AHSC630 Hello

Happy Monday, everyone! We have a nice easy sketch for you at Atlantic Hearts this week: 

I've been playing with Layers of Beauty and I wanted to try to create a blue/gray pottery-styled floral. So here we go:

I stamped my flower in Night of Navy on Smoky Slate cardstock and used various shades of blue to stencil in the colors.  I added an embossed circle for the background, then layered it all on some Country Woods DSP.  Sentiment is from Choose Happy!

Hope you have fun with our sketch! Share your creations with us at the Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge blog and give some love to the other designers there as well!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, Choose Happy
Card stock & Papers	Smoky Slate, Basic White, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layers of Beauty Dies, Layers of Beauty Masks, Blending Brushes, Distressed Tile Embossing Folder (ret)

PP738 Beeutiful Wings

Happy Sunday, peeps! Joanne is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has a fun clean-and-simple challenge for us:

Oh, so many things could fit this bill, right?!  Just remember to keep things clean-and-simple!  So here we go:

I have lots of bee stamps, but this detailed one from Queen Bee is one of my favorites!  My color palette came from the Inspired By challenge this week:

I stamped the queen bee in Versafine ink and colored her in with an aquapainter and inks and fussy cut her out. I stamped her again on a gingham Everyday Arches diecut and mounted the fussy-cut one on top:

I added a sentiment from Darcy's Designs as well as some blue sequins, and mounted it on a panel that was embossed with the Hive embossing folder.  I am also entering this at the CAS on Sunday Challenge, where they are also looking for "Things for Wings"!  I know a blue bee is probably a wee bit unusual, but I just love that color combo!  

I hope you'll play with our Clean-and-Simple "Things that Fly" challenge too! Be sure to share your creation with us at our Paper Players blog!  See you there! Thanks for popping in today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Queen Bee (ret), Beeutiful (Darcie's Heart & Home Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Azure Afternoon, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (Honey Bee Stamps)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Hive Embossing Folder (ret), Everyday Arches Dies, Aquapainter

AYSI348 Spots & Stripes

Happy Friday, everyone!  Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge, and our theme this week is spots or stripes!

I just got the new set called Encircled With Love, so it seemed perfect for the challenge! I added spots and stripes to my card:

I chose to keep my card monochromatic to keep it simple, using Lost Lagoon ink, but I did kick it up a notch by adding a few more subtle spots with a polka dot embossing folder, then added a sentiment from Everyday Arches. I love how the fonts seem to coordinate!  My final embellishment was some Lost Lagoon Soft Cord:

I also used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

I love spots, and I love stripes, and I love them together!  I hope you'll play with our challenge this week...you can use either or both!  Check out what the DT created too...some fun creations over at the AYSI blog!   Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Sending Holiday Cheer

Hey there, peeps, I am squeaking in another card today because I've been trying to make a Christmas card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown for days now and it ends tomorrow!  SO....here's the challenge:

Now I admit that my red and green hues are not exactly the ones pictured above, but they are still red and green!  Here we go:

My little warm hat and mittens are from an old W+9 set called Holiday Cheer; I stamped them in Soft Succulent and Merry Merlot inks and diecut them with the matching die.  Some older DSP provided a holiday background, and the Tim Holtz embossing folder added to the alpine flair!

A sentiment from SU's Peaceful Season finished it off on the inside:

And since I am using some "winter warmers", I am also entering this at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge:

Another fun holiday card to add to my stash!  Thanks again for popping in today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret), Holiday Cheer (W+9), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Succulent (ret), Wrapped in Plaid DSP (ret)
Ink	Merry Merlot (ret), Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Holiday Cheer Dies (W+9), Deer Knit Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

CASC&S560 Happy Father's Day

 Happy Thursday, all! I have a fun little Father's Day card today and it uses the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I pulled out some old My Favorite Things dies and went to work:

My card is a 4 1/4" square Very Vanilla, and I used the dies from Trusty Tools to create the "boards" for the four squares from Pecan Pie cardstock.  Each of the tools was diecut from retired Brushed Silver cardstock, then layered with a colored cardstock handle:

The sentiment is also from Trusty Tools, and the inside sentiment is from Layers of Beauty, and I embellished it with some nuts and bolts!!!

I haven't done a masculine card for a while, so this was fun and now I have a card for a certain guy I know!  Thanks for visiting today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pecan Pie, Blueberry Bushel, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Brushed Silver (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade, Gray Granite, Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Trusty Tools Dies, Tool Dies (My Favorite Things)

Fun with Florals in Bloom

Happy Wednesday, all! I have had a busy couple of days and haven't had time to post a thing! So, no challenges today but I thought I'd share a few samples that I made for my customers to peruse; they use the pretty Florals in Bloom DSP and the Spring Corners stamp set...such a fun set!  So here we go!

I rarely use yellow, but I had scraps of this print which featured some yellow florals, so I cut them down to fit on some Perennial Postage dies, added a sentiment and backed it with a panel of Lemon Lolly Dotted Circles embossing!  It's so fun and cheerful!

I used the new Timid Tiger to match these pretty florals; I used a square die to create the sentiment for some interest:

This gatefold card also uses some orange-hued florals and another Timid Tiger panel.  This time I selectively embossed around the sentiment with the Eyelet embossing folder and added a ribbon to hold it closed:

And I stamped a couple of the florals in Peach Pie and Timid Tiger as an embellishment...aren't they sweet?

And finally, I created a couple little totes for my hostesses from the Notes & Totes bundle:

I used a piece of Adhesive Sheet to adhere the DSP to some cardstock to create them; it made them a bit sturdier, but also a bit more tricky to assemble!  But I like how it all coordinated! And it holds two chocolate candies, which is quite important!

Hopefully they loved them!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Corners, Notes & Totes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Timid Tiger, Bubble Bath, Petunia Pop, Florals in Bloom DSP
Ink	Timid Tiger, Poppy Parade, Petunia Pop, Bubble Bath, Peach Pie
Accessories	White Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Notes & Totes Dies, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Spring Corners Dies

AHSC629

Happy Monday, everyone!  Hope you all had a great weekend!  Today is Stamp Club day and I am looking forward to stamping with my ladies!  It's also time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge: 

I deviated a wee tiny bit from the sketch, putting my sentiment directly on the panel!  Here we go:

I just love the patterns and faux texture on these Everyday Happiness papers!  I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamps, Painted Harvest, to create my floral image:

I used Lost Lagoon, Pebbled Path, Gray Granite and Wild Wheat, then fussy-cut the flower and leaves out.  The sentiment is from Simply Said, which has great everyday sentiments!  Everything went on a Basic Beige card.  I hope you'll find some inspiration from this fun sketch and share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Painted Harvest (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Everyday Happiness DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Gray Granite, Pebbled Path (ret), Wild Wheat (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies

PP737 Color Challenge from Ann

Happy Sunday, and Happy Mother's Day if you're a mom of any sort!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess today and she has a lovely color palette for us to play with:

My first thought went to flowers, but I had to be a rebel and opted instead for another Christmas card! Check it out:

I used the snowflake images from Iconic Imagery, diecutting them and embellishing them with a wee little rhinestone.  They are sitting on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder.  Words from the same set were stamped at the top in Berry Burst, and I added a sweet little Lost Lagoon Soft Cord bow for another embellishment:

I stamped a sentiment from Greetings of the Season on the inside, along with a few more snowflakes:

My layout is from Linda's Freshly Made Sketches sketch, and I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks, where they are looking for Christmas:

These colors are so pretty, I hope you'll be able to create something lovely with them too!  Be sure to check out what the DT created at the PP blog and share yours with us!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon DSP (ret), Bubble Bath DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst
Accessories	Rhinestones, Lost Lagoon Soft Cording, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Iconic Imagery Dies

Merry Christmas Bells

Happy Saturday, peeps! A quick card today, a Christmas one that basically has almost no stamping!  The Jingle Belles want to see bells, and I've used the sketch from TGIF Challenges:

I found this star and bell cutout in my scrap bin while rummaging around on my desk and thought it would fit the bell challenge nicely!  I pulled out some DSPs from my stash and put them all together:

The star and pink snowflake papers are from Mintay (Merry Little Christmas), and the background paper is from Divinity Designs (Christmas Paper Collection 2014).  The little diecut is from Gummiapan:

I added some pink sequins, and before adhering the pink paper, I diecut out a panel from the background and used it to stamp the sentiment for the inside; it's from SU's Greetings of the Season:

Another Christmas card to add to my stash!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

IB335 Happy Spring

 Happy Friday, peeps! It is quite damp and dreary today in SE PA, but we always need the rain! My card today is one I almost didn't share....it isn't quite up to my standards but I decided to show it anyway to prove that no matter how experienced a stamper you are, sometimes things just don't come out the way you expect!  

I have been playing with the Notes & Totes bundle and as much as I love it, I am struggling with it...I think it's bigger than I envisioned!  Anyway, the Inspired By challenge this week inspired me to try to use the tote die; here's the photo:

So off I went to create:

I won't go into all the details about what I don't like about this card, but I will say that the pretty flowers  from You Are Remarkable, stamped in Soft Seafoam ink,  just got lost.  I should have stamped them in something darker....so maybe I'll try them again!  

I tried an old technique for the tote itself; I stamped the retired Knit Together stamp using Versamark ink and dabbed on some pastels with a cotton ball....remember them?  It turned out darker than I wanted, sadly.  I couldn't even stamp the inside correctly...it was crooked and had a halo, so I had to trim my stamp, restamp and diecut a piece to cover it up:

 

At least I managed the background okay, using a piece of Country Woods DSP!  Well, you can't win them all!  Thanks so much for bearing with me here today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Year of Flowers, Choose Happy, Knit Together (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Soft Seafom DSP (ret), Country Woods DSP
Ink	Versamark, Soft Seafoam, Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pastels (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Notes & Totes Dies, Textured Notes Dies

TSOT669 Quick Thank You

Happy Thursday, all! I have a quick thank you card today using the beautiful papers from Florals in Bloom as well as the sketch from Try A Sketch on Tuesday:

So here we go:

My sentiment from Everyday Arches was stamped in Berry Burst, and the little flower from Choose Happy was stamped and watercolored in Petunia Pop and Garden Green and accented with a little pearl:

Simple, quick and oh so pretty!

Yesterday morning I received an email from our neighborhood watch group; I use the term "neighborhood" loosely, because I live on a rural road and our neighborhood consists of about three small roads and a couple developments, neither of which are really near me.  But sometimes someone's dog gets loose, or an elderly neighbor wanders off, so an email goes out.  Nothing prepared me for this, however, only half a mile from my home:

Yikes!  I have never known bears to be in my area---EVER! Someone saw this one on his way to work and snapped a couple of pictures from the safety of his car!   And off it goes, into the woods! 

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Choose Happy, Everyday Arches
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petunia Pop, Florals in Bloom DSP
Ink	Petunia Pop, Garden Green, Berry Burst
Accessories	Pearl, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Textured Notes Dies, 1 3/8" Circle Punch (ret)

You Make My Heart Smile

Happy Tuesday, peeps! No challenge today, but I have been playing with some of the new papers from the catalog that went live today!  Beautiful Gallery has some stunning artwork images as well as some vintage-style backgrounds.  This one uses my favorite blue and orange tones and I had to use it first!

The sentiment panel is the opposite side of the printed paper, and the sentiment is from  Layers of Beauty, stamped in the new In Color Secret Sea.  The little flower stamped on the arched panel is from Spring Corners:

The card base is another new color called Cloud Cover---LOVE it!  I love how this particular design looks like vintage fabric!  Now I need to make some samples with some of the other prints as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

Speaking of orange, I glanced out my craft room window last week and saw this orange fellow on my hummingbird feeder!  I knew they were around, as I had been hearing them, but it was a treat to see him so close!

We have had orioles at our hummingbird feeders before, but I never get tired of having them visit! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, Spring Corners
Card stock & Papers	Cloud Cover, Secret Sea, Beautiful Gallery DSP
Ink	Secret Sea
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies