PP791 CAS From Jan Here Comes the Sun

Happy Sunday, all!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess this week, and it's CLEAN and SIMPLE week!  Remember to keep your card elements to a minimum!

What a fun challenge theme!  I recently got some rub-ons from 49 and Market and had not had a chance to use them--perfect timing!  I admit they were a little fiddly to adhere but other than the fact that I had NOT planned to put my big sentiment at an angle, I made them work!  Here we go:

I first embossed a piece of Thick Basic White with the Stitched With Whimsy die, then chose my rub-ons.  I had laid the top one down on the paper, then ran to take something out of the oven and by the time I got back, it had begun to adhere to the paper----so, at an angle it went!  I put the bunnies at an angle too, then added the sun, the sentiment and the yellow splotch:

As I said, they took a little effort to get them to adhere, but I found out that using the tip of my piercing tool to run with helped get the finer details in place!  I left the inside blank, as this could be used for any number of occasions!  The rub-ons made for a very quick card and I think it's CAS enough!  I am also going to enter this over at the Krafty Chicks, where they're also looking for CAS!

I hope you'll play with our CAS challenge at the Paper Players this week!  Check out what the design team did with this---you may be surprised at the "weather" they chose!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Do not be deceived:  God will not be mocked.  A man reaps what he sows."  Galatians 6:7

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink
Accessories	Spring Stories Rub-ons (49 & Market)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret)

AYSI375 Fruity Colors

Happy Friday, peeps!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and we have another bright color palette with which to play:

Aren't those blooms beautiful?  I went in a different direction, making use of my new fruity Made With Sweetness dies:

The strawberry was diecut with Melon Mambo; the cherry with Berry Burst; and all the other elements with Lemon Lime Twist.  Everything went on a Coastal Cabana polka-dotted paper with a stitched scallop border:

The sentiment is from the retired Banner Year, diecut with a circle punch and a Tasteful Labels mat.  I also added a little Soft Cord bow for fun!  My lime is also sparkled with Wink of Stella--too bad it doesn't show up in the photo!

I hope you'll kick off the summer season with these bright colors and play along with us at As You See It!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Banner Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Melon Mambo, Coastal Cabana DSP (ret)
Ink	Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories	Dimensionals, Lost Lagoon Soft Cord (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Made with Sweetness Dies, 1" Circle Punch (ret), Tasteful Labels Dies (ret), Sponge Daubers, Wink of Stella, Stitched Scallop Rectangle Window Dies (Lawn Fawn), Early Espresso Marker (ret)

FMS741 Little Note of Thanks

Happy Thursday, all!  I needed a few more thank you cards and the FMS sketch gave me a great layout to make some quick, easy CAS ones!

I still had Bloom Boutique out on my desk, and I loved Michele's postage stamp design, so instead of stenciling a design, I just used some of the patterns as my "stamp":

I mounted those pretty patterns on a piece of Basic White embossed with the Lazy Daisy embossing folder, and added a tag with some pretty Crisp Cantaloupe ribbon.  I just loved this color when it first came out and I still love it!  The only other addition is a gold Festive Pearl!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes of Spring
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bloom Boutique DSP
Ink	Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Crisp Cantaloupe Ribbon, Dimensionals, Festive Pearls (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Perennial Postage Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret)

SSC338 For You

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a lovely little card using the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

I needed some thank you cards for recent orders, so I went to the Bloom Boutique DSP pack and chose some Hydrangea Hue patterns and went to work:

I used stamps and dies from the Scalloped Wishes bundle; the dragonfly was diecut using gold foil and shimmer paper--so pretty!

Now I need to make a few more!

John and some of his friends from church went fishing last Saturday in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore!  It was a gorgeous day and they caught a lot of fish, but he was more intrigued by the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the background.  If you remember, the bridge was destroyed in 2024 when a ship lost power and rammed into the pilings, collapsing the bridge and killing six construction workers.  Maryland hopes to have it reopened in 2030.

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scalloped Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gold Foil, Hydrangea Hue, Bloom Boutique DSP, Shimmer
Ink	Hydrangea Hue
Accessories	Gold Pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Wishes Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies

AHSC686 Best Wishes

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I'm a little late posting my Atlantic Hearts Sketch card this week---just took a little break, I guess!  Anyway, here's the sketch:

I admit this sketch had me stumped for a bit, but when I decided to make my card larger than a standard-sized card, I had a better result!  So here's my 5" x 6" card:

I stamped the Layers of Beauty in Versafine Black ink, then used the stencil to add Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon and Soft Sea Foam inks.  I cut the design apart and layered them on a panel of Azure Afternoon that had been embossed with the retired Quilt Top embossing folder.  The sentiment is from Pinkfresh's Scripted Bold Sentiments 1, also stamped in Azure Afternoon ink. 

I added some loops of gold thread as well as some gold pearls to finish it off.  I had to make a custom envelope as well, but I forgot to photograph that!  I hope you'll play along with our pretty sketch and make use of some of those bold sentiments you might have in your stash!  Share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!

I haven't shared any pictures of Cassidy lately, as she's busy with school and basketball.  She played in an AAU league this spring and after a bit of a rough start, her team won all three games this past weekend for their championship.  It was a long-awaited, well-earned win, too!

To say we were all happy was an understatement!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty (ret), Scripted Bold Sentiments 1 (Pinkfresh)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon, Soft Sea Foam, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Versafine Black
Accessories	Gold Pearls, Gold Thread (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layers of Beauty Dies (ret), Layers of Beauty Masks (ret), Quilt Top Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker), Blending Brushes

PP790 Color Challenge from Christy

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Christy is our hostess at the Paper Players this week and she has an awesome color challenge for us:

I admit that those hues gave me a bit of a pause at first!  I needed a birthday card for one of my great-nephews who is turning four, so....four colors, four crayons, here we go:

I just got this fun crayon set from Spellbinders and had not had a chance to get it inky, so this was the perfect time!  I hope Cole doesn't mind a "Strawberry Slush" crayon and think the color is too girly, LOL!  I stamped and diecut each of the crayons out using the challenge colors, then added a sentiment from the same set and mounted everything on a polka-dot embossed mat:

I just love those cute little faces! A sentiment from Concord & 9th went on the inside:

This will be winging its way in a few days to the birthday boy!  I know these colors are a bit challenging but check out what the Paper Players DT did with them to get some inspiration, then come play with us! We can't wait to see your creations!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Crayon Creations (Spellbinders), Retro Radio (Concord & 9th)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Lemon Lime Twist
Ink	Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Lemon Lime Twist, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret)

52CCT#26 Let It Snow!

Happy Saturday, peeps! I am honored to be a guest designer at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week, which is a color challenge!  It is a bit of a challenge for sure--non traditional colors!  Check it out: 

So here we go:

My glimmer paper snowflakes are mounted on three "stitched" panels from Simon Says Stamp, stamped in Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie and Cool Caribbean inks and diecut with the matching dies.  I added some matching sequins to each center.  The sentiment is a older one from Waltzingmouse Stamps, and everything is mounted on an embossed snowflake mat:

Another Waltzingmouse sentiment on the inside:

I know this is an unusual color for a Christmas card, but I like it!  I hope you can find a creative use for these colors as well!  Share your creation at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge so we can all enjoy it!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched Shapes (Simon Says Stamp), Compliments of the Season (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, White Glitter
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink, Cool Caribbean (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflake Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Starry Snowflake Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession)

CAS on Sunday #336 Birds

 Happy Friday, peeps! I have the honor of being the guest designer for CAS on Sunday this week, where the challenge is birds!  I love birds! It was hard to choose which one I was going to use, but I decided to go for a vintage feel, so here we go:

My robin is from a set by Artistic Outpost called Birds of a Feather, and the sentiment is from Flourishes' Sweet Violets.  I stamped him in Black Stazon ink, watercolored him in, then added some speckles and a bit of embossing around the edge.  On hindsight, that embossing reminds me of bird tracks, LOL!  Maybe that was a subconscious thought of mine!!!

I left the inside blank, so it could be used for most any occasion!

Now, how about you?  Do you have some bird stamps you could use to create a clean-and-simple card?  We would love to see them at CAS on Sunday!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Birds of a Feather (Artistic Outpost), Sweet Violets (Flourishes)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla
Ink	Stazon Black, Really Rust (ret), Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, Basic Beige,, Crumb Cake
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched with Whimsy Dies (ret), Aquapainter

AHSC685 The Best Day

Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a nice weekend! It was lovely here in PA!  The sketch today from Atlantic Hearts is a lovely one, as usual!

 It features flowers but I went in a different direction:

I stamped, colored and cut the pups from Cutest Crew out, then mounted them on a panel embossed with the Eyelet Blooms dies.  I heat-embossed a sentiment from the same set on a piece of Hydranga Hue cardstock and added a matching ribbon and a couple of pearls:

It all went on a piece of Hydrangea Hue polka dot paper from the In Color Painted Patterns DSP.  Cute and simple!

I hope you'll play with our sketch this week---as you can see, you don't need to use flowers! I can't wait to see what you create!  Share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hydrangea Hue, In Color Painted Patterns DSP
Ink	Versafine Black, Craft White, Hydrangea Hue, Pecan Pie, Smoky Slate, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Hydrangea Hue Ribbon, Pearls, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Cutest Crew Dies, Eyelet Blooms Dies, Aquapainter, Heat Tool

PP789 Masculine Challenge from Stef

Happy Sunday, all!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, with Stef as our hostess.  She has a timely theme challenge as Father's Day is coming up! But don't limit yourself to just that holiday!   Here we go:

I chose to go with a masculine birthay card rather than Father's Day, and I used the Retro Rubber Tic-Tac-Toe grid as my guide:

I chose the middle column of stripes, squares and twine, using the retired Out West (2010) stamp set:

I stamped my cowboy on a stitched square of Basic Beige using Catherine Pooler's Macciato ink.  I also overstamped it with the Linen (2006) background stamp using Crumb Cake ink.  I mounted it on a square of Early Espresso cardstock, distressing the edges for a rustic look:

My sentiment is from Poppy Stamps Whittle Sayings - not sure the age, but I have had it a couple of years - and it all went on some barbed wire paper from Authentique's Frontier collection.  You can just barely see it; I didn't even see it until I photographed my card, behind the barbed wire is a very faint vintage newsprint pattern.  Very cool!  I used the other side of the barbed wire paper as the horizontal panel, then added a "lasso" of some twine I had in my stash.  I know of a few rootin-tootin cowboy types in the family who might enjoy this card!

I hope this challenge will prompt you to make a masculine card! We know they're not as fun to make as feminine ones but we're sure you'll rise to the challenge!  Share your creations with us at the Players!  We can't wait to see them!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Out West (2010), Linen (2006), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Early Espresso, Frontier (Authentique)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Macchiato (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Twine from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker)

CAS Christmas Bird

 Happy Saturday, peeps!  It's hot out there today!  Nothing like making a Christmas card to cool one off! Loll has begun her CAS Christmas Card Challenge again with the theme of "Bird":

I love birds, so I had lots of stamps to choose from, but I had not used this little Elzy Bell image for a long, long time.  This bird may be the tiniest bird on a card you've ever seen:

My card is 4 1/4" square with an embossed snowflake background.  I stamped little Elzy Bell with black Stazon ink and colored everything in with a blender pen and ink.

I added some Wink of Stella to the snow for sparkle, and a little Purple Onion sentiment.  The inside sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I am trying to use my older stamps, can you tell?!!! 

In the spring, my birds wake me up promptly at 5 am!!  I am willing to bet this little bird sounds just as sweet!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Winter Song (Elzybells), Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms), Seasonal Sayings (Purple Onion)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Stazon Black, Azure Afternoon, Real Red, Pecan Pie, Barely Blush, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wink of Stella
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker), Banner Die (Pink & Main), Snowflake Embossing Folder (Darice), Blender Pen

AYSI374 Friends Are Like Seashells

Happy Friday, everyone!   We have a new challenge from As You See It today, and it's a lovely sketch:

I was in a beachy mood, so I pulled out some retired DSP and used that as my starting point.  Here we go:

I stamped some shells from Friends are Like Seashells  in Pretty in Pink, adding a bit of shading with ink and a blender brush, then I popped in a few diecuts from Rolling Waves.  I also heat-embossed a sentiment on some Sunset Shimmer vellum paper---didn't turn out quite the way I planned, but it's still legible, so I'm stickin' to it! 

A few sequins finished it off. I also embossed the circle but I covered up most of it, so that was probably not a good idea, LOL!  I stamped a sentiment on the inside with Strawberry Slush ink and adhered the remaining Rolling Waves diecuts:

What's your take on this sketch?!  I hope you'll play along with us at As You See It so we can see what your interpretation is!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends Are Like Seashells (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pink Sunset Shimmer Vellum, Sand & Sea DSP (ret)
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Versamark, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Seaside Seashells Dies (ret), Circles Framelits (ret), Ruffled Embossing Folder (ret), Heat Tool