AHSC639 True Blessing

 Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Heart Sketch:

I toyed with several ideas, but in the end, I used some Floral Charm DSP:

I used both sides of one pattern, softening the floral pattern on the front with a layer of vellum so that the fussy-cut flowers I used for the focal point stood out a little better.  Some Timid Tiger cardstock formed a mat, and a sentiment from Unbounded Love, stamped on a panel diecut with the Every Day Arches dies.  

For some added interest, I embossed the lower half of the DSP with the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder, then lightly sanded it to bring out the design!  I adhered a strip of the leftover DSP on the inside for fun!

This is a sketch that is one of my favorites; a go-to one in my repertoire! I hope you'll find it to your liking as well and play along with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; his love is eternal.  Give thanks to the greatest of all gods; his love is eternal.  Give thanks to the mightiest of all lords; his love is eternal." Psalm 136:1-2

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Timid Tiger, Floral Charm DSP, Vellum (ret)
Ink	Timid Tiger
Accessories	Enamel Dots (W+9), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies, Dainty Diamonds EF (ret)

PP747 CAS Things With Wheels

Happy Sunday, all! I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week, where it's Clean-and-Simple week, one of my favorites!  Here's my theme:

I think this theme could be great for masculine OR feminine cards! I actually went with a feminine image, using an older Waffleflower layering set that's not seen much ink:

Although it took me a couple of tries to get everything lined up, I like the graphic look of it! I  used the colors from Color Throwdown as my palette:

I used Daffodil Delight for the girl's dress, adding some gray polka dots; her bike is Memento Black and Flirty Flamingo, and the sentiment (Technique Tuesday) and shadows are Smoky Slate:

I embellished the sentiment with a gray enamel dot, then I added some pink and gold paper to match the pink bike! It all went on a Smoky Slate card base, and I stamped a sentiment from a Reverse Confetti set on the inside.

This is a little bit out of my normal style, but I think it's fun and unusual!  I hope you'll play along with our CAS challenge this week at the Players! Just remember to keep in simple!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biking Girls (Waffleflower), Cotton & Thistles (Reverse Confetti), Good Times (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Gray, Basic White, Madras Plaid Coral (Memory Box)
Ink	Memento Black, Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Enamel Dot (W+9)
Tools	Blender Pen

FMS695 From Meow To You

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have something fun planned! I have a fun little card today which uses the sketch from FMS along with some stamps I've had for a while and haven't gotten inky!  Here's the sketch:

I have a friend who loves cats, and although her cats are not black, I am hoping she'll like this card for her birthday anyway!

This set is from Impression Obsession, and I stamped the cats on thick white cardstock, then fussy-cut them out and placed them behind a Smoky Slate oval frame.  To capture their whiskers, I first traced the outlines on the gray polka dotted paper with a pencil, then stamped them again.  The cut ones were glued on over top and then the whole thing went on a Basic White card base:

I know my card doesn't look pure white in the photo, but it is, LOL!  A punny sentiment went on the inside too:

I probably gave her a card similar to this several years ago, but since I can't remember it exactly, I am counting on the fact that she can't either!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Black Cat Love (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Smoky Slate DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

CAS on Sunday 313 Have a Merry Little Christmas

 Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Phew! I got a new computer and have spent the last two days trying to recreate all my files, re-load programs, and get used to a laptop.  It's not been a pretty sight here in my craft room!  I am on my way though and actually stamped something for a challenge, LOL!  The CAS on Sunday challenge wants Christmas in July and since I have been making holiday cards like crazy, I jumped on the bandwagon!  Here we go:

I started with a Very Vanilla card base, rounding the corners with a punch, then added three little strips across the bottom.  The Mossy Meadow strip was diecut with the Best Borders die; the holly-printed strip was accented with some twine; and the Cherry Cobbler strip was diecut with a fun die from Gummiapan, called Starry Border.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, and it was diecut with a Stitched Shape die and tucked under the Mossy Meadow border:

I forgot to take a picture of the inside!  But thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed--and stay cool!  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler, Unknown Holly paper
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Twine from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Best Borders Die (ret), Starry Border Die (Gummiapan), 1/8" Hole Punch (ret)

AHSC638 Pretty Florals

Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch, and what a lovely one it is: 

This one came together lickety-split, with the help of some gorgeous papers from Not 2 Shabby:

I mounted everything on a Pecan Pie card base, added a sentiment from the retired Happiness Abounds, stamped in Strawberry Slush, then added a sweet little twine bow:

A cheery, easy-peasy birthday card for someone special next month!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch too--so many possibilities! Be sure to share yours at the Atlantic Hearts blog!

I had two lovely things happen to me on Friday! First, my friend Amy who lives in upstate New York, came down to SE PA to shop at a sweet Amish stamp store, which just happens to be 30 minutes away from me! How fun to meet up! The only downside was we didn't have much time to spend together:

I had to rush home to make dinner for my brother (catfish and he and John caught on their boat trip on Wednesday--yum!) and his girlfriend brought me this gorgeous vase of flowers--again, courtesy of their Amish neighbors:

Two things to make me smile!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiness Abounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Rustic Blooms (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Twine from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies

PP746 Color Challenge from Ann

Hello, stamping friends! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this week, Ann is our lovely hostess with an interesting color challenge:

I will admit that at first glance, this challenge had me stumped! But as I was going through some of my older stamps, I remembered this outline feather from Papertrey, and I thought it would be a perfect element!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

To begin, I placed the stamp in my stamp positioner, then stamped it with Pretty Peacock ink on a card base of Thick Basic White.  After cleaning the stamp well, I inked it again with Versamark ink and stamped right on top of the Peacock ink.  I heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder, which made it really easy to watercolor in those open areas with Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia and a washed-out shade of Pretty Peacock inks using an aquapainter:

I managed to find some sequins in my stash that pretty much matched my colors.  A simple, fun sentiment from the same set finished it off!

What do these colors make you think about? Flowers? Geometric elements? Feathers? LOL!  I hope you'll check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog, then share your creativity with us as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	What The Doodle:Feather (Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Versamark, Pretty Peacock, Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquapainter

AYSI352 What Shape Would You Use?

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It challenge....and it's a fun one:

My shape would definitely be a circle and I do have three of them here, although they're a wee bit hidden by the shapes of my sunglasses! I hope that's acceptable to my own team members, LOL!

I had the idea for this card in my head a few days ago, mostly for the Inkspirational challenge of using three of something (I love my threes!), and then when I saw the Sunday Stamps sketch, it just all went together:

My sunglasses are from the Notes & Totes die and I used Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black to create them, popping them up on circles diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies:

My background paper is Coastal Cabana DSP, and my little wonky strips are from Spellbinders, Kristina's Finishing Touches.  There's Wink of Stella on the glasses for some extra shine!  Since this is a thank you card for one of my club girls, I used a sentiment from Simply Said directly on to the DSP.

So how about you?  What would be your shape to use on a card? We can't wait to see what shape you choose!  Share your creation with us at the As You See It blog and take a peek at what the other designers created as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Pretty in Pink, Coastal Cabana DSP
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Notes & Totes Dies, Wink of Stella, Kristina's Finishing Touches Dies (Spellbinders)

How About Some Pumpkins?

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Well, my computer bit the dust today---just conked right out, and I am struggling with John's Mac until my new one arrives and gets set up! What an inconvenience! It took me a while just to figure out how to upload a photo!  

Anyway, I had some of that shabby ribbon left over from yesterday's card, plus I have been moving around on my desk a stenciled panel I did a month or so ago, so I decided to put them together! It's not even for any challenge  But I must warn you, this fall stencil may make you feel a little cooler, LOL!  It was so cute, I ordered it even though it wasn't the right season!  So here we go:

The stencil is from Spellbinder's September 2024's Club of the Month, called Colorful Pumpkins.  I stenciled it on a Basic Beige panel using Cloud Cover, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Coastal Cabana and Early Espresso.  I added a sentiment from Paper Sweeties, stamped on a retired Tailor Made Tag.  I then added my shabby bow and some linen thread I picked up at a yard sale!

It all went on a pretty Cloud Cover base.  Until I get my computer set up, I don't have a way to add the "recipe" so bear with me and if you have any questions, just shoot me an email!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

HSS467 Shabby Chic Wedding Congrats

Happy Tuesday, all! My niece recently surprised everyone and got married! They'd been engaged for a long time and just decided to get married without any big fuss! (Smart couple!)  Naturally, I had to make them a congratulations card, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch was perfect for what I had in mind.  Here's the sketch:

I haven't done a shabby-chic card for a long time and I really wanted to use some of the pretty vintage papers I had in my stash.  I pulled out a retired SU stamp set called Nature's Prints and went to work:

My card base is Basic Beige, with Very Vanilla accents, and the papers are from PhotoPlay and Kaiser Craft.  (I admit, these are hard colors to photograph!)  I stamped a sentiment from Hero Arts on the scripty piece, then added a sprig from the Nature's Prints, stamped in Basic Beige, as well as some seam binding that I dyed with BB ink, crumpled up and heat set in my microwave!

A sentiment from the same SU set was stamped on the inside, and I also overstamped the same sprig on top of the sentiment, using Versmark ink:

And here's a photo of the couple---they look like they could be fashion models, don't they? We wish them lots of blessings!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Very Vanilla, French Flea Market (PhotoPlay), Pen & Ink (KaiserCraft)
Ink	Basic Beige, Basic Gray, Versamark
Accessories	Vanilla Seam Binding, Basic Beige Reinker, Twine from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret)

AHSC637 Floral Birthday

 Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge!  Here we go:

I just got the Floral Charm DSP and although it's a bit of a cheat, I had to use this floral pattern because it was so pretty:

I thought the Blushing Bride cardstock matched the lighter florals, but in hindsight, I would probably use a different color background.  I place the panel in the Mini Corrugated embossing folder (had to run it through once and a little bit more!), then rubbed my Craft White ink pad over the raised ridges. It's hard to see, but it added a nice little contrast.  The Mossy Meadow scalloped panel seemed a little stark, so I stamped some smudes around the edges with the same Craft white ink, then added a simple white ribbon and a sentiment from The Right Words:

This is a really nice, simple, easy sketch, and I hope you'll play along with us as well!  The possibilities are endless!  Check out the other samples at the Atlantic Hearts blog and play along! Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Label Me Bold (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Blushing Bride (ret), Floral Charm DSP
Ink	Craft White, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	White Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder

PP745 Lots of Seasonal Circles

Happy Sunday, peeps! Hope your weekend is going along well!  Stef is our Paper Players hostess this special weekend and she has a fun challenge for us:

Fun! I love circles!  And I guess I am on a real Christmas card kick lately---here's another one for you!

This was a pretty easy, CAS card to make---the hardest part was choosing what patterns to put in the little circles!  The die is an older one from CTMH; the papers are all from Echo Park, and most of them were scraps left over from other Christmas cards!  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs, and I simply added a wee little rhinestone for a big of sparkle!

I carried the circular theme to the inside as well....a few more circles and another sentiment from ODBD:

Since diecutting machines came out, circles are SO MUCH easier to create! I remember a stencil type of doodad with circular lines partially cut into it and you had to use a sharp stylus to trace inside the line to cut your circle....gaaaaah, mine never came out right!  Thanks to the person who invented the Big Shot and dies, right?!  I hope you'll give us lots of circles on your creation this week, and be sure to share it with us at the Paper Players blog!  Thanks for visiting and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Santa Claus Lane, Christmas Salutations (both Echo Park)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Rhinestone, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Multi Circle Window Die (Close to My Heart), 1" Circle Punch (ret)

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July everyone!  I am going to share two cards I received for the holiday---they have been "decorating" my piano since I received them and now am going to share them with YOU!

This one is from my friend Karen; the "s" is sparkly, too! :D

And this one is from my friend Wendy! I love how she used that SAB embossing folder--perfect!

Thanks, ladies, for making me feel special!  I hope everyone has a blessed and safe holiday!

Vintage Birthday Wishes

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! Trying to squeeze in some stamping time before our holiday celebrations!  I needed several masculine cards (aren't they the most challenging?) and saw a fun sketch from Just Add Ink as well as the birthday challenge from Retro Rubber!  

I went WAY back in the archives for some of these products, LOL!  Here's one of the cards I created:

The papers are from an old Basic Gray pad (remember them), and the "birthday" banner is from Time of Year (2016) and the "wishes" is from Holly Jolly Greetings (2015).  The vehicle is from Unity's Consider Yourself Vintage, and I know I've had that for several years:

I didn't want to put a bow on a masculine card, so I diecut a wee little wrench from some copper foil using a die from My Favorite Things....Tool Charms.  It's an oldie too!  The banners and mat are both Basic Black.  I made a few more similar to this for my stash for this month!  Now to get them ready to go out in the mail!  And I just realized this will fit the Krafty Chicks birthday challenge this week too!

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Time of Year (2016, ret), Holly Jolly Greetings (2015, ret), Consider Yourself Vintage (Unity, at least 6 years old)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic Black, Copper Foil, Basic Gray DSP (unknown name)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Tool Charms Dies (My Favorite Things)