RRCB276 Love the Beach

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Halfway through the week!  I keep alternating between summer cards and Christmas cards---both are fun to do!  Today it's a summer card, and I am using the sketch from Retro Rubber:

Of course, since there are three panels, I had to play along!  Only a wee bit of stamping on this one, it's mostly ink, paper and dies:

I have an old Cuttlebug die (2006) that I used with some Basic Beige cardstock, then colored the cutouts with SU blends.  I added some Itty Bitty Backgrounds (1997) to the square pieces and mounted them all on a piece of Vitamin Sea from Honey Bee:

I also tried my hand at "speckling" the diecuts with some white craft ink....I definitely need practice on that!  The sentiments are from Unity's All Smiles (2011) and The Paper Studio's Every Day Expressions (2009):

I stamped a sentiment from Charming Sentiments (2022) on the inside and added the little bonus diecuts that cut at the same time as the larger ones!

Everything was Wink of Stella-ed too, but of course, that never shows up!  Anyway, it was a fun card to make and it will go in my birthday stash!  And I didn't realize that my card is very similar to Jane's! Great minds think alike!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"The ocean depths raise their voice, O Lord; they raise their voice and roar.  The Lord rules supreme in heaven, greater than the roar of the ocean, more powerful than the waves of the sea."  Psalm 93:3-4

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments (ret, 2022), All Smiles (Unity, 2011), Every Day Expressions (Paper Studio, 2009)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Vitamin Sea (Honey Bee)
Ink	Soft Sky (ret), Smoky Slate (ret), Crumb Cake (for sponging), Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Paint Brush
Tools	Big Shot, From the Sea Dies (Cuttlebug), Blends, Sponge Daubers, Wink of Stella, Stitched Banner Die (Nelly Snellen)

RRCB274 A Taste of Summer

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a fruity conconction for you today, just in time for the Retro Rubber challenge this week:

I realized I don't have a lot of fruity stamps in my "retro" collection, but I did remember the Perfectly Preserved set from 2012.  So I pulled it out and got it inky:

There are dies to go with this set, too, for all the elements except the cherries--I had to stamp and fussy-cut them separately!  I mounted everything on a Scalloped Contours die and an embossed Azure Afternoon panel.  The sentiment is from Poppy Stamps, not sure of the year but I know I have had it for a couple of years!

It was fun to pull this set out and use these fun fruity images!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perfectly Preserved (ret 2012), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps, 2024?)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon, Craft White, Poppy Parade, Real Red, Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, All In a Row Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched Scallops Dies (ret), Cannery Dies (ret), Blending Brush

PP789 Masculine Challenge from Stef

Happy Sunday, all!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, with Stef as our hostess.  She has a timely theme challenge as Father's Day is coming up! But don't limit yourself to just that holiday!   Here we go:

I chose to go with a masculine birthay card rather than Father's Day, and I used the Retro Rubber Tic-Tac-Toe grid as my guide:

I chose the middle column of stripes, squares and twine, using the retired Out West (2010) stamp set:

I stamped my cowboy on a stitched square of Basic Beige using Catherine Pooler's Macciato ink.  I also overstamped it with the Linen (2006) background stamp using Crumb Cake ink.  I mounted it on a square of Early Espresso cardstock, distressing the edges for a rustic look:

My sentiment is from Poppy Stamps Whittle Sayings - not sure the age, but I have had it a couple of years - and it all went on some barbed wire paper from Authentique's Frontier collection.  You can just barely see it; I didn't even see it until I photographed my card, behind the barbed wire is a very faint vintage newsprint pattern.  Very cool!  I used the other side of the barbed wire paper as the horizontal panel, then added a "lasso" of some twine I had in my stash.  I know of a few rootin-tootin cowboy types in the family who might enjoy this card!

I hope this challenge will prompt you to make a masculine card! We know they're not as fun to make as feminine ones but we're sure you'll rise to the challenge!  Share your creations with us at the Players!  We can't wait to see them!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Out West (2010), Linen (2006), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Early Espresso, Frontier (Authentique)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Macchiato (Catherine Pooler)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Twine from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker)

Today Blooms Just For You

 Happy Friday, everyone! I had some stamping time yesterday but try as I might, I just couldn't make things work quite the way I wanted!  Ever have days like that? I really wanted to use the challenging colors at CAS Colours & Sketches as well as squeak something in for the Retro Rubber sketch:

I don't have any "bubbly"-looking stamps, so I opted for some diecut flowers---an old set from My Favorite Things.  I diecut a bunch of them from Balmy Blue cardstock, added some Night of Navy centers and put them all on a floral-embossed panel and a Gray Granite card.  And I confess that Gray Granite is not one of my go-to colors, so it was definitely a challenge for me to use it!   So here we go:

Even though it didn't take much time to make, I am not sure I would consider it "Clean and Simple", so I may not qualify for that challenge, LOL!  The sentiments are from Perennial Birthday (2018), stamped in Night of Navy:

I did add a couple of sequins for some extra "bubbly-ness"!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday (2018, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gray Granite, Balmy Blue, Night of Navy
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (from my stash)
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Stitched FLower Dies (My Favorite Things), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), various circle punches (ret)

Another Christmas Card

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! Can you handle another Christmas card?  The sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown was a fun one, and I combined it with the RetroRubber Tic-Tac-Toe grid:

I chose the middle column down:  Pines, Snow and My Choice, which was embossing!  Here we go:

(Sorry for the glare in the corner--not sure how that happened!)  My pines are from Rooted in Nature (2018) and the sentiment is from Itty Bitty Christmas (2019).  I embossed my banner with the Softly Falling embossing folder and made some "snowy" hills with the Stitched Hillside dies from Lawn Fawn.  I added a border of Cherry Cobbler and a faux bow and ribbon, embellished with a sequin:

Sentiment on the inside was from the same set, and I stamped a couple of trees inside as well.  The DSP is the retired Classic Christmas!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rooted in Nature (2018), Itty Bitty Christmas (2019)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Classic Christmas DSP (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequin from my Stash
Tools	Big SHot, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Pretty Bows 2 Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Softly Falling EF (ret), Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn)

RR268 Easter Blessings

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I needed a couple more Easter cards, and when I saw the sketch at Retro Rubber, I knew I had an older, much-loved set that would be perfect for it!  Here's the sketch:

So here we go:

The images are from a 2006 set called Hello Spring; the images were stamped and watercolored, then diecut with a Stylish Shapes dies.  The sentiment (Graceful Words, also 2006) was stamped and fussy-cut, then mounted on top of three diecut strips.

The inside sentiment (Easter Blessings, 2011) was stamped in Coastal Cabana:

Since I love things in threes, I really loved this sketch!  And I love these little images too! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hello Spring (2006), Graceful Words (2006), Easter Blessings (2011)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Retired DSPs in Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green and Highland Heather
Ink	Stazon Black, Versafine Black, Coastal Cabana, Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Granny APple Green, Fresh Freesia, Peach Pie, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie,Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter

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

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

Retro Rubber 265 Hey, Cowboy

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Middle of the week, it's all downhill from here! I needed a birthday card for a little boy at church, and the Retro Rubber challenge was a tic-tac-toe grid:

I'll let you read their post to see why there are pumpkins on the grid, LOL!  Needless to say, I didn't choose that option, but went with the Kraft Paper/My Choice and Embossing across the middle. I pulled out some real oldies for this one!  Here we go:

This card looks MUCH better in real life than it does here....just sayin', it doesn't photograph very well!  I used the cowboy image from Out West (2010) and did some black heat embossing on Kraft cardstock.  After I heat embossed it, I did some watercoloring (my free choice) and fussy-cut it out, mounting it on a Kraft square that was also embossed with a retired Wrapped in Texture embossing folder.  You can see the embossing better here:

My "hey" and Rootin' Tootin' are from the retired Yee-Haw set (2014) and I confess, I forgot that the other sentiment is still current!  Oops!  The horseshoe and hat are also from Out West, and the stars are from Yee-Haw as well, all stamped in Crumb Cake: 

The patterned paper on the front is from an older Cosmo Cricket pad called Wanted.  It was fun to use these older sets!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Yee-Haw (2014), Out West (2010), Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Kraft (Close to My Heart), Wanted (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Versafine Black, Versamark, Real Red, Pecan Pie, Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Brads (ret), Black Embossing Powder, Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder (ret), Heat Tool, Aquapainter

RR264 Just a Note

 Hello, peeps!  Happy Thursday! I almost missed the Retro Rubber sketch this week...I do love playing with my older stamps!  I made a sweet, simple note card using the Wishing You Well set, which came out in 2018!  Here's their sketch:

I found some cute paper that matched SU's Cloud Cover nicely, so that was my inspiration! Here we go:

I stamped the wreath in Cloud Cover ink and added a sentiment from the same set; I punched out a couple of glimmer paper hearts to make a simple accent:

It's almost like a Valentine that's not a Valentine!  I added a layer of embossed polka dots behind it all...simple and sweet!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wishing You Well (2018)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, White Glimmer Paper, Cloud Cover Glimmer Paper (ret), Bee Happy (Echo Park)
Ink	Cloud Cover
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Triple Heart Punch (ret), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

JAI777 Something Seasonal

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  The Just Add Ink challenge this week is "Something Seasonal":

I have a class this week at the retirement community where Dana works, and they had requested winter birthdays, so one of the cards we'll be making just happened to fit JAI's challenge:

The skates are from Avery Elle and the sentiment is from SU's Greetings of the Season and Everyday Greetings (both from 2024).  Skates were stamped in Basic Gray, and then colored with Blends.  They're mounted on a pretty embossed panel of Coastal Cabana.  The inside sentiment is from Waffle Flower:

And since this Avery Elle set has been in my stash for at least five years, I am adding it to the Retro Rubber challenge of "Anything Goes"!

Lots of errands to run today, so I am "skating" off, saying thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed! And STAY WARM!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings (ret), Greetings of the Season (ret), Holiday Skates (Avery Elle 2020?)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana
Ink	Basic Gray
Accessories	Ribbon from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Holiday Skates Dies (Avery Elle), Snowflakes Swirl embossing folder (Darice), Blends

PP751 CAS Christmas Seal

 Happy Sunday, peeps!  Elizabeth is our Hostess for the Paper Players this week, and here's her CAS challenge for us:

This should be a fun one! Since I had a crazy busy few days last week, I went really easy and pulled out a sticker from the retired Beary Christmas Memories & More pack and made a sweet little CAS Christmas card:

I adhered my little Christmas seal to a piece of striped Poppy Parade DSP that I dicut with the Perennial Postage die, and mounted it on a panel embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder:

Don't you just love the look at that little guy's face?!  I added some light blue gingham ribbon and a little banner with a sentiment from the retired Stitched With Cheer (2016), punched out with a wee banner punch that I don't think I ever used, LOL!

On the inside, a sentiment and snowflake from the same Stitched With Cheer set:

And since I've used some retired products here, I am entering this into the RetroRubber challenge as well, which is a Tic-Tac-Toe:

I followed the left column down of punch, stripes and ribbon!  Now I hope you'll play along with our CAS challenge at the Paper Players this week!  Be sure to keep things simple--not a lot of layers or embellishments.  My card is actually a bit less CAS than my usual, but hopefully Elizabeth will put her "seal" of approval on it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched With Cheer (ret, 2016)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Poppy Parade DSP (ret), Beary Christmas Memories & More (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gingham Ribbon  (ret),
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Small Banner Punch (ret)