AYSI373 Speedy Tulips

 Happy Friday! Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's SPEED STAMPING time!  Woohoo!  For this challenge, we are asking you to stamp a card in ten minutes or less, and show us your time!  You can assemble all your supplies ahead of time, but once you start stamping/diecutting/adhering, you're on the clock!  So here's our prompt this week:

I don't have many tulip stamps--maybe one--but I do have a wee little tulip die that I bring out every now and then, and since it's small I was pretty sure I could fit it into my ten-minute time frame!  So here we go:

I really love the combination of Poppy Parade and Pool Party, so when I saw this big polka dot print DSP in my scrap bin, I thought it would be great for a bright red tulip!  It comes with this little frame die, and I already had this piece of white cardstock embossed and unused, so I ran everything through the Big Shot , did some stamping and punching, and called it done!  Hopefully you can't see the glue that oozed out while trying to adhere that skinny little frame, LOL!

Since I had some time left, I did add some red enamel dots for pizzazz!  And since the Just Add Ink challenge this week is "Polka Dots", I am entering it there!

And here's my time:

Not bad!  I hope you'll not be scared off by our speed stamping challenge!  Just keep it simple, bright and fun!  Share it with us over at the As You See It blog, and don't forget to give us your time!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Pool Party DSP (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Tulip Frame Dies (Concord & 9th), Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (ret), Modern Label Punch (ret)

PP786 CAS Challenge from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess this week with a fun Clean and Simple challenge:

Yum!  There are a myriad of choices with this challenge! Just remember to keep it clean and simple--minimal layers, images and stamps!  I put my new Made With Sweetness dies to work, using the peach die along with the Mini Alphabet dies as well:

I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Pumpkin Pie cardstocks to create my peach slice, adding a little white craft ink to the Pumpkin Pie piece to soften it up a bit.  The tag was cut from some retired Crisp Cantaloupe DSP and a piece of vellum, tied with some Crisp Cantaloupe ribbon.  I shaded the alphabet letters with a Blend to give them a little depth.

I added a sentiment from the retired Sunny Sentiments set:

And I am going to enter this into the TGIF challenge, which is thank you cards:

We can't wait to see what food you will add to your clean and simple card!  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sunny Sentiments (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pumpkin Pie, Crisp Cantaloupe DSP (ret), Vellum (ret)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Crisp Cantaloupe Ribbon, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Made With Sweetness Dies, Mini Alphabet Dies, Tailor Made Tag Dies (ret), Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Blends

Sleepy Kitty

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a really, really clean and simple card for you today; I used the theme from CAS on Sunday, which is animals, and the colors from Color Hues:

I used two new In Colors (out today!) of Hydrangea Hue and Golden Glow, along with a sweet little image from Unity Stamps:

I made an embossed oval and stamped my sleepy kitty inside, then added a Whittles Saying to the corner, along with a little flourish from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

This is uber-CAS,  even more CAS than I normally do, but I do have a friend who loves cats, so this will be for her!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love & Good Vibes (Unity), Whittle Sayings (Poppystamps), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hydrangea Hue
Ink	Hydrangea Hue, Golden Glow
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

Addicted to CAS Postage Christmas

 Happy Wednesday, everyone! I have a quick little clean and simple card today--another Christmas one--for the Addicted to CAS challenge of "postage"!

Last year I got some vintage Christmas postage stamp images from Elizabeth Crafts, so I thought they would be great for the challenge:

Using a Waffle Flower postage die, I cut out two stamps from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped my images in Cherry Cobbler and Shaded Spruce inks, then added some register stamps on a Crumb Cake card behind them:

I have been longing to try to "speckles" on my card to give it a more vintage look, so I watered down some Craft White ink and using my aquapainter, tapped it on the handle of another paintbrush and it didn't turn out too badly.  Looks like snow, although some of them have a more of a raindrop look! I need practice! And just to show you that even after 25 years of stamping, there are still things to learn:

Be sure your Cherry Cobbler ink is fully dry on your Crumb Cake card BEFORE you add your speckles.  Better yet, speckle first, THEN stamp!  I hope the recipient won't mind the blurry sentiment, LOL!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	December Postage Stamps (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Vintage Christmas (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce,  Crumb Cake, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Stamp Die (Waffle Flower), Aquapainter

PP782 Fawned of You

Happy Sunday, all!  Hope you're having a good weekend so far!  It's Christy's turn to be the hostess at the Paper Players, and it's clean-and-simple week! She has a sweet theme for it, too! Check it out:

What a fun theme!  Remember, it needs to be clean and simple!  Not a lot of embellishments or layers (although mine does have a couple of them!). I went searching through my plethora of paper and stamps and went a real easy route, letting the paper do most of the work!  Here we go:

I remembered I had some really cute papers from Craft Consortium with lots of woodland creatures and greenery on it, so I diecut a little fawn from one piece, added a scallop border and a couple more of the forest babies (massive fussy-cutting skills here!) along the edges:

And since those Poppy Whittle Sayings were still on my desk, I couldn't resist adding a punny sentiment!  Oh, and I did emboss my Natural White cardstock panel with a Burlap embossing folder before adhering it to a Basic Beige card base.  I wish SU still carried the Natural White cardstock; it's such a good fit with nature-themed cards!

The Design Team at the Players has really come up with some fun creations!  Be sure to pop on over to the Paper Players to give them some love, then share your clean-and-simple baby animal creativity with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Naturals White (ret), Copper Clay (ret), Little Fawn & Friends (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Cinnamon Cider (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), 1 3/4" Circle Punch (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Burlap Embossing Folder (Honey Bee)

PP777 CAS Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, all!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week with a timely, fun Clean-and-Simple challenge: 

There are always lots of options for florals, right?!  For my card, I also chose to use the color challenge from Retro Rubber as well:

So here we go:

I am really trying to use some of my older stamps; these florals happen to come from a Paper Pumpkin kit; I would say it's at least five or six years old, perhaps older, because I haven't done Paper Pumpkin for a while!  I stamped the flowers and leaves on a piece of Basic White cardstock and watercolored them with Bubble Bank, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green and Mossy Meadow inks.  I then fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a Bubble Bath frame on top of a Basic White card base.

 I also diecut a little cross-stitch pattern around the edge of the card--still keeps it clean and simple, but adds some interest!  Finally my sentiment is from Suite Sayings (2016), stamped in Strawberry Slush.  It is always fun to use some older stuff!  

I hope you'll play with our challenge this week!  Remember to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE--minimal stamps, layers and embellishments!  Share it with us over at the blog!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Suite Sayings (2016), Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine Black, Bubble Bath, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Aquapainter

PP773 CAS Balloons

 Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Stef as our hostess!  It's Clean-and-Simple time, and it's a fun one:

What's more fun than balloons and birthdays?!  We just have to make sure it's CLEAN and SIMPLE!  So here we go:

This little Anita Jeram bunny from Colorado Craft is one of the cutest images EVER!  And so easy to color!  Because I chose pink as my accent color, I'm going to say this bunny is a SHE!  She has three balloons; two I diecut separately (and you can see the little string hanging down---I forgot to cut it off!) and the one is part of the original stamp.  I did some loose watercoloring and after diecutting, I mounted it on a stenciled background and added the birthday sentiment.

And here's the inside:

This worked up in a flash!  Now, how will you put your birthday wishes and balloons together?  Share your creation with us at the Paper Players--can't wait to see it!  Just make sure it's CLEAN and SIMPLE--minimum layers and products!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Birthday Wishing (Colorado Craft Company)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink, Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Birthday Wishing Dies (Colorado Craft), Baby Love Dots Stencil (Echo Park), Blending Brush, Aquapainter

PP746 Color Challenge from Ann

Hello, stamping friends! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this week, Ann is our lovely hostess with an interesting color challenge:

I will admit that at first glance, this challenge had me stumped! But as I was going through some of my older stamps, I remembered this outline feather from Papertrey, and I thought it would be a perfect element!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

To begin, I placed the stamp in my stamp positioner, then stamped it with Pretty Peacock ink on a card base of Thick Basic White.  After cleaning the stamp well, I inked it again with Versamark ink and stamped right on top of the Peacock ink.  I heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder, which made it really easy to watercolor in those open areas with Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia and a washed-out shade of Pretty Peacock inks using an aquapainter:

I managed to find some sequins in my stash that pretty much matched my colors.  A simple, fun sentiment from the same set finished it off!

What do these colors make you think about? Flowers? Geometric elements? Feathers? LOL!  I hope you'll check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog, then share your creativity with us as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	What The Doodle:Feather (Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Versamark, Pretty Peacock, Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquapainter

PP748 Fresh & Fruity

Happy Sunday, peeps! Claire is our Paper Players hostess and she has a fun CLEAN-AND-SIMPLE challenge for us this week! I love it:

I realized I don't have many "fruity" stamps, but I went waaay back into my archive of older stamps and not only did I find a fruity stamp, I found paper to match!  Here we go:

This little Papertrey stamp has been around for a long time, but it's so darn cute, I can't part with it! I stamped it in Poppy Parade and Granny Apple Green, then added the stem and sentiment in Early Espresso!  And check out that diecut mat....remember Kiwi Kiss?  Yep, another oldie!  My simple embellishment was some embroidery floss from my stash!  The apple paper is also from PTI, although the green scalloped paper is a mystery, LOL:

And how about this punny sentiment for the inside?!

I used the sketch from FMS, which is one of my favorites:

I sure hope you'll play along with our challenge this week!  Be sure to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE, though---a minimum of layers and embellishments is what we want to see! Check out all the DT samples at the Paper Players blog, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Apple of My Eye (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Apple (Papertrey), Green Plaid from my stash
Ink	Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso
Accessories	Green Embroidery Floss from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Spotlight on Nature Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Early Espresso Marker

PP734 CAS Challenge from Elizabeth

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Happy Easter, too!  Elizabeth is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has a fun CLEAN-AND-SIMPLE challenge for us:

Isn't that little bunny adorable?  I already had all my Easter cards done, but I did remember this cute little pair of bunny slippers in my stash:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I used a piece of Petal Pink DSP for the left panel, embellishing it with a wee bit of cardstock that was diecut with a scalloped stitched die.  The slippers were stamped in Versafine Black and the ears and noses were watercolored with Petal Pink ink:

The outside sentiment is from Hero Arts; the inside is from A Dozen Thoughts:

I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks challenge, where they are looking for CAS creations!  

This is such a fun challenge! You could use bunnies for any number of occasions!  Don't forget that it has to be clean-and-simple---minimal supplies and layers! Be sure to check out the samples from the Design Team over at the Paper Players to get some inspiration! Hope to see you there!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Dozen Thoughts (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts), Bunny Slippers (100 Proof Press)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Petal Pink DSP (ret)
Ink	Petal Pink, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Stitched Scalloped Die (Lawn Fawn), Aquapainter

PP729 CAS Challenge from Joanne

Happy Sunday, all!  Joanne is our Paper Players hostess with a fun Clean-and-Simple challenge!  Remember, those CAS challenges are to keep things simple....a minimum of layers and doodads!  In fact, Joanne just wants us to use one stamped image!!

I received a lovely set of images from Unity back last March and had not used this particular one, so I thought it was a good time to get it inky:

I stamped the image in Real Red, and I did add a bit of blender-pen coloring to the geraniums, but really, the image is so detailed, it doesn't need it.  I added another Unity sentiment, "hello" as well as a few sequins:

And a sweet sentiment on the inside as well:

It is fun to do a CAS card like this occasionally, heaven knows I have enough stamps that would fit the bill!  How about you?  What can you do with just one stamped image?  I'll bet you can do more than you realize!  Show us your CAS creations over at the Paper Players blog and check out what the Design Team created as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love & Good Vibes (Unity KOTM 3/24), Every Step of the Way (Unity KOTM 11/24)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Sequins from my stash
Tools	Blender Pen

PP725 CAS Masculine from Jan

Happy Sunday, all!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess today and she has a fun clean-and-simple challenge for us!!  She wants us to make a masculine card---that can definitely be a challenge at some times!

I saw a card on Facebook and sadly, didn't keep the source, so if anyone knows who came up with this idea, let me know!  I took the largest die from the Everyday Arches dies, laid the straight edge just a wee bit above the fold of my Crumb Cake card and here's what I came up with:

The die cuts easily through the two layers of cardstock!  These images and sentiments are all from Unity, and they were stamped in Versafine Black ink:

I did add a couple of Basic Black diecuts for a little visual interest; I used Basic Borders and All That Dies (trimmed down).  And I gave my delivery van a little grounding with a swash of Pecan Pie with my aquapainter!

Hope you'll play along with our masculine clean-and-simple challenge at the Paper Players this week!  Pull out your masculine stamps and show us what you come up with!  

The kids went to the Super Bowl parade on Friday---I watched some on TV---lots of noise and excitement!  Wayne is a diehard Philadelphia sports fan, as is his brother, so I think although it was very cold, they had a great time!

The cheerleaders are important, too, right?!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For the Guys (Unity), Consider Yourself Vintage (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, All That Dies (ret), Basic Border Dies (ret)