AHSC615 Twinkle Twinkle

 Happy Monday, all!  Time for a pretty new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

I needed a baby boy card for a young couple who used to go to our church, and I happened to find some papers that worked well for the sketch, so here we go:

I had already cut this panel of printed paper and had not used it for the project intended, so I trimmed it down a little, added a Calypso Coral mat and put it all on a Lost Lagoon card.  I fussy-cut a little image from another one of the pages and added a stamped sentiment on a fussy-cut banner:

The image has a wee bit of glitter too....so cute!  And I used another piece of the paper to embellish the inside and stamped a sentiment and a few stars for fun:

The papers made this card a snap to put together...and now it can go in the mail!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week too, we love seeing your creations in the gallery at Atlantic Hearts!

John made a little trip to check on his boat last week and went to the Turkey Point Lighthouse "just because":

It is at the head of the Chesapeake Bay and has quite an interesting history!  The river still had lots of ice on it....I think I will wait until warmer weather to visit myself, LOL!

Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	God's Blessings (ret), Small Sayings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Baby Boy (Jolee's Boutique)
Ink	Calypso Coral
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools

PP723 Love Theme from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Ann as our hostess.  She's got a perfectly-timed theme for us this week:

 

At my recent hostess appreciation party, one of my stampers gave ALL the members bags of extra ribbons she had from her stash.....I am talking TONS of ribbons!  And they were all tied up in neat little bundles, too, nothing haphazard!  I immediately thought about using some of those beautiful ribbons to make a card, and here's what I came up with:

My first step was to cut a heart from a panel of Pretty In Pink cardstock and emboss it with a retired embossing folder called Falling Petals.  I then covered a piece of scrap white cardstock with an Adhesive Sheet and began laying on my ribbons.  The stickiness of the adhesive allows you to get your ribbons nice and flat and butted up against each other.  The only thing I wish I had done differently is to use a different-colored ribbon for the last strip on the right; it sort of blends in with the pink cardstock!

I added a pink glimmer bow and a little sentiment from a fun retired set called Pictograms:

And after seeing my friend Linda's card here, I remembered that I had this Valentine sentiment too, so I stamped it on the inside:

Love definitely is in the air! I hope you'll play along with our seasonal theme challenge this week!  Check out what all the designers created at the Paper Players blog, then play along!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pictograms (ret), Delightful Dozen (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Pink Glimmer (ret), Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Berry Burst
Accessories	Assorted Ribbons from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Heart Framelits Dies (ret), Falling Petals Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Pink Wink of Stella

Vintage Valentine

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have a little Valentine card for you today; it fulfills two challenges:  the As You See It challenge wants to know what our "crafting resolution" is for the 2025, and the Freshly Made Sketches has a lovely, as usual, sketch:

My crafting resolution is to use more embossing folders this year!  They really add such a nice touch and I don't use them enough!  So here we go:

I haven't done any "vintage" in a long time, so I decided to remedy that with my Valentine.  The printed hearts are all cut out from some papers from a book I picked up at a yard sale; it's from 1887 and called Spelling and Language book.  I used some different heart dies to cut some from Cherry Cobbler cardstock as well, and used some gold glimmer paper for the arrow. 

I used the Distressed Tile, Eyelet and Tin Tile embossing folders to create the layers, then added some Pecan Pie shading.  The scallops are Crumb Cake, and I added a Cherry Cobbler baker's twine bow.  The sentiment is from the retired Six Sayings; I stamped it on a plain piece from the book.  Here's the inside, using a sentiment from the retired Holiday Best.

It was fun adding all the layers and elements!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Six Sayings (ret), Holiday Best (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, book papers, Glimmer Paper (Recollections)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Thick Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Love Notes Dies (ret), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), Radiating Stitches Dies, Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Distressed Tile EF, Eyelet EF, Tin Tile EF (ret), Sponge Daubers

Minimalist Purple Thanks

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Yay, the middle of the week is here!  I have a zippity-quick CAS card that took longer to look up the age of the stamps than it did to actually stamp them!  Yes, it's for the Retro Rubber challenge, which is a color palette, as well as the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

So here we go:

My foliage is from Little Delights (2021), stamped in Blackberry Bliss and Highland Heather, with the little spots from Label Me Bold (2020), stamped in Purple Posey:

The sentiment is also from Label Me Bold, (which I now realize is in the wrong spot!), and fussy cut.  It went on a Purple Posey card base, and a sentiment from Little Delights was stamped inside as well! I was going to add a sequin but decided to keep it really clean and simple!

I really like the simplicity of this!  

An out-of-town friend came and spent the night last week and when she got in her car early Saturday morning, found these on her window:

Aren't they pretty?  These beautiful crystals reminded me of something I read in my Bible study yesterday:  "So, enjoy the art around you, but as you do, may your heart run to the artist behind the art." Paul David Tripp

Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Delights (ret), Label Me Bold (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Purple Posy (ret)
Ink	Blackberry Bliss, Highland Heather, Purple Posy (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools

AHSC614 Perennial Lavender Birthday

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  The sketch from Atlantic Hearts this week is really sweet....it gave me a chance to use up some scraps from the Perennial Lavender DSP that I had!  Here's the sketch:

I did some layering of the DSP, then added a birthday sentiment from Sketched Butterflies along with a dotty circle from the retired Perfectly Wrapped.  Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather cardstocks were used for the circular mats, and the same DSP was used to create some leaves using the Stippled Roses dies.

Those pretty sequins are a freebie from Sale-a-bration, gotta love that!

You can go to the AHSC blog page tomorrow to see ALL the designers' creations!  Get some inspiration and share yours with us too!  

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sketched Butterflies, Perfectly Wrapped (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Perennial Lavender DSP
Ink	Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Dimensionals, Purple Sequins
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stippled Roses Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret)

Spotlight on Storybook Moments

Happy Monday, all!  I am a wee bit worn out from my weekend activities, but all went well! I don't have any challenge cards today, but I thought I would spotlight a few cards that I made last week to highlight the cute patterns and cut-outs from the Storybook Moments Specialty Papers.  They're really sweet if you have children or grandchildren, or if you're a scrapper, but even if you're not, they make beautiful cards!  Here we go:

This is probably my favorite card from the bunch (and I have lots more!); I just think this little mama and her ducklings are the cutest, and I love the background paper! I added a sentiment from Country Birdhouse and some Lemon Lolly Baker's Twine:

On this one, I let the paper do most of the work; another sentiment from Country Birdhouse:

plus a little fussy-cut embellishment:

This card uses one of the little pop-out images, and I added a sentiment from Simply Said:

I diecut the cottage and popped it up along with this little critter:

And finally, a couple more pop-outs on that same delightful paper; 

this time I added a white Nested Essential diecut:

and an Easter sentiment from Choose Happy:

Stay tuned for more samples from this pack!  Thanks for visiting on this Monday, and enjoy your day and be blessed!  (If you need any details, just shoot me a line!)

PP722 A Sketch from Joanne

Happy Sunday, all! This will be short & sweet as I am having my hostess appreciation party today! Love getting together with my stampers, and I don't think we'll have any SNOW to ruin it!

It's Joanne's turn to be the hostess at the Players this week and she has an awesome sketch:

I thought this would be a great sketch with which to use some of the new Timeless Plaid papers; here we go:

I used the retired Biggest Wish to stamp my sentiments, and a little lure from the Gone Fishing set was an accent.  I cut two sets of banners from Lost Lagoon and Basic White for a simple embellishment.

I needed a masculine birthday card for an older gentleman at church and I knows he likes to fish, so this is for him!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week, there are endless possibilities!  Check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog and be inspired!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Biggest Wish (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Timeless Plaids DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Does, Stylish Shapes Dies

AHSC613 Celebrate

Hello, stampers!  The Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge for this week is a great, simple one:

I went pretty literal with it, and it gave me the chance to use the colors from the current Color Hues challenge:

I pulled out some Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist products and went to work:

The Night of Navy card was embossed with a star embossing folder, and I diecut some stars from matching DSPs.  The "celebrate" and the smaller stars are diecut from Granny Apple Green foil, even though they look gold in the photo:

I also added a little line of embossing for fun!  The inside uses a sentiment from Hooray for Surprises:

I think this is a great sketch as well as a great color combo, especially for masculine cards!  I hope you'll play along with our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lime Twist DSP (ret), Granny Apple Green Foil (ret)
Ink	Night of Navy, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Wanted to Say Dies, Stitched Stars Dies (Paper Rose), Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Starry Embossing Folder (ret)

52CCT Love & Joy

Happy Monday, peeps! A cold, snowy morning here in SE PA and I have just the card to share with you!!  The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants to see a wild animal on our holiday cards!  

The Winter Meadow DSP has a deer featured on one of its patterns and although it's not a very interesting shade of gray, I do like the background trees!  So here we go:

For my sentiment, I used the new Bright Borders stamp, heat embossed with white ink on Basic Gray, and punched it out with the matching To The Point Label punch.  The sentiment inside is from Greetings of the Season, which fit nicely;

I added a few metallic pearls to the front, then stamped another sentiment from the Greetings of the Season set inside:

I've been pretty lax on starting my Christmas cards this year, so I am happy to finally begin to add to my stash!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bright Borders, Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Winter Meadow DSP
Ink	Basic Gray, Craft White
Accessories	Metallic Pearls (ret), Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	To the Point Label Punch, Heat Tool

PP721 CAS From Jaydee

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week, and she's got a Clean and Simple one for us:

 

How fun! I don't think we've ever had one of these challenge themes before! I admit that when I first started to create my card, I totally spaced on the "CAS" part!  So this may be a little more layered than I would normally make!  Anyway, here we go:

I pulled out the retired set Sealed with Love, along with the matching dies Love Notes, to create my card today. This set is one of my all-time favorite Valentine sets!  The new In Color of Petunia Pop seemed like a fun color to create my little love note:

I used the Petunia Pop DSP to create my envelope, added the little love note and the diecut hearts along the edge. I also embossed the white panel with the Fun Patterns EF.  A fun little sequin added some sparkle! On the inside a sentiment from Unity's November 24 Kit of the Month, along with a couple of other elements from the Sealed with Love set:

I hope you'll play along with our Paper Players challenge this week....remember to keep it clean and simple!  Check out what the DT created as well over at the PP blog!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sealed with Love (ret), Every Step of the Way (Unity KOTM 11-24)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petunia Pop, Petunia Pop DSP
Ink	Petunia Pop, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Purple Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Fun Patterns EF, Love Notes Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)