FMS747 Easy Birthday

Happy Thursday, all! For some reason, this week just seemed to get away from me! How can it be Thursday already?  I have a very quick card today for the FMS sketch; here's the sketch:

I had my Meant for You Ephemera Pack (still) on my desk and there was a sweet little bouquet of balloons on it and I thought I could use that!  I did turn the sketch a quarter turn to make the balloons work!  Here we go:

I happened to find a couple cute little pre-made note cards from Studio G that had a scallop already cut on the edge.  I added some gingham paper to the inside, adhered the balloons, then heat-embossed a "happy" sentiment in gold and stamped the birthday in Strawberry Slush:

Waffle Flower provided the inside sentiment:

Easy peasy!!!  I need to start on my August birthday cards, so this is the first!  And speaking of birthdays, I got some GORGEOUS cards for my own birthday on Tuesday!  Thanks, everyone!  I'll be sharing them in the coming weeks because they're too pretty not to share!  Here are the first few:

This beachy scene is from my Paper Players teammate Christy!

This beauty is from my friend Sandy!  Gorgeous!

And this lovely easel card is from my friend Karen (in Florida)!  The details are delightful!  Thanks, ladies!

And thank you for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiments Inside (Waffle FLower), Sentiments STP-002 (Spellbinders)
Card stock & Papers	Notecard (Studio G), Gingham (unknown), Mix & Match Ephemera
Ink	Gold Encore (ret), Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Gold Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Heat Tool

AHSC691 From Us

Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a great weekend!  Our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week is a fabulous one---such a great sketch to use up some scraps!  Here we go:

I needed a masculine birthday card, so I pulled out some scraps of Autumn Toile and Let's Go Fishing and came up with this:

I diecut some Early Espresso postage cuts, then simply adhered the DSP on top.  It all went on a panel of the new Wood Grain Wonders DSP, and I added a Waffle Flower sentiment.  The postage cuts are also from Waffle Flower:

A sentiment from the Greetery went on the inside!

This is such a fabulous sketch--you could use it with so many images or designs! I hope you'll play along with us this week! You can see all the details at Atlantic Hearts Sketch!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiment Additions (Waffle Flower), Laid Back Basics (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Autumn Toile (ret), Let's Go Fishing (ret)
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Die (Waffle Flower), Sentiment Additions Dies (Waffle Flower)

PP788 A Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, peeps! Happy last day of May! Since there are five Sundays in the month, it means a tic-tac-toe grid for the Paper Players and this one is from Joanne!  Here we go:

I had a new stencil and stamp set in my stash, never been used, so I thought this would be a perfect time to get them inky, since my choice on the grid was the right hand column of die cut, stenciling and layers!  So here we go:

I am not 100% sure, but I think Jaydee might have been the enabler that convinced me to get this little bundle from Waffle Flower called Postage Collage Sew Fun.  I used Smoky Slate, Golden Glow, Timid Tiger, Cajun Craze, Flirty Flamingo and Versafine Black for my stenciling and stamping:

The stamps are from the matching set, along with the Postage Collage set, then I diecut it with the Waffle Flower Postage die. I added a Crisp Cantaloupe bow and a wee little embellishment down in the left hand corner, then mounted it all on a Smoky Slate piece of DSP and a Petal Pink card base.  Here's the inside with another sentiment from the set and a birthday sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs:

I have several crafty friends that might be the recipient of this card!!!  I hope you'll find some inspiration from our Tic-Tac-Toe board this week and play along with us at the Players!  Can't wait to see you there!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Postage Collage Sew Fun, Postage Collage (both Waffle Flower), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, SMoky Slate DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Smoky Slate, Timid Tiger, Flirty Flamingo, Golden Glow, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Crisp Cantaloupe Ribbon, Crisp Cantaloupe Dot (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Collage A6 Blocks Dies (Waffle Flower), Triple Heart Punch (ret), Rounded Rectangle Layers Dies (Impression Obsession), Blending Brushes

AHSC683 Sunflower Friend

Happy Monday, all!  Blessed Memorial Day to those in the US, too.  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

What a lovely sketch--love all those layers!  So here we go:

I pulled out the old Celebrate Sunflower bundle and created some sunflowers, then added my layers of gingham and prints from my paper stash!  I couldn't help adding some embossing in the middle, using the pretty Lazy Daisy embossing folder, then a "friend" sentiment from Waffle FLower, as this is a birthday card for a special friend.  I am not even showing the inside because she might realize it's for her, LOL!  I stamped the sunflowers in Golden Glow and used a sponge dauber to color them in, adding a wee bit of Soft Sea Foam marker to the leaves:

Some simple yellow sequins finished it off!  I hope you'll play along with our lovely sketch this week too! You can find details at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog!  Hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Celebrate Sunflowers (ret), Sentiment Additions (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Rustic Blooms (Not 2 Shabby), Bee Happy (Echo Park)
Ink	Garden Green, Golden Glow, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Lazy Daisy Embossing Folder, Sunflowers Dies (ret), Sentiment Additions Dies (Waffle Flower), Sponge Dauber, Scalloped Sentiment Dies (ret), Be Mine Stitched Hearts Dies (ret)

AHSC679 Pop Up Birthday

Happy Monday, stamping friends! A new fun sketch from Atlantic Hearts is ours today:

 

A square sketch is always fun--just a wee bit different!  Since I knew I had a banner die that would be perfect for this card, I chose some bright, cheerful glossy prints for my layers to create a child's birthday card:

Pretty straightforward; I just cut some of the bright prints and adhered them to a Granny Apple Green 4 1/4" square card base, then added the diecut banner.  The birthday die was cut from some Daffodil Delight cardstock and I added a wee little heart-shaped resin embellishment over the "i"!

Since the front of the card was lacking anything too exciting, I decided to do a pop-up element on the inside with some diecut balloons and a strip of clear acetate:

In hindsight, using a balloon punch probably would have been easier; I had to add a backing piece since the diecut was an inlay and my pieces had nothing to hold on to!  I managed to assemble it and adhere it to the acetate; it doesn't lay 100% flat, but it'll do!

And a birthday sentiment from Waffle Flower finished it off!

I hope you'll play along with our Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch this week!  See you at the blog!  And thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Inside Birthday Sentiments (Waffle FLower)
Card stock & Papers	Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, Blueberry Bushel, Acetate Sheet, Birthday Wishes Stack (DCWV)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Resin Embellishment (ret)
Tools	Big SHot, Birthday BOuquet Die (Simon Says Stamp), Happy Birthday Die (Simon Says Stamp), Banner Die (Scrapbook.com)

As You See It 371 Recipe in Pink

Hello all!  Happy Friday! It's time for a new As You See It challenge, and this week, it's Recipe time!  Here we go:

My friend Colleen recently made a gorgeous postage-style card (you can see it HERE) and she inspired me to get out my postage dies and stamps and put them to use! I only used hers as a starting point, as she did neutrals and vintage.  Mine is decidedly PINK and floral:

I already had this Pink Pirouette diecut "frame" in my Pink Pirouette folder, so I used that as my starting point. I stamped images from the retired Hand-Penned Petals on the frame as well as on one of the postage stamps, and used the dies from the same set to create some detailed flowers.  The little seed packet image is from the retired Flowering Rain Boots.  I added a sentiment from Hero Arts as well as some postage stamp elements from Waffle Flower:

My final addition was a wee little bit of grosgrain ribbon for accent.  It was fun to mix and match these images and sets, do some stamping and sponging, then put it all together! I hope you'll find something to create using our "recipe" this week at As You See It!  Can't wait to see what comes of it!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Flowering Rain Boots (ret), Hand-Penned Petals (ret), Postage Collage (Waffle FLower), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pink Pirouette (ret), Bloom & Wild (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Strawberry Slush, Cotton Candy (Catherine Pooler), Distress Worn Lipstick (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Grosgrain from my stash, Mini Pearls (Want 2 Scrap)
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Die (Waffle FLower), Penned FLowers Dies (ret), Triple Flower Punch, Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows Die (Lawn Fawn)

PP781 Extreme Dirt Bike Birthday

 Happy Sunday, all!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge and Jan is our hostess with an interesting color challenge:

I confess that my first thought when seeing these colors was to use them with my beloved bumblebees---perfect colors, don't you think?  BUT I needed a birthday card for my nephew Jameson, and he loves dirt bikes, so I switched gears (no pun intended) and went in a different direction:

I started by stamping some grunge elements in Smoky Slate and Daffodil Delight, then stamped the biker with Stazaon Black ink.  I added some stitched lines to look like tracks, then a simple birthday sentiment and some gray metal embellishments.  

It went on a Smoky Slate card base with this sentiment on the inside:

I may have used this same stamp on his card last year (can't remember) but I hope he doesn't mind!  Here's a photo of Jameson (on the right) with Maven and Sawyer at Christmas!  They're all getting so big!  

I hope you'll create something with these great colors this week!  Not only are they good bee colors, they're probably good for some other cool subjects as well!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Share them with us at the Players!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Extreme Dirt Bike, Gorgeous Grunge, Label Me Bold (all retired),Inside Birthday Sentiments (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate
Ink	Smoky Slate, Daffodil Delight, Stazon Black
Accessories	Metal Brads (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Kristina's Finishing Touches Dies (Kristina Werner)

AYSI369 Happy Birthday Sundae

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have some fun plans this weekend!  It's time for a new As You See It Challenge, and it's a lovely color challenge:

I love the Easter egg cookies in this basket, but I am pretty much done my Easter cards, so I chose another bunny to go with my pastel colors!  Here we go:

 

Since the Just Add Ink challenge this week is to add stripes, I stamped the bottom left corner with the Painted Stripes stamp in Soft Sea Foam, then added a little Soft Sea Foam strip, diecut with a Wonky Stitched Frame die from My Favorite Things.  Then I stamped my little ice-cream-sundae-eating bunny in Versafine ink and watercolored him in with Pretty in Pink and Pool Party inks:

The sentiment is from the new Notes of Spring stamp set, available only in March!  Love that font!  A little Waffleflower birthday sentiment went on the inside, with a little background stamping from Label Me Bold:

These colors are sweet for any spring occasion!  I hope you'll be inspired by them and come create with us at As You See It!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes of Spring, Painted Stripes (ret),  Label Me Bold (ret), Sundae Funday (Colorado Craft), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam
Ink	Versafine Black, Soft Sea Foam, Pretty in Pink, Pool Party, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Wonky Rectangle Dies (My Favorite Things), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Rounded Rectangle Layers DIes (Impression Obsession), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter

JAI779 Simple Birthday

Happy Tuesday, all!  Yesterday was Dana's birthday,so I made a very simple card for her using the Just Add Ink sketch:

I've not used the Perennial Lavender papers for a while, and she likes purple, so that's what I went with:

I added a little charm from my stash, tied to a white grosgrain ribbon; the sentiment below is from Prayers & Promises:

The inside sentiments are from Pinkfresh and Waffle Flower:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Prayers & Promises, Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Perennial Lavender
Ink	Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Linen Thread, Playful Pets Trinkets (ret), White Grosgrain Ribbon (my stash)
Tools

AYSI364 Another Beer

Happy Friday, all!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge of 2026 and it's a fun one!  It's a fill-in-the-blank, and we want you to use your newest craft purchase!

My newest craft purchase is some Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol!  This technique of blending colored pencils with Gamsol has been around for a long time, but I never jumped on that bandwagon, so "Santa" very nicely gave some to me for Christmas (thanks, John!)!  And since Wayne's birthday is today, I decided to use this technique on a Unity stamp set---a mug of beer!  So here we go with my CAS creation:

I stamped the beer mug with Versafine ink, diecut it out, then colored the beer with Goldenrod and Spanish Orange Prismacolor pencils, adding a little Light Cerulean Blue to the mug itself and Black on the suds:

I added the sentiment to a Very Vanilla card and popped up the beer, adding some shading to the bottom with Pecan Pie ink.  My Wink of Stella kind of "exploded" while I was trying to add some sparkle, so it is VERY sparkly, LOL!  Here's the inside, using another sentiment from the same Unity set along with a Waffleflower Inside Sentiments Birthday set:

I am also entering this at the Addicted to CAS challenge, where they are looking for "glass"!

SO....what new goodies did you get for Christmas or just recently?  We'd love to see what you create with them!  Share them with us over at the As You See It blog!  Can't wait!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends are Like Seashells (for the bubbles; ret), A Cold One (Unity), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Very Vanilla, Thick Basic White
Ink	Versafine Black, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, A Cold One Dies (Unity), Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Blending Stumps, Wink of Stella, Aquapainter

FMS702 Friend

Happy Thursday, everyone! We just returned from a nice beachy vacation at the lovely little Delaware town of Lewes (pronounced "Lewis").  I don't think I ever had an August vacation where the weather was as perfect as we had this past week!  Just delightful!  But I was itching to get back in my craft room and I admit I feel a bit rusty!  Dana gave me some pretty papers for my birthday and I decided to use one of them for the FMS sketch this week.  Here's the sketch:

And here's my soft feminine take on it:

I diecut a circle and some leaves from the papers, mounting them on a piece of Very Vanilla embossed with the Timeworn Type embossing folder, then added a little organdy rose that SU had a LONG time ago!!  I also added a couple of little glimmer paper swirly diecuts for fun:

The sentiment diecut is from Waffle Flower.  I left the inside blank; I'll fill that in when I decide to send it to a friend!  Thanks for popping in today!

A couple of pictures from vacation; we ate dinner one evening at the Cape May-Lewes ferry terminal while we watched the ferry go out:

This cool mural greets you as you go into the terminal:

It amazed me how many cars, trucks and RVs they were able to get aboard!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiment Additions (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Blue Glimmer Paper (ret),  DSP (unknown maker)
Ink	Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Leaves Dies (ret), Patterned Pumpkins Dies (ret), Timeworn Type Embossing Folder (ret), Sentiment Additions Dies (Waffle Flower)