Merry Christmas Bear

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I have a sweet Christmas card today that I hope will bring a smile to the recipient's face:

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

and some stamps from Unity's Holly Jolly Holiday' sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp's Tiny Words Christmas. I just love the expression on that bear's face:

I used the color palette from Clean & Simple Colours & Sketches (Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow and Golden Glow), but I am thinking it's not quite CAS enough!  I used the retired Buffalo Check for the background and added another Unity sentiment on the inside:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check (ret), Holly Jolly Holiday (Unity), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Golden Glow
Accessories	Candy Dot, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Scalloped Oval Dies (Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Impression Obsession)

SSC395 Happy Birthday

 Happy Tuesday, all!  My card today is for the Sunday Stamps sketch challenge:

I have had a piece of embossed cardstock/vellum on my desk for a long time now; I got the idea from Michele to layer the two together and run them through an embossing folder.  The combo I used here is vellum, Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock and Lazy Daisy embossing folder.  I do like the look of it, but I do NOT like that I can see the adhesive through the vellum!  If anyone has a great non-see adhesive, let me know!  Anyway, when I saw the SS sketch, I decided to make myself use it, so here we go:

I stamped the florals from Dainty Delight in Basic Beige, which has a green tint to it, then watercolored the florals with Crisp Cantaloupe.  I must say, I cannot wait to have my other cataract removed on Thursday!  Seeing close-up with one eye and far-away with the other, really plays havoc with your perception and color when crafting!!!!  I think something is nice and straight and then when I take a picture, it's a wee bit cockeyed!  Sigh.  Soon enough!  Anway, I backed the panel with Soft Sea Foam and added a Barely Blush horizontal panel, then a sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners.  There are sequins too, but they're hard to see!

Over the weekend, we took our first "long" boat trip to a Albin boat owner's rondezvous.  The trip south to Rock Hall, MD was not too bad; I navigated and we made it to the marina safely. On the way home, in fact the minute we left the marina, it began to rain and the surf was quite choppy.  If you get seasick easily, do NOT watch this video (hopefully it comes through!):

Blessedly, the Lord was watching over us and we only had to be in that for about 45 minutes.  The rest of the trip was still a little rough but we made it back to our marina just fine!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight (ret), Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Barely Blush, Soft Sea Foam, Crisp Cantaloupe, Vellum (ret), Barely Blush DSP
Ink	Basic Beige, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (from my stash)
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Dainty Delight Dies (ret), Bitty Banner Dies (ret), Aquapainter

SSC392 Sunflower Thanks

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a quick card for you today using the new Sunflower Fields, Wood Grain Wonder and In Color Gingham papers! It also uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

Here we go:

The papers did all the heavy lifting on this card; there's a wee bit of stamping on a little woodgrain tag, and I added another Golden Glow tag behind it for fun, tying them together with some new gingham ribbon:

This was a great sketch and it was fun to use some new goodies!  

Dana, Wayne & Cassidy went to Atlanta a couple weekends ago to see some AAU girl's basketball games; Cassidy follows several of the players, so she was quite excited.  It was actually her Christmas present and the original plans got canceled because of weather, so she had been very patient while waiting. And big surprise.....Shaquille O'Neal was sitting a few seats away:

Here's Dana trying to high-five him.  This guy is BIG!

Needless to say, Cassidy's Christmas gift was one she won't soon forget!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes of Spring
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Old Olive, Golden Glow, Wood Grain Wonder DSP, Sunflower Fields, DSP In Color Gingham DSP
Ink	Old Olive
Accessories	Mossy Meadow Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Textured Notes Dies

Pink Poinsettia

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a Christmas card for you today, it fulfillls three challenges:  CAS on Sunday wants flowers; Sunday Stamps has a sketch; and 52 Christmas Card Throwdown wants stenciling:

I will admit that there is only a wee bit of stenciling on my card, but it IS there!  So here we go:

I wanted to use a poinsettia on my card, but in a non-traditional color! I already had this Blushing Bride scalloped piece diecut in my stash, so I pulled out some Barely Blush cardstock, which coordinates with it nicely, and diecut some poinsettia petals, along with the leaves (Soft Sea Foam) and a center (Lemon Lolly).  I sponged the edges and crimped the petals (remember your CRIMPER?) before assembling on to the scalloped piece, on which I stenciled a few polka dots with an Echo Park stencil and a blending brush:

My outside sentiment was from Simon Says Stamp, stamped and diecut into a little banner tag:

And the inside sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.  I don't use Very Vanilla too often, so it was a nice change from the white!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp), The Very Best Gift (Taylored Expressions)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Barely Blush, Soft Sea Foam, Lemon Lolly, Blushing Bride (ret)
Ink	Barely Blush, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals, Very Vanilla Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Poinsettia Die (Shady Lane Impressions), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Blending Brushes, Baby Love Stencil (Echo Park), Crimper (ret)

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

SSC338 For You

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a lovely little card using the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

I needed some thank you cards for recent orders, so I went to the Bloom Boutique DSP pack and chose some Hydrangea Hue patterns and went to work:

I used stamps and dies from the Scalloped Wishes bundle; the dragonfly was diecut using gold foil and shimmer paper--so pretty!

Now I need to make a few more!

John and some of his friends from church went fishing last Saturday in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore!  It was a gorgeous day and they caught a lot of fish, but he was more intrigued by the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the background.  If you remember, the bridge was destroyed in 2024 when a ship lost power and rammed into the pilings, collapsing the bridge and killing six construction workers.  Maryland hopes to have it reopened in 2030.

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scalloped Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gold Foil, Hydrangea Hue, Bloom Boutique DSP, Shimmer
Ink	Hydrangea Hue
Accessories	Gold Pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Wishes Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies

IB376 & SS380 Tea Time

Happy Tuesday, peeps! If you're on the east coast, did you get plowed out yet? Another load of snow for the winter of 2026!  At least this one didn't have single-digit temps!!!  The sketch from Sunday Stamps and the inspiration from Inspired By was my basis for today's card! 

I had gotten a cute little tea-time stamp set recently from Colorado Craft, and this was the first time inking it up! I pulled out some softly-hued DSP and stamped my little tea-drinking mice directly on it:

I did some paper-piecing of the cups, using some scraps of DSP from various pads, then colored the images with Copics.  I did add a wee bit of "sugar" to the teaspoon!

The vertical strips were embossed with a cross-stitch die and I added some little pink flower sequins and a diecut sentiment; another CCC sentiment went on the inside:

I saw another card today from MarDi using these mice, and I must say, after seeing hers, I was almost ashamed to post this one. Her card is AMAZING!  You can see it here!  I PROMISE I did not copy her card, but we both must have thought these little mice fit that challenge perfectly, LOL!  All the samples from Inspired By were really amazing this week!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tea Time Fun (Colorado Craft Company), Birthday Wishing (Colorado Craft Company)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride DSP (ret), Rustic Blooms (Not2Shabby), Sending Love (Gina K)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Floral Gems (from my stash)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), Copics

SSC371 Trio of Trees

Happy Tuesday!  I have a fun little Christmas card today and I used some products that I don't think I've used more than once or twice!  I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps, because I love things in threes:

And here we go:

I started by cutting some trees from dark green glimmer paper using a Cottage Cutz die, then mounting them on a Tim Holtz December Calendar-embossed mat:

Both sentiments, inside and out, are from More Merry Messages; I heat-embossed the outside one and diecut both before adhering:

I really like the clean, fresh look of this!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	More Merry Messages (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Green Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine,  Heat Tool, Tree Trio Dies (Cottage Cutz), December Calendar Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Banner Dies (Pink & Main) Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

SSC369 Peaceful Garden Thanks

 Happy midweek, everyone!  The Sunday Stamps challenge this week was a bit daunting, but again, it IS a challenge, so I gave it a go!  It's a color palette; check it out:

It IS a pretty inspiration photo, and the colors reminded me of the colors in the Peaceful Garden DSP, so I pulled out my Perennial Postage dies and a few pieces of DSP and went to work:

After diecutting my pieces out, I layered them on a Crumb Cake panel that was embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder, then added some Cloud Cover ribbon and some little white flowers:

The sentiment is from Terrific Toadstools!  I managed to get four out of the five colors on there!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, 

so that people are without excuse."  Romans 1:20

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Terrific Toadstools
Card stock & Papers	Pecan Pie, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Peaceful Garden DSP
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Cloud Cover Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Perennial Postage Dies, Pierced Blooms Dies (ret)

SSC365 Peaceful Birds

Happy Wednesday, peeps! My teammate Claire had a fun card on the Paper Players blog this week and I thought it was intriguing! It came from the Sunday Stamps challenge:

and I admit that I am still on a Christmas card kick--I know, I need to focus on something else, right?!  Anyway, I still have several pieces of the Nests of Winter DSP, so I pulled some of that out and came up with this:

I cut a triangle from the lighter piece, then cut it in two pieces and mounted it on a piece of Lost Lagoon that I embossed with an embossing folder from Spellbinders called Mandela BLooms.  I diecut the little birds from the DSP as well, and added a Cherry Cobbler scalloped edge behind them:

The little "peace" is from Impression Obsession, diecut with a Pink & Main banner die.  Such pretty colors together and an interesting sketch! 

The kids just got back from a week in Costa Rica!

They had a blast!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Words (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Cherry Cobbler, Nests of Winter DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Mandala Blooms EF (Spellbinders), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AYSI352 What Shape Would You Use?

 Happy Friday, peeps! Time for a new As You See It challenge....and it's a fun one:

My shape would definitely be a circle and I do have three of them here, although they're a wee bit hidden by the shapes of my sunglasses! I hope that's acceptable to my own team members, LOL!

I had the idea for this card in my head a few days ago, mostly for the Inkspirational challenge of using three of something (I love my threes!), and then when I saw the Sunday Stamps sketch, it just all went together:

My sunglasses are from the Notes & Totes die and I used Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black to create them, popping them up on circles diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies:

My background paper is Coastal Cabana DSP, and my little wonky strips are from Spellbinders, Kristina's Finishing Touches.  There's Wink of Stella on the glasses for some extra shine!  Since this is a thank you card for one of my club girls, I used a sentiment from Simply Said directly on to the DSP.

So how about you?  What would be your shape to use on a card? We can't wait to see what shape you choose!  Share your creation with us at the As You See It blog and take a peek at what the other designers created as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Pretty in Pink, Coastal Cabana DSP
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Notes & Totes Dies, Wink of Stella, Kristina's Finishing Touches Dies (Spellbinders)