Fun in the Sun

Happy Tuesday, all!  We are gearing up for the heat here in SE PA, and I know it has been hot, hot, hot across the pond as well!  Looking forward to spending some time on the boat soon! And what could be better than a summery card using some bright colors and a fun sketch!  The colors are from Inspire.Create, and the sketch is from Sunday Stamps:

I pulled out an older surfboard stamp as well as some new Online Exclusive stamps for my card today:

I stamped the surfboards (they look like rockets to me, LOL!) on some pink and yellow DSP and fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a panel embossed with the Seaside embossing folder.  I rather liked the backside of the embossed piece, so I used that!  I added a sentiment from Splash & Relax, as well as  some shells and starfish from Rolling Waves.  I found a little shell sequin from Whale of a Time--so cute!

Everything went on a Pumpkin Pie card base, and I stamped sentiments from Rolling Waves and Splash & Relax on the inside as well:

My July birthday cards are all ready to mail out, so some August birthday recipient will be getting this one!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rolling Waves, Splash & Relax, Summer Surfboards (Pretty Pink Posh)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie DSP (ret), Daffodil Delight DSP (ret), Melon Mambo DSP (ret), Toadstool Gardens DSP (ret)
Ink	Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Whale of a Tale Sequins (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Rolling Waves Dies, Seaside Embossing Folder (ret), Rounded Rectangle Dies (Impression Obsession), Blend

FMS724 Happy Easter

Happy gray, cloudy, foggy Thursday!  I have a cheerful little Easter card for you today, although I may have "overdone" the gingham part!  It uses the FMS sketch:

and some cute little Easter images from Pretty Pink Posh!  Here we go:

My images were stamped in Versafine black ink and colored with Blends and Copics, then diecut and mounted on some papers from Honey Bee and backed with a scalloped mat of Timid Tiger:

My sentiment is an oldie from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped on a Nestabilities banner die and threaded with some orange gingham ribbon!  I think these little images are so cute!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Easter Circles (Pretty Pink Posh)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Timid Tiger, Bee Happy (Honey Bee)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Labels Dies (ret), Stitched Scalloped Dies (unknown maker), Label Dies (Nestabilities), Blends, Copics

CAS Happy Summer

Happy Monday, peeps! Stamp Camp tonight, so this is going to be quick and CAS!!  Three challenges:  Just Us Girls wants three of something; I chose the center column of summer and single layer for the Tic Tac Toe, and CAS on Sunday's theme is "Summer"!

I got this Pretty Pink Posh surfboard set a few years back and it's barely gotten inky, so I thought this would be a good time!  Here we go:

I stamped the images in Memento Black, then added color with Blends.  In hindsight, I wish I had added some pink to the board on the left...it looks a little lopsided, color-wise!  I added some "splashes" as well as some pale aqua sequins:

And on the inside, a sentiment from the retired Sweet Ice Cream:

This will make a great August birthday card for some youngster or young-at-heartster, LOL!  

Here's a little youngster I saw on my walk yesterday...and she had a twin but she was camera-shy, although I have seen them both popping in and out of my neighbor's cornfield!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Ice Cream (ret), Summer Surfboards (Pretty Pink Posh)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Memento Black, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash
Tools

Easter Stamp Class Cards

Happy Saturday, stamping friends! Happy April! How's it going where you live? It's RAIN RAIN RAIN here in SE PA!  Hopefully tomorrow we'll see the sun!  Anyway, I thought I'd share the cards we made at my recent stamp camp; I don't usually do camps until July, but I had a great turnout and we had fun!  So here we go:

Two cute little cards featuring stamps from Pretty Pink Posh's Easter Circles and sentiments from SU's Crazy About You.  

This one features a Lil'Inker diecut bunny and some DSP from last year's Heart & Home with a past Paper Pumpkin sentiment!  Looks so pretty in Fresh Freesia!

Finally, a lovely combination of Soft Sky and Blackberry Bliss!  Cross and florals are from the Hold On To Hope bundle; sentiment is from W+9's Spring Blessings. All SU products are retired.

If you have any questions about any of the stamps or products, just shoot me an email; the address is on the right sidebar! Enjoy your day and be blessed! 

Summer Surfin'

Happy Monday, peeps!  It's another beautiful day here in PA and it was a beautiful day for our picnic yesterday! But I was exhausted afterwards and didn't stamp at all!  So I took some time this morning to celebrate almost-here summer with a card that uses the sketch from Atlantic Hearts as well as the theme from Make My Monday, which is summer fun! 

I pulled out some summery papers along with a surfboard stamp set that I bought a couple of years ago and have never used!  Yikes!  So here we go:

Basically a very simple card....layers of fun papers, and I stamped the surfboards on some scraps of the same papers and colored them in with blends. 

 The sentiment was heat-embossed on vellum and diecut with a rectangle die:

On the inside, a sentiment from the new Charming Sentiments:

Thanks for popping by today!

I've been doing a few crafty things lately, mostly cross stitch; I made this little pillow for my niece's new little baby boy, due in a couple of weeks, it's to hang on his crib:

And I had been knitting a few little stockings, to practice my Fair Isle skills, so I took one and made it into a baby's first ornament:

I can see that tag getting all bent up from year to year, but oh well!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments, Summer Surfboards (Pretty Pink Posh)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum, Wild Wasabi (ret), Soak Up the Sun DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Memento Black, Bermuda Bay, Versamark
Accessories	Black Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Heat Tool, Stamparatus, Blends