PP688 Animal Antics

Happy Sunday, peeps! It's my turn to be the hostess at the Paper Players this week, and I've chosen this as our theme:

I recently saw a Unity stamp set; it was a bit pricey, but the dachshund image in it was too cute to resist!  My sister and parents all have had doxies and they are so funny....I could tell you many stories about Roscoe, my sister's dog! So anyway, here's my card honoring my family's dachsunds:

I stamped my image in Night of Navy on some Basic Beige cardstock and used a Rectangle Stitched die to cut it out:

A sentiment from the same set was stamped and diecut; I pieced together two banners end to end to put behind it.  I added a layer of the new Country Woods DSP as well as some long-retired candy dots for embellishments.  The old Sahara Sand ones match this Basic Beige pretty well!

And here's a photo of Dana and Roscoe in the backyard of my little apartment almost 40 years ago; Dana was about 18 months old and I was dog-sitting Roscoe!  We were hanging laundry while Dana enjoyed her little sippy cup sitting in my laundry basket!  The picture is not very good....no cell phone cameras in those days!  But I remember that day very clearly!  That may have been the same day he ate a tennis ball....well, that's another story!

I hope you'll play with our Animal Antics challenge at the Players this week...any animal will do!  Check out what the DT created over at the Players blog, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love and Good Vibes (March 24 Kit of the Month, Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Night of Navy, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Candy Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies

Simple Stamping Fun

Happy Saturday, peeps! I thought I'd share the cards we made at the retirement center yesterday.  They're very simple but everyone liked them! The general design of each card was the same, but they were able to choose a sentiment of their liking, and some did different techniques with the ribbon! (I love it when they take the initiative to do that!)  Here are the cards:

We used a variety of products!  The facility has a lovely activities room...it was abuzz!

And here are a few of the ladies showing off their creations!

They're excited and looking forward to our next get-together!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

KCC714 Nautical Father's Day

Happy Friday, peeps! Yay, it's almost the weekend! I have a very quick card to post before I go off to stamp with my sweet retirement community ladies!  I recently bought this amazing Cast Away embossing folder and had been playing with it along with some Boho Blue cardstock.  After shuffling it around on my desk for weeks, I finally finished it off with some images from Sailing Home.  Here we go:

I stamped and diecut some of the images on some Basic Beige and Misty Moonlight cardstocks, using Misty Moonlight ink and some metallic brads that have been languishing in my stash:

I mounted everything on a Basic White card base and added a Father's Day sentiment from Your Biggest Fan:

I am entering this in the Krafty Chicks challenge of stamps!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home (ret), Your Biggest Fan (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Boho Blue
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Smooth Sailing Dies (ret), Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

FMS624 Best Day Ever

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Kim's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches is a fun one, and I was itching to use some of these beautiful Country Woods papers! So here's the sketch:

And here we go:

These shabby-chic papers are beautiful but I do admit, I was stumped as to what to add to them to give a little more interest.  I ended up stamping one of the little blooms from Country  Birdhouse along the bottom half, but in hindsight, I'd probably not do that again. I did stamp a sentiment from the same set in Pebbled Path, with some little fleur-de-lis in Petal Pink for the diagonal piece:

I used a little torn piece of Pebbled Path as a border, and added a little flower as well.  I think the pink in these papers really matches Blushing Bride better, so that's what I used to color the flower!  I look forward to using these papers again!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pebbled Path, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Pebbled Path, Petal Pink, Blushing Bride (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Birdhouse Dies

SSC334 Hello Friend

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Sunday Stamps has a lovely sketch for this week:

I had been shuffling this piece of A Little Latte DSP around on my desk for a few days, so I decided to finally put it to use:

I added a couple of little Poppy Parade Latte Love coffee cups (with black coffee, LOL!) and did some splatter stamping on the Pecan Pie mat.  As my circular element, I stamped one of the cup images, colored it with Blends and diecut it as well.  A few matte dots were added for accent, and the plaid banners are from some retired Christ mas paper!  The sentiment is from Unbounded Love---such a great set with fun sentiments!

Thanks for visiting today---it's hot, crazy hot here! Hope where you are, it's cooler!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love, Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Early Espresso, A Little Latte DSP, Christmas Plaid DSP (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Versamark
Accessories	Matte Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Latte Love Dies

PP687 Birthday Fishes

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Joanne has a fun sketch for us all at the Paper Players! I hope you'll play along! Check it out:

So many possibilities!  I am always in need of masculine cards, so I thought I'd used the Gone Fishing bundle along with the Let's Go Fishing DSP! Here we go:

I used some of the watery-looking papers for the squares, then diecut and stamped the fish, lure and float in some fun colors! They all went on a Unbounded Love die:

I added a wee bit of Boho Blue twine, tied in a square knot, and a little birthday sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  The Bojo Blue mat was partially diecut with another die from the set to follow along with the watery theme!  A sentiment from Unbounded Love went on the inside; wouldn't it be fun if it said "May All your FISHES Come True"?  

Be sure to hurry over to the Paper Players and see what the other designers created! I hope that will give you some inspiration to play with Joanne's sketch as well!  Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Cassidy went to a basketball camp at St Mary's College on Maryland's Eastern Shore.  I'll find out today how she made out!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Unbounded Love, Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue, Let's Go Fishing DSP, Silver Foil, Night of Navy
Ink	Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Boho Blue Twine, Metallic Adhesive Brad (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Let's Go Fishing Dies, Unbounded Love Dies, Bitty Banners Dies (ret)

You Are My Sunshine

Happy Saturday, peeps! I have a quick card to post before my stampers get here this morning!  It fulfills three challenges: TGIF is looking for a pocket full of posies; As You See It wants to know what  color I use the least is; and CAS on Sunday wants sunshine!

So here we go:

I knew right away I would choose yellow as my least-used color! It's not that I dislike it, I just don't gravitate towards it very often.  And that fit in perfectly with a sunshine theme!  And I admit that when I looked at the TGIF challenge, I missed the "posies" part of it, but perhaps my little image on my tag could be a sunflower?!  The sentiment is from the retired Ridiculously Awesome set, stamped in Daffodil Delight on Lemon Lolly cardstock:

I created a pocket with one of the Timeless Tag dies, stamped a sentiment from a past Paper Pumpkin on the front and added some yellow embellishments:

I then added a tag to tuck into the pocket, using the same Paper Pumpkin set to stamp the sunshine-shaped flower and added a gingham center.  The sentiment is from a Paper Studio set.

I also embossed the front with the Stitched With Whimsy die for fun.  My friend just went through some surgery, so this is going to her to cheer her up!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Ridiculously Awesome (ret), Paper Pumpkin (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Yellow Gingham (ret)
Ink	Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly
Accessories	Lemon Lolly Twine, Matte Dots (ret), Dimensional Sheets
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Die, Tailored Tags Dies