SIP132 Cake Walk

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I am going through a bit of a post-holiday stamping slump!  Thankfully the Stamp Ink Paper challenge of "Cake Walk" helped get me started on my January birthday cards!

Doesn't that cake look delicious?!  My only problem was that I have NO cake stamps....can you believe it?!  At least not one I could remember!  But I DID remember that SU's Birthday Memories DSP has several cake images in it, so I went with that!  So here we go:

My sketch came from the challenge at Global Design Project, which is to CASE Krista's pretty card:

I used a piece of the DSP for my background and fussy-cut a cake from another piece of DSP for my focal point; I added a little embossed background piece, a small doily, a happy birthday sentiment  and banner from Happy Birthday Gorgeous, and finally, some silver glimmer paper squiggles!  Perhaps a bit busy, but I love all the fun embellishments!

I had originally used Berry Burst for my banner, but it didn't seem to match my paper as well as I wanted it to, so I used Rose Red; now in the photo, the Rose Red doesn't match!  At any rate, I am sure the recipient will enjoy it (and not be as critical as I am, LOL!)!

So why don't you go on a cake walk of your own and share your "cake" creations with us at Stamp Ink Paper?  We can't wait to see them!

Cassidy sharing her new Uno card-holder!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Birthday, Gorgeous
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Rose Red, Powder Pink, Silver Glimmer, Birthday Memories DSP, Christmas Around the World DSP (ret)
Ink	Rose Red
Accessories	Doily (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Bitty Banners Die, Chalk Talk Die, Perfect Polka Dot EF, Patterned Pumpkin Thinlets (all ret)

Paper Players 375 Friends Furever

Happy Sunday, peeps!  After a refreshing break, the Paper Players are back!!  Sandy is our hostess today with a Punny Valentine theme:

I do have a punny Valentine set but I wanted to challenge myself to use a non-Valentine stamp set, so I pulled out Bella and Friends for my card today:

I stamped Bella and her little turtle friend in Basic Black ink and did some watercoloring with reinkers.  I used Crumb Cake, Emerald Envy and Lemon Lime Twist for my colors, and the Labeler Alphabet comes in handy for making up your own punny sentiments like this one!  I used some Eastern Palace and Naturally Eclectic DSPs for my background.

My sketch is from Hand-Stamped Sentiments:

We would be so excited if you participated with our challenge this week...a fun one to start off 2018!  Be sure to share your creations with us at the Paper Players blog, and be sure to check out the submissions of our DT, including our new guest designer, Elizabeth Stewart!

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie

·        Jan

At seven, Cassidy still loves to play with her baby dolls....one she got for Christmas actually crawls and talks (in a kind of creepy voice, but I didn't tell her that)!  Here, she is lining up all the accessories she got and naming them for me one by one!

Enjoy your day, stay warm if it's cold where you are and thanks for popping in!  Be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bella and Friends, Labeler Alphabet
Card stock & Papers	Soft Sky, Whisper White, Emerald Envy, Eastern Palace DSP, Naturally Eclectic DSP
Ink	Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Lemon Lime Twist, Emerald Envy, Real Red, Soft Sky
Accessories
Tools	Aquapainter, Big Shot, ZigZag Embossing Folder (ret), Dimensionals

Inspired by Winter Cookies

Happy Friday, peeps!  We are still in the throes of freezing cold weather and the second day of no school, so Cassidy is home with me again!  I had a little time to stamp last night, and I was very excited to see that my uber-creative friend Laurel Seabrook started her "Inspired By" challenge again with this adorable inspiration photo that is very appropriate for our weather

I found this SU DSP from several years back and it looked a bit like snowflakes, and I thought it would look cute with this little row of snowmen from Lizzie Anne designs:

I stamped them in Chocolate Chip ink on Shimmery White cardstock, and colored them with some Copic markers, added some tiny little snowflakes and a big glimmer paper snowflake...IRL it looks very dazzling, too bad it doesn't show up in the photo!  I diecut the image with a stitched die and added a Kraft scalloped mat.  There's a wit bit of chunky glittery snow, too!  I put it all on a Crumb Cake card base.

Since I know someone whose birthday is coming up soon, and she loves snowmen, I stamped a birthday sentiment from Papertrey on the inside with a few snowflakes!

It has become a tradition on days that Cassidy doesn't have school and she stays with me, that I make her pancakes.  I surprised her with this goofy one:

She gobbled it right up...but only with butter, she doesn't like syrup on her pancakes!!!

Thanks for popping in today...enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Snowmen (Lizzie Kate, ret), Wreath for All Seasons (Papertrey Ink), Hearts Come Home (tiny snowflakes), Merry Cafe (ret, snowflakes)
Card stock & Papers	Shimmery White, Crumb Cake, Kraft (ret), Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, SU DSP (ret)
Ink	Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist
Accessories	Enamel Glitter Dot
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle (Lil'Inker), Extra-Long Scalloped Rectangle Die (Nestabilities), Lindeman Snowflake Die (Memory Box), Copics, Chunky Glitter

Bubbles and Fizz

Happy Thursday, peeps! I am embarrassed to admit that I had this stamp set, You're So Sweet, and never inked it up!  AND it matches the Mini Treat Bag framelits perfectly!  But I really wanted to show off this fun DSP that you can get through SAB (with a $50 purchase) called Bubbles and Fizz!  It coordinates with the Bubble Over stamp set, but it's so fun, you could use it lots of ways!  I used my favorite layout, adding a diecut strip of stars and the outlined star image from You're So Sweet:

I fussy-cut the outside of the star, but the star framelit in the Mini Treat Bag set fits the inside perfectly!  I stamped "my friend" on a scrap of white cardstock, then used a square stitched framelit to add a line of stitching to the top and bottom, then embellished it with one of the diecut stars!  The colors in this DSP are so fun!  Thanks for popping in!

I don't have any pictures of Cassidy today, but anyone on the east coast of the US knows how cold it is!  My sister, who lives near Charleston, SC, sent me these pictures yesterday!  Her son, who is home from West Point, took Daisy for a walk:

And then he went surfing!!!

Brrrrrr!  Crazy weather!  Crazy nephew!   Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	You're So Sweet
Card stock & Papers	Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Bubbles and Fizz DSP
Ink	Cameo Coral
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Mini Treat Bag Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals

SSC169 Beautiful Day

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Hope your week is going well so far!  Today starts the new Occasions catalog as well as the Sale-a-bration promotion!  Always a fun time for Stampin' Up!, so I decided to use the new Beautiful Day set to make a card using these pretty colors from Sunday Stamps:

The challenge requires you to use at least three of the colors, so I used Sahara Sand, Flirty Flamingo/Cameo Coral and Night of Navy:

I stamped a background using images from Touches of Texture, then added a panel from Petal Garden DSP and a little scallop and diecut  layer cut from a piece of Naturally Eclectic DSP along the edge.

I inked up floral image with Versamark first, then Flirty Flamingo, stamped it on a piece of watercolor paper and heat-embossed it with clear embosing powder.  Then I loosely watercolored inside the embossed images in Flirty Flamingo, Cameo Coral and Sahara Sand.  I added some speckles, fussy-cut it out and popped it up on some dimensionals.

My final touch was some sequins and a sentiment from December's Paper Pumpkin kit!  This card is already in the mail to a special customer!  Glad you could pop in to see it!

I gave Cassidy a little "robot" kit for Christmas...silly me, I thought you could actually make it DO something, but it was more of a kit to learn how to BUILD something....I admit, I was a bit disappointed, but she learned what all the parts were, lining them up, and then learned how to use the tool to assemble it:

And with a wee little bit of help, this is what the robot looks like:

He's a wee little thing, too...although in Coastal Cabana and Basic Black, he's quite stylish, don't you think?!!!  Have a great day and be blessed! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Touches of Texture, Beautiful Day, December 2017 Paper Pumpkin, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Sahara Sand, Watercolor, Petal Garden DSP, Naturally Eclectic DSP
Ink	Versamark, Flirty Flamingo, Cameo Coral, Night of Navy, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Fancy Frost Sequins (ret), Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Big Shot, Seasonal Layers Framelits, Flourishes Thinlets, Dimensionals, Aquapainter

SIP131 Emboss It!

Hi everyone!  It's back to normal, right?  It always takes me a little while to get back to the routine after the holidays, how about you?  I felt a little rusty in my craft room yesterday, but I am sure with all the new goodies coming out, I'll get back into the groove soon!  Our Stamp Ink Paper challenge for this week is "Emboss It"!

I did both heat and dry embossing on my card today, which is a birthday card for my sister, who drinks coffee all day (and night) long and yet has no problem sleeping, LOL!  Anyway, I used the Match the Sketch sketch, turning it on its side so I could use the coffee cup from Coffee Cafe:

And here we go:

I used a card base of Melon Mambo for a bright burst of color, and a new-to-me embossing folder from Tim Holtz.  Funny story, I bought this folder because I thought it was sand pails, which my other sister collects; imagine my surprise when I looked closer and found it was coffee cups!!  Silly me!  But in today's coffee-obsessed world, I certainly can put it to use! 

I did heat embossing on my coffee cup, lid and sentiment, which comes from the December Paper Pumpkin kit.  The papers and washi are from a sweet little kit from Dayspring Cards and Bella Blvd, called Illustrated Faith:

The little square panel behind my coffee cup is also embossed with the Falling Petals EF!  The final touch was three little punched hearts, embellished with some sequins from my stash!

Thanks for visiting today, and be sure to share your embossed creation at the SIP blog!

At Christmas eve morning's service, our pastor did a little lesson for the children, after which they sang Away in a Manger.  The little boy next to Cassidy was quite enamored with her singing!!  So cute!  And yes, although there is another little boy behind Cass, we have a lot more girls than boys!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Coffee Cafe, Dec 2017 Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Illustrated Faith Christmas DSP (Bella Blvd/Dayspring)
Ink	Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Versamark
Accessories	Sequins, Clear and Black Embossing Powders, Illustrated Faith Washi (Bella Blvd/Dayspring)
Tools	Heat Tool, Falling Petals EF, On the Go EF (Tim Holtz), Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals, Heart Punch (ret)

Happy New Year!

Happy 2018, everyone!  It has been a whirlwind holiday here and I have been so blessed this past year!  A wedding, a new kitchen, friends and family...God has been good!  I found this sweet little postcard and loved the image and sentiment...perfect for the new year!

But yesterday at church, after the final hymn, we sang this song to the tune of Auld Lang Syne; we've sung it before, but somehow singing it on the actual day of New Year's Eve made me cry a little!  Here are the words, straight from the Bible, arranged by Dustin Kensrue...there are several verses (after which the chorus is sung) but they are powerful:

Should nothing of our efforts stand

No legacy survive

Unless the Lord does raise the house

In vain its builders strive.

To you who boast tomorrow's gain

Tell me what is your life

A mist that vanishes at dawn

All glory be to Christ!

(Chorus)  

All glory be to Christ our king!

All glory be to Christ!

His rule and reign will ever sing,

All glory be to Christ!

His will be done

His kingdom come

On earth as is above

Who is Himself our daily bread

Praise Him the Lord of love

Let living water satisfy

The thirsty without price

We'll take a cup of kindness yet

All glory be to Christ!

(Chorus)

When on the day the great I Am

The faithful and the true

The Lamb who was for sinners slain

Is making all things new.

Behold our God shall live with us

And be our steadfast light

And we shall ere his people be

All glory be to Christ!

(Chorus)

There are no better words by which to start a new day and a new year!  Blessings to all of you!