PP775 Theme Challenge from Christy

Hello, stamping friends! Happy March!  Christy is our Paper Players hostess this week with a theme challenge I don't think we've ever had before:

I realized I do NOT have any "mythical creature" stamps, but I did have one leprechaun stamp from an older SU set called Gift Givers (2011), so I decided to get him inky.  Later on, I thought about the fact that I have some gnome stamps, and they would probably be okay too, in case you share the same dilemma as I do!  So here we go:

I inked up this little guy and did some coloring with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol....still practicing that technique!  I diecut him with a Stylish Shapes die and added a scalloped mat of Lemon Lime Twist and mounted that all on a couple of panels diecut with the Everyday Arches dies.  I stamped a few random little clovers from Itty Bitties (2013) and that all went on a piece of green madras plaid DSP from Memory Box:

My sentiment is from a REALLY old Purple Onion set (probably 2010 or so) and the diecut shamrocks are from Impression Obsession.  On the inside, I added another strip of the same plaid paper, a sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs and a few more stamped and diecut shamrocks!

And since I am using several older sets, I am entering this in the RetroRubber challenge, where they're looking for the Luck of the Irish:

as well as the Card Concept, where they're looking for shades of green:

I would say that my card concept is "clean and layered", and I was inspired by the green plaid and the lovely colors!

I hope you'll be able to play along with us at the Players this week, it's such a fun challenge!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!  Thanks so much for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gift Givers (ret), Itty Bitties (ret), Seasonal Sayings (Purple Onion), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny APple Green, Garden Green, Madras Plaid (Memory Box)
Ink	Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Everyday Arches Dies, Be Mine Dies (ret), Petite Scalloped Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Sharmock Die (Impression Obsession), Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol

RRCB242 Grateful Heart

Happy Friday, everyone! The weekend is ahead, and it's a busy one for us, so I'll make this quick!  The Retro Rubber challenge is to make a fall card and since October is Pastor Appreciation month, AND it's almost over, I thought I'd better get to creating something for our pastor!

My pastor likes things PLAIN!!  Which is a challenge when you're a card-maker, as we want to add all kinds of doodads on our cards!  So this card is kind of plain but I did add some colors and patterns that kept to a fall theme:

I used the retired Stitched Leaves dies to cut out this pretty leaf; my papers are from Simple Stories and Authentique.  The sentiment is from Banner Year from 2020.  I used oval punches to punch it out, and I added another wee little maple heart from Itty Bitties, which I've had since 2013!  I actually made another card before this one, changing the orientation of the leaf and adding a woven linen knot, but it didn't look quite right, so I made another one!  What do you think?

The inside sentiment is from Little Delights, from 2021.  I love the font in this one!

Thanks for popping in today! Gotta go make a pumpkin roll!  Enjoy the day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitties (2013), Little Delights (2021), Banner Year (2020)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango (ret), Pleasant (Authentique), Trail Mix (Simple Stories)
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Dimensionals, Woven Linen Trim (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Leaves Die (ret), Oval Punch (ret), Scalloped Oval Punch (ret)

Celebrate The Season

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I've been missing my stamp room today...it took me two days to get this card done, LOL!  But between laundry, picking stuff from the garden and work, I finally finished it!  So here we go:

This is for a couple of challenges; the Inspire.Create sketch, and the Retro Rubber Fall Scenes challenge:

 

I used several older stamp sets for this card....I had to do a lot of searching to find the ages of them, LOL!  (I'll list the ages below in my "recipe"!)  I used some papers from Honey Bee Stamps for the background, placing them on a panel embossed with the Leaf Fall embossing folder.  I accented my little punkin with some Wild Wheat twine and they're hard to see, but there are silver sequins on the panel as well!

The sentiment and leaves from Beautiful Autumn (2020) was stamped on the inside:

I really enjoyed pulling out these older stamps and playing with them once again!  Thanks for visiting today!  

So I just want to thank everyone who reached out to make sure I was okay during the last two weeks...my little community in Chester County was very close to where the escaped prisoner was hiding, although we were never in danger as he was never that close to us.  He was close to Longwood, where my brother works, and the area where he was captured was relatively close to John's sister's home, but thankfully it is all over now.  The Avondale State Police barracks to where he was transported was the nearest to us but he was in good hands there!  So happy that K9 did his job perfectly, and we are grateful to the countless police officers as well. It was brutally hot last week and the area in which the escapee was hiding was thick and dense. It's easy to be an armchair critic when we're sitting in our nice cool homes and they are out in the thick of it.  I am just glad it's over!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Autumn, (ret, 2020), Happy Scenes (ret, 2015), Itty Bitties (ret 2013), Leave It (Sweet 'n Sassy, 2016), September Stamp of the Month (CTMH 2018), Autumn Blessings (CTMH 2019)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Grapefruit Grove, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze,  Halloween Harvest (Honey Bee)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie, Pebbled Path
Accessories	Silver Sequins, Wild Wheat Thick Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Leaf Fall EF, Blends, Autumn Punch Pack Leaf Punch

TTTC225 So Very Blessed

Happy Monday, everyone! Yesterday we honored our pastor and his family; they've been at our church for five years and we are so blessed to have them!  The card I made for them fulfilled the Tic Tac Toe challenge:  I used the right column down of square, masculine and leaves:

I pulled out my Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves dies...these are my all-time favorites....and some leafy paper from my stash, so here we go:

I wish I had made it a wee bit smaller; it's 5 1/4" square, but it is what it is! The sentiments I used are from Stamp Simply's Framhouse Scriptural Thoughts, stamped in Pecan Pie ink.  I cut my leaves from Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Poppy Parade.  I did add a couple wee little Crumb Cake stamps in the corner of the sentiment panel; it just looked a little bare.  And I just could not stand adding one little embellishment (my pastor likes things PLAIN...this will probably be too fussy for him, LOL!) of some twine on the smaller leaf:

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed too!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Farmhouse Scriptural Thoughts (Stamp Simply), Itty Bitties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Fall Break (Carta Bella)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Rectangle Stitched Dies,  Stitched Leaves Dies (Lawn Fawn)

PP616 Thankful Thoughts

Hi stamping friends!  Happy Sunday and time for a new Paper Players challenge where the sweet Claire is our hostess!  She has a timely theme for us today:

I pulled out a set from the Holiday Mini catalog from 2006 for my card today!  Talk about an oldie but goodie!  This style of line-art drawing was what drew me to SU in the first place!  So fun to stamp in Stazon, then use inks to watercolor in!  Here we go:

I used Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Cajun Craze and Cinnamon Cider to color in my images:

Then mounted it on a piece of Old Olive plaid DSP.  I stamped a sentiment from the same set in Mossy Meadow, and since I didn't get it quite centered, added a little leaf from the retired Itty Bitties set to make it look a little bit more centered!

Finally, I stamped the inside sentiment also in Mossy Meadow and left enough room for a couple more leaves at the bottom to tie it all together!  Square stitched dies were from Lil'Inker!  Everything went on a pretty Mossy Meadow card base!

I am also entering this at Double D Challenges, where they have a thankful mood board, and at Make the Cards, where they also want "thankful"!  

     

I know you'll have lots of ideas to share with us, so I hope you'll stop by the Paper Players blog, see what the DT created, then post yours as well!  Can't wait to see it!

We had Cassidy overnight and after running a bunch of errands, she wanted to make homemade ravioli!  She has a monthly baking/cooking subscription from a company called Kiwi, and they send utensils and directions for a variety of goodies!  This month's was ravioli, lasagne and marinara sauce.  Believe it or not, I have never made ravioli, so I was intrigued.  We gathered the ingredients together and went to work!  She put the flour in a baking dish and made a well:

Added the eggs and mixed it all together.  She was not too keen on the mixing part...she wanted to use her hands but the dough was pretty sticky before it came together.  Then we took turns kneading it for fifteen minutes:

After kneading and resting, she rolled it out and laid the first layer on the ravioli form:

We made the ricotta filling and filled them up; by trial and error we realized we had them a little too full, but after adding the top layer and pressing them together, these are the final product!

I was very impressed with her skill, even though she is a little lax on the tidying up!  We boiled them and added our own spaghetti sauce. She loved them!  I did not realize that the Italian seasoning I used in the filling has lots of sage in it, of which I am NOT fond, so I wasn't crazy about them.  They were a little thicker than I thought they would be, since she rolled the dough to what I thought was the perfect thickness!  But she's going to leave the ravioli form with me and I might try to make them again, maybe with a different dough recipe!  It was definitely labor-intensive but satisfying to see those little doughy pillows pop out!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thoroughly Thankful (ret), Itty Bitties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Mossy Meadow, Old Olive DSP, Basic White, Watercolor
Ink	Stazon Black, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler, Cinnamon Cider, Mossy Meadow
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker Designs), Aquapainter

TCC171 Spring Blessings

Hi everyone! Wednesday means a new Card Concept Challenge for us, where we use different styles to create our cards!  Here's our theme for this week:

You might be inspired by the trees, the bike, or just the colors--could be anything!  So here's my clean-and-layered card for this week:

I only have a couple of bicycle stamps in my vast collection; this one is an older one from Technique Tuesday; I stamped it in Just Jade and added a little basket in Soft Suede:

The wee shamrocks are from a tiny little set called Itty Bitties and they were stamped in Just Jade, Pear Pizzazz, and Crushed Curry.  I added some gold accents spokes to my bike, and then decided to add a few gold "coins" along with the shamrocks, punched out with an 1/8" hole punch:

The tag was stamped with two different stamps, one from Papertrey and one from W+9, then diecut with a tag die; the inside sentiment is also from W+9, and I added a couple of shamrocks from Holiday Blitz:

The gingham background is retired Shaded Spruce, and I added a scalloped mat of Crushed Curry and some Bumblebee gingham ribbon.  Lots of different stamps, lots of fun!  I hope you'll play along with our pretty green inspiration this week...share it with us at The Card Concept and be sure to tell us what your concept is!  All the details are on the blog!  Thanks for popping in today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitties (ret), Holiday Blitz (ret), Wreath for All Seasons (Papertrey), Spring Blessings (W+9), Good Times (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Shaded Spruce Gingham (ret), Gold Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Just Jade, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals, Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon, Gilded Gems
Tools	Big Shot, Scallop Contour Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies, 1/8" Hole Punch, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stamparatus

PP540 Hello

Hello stampers and Happy Mother's Day to all those in the US!  Laurie is our hostess at the Paper Players this week and she has a color challenge for us:

 

I admit that this was not my first card...although I love this color combo, I couldn't quite figure out what I wanted to do with it!  In the end, I went in a totally different direction when I found some retired gingham paper from an older Sale-a-bration pack!  So here we go:

I used the sketch from FMS:

and a Real Red flower, diecut with the Pierced Blooms, an Altenew sentiment and a sweet little ladybug from Itty Bitties:

I also embossed the Thick White card front with the Subtles embossing folder (another thing I won't get rid of, LOL!).  Thanks for popping in today!  I hope you'll play along with us at the Paper Players with these colors...they seem masculine, but you can see by my card, they're not just for guys!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Last night Cassidy and her daddy were supposed to go to a father-daughter dance; some complications with the tickets spoiled it and they weren't able to go, so they just spent some time together!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Love (Altenew), Itty Bitties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Smoky Slate, Real Red, Botanical Butterfly DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate, Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (Ret), Layering Rectangle Dies (ret)

IB168 Carrot Treats

Hello, peeps!  Happy Thursday, happy April 1---uh oh, it's April Fool's Day!!!  I hope you're all doing well and no one's pulled any tricks on you yet!  We have a fun new inspiration at Inspired By; check it out:

Isn't that a fun arrangement? Looks just like a yummy carrot!  I chose not to make a card, but I went in a wee bit of a different direction, creating a little candy treat for a certain someone that I know:

I searched the internet and found an easy carrot box pattern and used some really "retired" SU DSP to create my little jelly bean holder!  I think this might have actually had Groovy Guava on it...remember that one?  Not much stamping, but it was fun to make!  Here's a side view:

Before adhering the box together, I diecut an oval and backed it with a piece of acetate so the jelly beans could be seen but wouldn't fall out!  The greenery was diecut with the same oval die, layered and adhered to the top, then decorated with a banner and little tag, then tied with some thick baker's twine.

The original directions called for making the box from cardstock, so everything was a little flimsy.  To strengthen the area that would be tied together, I adhered another oval of cardstock behind it and it worked like a charm!

  

Of course, I know the recipient will have it untied and the contents gobbled up in no time flat, so I left the embellishments simple and easy!  I am going to save this and think about making some for next Easter as well!  Be sure to come and visit all the designers at Inspired By and share your carrot creation with us as well!  Thanks so much for visiting today! 

Some more Saturday fun, it was such a gorgeous day, we had to be outside! Bradley and Remy played frisbee with Cassidy:

He catches snowballs and eats them too!  Funny dog!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin Easter (ret), Itty Bitties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Pear Pizzazz,  Acetate Sheet, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive Gingham DSP (ret), Misc SU DSP (ret)
Ink	Peach Parfait (ret)
Accessories	Thick Crisp Cantalope Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Oval Dies, 1/8" Hole Punch, Tag Dies (Cuttlebug), Tear'nTape