Grateful Heart

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Hope you have something fun planned!  I think we'll go to the Veteran's Breakfast at our local senior center!  That's always fun!  I have a couple of cards to share today! Hope you can hang in there! The first one is a simple card for the CAS Color and Sketches challenge:

I pulled out some Hand Penned DSP and did a bit of diecutting first, then a wee bit of stamping as well:

I added a scallop of Blushing Bride, some foliage from Sparkle of the Season and a sentiment from Banner year:

Of course, everything is better with a little sparkle, so I added a few sequins too!

My next card is for our pastor's son...he's a real cutie, and I wanted to make him an extra-special card, so following some directions for a Vertical Stair-step card on Splitcoaststampers, I came up with this:

Here's a side view:

The card base is Bermuda Bay along with some miscellaneous printed paper I found in my stash.  Sentiments and number are from Number of Years.  I added some Bermuda Bay and Poppy Parade balloons, punched with the balloon punch, and I hand-drew the strings:

Hope he likes it!  I am entering this at the Little Red Wagon challenge, where this week they want to "Hear It For the Boys", as well as Debbie's new-to-me challenge of Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases!  

And here's the birthday boy:

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

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Banner Year, Sparkle of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Hand Penned DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, Evening Evergreen
Accessories	Iridescent Sequins (ret), White Floss
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Layering Circle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay, Party Favor DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Frames Dies, Large Numbers Dies (ret), Balloon Punch, White Gel Pen, Basic Black Marker

TMS631 Gather Together

 Hi everyone!  I am squeaking in another card today so I don't miss the deadline for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's their sketch:

And here's my take on it:

I recently purchased the background stamp Knit Together and I just love it!  I stamped in on a Soft Succulent card front with matching ink, then added a panel of Harvest Meadow DSP that I softly sponged along the edges.  The wreath was diecut from Sahara Sand cardstock and I colored the leaves with a soft wash of ink as well:

I fussy-cut the sentiment from Pretty Pumpkins and layered it on a vellum banner backed with a Basic White panel, just so it would show up better.  I just love how this came out!  I am also entering this at Happy Little Stampers, where their challenge is Anything Goes with Dies!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pretty Pumpkins, Knit Together
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum, Sahara Sand, Soft Succulent
Ink	Soft Succulent, Crumb Cake (for sponging)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Seasonal Swirls Dies, Aquapainter, Sponger Dauber

AYSI263 A Recipe for Neutrals

Happy Friday, peeps!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's "recipe" week!  Here are your ingredients:

I confess that mixing neutrals is a bit of a challenge for me, but I went full force today; I've used Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Kraft AND Sahara Sand on my Christmas card: 

The Kraft snowflake is comprised of three layers; I made little cardstock spacers to fit between each one to pop it up a bit without having the white dimensionals show through!  I adhered it to a Very Vanilla mat which was embossed with the Cable Knit embossing folder, then added a Basic White stitched mat to that!  The sentiment is a partially-stamped one from Christmas to Remember, tied with some Linen Thread and embellished with a Gold Metallic Pearl:

I happened to have three strips of the Tidings of Christmas already cut, so they went on the Crumb Cake card to tie it all together!  Again, my last year's favorite sentiment set was used for the inside: Wrapped in Christmas:

And since I've got brown, texture and ivory on my card, I'm going to pop it in over at Festive Friday!

I am pretty sure I got all my ingredients to whip up this fun holiday creation...now it's your turn to cook something up!  Make sure you share it with us at As You See It!  Thanks so much for visiting today!

Cassidy finally finished her London Lego kit that she got for her birthday!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas to Remember, Wrapped in Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Kraft, Tidings of Christmas DSP
Ink	Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories	Linen Thread, Gold Metallic Pearl, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflakes Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Cable Knit EF (ret), Stitched Square Dies (Lil'Inker)

IB195 Christmas Tree Farm

Hi there, everyone!  Thursday brings another Inspired By challenge and I am constantly amazed at the gorgeous photos that Danni comes up with!  Check these beauties out:

And check out the optional sketch, which I had every intention of using, but in the end went in a different direction!  

So here we go:

I confess that since it's been a bit of a stressful week, I did some digital "stamping"! I saw a card from my friend Esther (you can see it here) and through that, found a wonderful Etsy shop!  This image jumped into my cart...isn't it pretty!?  To be fair, I did add some stamping to the image itself'; I stamped the retired Linen background stamp over top to give it more of a vintage fabric look.  The background is also digital; the snowflake is from SU's Stitched Snowflakes, and the deer is from SU's retired Card Front Builder dies:

I pulled out my favorite Christmas sentiment stamp from last year, Wrapped in Christmas, for the inside:

I am also entering this at the Peace on Earth challenge with their pretty mood board:

I hope you'll play along with us at Inspired By, can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Linen (ret), Wrapped in Christmas (ret),  Christmas Tree Digital (CreatifBelle, Etsy), Plaid Digital (Gracellie Designs Rustic Winter)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Basic Black, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (ret), Computer Paper
Ink	Sahara Sand, Memento Black
Accessories	Rhinestone, Mini Glue Dot
Tools	Big Shot, Card Front Builder Dies (ret), Stitched Snowflake Dies

Shake, Shake, Shake Your Shaker Card

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  At our clubs this month, one of our projects was to create an easy shaker card using a cello sheet to create a pocket for the shaker elements.  For our card, we used a SU clear envelope, but you certainly recycle any of the clear acetate pockets that most of our craft supplies are packaged in!  This is what we made using the Merry Snowflakes bundle and lots of sequins and glitter:

We stamped the snowflakes randomly on a piece of Basic White, then cut apart a clear envelope and adhered the edges to the back of the stamped piece with Sticky Strip on three sides to create a pocket.  After filling the pocket up with sequins and glitter, we adhered the open edge with a final strip of Sticky Strip. Just look at all those fun sequins!  We added a sentiment from Christmas to Remember as well as a diecut snowflake from the Stitched Snowflakes dies.

Here's another one I made as a sample; the pocket is a little smaller and I used a piece of Painted Christmas DSP as the background, filling it with gold, silver, maroon, green and white sequins.  The Evening Evergreen card base was embossed with the Wintry embossing folder and sponged with matching ink, and the gold-embossed sentiment from For Unto Us was diecut with a Tasteful Labels die:

Of course, it's difficult to see all the sequins when it's propped up!  But I love this color combination of Evening Evergreen and Merry Merlot....so elegant!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Snowflakes, A Christmas to Remember, Sparkle of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party
Ink	Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Clear Envelope, Sequins (retired SU and Pretty Pink Posh), Glitter (Walmart), Tear N Tape, Sticky Strip
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Snowflake Dies

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For Unto Us
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Merry Merlot, Evening Evergreen, Painted Christmas DSP
Ink	Evening Evergreen, Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Red Rhinestone, Clear Envelope, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh and my stash), Glitter (Walmart), Tear N Tape, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Contour Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tasteful Label Dies, Heat Tool, Sponge Dauber

RRCB171 Fall Blessings

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  So happy you stopped by! It's time for a new Retro Rubber challenge, where we get to show some love to our older stamps!  Here is today's challenge, a color one:

I've had this Autumn Squares set from Impression Obsession for many years....not sure how old it is, but at least six or seven!  It's really difficult for me to use purples, but I thought out of all these images, I could find a way to use the four colors of the challenge!  So here we go:

This card is pretty large, I had to make it bigger to fit all the images on!  I diecut panels from Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Blackberry Bliss and Crushed Curry using a postage stamp die from Papertrey and some SU plaid DSP.  Then I stamped fall images in each of the same colors and layered them on, staggering the designs.  And here is my purple turkey!!

Each panel was embellished with a candy dot....I still have a few left...and I stamped the sentiment from Graceful Words (2006) on the side with Blackberry  Bliss ink and added some matching sheer ribbon on the left.  It all went on a piece of textured Very Vanilla that I had in my stash!

While purples may be a challenge for me, I hope you'll find some way to use all these pretty fall colors in your creation!  Be sure to share it with us at Retro Rubber, and don't forget to tell us how old your stamps are (approximately) and make sure they're at least a year old!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Here's some cute pix of my nephew and his family, hiking in Montana. I am amazed that the boys have shorts on and there is snow on the ground!!!  Brrr!

Thanks for popping in today, enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Graceful Words (ret 2006), Autumn Squares (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, DSP in Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Blackberry Bliss and Crushed Curry, Textured Very Vanilla (ret)
Ink	Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Sheer Blackberry Bliss Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Stamp Die (Papertrey), 1 1/4" Square Punch (ret)

Warm Knit Hat

Happy Monday, peeps!  I am running very late today!  I have a quick card to share with you, no challenges, just trying to make a few samples for my stamp clubs today!  I was on the fence about the background stamp Knit Together, but I did end up getting it and honestly, it makes me smile every time I use it!  Here's a fun way to use it:

My first step was to stamp a panel of Balmy Blue cardstock with Balmy Blue ink.  I diecut a partial oval from the Layering Oval dies and a partial panel from the Scalloped Contour dies from the panel, sponged around the edges and adhered them together in the shape of a hat.  I stamped a diecut a snowflake from Merry Snowflakes for the pompom, then layered it on a Basic White panel that was embossed three times with the snowflake border die from  Stitched Snowflake dies.  

A sentiment from the same set was stamped in Fresh Freesia and diecut with the Stitched Rectangle die. Everything went on a Fresh Freesia card base.

I added a Blue Adhesive-Backed gem in the center of the pompom for fun!  So happy you popped in today!

I don't have any pictures to share today, but now that Wayne is home safe and sound, I can tell you why he was stuck in Bermuda!  He went there on a business trip and got Covid!  So he had to stay quarantined for ten days while the rest of his coworkers got to come home!  Blessedly, he had very few symptoms and was able to work the whole time he was there.  But we are VERY glad he is home and he had lots of people praying for him!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Knit Together, Merry Snowflakes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia
Ink	Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflakes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Sponge Daubers