GDP30

Happy Thursday, peeps!  A quick post today for the Global Design Project....they have great challenges and I just haven't been able to play with them too much!  This week it's a sketch:

and I pulled out some papers I got over the Christmas holidays from Etsy, and I can't remember the maker!  But aren't they fun?   And guess what....NO stamping, LOL!

I cut out a phone from another piece of paper in the line and mounted it on some lined paper and a white scallop.  I punched out three small circles from the same lined paper for the scallop embellishment, adding a white epoxy sticker from SU:

A great sketch!  I know I'll be using this often!

Not sure what these little magnetic pieces are called, but Cassidy had fun playing with them!

A star:

and a person....complete with smile (and belly button!!!)!

Thanks for visiting today and have a blessed day!

TSOT Duet

Ah, Wednesday....the middle of the week, all downhill from here!  I have another duet of cards today ( hope you're not sick of them!), both using the Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch for this week:

A couple of the designers did two cards, so I did too!  The optional theme is "Spring is Here"....well, spring sort of came for a few days here in PA, then went into hibernation!  We've had below freezing temps at night and let's just say, I am trying to get spring BACK!  These gorgeous Simple Stories' I Am floral papers have been calling my name:

I also used some Graphic 45 paper from their Botanical Tea line (solid pink diecut circle) and So Saffron to diecut the sun, which was a gift from my friend Martha, and I don't know the manufacturer.  I added some cheery baker's twine, and the sentiment is from Technique Tuesday called Beauty of Spring, and it was stamped with Regal Rose and diecut with the Chalk Talk die:

Even though the weather doesn't feel spring-like, this card makes me think it well get here eventually!

The next card uses the same sketch, as well as the Merry Monday challenge to use a sentiment as your focal point, and the Stamp, Ink Paper color challenge:

One of my favorite purchases from last year was Papertrey's O Holy Night....it's perfect for this challenge!  I stamped the verse in Night of Navy, added circles of Soft Sky and Bermuda Bay that had been stamped with silver stars (Holly Jolly Greetings) and finished it with some silver accents:

Can you believe it...the DSP is from the Halloween DSP line from last year...it's perfect too!  Thanks for popping by today!

I do not recommend having your pedicure done while you are hanging upside down!

She is such a silly girl!

Enjoy your day!

Get Well Duet

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I needed some get-well cards, so I perused some challenges, checked out my DSP stash and went to work!  First one uses the Mojo Monday 442 sketch:

I know I was gifted this cool paper by someone but  I just can't remember who it was....but isn't it fun?  This particular card is for a young man, so I tried not to make it too girly, although I did use Watermelon Wonder for the circle...hope he doesn't think it's too pink!  The sentiment from Technique Tuesday was heat-embossed in white, and I used panels of Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Tangelo Twist and So Saffron and an assortment of stitched dies:

I finally used one of SU's epoxy stickers too, just for a fun effect!

The second one uses Inkspire Me's sketch:

I've been pushing this little scrap of polka-dotted paper around my desk for a while, so I thought it was time to use it when I saw the layout!  I stamped the bird from Nature Walk in Early Espresso and added a wee bit of shading in blue and tan with a blender pen:

I know I'm supposed to have a bow in the lower righthand corner, but I chose to put my sentiment from A Dozen Thoughts there and added the bow on the burlap trim above.  To do the burlap, I put a small piece of adhesive sheet on the back of SU's burlap ribbon and ran it through a scallop die.  The little lace is tied with linen thread.  It was all mounted on a Baja Breeze card that was stamped with the Hardwood background stamp in white craft ink.  

So happy you could pop by today!

We had some incredible winds in the last few days, so we got out Cassidy's kite.  I was doing really well until......

Yep, there really are kite-eating trees!  Honestly, my kite-flying skills are SO BAD I never imagined I would even get it airborne!  So there it is....still in the tree!  It was a pretty one too, so sad!  And I have a huge field behind the house that would have been perfect...no trees.  I learned my lesson!

Enjoy your day!

PPA294 Just A Note

Happy Monday, peeps!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  This is just a quick post with a quick card inspired by some items I saw at Longwood Gardens yesterday!  It also uses my sweet friend Dawn Tidd's sketch at Pals Paper Arts:

There were these lovely little soaps all wrapped up in black and white botanical prints....I didn't really have any stamps that fit the bill perfectly, but the Tim Holtz florals that I recently got seemed to be a good substitute:

I added some embossing, gingham ribbon and a sentiment from Watercolor Wishes:

It's nice to just do black and white....clean and fresh!

Yesterday, I had the privilege of meeting one of our Paper Players guest designers in person:  Colleen Begley!  We had lunch then spent a beautiful afternoon at Longwood Gardens....aren't those flowers in the background gorgeous?!  She traveled all the way from California to Delaware and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to meet her!

Enjoy your day!

Paper Players 289 Stampede

Happy Sunday, everyone!  It's time for another Paper Players challenge and Laurie, our very own die cut maven, has an awesome challenge for us today:

Woohoo and yeehaw!  I had a blast making this card!  I have been hoarding this Cosmo Cricket Wanted DSP for a long time (I think I should write the purchase date on the back of my 6x6 pads so I know just how long I have been hoarding them, LOL!), and used it with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

 So here we go:

My image is one I won from 100 Proof Press, and I don't think it's ever seen ink!  It saw Chocolate Chip ink on this card, and it was complemented with a diecut horseshoe cut from some old Bronze cardstock and a hank of "lariat":

The whole panel was mounted on a Mint Macaron card base which was sponged with Chocolate Chip ink.  The inside was stamped with some sentiments from Endless Birthday Wishes and YeeHaw:

What a fun challenge!  I hope you'll play along with your Western-themed creation!  Check out what the others did right here:

• Claire
• Jaydee - taking a break this week
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance 
• Sandy
• Linda
• Hannelie
• Colleen

 LOOOOK!!  CASSIDY CLEANED HER ROOM!  We can see the floor!

LOL....enjoy your day!

You Make Me Smile

Hi everyone!  I had a very unusual evening...not one person was in my house last night except ME!  Woohoo!  Stamping time!  I actually had some relaxing creative time, using the As You See It sketch:

And the beautiful colors from Create with Connie and Mary:

I finally ordered the Butterfly Basics set....not sure what I was waiting for, but I was convinced that I didn't need another butterfly set, LOL!  But isn't it pretty?  I paired it with Awesomely Artistic; they just were made for each other!  I stamped a whole bunch of their images on top of the photo "frame" as well as behind it; added a couple of different washi tapes; put some vellum in the corners (which are a wee bit difficult to see) and tied it all up with some Lost Lagoon baker's twine and a really old sentiment from Small Sayings.  Oooh, so much fun to create!  

Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy made some playdoh cookies and sandwiches, and had a wee impromptu tea party/picnic on the patio:

She had to cut up the "sandwich" so her baby could eat it!

Enjoy your day!

MTS118 Birthday Boy

Hi everyone!  Happy that it's Friday and Cassidy is back to her regular school schedule!  That girl wears me out, LOL!  I seem to be on a masculine card kick lately....Brian King's latest card inspired me to use my Tags & Labels framelits for the Match the Sketch sketch this week:

I mixed up some Schoolhouse papers with some sentiments from Endless Birthday Wishes stamped in Garden Green, Tangerine Tango and Pacific Point, and a yoyo from Boys Will Be Boys, stamped in Basic Gray and watercolored with Tangerine Tango:

The ribbon is my last piece of some stitched Soft Sky from several years back, and I added a little candy dot for fun!

And speaking of fun, this child makes bedtime a hoot:

 

Enjoy your day and thanks for popping by!