TCC127 Warm Grays

Hi everyone!  It's Wednesday, and time for a new Card Concept challenge!  Isn't this a beauty?  What a cozy winter scene!

I needed a pick-me-up card for a friend who recently had foot surgery.  Although the grays and neutrals in this photo aren't what I would normally call "cheerful", I think the end result is one that will cheer her up anyway:

I began by embossing a card front of Basic Gray cardstock with the Cable Knit embossing folder.  I stamped the focal sentiment in Basic Gray as well on Whisper White cardstock and colored in the letters with a Smoky Slate marker.  I mounted it against a Smoky Slate frame I diecut with a Stitched Shape die, then added a few embellishments:  a couple of sparkly hearts, a snowflake, some silver sequins and silver baker's twine:

But my favorite part was the little cup!  I stamped it in Basic Gray and Smoky Slate, shaded it a wee bit with a Blend, then heat-embossed the steam with some white embossing powder on a little piece of vellum and fussy-cut it out!  Sweet!

And on the inside, a couple of encouraging sentiments!

I would say that my card style this week is Clean and Layered!  I hope you will play along with us and share your creation at The Card Concept!  Can't wait to see you there!  And be sure to stop by to see what the other designers created as well!  Thanks for popping in today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Just Treats, Get Well Soon, God is Good (all Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Sparkle Glimmer, Vellum
Ink	Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Accessories	White Embossing Powder, Silver Baker's Twine, Candy Dots (both ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Cable Knit EF (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies, Triple Heart Punch (ret), Smoky Slate Blend, Heat Tool, Snowflake Dies (Taylored Expressions), Silver Sequins (ret)

LIM411 One Layer Thank You

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Brrr....it's really cold here in PA!  No snow though, I am wishing for at least one good one this winter!  Hopefully soon!  Anyway, I am doing something different today, I have a one-layer card for the Less Is More challenge this week:

I see so many cool cards featuring stencilling, but I just don't feel as if I am very good at it!  But I thought I'd give it a go, using a SU mask and the colors of Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose and Rich Razzleberry, to create my off-center design:

I used blending brushes to sponge on each color, going from light to dark.  For the sentiment, I used a sentiment from the new So Sentimental set, lining it up in my Stamparatus and inking it in Blackberry Bliss to get a good sharp image.  I cleaned off the stamp, still on the plate, and inked it again with Versamark, then heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder:

The embossing really shines on top of the stencilling!!  And the stencilling wasn't that difficult!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy has always enjoyed drawing, and she got a big sketch book and some colored pencils from her uncle this Christmas, so she has been entertaining us with some of her artwork.  She made this for Wayne, and all the letters are made from sports equipment!  

Dana said the W is made of footballs; the A is baseballs; the Y is basketballs, the N is hockey sticks  (my favorite), and the E is hockey pucks!  She is also learning cursive, so I love how she connected the W and A in Wayne's name (as well as her own signature).  Her creativity amazes me!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Sentimental
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White
Ink	Blushing Bride, Rococo Rose, Rich Razzleberry, Blackberry Bliss, Versamark
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Pattern Party Decorative Mask, Blending Brushes (Nellie's Choice), Heat Tool

Hostess Party Projects

I had my Hostess Appreciation party yesterday, and of course, I was so intent on socializing, feeding my friends and stamping, that I got NO pictures!  I am just so bad at that!  But I did photograph our projects!  I wanted to highlight some SAB things, so everyone got to make a Kerchief Card from the Paper Pumpkin-style kit:

And in December my friend Sally sent me this lovely Christmas card, with this cute little "corner tuck" feature, and I loved it so much, I wanted to make one of my own:

So we made a card using the gorgeous florals from Best Dressed; this one happens to be on a  Blackberry Bliss card base, but some of the girls also did a Pear Pizzaz one with a different floral:

I chose to put another diecut right on top of the triangle piece, stamped with a sentiment from Beautiful Day and embellished with a sequin:

We used a new set, So Sentimental, for the inside panel!  Everyone really like this style of fold!

Finally, we did a Valentine candy treat using the Printed Cello bags from the mini catalog and the Over the Moon set:

A heart was diecut from Rose Glimmer Paper and a little topper from Rococo Rose; the stamped panel was diecut with a die from Stitched So Sweetly, then colored with Blends.  To make the moon, they stamped the image on the back of a piece of Sparkle Glimmer paper, then hand-cut it out:

We also had cheeseburger soup, along with salad, snacks and desserts!  Delish!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy, Dana and Wayne enjoyed the 76ers game.....although Cass fell asleep before they even got there:

It's good to get a nap before a big game!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

PP474 CAS Fashion Fun

Happy Sunday, stampers!  This will be short and sweet, as I am having my Hostess Appreciation party today!  Can't wait to see my stamping friends!  Luckily, Laurie is our Paper Players hostess and she has a fun clean and simple challenge for us that I know everyone is going to love:

I had all kinds of ideas swirling around in my head for this, but the light bulb moment came when I remembered this fabulous DSP that SU has in the current mini catalog, Best Dressed, which features all kinds of fashionista stuff!  Woohoo, perfect for my CAS creation!  I used the FMS sketch:

and went to work, letting the paper do most of the work:

I used a plate to trace a partial circle on the back of my DSP panel, then "oblonged" it a little.  I had a scrap of some Valentine DSP from a few years back poking around on my desk, and I thought the two patterns looked good together, so I added a little strip!  The sentiment is from Stitched All Around; I stamped it in Lovely Lipstick, cut it with my cutter just so that it would fit inside my Mint Macaron diecut panel from Stitched So Sweetly:

A little pop of Mint Macaron ribbon and my CAS creation is done!  I imagine that this DSP will be making an appearance on a lot of cards this week, LOL!  And since the Krafty Chicks Challenge this week is CAS, I am sending it on over there as well!

So now what will YOU create?  There are so many fun options with this, just remember to make it CAS!  You can see what all the designers created by popping over to the Paper Players blog...you'll get lots of inspiration!  Share yours too!  And thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy loves playing with her Play Doh Drill and Fill dentist set...yuck.  What is the fascination of making play-doh teeth?????  Creativity comes in all forms, I guess! 

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched All Around
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Best Dressed DSP, Sending Love DSP (ret)
Ink	Lovely Lipstick
Accessories	Mint Macaron Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies

CTD576 and TSOT440 John's Anniversary

Happy Saturday, everyone!  We are finally supposed to get some snow today---just in time for my Hostess party tomorrow!  The weatherman promises it is all going to get washed away by tomorrow!  We'll see!  

I'm sharing the card I made for John for our anniversary; it uses the Try Stampin On Tuesday sketch as well as the Color Throwdown colors:

I used the lighthouse image from Sailing Home for the focal point, and since there is a bit of ocean splash at the bottom, I guess it qualifies for the "wet" part of the challenge too:

I began with a large stitched circle of Naturals White cardstock.  On it, I stamped the lighthouse in Night of Navy and birds in Pretty Peacock, then diecut the lighthouse out and offset it against the cut opening; I added some Denim ribbon behind so that it would peek through the opening:

  

I added a background of Pretty Peacock DSP and mounted it on a Honey Nut card base (Papertrey).  I also diecut a sentiment with the Stitched Nested Labels dies, adding a Honey Nut mat as well.  The inside was stamped with a Technique Tuesday sentiment with some other words from Paper Studio added in:

He loved it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Wish for Everything, Sailing Home, Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio), So Grateful (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Pretty Peacock DSP, Honey Nut (Papertrey)
Ink	Night of Navy, Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Denim Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Smooth Sailing Dies, Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Stitched Circle Dies (Lil'Inker), Aquapainter, Detailed Trio Punch

AYSI217 Lots of Hugs

Happy Friday, peeps!  It's time for another As You See It challenge, and it's a pretty theme challenge with this photo prompt:

I have these pretty sunflower dies that I thought would look great as daisies, and I found some scrapbook paper that I am sure I have had for probably 15 years and never used, LOL!  So here we go:

It's really a very simple card; I diecut the front panel, then diecut my flowers from Whisper White, Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz.  I embossed the centers with a polka dot embossing folder, and even added a wee little lady bug for fun:

I heat embossed a sentiment in white embossing powder on a scrap of Woodgrain paper and diecut it with the Be Mine heart die, then added a bow die:

I think this would make a great get-well or thinking of you card!!!  Now, how will this photo challenge you?  Share it with us at the AYSI blog--can't wait to see what you create!  Be sure to check out what the design team made as well!  And thanks for popping in today!

So on Wednesday night after dinner, Cassidy was telling us about a book she received at Christmas, full of weird and interesting facts.  One of the stories was about coffee made from poop of certain animals; my brother clarified it a little bit, saying that it wasn't actually the poop that was used for the coffee, but coffee beans that had been eaten by the animals and then pooped out.  STILL GROSS!  The look on Cassidy's face dittoed my sentiment:

Then she said, "I am definitely not drinking that poopaccino!"  We cracked up!  That girl!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitties (ret), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Woodgrain DSP (ret), Scrapbook paper (unknown)
Ink	White Craft, Real Red
Accessories	White Embossing Powder, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Heat Tool, Big Shot, Stitched Be Mine Dies, Radiant Sunflower Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Easter Bunny Dies (Lil'Inker), Basic Black Marker, Stitched Rectangle Dies (Lil'Inker)

IB107 Quiet Imaginings

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Time for another Inspired By:

Well.....now I have nothing that says"quiet" in my large stamp collection....so I chose to concentrate of those shutters and the colors!  I am happy with the way it turned out:

 

I pulled out some oldies for this card today!  I had seen this pretty layout from Susan at Simplicity and knew I wanted to use it for my three panels....I just positioned mine a little differently so that I could add my sentiment and the background embossing would show!  SO....I inked up my retired Floral background stamp in three colors:  Soft Sky, Soft Seafoam and Tim Holtz Antique Linen, on Naturals White cardstock and used a Stitched Rectangle die to cut them all out: 

I also stamped the "imagine" in Soft Sky, and went looking in my dusty embellishments bin, where I found a chipboard bird and an organdy rose; they seemed to go nicely!  My final embellishment was some Soft Sky seam binding, which I shabbied up and made into a bow, then adhered to my sentiment:

The card base is also Naturals White, embossing with the Vine Street folder.  I left the inside blank, I haven't decided how I'll use this card yet!

I hope you'll pop over to the Inspired By blog to see how this photo prompted the design team!  While you're there, share yours with us too!  Thanks for popping in today!

Today is Wayne's birthday (and our anniversary), so we had them over for dinner last night!  When they got home, Cassidy gave Wayne a birthday card she made:

(I love the goatee)....and when he opened it up, she had drawn the Philaldelphia 76er's logo (they're going to a game on Friday), printed and cut out a picture of him (with added goatee), and had it signed by all her classmates and the kids at the pre-school program she goes to:

He was very surprised...as were Mommy, Grampy and I!  What a kid!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Floral (ret), Imagine Words (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret)
Ink	Soft Seafoam, Soft Sky (ret), Antique Linen (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Soft Sky Seam Binding, Organdy Rose (both ret), Chipboard Bird (unknown), Soft Sky Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Vine Street Embossing Folder (ret)