GDP077 For A Friend

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  My card today is for a friend who's going through a rough patch; it uses the colors from the Global Design Project this week:

My "free choice" color was Soft Sky; I chose Jar of Love to create a paper bouquet for her!

 I stamped some of the florals on my Soft Sky card base in Craft White ink; it's very soft and pretty, although it's hard to see here.  This might be the first time I've used the background stamp Writing Notes...I stamped it in Soft Sky to replicate a piece of notebook paper and stamped my image on top.  The florals were stamped on Thick White cardstock, which diecuts beautifully!  I arranged them in my "jar" and added some water, stems and some little flying critters!  To continue in the notebook paper them, I added a paperclip and some baker's twine, then scattered a few sequins for fun!

I had a little piece of scrap notebook paper left from the front, so I stamped my sentiment on it and added another white spring behind it on the inside.

 It's also my sweet friend Sandy's 70th birthday today....I hope I look as good as she does when I am that age!  She is beautiful inside and out!  I added some fun embellishments to February's Paper Pumpkin card for her:

Some numbers, a couple of stamped hearts and some stitched ribbon on the outside, and here's the inside:

These are so cute, and I love the font in the sentiments!!!

Cassidy wanted to try out a fruit smoothie, so we got some strawberries, blueberries, milk and yogur:

Whirled it all up with the immersion blender and added some whipped cream!  It was delish!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Have a blessed day!

Project Details--All Products SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Writing Notes, Jar of Love, Feb 2017 Paper Pumpkin, Work of Art, Avant Garden (speckles)
Card stock & Papers	Feb 2017 Paper Pumpkin Kit, Thick White, White, Soft Sky,
Ink	Early Espresso, Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky, Craft White, Peekaboo Peach
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Baker's Twine (Doodlebug Designs), Paperclip (office supplies!), Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Everyday Jars Dies, Ruler for distressing edges

SIP89 Warm Fuzzies CASEing Dawn

 

Hey peeps!  It's Tuesday and that means Stamp Ink Paper time! Justin has a fun sketch for us, perfect for the little idea I got from another demonstrator, LOL!

  

Stampers are the best friends in the world!  They share their ideas so freely!  This idea came from Dawn Olchefske, a very talented SU demo, and when I saw her card here (scroll down a few), I knew I wanted to make one of my own:

It just so happened that I needed to send a card to someone who just had cataract surgery...I hope he has a good sense of humor, LOL!  Of course, the chicken is from the Hey, Chick set and the glasses are from Day at the Beach!  It was a little challenging cutting them out....even more so to pop them up on wee little pieces of dimensionals, but in the end, it was worth it!

 
 

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set, it has such great sentiments, I keep it on my desk all the time!  It just seemed to fit this crazy chicken!

I hope you can play along with our sketch this week....it's a great one with lots of room for interpretation, and the DT did an awesome job of it as well!  Check them all out HERE!

Several weeks ago, Cassidy had some lessons on soil and plants, and her class planted beans in a little cup.  I stuck hers on my window sill ledge, watered it occasionally, and despite the fact that it is root-bound, it did grown and actually has a little bean pod on it!

When I showed her the pod, she gave me a look of consternation and said, "Grammy, what am I going to do?  I don't LIKE lima beans!"  LOL!  I don't think she'll have too many to eat from this wee little pod:

Thanks for popping in today!

Project Details--All Supplies SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Day at the Beach, Hey, Chick; Avant Garden; CL342 (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Basic Black, In Color DSP Stack, Urban Underground Specialty DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Mint Macaron
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Petite Scallop Circle Die (Nestabilities), Dimensionals, Aquapainter, Blender Pen

MTS166 and AYSI144

Hi everyone!  Hope you had a fabulous weekend!  I've got some masculine cards for you today...I am meeting with five lovely ladies this morning to do some stamping and I wanted to show them some cards using the Urban Underground Specialty DSP!  The first uses the Match the Sketch sketch:

I used some of the cool silver and black hexagon DSP with silver foil and Smoky Slate cardstocks, along with Guy Greetings for the first card:

It's a little easier to see the foil here....I stamped "DAD" with Stazon ink and stamped the other images with Basic Black and fussy -cut them out.

I created my own background by stamping the sentiment on the angle repeatedly all over the Smoky Slate cardstock, and I added some Timeless Textures images as well!

The second one incorporates the As You See It Sketch:

and some other papers from the same DSP set:

The top strip also has silver foil x's on it; the central panel is regular DSP and I stamped the birthday sentiment from February's Paper Pumpkin kit directly onto it and added some of the dot elements as well:

The final embellishment is some silver wire thread and a little "bolt"!  Since the panel is on an angle, it was a little tricky to keep the wire from slipping.  I solved the problem by cutting a wee little slit on each side of my card and nestling the wire in the slit.  Worked like a charm!

Thanks for popping in today!!!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest Stamp Ink Paper challenge, too!

A little Duplo play!

Have a splendid day!

Project Details- All Products SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Guy Greetings, February Paper Pumpkin, Timeless Textures
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, Naturals White, Silver Foil, Urban Underground Specialty DSP
Ink	Stazon, Basic Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Urban Underground Embellishments, Silver Wire
Tools	Bg Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Aquapainter, Misti

Paper Players 334 Hippity Hoppity

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Time for another Paper Players challenge!  Sandy is our fabulous hostess this week with a fun, easy challenge for us:

My only problem was, which die to use?!  I just received these Pretty Pink Posh scallop dies after seeing my friend Lisa use them all the time!  And since we're coming up to Easter, I pulled out some of my all-time favorite stitched dies from Lil'Inker, the bunny and bow:

Isn't he cute?  I simply diecut him from some Whisper White cardstock; the background is from Graphic 45 and the frame is So Saffron.  I hand-cut the grass:

And the sentiment is one I luckily remembered I had, from the And Many More set, stamped in Mint Macaron.  The little eggs are from Itty Bitties!  And I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

And finally, this pretty sentiment from the Occasions catalog, from the set called Suite Sentiments, was stamped on the inside:

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure you check out what the DT did as well:

  Claire

·      Jaydee

·      Joanne

·      Laurie

·      Nance

·      Sandy

·      Crystal

·      Valentyna

·      Deanne

Last week was Dr Seuss Week at Cassidy's school and Wednesday was Wacky Wednesday!  She wanted to go to school with wacky hair, so Dana got the spray they used at Halloween and "decorated" her hair:

Yep!  She had pink, purple and green hair!  

Have a blessed day!

Project Details--All Supplies Stampin' Up! Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Suite Sentiments,  And Many More (ret), Itty Bitties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mint Macaron, So Saffron, Secret Garden DSP (Graphic 45)
Ink	Mint Macaron, So Saffron
Accessories	Pearls
Tools	Big Shot, Scallop Frames Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Stitched Bunny (Lil'Inker Designs), Banner Dies (Nestabilities)

TSOT311 and SUO169 A Lot of Green

Happy Friday, peeps!  I rarely make St Patrick's Day cards, but when I saw the SU Only Challenge this week, which is "Celebrating Green", as well as the Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch with the option of plaid, I just had to pull out this golden oldie stamp set, Gift Givers!  So here's the sketch:

And here's my card!  

I had already chosen the green plaid paper from the Warmth & Cheer pad before I even saw the plaid challenge!  I stamped my little leprechaun on some watercolor paper and colored him in with an aquapainter and inks:

And how cool is it that our stitched ovals fit the sentiments from Teeny Tiny Wishes?!  I stamped, punched and diecut this sentiment for the inside:

I also added some embossing with the Cable Knit EF, some Gumball Green stitched ribbon, and a couple of mats in Garden Green and Basic Black!  I had fun making this one!  Thanks for stopping by!

My nephew Tim stopped by earlier in the week to give us an estimate on some work he may be doing for us; while he was taking measurements, Cassidy decided to draw his picture on the driveway:

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We liked how his hair and his beard sort of encircled his head!  But the funniest part was when Uncle Timmy actually got down on the ground to compare his likeness!  Not bad! I think his legs might be a little too scrawny, though!

Enjoy the blessings of the day!

Project Details-All Products Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Gift Givers (ret), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, Garden Green, Watercolor, Warmth & Cheer DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Garden Green, Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Gumball Green ribbon (ret), Zig Painty Pen (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Squares Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Aquapainter, Cable Knit EF

LIM317 Thanks

Happy Thursday, everyone!  I had an embarrassing experience at the grocery store last week; I brought expired coupons to the register and tried to use them....I honestly had my dates mixed up, but the check-out coach graciously put them through anyway!  Amazing!  I wanted to give her a little thank you note to tell her how much I appreciated it, since the fault was totally mine.  I had these W+9 florals already stamped and diecut in my bin, so I fished them out and went to work.  I used the sketch from Less is More:

as well as a cute little block stamp from Suite Sentiments:

  

I also used a Hero Arts "thank you", stamped it in white craft ink and heat embossed it on a banner of Basic Black:

When I gave it to her, along with a little treat bag of Hershey's kisses, she almost cried!  I had to scoot because I was ready to cry too!  I imagine she doesn't get anything but complaining from her customers!  

Anyway, I don't have a picture of Cassidy today for you, but I did see this little lady (I was told the males have red in their moustaches, and this one doesn't) on my suet feeder right outside my kitchen window a couple days ago!  YIKES!  These pileated woodpeckers are elusive, so to have one fiercely hammering away at my suet was quite a sight!  My Paper Players teammate Jaydee always has them, and I am always  jealous, so I was very excited to see her.  The photos aren't very good because they were taken through a screen, but they were good enough for me!

Thanks for indulging my bird-nerdiness!  Have a blessed day!  And by the way, I FOUND my "n" from my Labeler Alphabet!!!  Yippee!!

Project Details--All Products Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Suite Sentiments, Freehand Florals (W+9), Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
Ink	Crushed Curry, Delightful Dijon, Calypso Coral, Watermelon Wonder, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Emerald Envy, White Craft
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stamp-a-Ma-Jig, White Embossing Powder, Banner Die (Nestabilities), Floral Die (W+9), Heat Tool, Dimensionals

MM237 and GDP076 Poinsettia Christmas

Whee, it's Wednesday...the week is half over!  AND it's March first! I am keeping up with my Christmas card-creating, so at the end of the year, I should be in good shape!  Today's card uses the Merry Monday prompt of "Shimmer and Sparkle", as well as the Global Design Project sketch, which is to CASE the talened Kylie Bertucci's card:

Stampin' Up! came out with this gorgeous poinsettia stamp a couple years ago called Joyful Christmas; I thought it would be pretty in lieu of the florals that Kylie used!  Here's my take on her sketch:

I used Versamark and Real Red ink to stamp each image on watercolor paper, then embossed them with clear embossing powder, making sure I cleaned my stamp well between each inking!  Then I watercolored the florals with Watermelon Wonder, Real Red and Cherry Cobbler inks...and you know me, I always "loosely" watercolor!

I colored the centers with a Zig Painty gold pen; added some Encore Gold speckles, gold sequins, and heat-embossed the "Christmas" from Time of Year with Encore Gold ink and Gold Glory embossing powder:

The "merry" is from a Paper Pumpkin kit, I believe from Christmas 2015.  A wee bit of gold thread peeks out from behind the sentiment as well, and I used Real Red glimmer paper for a little mat and gold foil for the card front!  Although this is a little more flashy than my usual style, I think it's pretty!  It certainly sparkles and shimmers!

Trying out a bus stop selfie with my new phone!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details--All Products Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Time of Year, Joyful Christmas (ret), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Paper Pumpkin (Nov 2015?)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Watercolor, Gold Foil, Red Glimmer
Ink	Versamark, Real Red, Watermelon Wonder, Cherry Cobbler, Gold Encore
Accessories	Gold Wire, Gold Sequins (Verve), Clear Embossing Powder, Gold Zig Painty (ret)
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquapainter