Let It Snow

Happy Wednesday, all!  The CAS Colours and Sketch challenge has an interesting color palette this week:

and the CAS Christmas challenge is looking for snowmen:

How about a little row of snowmen?  I pulled out a really old SU set called The More the Merrier, stamped it and colored it a wee bit and here we go:

I used the challenge colors to color in the snowmen, mounted the panel on a scalloped panel of Petal Pink and then mounted it all on an snowflake-embossed panel of Basic White.  The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted's In Stitches: Christmas:

The inside sentiment came from the same Clearly Besotted set:

It was fun getting this older stamp inky...but I think I might add some glitter for snow--REAL glitter, not just the Wink of Stella kind, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is. 
Hate evil, love good;
    maintain justice in the courts.
Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy
    on the remnant of Joseph."  Amos 5:14-15a

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The More The Merrier (ret), In Stitches:Christmas (Clearly Besotted)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink
Ink	Stazon Black, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Petal Pink
Accessories	Faceted Gem (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Scallop Dies (ret), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Aquapainter, Dashed Snowflake Plate (Waffleflower)

CASC&S589 & CKC112 Celebrate

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Can you handle another Christmas card?  I just got the new Stitched Stocking Bundle, and there are some fun stitched elements in there, one of which is a present!  So when I saw the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge, along with the Christmas Kickstart challenge, I knew I could put that little gift to good use!

So here we go:

Since this is a CAS challenge, I just opted for a plain Peaceful Pine gift, although I did cut two more panels, one red and one white, to give the ribbon a chance to stand out a little more!  I added some diecut starts from Give It A Whirl, some red gingham ribbon, and it was all mounted on a Tim Holtz December Calendar embossing folder.

A really old Purple Onion sentiment was stamped in Real Red, diecut and backed with a Stylish Shapes banner die; I added the third star from the Give It A Whirl batch!

The inside uses a lovely sentiment from that Stitched Stocking bundle:

I will be taking a few days off from blogging as I am having family visiting for a few days--gotta stock up on homemade iced tea and chocolate chip cookies so they have something to munch on, LOL!  But I'll be back for our Paper Players challenge on Sunday!I appreciate your stopping by!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched Stocking, Seasonal Sayings (Purple Onion)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Peaceful Pine
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Glossy Dots (ret), Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Stocking Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), December Calendar Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

Today Blooms Just For You

 Happy Friday, everyone! I had some stamping time yesterday but try as I might, I just couldn't make things work quite the way I wanted!  Ever have days like that? I really wanted to use the challenging colors at CAS Colours & Sketches as well as squeak something in for the Retro Rubber sketch:

I don't have any "bubbly"-looking stamps, so I opted for some diecut flowers---an old set from My Favorite Things.  I diecut a bunch of them from Balmy Blue cardstock, added some Night of Navy centers and put them all on a floral-embossed panel and a Gray Granite card.  And I confess that Gray Granite is not one of my go-to colors, so it was definitely a challenge for me to use it!   So here we go:

Even though it didn't take much time to make, I am not sure I would consider it "Clean and Simple", so I may not qualify for that challenge, LOL!  The sentiments are from Perennial Birthday (2018), stamped in Night of Navy:

I did add a couple of sequins for some extra "bubbly-ness"!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday (2018, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gray Granite, Balmy Blue, Night of Navy
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (from my stash)
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Stitched FLower Dies (My Favorite Things), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), various circle punches (ret)

CASC&S585 Sending Love

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  A very quick card today for the the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch, which is here:

I have been playing with the Product of the Month from a month or so ago called Notes of Spring; I paired it with some Craft Consortium papers and a sentiment from Prayers and Promises:

I cut the printed paper with the Stitched Rectangle die and added a Gray Granite mat.  The deer outline was also stamped in Gray Granite and the inner portion was Crumb Cake:

I added a stitched strip of white for the diagonal portion so as not to detract from the pretty papers.  Here's the inside:

I love these neutral colors! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes of Spring, Prayers & Promises
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gray Granite, Little Fawn & Friends (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Gray Granite
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Strips (Taylored Expressions)

Just a Little Note for CASC&S583

 Happy Thursday, all!  You know I like things in threes and when I saw the Clean & Simple Colours & Sketches challenge this week, I was quite happy:

I did a class recently at my neighborhood retirement center and had some leftover pieces from that project, so I used them for my project:

The butterflies were diecut with some Shimmer Pool Party cardstock, then layered on a butterfly-embossed piece of Basic White.  The sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings, using an Impression Obsession Small Tags die.  

Here is the original project; I just used two of the single butterflies and trimmed one from the trio for the above card:

I am also entering this at Krafty Chicks, where they're looking for Clean and Simple too!  

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

"But I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.  He is like a tree growing newar a stream and sending out roots to the water.  It is not afraid when hot weather comes, because its leaves stay green; it has no worries when there is no rain; it keeps on bearing fruit."  Jeremiah 17:7-8

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party Shimmer
Ink	Pool Party
Accessories	Coastal Cabana Bakers Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Sketched Butterfly Dies (ret), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Butterfly Burst Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp)

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Friends (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party Shimmer, Pool Party
Ink	Pool Party
Accessories	Pool Party Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Sketched Butterfly Dies (ret), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Butterfly Burst Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp)

Blessings to You At Easter

Happy Tuesday, all!  I am looking forward to some sunshine today--still cold, but better than rain & dampness!  My quick little card today is for the Inspired By challenge as well as the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

I am still finding ways to use some of the pretty papers I got recently from Craft Consortium!  I chose a leafy pattern for the top portion of the sketch, using a circle die to cut out the right portion.  I then diecut a little egg from a solid piece, stamped some little polka dots on it, then added a wee little bunny:

I stamped a sentiment on a Crumb Cake banner in Mossy Meadow ink:

And the inside:

Both sentiments are from Divinity Designs!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dot Dot Dot (ret), Easter Cross (Divinity Designs), Alleluia (Divinity Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Versamark, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

CASC&S579 Spring Blessings

 Happy Friday, peeps! I have an uber-quick card today for the challenge over at CAS Colour & Sketches:

I've been having lots of fun revisiting stamps that have been in my stash for a while, and only got minimal use!  Today's Altenew set has probably only been used once or twice, so I dusted it off and went to work:

I stamped the Dot Botanicals in Pistacho Pudding and Soft Succulent inks, then added a sentiment from W+9 in Garden Green and added a few sequins.  I haven't used Very Vanilla much lately, so it was nice to use that for a change!

A simple sentiment from PTI's Wreath for All Seasons went on the inside! I need to bulk up my birthday cards, so this will be perfect for those spring birthdays!

And since the Krafty Chicks challenge this week is CAS, I am going to pop it in over there as well!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wreath for All Seasons (Papertrey), Dot Botanicals (Altenew), Spring Blessings (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla
Ink	Garden Green, Pistachio Pudding (ret), Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools

Iconic Images Love You

Happy Friday, peeps!  Hope you have some fun weekend plans--maybe besides the Super Bowl?  I only care about the commercials, LOL!  Anyway, I have another non-traditional Valentine card for you today; it uses the FMS sketch as well as the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches:

Fun choices, right?  So here we go:

I embossed a strip of Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam and added a strip of Pretty Peacock diecut with the Ornate Layers dies.  I realized that last year's Iconic Images had some hearts and words that could be used for Valentine's, so I diecut a heart and added my sentiment and diecut two-step hearts:

I added some rhinestones for a little bling!  CAS and easy!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party, Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Pretty Peacock, Pool Party
Accessories	Rhinestones, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (ret), Ornate Layers Dies (ret), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), Iconic Imagery Dies (ret)

SUO393 Rev Up The Fun

Happy Wednesday, all!  The SU Only challenge is a color one this week:

and I needed a birthday card for my great-nephew Sawyer.  I had an idea in mind and decided to incorporate these colors as well. All my images are retired SU, and I hope that's okay for the challenge!  I also used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches  for my uber-CAS card:

So here we go:

I know the image looks black, but trust me, it is Night of Navy! I stamped designs from Gorgeous Grunge and Perfectly Wrapped in the corner in Crushed Curry, then stamped the Extreme Dirt Bike stamp in Navy.  I did add some speckles as well, stamped off.  Sentiment is from Rev Up The Fun:

I added a simple birthday sentiment on the inside.  And since the Little Red Wagon challenge this week is K for "Keep it Simple", I am adding it there as well!

Here's a picture of Sawyer and his brother, sister, mom and mom mom; they have a cookie-making day every Christmas at their mom mom's house:

That's a lot of cookies!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Extreme Dirt Bike, Gorgeous Grunge, Perfectly Wrapped (all ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy
Ink	Crushed Curry, Night of Navy
Accessories
Tools

To a Deer Friend

 Happy Thanksgiving eve, everyone!  I have a fun little Christmas card today, a bit "punny", and it is for three challenges:  Color My Heart Color Dare wants shades of brown, plus two other colors; Christmas Kickstart wants to see antlers, and the CAS Colours & Sketches is a sketch:

I had not used the pretty little deer from Papertrey's Deer To Me for a long time, so I got to work:

My shades of brown are Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso; I added Real Red and Shaded Spruce as my two additional colors.  I faintly stamped trees from Pine Tree Trimmings in the background, and the punny sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings:

A sentiment from Best Year went on the inside:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings, Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Whittle Sayings (PoppyStamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Real Red
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Craft White
Accessories	Red Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), 1/8" Hole Punch