FMS320 Hold On To Hope

Hi peeps!  Happy Monday to you....I'm here with a card using the Hold On To Hope Bundle and the Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

This is one of the nicest bundles SU's come out with, in my opinion!  The cross framelits are so pretty and versatile; I combined Powder Pink and Smoky Slate to create a sympathy card; I apologize because the more subtle colors are a little hard to photograph:

I added a little Powder Pink satin bow on top of the cross, and stamped the florals in each of my colors...I think they look nice with the Fresh Florals DSP:

I stamped the verse on the inside in Basic Gray, and stamped the florals behind it in Smoky Slate:

 

It's always a good idea to have some of these cards on hand.  Thanks for popping in today!  

Some more sports activities....I warned you that Wayne was a Philly sports nut!  For Wayne's birthday, Dana bought the family tickets to the Flyers' hockey game on Saturday; I am thinking food and drink was as high on the list as watching the game was!  That sandwich is almost as big as Cassidy!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Stamp Ink Paper challenge, too!

Paper Players 377 CAS Love Notes

Hi peeps!  It's Sunday and that means another Paper Players challenge; this week Joanne is our hostess with a clean and simple Love Notes challenge:

There has been some chatter on a few blogs that I frequent about using older stamps....pros and cons!  I admit to keeping LOTS of older stamps while trying to keep up with new styles, and it's tough!  But I reached into the vault and dusted off this cute silhouette stamp...I don't even know the name of the set, as I got this at a yard sale a few years back....of a sweet little girl and her puppy, posting a love note, and I thought it would be perfect for the clean and simple challenge Joanne chose:

Since I don't have my Stamparatus yet, I used my Misti to ink up the image in Basic Black, stamping a few times to get a good image, then diecut it with a stitched square die from Lil'Inker:

The sentiment is from another oldie set, PS: I Love You (one of my all-time favs) and it was stamped on a tag diecut with a die from Pretty Pink Posh, and embellished with an enamel heart, and finally some black and white gingham:

On the inside, I used sentiments from this month's Paper Pumpkin, stamped in Real Red and Smoky Slate:

I hope you play along!  There are lots of great samples created by the design team; be sure to check them out:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie

·        Jan

Friday was Eagles spirit day, and Cassidy resorted to wearing one of Wayne's shirts and hat to school since she doesn't have any Eagle apparel of her own!

Tonight will be the deciding factor; if they win, they go to the Super Bowl!  If not, they still had an awesome season...and I don't even really care about football, but I've at least got to support my local team!!!  Have a good day and be blessed!

CTS255 and CASCS255 Enjoy

Hi peeps!  Yay, it's Friday!  The temps are supposed to go up, I have a bunch of friends coming over to stamp on Sunday and the Eagles are playing!!!  What a great weekend!  I made a really quick CAS card for today....I mean REALLY clean and simple!  It used the CAS(E) this Sketch sketch and the CAS Colours and Sketches colors:

Such pretty colors together too!  I had Bella and Friends still on my desk from yesterday's card, and I noticed the wee little cupcake and "enjoy" sentiment, so I thought they would be cute together for this sketch:

I used some Naturally Eclectic DSP in Soft Sky; stamped the sentiment and image in Perfect Plum, and colored it with a blender pen and Wisteria Wonder ink (and a little So Saffron for the flame!):

I added a liberal sprinkling of Dazzling Diamonds glitter, popped it up on a mini dimensional, and it was done!  I really had to hold myself back from adding some more "stuff" but I wanted to keep it clean and simple, so there it is!  And I am desperate for birthday cards, so this was easy to do!  Thanks for visiting today!

My little owl:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

You Make My Heart Happy

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I made a Valentine's card today and I got my inspiration from this totally cute card made by my friend Dawn!  You can see it here!  I used the little friends from Bella and Friends for mine:

I masked each critter and stamped the opposite one on the end of a piece of Whisper White cardstock, then drew in the grass with black and Gumball Green markers.  The friends were colored with SU Blends, and the Real Red hearts were cut from the hearts die found in the Everyday Jars Framelits.  I glued them together to form a little garland!

I added a sentiment from this month's Paper Pumpkin, a stitched border (I used a piece of Crumb Cake cut with the Stitched Shapes square die, and trimmed the edges), a little washi tape embellishment and a wee gingham bow!

Thanks for popping in today!

Another snow day yesterday, and Cassidy decided she wanted to use her new pottery wheel!!  Now this is something I've never done, so it was certainly a learning experience for both of us!

Not quite sure exactly what it was we were making....but it needs to dry and be painted, so hopefully we'll be able to show it to you soon!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bella and Friends, Jan 2018 Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Real Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink	Basic Black, Real Red
Accessories	Black Gingham Ribbon, Pick A Pattern Washi Tape
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Everyday Jars Framelits, Dimensionals, Blends in Old Olive and Crumb Cake, Real Red, Basic Black and Gumball Green Markers

TGIF142 and IB2 Love You

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Yesterday was our 19th anniversary!  We plan to take a little weekend trip next month so we really didn't do anything special.  I did make an anniversary card for John using two challenges, Laurel's Inspired By:  Winter Coziness, and the TGIF sketch challenge:

   

I recently purchased some Authentique (Original) papers and I thought this cool pages featuring jeans pockets and ticking, would be fun for both challenges:

I used a Simon Says Stamp "love you" die, cut from Papertrey's Rustic White cardstock, some of SU's new Corduroy ribbon (LOVE that stuff), stapled on (a la Laurel), and mounted everything on a Chocolate Chip base:

Here's closeup of those pockets....you can see that I added a star embellishment on one of them:

I added an anniversary sentiment on the inside.  Maybe not your typical anniversary card, but I think John liked it!  

I stopped by my sister's house yesterday too....she babysits her grandson Jameson one day a week and I hadn't had a chance to give him his Christmas gift yet:

He moved so fast I couldn't get my camera on him...needless to say, the John Deere flashlight/tractor was a big hit!

Thanks for popping in today---have a good day and be blessed!

SIP133 Flying Home Celebration

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for a sketch challenge at Stamp Ink Paper!  This one was perfect for me to try out some new goodies, too!

I had been resisting purchasing SU's Blends, but I finally broke down and got them all!  I was intrigued by the image on the little pocket featured on the bottom right corner on page 41 of the Occasions catalog...it used one of the images of Flying Home (same page), masked and stamped twice, then colored in with Blends.  But the key was using a light colored stamp in which to stamp it so it looked very realistic.  So again, I was just "practicing" on a piece of scrap paper and I liked it so much that I used it on today's card:

I only used the top half of the stamp set, inking it up in Sahara Sand ink and coloring it with light and dark Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Blends.  I diecut it with the Stitched Shapes die, and covered the bottom portion with another die cut, then created a banner with Peekaboo Peach and three layers of the "celebrate" from the Celebrate You thinlets, available through SAB.  I put a layer of Adhesive Sheet under each one, which made it very easy to adhere them together!  Here's a close-up:

The DSP is from Delightful Daisy, and I love how the leaves mimic the leaves in the stamped image!  A couple of pearls filled in the white space at the bottom of the circle nicely!

This is really a terrific sketch, and I hope you'll play along with us this week!  The DT has some amazing samples as well!  Check them out at Stamp Ink Paper!

Cassidy began her ukelele lessons yesterday:

She looks a little apprehensive, but Dana said she did very well!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Flying Home
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Peekaboo Peach, Delightful Daisy DSP
Ink	Sahara Sand
Accessories	Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive Blends Markers, Pearls
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Celebrate You Thinlets, Dimensionals

SSC170 Eagles Birthday

Happy Monday, all!  The card I have today won't win any stamping contests, but hopefully it will win the approval of my SIL!!  It's Wayne's 40th birthday tomorrow, so I used the Sunday Stamps sketch to make a card for him:

Wayne is a die-hard Philadelphia sports fan...any team from Philly, he's cheering for them.  Since the Eagles played and won on Saturday and are one step closer to the Super Bowl, I thought I would make him an Eagles-themed card:

I printed out some Eagles, fussy-cut them and adhered them to some Smoky Slate Stitched squares:

I used Labeler Alphabet to spell the banner, stamping it in Basic Black and Tranquil Tide, then added Large Numbers in Basic Black and put them all on a couple of diecut circles:

Gorgeous Grunge (ret) was used to stamp the background on my Tranquil Tide card.  And since my card was a wee bit bigger than the standard size, I created an envelope with some retired DSP and my Envelope Punch Board...it comes in handy when you need a special-sized envelope!!  And again, I have no pictures of Cassidy, but I do have a picture of another Eagles fan, chilling on the couch with her Eagles blanket!

Enjoy your day, stay warm if it's cold where you are, and be blessed!  I'll be back tomorrow with a new Stamp Ink Paper challenge!