SAB Times Three

 Happy Tuesdsay, peeps!  I had stamp clubs yesterday and so I had been busy in the last week trying to create some samples to show all the beautiful SAB products my gals had to choose from!  I have to say that the Hippos and Rings of Love were the favorites!  But here are three samples I randomly chose to share today:

This holiday card uses Rings of Love DSP because it reminded me of a wintery, snowy woods.  I added a sprig from Nature's Prints, inked with Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler markers and backed on a Stitched Rectangle panel that was stamped with a rectangle from Watercolor Shapes.  The sentiment is from the new Brightest Glow, also diecut and stamped with Watercolor Shapes.  I added a Cherry Cobbler border (Blossoming Happiness dies) and some red rhinestones.

 I am also entering this at the Global Design Project, where they are looking for "shapes"....I have lots of rectangle shapes here!

My second card uses the ducks from the SAB set Stylish Shapes.  I stamped them in Soft Suede on a panel that was diecut from the Scary Silhouettes Dies and added a sentiment from Happiness Abounds.  I had a piece of Crumb Cake I had embossed with the Timber EF but never used, so I diecut a square panel from Stylish Shapes for the background, then mounted everything on a piece of He's The Man DSP and a Crumb Cake card. For interest, I diecut a little banner, cut it in half and tucked it into little slits on either side of the image, then added some metallic brads:

Finally, this pretty pattern from the Rings of Love DSP just makes me smile....I love all the BLUE!  I had a wee little piece of the embossed Crumb Cake left from the card above, so I made a couple more little banners, added a baker's twine bow and a sentiment from Nature's Prints and Watercolor Shapes:

That's it for today!  If you have any questions about the cards, shoot me an email!  

Cassidy is at Summer Assembly this week; it's a camp put on by Christian Endeavor, and she is following in her mommy's footsteps, as Dana went for several years as a member of our church's youth group, and has fond memories of it!  Cassidy was a bit apprehensive to go away for that length of time, but so far she seems to be having fun!  Pray for her to grow in her faith in the Lord and to be a good witness!  Truthfully, she looks so grown-up here, I can hardly believe it!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

ACC480 Green Hippo

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Have you ever seen a mint green hippopotamus?  Me either, but in the stamping world, you can create anything! I am using the fun sketch from Atlantic Sketch Challenge along with the Hippest Hippos set, still making a few samples for my club girls next week!  Here's the sketch:

I used a pretty plaid from the SAB paper called Rings of Love, along with some Mint Macaron DSP to get started:

I watercolored my little hippo and gave her some pink toenails and a bit of Blushing Bride blush on her cheeks with a Blender Brush. Her little umbrella was diecut with some Sweet Sorbet DSP and I added some details to it with some Blends and a black marker.  Of course, since she's so hip, I added some sunglasses and mounted her on an oval that was embossed with a polka-dotted embossing folder.  The final addition was a scalloped mat of Blushing Bride and the cute little sentiment!

And I am going to enter this at the JUGS challenge this week, which is mammals!  

Since I already had another set of DSPs cut, I decided to make another card; this is a Christmas one, using an older Papertrey holly berry set along with a new SU Christmas set:

The foliage was stamped in Mint Macaron, berries in Sweet Sorbet and Real Red; the sentiments were stamped in Sweet Sorbet and the front one was diecut with the Labels Aglow die:

Thanks so much for popping in today! 

A few pix from my morning walks:

A Great Blue Heron in my neighbor's pond:

A little bunny who didn't seem to be too shy at all!  I also saw a chipmunk, but he scampered away before I get my phone out!

When I came past a big tree, I am not sure who was more surprised, the deer or me!  She stared at me for a few moments, then she was off!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hippest Hippos
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Mint Macaron DSP, Sweet Sorbet DSP, Rings of Love DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Hippo Dies, Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Checks & Dots EF, Aquapainter, Blend, Black Marker, Wink of Stella

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Brightest Glow, Beautiful Berries Winter Christmas (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade,  Rings of Love DSP,  Mint Macaron DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Sweet Sorbet, Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Labels Aglow Die, Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

Blueberry Blessings

 Happy Monday, peeps! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  It's hard to get back into the swing of things, isn't it?  I am feeling really lazy today!  I finally got a few moments to get into my craft room yesterday and make a thank you card for a special generous friend!  It gave me a chance to use some of the new goodies from the upcoming Sale-a-bration catalog!!  Berry Blessings and Berry Delightful DSP are available with a $100 purchase, and the DSP coordinates with the Sweet Strawberry bundle from the mini catalog!  I chose to use the blueberry image from the set because I think Pacific Point is a very under-used color!! Check it out:

I stamped the berries (Misty Moonlight and Pacific Point) and leaves (Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green) on a piece of Whisper White and diecut them with a Stitched Nested Label die:

then I mounted it on a card base that was embossed with one of the Greenery embossing folders, and added the plaid DSP and a Granny Apple Green border diecut with an Ornate Borders die:

The sentiment is from the new set called Lots of Heart, also available in the upcoming mini catalog!  I can't wait to play with these sets some more!  Thanks for popping in today!

A couple of family pictures from Christmas morning:

Playing a new game Cassidy got (What Do You Meme, Family version---really funny!) and a pic in from of the tree:

And Ginger in her Christmas outfit:

I couldn't get Eden to stand still long enough to take a picture of her, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Two Cards Just for Fun

Hi peeps!  Today's cards are just for fun...no challenges, nothing specific, just playing around with some new and not-as-new goodies!  This first one is a CASE from the latest Sale-a-bration little catalog, on page 7.  I used different colors for my florals from Bloom and Grow and used a different sentiment, but I mostly wanted to highlight this pretty SAB vellum!  A lot of my club girls ordered this as their SAB reward on Monday!!  I stamped stamped the image in Highland Heather and used ink and an aquapainter to color it in:

I just love Highland Heather and Mint Macaron together!  The next one uses Free as a Bird with some Bird Ballad DSP; I watercolored this little guy as well, fussy-cut him out and put him on a Crumb Cake card with a mat of Early Espresso; the sentiment is from the same set!

I just love this DSP...I don't think I've used this particular pattern too much, but it just makes me happy...all those little birdie foot prints!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Inspired By challenge!

PP479 A SAB Sketch

Hi peeps!   I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week and I've got a sweet little sketch for you!

I confess that my card today is an almost CASE of this pretty card made by Michelle Last; you can see it here.  I chose the same papers and stamp set, both available during Sale-a-bration, but changed up the colors a wee bit and of course, used the sketch:

I began with some Melon Mambo ink and cardstock and layered some Golden Honey Specialty DSP on top.  I already had a scalloped panel cut and unused from another project, so I layered that on top, then added a sentiment from Accented Blooms, punched out with the Tailored Punch. 

I stamped the flowers from Thoughtful Blooms in Melon Mambo as well; the larger blossom was stamped off first to create a lighter color, then the smaller blossom on top in full-strength ink.  I added some rhinestones that I colored with a Black Blend, and added some Granny Apple Green leaves.  My final embellishment was a little lattice diecut from the Nature's Thoughts dies.  I really wanted to add some extra stamping or embellishment on the white panel, but John said it looked better plain, so I went with his decision!

 

I hope you'll stop by the Paper Players blog and see what fun creations the DT made with my sketch!  Share yours as well!  

While we were at Sandy Cove last weekend, we did an Escape Room...well, the others did the escape room, I was totally lost!  This picture pretty much sums it up:

Ask me to do a crossword puzzle, and I'm your gal....but this was a little beyond me!  But after seeing how it works, I think if I were to do another one, I might have a better idea about it!!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Accented Blooms, Thoughtful Blooms
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Golden Honey Specialty DSP
Ink	Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Memento Black
Accessories	Rhinestones (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Small Bloom Punch, Tailored Punch, Black Blend

Home to Roost

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  No challenges today, just thought I would share some samples I made for my workshop last Saturday.  I mostly do clubs, so I haven't had a workshop in a long, long, LONG time, I felt a bit rusty!  But we had lots of fun!  I wanted to show the versatility of the SAB set, Home to Roost.  Here is a stepped-up version with water-coloring on watercolor paper as well as background stamping and using the new Rectangle Stitched dies:

Really, Mr Rooster is a breeze to color...just slap on some reds, yellows and greens with an aquapainter, and you're good to go, LOL!

And for a simpler version, I stamped him in Blueberry Bushel on Sahara Sand, then added some of the grasses on the Blueberry Bushel card base.  I did add a little interest by embossing a design from the Stitched Labels dies and added a gingham ribbon to complete the "country" look!

Thanks for popping in today!

Last fall the Paper Players had a challenge to make Lunchbox Love Notes; you can see my post here.  Imagine  my surprise when Dana sent me a text while she was on her lunch break one day last week:

I had given them to Dana to put in Cassidy's lunch, and Cassidy decided to put one in her mom's lunch!  So cute!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Petal Garden Thank You

Hi peeps!  A quick little post today using some DSP I haven't used much of, Petal Garden.  Although I like most of the colors in the line, I find the combination of a few of them jarring and I just can't find the right way to use them.  But I did like this sweet combination of Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Old Olive, so I created a thank you card using the "you" thinlit from the SAB Celebrate You set:

I adhered the Calypso Coral mat and DSP together, then cut the "you" out of both pieces, then backed it with some Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper and stamped "thank" from Work of Art:

I added a white bow and mounted it on the floral DSP which was mounted on a Thick White Cardstock base.  Easy but it looks so cool IRL!  Thanks for popping in today!

Super Bowl Monday meant Pajama Day at school!  Cassidy rocked her favorite teen idol, JoJo!

She even had JoJo socks!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Work of Art
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Calypso Coral, Petal Garden DSP, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer
Ink	Tangerine Tango
Accessories	White Woven Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Celebrate You Thinlets, Dimensionals

As You See It 168 Amazing You

Hello, peeps!  Friday brings us another As You See It challenge, a pretty sketch:

Since I was already experimenting with my Blends, I thought I would use the small flower from the SAB set, Amazing You.  This time I used the Rich Razzleberry shades on one of SU's notecards:

First, I stamped the image in Smoky Slate on the card front, then layered a piece of Pick a Pattern DSP over top.  I stamped the flower again on Thick white cardstock with Memento ink, colored it using light and dark Rich Razzleberry and dark Cherry Cobbler Blends, then fussy-cutting both the flower and the leaves and layering them on the front:

I also took a scrap of Sweet Sugarplum cardstock, stressed it with my bone folder until the fibers broke and split the paper into two layers, cutting one layer into a banner.  Using the inside of the cardstock gives it a soft suede-like look and that shade really coordinates nicely with the Rich Razzleberry hue!  I also added some silver thread and a scattering of small rhinestones.  My sentiment is from Better Together, stamped in Rich Razzleberry!  This little card is already out in the mail!  

I think this is a fabulous sketch and we've been thrilled with all the beautiful creations you've shared with us lately!  I hope you'll come play with us as well....you have two weeks to play!! Thanks for popping in today...enjoy your day and be blessed!

Eden's first night of puppy obedience school!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Amazing You, Better Together
Card stock & Papers	White Notecard, Sweet Sugarplum, Thick White, Pick a Pattern DSP
Ink	Rich Razzleberry, Memento Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Rhinestones, Silver Thread
Tools	Rich Razzleberry and Cherry Cobbler Blends, Dimensionals