FMS758 Uber Simple Masculine Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps! Ick, I have a dentist appointment today, so I'll make this quick! I needed another birthday card for a young man and it needed to be pretty simple because he is just not a fussy guy!  I pulled out some masculine papers and came up with this:

He's not a carpenter, but he is a handyman, so hopefully he'll appreciate the woodgrain and that wee little saw, LOL!

Sentiment is from Simply Said; the saw die is an oldie from My Favorite Things.  I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

And since the Krafty Chicks have a CAS challenge this week, I am entering it there as well!

That's it for today!  Off to sit in the dentist's chair!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Real Red, Silver Foil, Nestled (Authentique)
Ink	Macchiato (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Tool Dies (My Favorite Things)

PP807 Color Challenge from Jan

Happy Sunday, all!  Hope you're having a great weekend!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess with a fun color challenge this week!  Can you figure out what colors she chose?

So here we go:

I loved this challenge because I haven't used either Azure Afternoon or Granny Apple Green in a long time!  They worked perfectly with this lakeside cabin image I had!!  I stamped it in Stazon Black on a piece of watercolor paper, colored it with reinkers, then diecut it with the Stitched Rectangle die.  I mounted it on a piece of woodgrain paper from Echo Park.  Sentiment was from Simply Said, and I did add a couple of ancient Candy Dots for a wee bit of interest.  This will be going to Dana's half-brother, who is an avid outdoorsman, so he won't care for a fussy card, LOL!

I hope you'll play along with these lovely colors--there are lots of ways these could be used! Check out the DT samples at the Paper Players to get some inspiration, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Lakeside Cabin (Stampscapes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Watercolor, Azure Afternoon, WoodGrain (Echo Park)
Ink	Stazon Black, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter

CASC&S595 Vintage Postage

Happy Tuesday, all! I needed several masculine birthday cards this month, and when I saw the sketch at Clean And Simple Colours and Sketches, I knew what I wanted to do!  Here it is:

I got a great paper pad a few months ago that has a great vintage feel to it, so I pulled out some masculine patterns and came up with this uber-simple card:

The paper is called The Collector, and it's from the Craft Consortium.  After diecutting the circles, I sponged the edges, added a fussy-cut sentiment from Label Me Bold, stamped in Basic Gray, and adhered everything to a Very Vanilla card base.  It IS rather CAS but I don't think the guys will care!  I do love Mr Lincoln down there though!! 

Since I needed four, I added a little extra oomph to one of the others, using Crumb Cake cardstock and adding a Perennial Postage diecut mat on the card:

Again the stamps are so interesting! Love that little zebra!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Me Bold (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, The Collector (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Basic Gray
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Sponge Daubers, Perennial Postage Dies

PP803 Colorful Crayons

Howdy, peeps!  I am the hostess this week at the Paper Players, and I am sure I had fall leaves on my mind when I set up this color challenge: 

But as usual, I veered off in another direction. Not sure if I am happy with the final outcome, but I think the child who receives my card won't really mind!  I am squeaking it in at the last minute for the fun CAS Colors & Sketches challenge from Amanda for this week:

So here we go:

I used the Spellbinders Crayon Creations set for my crayons, stamping and diecutting each one with the matching dies. They were backed with a stamped shape from Watercolor Shapes.  A sentiment from Simon Says Stamp created the sentiment panel, and I dotted the "i" with a little star embellishment and added some red ribbon:

I used the Swirls of Magic embossing folder again--really, it's good for so many occasions---and mounted it on a Real Red card base.  Here's the inside:

The Design Team has some awesome creations that are bound to give you lots of inspiration this week!  Pop over to the Paper Players blog to check them out, then come play along!

Thanks for visiting today, I enjoy your comments so much!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Watercolor Shapes (ret), Crayon Creations (Spellbinders), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio), Birthday Celebration (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red
Ink	Real Red, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Versafine Black
Accessories	Resin Star (ret), Dimensionals, Red Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Swirls of Magic Embossing Folder, Crayon Creations Dies (Spellbinders), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

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

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)

Pumpkin Friends

Happy Thursday, peeps! I am off to a late start today! It's hot and sticky and pretty miserable here in SE PA, so I felt I needed a fall card to help me cool off! My sweet friend Renita sent me a beautiful birthday card and when I asked her about the background paper, she said it was a NAPKIN!  

I have heard of the napkin technique, but never tried it! And don't you know, she sent me a whole supply of GORGEOUS napkins with which to play!!  Thanks, Renita!  So I looked up the technique on line (I used Lou Collins' method) but it looked as if there were lots of tutorials out there!  So here we go:

Can you believe that's a napkin?  I used a piece of scrap cardstock and brushed on ModPodge, then adhered the napkin.  Lou gives some tips on her video, so I recommend watching it first.  But honestly, it took five minutes to create the page.  You do need to let it dry, so I waited until this morning to make my card.   The sentiment, stamped on some Wood Grain Wonders DSP, is from the retired Pretty Pumpkins set.  I added some diecut leaves and swirls from the two-toned Peaceful Pines cardstock, and a few sequins for fun:

My card base is Timid Tiger; I stamped birthday sentiments from Cutest Crew in Timid Tiger and Early Espresso:

And since it is a birthday card, I am entering it at the Krafty Chicks birthday challenge!  

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"You can be sure that on the Judgment Day you will have to give account of every useless word you have ever spoken.  Your words will be used to judge you--to declare you eiether innocent or guilty."  Matthew 12:36-37

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew, Pretty Pumpkins (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Timid Tiger, Wood Grain Wonders DSP, 2-Tone Peaceful Pine, Napkin from Hobby Lobby
Ink	Early Espresso, Timid Tiger
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, ModPodge
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Detailed Pumpkin Dies (ret), Patterned Pumpkin Dies (ret), Broad Paintbrush

AHSC693 Happy Sunflower Birthday

 Hello, stampers! Time for  a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I just got some new goodies from the upcoming catalog and I just had to get them out to play!  Here's a peek of the new Sunflower Fields DSP:

The retired Stitched Triangle dies made this card quick work!  Even the little Crushed Curry banners were cut from dies from that set!  I combined a diecut sentiment from Spellbinders with a retired stamp set called Everyday Greetings, then added some new Painted Patch dots:

I can't wait to play some more with these papers!  And speaking of sunflowers, here's a view of an Amish field on my way to church:

So happy and cheerful!  I hope you'll play with our fun sketch this week! In fact, I think I might make a couple more using this sketch! 

A few more birthday cards:

This beauty is from my sweet friend Debbie; she knows I like Crisp Cantaloupe!!!

This cutie is from my PP teammate Claire; adorable!

My friend Shawn is as bright and cheerful as this card she made for me:

And this fun little creation is from my PP teammate Jaydee:

 Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day, and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Sunflower Fields DSP
Ink	Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals, Painted Patch Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Triangle Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Nov 2018 Die of the Month (Spellbinders)

AHSC691 From Us

Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a great weekend!  Our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week is a fabulous one---such a great sketch to use up some scraps!  Here we go:

I needed a masculine birthday card, so I pulled out some scraps of Autumn Toile and Let's Go Fishing and came up with this:

I diecut some Early Espresso postage cuts, then simply adhered the DSP on top.  It all went on a panel of the new Wood Grain Wonders DSP, and I added a Waffle Flower sentiment.  The postage cuts are also from Waffle Flower:

A sentiment from the Greetery went on the inside!

This is such a fabulous sketch--you could use it with so many images or designs! I hope you'll play along with us this week! You can see all the details at Atlantic Hearts Sketch!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiment Additions (Waffle Flower), Laid Back Basics (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Autumn Toile (ret), Let's Go Fishing (ret)
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Die (Waffle Flower), Sentiment Additions Dies (Waffle Flower)

FMS742 Birthday Balloons

Happy Friday, all!  Hope you have some fun weekend plans ahead--it's going to be a rainy weekend here but that's not all bad!  We can stay inside and craft, right? I needed a couple of birthday cards for children this week, and I put the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches to work:

I perused my retired stash of DSP and found some with bright colors; here we go:

I used a retired balloon punch to punch out balloons to match the DSP, then added some twine bows and a fun little sentiment!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Me Bold
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay (ret), Soda Pop DSP (ret, can't remember the name of it)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Baker's Twine in ass't colors (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Balloon Punch (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Beachy Birthday Stamp Camp

 Hi peeps! Since Sunday was the first day of summer, I thought I'd share the three cards we made at my stamp camp on Saturday!  The theme was "Beachy Birthday" and I pulled out some old and new goodies to use!  Here we go:

I've listed all my supplies at the end of the blog!  It was a full class and it took a while, as some of the images had to be fussy-cut, and the Rolling Waves dies had to be poked out---my kitchen floor looked like it had snowed, LOL!  But everyone enjoyed making them and I always love seeing my stamping girls!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

FIrst Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shore Thoughts (Lizzie Anne), Rolling Waves, Friends Are Like Seashells (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Sky (ret), Watercolor
Ink	Crisp Cantaloupe, Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue, Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Loose Silver Sequins (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Aquapainter, Wink of Stella

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sea Shells (ret), Shore Thoughts (Lizzie Anne)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Barely Blush, By the Shore (Not 2 Shabby), Calypso Coral, Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon, Granny Apple Green, Basic Black
Ink	Calypso Coral, Balmy Blue, Golden Glow, Clay Mask, Seafoam (both Catherine Pooler), Barely Blush
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Splash & Relax Dies

Third Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends Are Like Seashells (ret), Seashell Collage (100 Proof Press)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon
Ink	Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, Craft White
Accessories	Wavy Trim, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Seaside Shells Dies (ret), Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)