AYSI351 Hello Sunshine

Happy Friday, everyone!  The weekend is upon us, yay!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge, too, and we have some fun, summery colors for you:

My original idea for this card featured something totally different, but it just wasn't doing it for me, so I decided to go in a different direction altogether:

I made a big juicy slice of watermelon with my colors, doesn't it look yummy?  I used the ice cream drip from Sweet Ice Cream for the "seeds", and a few tendrils from the Patterned Pumpkins dies.  I added some Peach Pie flowers and mounted it all on a Basic White mat that was embossed with the Eyelet embossing folder:

My sentiment is from the retired Sunny Splash:

And for the life of me, I couldn't get my photo program to capture the Peach Pie base, so you'll just have to use your imagination!  The sentiment is from Sunny Sentiments, also retired:

Just looking at this watermelon almost makes me feel a bit cooler!  I hope you'll play along with our fun colors...check out what the DT created at the As You See It blog!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Ice Cream (ret), Sunny Sentiments (ret), Sunny Splash (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peach Pie, Garden Green, Melon Mambo
Ink	Versafine Black, Melon Mambo
Accessories	Genial Gems, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Patterned Pumpkins Dies (ret), Triple Flower Punch (ret), Banner Die (Pink & Main)

Patriotic Shadow Box

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I had a little class yesterday where we made an 8"x8" patriotic shadow box.  It was a lot of fun and I got a chance to use an old Waltzingmouse stamp set that I got many, many years ago, along with some Honey Bee papers and stamps!  Here we go:

 

Each Basic Beige square was 2" with a 2 1/8" mat of Cherry Cobbler.  All the printed paper came from Honey Bee's Americana pad. Besides the WM stamp set called USA 1776, we also used the retired Star Spangled Banner from SU and a background stamp from Honey Bee called Land of the Free. Our colors were Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red and Misty Moonlight.  We used some glimmer paper and various star punches and dies as well as the Alphabet Ala Mode for the letters.  I like to use patriotic decor throughout my house during the summer, so this will fit in nicely!

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Star Spangled Banner (ret), USA1776 (Waltzingmouse), Land of the Free (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Beige, Americana (Honey Bee), White Glimmer Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper, Adhesive Sheets, Foam Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy
Accessories	Metallic Gems, Rhinestones
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Alphabet Ala Mode, Stitched Star Die (Paper Rose), Small Star Punch (ret), Banner Die (Pink & Main), Sports Event Dies (ret)

Happy Shell Birthday

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I have a summery, seashell-filled card today for two challenges! The Sunday Stamps challenge has a pretty color palette and the Time Out challenge wants seashells:

This is really clean and simple, as I let the shells do most of the work!  Here we go:

My seashells are from a retired Close To My Heart set and they were stamped  in Secret Sea and Versamark inks, then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder.  I colored them with reinkers and an aquapainter, using Petal Pink, Peach Pie, Timid Tiger, and Balmy Blue inks.  I stamped a  few speckles from You Are Remarkable, and a retired sentiment from Circle Sayings in Mossy Meadow, to match my Mossy Meadow arch:

I did add a few sequins from my stash for some sparkle! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable, Circle Sayings (ret), Swirly Seashells (CTMH)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue
Ink	Secret Sea, Balmy Blue, Petal Pink, Peach Pie, Timid Tiger, Versamark
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter, Heat Tool

AHSC635 Land of the Free

Happy HOT Monday, everyone! Phew, what a scorcher of a weekend! Hope you are all staying cool here in the US!  It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, and here's the sketch:

My card deviates a wee bit from the sketch but hopefully you can see it!  Here we go:

I have had these patriotic stamps from Waltzingmouse, which has sadly closed, for years and I think this might be the second time I've used them!  (I did do a shadow box recently with them, so stay tuned!)  I stamped the Statue of Liberty on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, isolated the torch, then diecut the remaining image with the Everyday Arches dies.  I used my Sanded background stamp again to give it some "aging" like the Honey Bee paper I used for the background:

I stamped and diecut the sentiment on another piece of the Honey Bee paper, then added this on the inside of my Misty Moonlight card:

This is a lovely sketch and I hope you'll hop over to the AHSC blog to play along!

On a personal note, I don't normally send out July 4th cards, but I might just send this one to my second cousin's son  (I always jokingly tell my cousin, if I ever had a son, I would want him to be just like his son Jonathan)!  Jonathan is a godly young man who loves the Lord and is also a Civil War reenactor, along with his dad Steve, (my second cousin). Jonathan found out we have a relative who fought in the Pennsylvania 56st Regiment, so he asked several of our family members if we wanted to take a trip to Gettysburg, which is only a couple of hours from our home, so we finally made the trip on Saturday.  It was HOT, let me tell you! We had a tour guide who was extremely knowledgeable, and we visited various sites around the battlefield, most importantly the Pennsylvania Memorial where we found our relative's name listed under the 56th! Coincidentally, John found one of his relatives listed under the 121st!  Here's Jonathan with the flag he made (or maybe his mom made it), replicating the original flag of the 56th:

Here's my cousin Steve, his grandson Oliver, and Dana, listening to the tour guide:

Some of the info went over Jameson & Sawyer's heads, but they will grow to learn more about it as they get older.  I believe they've been to Gettysburg before, so I am sure they'll be back!

Maven was interested in the cannons!

She was also fascinated by my water bottle and the cookies I brought! Jameson was being funny, wearing her hat:

Cassidy was a great help with the kids too!

Thanks for indulging me!!  Although it was a hot day, it was great to get together with our family, even though the solemnity of the battlefield was constantly on my mind. To have a country divided is a sad thing.  And I cannot imagine how hot those soldiers were in those woolen uniforms!  God bless America and those who fight for our freedoms!

Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed.

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sanded (ret), USA1776 (Waltzingmouse, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Real Red, Misty Moonlight, Americana (Honey Bee)
Ink	Night of Navy, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Iconic Imagery Dies, 1" Circle Punch (ret)

PP743 Saying Hi

Happy Sunday, all! Elizabeth is our Paper Players hostess this week and her challenge is to make a ONE-layer card!  ONE layer means no additional layers, no diecuts, nothing! If you're using adhesive, then it's not one layer!  It sounds challenging, but all you need are stamps, ink and paper!

 

I recently got this large image from Colorado Craft and it was perfect for my one-layer card:

I stamped the image on Thick Basic White cardstock with Stazon ink, then colored the images loosely with ink and an aquapainter.  I just love this Soft Succulent front door with the kitty trying to get in:

And I wonder what this cute little pup is thinking!

I added a Unity sentiment because it seemed perfect!

I know a one-layer card seems challenging, but I think you can do it! There are lots of options for giving depth and dimension, so put on your thinking cap and hop on over to the Players to play along!  Thanks for visiting today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Home Sweet Home (Colorado Craft), March 2024 Kit of the Month (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Stazon Black, Cajun Craze, Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry, Soft Succulent (ret), Pecan Pie, Azure Afternoon, Melon Mambo, Gray Granite, Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools

In(k)spire Me 564 Floral Hello

Happy Friday, peeps! Happy weekend! The sketch challenge at In(k)spire Me is a lovely one:

This is my favorite pattern from the Beautiful Gallery DSP, made even better because the flip side is that pretty Cloud Cover!  I used another favorite, the Layers of Beauty bundle!  Here we go:

The rose was stamped in Smoky Slate, then sponged with the stencil in Timid Tiger and Cloud Cover.  I added some Cloud Cover ribbon and a few stitched lines, then a sentiment from Simply Said:

To give the rose a distressed look, I overstamped it with the retired Sanded background stamp  in Basic Beige.  The inside was left blank until I need it for a certain occasion!  

Thanks so much for popping in!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, Simply Said, Sanded (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Beautiful Gallery DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate, Cloud Cover, Timid Tiger, Basic Beige
Accessories	Cloud Cover Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layers of Beauty Dies, Layers of Beauty Masks, Blending Brushes, Finishing Touches Dies (Spellbinders)

LRW812 Sundae Funday

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a quick card today using some new goodies I just got, along with some favorite oldies as well! The Little Red Wagon challenge is to use embossing, and I just happened to have made this fun birthday card using an Anita Jeram bunny from Colorado Craft, and the Dotted Circles embossing folder:

My bunny was stamped in Versafine black ink and color with Blends, then cut out with the retired Scalloped Contours die.  I added some sequins and a sparkly ribbon, then added a wee little tag:

My Bubble Bath card front was embossed with the EF, offsetting it a bit for some added interest.  I stamped a simple birthday sentiment on the inside, and it's ready for my next go-round of birthday cards!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sundae Funday (Colorado Craft), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Glittered Organdy Ribbon, white cording
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Tiny Tags Dies (Papertrey), Blends

RRCB257 Shaky Snowman

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! I had a thoroughly enjoyable time yesterday making a fun shaker card for the Retro Rubber challenge, which is a tic-tac-toe! I chose the diagonal of sequins, shaker and diecut:

I pulled out a set from the 2022 mini called Snowman Magic, along with the matching Snowman dies and here's what I came up with:

My background is some retired specialty DSP called Let It Snow....I've been hoarding all that I have, but I thought this pattern would make a great background for my little snowman and his red hat!  I stamped and diecut him and his bunny pal (his little redbird friend too) and then used the new two-toned Pool Party cardstock to diecut some trees.  I cut a frame from Real Red cardstock and added a bunch of sequins from my stash.  I stamped a Scrapbook.com sentiment on it before I sealed everything up:

A simple sentiment from Hope & Peace went on the inside:

This was probably the best sequin/shaker card I ever made---usually my sequins stick to the foam pieces but everything went smoothly this time! Yay!

A few pictures from Father's Day:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Snowman Magic (ret 2022), Christmas Sentiments (Scrapbook.com, at least 3 years old)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party Two-Tone, Acetate Sheet, Let it Snow Specialty DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Real Red
Accessories	Foam Strips, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arched Dies, Snowman Dies (ret)

Set Sail

Happy Tuesday, peeps! My card today is a little out of my comfort zone; I still struggle with brayering and blending, so bear with me!  The Inspire.Create challenge wanted "water" this week, and the Color Hues challenge is looking for us to use peach and cobalt:

I thought of a sunset over the ocean, so I got some blending/masking supplies and went to work:

I brayered and sponged Blueberry Bushel and Peach Pie inks to create my scene; the sun was Calypso Coral.  I stamped and diecut the sailboat from Sailing Home with craft white ink on black cardstock.  I experiemented with different colors of ink and cardstock but this one seemed to matched the setting sun the best. I added a sentiment and seagulls from the same set.

I wanted to add some texture to the sea, but since I wanted to keep it CAS, I resisted!  The CAS on Sunday challenge is for "summer" so I kept it simple!

I can't wait for our skies to look like this sunset....so far for the last few days, the sun has been MIA. I am a bit tired of gray, gloomy weather!  Thanks for popping in today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black
Ink	Versafine Black, Blueberry Bushel, Peach Pie, Calypso Coral, Craft White
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Smooth Sailing Dies (ret), Sponge Brayer, Blending Brushes, Masking Paper

AHSC634 Christmas Postage Collage

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a good weekend! It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch, and I confess that this one threw me for loop!  Here we go:

I really had no idea what to do with it, but I had just received some Christmas postage stamp images, so I decided to stamp and diecut a few.  Then I remembered a few other postage stamp images I had, so I went to work.  Here's my eclectic take on the sketch:

I just love these images! Most of them are from Elizabeth Crafts; the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  The dies are from Waffle Flower.  I used Basic Beige for the stamps themselves and a variety of colors of inks:

The card base is Crumb Cake; the inside sentiment is also from Simon Says Stamp:

I hope you'll play along with our interesting sketch this week!  It is a great one to use up some coordinating scraps of DSP, don't you think?  We can't wait to see what you do; share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!!!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Postmark (Papertrey), Christmas Express (Crafty Secrets), Joy to You & Yours (Simon Says Stamp), December Postage Stamps (Elizabeth Crafts)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Beige
Ink	Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce, Pecan Pie, Basic Beige
Accessories	Gingham Ribbon (Penny Supplies), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Postage Collage Die (WaffleFlower)