Sending Holiday Cheer

Hey there, peeps, I am squeaking in another card today because I've been trying to make a Christmas card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown for days now and it ends tomorrow!  SO....here's the challenge:

Now I admit that my red and green hues are not exactly the ones pictured above, but they are still red and green!  Here we go:

My little warm hat and mittens are from an old W+9 set called Holiday Cheer; I stamped them in Soft Succulent and Merry Merlot inks and diecut them with the matching die.  Some older DSP provided a holiday background, and the Tim Holtz embossing folder added to the alpine flair!

A sentiment from SU's Peaceful Season finished it off on the inside:

And since I am using some "winter warmers", I am also entering this at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge:

Another fun holiday card to add to my stash!  Thanks again for popping in today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret), Holiday Cheer (W+9), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Succulent (ret), Wrapped in Plaid DSP (ret)
Ink	Merry Merlot (ret), Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Pierced Blooms Dies (ret), Holiday Cheer Dies (W+9), Deer Knit Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

CASC&S560 Happy Father's Day

 Happy Thursday, all! I have a fun little Father's Day card today and it uses the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I pulled out some old My Favorite Things dies and went to work:

My card is a 4 1/4" square Very Vanilla, and I used the dies from Trusty Tools to create the "boards" for the four squares from Pecan Pie cardstock.  Each of the tools was diecut from retired Brushed Silver cardstock, then layered with a colored cardstock handle:

The sentiment is also from Trusty Tools, and the inside sentiment is from Layers of Beauty, and I embellished it with some nuts and bolts!!!

I haven't done a masculine card for a while, so this was fun and now I have a card for a certain guy I know!  Thanks for visiting today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pecan Pie, Blueberry Bushel, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Brushed Silver (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade, Gray Granite, Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Trusty Tools Dies, Tool Dies (My Favorite Things)

Fun with Florals in Bloom

Happy Wednesday, all! I have had a busy couple of days and haven't had time to post a thing! So, no challenges today but I thought I'd share a few samples that I made for my customers to peruse; they use the pretty Florals in Bloom DSP and the Spring Corners stamp set...such a fun set!  So here we go!

I rarely use yellow, but I had scraps of this print which featured some yellow florals, so I cut them down to fit on some Perennial Postage dies, added a sentiment and backed it with a panel of Lemon Lolly Dotted Circles embossing!  It's so fun and cheerful!

I used the new Timid Tiger to match these pretty florals; I used a square die to create the sentiment for some interest:

This gatefold card also uses some orange-hued florals and another Timid Tiger panel.  This time I selectively embossed around the sentiment with the Eyelet embossing folder and added a ribbon to hold it closed:

And I stamped a couple of the florals in Peach Pie and Timid Tiger as an embellishment...aren't they sweet?

And finally, I created a couple little totes for my hostesses from the Notes & Totes bundle:

I used a piece of Adhesive Sheet to adhere the DSP to some cardstock to create them; it made them a bit sturdier, but also a bit more tricky to assemble!  But I like how it all coordinated! And it holds two chocolate candies, which is quite important!

Hopefully they loved them!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Corners, Notes & Totes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Timid Tiger, Bubble Bath, Petunia Pop, Florals in Bloom DSP
Ink	Timid Tiger, Poppy Parade, Petunia Pop, Bubble Bath, Peach Pie
Accessories	White Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Notes & Totes Dies, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Spring Corners Dies

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Happy Monday, everyone!  Hope you all had a great weekend!  Today is Stamp Club day and I am looking forward to stamping with my ladies!  It's also time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge: 

I deviated a wee tiny bit from the sketch, putting my sentiment directly on the panel!  Here we go:

I just love the patterns and faux texture on these Everyday Happiness papers!  I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamps, Painted Harvest, to create my floral image:

I used Lost Lagoon, Pebbled Path, Gray Granite and Wild Wheat, then fussy-cut the flower and leaves out.  The sentiment is from Simply Said, which has great everyday sentiments!  Everything went on a Basic Beige card.  I hope you'll find some inspiration from this fun sketch and share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Painted Harvest (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Everyday Happiness DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Gray Granite, Pebbled Path (ret), Wild Wheat (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies

PP737 Color Challenge from Ann

Happy Sunday, and Happy Mother's Day if you're a mom of any sort!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess today and she has a lovely color palette for us to play with:

My first thought went to flowers, but I had to be a rebel and opted instead for another Christmas card! Check it out:

I used the snowflake images from Iconic Imagery, diecutting them and embellishing them with a wee little rhinestone.  They are sitting on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder.  Words from the same set were stamped at the top in Berry Burst, and I added a sweet little Lost Lagoon Soft Cord bow for another embellishment:

I stamped a sentiment from Greetings of the Season on the inside, along with a few more snowflakes:

My layout is from Linda's Freshly Made Sketches sketch, and I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks, where they are looking for Christmas:

These colors are so pretty, I hope you'll be able to create something lovely with them too!  Be sure to check out what the DT created at the PP blog and share yours with us!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon DSP (ret), Bubble Bath DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst
Accessories	Rhinestones, Lost Lagoon Soft Cording, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Iconic Imagery Dies

Merry Christmas Bells

Happy Saturday, peeps! A quick card today, a Christmas one that basically has almost no stamping!  The Jingle Belles want to see bells, and I've used the sketch from TGIF Challenges:

I found this star and bell cutout in my scrap bin while rummaging around on my desk and thought it would fit the bell challenge nicely!  I pulled out some DSPs from my stash and put them all together:

The star and pink snowflake papers are from Mintay (Merry Little Christmas), and the background paper is from Divinity Designs (Christmas Paper Collection 2014).  The little diecut is from Gummiapan:

I added some pink sequins, and before adhering the pink paper, I diecut out a panel from the background and used it to stamp the sentiment for the inside; it's from SU's Greetings of the Season:

Another Christmas card to add to my stash!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

IB335 Happy Spring

 Happy Friday, peeps! It is quite damp and dreary today in SE PA, but we always need the rain! My card today is one I almost didn't share....it isn't quite up to my standards but I decided to show it anyway to prove that no matter how experienced a stamper you are, sometimes things just don't come out the way you expect!  

I have been playing with the Notes & Totes bundle and as much as I love it, I am struggling with it...I think it's bigger than I envisioned!  Anyway, the Inspired By challenge this week inspired me to try to use the tote die; here's the photo:

So off I went to create:

I won't go into all the details about what I don't like about this card, but I will say that the pretty flowers  from You Are Remarkable, stamped in Soft Seafoam ink,  just got lost.  I should have stamped them in something darker....so maybe I'll try them again!  

I tried an old technique for the tote itself; I stamped the retired Knit Together stamp using Versamark ink and dabbed on some pastels with a cotton ball....remember them?  It turned out darker than I wanted, sadly.  I couldn't even stamp the inside correctly...it was crooked and had a halo, so I had to trim my stamp, restamp and diecut a piece to cover it up:

 

At least I managed the background okay, using a piece of Country Woods DSP!  Well, you can't win them all!  Thanks so much for bearing with me here today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Year of Flowers, Choose Happy, Knit Together (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Soft Seafom DSP (ret), Country Woods DSP
Ink	Versamark, Soft Seafoam, Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pastels (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Notes & Totes Dies, Textured Notes Dies