Christmas Pup

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! I have been falling a wee bit behind on my Christmas cards so when I saw the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, I knew I had to play along:

I recently got some fun stickers from Cathe Holden's Christmas Flea Market Finds, so I used one on my card:

I mounted my little puppy on a diecut circle, matted with a scallop of Garden Green, then added a couple of banners and mounted everything on some pretty plaid paper that has some lovely gold accents in the pattern:

I added a simple sentiment on the inside, and I've added another to my stash!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green, Gold Foil, Terracotta Tile (ret), Sticker (Cathe Holden/Spellbinders), Madras Plaid Coral (Memory Box)
Ink	Cajun Craze (for sponging)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Sponge Daubers

Sleepy Kitty

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a really, really clean and simple card for you today; I used the theme from CAS on Sunday, which is animals, and the colors from Color Hues:

I used two new In Colors (out today!) of Hydrangea Hue and Golden Glow, along with a sweet little image from Unity Stamps:

I made an embossed oval and stamped my sleepy kitty inside, then added a Whittles Saying to the corner, along with a little flourish from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

This is uber-CAS,  even more CAS than I normally do, but I do have a friend who loves cats, so this will be for her!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love & Good Vibes (Unity), Whittle Sayings (Poppystamps), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hydrangea Hue
Ink	Hydrangea Hue, Golden Glow
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

AHSC680 Thank You

Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a nice weekend!  Our Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is an interesting one; gave me a chance to use some new goodies as well as some older ones!  Here's the sketch:

I was looking forward to playing with some new DSPs that will be live in a couple of days; this one is from Bloom Boutique.  I paired it with some diecut Pierced Blooms flowers and an embossed sentiment from Trusty Tools:

Bloom Boutique features the new In Colors Peaceful Pine and returning Crisp Cantaloupe, and I diecut some strips, adhered them next to each other and glued them to a Basic White mat.  The vertical panel was embossed with the Lovely Strips embossing folder, and I added some sequins for fun.  The flowers were mounted on a stitched oval diecut with a Crisp Cantaloupe scallop border:

This sketch is a great one to use up some of those smaller pieces of DSP we all have lying around, so I hope to see some fun creations in the gallery this week!  Be sure to pop over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog and check out what the other designers have done!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Peaceful Pine, Bloom Boutique DSP
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder, Stitched Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Heat Tool

PP784 Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new challenge from the Players, and Jaydee is our hostess this week with a wonderful theme!  Here we go:

This should be an easy one, right?!  I have had this gingham border floating around on my desk for weeks, left over from another project, so I decided to put it to use!  I needed a birthday card for a young woman at church who sings with Dana in our ensemble, but she is also an accomplished baker!  She made some tiramisu to share at ensemble practice, and Dana, knowing that tiramisu is my FAVORITE dessert, actually shared some with me! YUM!  So this card is for her:

I know that baking isn't necessarily an all-feminine theme, but it is for me today!  These images are all from Lawn Fawn's Baked with Love, stamped in black, diecut and colored with Blends or Copics:

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs' Mini Tag Sentiments, and I also used the new SU Product of the Month Eyelet Blooms die, but instead of diecutting it, I dry embossed it for a background!  Pretty  Here's the inside of the card:

I hope she likes it! And I hope you like our theme well enough to play along with us this week!  Check out what the other designers created at the Paper Players blog and come share yours with us too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Baked with Love (Lawn Fawn), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Red Glimmer (ret), Ginghams (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Eyelet Blooms Die, Perennial Postage Dies, 3/4" Circle Punch (ret), 7/8" Scallop Punch (ret), Baked with Love Dies (Lawn Fawn), Assorted Blends and Copics

FMS734 Make a Splash

Happy Thursday, everyone! Happy last day of April!  I just got the upcoming Online Exclusive Splash and Relax bundle and I just had to play with it for the FMS challenge this week!  Here's their sketch:

I was intrigued by this, especially with those rounded corners.  It's such an easy thing to do if you have a corner rounder punch and yet, I forget to do it!  So here we go with my little 4 1/4" square card:

Crisp Cantaloupe was one of my favorite colors, so I was thrilled to see it return!  I did a variety of diecuts in it, plus white and black, to create my card. I added some black and white gingham and a couple of black rhinestones and iridescent sequins as embellishments!

I mounted everything on a panel of Basic White, embossed with the Seaside embossing folder.  The inside sentiments were from the same set and the Rolling Waves set.

This will go to a friend from TOPS who loves going to the beach!  And I must confess (and I would love to hear opinions of other demonstrators) that I am struggling with these new ink pads.  As you can see, the sentiment is a bit blurry.  After I stamped this, I literally took a paper towel and wiped off some of the ink from the top of pad.  I remember some of the foam pads being exceptionally juicy, but this is not quite the same.  Anyone have any tips to get better, crisp images?  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Splash & Relax, Rolling Waves
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Painted Patterns DSP
Ink	Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Versafine Black
Accessories	Rhinestones, Iridescent Sequins (ret), Black & White Gingham (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Splash & Relax Dies, Seaside Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Corner Rounder Punch (ret), Black Blend

HSS487 Lakeside Wishes

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! Another masculine card today for my May birthdays; this one uses the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

Great masculine colors, don't you think?  My card didn't quite turn out as I envisioned it, but I had already spent enough time on it!! It'll have to be good enough, LOL!  So here we go:

I stamped this lakeside cabin image from Stampscapes in all three of the colors and did some sponging and fussy cutting before adhering it all back together and diecutting it with a Stitched So Sweetly die.  In hindsight, I think I should have stamped the cabin in black and added color, or stamped it on Pecan Pie cardstock, but as I said, I'd already invested the time so I went forward!

I added a sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs, then mounted the image on a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock that was stamped with the retired Woodgrain background stamp.  I added some twine trim and a piece of plaid from Timeless Plaids and it was done!  Hopefully the guy who receives it will like the scene and the message!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Woodgrain (ret), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs), Lakeside Cabin (Stampscapes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Timeless Plaids
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie, Old Olive, Versafine Black
Accessories	Wavy Trim (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Blending Brushes, Sponge Daubers

JAI784 Patriotic Birthday

 Happy Tuesday, all!  Filling in my May birthday card stash, and I realized I needed a couple more masculine cards!  The sketch at Just Add Ink worked for this one:

And here we go:

My card base is Misty Moonlight; the Home of the Free stamp from Honey Bee was stamped in the same color.  I added some circular diecuts of various wood-grained papers, a star from Paper Rose, and a sentiment from Special Moments:

A sentiment from Sunny Sentiments was stamped on the inside in Night of Navy ink:

Adding to my stash!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sunny Sentiments (ret), Special Moments (ret), Land of the Free (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Misty Moonlight, Country Woods DSP, Americana (Honey Bee)
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Stitched Star Die (Paper Rose), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession)

FMS733 Spotlight on Geraniums

 Happy Monday again! I am squeaking in another card today for the FMS sketch:

I have to admit that I haven't made a spotlight card for a long time and almost just tossed this one in the trash after several attempts, but I finally managed to eke one out that I felt was good enough to share!  It uses a pretty image from Unity's March 2026 Kit of the Month called Good Vibes:

Still not sure about the mixing of the greens!  Anyway, I stamped one image in black and another in mint green, then diecut a circle from the blackone and watercolored it in:

I embossed a Soft Sea Foam panel with the Eyelet embossing folder, trimmed everything down, added a stitched scalloped border and a sweet sentiment from the same set, then popped up the spotlit image.  Fresh and springy!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Good Vibes (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Versafine Black, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, Seafoam (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret),  Eyelet Embossing Folder, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter

AHSC679 Pop Up Birthday

Happy Monday, stamping friends! A new fun sketch from Atlantic Hearts is ours today:

 

A square sketch is always fun--just a wee bit different!  Since I knew I had a banner die that would be perfect for this card, I chose some bright, cheerful glossy prints for my layers to create a child's birthday card:

Pretty straightforward; I just cut some of the bright prints and adhered them to a Granny Apple Green 4 1/4" square card base, then added the diecut banner.  The birthday die was cut from some Daffodil Delight cardstock and I added a wee little heart-shaped resin embellishment over the "i"!

Since the front of the card was lacking anything too exciting, I decided to do a pop-up element on the inside with some diecut balloons and a strip of clear acetate:

In hindsight, using a balloon punch probably would have been easier; I had to add a backing piece since the diecut was an inlay and my pieces had nothing to hold on to!  I managed to assemble it and adhere it to the acetate; it doesn't lay 100% flat, but it'll do!

And a birthday sentiment from Waffle Flower finished it off!

I hope you'll play along with our Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch this week!  See you at the blog!  And thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Inside Birthday Sentiments (Waffle FLower)
Card stock & Papers	Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, Blueberry Bushel, Acetate Sheet, Birthday Wishes Stack (DCWV)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Resin Embellishment (ret)
Tools	Big SHot, Birthday BOuquet Die (Simon Says Stamp), Happy Birthday Die (Simon Says Stamp), Banner Die (Scrapbook.com)

PP784 Sketch from Stef

 Happy Sunday, all!  Time for a new challenge from The Players, and Stef is our fabulous hostess this week. I love sketches--so many possibilities!  Check hers out:

Lovely!  This is the time of the year I am frantically trying to use up some of the beautiful papers that will be retiring soon! (Anyone else do that?)  I have neglected the pretty Nests of Winter as well as the Country Woods, so I decided to combine them on my card today:

I first covered my card front with some printed paper from Nests of Winter (they look like little birdie feet, don't they?) and added a strip of the Country Wood paper, along with a thin little diecut strip in a darker shade.  I liked the little pops of color from those wood panels!  I diecut these little birds with the Spotlight on Nature dies and backed it with a scalloped mat.  A wee little stamp from Our Daily Bread Designs fit on the open space perfectly.

My final addition was a little bow of some Linen thread to complement the natural feel of the card!  I have a friend in TOPS who recently broke her collarbone, so this will be going to her!

I hope you'll find some inspiration  with Stef's sketch and play along with us at the Players! We can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?  Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care.  And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."  Matthew 10:29-31

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Tan (from my local stamp store), Country Woods DSP, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Macchiato (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Layering Circle Dies (ret), 1/4" Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions)

LRW855 Happy Earth Day

Happy Saturday, everyone! Even before this challenge popped up at Little Red Wagon, I had saved this pretty lavender envelope from my mail, because I knew I wanted to create something with it!  So it worked perfectly for the "Earth Day" challenge, which was to use something recycled on your creation! So here we go; simple and easy:

I cut the envelope to fit my card front and adhered it; I diecut a vellum circle and sponged some Gorgeous Grape ink on the back of it, then added a scalloped border around it.  The floral diecut was a leftover from yesterday's project, unused, and I thought it worked well with the outline images on the envelope:

I added some Smoky Slate pearls and a sentiment from Lily of the Valley.  I left the inside blank, and will add a sentiment when I send it out!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lily of the Valley
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum (ret), Envelope from the mail
Ink	Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Smoky Slate Pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big SHot, Penned FLowers Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

As You See It 371 Recipe in Pink

Hello all!  Happy Friday! It's time for a new As You See It challenge, and this week, it's Recipe time!  Here we go:

My friend Colleen recently made a gorgeous postage-style card (you can see it HERE) and she inspired me to get out my postage dies and stamps and put them to use! I only used hers as a starting point, as she did neutrals and vintage.  Mine is decidedly PINK and floral:

I already had this Pink Pirouette diecut "frame" in my Pink Pirouette folder, so I used that as my starting point. I stamped images from the retired Hand-Penned Petals on the frame as well as on one of the postage stamps, and used the dies from the same set to create some detailed flowers.  The little seed packet image is from the retired Flowering Rain Boots.  I added a sentiment from Hero Arts as well as some postage stamp elements from Waffle Flower:

My final addition was a wee little bit of grosgrain ribbon for accent.  It was fun to mix and match these images and sets, do some stamping and sponging, then put it all together! I hope you'll find something to create using our "recipe" this week at As You See It!  Can't wait to see what comes of it!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Flowering Rain Boots (ret), Hand-Penned Petals (ret), Postage Collage (Waffle FLower), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pink Pirouette (ret), Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush, Cotton Candy (Catherine Pooler), Distress Worn Lipstick (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Grosgrain from my stash, Mini Pearls (Want 2 Scrap)
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Die (Waffle FLower), Penned FLowers Dies (ret), Triple Flower Punch, Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows Die (Lawn Fawn)

Addicted to CAS Postage Christmas

 Happy Wednesday, everyone! I have a quick little clean and simple card today--another Christmas one--for the Addicted to CAS challenge of "postage"!

Last year I got some vintage Christmas postage stamp images from Elizabeth Crafts, so I thought they would be great for the challenge:

Using a Waffle Flower postage die, I cut out two stamps from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped my images in Cherry Cobbler and Shaded Spruce inks, then added some register stamps on a Crumb Cake card behind them:

I have been longing to try to "speckles" on my card to give it a more vintage look, so I watered down some Craft White ink and using my aquapainter, tapped it on the handle of another paintbrush and it didn't turn out too badly.  Looks like snow, although some of them have a more of a raindrop look! I need practice! And just to show you that even after 25 years of stamping, there are still things to learn:

Be sure your Cherry Cobbler ink is fully dry on your Crumb Cake card BEFORE you add your speckles.  Better yet, speckle first, THEN stamp!  I hope the recipient won't mind the blurry sentiment, LOL!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	December Postage Stamps (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Vintage Christmas (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce,  Crumb Cake, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Stamp Die (Waffle Flower), Aquapainter

Vintage Fa La La Christmas

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I am squeaking in a sweet little vintage Christmas card for the "belles" at Jingle Belles, where their theme is "Walking in a Vintage Wonderland"!  I love Christmas and I love vintage!  So I searched in my stash of papers and found a few that worked for my collage-style card today!  I did some trimming and sponging and diecutting and did not do a bit of stamping, at least on the front! Here we go:

I cannot begin to tell you who makes these papers; I bought just a few pieces loose from an online seller and there is no name associated with them, but they are all from the same package.  You may be able to see the background print peeking out from the elements that I cut apart and mounted on top.  Before mounting, I sponged each edge and roughed them up with the edge of my ruler.  I also added some glittery holly leaves (white glimmer paper with some Soft Sky ink sponged on them) and a little diecut bow (Real Red with some white ink sponged on it),  Here are some closeups of these delightful little scenes:

Everything went on a Naturals Ivory card; I stamped a sentiment from Flonzcraft on the inside with Crumb Cake ink.

These images all just remind me of Christmases from when I was a little girl!  And I  promise, one of these days, I'll do some actual stamping on a card! It's just so fun to pull out some neat papers and let them do the work though!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Christmas (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals Ivory (ret), Real Red, White Glimmer (ret), Unknown Christmas paper
Ink	Crumb Cake, Basic Beige (for sponging), Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Cottage Wreath Dies (ret), Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz), Sponge Daubers