Copper Pumpkin

 Happy Saturday, everyone! Hope you're having a good weekend so far!  I have a card to share for the FMS challenge as well as the Seize the Birthday challenge of having a sentiment strip.  

I pulled out an older CTMH stamp set, got it inky, and here we go:

The pumpkin is stamped in Baked Brown Sugar, and although the circle behind it looks black, it's actually copper foil!  It looks great with the Brown Sugar and I added a copper cord bow as well:

You also can't tell but I heat embossed the sentiment from Lily of the Valley in Copper embossing powder.  The background panels are Baked Brown Sugar, embossed with the Wrapped in Texture embossing folder and sponged with Brown Sugar ink, and Woodgrain Wonder DSP.  Another sentiment from the Lily set went on the inside:

I had cataract surgery on Thursday and I didn't really know if I'd be able to stamp for a few days or not, but it seems to be okay.  I am still blurry on the distance vision, but my doctor said that was normal!  Keeping my fingers crossed!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lily of the Valley, Autumn Wishes (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Woodgrain Wonder DSP, Baked Brown Sugar (ret), Copper Foil (ret)
Ink	Baked Brown Sugar (ret), Copper Encore (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Copper Cording (ret), Copper Embossing Powder (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Heat Tool

AYSI381 Color Challenge

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have some fun stuff planned for the weekend!  It's time for a color challenge at As You See It, and this one is quite striking: 

I really had no clue what to do with this challenge, but I remembered a set from Colorado Craft and a little light bulb went off! I normally do not go quite as literal with my stamping, but this one just had to be:

I first embossed a piece of Basic Gray cardstock with a Tim Holtz Brick embossing folder, adding some dimension by swiping my Basic Gray ink pad on the inside of the folder before embossing.  I then stamped my door on some Azure Afternoon cardstock, gave it a little watercolor shading and fussy-cut it out.  The little kitties were stamped, watercolored and also fussy-cut, then they were all mounted on an Azure Afternoon mat and white card base.

I didn't want my sentiment to overpower my design, so a simple hello from an old Flourishes set worked fine!  I have been updating all my stamps in a database, adding sentiments so I can find one when I need it, and I have forgotten a lot of my older stamps, so it was nice to give this one some love!  

I know this is a challenging color combo, but I enjoyed thinking outside the box a bit and I hope you will too!  Play along with us at As You See It!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Home Sweet Home (Colorado Craft Co), Sweet Violet (Flourishes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Ink	Basic Gray, Azure Afternoon, Versafine Black
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Brick Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Aquapainter

RRCB280 Happy Fall

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! I pulled out a real oldie for today's card, which is for the Retro Rubber sketch:

I came across this set from 1999 called Fall For All, which features those sweet little line art images I loved so much when I first started stamping:

I stamped my little sweetie in Stazon ink on watercolor paper and colored her in with an aquapainter and reinkers:

I added a few punched out leaves from the Beautiful Autumn stamp set (2020) to scatter around the outside of my image.  The papers are retired Crushed Curry and Garden Green DSPs, and I diecut around the outer edge of my Very Vanilla card with the Stitched With Whimsy die!  The sentiment on the banner is from Close to My Heart's Autumn Blessings, which I know I have had for several years!

I left the inside blank but I'll probably make this a birthday card!  I just love her little face!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Fall for You (1999), Beautiful Autumn (2020), Autumn Blessings (Close to My Heart 2022?)
Card stock & Papers	Watercolor, Very Vanilla, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie,  Garden Green DSP (ret), Crushed Curry DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pecan Pie, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Gray Granite
Accessories	Painted Patch Dots, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret), Leaf Punch (ret), Banner Punch (Pink & Main)

Fall is My Favorite Color

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Hope you had a lovely holiday weekend! It certainly had a nip of fall in the air, but I know that September can have some warm days, so I'm not putting away my shorts quite yet!!  I did make a fall card for you today; I recently purchased some pretty digital papers and just had to put them to use!  I matched them with the Honey Bee Blessings of Fall stamp set:

I stamped the sentiment in Pecan Pie on Crumb Cake cardstock, then mounted it on a diecut Pale Payap panel that was blended with Cajun Craze ink, then overstamped with a script stamp from Elements of Text:

I added some sequins along with a couple of punched glimmer paper leaves!  It all went on a card base of Copper Clay; I left the inside plain for whatever occasion may arise!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Elements of Text (ret), Blessings of Fall (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Copper Clay (ret), Pale Papaya (ret), Fall Pumpkins Digital (My Porch Prints on Etsy), Glimmer Paper (Recollections)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Blessings of Fall Dies (Honey Bee), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), Leaf Trio Punches (ret)

AHSC698 Trick or Treat

Happy Monday, everyone!  And Happy Labor Day!  Time for a new challenge from Atlantic Hearts!  Here we go: 

I haven't done any Halloween cards yet, so I decided to remedy that!  I found some spooky prints and went to work:

I am a little on the fence about this card, but it has so many layers and parts I just couldn't start over, LOL!  The papers are actually some retired Christmas papers called Lights Aglow. I diecut a rectangle out of one side and flipped it over, matted it with some glimmery golden-hued paper and mounted it back on top.  I added a Starburst circle and stars diecut from the same glimmery paper.  The vellum panel was embossed with the new SU Swirls of Magic embossing folder, and I swiped some Smoky Slate ink across it to give it some depth.  Finally, my sentiment from My Creative Time was stamped on a Crushed Curry banner:

I did add some gold Blooming Pearls, then stamped the inside:

I hope you'll play with our fun sketch this week!  If you like lots of layers, this one is for you!  Check it out at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time), Halloween 1 (Graphics 45), Primitive Pumpkins (My Favorite Things)
Card stock & Papers	Crushed Curry, Vellum (ret), Lights Aglow DSP (ret), Glimmer Gold (unknown, a gift)
Ink	Versafine Black, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Blooming Pearls (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Swirls of Magic EF, Textured Notes Dies, Stitched Stars Dies (Paper Rose), Give It a Whirl Dies (ret), Peaceful Season Dies (ret), Starburst Dies (ret)

PP802 Theme Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new theme challenge for the Players, and Joanne is our hostess this week!  Since her birthday is coming up, she chose "Candles" as her theme!  And it doesn't have to be birthday candles--any candle is okay!

I only have a few candle stamps and dies, and they didn't really do anything for me, but I remembered a pad of  heavy paper that I had featuring all kinds of birthday papers in bright colors and GLITTER!  So a few snips and some glue and I made two cards:

This is just one panel from one page; I trimmed off the "celebrate" strip and mounted it with some dimensionals.  It all went on a Granny Apple Green card base.

A Simply Said sentiment, stamped in Azure Afternoon (which turned green on the cardstock, LOL) went on the inside:

I hope you'll play along with our fun theme challenge this week, and be sure to hop over to the Paper Players blog to see some amazing creations from our designers!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Granny Apple Green, Birthday Wishes Stack (Die Cuts With a View)
Ink	Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools

LRW874 Aw Shucks!

Happy Friday, peeps! I have been busily making cards this week but not posting anything!  I finally did get a chance to make a card for a friend who recently had some surgery.  The Little Red Wagon challenge is looking for anything farm-related, and as I was going through all my stamps, I remembered this fun image from Unity and it seemed to have a good sentiment too:

My friend is not "sick" so "Get Well Soon" didn't really fit the bill, but I thought she would get a kick of out of this sentiment!  I used some digital gingham paper cut out with the Perennial Postage die, and a Nellie Snellie die set for the sentiment.  I added a wee bit of black & white twine for fun.  The set is Funny Farm by Unity:

I am struggling lately with photogaphing my cards!  Nothing looks quite right....I guess I need to fool around with some backgrounds to see which ones make the whites look really white!  Anyway, thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Funny Farm (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Digital Gingham (Jenny AllSorts Design on Etsy)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Black & White Baker's Twine (unknown)
Tools	Big Shot, Perennial Postage Dies, 1/8" hole punch, Stitched Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

JUGS 838 & RRCB279 Happy Fall Stenciled Pumpkins

Happy Tuesday, all!  Happy September!  The JUGS stencil challenge this week is "anything goes"!  

I got this pumpkin stencil last year and couldn't wait to play with it again!  It's from Spellbinders, and it's an easy peasy one! Here we go:

I stenciled the pumpkins on a panel of Golden Glow cardstock in Timid Tiger, Golden Glow, Cajun Craze and a combination of Granny Apple Green and Balmy Blue; stems were in Pecan Pie.  I embossed it with the Subtle embossing folder and gave it a whirl with the Stitched with Whimsy die to give it a little oomph.  A Honey Bee sentiment was stamped and diecut, mounted on a couple of oval dies and embellished with a wee bit of Cajun Craze Linen Thread.  

A simple birthday sentiment went on the inside!  I am nudging myself into my fall stamping! And since this stamp and stencil are both a year old, I am entering my card into the Retro Rubber challenge, which is "anything goes" as well!

And speaking of fall, I finished this little cross stitch project yesterday too:

Stitched on linen and mounted on two felt scallops, sewn together with French knots! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blessings of Fall (2025 Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Golden Glow
Ink	Golden Glow, Cajun Craze, Pecan Pie, Timid Tiger, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Cajun Craze Linen Thread (ret), Dimensionals, Colorful Pumpkin Stencil (Spellbinders)
Tools	Big Shot, Blessings of Fall Dies (Honey Bee), Subtle Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched With Whimsy Die (ret), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession) Scalloped Oval Punch (ret), Blending Brushes

AHSC697 Snowflake Christmas

 Happy Monday, all! Can you believe it's the last day of August!?  Time flies! And it's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I pulled out some Echo Park paper scraps and came up with this:

I created a frame with the Rectangle Stitched dies and added some snowflake paper behind it, then mounted it on another piece of coordinating starry paper.  I was a little disappointed that my glittery snowflakes didn't show up as nicely as I thought they would, but you know, when you've already put time into a card, sometimes you just gotta go with it!  I used the retired Peaceful Season dies for my big Christmas sentiment, and the retired Bitty Banners die for the small Merry:

I backed the Merry with a wee little bit of Cherry Cobbler grosgrain ribbon, and added some glittery sequins to the center of the snowflakes.  Sentiments from the same set went on the inside:

I think this is a lovely basic sketch and could be used for a variety of seasons or occasions! I hope you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts!  

John took his BIL, nephew and two great-nephews out on the boat on Friday to do some fishing! Zion and Titus got to "drive" the boat and they all did some chillin' as well!!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, White Glimmer (ret),  Santa Claus Lane (Echo Park)
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Riding Hood Red (ret)
Accessories	Glitter Adhesive Dots (ret), Cherry Cobbler Grosgrain Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Peaceful Season Dies (ret), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Stitched Snowflakes Dies (ret)

PP801 Tic Tac Toe from Jaydee

Hello, stamping friends!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and since it's the fifth Sunday of the month, our hostess Jaydee has a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge for us:

 

I chose the diagonal of patterned paper, free and circles, but I could also do the center column of things that fly, free and texture!  Here we go:

At first glance, it doesn't look as if I have any patterned paper, but my embossed background is actually a piece of Soft Sea Foam DSP from a few years back; I thought you might be able to see the floral pattern, but the Lazy Daisy embossing pretty well hides it!  I had these three circles sitting on my desk, unused, from another project so I decided to keep these colors for my little birds from the Cutest Crew!  I stamped them in black and did some watercoloring with Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Crisp Cantaloupe:

I added an assortment of sequins from my stash, and stamped this sentiment on the inside:

Cute and sweet! I hope you'll find some inspiration from our Tic-Tac-Toe grid and share your creation with us at the Paper Players as well!  Lots of possibilities there!  

And I thought I would share this "Soft Sea Foam" moth that John found while mowing!  It is a Luna moth, and it is 5" across.  Not sure why it didn't stay alive, but it was in perfect condition!

It reminded me of times when Cassidy and I would find things in nature that she would take to school for show and tell! Those times are long gone, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew, Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Lemon Lolly, Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Sea Foam DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Soft Sea Foam, Lemon Lolly, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Sequins (from my stash), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Aquapainter

Blessed Christmas Tides

Happy Saturday, all! I have a Christmas card for you today; it was sort of a test, but it didn't come out too bad, but I will definitely be attempting this again, it was fun!  The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants to see cards made with the Fractured Technique (there is a link on their blog), and the Jingle Belles want to see stickers!  I just happened to use a sticker on my card, so yippee!

Here we go:

My vintage panel is from Cathe Holden's Christmas Flea Market Finds' Loving Christmas Wishes stickers.  I cut a couple of strips from Poppy Parade using the Taylored Expressions Easy Strips dies...these were 1/2" and I think they're just a wee bit overpowering for my image.  Next time I'll try the 1/4" ones!  They all went on a One Horse Sleigh DSP from a couple of years ago.

I added a Simon Says Stamp Pretty Bow 2 diecut, shabbying it up a bit with some Crumb Cake ink, and an old sentiment from Cornish Heritage Farms on the inside.  

This technique is incredibly easy and really eye-catching! I will definitely be trying it again, because heaven knows I have a plethora of Christmas papers!!! 

I belong to a knitting/crocheting/crafting group at my church and it is full of extremely talented women!  My friend Claudia recently created this afghan.....it was a labor of love and it took a LONG time:

Each white stripe is crocheted in a different stitch, and all the stars were crocheted, then sewn on individually!  (She said they almost did her in!!!)

I've convinced her to enter it in the Solanco fair--I hope she wins!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Christmas Expressions (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, One Horse Sleigh DSP (ret), Cathe Holden Stickers
Ink	Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Easy Strips 1/2" Dies (Taylored Expressions), Pretty Bows 2 Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

AYSI380 Sunflower Birthday

 Happy Friday, peeps! Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge and it's a sketch--love sketches!

I love the new Sunflower Fields DSP, so I pulled out a couple of the patterns and went to work:

I mounted my 1 7/8" squares on a piece of Old Olive cardstock, added the horizontal piece, then created a little birthday tag with the retired Tailor Made Tag dies and stamped it with a sentiment and flower from Cutest Crew:

I added some speckles from You Are Remarkable; the inside sentiment is also from that set:

This is such a great sketch....it's a good one for using up some scraps, or maybe just do a monochromatic one with different embossing folders!  I hope you'll play with us! Share your creation 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	Cutest Crew, You Are Remarkable (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Sunflower Fields DSP
Ink	Cajun Craze, Old Olive
Accessories	Painted Patch Dots, Mossy Meadow Gingham Ribbon, Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret)