To a Deer Friend

 Happy Thanksgiving eve, everyone!  I have a fun little Christmas card today, a bit "punny", and it is for three challenges:  Color My Heart Color Dare wants shades of brown, plus two other colors; Christmas Kickstart wants to see antlers, and the CAS Colours & Sketches is a sketch:

I had not used the pretty little deer from Papertrey's Deer To Me for a long time, so I got to work:

My shades of brown are Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso; I added Real Red and Shaded Spruce as my two additional colors.  I faintly stamped trees from Pine Tree Trimmings in the background, and the punny sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings:

A sentiment from Best Year went on the inside:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings, Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Whittle Sayings (PoppyStamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Real Red
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Craft White
Accessories	Red Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), 1/8" Hole Punch

CASC&S572 Another Easy Card

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I have another quick Christmas card, courtesy of the lovely sketch from the team at CAS Colours & Sketches:

I was going through some older Christmas DSP and found this gingham print from Toile Tidings, and I thought it would look nice with one of the new Winter Scenes:

I stamped and diecut my little scene, then added "Noel" from Wishing You Joy, and diecut it with an Everyday Arches die.  I created a banner from the plaid, adding a Garden Green mat, then mounted it on a card embossed with some pine trees:

I added some Wink of Stella and a wee little starry sequin to finish it off!  

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

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Scenes, Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Toile Tidings (ret)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Star Sequin (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Tall Pines Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp), Wink of Stella

Winter Schminter

 Happy Tuesday, all! I have an uber-quick card for you today; it's for two challenges!  The Addicted to CAS challenge wants to see a sweater, and the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is a sketch:

I have a fun little sweater die that I pulled out, along with some scraps of paper from my stash; here we go:

I actually cut two sweaters from some retired Soft Sky cardstock and "stretched" it to make it fit under the sentiment banner a wee bit!  A little faceted embellishment tied to the colors of the plaid strip.  The strips were diecut with the Taylored Expressions Easy Strips Stitched dies; they make for a nicely-finished edge, I think! The sentiment is from Whippersnapper; it's an oldie from 2008!

The top inside sentiment is from the same Whippersnapper set; the birthday one is from Paper Pumpkin:

A fun wintry birthday card for my stash!  Thanks for stopping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Schminter (Whippersnapper), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Winter Wonderland (Simple Stories)
Ink	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals, Faceted Gem (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sweater Die (Gummiapan), Easy Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)

PP754 Sending You Cheer

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Ann as our hostess! And what a fun challenge she has for us:

Ann's challenge gave me the chance to use this cute new set called Jar of Joy!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I stamped the jar, gingerbread and candy image and punched it out with the matching punch, then mounted it on a piece of Christmas Tags & More Specialty DSP.  The horizontal strip is the opposite side of the green paper.  I added some Peppermint embellishments for more candy fun!

The sentiment on the front is from another new set called Wishing You Joy:

I added a little piece of DSP on the inside, as well as another sentiment from Jar of Joy:

There are endless possibilities for our challenge this week! Be sure to hop over to the Paper Players and see what the other designers came up with! And while you're there, be sure to welcome our new team member, Christy!  She's been playing with us for a long time, and we're happy to have her on the team! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jar of Joy, Wishing You Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Christmas Tags & More Specialty DSP
Ink	Garden Green, Real Red, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Peppermint Embellishments, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sweet Jar Builder Punch, Cracker & Treat Bag Dies (ret), Blender Pen

CAS Sparkly Wreath

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a real quick Christmas card today, it uses the CAS Colours & Sentiments sketch as well as the Christmas Kickstart challenge to use a wreath:

I pulled out some goodies and went to work:

My paper is from Unity, called Watercolor Tidings, and the Avery Elle diecuts were made with some retired glimmer paper from SU.  This wreath is just so pretty:

The sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp, called Tiny Words Christmas, and they were stamped in Emerald Envy ink.  I did add a few more little glimmer stars on the inside since the sentiment words are so small!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Green Glimmer Paper (ret), Watercolor Tidings (Unity)
Ink	Emerald Envy (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Star Wreath Dies (Avery Elle)

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

CAS C&S563 You're On My Mind

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Happy July! Hope you're staying cool!  We had quite a busy weekend--2-day yard sale, church, boat ride, recuperation, LOL, so my stamping time was a bit limited! The Clean and Simple Colours & Sketches challenge this week is a sweet little color challenge to get my mojo started again:

I haven't used the set Encircled With Love very much, so I did some stamping in each of the colors, then fussy-cut some of the images and popped them up on an embossed panel for an uber-CAS card:

I did add a tiny scallop mat behind the image, as well as some Wink of Stella to the pink heart and a rhinestone gem to the purple one:

Simple, easy and sweet!  Thanks for popping in today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Encircled With Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Bubble Bath, Azure Afternoon, Highland Heather
Accessories	Dimensionals, Peacock Rhinestone (ret), Wink of Stella
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Mini Corrugated Embossing Folder

CASC&S560 Happy Father's Day

 Happy Thursday, all! I have a fun little Father's Day card today and it uses the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I pulled out some old My Favorite Things dies and went to work:

My card is a 4 1/4" square Very Vanilla, and I used the dies from Trusty Tools to create the "boards" for the four squares from Pecan Pie cardstock.  Each of the tools was diecut from retired Brushed Silver cardstock, then layered with a colored cardstock handle:

The sentiment is also from Trusty Tools, and the inside sentiment is from Layers of Beauty, and I embellished it with some nuts and bolts!!!

I haven't done a masculine card for a while, so this was fun and now I have a card for a certain guy I know!  Thanks for visiting today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pecan Pie, Blueberry Bushel, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Brushed Silver (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade, Gray Granite, Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Trusty Tools Dies, Tool Dies (My Favorite Things)

One Layer Poinsettia

 Happy Thursday, all!  The Jingle Belles challenge this week is to make a one-layer card, and the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is an interesting color palette:

And the Christmas Kickstart challenge is poinsettias:

so I pulled out an old SU favorite, Poinsettia Petals, and went to work:

At first glance, this seems to be rather a not-very-cheery Christmas card, but the photo really doesn't do it justice!  I heat-embossed the poinsettia with Pebble Path and Versamark inks and clear embossing powder, and colored it with the Moody Mauve and Blackberry Bliss inks.  In hindsight, I would not add the shading around the outer edges, but you know how it does....once you start, you gotta keep going! I added some speckles and a pretty sentiment, all on a Basic Beige card base:

The embossing really gives it a nice touch!  I added a sentiment from the same poinsettia set as well as some stamped berries:

One-layer cards can be a challenge, but it can be done!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings of the Season, Country Birdhouse (speckles), Poinsettia Petals (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige
Ink	Versamark, Pebbled Path, Moody Mauve, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquaapainter

CASCS55 Happy We Are Friends

Happy Thursday, everyone! I am using a new stamp on my card today, it's called Spring Corners! I sometimes hesitate getting new stamps because I have so many already, but this one has sentiments going around the corner and I thought they were quite interesting!  My first foray is for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge, which is a color challenge using hues I would not usually go to:

I chose the balloon image to create a friendship card:

I stamped, diecut and watercolored the balloons in the challenge colors, and although you can't see it, I added some Wink of Stella.  The sentiment was stamped in Berry Burst, and I used the new Textured Notes dies to cut out the Lemon Lime Twist DSP and Basic White layers:

My final addition was some Black & White Gingham ribbon!  

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Corners
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist DSP
Ink	Black Stazon, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Black & White Gingham Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spring Corners Dies, Textured Notes Dies

On Your Big Day

Happy Thursday, everyone! I have a friend at church who will be celebrating a big birthday soon! I decided to use the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches as well as the color palette from Hand Stamped Sentiments for her card:

She loves dogs and I always give her a dog-themed card, but I thought this year, I'd change it up!  Here we go:

I diecut the sand dollars from Seaside Wishes from Lemon Lolly (and I just realized that is NOT a color in the challenge, so sorry!) cardstock and colored them with Calypso Coral ink using a Blending Brush.  I am sure there are NO sand dollars in real life that look like this, but I am using my artistic license, LOL!  I added a sentiment from Choose Happy in Craft White and Summer Splash, as well as a cute little Summer Splash Glimmer starfish:

For extra fun, I stamped some sprinkles around the sand dollars and also embossed the outside edges with the retired Stitched With Whimsy dies.  On the inside, I combined a few sentiments from the Everyday Greetings set:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings, Choose Happy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Summer Splash, Summer Splash Gimmer
Ink	Calypso Coral, Craft White, Summer Splash
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Seaside Wishes Dies, Blending Brushes, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret)

Hello Love

 Happy Thursday, everyone!  I have a cute little Valentine card today; it uses the FMS sketch as well as the color palette from CAS Colours & Sketches:

What fun colors together!  So here we go:

My little hearts are from the retired Give It a Whirl, and they were "hung" on a little banner from Scrapbook.com:

I embossed the bottom portion of my white panel with the Dotty Hearts embosing folder, then added a sentiment from Good Greetings, punched out with an oval punch:

I am also going to enter this at the JUGS challenge for this week, which is to use a heart!

Thanks for visiting today!  

One of Cassidy's Christmas presents last year was to go to a University of Connecticut basketball game to watch her favorite player, Paige Bueckers.  She really enjoyed it!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Good Greetings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Melon Mambo, Summer Splash, Real Red, Basic Black
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Scrapbook.com), Give It a Whirl Dies (ret), Dotty Hearts Embossing Folder (ret), Small Oval Punch (ret)