PCC231 So Sorry

Happy Monday, peeps!  We had a glorious weekend, weather-wise, but it makes me nervous, having these 60+ temps in February!  We're bound to pay for it somewhere along the line!  I had a little stamping time yesterday and made my third sympathy card for the week using the sketch from Paper Craft Crew:

I hadn't used this detailed floral image from the SAB set Avant Garden, so I paired it with some Floral Boutique papers for my creation:

It seems as if I have a lot going on here....lace, leaves, florals....but I hope it all works together.  I chose Night of Navy as a monochromatic hue.  Thanks for popping in today!

Since I got a membership to Longwood Gardens (check out their website here) for Christmas and hadn't used it yet, I asked my SIL to go with me yesterday; the weather was so nice, I think every other person in the tri-state area had the same thought---it was packed!  They have an orchid display right now, so there were orchids everywhere!

This was an orchid wall in the lobby; then an arch of orchids in the conservatory:

A reflecting pool and hanging baskets in the conservatory, and some ground cover florals:

This doorway was covered in orchids above....it's hard to capture how big it is:

A beautiful way to spend a February afternoon!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to stop back tomorrow for our Stamp Ink Paper challenge, too!

Project Details--All Products Stampin' Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Avant Garden, Kinda Eclectic, Timeless Textures, Delicate Details, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Night of Navy, Floral Boutique DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, White Craft
Accessories	White Twine, Faceted Buttons (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Nestability Banner Dies, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals

PP332 Sentiments

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Laurie is our hostess at the Paper Players today and her Clean and Simple challenge is to use a sentiment as your focal point:

I have another sympathy card (I needed three last week!) and this one uses another wonderful diecut  and stamp set from Papertrey:

I was a wee bit annoyed as my paper buckled when I adhered it to the cardstock, but after a while, it flattened out....so when it went in the mail, it looked a little better than it does here!  Anyway, I found these beautiful papers from ScrapBerry's, called Forest, and I chose a paper that had some subdued colors and a pretty little bird's nest and flock of birds on it.  I first stamped the sentiment in Cajun Craze, but it didn't look quite right, so since I was using my Misti, I stamped over it in Chocolate Chip and it matched perfectly!  Isn't that little nest so sweet?

Before I added a bit of greenery from Tim Holtz, I ran my paper through a stitched rectangle die, then adhered it and added some linen thread:

And finally, sentiments from Our Daily Bread Designs and Hero Arts for the inside:

I know you have some lovely sentiments in your stash to use for this challenge, so get stampin'!  Share them with us at the PP this week; meanwhile, you can check out what the DT did here:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Sandy

·        Crystal

·        Valentyna

Deanne

Dana's birthday was Thursday and Cassidy made her a card with the owl punch and some woodgrain background:

I wish I had gotten a better picture of it but I forgot!  Anyway, she wanted the sentiment to "swing", so she mounted it on some baker's twine and sure enough, the little owl looks like he is holding the sentiment out of his wee little tree home!  This was all her idea, too:

And of course, she had to help Mommy blow out the candles on her yummy DQ cake!

Enjoy your day and thanks for popping in!

Project Details-All Products Stampin' Up Unless Noted Otherwise
Stamps	Inspired:  Lord (Papertrey), Scripture Collection 2 (Our Daily Bread Designs), CL342 (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, Forest DSP (ScrapBerry's)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Die (Lil'Inker) Holiday Greens Die (Tim Holtz), Lord Die (Papertrey)

CTD430 and FMS275 Sympathy

Hi everyone!  Yay, Friday is here, the weekend is upon us!  Unfortunately, I needed a couple of sympathy cards this week; the first one I made used the FMS sketch and the pretty colors from Color Throwdown:

I pulled out my Swirly Scribbles die to create a little wreath:

I used elements from Timeless Textures for the stamping; it's a bit difficult to see, but the swirly element is stamped with Baja Breeze; the horizontal dots with Mellow Moss and the sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso.  That lovely "prayer" diecut is from Papertrey (as is the sentiment) and the birds are from Memory Box.  I did a little washi tape for fun!  Thanks for popping in!

Dana did take Cassidy to Urgent Care where they determined she had a small fracture on her knuckle on her left pinky....no cast, but a splint for a few weeks.  Could have been worse!  Thanks for all your well-wishes and prayers!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details-All Product Stampin' Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Timeless Textures, Swirly Bird, Inspired: Prayer (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Ink	Mellow Moss, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso
Accessories	Washi Tape
Tools	Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles Dies, Prayer Die (Papertrey), Dimensionals

New House Congrats

 

Hi peeps!  Running a wee bit late today...no school, luckily, because Cassidy had a little mishap on the playground yesterday and has a sprained pinkie finger, which is causing her a lot of pain.  It's better this morning, but we may have to take a wee little trip to the urgent care!  Anyway, I made a quick little card yesterday for my college roommate who just had a new house built....all on her own!  She became a widow a couple of years ago and moved to TX to be near her daughter.  She couldn't find a house that she liked, so she had one built!  The little houses from November's Paper Pumpkin kit were so cute, I just had to use them as a congrats card for her:

I layered them on a piece of DSP from Fancy Pants' Park Bench papers, then layered that on a piece of So Saffron.  The sentiment, stamped in Lost Lagoon, is from Watercolor Wishes:

And just to break up the empty space, I added a little twine bow, using the one-hole method (you can see a tutorial here) so it would stay in place:

So happy you could visit today!

Cassidy with the "Valen-fly" she made at school!  The body was made of a clothespin with googly eyes!  CUTE!

Have a blessed day!

Project Details
Stamps	Watercolor Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, So Saffron, Paper Pumpkin kit, Park Bench DSP (Fancy Pants)
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	White Baker's Twine
Tools	Big Shot, Rectangle Stitched Die (Lil'Inker), Dimensionals

GDP074 Made With Love

Hey, peeps!  A quick card, a quick post....a busy week!  I thought the GDP sketch this week was a good one (although I missed the little ribbon-y thing at the top!):

I wanted to use some images from Perfect Mix and I remembered this Domestic Goddess DSP I have been hoarding!!  The red in it is actually Poppy Parade, but Watermelon Wonder is pretty close.  So here we go:

The sentiment and heart are from a retired set called Kind and Cozy; I made the scalloped edge at the bottom with a Layering Squares die!  All in all, pretty simple!  This might be a birthday card, might just be a "thinking of you" card....haven't decided yet!  But I do love these papers!  Thanks for popping in today!

I took Cassidy to our local library for their monthly activity breakfast on Saturday...they listened to books, did five crafts and then had pancakes for breakfast!  It was pretty awesome!  She did a scratch-off picture:

a Valentine puppet:

and a bear magnet:

We have more crafty things to show you but we'll save them for the rest of the week!  Enjoy your day!

Project Details--All Product Stampin Up Unless Noted
Stamps	Perfect Mix, Kind and Cozy (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Domestic Goddess DSP (ret)
Ink	Watermelon Wonder
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Squares Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Nestability),Dimensionals

SIP86 Hi There!

Hi everyone!  Happy Valentine's Day!  I will be out delivering flowers today for my family's florist shop!  That's a happy job I don't mind doing!  It's time for another Stamp Ink Paper challenge!  This week we have some happy colors!!!

I must admit, at first glance, these hues gave me pause, but in the end, I thought some florals were in order:

I also thought I would try some stenciling:  I sponged a background in So Saffron, then stenciled over it with Flirty Flamingo; kind of a cool look, but it did change the FF to a much oranger shade, LOL!

I added the large floral from Flower Patch, stamping it three times in Bermuda Bay, and cutting the second and third layers down to give it some dimension, then stamped the smaller flowers in Flirty Flamingo and So Saffron:

 I added a fun banner with Labeler Alphabet and finally embellished my card with some sequins and a candy dot!  The DT did an awesome job with these colors as well!  Be sure to check them out at SIP!  And be sure to play along with us!

 Making Valentine sugar cookies!

We used this recipe from Pinterest...they were delicious!!!  I cut the recipe in half, still used one egg, no milk, and added a little extra flour until the dough was no longer sticky.  And we didn't have time to put frosting on them, but they are still yummy!  Have a heart-filled day!

MTS163 Linda's Birthday

Hi peeps!  Hope you had a good weekend!  I have several birthdays coming up in February, and my card stash is in sad shape, so I went to work!  The Match the Sketch sketch was a pretty one:

I am trying to use up some of my DSP stash; these pretty ones are from Blooms & Bliss!  They make it so easy to create layers since they coordinate so well:

I liked the heart element, so I stamped the sentiment from Avant Garden and punched it out with a heart punch, then layered it on top of some stitched circles that match the colors in the DSP.  I even lightly stamped the flower from Avant Garden as well....such a pretty effect and it matches that DSP perfectly!

And the inside:

I think my friend Linda will love it!

Cassidy went to a trampoline center yesterday....a great way to work off some energy when the weather is SO icky....too cold and damp to do anything outside!  We have three days off coming up and I don't know what I am going to do to keep her busy!!!

Thanks for popping in and have a blessed day!

Project Details - All Supplies SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Avant Garden (SAB)
Card stock & Papers	Mint Macaron, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Blooms & Bliss DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Island Indigo
Accessories	Island Indigo ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Die, Heart Punch (ret)