's pretty card, outside and in!

You should try this fold--it's fun, easy and adds some interest to your card!

A little hike on Saturday before the cold weather returned!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a blessed day!

Project Details--All Supplies Are Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Flower Patch, Gorgeous Grunge, Paper Pumpkin (Fall?), Suite Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz, Watercolor, Carried Away DSP
Ink	Watermelon Wonder, Peekaboo Peach, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Delightful Dijon
Accessories	Narrow Black Grosgrain Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot EF (ret), Aquapainter

Paper Players 333 Sketch

Hi everyone!  Happy Sunday!  It's my turn to host the Paper Players challenge for this week and I have a set of "three" elements for challenge #333!  Here ya go:

I just received the new package of glimmer papers available as a Sale-a-bration benefit...sooooo pretty!  I just had to use them ALL on my card today.....just a little hint of them so as not to blind you with the shimmer!  I did originally use a scallop die to cut them out but decided it was a bit much, so I just cut them down and used them as plain mats with the images from A Day at the Beach:

Each image was inked with Versamark, then inked again using the ink colors to match the glimmer paper (Sweet Sugarplum, Mint Macaron and Bermuda Bay), then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder. That allowed me to watercolor each image without the image itself bleeding:

I added a simple little fun sentiment from Silhouettes and Script as well as some white enamel dots! And since I had this fun scallop frame left behind when I re-cut my Sweet Sugarplum mat, I decided to use it for the inside...it fit the sentiment from Suite Sayings perfectly!

I hope you'll play along with our Paper Players challenge this week...I have to admit that the DT outdid themselves!  You can see them all at the PP blog!

Doesn't everyone put a puzzle together on the driveway?

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details-All Supplies Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	A Day at the Beach, Silhouettes and Script, Suite Sayings
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, In Color DSP Stack, SAB Glimmer Assortment, Sweet Sugarplum
Ink	Sweet Sugarplum, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay
Accessories	White Enamel Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Dimensionals, 1 3/4" Circle Punch

CAS Sympathy

Happy Saturday, peeps!  My friend Michele shared two beautiful cards recently using this gorgeous board from Ellen Hutson as her inspiration:

Such a pretty color, I had to play along!  Unfortunately, I needed another sympathy card so I thought I would do some "florals" using Swirly Bird, which has been neglected lately:

My large circular image doesn't seem to accept the ink very well...not sure if it is the Pool Party ink or the stamp itself.  I'll have to play with it some more to see!  Anyway, I used Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise and Bermuda Bay for my flowers, masking them with a post-it note, and the leaves are Wild Wasabi; the sentiment is from an older Paper Pumpkin kit:

I stamped another flower on top of the sentiment from Thoughts and Prayers on the inside.

I am hoping I don't have to make too many more of these!  Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge where I am the hostess!  Have a great day!

It has been crazy warm here in PA, so Cassidy and Grampy went out before school to do some chalk artwork on the driveway!  Cassidy drew a cardinal:

Grampy chose a more manly image of a tractor trailer, LOL!

Be blessed!

Project Details--All Supplies Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Swirly Bird, Paper Pumpkin (sympathy), Thoughts and Prayers
Card stock & Papers	Thick White Cardstock
Ink	Soft Sky, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Bermuda Bay, Palette Noir, Wild Wasabi
Accessories
Tools	Post-it Notes

GDP075 and FMS276 Happy B Day

Happy Thursday, all!  I have a sweet little "bee" card for you today, using the FMS sketch and the GDP prompt:

I was inspired by my friend Colleen when I saw this card, so I pulled out my favorite "bee" stamps and got them inky!  And here we go:

I used a lot of fun things I haven't used for a while....papers from Authentique and SU, stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms, and a retired SU embossing folder!  I embossed the Authentique paper with the Hexagon EF, which gave the already-distressed-looking paper an additional stressing!  I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy and cut a little banner:

and stamped the pussy willows in Delightful Dijon and the bee in Stazon Black, then stamped him again and popped him up after coloring him with some inks and an aquapainter:

I added a couple of hearts and some gold sequins and now I have another card for my stash!

Cassidy brought home this giant elephant and was supposed to decorate it....we opted to use some of the plethora of washi tapes I have in my stash!!  It was a fun, easy way to decorate it, especially since it was the day she hurt her hand! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Be blessed!

Project Details-All Products Stampin' Up! Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Sweet Bee (ret Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Moonlight DSP (ret), Genuine DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, Delightful Dijon, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede
Accessories	Gold Sequins (Verve)
Tools	Big Shot, Hexagon EF (ret), Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers, Stitched Shapes Dies, Petite Scallop Circle Dies (Nestabilities)

MojoMonday 485 and Merry Monday 236

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  A couple of Christmas cards today...while I had my supplies out, I decided to make two of them!  The first one uses the Mojo Monday sketch:

and some Carta Bella papers with an image from Cornish Heritage Farms called Stocking Elves:

I just love these wee little ones creeping down the steps!  I added some twine, glimmer stars and a sentiment from Amy R Stamps:

Technically, I could have used the above card for the Merry Monday challenge, which is "stockings":

but I wanted to use this new die from Cottage Cutz that I got after Christmas!  Isn't it cute?

 Papers are also from Carta Bella; sentiment is from Clearly Besotted!  Thanks for popping in today!

We are having Cassidy's room repainted, which means stripping off the wallpaper first, so we cleared everything out of her room but the furniture.  She also had a wee bit of a cold yesterday, so she stayed home; it got very quiet and when I went to peek in to see what she was doing, this is what I found:

I can only imagine that she was really tired if she fell asleep on the floor!  Have a blessed day!  

Project Details - All Products Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Stocking Elves (Cornish Heritage Farm, ret); Handy Christmas Greetings (Amy R Stamps), In Stitches: Christmas (Clearly Besotted)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black,  Black & Red Glimmer, Christmas Delivery DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Basic Black, Riding Hood Red
Accessories	Red Glitter Baker's Twine
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Die, Star Punches (ret), Stocking Border Die (Cottage Cutz), Brick EF (Tim Holtz), Dimensionals

SIP87 A Little Kindness

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Stamp Ink Paper challenge!  And what a sweet challenge it is:  Kindness!

I haven't done a "vintage" card lately, and this set from Artistic Outpost has been sadly under-used, so I got it inky!  

The set is called Birds of a Feather, and it has a nice selections of vintage images!  I thought these little girls were sweet:

And it has a lovely German print background, interspersed with some egg images; I added the sentiment and the florals (same set), then stamped a couple of butterflies from Kinda Eclectic:

Because these little girls looked like best friends, I added a tag, some linen thread and a candy dot, then a layer of Graphic 45 DSP and some crochet trim and rickrack!

And finally, a sentiment also from Kinda Eclectic....because my sweet friend is indeed very kind!

This is also for the Sunday Stamps 146 sketch challenge, as well as the Double D Challenges, which is to use rickrack or zigzag!  Edited to add: This fits well for the Card Concept challenge this week, which is Vintage!

Edited to add: This fits well for the Card Concept challenge this week, which is Vintage!

I hope you will play along with the Stamp Ink Paper team and share your creations with us this week! Can't wait to spread some kindness around!

Cassidy and Lamby are having quite a phone conversation:

I wonder what their conversation was about?  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details--All Products Stampin' Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Kinda Eclectic, Birds of a Feather (Artistic Outpost), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Botanical Tea DSP (Graphic 45)
Ink	Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Crochet Trim (ret), Rickrack (my stash), Candy Dots, Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Die, Cuttlebug Tag Die, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers, Aquapainter