FF0162 God Bless the USA

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I have a fun card that I made with some new goodies, as well as some old ones! I recently got this patriotic background stamp and couldn't wait to ink it up!  Here we go:

I stamped it in Early Espresso on a Basic Beige card, then did some blending with Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie inks to give it a vintage look.  I diecut two stars and layered them together, then created the "USA" with Cherry Cobbler, Basic Beige and Misty Moonlight cardstock and the Mini Alphabet dies:

On the inside, I stamped two sentiments from a really old Waltzingmouse set called USA 1776 in Real Red and Misty Moonlight, then added the fireworks in Sahara Sand:

In hindsight, I wish I had shabbied up the "USA" a little bit!  But it will have to do for now!  And I think this fits the bill at Festive Friday; I've got red, white, blue, and fireworks!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Eden is doing a little birdwatching.....can you see the bird out in the yard?

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Land of the Free (Honey Bee), USA 1776 (Waltzingmouse)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Misty Moonlight, Cherry Cobbler, Basic White
Ink	Early Espresso, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand (ret)
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Mini Alphabet Dies, Blending Brushes, Stitched Star Die (Paper Rose), Star Punch (ret), Sponge Daubers

AHSC473 Happy B-Day

Happy Monday, peeps!  I am uber late today....just couldn't get my act together, LOL!  I have a quick little card for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge as well as the Festive Friday challenge and the Global Design Project!

I chose to make a square card, 4 1/4" and I used a plethora of bee stamps I've collected over the years:

I stamped the honeycomb image in Bumblebee ink and the bees in Memento, then added some black sequins from my stash:

An old Cornish Heritage Farm sentiment and heart was stamped on the outside:

And some Darcie's Designs images were stamped on the inside in Smoky Slate:

My layers were Very Vanilla, Basic Black, and some SAB DSP from a year ago!  Thanks for popping in today....enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Bee (Cornish Heritage Farms, ret), Distressed Background Blocks (My Favorite Things, ret), Day is Sweet and BEEutiful (both Darcie's Heart & Home)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Flower & Field DSP (ret)
Ink	Bumblebee (ret), Memento Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Sequins from my stash
Tools	Stamparatus

TMS654 Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Hi peeps, happy Friday!  I have a quick, fun little card using the retiring Sweet Ice Cream stamp set and the Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch!  It features the Mackey family's FAVORITE ice cream flavor, mint chocolate chip!  I say the Mackey family because neither John nor Wayne like it...hahaha, more for us girls!  Anyway, here's the sketch:

And here's the card:

I started with a piece of Hand Penned DSP that features a stripey Mint Macaron design, and "stitched" the edges with the Stitchery zigzag stamp.  I stamped the ice cream in Mint Macaron and decided to add a  Soft Suede "chocolate" dip as well!  I added some chocolate chips, then punched them both out and set them atop a Crumb Cake cone!  They were all mounted in a Basic White circle diecut with a Stitched Shapes circle, then a mat of Early Espresso and scallop mat of Mint Macaron.  The sentiment was diecut with the Stitched So Sweetly dies.  I did add some Wink of Stella to the ice cream and sprinkled on some starry sequins:

I had cut apart the birthday sentiment a while ago because I like to be able to "stack" the words on top of each other instead of using them lengthwise.  The photopolymer stamps are easy to cut apart and just as easy to line up again if you want to use them in their original position!  I stamped these in Mint Macaron and it was done!  Thanks for popping in today!

And I am also entering this at Festive Friday, since I have food, birthday, punches and pastels in my card!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Ice Cream, Stitchery
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mint Macaron, Early Espresso, Hand-Penned DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals, Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Ice Cream Builder Punch, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Wink of Stella

A Plethora of Purple

 Happy Monday, friends!  I have a very purple card for you today!  Purple hues are always a challenge for me, but I have a friend who loves purple and her birthday is coming up, so I made a very purple card for her, using the pretty All Things Fabulous bundle!  So here we go:

I used shades of Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape and Blackberry Bushel for my three-step stamped florals and Mint Macaron for the leaves.  Before adhering all my flowers, I embossed a Highland Heather card base with one of the Greenery embossing folders, and added some Highland Heather DSP and a torn edge of Gorgeous Grape: 

My sentiment is from Itty Bitty Birthdays; the florals were assembled on a large Stitched Nested Labels die, and the final embellishment was a sprinkling of Iridescent sequins!  Hope she likes it!

I am entering this in the Festive Friday challenge--I've got florals, embossing, diecuts and a sentiment:

and the Krafty Chicks, which is anything goes to celebrate their 10th birthday!

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

Up another level....a red and white belt!

"Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.  Yet you are near, O Lord, and all your commands are true." Psalm 118: 150-151

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Birthdays, All Things Fabulous
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather DSP
Ink	Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Blackberry Bliss, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Iridescent Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Greenery EF, Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Fabulous Florals Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies

IB147 Fall is Sweet

Hi stampers!  Happy Thursday!  It's time for  a new Inspired By challenge....look at these yummy goodies!  I wouldn't mind eating every one of these, LOL!

And here's our optional sketch:

 

As much as I love a sketch with three elements on it, I opted not to use it this week!  I did use a couple of retired fall favorites, Merry Cafe and Pick a Pumpkin, to make my sweet fall birthday card:

So even though it might not be noticeable right away, there's a lot going on on this card!  My Early Espresso base is embossed with a swirly die; the Old Olive layer is stamped with the Buffalo Check background stamp, and the Terracotta Tile layer is stamped with a sprig from Banner Year.  The coffee cup was stamped on some patterned paper and fussy-cut; I then hand-drew the sleeve and added some stamping to it:

I added a few fall pumpkins just for fun and mounted it all on a layer of Very Vanilla that was embossed with the Cable Knit embossing folder.  And I carried the colors over into the inside with some birthday sentiments from Itty Bitty Birthdays:

I am sorry they retired this set so quickly, it has a lot of fun coffee and tea-themed images for the holidays and I am happy when I can use it again!  And I did use a challenge sketch; it's from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

And I am also throwing this into the ring at Festive Friday, because I've got a hot drink, plaid, cream, brown and diecuts!

Be sure to stop by the Inspired By blog to see what the DT has created...they're a talented bunch of stampers and I always love to see how their creative minds interpret the challenge!  Thanks for popping in today!

School picture...one of the nicest!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check, Banner Year, Itty Bitty Birthdays, Merry Cafe (ret), Pick a Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Terracotta Tile, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Old Olive DSP, Nightfall DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Memento Black, Pear Pizzazz, Terracotta Tile, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shots, Patterned Pumpkin Dies (ret), Cable Knit EF (ret), Blends, Swirled Dots Embossing Plate (Altenew)

CAS Leafy Hello

Happy Friday, peeps!  Do you have something fun planned for the weekend?  Hope so!  I'll be seeing some stamping friends tomorrow and I am looking forward to that!  Today I have a really simple card using some "fall" products!  Here we go:

I love that the Stitched Leaves dies leave stitching around the outside diecut but I don't usually get to use that part of my cardstock, so I wanted to highlight that on my card today.  I backed it with some Plaid Tidings DSP, on which I embossed the inner leaf stitching part of the die as well.  To finish it off, I added some matching leaves (never have seen a blue leaf, but I'll say it's artistic license!)

 

The leaves are from the Beautiful Autumn bundle, stamped in Misty Midnight, Poppy Parade and Cinnamon Cider, and punched out with the matching punch.  The sentiment is from Life is Beautiful!  And since it's clean and simple, I am entering it at the Krafty Chicks and The Spot challenges:

 

And it also fits the Festive Friday challenge of plaid, ribbon and diecuts:

 

  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." Galatians 6:9-10

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Autumn, Life is Beautiful
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Plaid Tidings, Misty Moonlight, Poppy Parade, Cinnamon Cider
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Poppy Parade, Cinnamon Cider
Accessories	Misty Moonlight Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Leaves Dies, Autumn Punch Pack

FF0056 Vintage Hello

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a very simple card today, although it took me long enough to make, LOL!  It's for the Festive Friday Library Worker challenge, as well as the Addicted to Stamps and More CAS challenge:

I chose pencils, yellow and ribbon for my CAS card:

I have had this line of pencils stamp for a long time; I got it at a stamp show, but it was unmounted, and I can't remember the name of the company!  I stamped it in Stazon and colored it with a Crushed Curry marker, then diecut it with the largest Stitched Rectangle die:

The typewriter and "hello" are from a Stamplorations set called Vignette:  Old Type.  The tag is a Simon Says Stamp diecut (Bundle of Stitched Shapes), and I used some gold satin ribbon from SU!

 It was all mounted on a Crushed Curry card base.  I didn't add a sentiment on the inside yet; I'll do that when I figure out what occasion for which it will be used!  Thanks for popping in today!

My birds have been busy at my feeders; these are not the best pictures, but I'll keep working on them!

A male downy woodpecker; I had moved this feeder to another spot, and he was quite upset, so I had to move it back, LOL!

A brown thrasher, hiding under my forsythia; he has yellow eyes, and is quite active shoving aside leaves and sticks to get to the bugs underneath!

The feathers of the goldfinches are brightening up:

A this little chickadee is hard to catch...they fly away quickly!

And this pair of house finches (or purple finches, I can never tell the difference), loves to sit on the tray feeder!

I also have a pair of bluebirds building their nest in our bird box...I keep trying to get a picture of them, but they're skittish too!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

SSC226 and FF0054 Easter Bunnies

Happy Monday, peeps!  I have stamp clubs meeting today, so I'll make this quick!  I wanted to make one more card highlighting the pretty So Very Vellum, and since Festive Friday had a "First Day of Spring" challenge board, I jumped on it:

 I chose flowers, green, pastel colors and cute animals!  I used the green vellum on a Soft Sea Foam base, some pink plaid paper and a little pink flower from the Pleased as Punch DSP set, and the cute little bunnies from Wildly Happy:

I stamped the bunnies in Smoky Slate, gave them a little shading with some Blends, and stamped an Easter sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings below.  I diecut both elements with some stitched dies (oooh...stitching is on the Inspo board too!) and "tied" it all together with a retired Pretty in Pink ribbon:

I also used the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

Easy peasy...and another Easter card for my stash!  Thanks for popping in today---it is definitely feeling like spring here in PA....we didn't really have much of a winter!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Retro Rubber challenge!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Greetings, Wildly Happy
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Soft Sea Foam, So Very Vellum, Pleased as Punch DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories	Pearl, Pretty in Pink Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Small Flower Punch