AYSI377 Recipe for Sunshine

Happy Friday, peeps! We are having a yard sale this weekend, so this will be short and sweet!  It's recipe time at As You See It:

Yellow is not a color that I normally gravitate to, but it was fun to stretch myself with some papers, stamps and dies from my collection!  Here we go:

I barely had time to use this SU Hope Joy & Love before they retired it, so I thought it would be good to get it inky!  I stamped the sentiment in Daffodil Delight on a panel of Basic White on which I added some diecut stitching.  I then added some diecut flowers using a little scrap of paper I found in my stash and some leaves from Soft Sea Foam:

I added a bit of ribbon and some enamel dots for the centers, then mounted it on a striped scrap from my stash and a Crushed Curry base.  I think the yellow is quite cheery!  I hope you'll play with our cheerful yellow recipe!  We can't wait to see what you create and share with us at As You See It!

"Ears that hear and eyes that see--the Lord has made them both." Proverbs 20:12

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hope, Joy & Love (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Soft Sea Foam, Bee Happy (Honey Bee), Rustic Blooms (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Enamel Dots (ret), Gingham Ribbon from my stash, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched FLowers Dies (My Favorite Things), Finishing Touches Dies (Kristina Werner)

AYSI376 My Favorite Embossing Folder

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It Challenge!  This one is a fill-in-the-blank:

Hah!  First of all, there is NO WAY I could pick out just ONE favorite embossing folder! I checked my Excel spreadsheet and I have about 135 embossing folders!!  I know---a wee bit embarassing, but I have been "collecting" them for over 20 years!!  So I just picked out one that I got recently and it's so pretty for Christmas cards!  So here we go:

This folder is called Starry Snowfall, and it's from Spellbinders.  Some of the newer EFs are really large, which is great for classes because I can emboss a full half-sheet of cardstock at once, so it saves me a lot of time!  I added a sweet little image from Unity's Holly Jolly Holiday inside a cutout of the embossed piece.  I was not getting the look I was happy with by just stamping the image on Crumb Cake cardstock, so I tried heat embossing it and adding some shading and that was much better: 

I added a little twine bow, then a sentiment from SU's retired Wishing You Joy on the inside, since I already had it on my desk from yesterday, along with some little extras from Unity's Winter Foliage:

I am also entering this at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, where they are looking for embossing folders as well!  

I do think embossing folders are an amazing addition to one's crafting supplies! Such an easy way to add impressive texture and interest to your creations!  Whenever I show a card to my brother (the engineer), he is always amazed by embossing and diecutting!  So I hope you'll pull out your favorite embossing folder, (even if you can't REALLY decide on a favorite), and show us what you can do with it!  Check out what the other DT members at As You See It did too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Joy (ret), Holly Jolly Holiday (Unity), Winter Foliage (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
Ink	Versamark, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Baker's Twine, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Heat Tool, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Aquapainter, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

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)

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

AYSI373 Speedy Tulips

 Happy Friday! Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's SPEED STAMPING time!  Woohoo!  For this challenge, we are asking you to stamp a card in ten minutes or less, and show us your time!  You can assemble all your supplies ahead of time, but once you start stamping/diecutting/adhering, you're on the clock!  So here's our prompt this week:

I don't have many tulip stamps--maybe one--but I do have a wee little tulip die that I bring out every now and then, and since it's small I was pretty sure I could fit it into my ten-minute time frame!  So here we go:

I really love the combination of Poppy Parade and Pool Party, so when I saw this big polka dot print DSP in my scrap bin, I thought it would be great for a bright red tulip!  It comes with this little frame die, and I already had this piece of white cardstock embossed and unused, so I ran everything through the Big Shot , did some stamping and punching, and called it done!  Hopefully you can't see the glue that oozed out while trying to adhere that skinny little frame, LOL!

Since I had some time left, I did add some red enamel dots for pizzazz!  And since the Just Add Ink challenge this week is "Polka Dots", I am entering it there!

And here's my time:

Not bad!  I hope you'll not be scared off by our speed stamping challenge!  Just keep it simple, bright and fun!  Share it with us over at the As You See It blog, and don't forget to give us your time!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Pool Party DSP (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Tulip Frame Dies (Concord & 9th), Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (ret), Modern Label Punch (ret)

AYSI372 Array of Seashells

Happy Friday, all! Time for a new As You See It  theme challenge and it's one I just love!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps for my card:

I pulled out an older Close to My Heart stamp set, did some heat embossing and coloring, and here we go:

I stamped the images with Pecan Pie ink and before taking them out of the Stamparatus, I inked them again with Versamark and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder.  Then I watercolored them with reinkers and fussy-cut them out.  I embossed a piece of Everyday Happiness DSP with a rope embossing folder, then layered all the shells on top, along with a piece of burlap ribbon and a sweet sentiment from an older Crafty Secrets set:

Another couple of CS sentiments went on the inside:

I just love beachy things, so creating this was a lot of fun!  I hope you'll play along with our beachy-shell themed challenge this week at As You See It as well!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Swirly Seashells (Close To My Heart), Seaside (Crafty Secrets), Chandelier (Crafty Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Everyday Happiness DSP
Ink	Pecan Pie, Versamark, Golden Glow, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pretty in Pink, Highland Heather, Hydrangea Hue, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals, Burlap Trim (ret), Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big SHot, Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Aquapainter,  Heat Tool, 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)

AYSI3701 Birthday Dogs

Happy Friday, all!  The As You See It challenge this week is the fun "Fill in the Blank"!  This month's challenge is HERE:

 

This was an easy one for me, and even easier because I was just on a roll making some really fun BIRTHDAY cards with some new papers I just got!  Masculine birthday cards are always a challenge and these papers from Craft Consortium are called The Collector, and they have a plethora of marvelous assorted vintage images.  They are SO amazing, all I did for this card was to add a sentiment tag; I let the paper do all the work!  Here we go:

Since the papers are 6x6, and I didn't want to cut off any of these cute pups, I made my Basic Beige card 4 1/4" x 6 1/4", then just added a panel of the paper on top.  I diecut a Basic Beige tag, stamped a sentiment from Lasting Joy in Early Espresso, gave it a little sponging to mimic the vintage look and tied it with some Linen Thread:

I added another sentiment to match on the inside and called it all good!  Easy peasy!  I am sure a lot of you send out many birthday cards as well as Christmas, but you may have another occasion that you send out lots of cards for as well.  Halloween comes to my mind, as I have TONS of Halloween stamps, LOL, and I love to use them all!  

I hope you'll share your creation with us at As You See It this week  Thanks for visiting my blog, enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lasting Joy (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, The Collector (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tag Dies (ret), Sponge Dauber

AYSI369 Happy Birthday Sundae

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have some fun plans this weekend!  It's time for a new As You See It Challenge, and it's a lovely color challenge:

I love the Easter egg cookies in this basket, but I am pretty much done my Easter cards, so I chose another bunny to go with my pastel colors!  Here we go:

 

Since the Just Add Ink challenge this week is to add stripes, I stamped the bottom left corner with the Painted Stripes stamp in Soft Sea Foam, then added a little Soft Sea Foam strip, diecut with a Wonky Stitched Frame die from My Favorite Things.  Then I stamped my little ice-cream-sundae-eating bunny in Versafine ink and watercolored him in with Pretty in Pink and Pool Party inks:

The sentiment is from the new Notes of Spring stamp set, available only in March!  Love that font!  A little Waffleflower birthday sentiment went on the inside, with a little background stamping from Label Me Bold:

These colors are sweet for any spring occasion!  I hope you'll be inspired by them and come create with us at As You See It!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes of Spring, Painted Stripes (ret),  Label Me Bold (ret), Sundae Funday (Colorado Craft), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Versafine Black, Soft Sea Foam, Pretty in Pink, Pool Party, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Wonky Rectangle Dies (My Favorite Things), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Rounded Rectangle Layers DIes (Impression Obsession), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter

AYSI368 Happy Easter

 Hello again, peeps! Another post today, because it's As You See It time!  This week we have a lovely sketch:

Because I was really short on time, I let the papers from SU's Easter Joy do all the heavy lifting on my card:

I used a full 4"x6" panel from one of the sheets, diecut a striped egg from another and added a banner sentiment from the retired Easter Friends.  My little bunny is actually diecut from velveteen paper--so soft and fuzzy! Isn't he cute, hopping along?

And a sweet little sentiment on the inside:

I hope you'll find something in your array of stamping supplies to use on our sketch this week!  We can't wait to see what you create! See what the Design Team did with it as well, at the As You See It blog! Thanks for visiting again today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Friends (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Easter Joy DSP, Velvet Paper (ret)
Ink	Balmy Blue
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Winter Elements Dies (Sissix)

AYSI367 Purple Speed Stamping

Happy Friday, all!  It's time for a new challenge from As You See It, and it's the exciting SPEED challenge, LOL!  This month, we're looking for purple!!! 

The trick here is to assemble all your supplies, as well as the idea in your head, and make your card in ten minutes or less---and tell us how long it DID take you!  Here's my card, coming in at 9 minutes and 30 seconds:

Truthfully, I had to go back and reglue a couple pieces so I was really over the ten minute mark, but it was assembled in less than!  I created my window with the Everyday Arches dies and some Gorgeous Grape cardstock, then added the Perennial Lavender "scene" behind it!  The strips were diecut with a strip die from Taylored Expressions, and the sentiment is from W+9's Spring Blessings:

I think the Crumb Cake background is a little plain but didn't have enough time to do anything fancy with it...maybe I could do another with some embossing or stamping?  At any rate, purple is not one of my go-to colors, so I am proud of myself for actually using it!!!  

There are any number of ways you could go with this challenge....there are all sorts of shades and hues ot purple, from light to dark!  We hope you will choose at least one and play along with us at As You See It!  Remember to time yourself and share your time with us as well!  See you there!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Blessings (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Gorgeous Grape, Perennial Lavender DSP
Ink	Petunia Pop
Accessories	Dimensional Strips
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, 1/4" Easy Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions), Spring Blessings Dies (W+9), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AYSI366 Peppermint Wishes

Happy Friday, all!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge, and we have a theme:

Yummy!  Look at all those goodies! I got a sweet little peppermint candy die just after Christmas, so this challenge gave me the perfect opportunity to put it to use:

My candies are made with Basic White, Real Red, Strawberry Slush and Granny Apple Green.  The peppermint sentiment is from More Than Autumn, and the diecut sentiments are from the Words for the Season dies.  All went on a gingham background from Scrapbook.com, diecut with the Perennial Postage die.  I added a Stitched With Whimsy doodle around the edges as well as some Peppermint candy embellishments!

I added a Colorado Craft sentiment on the inside:

In the stamping world, it's never too early to start making Christmas cards!  And since the Krafty Chicks are asking for Christmas cards this week, I am entering it there as well!  

What will inspire you from this fun challenge?! Hope to see your sweet confection over at the As You See It blog!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	More Than Autumn, Merry Merry Mini (Colorado Craft Co)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Strawberry Slush, Adhesive Sheet, Ginghams (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Peppermint Embellishments, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret), Peppermint Die (Simon Says Stamp), Banner Dies (Pink & Main, Balmy Blue Blend

AYSI365 Celebrate in Red

 Happy Friday, all!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's a recipe!  Here we go:

My first thought was Valentine's, what with the shades of red, but in the end, I went with Christmas!!  Here we go:

I combined a lot of retired products for this card; some Cherry Cobbler DSP; a pine tree diecut; a Cherry Cobbler glimmer "celebrate" and some scalloped die-cut vellum.  And who doesn't love a couple of cardinals?:

I used an adhesive sheet behind the "celebrate" diecut to make it adhere more easily!

The inside features a sentiment from Christmas labels, and I added another little cardinal for fun:

I hope that you'll mix all these ingredients together and create something wonderful as well!  We can't wait to see what that is! Share it 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	Christmas Labels (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Adhesive Sheets, Vellum (ret), Cherry Cobbler Glimmer (ret), White Glimmer (ret), Classic Christmas DSP (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Celebrate You Thinlets (ret), In the Woods Framelits (ret), Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Cheery Cardinals Dies (Poppy), Star Punch (ret)