FMS494 Color & Contour Thanks

 Happy Wednesday, peeps....I am a tad bit late, but finally made my post!  I was playing around with the new SU pastels and an image from Color & Contour, and decided it would fit today's Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

And here we go:

I stamped my image in Memento Black, then used the pastels to lightly color in, blending them with a cotton swab.  I am a little disappointed that they don't have a RED....oh well.  I used the matching dies to cut it out, then trimmed it out a little more so that the Flirty Flamingo DSP would show through.  I used two panels, cut with a Stitched So Sweetly die, then layered them together to create a longer one.  The heat-embossed sentiment is from Free as a Bird:

The upper portion looked a little naked, so I colored a couple of acrylic dots with a Dark Basic Black Blend, then mounted everything on an embossed Basic White card.  I was a little upset too, that the Checks and Dots embossing folders are narrower than a regular card front, but I found you can emboss one portion, then re-position the embossing folder, matching up the last line of dots, and run it through again and it works perfectly!  So happy!  I love plaid and polka dots!  Thanks for visiting today!

Some more slime fun with Lucy and Emma!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Color and Contour, Free as a Bird
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder, Acrylic Dots (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Heat Tool, Basic Black Blend, Checks and Dots EF

Club Projects

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I am sharing the two projects my club girls did last night, because I didn't get much other stamping done yesterday!  The first uses Hand-Penned Petals, Hand Penned DSP and a few other goodies:

It's a bit challenging to photograph because the top layer is shorter than the bottom!  But it's such a pretty way to have that beautiful DSP peek out!  We used double tags and some Soft Succulent Open Weave ribbon as an accent on the Stitched Greenery-embossed card front:

Our second card is a diamond-fold card; we used the You're A Peach DSP in various patterns and sentiments from Shaded Summer and Best Year.  Here is it all folded and ribboned up!:

And here it is extended; it's created from a 12 x 4" piece of cardstock, then accented with various patterns of the DSP and embellished with a pansy and sentiment on the front:

And birthday greetings on the back!

I think everyone liked them and had fun!

Staying busy while Mom and Wayne enjoy some outdoor refreshments!

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

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hand-Penned Petals, Best Year
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, Hand Penned DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Greenery Die, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Best Borders Dies, Penned Petals Dies

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shaded Summer, Best Year
Card stock & Papers	12x12" Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Pansy Petals DSP
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Calypso Coral
Accessories	Dimensionals, Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Stamparatus, Scoring Tool

You Are the Best Hostess Gift

Happy Monday, peeps!  I have stamp clubs today and I am always excited to see my girls and do some stamping!  I always give each hostess a little gift and when I made this month's I realized it would fit the challenge criteria at Festive Friday:

For this month's, I took an empty stamp case and filled it with some goodies, then added a piece of retired DSP tucked inside the front cover, and wrapped it with a piece of (really, really retired) organdy ribbon and added a tag using current products:

I created the layered tag by diecutting two tags using the Tailor Made Tags dies, one from Basic White and one from Polished Pink.  I took the top edge of the white one and put it back in the bottom portion of the die and ran it through the Big Shot just enough to cut the top section off.  Then I decorated it with the Color and Contour set and a sentiment from Tasteful Touches:

All of my customers are friends and they really are the best!  So from the inspo list, I used friendship statement, ribbon and pink, and a knot, if you count the twine I used to tie on the ribbon!  I really enjoyed making these and can't wait to play with the set some more!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy sent me these two videos...hopefully you'll get a chuckle out of them too!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Color and Contour, Tasteful Touches
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Polished Pink, True Love DSP (ret)
Ink	Polished Pink, Smoky Slate, Memento Black
Accessories	Black Organdy Ribbon (ret), white twine from my stash, Stamp Case
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags

PP549 Amazing Pieced Sunflower

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, with the amazingly creative Jaydee as our hostess:

I should have gone masculine with these colors, to build up my guy-card stash, but I wanted to play with the Always Fun Challenge of paper piecing (their post is not current, not sure what's up there), so I decided to pull out Celebrate Sunflowers, since I hadn't used it for a while!

This is pretty straight-forward; I just stamped my sunflower on a piece of Sweet Symmetry DSP and diecut it, then added a couple of leaves from last year's In Colors DSP:

I stamped a sentiment from Color and Contour in Just Jade and embossed it with a Stitched With Whimsy die, then layered it on another piece of thee same Sweet Symmetry pattern, added a Just Jade mat and put it all on a Misty Moonlight DSP.  As an afterthought, I added a couple little banners and some sequins!

I haven't quite decided to whom I will send this...I know several pretty amazing people, so we'll just have to see!  I hope you'll play with our pretty In Colors this week...the design team has come up with some AMAZING samples!  Please stop by the Paper Players to check them out, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for popping in today!

 

Dana and Cassidy had a little visitor yesterday; a co-worker of Dana's recently had a baby and brought her over for a visit!  Cassidy was in heaven!  Isn't she a cutie?  Look at all that blond hair!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Celebrate Sunflowers, Color and Contour
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Just Jade, Sweet Symmetry DSP, In Color DSP (ret)
Ink	Memento Black, Just Jade
Accessories	Sequins for Everything, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Sunflower Dies

Stars & Stripes Christmas

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Are you staying cool?  I guess I shouldn't complain, it IS July and July is normally HOT, so I made a couple of Christmas cards to help me stay cool!  They use the sketch from TGIF Challenges, the Stars & Stripes challenge from Jingle Belles, and the Krafty Chicks challenge of Christmas:

Sadly, since these papers are neutral, the photos don't really show how nice they are...but here they are anyway:

In going through some of my older DSP, I found these Festive Farmhouse papers from 2018 and though they would work nicely for the stars and stripes theme:

I cut one sheet of each of the pattern, layered them together and cut them at an angle, so I had two sets of DSP to create two cards! 

I diecut some stars from some silver glimmer paper, then heat-embossed a sentiment in silver and added one to each card:

I finished by adding a sentiment on the inside, and now I have two more Christmas cards for my holiday stash!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  

My niece was visiting a few days ago and Cassidy took her two little ones out to play, where they each found a feather!  (Although it looks like Emma has hers in her mouth, trust me, she didn't!)  I quickly took a picture then made them take them back outside...my mom always told me feathers had little bugs in them and I've never quite gotten over that!  Anyway, we know Cassidy's was from a bluejay, we think Lucy's was from a hawk and we're not quite sure about Emma's...maybe a crow!  They were very proud of them regardless!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	O Holy Night (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Silver Glimmer (ret), Festive Farmhouse DSP (ret)
Ink	Silver Encore (ret)
Accessories	Silver Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Mini Treat Bag Dies (for the stars, ret), Heat Tool

AYSI254 Enjoy the Sketch

Hi stampers!  Happy Friday!  Hope you're all safe and sound this day!  The As You See It challenge is a sketch this week; check it out:

I desperately needed some masculine birthday cards, so I went to one of my favorite "guy" stamp sets and did some stamping and creative diecutting:

I did flip the sketch so that my motorcycle wouldn't look like it was headed off the side of my card!  It was stamped in Night of Navy, and I did some grunge stamping and sponging to give it some depth to match my denim papers.  The sentiment is from Pampered Pets, diecut with the Tasteful Labels dies and embellished with some copper brads....sadly, which are not centered very well, but I doubt the recipient will even notice!

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from Biggest Wish in Night of Navy and Cinnamon Cider:

I hope you'll play along with our fun sketch this week...I need more masculine cards, so I may just keep using this one!  Share your creation with us at As You See It!  Thanks for popping in today!

A few more zoo pix:

Aren't they amazing?!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pampered Pets, Timeless Textures (ret),  Route 66 (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Cinnamon Cider, Original DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, Cinnamon Cider, Seaside Spray
Accessories	Copper Brads (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tasteful Label Dies, Sponge Daubers

FMS Butterfly Birthday

Hi peeps!  Happy Thursday!  I had a couple of bad days with a sinus infection....I was having such a  great spring but this hot humid weather has really thrown me for a loop!  I did manage to drag myself into my craft room yesterday and made a card using the FMS sketch:

I had some scraps of Hand-Penned DSP on my desk, so I cut my pieces and diecut some stitched scallop borders, then stamped some butterflies, and here we go:

I watercolored a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock with Highland Heather, then once it dried, I stamped the butterflies from Positive Thoughts and diecut them out:

I stamped a sentiment from Shaded Summer below the trio, and I added some rhinestones for some bling!  Thanks for visiting today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shaded Summer, Positive Thoughts
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Hand-Penned DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Highland Heather
Accessories	Noble Peacock Rhinestones (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Nature's Thoughts Dies, Stitched Be Mine Dies