HSS458 Just a Little Thank You

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a quick thank you card today using the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments: 

I'm trying to use up some of my pretty papers before they retire, although I have so much paper, there's really no danger of that happening!  So for this one, I used Nests of Winter and Country Woods:

I used the Winterly Tree Tops dies to cut out my pretty little robin and mounted him on a Stylish Shapes stitched square.  The sentiment came from Terrific Toadstools, stamped in Moody Mauve:

I used a piece of Moody Mauve Textured ribbon for the ribbon treatment; those kinds of loopy loops are a little bit intimidating to me, hope it looks okay!

Thats it for today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed, and thanks for popping in!

"Don't you know? Haven't you heard? The Lord is the everlasting God; he created all the world.  He never grows tired or weary.  No one understands his thoughts."  Isaiah 40:28

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Terrific Toadstool
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Nests of Winter DSP, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Moody Mauve
Accessories	Dimensionals, Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies

AHSC619 Christmas Blessings

 Happy Wednesday, everyone! It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch! Here we go:

At the end of the Christmas season, I got some pretty papers from Unity and this is the first chance I've had to use them!  Check them out:

I have company this week and my photo box was in my spare bedroom, so you'll need to bear with me with these less-than-stellar photos taken on my kitchen counter!  Anyway, my card base was some Creamy Caramel from waaaaaay back, and I added a mat of Early Espresso, then my printed paper.  The photo really doesn't do it justice!  I added a Christmas diecut on top of a vellum panel, along with a little "blessings" banner and some glimmery foliage:

I can't believe it, but I put the sentiment on the wrong side of the vellum diecut; hopefully the recipient won't even notice, LOL!  A wee little piece of Cinnamon Cider ribbon finished it off!  

I hope you'll play with our fun sketch this week! Check out the other samples from the Design Team at the Atlantic Hearts blog! Hope to see you in the galley too!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Early Espresso, Vellum (ret), Creamy Caramel (ret), Brown Glimmer (Recollections), Nature's Noel (Unity)
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals, Cinnamon Cider Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Timeless Arrangements Dies (ret), Peaceful Season Dies, Bitty Banners Dies (ret)

SSC355 Happy Birthday Butterfly

Happy Monday, peeps!  After a very cold and windy weekend, it's a fairly nice Monday!  I had a little stamping time today to create a card using the Sunday Stamps sketch:

Ooh, I love all those layers!  I thought I'd play with some of the papers from the Serene Love DSP line, choosing some pretty Lost Lagoon patterns.  Here we go:

I layered the panels on Lost Lagoon cardstock; the center panel was a piece of Basic White I had floating around unused; it was embossed with the Distressed Tile embossing folder.  I added a butterfly from Sketched Butterflies and a sentiment from the new Spring Corners set.  The silver dots on the circle are from that set, too!

My inside sentiment is from Hugs for Love, and I messed it up, so I created some layers to hide my mistake:

I always need birthday cards, so this will go in my stash!  Thanks for popping in today!

Our church had a missions fundraiser on Saturday night and my nephew and his family attended.  Little Maven is now walking, although in this picture, her Pop Pop is giving her some giggles:

I noticed she had a couple little booboos on her forehead, nose and chin, and when I asked her mom about it, she told me Maven was walking in the yard and the wind was so strong, it knocked her over!!!  Wowza! She seemed no worse the wear, though!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sketched Butterfly, Spring Corners, Hugs for Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Serene Love DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Distressed Tile Embossing Folder, Sketched Butterfly Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circle Dies (ret)

PP727 Spring Flowers

Happy Sunday, everyone! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Claire is our lovely hostess this week with a very timely challenge for us:

I just got a new set called You Are Remarkable (available in a couple of days as an Online Exclusive) and I just love it!  I made a little pocket card with it:

I got my inspiration from the Inspired By prompt, and I did some stenciling as well for the JUGS challenge:

I first created my card base with a background piece of Pistachio Pudding cardstock on which I stenciled a floral pattern with the retired Butterflies & Flowers masks.  The pocket is a piece of 4"x4" gingham paper that was cut in half diagonally, each piece was adhered with Sticky Strip.  I did want to add a little border, so before adhering, I trimmed off 1/8" from each panel and used the pieces as an embellishment on either side of the panel.  The border is Lemon Lolly, diecut with the Be Mine Stitched dies.

This stamp is a two-step stamp, so I stamped my floral outline image in Smoky Slate on an Everyday Arches diecut, then added the details with Granny Apple Green and Daffodil Delight inks:

It stamps beautifully! I love it!

My final addition was the sentiment from the same set,  also stamped on an Everyday Arches diecut. Some pearls and a bit of Lemon Lolly baker's twine finished it off!

I know I will be giving this set lots of attention, as there are more sweet sentiments in it to play with!  And I hope you'll play with our challenge this week...it's been a dreary winter and we all can use some pretty spring flowers in our lives!  Share your creation with us at the Paper Players and check out the other spring flower designs as well!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Pistachio Pudding (ret), Pincushion (Bo Bunny)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Pistachio Pudding (ret)
Accessories	Pearls, Baker's Twine Three Color Pack, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Blending Brush, Butterflies & Flowers Masks

LRW796 Tiny Bunny

Hello, peeps! Yay, it's Friday! I have a fun little Easter card for you today. The challenge at Little Red Wagon this week is "Tiny Dancer"; they want to see something tiny on your card!  (Do you now have Elton John stuck in your head?)  So here we go:

I used an embossing folder and die from Simon Says Stamp, and diecut the wee bunny from a circle of Bubble Bath cardstock. I have struggled with this color; it's a little too purple for me to really consider it a pink, and it's tough to photograph! I am still lamenting the loss of Pink Pirouette, right, Beth?  Anyway, I went with it, stamping my circle with some little Bubble Bath polka dots and popping up the bunny with double mini dimensionals:

I struggled to get the sentiment dark enough, so I opted for Smoky Slate for both the outside and inside sentiments, and added some gray gingham to pull it all together!

Both sentiments came from the retired Little Cuties set!  Now, to make a few more Easter cards!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret), Dot Dot Dot (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Smoky Slate, Bubble Bath
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Gray Gingham Ribbon (Etsy)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Playful Bunnies EF & Die (Simon Says Stamp)

Christmas Chickadee

Happy Thursday, peeps! I am slowly working on my Christmas card stash; my card today fulfills three challenges!  The As You See It theme challenge wants birds; the CAS on Sunday challenge is a sketch, and the Retro Rubber challenge is a tic-tac-toe grid!

I am using an old Impression Obsession chickadee stamp; I know I have had this at least ten years, along with a sentiment from SU called Shine Bright (2019),  In order to fit the bird and the rest of the sketch, my card is a little larger at 5" square.  So here we go:

I stamped the chickadee on watercolor paper and inked it in with reinkers, then used aStylish Shapes circle die to cut it out, cutting out the tail before using the die:  

For my tic-tac-toe, I chose the top row across of enamel dots, stripes or dots and diecuts.  I stamped a Shaded Spruce tag with SU's Distressed Dots background stamp (2011) and added some banners using some retired Christmas DSPs that featured dots and stripes.  The sentiment was stamped in Cherry Cobbler.  My enamel dots are from W+9.  I know I will need a special envelope to fit this card, but that's okay, it's fun to do something a little different!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shine Bright (2019), Distressed Dots (2011), both retired, Chickadee (Impression Obsession, 2015?)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Watercolor, Shaded Spruce, Classic Christmas DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Real Red, Garden Green, Shaded Spruce, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Enamel Dots (W+9), Real Red Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Aquapainter

SOS542 One Layer Thinking of You

Happy mid-week, peeps!  The Shopping our Stash challenge is to make a one-layer card!  We all love layers and layers, don't we?  Using just one sheet of cardstock seems just minimalistic!!  But I gave it a go:

I used Thick Very Vanilla cardstock for my base and used an acrylic block to create my background; I simply plonked the block on to the Crushed Curry inkpad and then used it as a stamp!  I am thinking I should have "stamped off" once to get a lighter shade, but I went with it.  I overstamped it with one of the scripts from Elements of Text in Crumb Cake, then stamped the floral image and bee from Queen Bee in Stazon Saddle Brown. 

The sentiment is from Everyday Greetings.  I did add some speckles from the Elements of Text too:

I already have a recipient in mind for this card, so it will be in the mail tomorrow!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

I will remember your great deeds, Lord; I will recall the wonders you did in the past.  I will think about all that you have done; I will meditate of all your mighty acts.  Psalm 77:11-12

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings, Elements of Text, Queen Bee
Card stock & Papers	Thick Very Vanilla
Ink	Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Stazon Saddle Brown
Accessories
Tools	Acrylic Block, Blender Pen

52CCTD Pop Up Christmas Card

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I have been very neglectful in making Christmas card this year; not sure why, because they are my favorite cards to make!  The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge was to make a pop-up card, and I thought this card by Andrea was just beautiful! 

My card is much more simplified than hers, as I was just trying to get the measurements and the engineering of the card to work!!  So here we go:

Outside:

Inside:

My card base is Basic Beige, and the front is a panel from Divinity Designs' Christmas Paper Collection 2014.  The inside, which measures 4" x 6 1/4", scored on each long side at 2" and 2 1/2", is from SU's retired Dandy Designs.  You can see how the fold works here:

I added a panel of Gold Glimmer paper and a sentiment from Christmas Labels, stamped in Boho Blue.  The panel can fold to either side to fit in the envelope easily.  My only other embellishment was a gold dot on the star on the front of the card.  Simple and easy!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

I have complete confidence in the gospel; it is God's power to save all who believe, first the Jews and also the Gentiles.  For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself:  it is through faith from beginning to end.  As the scripture says, "The person who is put right with God through faith shall live."  Romans 1:16-17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Labels
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Gold Glimmer, Dandy Designs DSP (ret), Christmas Paper Collection 2014 (Divinity Designs)
Ink	Boho Blue
Accessories	Blooming Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Christmas Labels Dies

AHSC618 A Little Garden Note

Happy Monday, friends! Our Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is a great one to use up some of those strips of DSP we always have lying around:

I went to my Storybook Moments DSP and pulled out some scraps as well as some of the diecuts to make my card today:

I started with a Boho Blue card base, and added an embossed mat that I had unused from another project, then added strips of DSP.  I did go to my retired pile to find some Real Red to go with those yummy strawberries.  Then I layered some of the diecuts, and added some sequins for fun:

Since the white panel was already embossed, I couldn't stamp on it, so I added a sentiment from Terrific Toadstools and diecut it with an Everyday Arches die and tucked it under my red strip:

I love the colors and patterns in these papers, they're so fun!  I hope you'll play along with our challenge sketch as well and share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge. Psalm 94:22

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Terrific Toadstools
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue, Storybook Moments DSP, Real Red DSP (ret)
Ink	Boho Blue
Accessories	Sequins(from my stash), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Distressed Tile Embossing Folder, Everyday Arches Dies

PP726 Sketch from Stef

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Stef is our Paper Players hostess and she has a fun sketch for us to try out:

I needed a little boy card, so I pulled out Dino Days and here's what I came up with:

I diecut and stamped the images in Old Olive, Granny Apple Green and Pumpkin Pie and arranged them on some diecut circles:

My card base is Granny Apple Green with some retired Dandy Designs DSP.  The inside was stamped with a sentiment from Little Delights. The font on this sentiment is one of my favorites!

This sketch is wide open with possibilities!  We hope you'll let it inspire you and share your creativity with us at the Paper Players too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Delights (ret), Dino Days (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, Dandy Designs DSP (ret)
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Enamel Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machines, Stylish Shapes Dies, Dino Days Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

FMS674 Plaid Birthday

Happy Friday, everyone! Yay, the weekend is upon us!  Jen at FMS has a really cool sketch this week:

and it gave me a chance to use some masculine plaids for a birthday card:

I use the retired Best Borders die to cut my plaid and Cherry Cobbler panels, then used the Tailor Made Tags die to cut out a little tag on which to adhere my Copper letters:

I tied the tag with some retired Cinnamon Cider ribbon and added sentiments from Everyday Greetings in Cherry Cobbler ink:

And this one is in the mail, ready to go!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Copper Foil, Yuletide Plaid (Unity)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Foam Strips
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Best Borders Dies (ret), Oliver's Stitched Alphabet Dies (Lawn Fawn)

On Your Big Day

Happy Thursday, everyone! I have a friend at church who will be celebrating a big birthday soon! I decided to use the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches as well as the color palette from Hand Stamped Sentiments for her card:

She loves dogs and I always give her a dog-themed card, but I thought this year, I'd change it up!  Here we go:

I diecut the sand dollars from Seaside Wishes from Lemon Lolly (and I just realized that is NOT a color in the challenge, so sorry!) cardstock and colored them with Calypso Coral ink using a Blending Brush.  I am sure there are NO sand dollars in real life that look like this, but I am using my artistic license, LOL!  I added a sentiment from Choose Happy in Craft White and Summer Splash, as well as a cute little Summer Splash Glimmer starfish:

For extra fun, I stamped some sprinkles around the sand dollars and also embossed the outside edges with the retired Stitched With Whimsy dies.  On the inside, I combined a few sentiments from the Everyday Greetings set:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings, Choose Happy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Summer Splash, Summer Splash Gimmer
Ink	Calypso Coral, Craft White, Summer Splash
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Seaside Wishes Dies, Blending Brushes, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret)