PP808 CAS Challenge from Stef

Happy Sunday, all!  It is definitely feeling fall-like here in SE PA this weekend!  Stef is our Paper Players hostess this week with a seasonal clean-and-simple challenge!!!  Here's my take on it:

And here's her prompt:

This was very quick to make, since I already had this Brushed Copper circle and leaf diecut sitting on my desk (probably since last year!!!) so I simply added some plaid DSP behind it and a wee little baker's twine bow:

And I confess that I totally CASEd the sentiment idea on the front from Joanne's cute card HERE!  I totally forgot that I had the Cheer All Year set myself--that's what happens when you have so many stamp sets--so I used just the "autumn" portion of the sentiment from that set and added a "happy" from a Paper Sweeties set!  The inside features a couple of sentiments and some Paper Pumpkin leaves:

The Inkspirational challenge this week is CAS with the option of plaid, so I am entering it there as well!

I have lots of fall stamp sets, and I am betting you do too!  Show us your Clean-And-Simple design---remember, keep your stamps and embellishments to a minimum!  Share it with us at the Paper Players!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cheer All Year (ret), Paper Pumpkin (ret), Blessed (Paper Sweeties), Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts), Camus Quote E550 (Great Impressions)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Brushed Copper (ret), Timeless Plaid DSP (ret)
Ink	Timid Tiger, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Vanilla Baker's Twine (Ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Leaves Dies (ret)

LRW880 Happy Halloween

Happy Friday, all! Yay, I get to stamp with my ladies at the local retirement community today; that's always fun!  First, I'll show you my CAS Halloween card created for the Little Red Wagon challenge!  Here we go:

Their challenge is to use a frame, and I remembered that I had this twiggy frame from Poppy Whittles that had barely ever been used!  I diecut it in Basic Black and added some Whittle punkins and a simple sentiment:

Do you like their "glowing" mouths?! LOL!  I used an older CTMH sentiment for the inside:

Since I had my Whittle dies out, I created a Christmas one, although I am not as happy with this one--I added an outer frame from Penny Black, and wish I had left it plain:

This one uses the same twiggy frame in Pecan Pie, a pair of trees in Pretty Peacock, a stitched snowbank and some wee little glimmery stars:

A couple of pretty little sentiments from past Paper Pumpkin sets were stamped in Real Red:

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

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	And Many More (ret), Hello Pumpkin (Close to My Heart ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Basic White, Timid Tiger, Gray Granite, Spooky (Echo Park), Orange Glimmer (ret), Gold Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Whittle Wood Picture Frame Dies, Whittle Pumpkin Dies (both PoppyStamps), Hello Pumpkin Dies (CTMH)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Pretty Peacock, White Glimmer (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Sports Event Dies (ret), Whittle Wood Picture Frame Dies, Whittle Trees Dies (both PoppyStamps), Double Frame Dies (Penny Black)

KC831 Watermelon Greetings

Happy Friday, everyone!  The Krafty Chicks Anything Goes challenge has a mood board this week:

I had a stamping class on Wednesday at the retirement community where Dana works, and one of the cards we made fit the watermelon on the mood board perfectly!  Check out mine:

I used a scallop die to cut a panel from the retired Country Gingham DSP.  The watermelon slice was cut using the Everyday Arches dies, using Strawberry Slush, Basic White and Garden Green cardstocks.  I used three hearts from various Paper Pumpkin kits to create the "seeds":

The sentiment is from The Greetery's Laid Back Basics.  I had a couple extra kits left over, so I made another card; I used a different sentiment and I hand-drew the seeds:

We did add a few little sequins for sparkle!  

Here are a few more birthday cards!  From Mollie:

and from Sally:

This pretty one is from Tracy: love those colors:

And this beauty if from Renita:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Laid Back Basics (The Greetery), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Strawberry Slush, Garden Green, Country Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Versafine Black
Accessories	Pink Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Everyday Arches Dies, Stitched Scallop Dies (The Greetery), Black Marker

Sleepy Kitty

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a really, really clean and simple card for you today; I used the theme from CAS on Sunday, which is animals, and the colors from Color Hues:

I used two new In Colors (out today!) of Hydrangea Hue and Golden Glow, along with a sweet little image from Unity Stamps:

I made an embossed oval and stamped my sleepy kitty inside, then added a Whittles Saying to the corner, along with a little flourish from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

This is uber-CAS,  even more CAS than I normally do, but I do have a friend who loves cats, so this will be for her!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love & Good Vibes (Unity), Whittle Sayings (Poppystamps), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hydrangea Hue
Ink	Hydrangea Hue, Golden Glow
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

PP777 CAS Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, all!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week with a timely, fun Clean-and-Simple challenge: 

There are always lots of options for florals, right?!  For my card, I also chose to use the color challenge from Retro Rubber as well:

So here we go:

I am really trying to use some of my older stamps; these florals happen to come from a Paper Pumpkin kit; I would say it's at least five or six years old, perhaps older, because I haven't done Paper Pumpkin for a while!  I stamped the flowers and leaves on a piece of Basic White cardstock and watercolored them with Bubble Bank, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green and Mossy Meadow inks.  I then fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a Bubble Bath frame on top of a Basic White card base.

 I also diecut a little cross-stitch pattern around the edge of the card--still keeps it clean and simple, but adds some interest!  Finally my sentiment is from Suite Sayings (2016), stamped in Strawberry Slush.  It is always fun to use some older stuff!  

I hope you'll play with our challenge this week!  Remember to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE--minimal stamps, layers and embellishments!  Share it with us over at the blog!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Suite Sayings (2016), Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine Black, Bubble Bath, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Aquapainter

FMS721 Shabby Valentine

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have a sweet little Valentine card for you today; it's for the FMS sketch by Jen as well as the neutral challenge from Little Red Wagon:

I went through my plethora of 6x6 pads to find some vintage prints to start my card; the ones I found were from Prima called Farm Sweet Farm.  I cut some to fit a 4 1/4" square card and went to work:

I diecut a heart from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped some postage stamp images from an old Papertrey set in Pecan Pie ink.  I added a Champagne foil heart and some pearl embellishments as well as a Technique Tuesday sentiment, stamped in Basic Gray ink.  I added a Crumb Cake scalloped heart behind it and gave everything a good vintage burnish with my sponge dauber and some Crumb Cake ink:

A sentiment from an old Paper Pumpkin set went on the front, and finally, some neutral rickrack trim for fun!  I haven't made a collage-style image for a long time, and it was fun to do!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Grateful (Technique Tuesday), Paper Pumpkin (ret), Postmarks (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Champagne Foil (ret),  Farm Sweet Farm (Prima)
Ink	Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Rickrack (from my stash), Dimensionals, Various Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Heart and Scalloped Heart Dies (Nestabilities), Sponge Dauber

PP769 CAS Brrr!

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this one is from our amazing hostess Joanne!  She has a clean-and-simple theme for us:

She wants "Signs of Winter"....but specifically NOT Christmas!  Well, winter certainly is rearing its head here--snow and COLD!!!  I pulled out some stamps featuring hats and mittens and went to work:

My stamps are from W+9, stamped in Azure Afternoon.  I got my color inspiration from Color Hues:

After stamping and diecutting my winter wear, I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps to arrange them:

My embossed panel used an embossing folder from Tim Holtz, and I stamped some snow around the mittens and hat and added a cute "Brrr" sentiment from Colorado Craft:

A little Crafter's Companion stamp went on the inside. I thought I would add a birthday or get well sentiment as well, when I need a card for that occasion!

I hope that you'll play along with our challenge this week!  Remember to keep it CLEAN AND SIMPLE!  I know we want to add lots of bells and whistles, but this week, keep it all about stamps, ink and paper!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Holiday Cheer (W+9), Winter Blessings (Crafters Companion), Just Add Snow (Colorado Craft Company), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Holiday Cheer Dies (W+9), Deer Knit Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

Winter Schminter

 Happy Tuesday, all! I have an uber-quick card for you today; it's for two challenges!  The Addicted to CAS challenge wants to see a sweater, and the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is a sketch:

I have a fun little sweater die that I pulled out, along with some scraps of paper from my stash; here we go:

I actually cut two sweaters from some retired Soft Sky cardstock and "stretched" it to make it fit under the sentiment banner a wee bit!  A little faceted embellishment tied to the colors of the plaid strip.  The strips were diecut with the Taylored Expressions Easy Strips Stitched dies; they make for a nicely-finished edge, I think! The sentiment is from Whippersnapper; it's an oldie from 2008!

The top inside sentiment is from the same Whippersnapper set; the birthday one is from Paper Pumpkin:

A fun wintry birthday card for my stash!  Thanks for stopping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Schminter (Whippersnapper), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Winter Wonderland (Simple Stories)
Ink	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals, Faceted Gem (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sweater Die (Gummiapan), Easy Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)

AHSC624 Funny Bunny

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a fabulous weekend!  We have another fun sketch from Atlantic Hearts this week:

Look at all those fun elements!  I pulled out some gingham and my little Tim Holtz bunny, which has to make at least one appearance during the Easter season!  Here we go:

I managed to get enough gingham scraps for my vertical strips, then assembled Mr Bunny and his carrot and put him next to an embossed circle with an older Paper Pumpkin sentiment:

I added some "carrot tops" behind him and sprinkled on a few sequins from my stash. Here's the inside, using my new Simon Says Stamp set called Happy Eggs:

This bunny just makes me smile!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch too!  It's a great one to use up some of those DSP strips we have in our stash!  Share your creation with us over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  See you there!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp) Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette (ret), Ginghams in Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Highland Heather (all retired)
Ink	Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder,  Layering Circles Dies (ret), Carrot Bunny Dies (Tim Holtz)

JAI743 Thinking of You

Happy Friday, peeps! I have a quick little card today that uses the sketch from Just Add Ink:

If anything has three elements, I am a fan!  I guess I must be longing for the ocean and warmer days, because this was where my mind went:

I used a Basic Beige card base, embossing the lower front portion with the retired Seaside embossing folder.  The upper portion is from the pretty Everyday Happiness.  My images are from a CTMH set; each little beachy element was stamped in Lost Lagoon on Basic Beige cardstock, very lightly colored with a blender pen, then mounted on another circle of Basic Beige:

There's a wee bit of Wink of Stella there, too, which you can never see in the photo!  I created a sentiment banner using a past Paper Pumpkin set, and added the matching sentiment on the inside:

We have a busy weekend planned, so I'll make this short!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God's word, so that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen." Hebrews 11:3

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Swirly Seashells (Close to My Heart), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Everyday Happiness DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Basic Beige
Accessories	Iridescent Gems (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Seaside Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Wink of Stella, Blender Pen

SOS536 Best Wishes Brother

Happy Thursday, peeps! My brother's birthday is coming up and the Shopping Our Stash challenge is asking for a winter themed card but not Christmas!  I used some plaid Christmas papers from Echo Park's The Magic of Christmas, along with a deer diecut and a Birch Wood-embossed piece of woodgrain paper for his birthday card:

My sentiment was a combination of an older Paper Pumpkin "Best Wishes" and a Fiskars "brother"; the pine cones and greenery were from W+9's Merry & Bright.  The deer diecut is from Paper Rose; finally I added some black adhesive brads to add a little zip!

Edited to add:  I am also going to enter this at the Inspired By challenge for this week as well:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (ret), Celebrate Family (Fiskars), Merry & Bright (WPlusNine)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Black, The Magic of Christmas (Echo Park)
Ink	Versafine Black, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals, Adhesive Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Birch Wood Embossing Folder, Merry & Bright Dies (WPlusNine), Deer Family Dies (Paper Rose)