SSC344 Hello Friend

Happy Monday, peeps!  I have a quick little card that uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps along with some of the lovely Thoughtful Journey DSPs!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

The hardest part of making this card was cutting the smaller tag and extending it to fit the larger one!  These papers are so pretty, the rest of it was easy! I split some of the thick Boho Blue jute to make the bow, and the sentiment is from Country Birdhouse!

The trees are just beginnign to show a wee bit of their fall colors in my area, just like on this card!  

I had my first lobster roll while in Cape May! It was delicious!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Thoughtful Journey DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow
Accessories	In Color Jute, Dimensional Strips, Color Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret)

PP707 CAS Nature

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Ann is our Paper Player's hostess today and it's CAS week!  Here's our theme:

That's a fun theme!  Lots of ideas popped into my head!  I was focused this week on making some Christmas cards for an upcoming class, so this one seemed to fit the bill:

I managed to do a plant AND an animal, LOL!  This is pretty simple...I had this scalloped piece already diecut in my stash, so I stamped and diecut the winter image using Boho Blue ink, then popped it up on top.  A retired Paper Pumpkin sentiment and a little glimmery gem were added:

I also added some Frost White shimmer paint under the trees; it looks odd in the photo, but it's pretty in real life!  I embossed a mat of Boho Blue with the Snow Fall embossing folder, added another Paper Pumpkin sentiment on the inside, and it was done!

The Design Team has some really fun samples for you to check out, too! Get some inspiration from them, then come share your Clean-and-Simple creations with us too!

Dana and Wayne's birthday gift to me this year (it was a big one) was a weekend trip to Cape May, NJ to go on two bird-watching trips!  We stayed in the cutest little cottage Air B&B:

It was adorable!!  All the amenities were perfect and the owners decorated it perfectly with lots of boat/sea/ocean pictures, but they weren't so "beachy" that you felt like you were in Florida (no offense to Floridians!).  A lot of the decor was vintage/retro (right up my alley) but everything was upscale and fresh!  Here's my bedroom (very comfy):

This was Dana's first foray into birdwatching and she did great!  We had two trips, both near the beach, but in different areas.  We didn't see many birds, but we heard several new ones and the guides were very helpful in identifying the sounds as well as the flora!  She even downloaded Merlin (a bird app I highly recommend) and heard a new bird last night while sitting on her deck!  (I think I have got her hooked!):

We were both pretty beat by the end of the day!  But it was a trip of a lifetime and I was so touched that Dana put a lot of time and effort researching something for us to do!  It was like a second vacation!  Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wonderland (Close to My Heart), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue
Ink	Boho Blue
Accessories	Glitter Sequins, White Frost Shimmer Paint (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snow Fall Embossing Folder, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Wonderland Dies (Close to My Heart)

Feel Better Soon

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a simple card (hope it's CAS enough) for the FMS sketch as well as the colors from the CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge:

I pulled out the Wanted to Say Dies and here's what I came up with:

I created my sentiment with Basic White and Misty Moonlight cardstocks, added a Blackberry Bliss and Basic White mat, and there are little flowers and leaves in the die set as well, so I cut some of them and added a bit of baker's twine and some Smoky Slate pearls:

The background DSP is from Country Lace!  It's always good to have some get well cards on hand!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

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Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss, Country Lace DSP
Ink
Accessories	Smoky Slate Pearls, Mossy Meadow Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Countryside Corners Dies, Wanted to Say Dies, Fun Patterns Embossing Folder

AHSC594 Happy Halloween Boo!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts, and here it is:

 

I went old-school here and pulled out some stamps and papers that I've had for a while to create a Halloween card:

The papers are from Carta Bella; I cut some Watermelon Wonder paper with a scallop-edged die and mounted it all on a card base of Basic Beige.  Before mounting, I stamped some little bats all along the edge! I believe the vintage Halloween sentiment is from an old Recollections set....can't be 100% sure!  The "boo" is from Scary Cute and the "happy" is from The Paper Studio.  I stamped it on a diecut banner and it just seemed too big, so I did some creative folding to make it stand up, but still lie flat in the envelope!

I added some big enamel dots, and a sentiment from Close To My Heart's Hello Pumpkin on the inside:

Fun sentiment, fun card, fun sketch!  I hope you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scary Cute (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio), Vintage Halloween (Recollections), Hello, Pumpkin (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Basic Beige, Watermelon Wonder (ret), Happy Halloween (Carta Bella)
Ink	Versafine Black, Basic Beige
Accessories	Enamel Dots (unknown)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Edgelit Dies (ret)

52CCT24-33 Joy & Peace

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Hope your week is going well so far!  I finally made another card using the pretty Graceful Greenery vellum; this one uses the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

So here we go:

I layered the white vellum on a piece of Old Olive cardstock that I had cut on a curve at the bottom (even though you can't see it here!).  I added a few diecut vellum pine branches around the bottom and used a sentiment from the retired Night Divine, diecut with the Countryside Corners dies.  When I photographed the card the first time, I realized I could see the glue dots that I used to adhere it at the top...grrrr....so I covered them up with some Glitter Sequins. Then I thought they would like nice on the greenery as well, so I added a few more...they remind me of pieces of ice!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Night Divine (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Old Olive, Graceful Greenery (Online Exclusive)
Ink	Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals, Glitter Sequins (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Golden Greenery Dies, Countryside Corners Dies

PP706 Hey Chick!

Happy Sunday, all! It's time for a new Paper Players challenge and Elizabeth is our hostess!  She hit the ground running with this color challenge....I really had to put on my thinking cap for it!  I love the be challenged, though!  Here's the palette:

I had a couple of ideas in mind, but as I was going through my stamps, I came across this Taylored Expressions set and thought it would be ideal!  I pulled out the matching stencil and went to work! Here we go:

I just love these little chicks, don't you?  I blended Daffodil Delight in light and dark shades to create them, then added accents in Real Red and Memento Black.  I mounted everything on a Azure Afternoon card base and added a black and white gingham trim to hold my little "hey, chick" tag!  I thought about stamping something at the bottom section of the card, but as I was digging around through my drawers , I spied this one lonely piece of metallic mesh thingie from SU; I saved it from a long, long time ago!  I think it looks great here!   And on the inside:

Age is only a number, right? I know I feel like I am about 25 in my head, LOL!  I hope you'll play along with our fun color challenge!  Check out what the DT with them over at the Paper Players blog, then come play along too!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hey Chick (ret), Just Checkin In (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Versafine Black
Accessories	Black & White Gingham Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals, Metallic Mesh (ret), Spring Chickens Stencil (Taylored Expressions)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Die (Nellie Snellen), Blending Brushes

An Apple A Day

Happy Friday, peeps!  I am stamping with the sweet ladies at a local retirement community today, so this will be quick!  I have a sort-of slimline card to share; it uses the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments as well as the apple theme from Inspired By!  They're celebrating their 300th challenge, woohoo!

There's a sweet little apple image in the new Choose Happy set, and that's what I used! Here we go:

Pretty straightforward---the apple was stamped with Memento Black ink and watercolored in.  I diecut eachone with a Spotlight on Nature circle die and backed it with some retired Brushed Silver cardstock to mimic the buckets in the challenge photo.  I mounted it on a piece of retired Pear Pizzazz which was embossed with the Cane Weave embossing folder and matted with a piece of Early Espresso:

A little sentiment from the same set, stamped in Real Red, and it's done!  This could be for almost any occasion, so I left the inside blank!  

A house on the street that we walk on to get to the beach has a metal signpost outside, and people randomly began putting magnets on it....it's a riot, although some of them are a bit risque!

These are my two favorites!!!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Choose Happy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz (ret), Brushed Silver (ret)
Ink	Memento Black, Real Red, Pecan Pie, Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Cane Weave Embossing Folder, Aquapainter

FMS652 Hot Cocoa Day

Happy Thursday, everyone! I am back from vacationing at the Delaware shore and we had lovely weather and a wonderful time! I felt a bit rusty going into my stamp room yesterday, but Linda had a fun sketch at FMS, so that helped get me started!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I couldn't wait to play with the new DSP called Sentimental Christmas, along with a sentiment from Christmas Labels!  I just think that sentiment is the cutest! I added a cup of cocoa from Latte Love, stamped in Poppy Parade on Basic Beige, and I added a snowflake from Iconic Imagery:

The circle die is from Spotlight on Nature dies; I added a small snowflake from a retired set called Warmth & Wonder.  The horizontal panel is a piece of Pecan Pie cut with a die from Iconic Imagery as well; I cut it in half to make it seem longer!  Here's the inside:

While I had all my supplies out, I made another card; this time I used the Christmas Labels die as well as the smaller cups, diecut from the striped paper:

And here's the inside as well:

I love these papers!  Thanks for visiting today!

Dana, Wayne and Cassidy came to spend a few days with us on vacation, which was really fun!  We took a sunset lighthouse and dolphin cruise from Lewes; the sunset wasn't cooperative, but we saw LOTS of dolphins!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Latte Love, Christmas Labels, Warmth & Wonder (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Basic Beige, Sentimental Christmas DSP
Ink	Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Naturals Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Iconic Imagery Dies, Latte Love Dies, Christmas Labels Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies