RRCB252 HB Sketch

 Happy Thursday, peeps!  You know how sometimes an idea is in your head but in reality, it just doesn't quite come out the way you planned?  This is one of those cards, LOL!  But I am just going to go with it!  It uses the sketch from Retro Rubber and some older stamps from Artistic Outpost; I have probably had them since 2016.  Here's the sketch:

I already had a Mint Macaron card base sitting on my desk and I found some papers to match and here's what I came up with:

I stamped the scene in Garden Green, but the diagonal panel at the top is what had me stumped.  I didn't want to really cover up any part of the stamped image, so I embossed a piece of vellum with the Timber EF and added the "HB" for happy birthday in the corner:

Since this is for my brother-in-law, I am not adding any embellishments!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Lord, who may enter your Temple?  Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill? Those who obey God in everything and always do what is right, whose words are true and sincere, and do not slander others.  They do no wrong to their friends nor spread rumors about their neighbors.  Psalm 15:1-3

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Outpost (Artistic Outpost, 2016)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green, Mint Macaron (ret), Vellum (ret), Trail Mix (Simple Stories)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timber EF, Radiating Stitches Dies, Oliver's Stitched Alphabet Dies (Lawn Fawn)

AHSC625 Daisy Sympathy

Happy Wednesday to everyone!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

 

I finally got to play with ONE thing from the new upcoming SU catalog, and it's this pretty cardstock in Cloud Cover...isn't that a lovely color?!  I do love my blues!  I paired it with some non-SU papers in my stash; here we go:

I stamped the daisy from the Online Exclusive You Are Remarkable set in Memento Black ink directly on to the yellow print paper, and stamped the leaves in Mint Macaron.  I wanted to make the daisy white, so I used some White Craft ink with a very damp paintbrush and filled in the petals:

If I were to do this again, I would leave the paper in my Misti, ink, color and then ink again because I did go over the lines a wee bit on the narrower petals!  It's a learning curve, right?!  I added a layer of Cloud Cover and then some daisy print and my sympathy sentiment.  Here's the inside:

It's hard to make these sympathy cards sometimes, but unfortunately, they're necessary!  I hope you'll play along with our AHSC sketch this week, it's a great one!!  Check out what the Design Team did over at the AHSC blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You Are Remarkable (online exclusive), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Bee Happy (Echo Park)
Ink	Memento Black, White Craft, Mint Macaron (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Aquapainter, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Joy & Peace

 Happy Tuesday, all! I have a sweet little card today that uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps as well as the color theme from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown:

I still have lots of DSP from Classic Christmas, so I got out a sheet of starry Crumb Cake paper, some cardstock and went to work:

This is a fun sketch to work with if your papers coordinate on both sides!  I did some heat embossing for the sentiment at the top, and used a couple of dies from my stash for the little scene and pine trees:

You can't see it, but there's Wink of Stella on the pond, too!  A quick sentiment on the inside and I have another Christmas card for my stash!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Night Divine (ret), Hope & Peace (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Classic Christmas DSP (ret)
Ink	Crumb Cake, White Craft
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winter Village Die (Penny Black) Pine Tree Dies (Cottage Cuts), Heat Tool, Wink of Stella

PP733 Color Challenge from Stef

Happy Sunday, peeps! Wow, I haven't posted in several days--it was just one of those weeks, you know?  The creative Stef is our Paper Players hostess this week with a cute color palette for us:

Initially I thought "Easter" for these colors, but I already had all my Easter cards finished!  I recently got a little freebie die in my Simon Says Stamp order and it was still laying on my desk, so I thought I'd put it to use! I pulled out some Highland Heather DSP, some Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Pool Party cardstocks and went to work:

I used an Adhesive sheet behind the outline portion of the die to make it easier to stick down, then just filled in the balloon with the cardstocks in the challenge colors.  

I did add a Basic Black mat beneath my scalloped panel, added a black and white gingham bow and a little black and white sentiment from Label Me Bold:

Best Year provided the inside sentiment, stamped in Granny Apple Green:

I hope you'll play along with our fun colors this week!  You can still go Easter, or baby, or floral, or anything! Just be sure to share it with us over at the Paper Players blog!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Me Bold (ret), Best Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, Highland Heather DSP, Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Versafine Black
Accessories	Black & White Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Balloon Bouquet Die (Simon Says Stamp)

52CCTD Be Merry

Happy Wednesday, everyone! The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge is a fun sketch:

I pulled out some fun holiday papers from My Mind's Eye and here's what I came up with:

I cut the circles with the retired Stitched Shapes dies and added mats of Blushing Bride.  The embossing is from the Northern Flurry EF.  I added a retired Lawn Fawn sentiment, stamped on the same set of papers. Aren't these prints cute?

I added a Kaiser Kraft sentiment on the inside!

Another Christmas card to add to my stash!  And I am going to add this to the Little Red Wagon challenge this week, where they're wanting circles!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Traditional Christmas (Kaiser), Peace Joy Love (Lawn Fawn)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride (ret), Oh What Fun! (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Northern Flurry EF (ret)

AHSC624 Funny Bunny

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a fabulous weekend!  We have another fun sketch from Atlantic Hearts this week:

Look at all those fun elements!  I pulled out some gingham and my little Tim Holtz bunny, which has to make at least one appearance during the Easter season!  Here we go:

I managed to get enough gingham scraps for my vertical strips, then assembled Mr Bunny and his carrot and put him next to an embossed circle with an older Paper Pumpkin sentiment:

I added some "carrot tops" behind him and sprinkled on a few sequins from my stash. Here's the inside, using my new Simon Says Stamp set called Happy Eggs:

This bunny just makes me smile!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch too!  It's a great one to use up some of those DSP strips we have in our stash!  Share your creation with us over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  See you there!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp) Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette (ret), Ginghams in Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Highland Heather (all retired)
Ink	Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder,  Layering Circles Dies (ret), Carrot Bunny Dies (Tim Holtz)

PP732 Challenge from Jan

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess this week with a great theme...it's perfect for all types of cards, but I chose to make a masculine one, because I never seem to have enough of them!

I pulled out an old Artistic Outpost set called Route 66 and did some collage-style stamping: 

My card base is Basic Beige, and I used the same ink to stamp all the images in the background, adding some shading around the edges.  I stamped the motorcycle in Versafine Black:

I used an old Paper Pumpkin set to add the embossed sentiment on a Tailor Made tag and embellished it with some Brushed Gold stitched stars from the retired Give it a Whirl dies; I felt like they matched the background pretty well!

Finally, a sentiment from Best Year and the third little leftover star to embellish it!

I hope you can play along with our "travel" theme this week!  Be sure to share your card with us at the Players blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Year (ret), Route 66 (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Basic Beige, Brushed Gold (ret)
Ink	Basic Beige, Versafine Black
Accessories	Twine from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret)