PCC393 Meow

 Hi stampers!  Today I'm sharing the card that didn't make it to my CAS Paper Players challenge!  Instead of a puppy, I used a kitten, along with the sketch from Paper Craft Crew challenge and just squeaking in the colors from the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge:

And so here we go:

I started with some Cherry Cobbler plaid from Plaid Tidings, and I used the same Paper Pal Pets set, stamping the cat in Cinnamon Cider and coloring her with Mango Melody ink, adding a little mouse and the ball of yarn:

I added a diecut "friend" from the Well Written dies, and a stitched banner behind.it.  The circular image is from Comfort and Hope; the final embellishments were some Holiday Rhinestones.  It's such a fun sketch and the colors are warm and friendly!  Thanks for popping in today!

A few pix from my garden:

And every year around this time, I begin looking for praying mantises on my holly bushes....but here's one that I didn't have to look for!  He appeared right on the side of the house:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Comfort and Hope, Paper Pal Pets (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Cinnamon Cider, Mango Melody, Cherry Cobbler, Plaid Tidings DSP
Ink	Cinnamon Cider, Mango Melody, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Holiday Rhinestones, Dimensionals
Tools	Big SHot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Well Written Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies, Paper Pal Pets Dies, Blender Pen

PCC235 Hippity Hoppity

Hi peeps!  Happy Thursday!  My week is all messed up with everyone home for a snow day on Tuesday!  It feels like it should be Monday or something!  Anyway, I had this little bunny from an old SU set called Hello Spring (1997) stamped and just sitting on my desk, waiting to be made into a card!  When I saw the Paper Craft Crew sketch for this week, I went to work!

I found some of this DSP when I made my vintage card for yesterday's post, so I decided to incorporate it into my card, along with the Elegant Dots embossing folder and some retired colors of Lost Lagoon and Baja Breeze:

I apologize for the poor photo quality; I still use my 35mm camera to take my photos, but for some reason, my computer no longer recognizes any of my camera cards, so I had to resort to taking these with my phone!  Not too bad, but I am not used to it and it feels awkward.  So until I figure out what the problem is, I am stuck with my phone, but at least I do have that! 

My bunny was stamped in Palette ink and I did a wee little bit of shading with an aquapainter and some Baja Breeze ink; I added a little banner stamped with "hippity hoppity" from a really old clear set, maybe Studio G? and another banner stamped with Timeless Textures.  A little punched flower, some twine and sequins, and it was done....I'll stamp  an Easter sentiment on the inside. 

And since this is such an old stamp, I am entering this also in the RetroRubber challenge of Anything Goes!

Cassidy came home yesterday with a folder filled with little encouraging notes written by all her classmates; it was hard to get the whole story out of her, but apparently they do it for one student a day.  I think because her name starts with a "C", she was one of the first!  Anyway, it was fun to watch her reaction as she read them all!

Suhavi wrote "You always blow the sadness of me!" and Zoey told her she was so funny, "He he he,"!!!  So cute!

Have a blessed day!

Project Details--All ProductS Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Hello Spring (ret), Timeless Textures, Misc Clear Easter from my stash
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Lost Lagoon, Spring DSP (can't remember the name)
Ink	Palette Noir, Versamark
Accessories	Sequins (from my stash), Baker's Twine
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Nestabilities), Scallop Punch, Triple Flower Punch (ret), Aquapainter, Elegant Dots EF

PCC231 So Sorry

Happy Monday, peeps!  We had a glorious weekend, weather-wise, but it makes me nervous, having these 60+ temps in February!  We're bound to pay for it somewhere along the line!  I had a little stamping time yesterday and made my third sympathy card for the week using the sketch from Paper Craft Crew:

I hadn't used this detailed floral image from the SAB set Avant Garden, so I paired it with some Floral Boutique papers for my creation:

It seems as if I have a lot going on here....lace, leaves, florals....but I hope it all works together.  I chose Night of Navy as a monochromatic hue.  Thanks for popping in today!

Since I got a membership to Longwood Gardens (check out their website here) for Christmas and hadn't used it yet, I asked my SIL to go with me yesterday; the weather was so nice, I think every other person in the tri-state area had the same thought---it was packed!  They have an orchid display right now, so there were orchids everywhere!

This was an orchid wall in the lobby; then an arch of orchids in the conservatory:

A reflecting pool and hanging baskets in the conservatory, and some ground cover florals:

This doorway was covered in orchids above....it's hard to capture how big it is:

A beautiful way to spend a February afternoon!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to stop back tomorrow for our Stamp Ink Paper challenge, too!

Project Details--All Products Stampin' Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Avant Garden, Kinda Eclectic, Timeless Textures, Delicate Details, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Night of Navy, Floral Boutique DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, White Craft
Accessories	White Twine, Faceted Buttons (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Nestability Banner Dies, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals

PCC225 Comfort and Healing

Hi peeps!  I don't normally do two posts in one day, but I wanted to get this card in for the Paper Craft Crew sketch before the deadline because I thought it was a nice one!

You might remember I made a sympathy card for my friend Sharon, who lost her aunt on Christmas day.  Ten days later, she lost her mother, her aunt's sister.  I just can't imagine the grief of losing two cherished family members within two weeks.  Anyway, Sharon loves the beach and her mother's favorite color was blue, so I combined those two elements to make her a sympathy card:

Although the DSP is really a sky photo, it reminded me enough of the beach to use it!  The card base is Pool Party, and I embossed the Island Indigo panel with the Seaside EF, then added some ribbon embellishments and a sentiment.  More details are in the project menu below. 

Hope you have a wonderful day.  And since I already shared a Cassidy photo today, I thought I'd show you our sunrise on this beautiful but COLD morning:

Project Details
Stamps	Gorgeous Grunge, Work of Art, Flourishing Phrases
Card stock & Papers	Pool Party, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Serene Scenery DSP
Ink	Island Indigo, Soft Sky
Accessories	Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon, Pool Party Shimmery Ribbon (both retired)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Seaside Embossing Folder

PCC215 and SIP70 Fall Subway Art

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Wow, the week is zipping by!  I have a card for two challenges today!  The Paper Craft Crew Challenge is "Fall"; and the Stamp Ink Paper challenge is a tac-tac-toe!

The left column of leaves, sparkle and orange piqued my interest; I had something in mind but it wasn't coming together.  My final card is not really what I had pictured, but it's going to have to do!  I used a subway art panel from Close to My Heart and stamped it in Pumpkin Pie ink on Papertrey's Linen paper and matted it on Chocolate Chip:

 I stamped the Hardwood background in white craft ink on my Pumpkin Pie card base and then used some pastel chalks to darken the wood.  SU's new Pumpkin Pie glimmer paper was the basis for my Lawn Fawn stitched leaves; I also overstamped the subway art with the Linen background stamp in Crumb Cake:

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from a retired SU set called Harvest Home, and added an extra glimmer leaf!

My exciting news this week is that on Tuesday, I got to meet a long-time blogging friend, Linda Lapotka!  She grew up in my area, but now calls Wisconsin home.  She came back east to go to her niece's wedding and I met her and her sister at Longwood Gardens!   It was a gorgeous day, very warm, and we had a wonderful time!  I felt like I have known her all my life!  Here we are, early on the misty morning, ready to go inside the gardens:

Sitting on a pumpkin in the children's garden:

and we convinced Patty to sit with us too!

What a great day!  Thanks for popping in!

CTD405 & PPC206 You Make Me Smile

Hi peeps!  Ah, Thursday...the end of the week is in sight!  I squealed with delight when I saw the pretty color challenge at the Color Throwdown, and it worked perfectly with the DSP challenge at Paper Craft Crew:

I went way in the archives of my scraps of DSP and pulled out some that fit the colors and cut them into 3/4" strips:  I had so much fun, I may just do another one:

My sentiment (Right at Home's Color In Sentiments) was stamped in Memento black ink and colored with Lost Lagoon, Crushed Curry and Pear Pizzazz inks and an aquapainter.  I added a Layering Squares mat in black and some baker's twine, then a wee little Paper Pumpkin flower, stamped in Crushed Curry:

I didn't have a black candy dot, so I colored a brown one with a Sharpie, LOL!  Worked great!  And I tried to experiment with putting the sentiment panel in different areas of my card to see how it looked, but those stubborn dimensionals got stuck down in the corner, so that's where it stayed, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!

A little visitor to my flower bed last week:

He has made himself right at home in my yard....I see him everywhere!  Enjoy your day!

PCCCS170, JUGS319 and STB

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Taking a break from Christmas cards and squeezing in a couple of challenges today with a birthday card!  Seize the Birthday is an “anything goes” challenge, Paper Craft Crew Challenge has this sketch:

and the trend week at Just Us Girls is watercoloring:

So here we go:

 

I dampened a piece of watercolor paper and lightly dabbled on some Lost Lagoon ink.  I pulled some papers from the Pretty Petals stack for my banners, then stamped the feathers from Cheer All Year for the focal point. 

A Paper Pumpkin birthday sentiment stamped in Basic Black was bold enough to work against the watercolored background.  I also added a few sequins from my stash, added some black glimmer paper elements,  and speckled some color on with a wet paintbrush.  My sentiment inside is from Cottage Greetings and I stamped another feather as well:

It’s off to the mailbox this card goes!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy went to her friend Gabby’s birthday party on the weekend.  Gabby is all about glam and glitz….Cassidy?  Well, she apparently hasn’t given up Halloween yet, LOL!

Enjoy your day!