TCC170 Sail Away With Me Valentine

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Time for a fun new Card Concept challenge, where we use different concepts to create our cards!  Here's the fun prompt that Julie has for us today:

 

I know that Valentine's has passed, but I used the colors and theme from the prompt to create a Clean and Layered Valentine for my hubby, since he loves sailboats:

I had a lot of scraps left from my package of Hey Sports Fan DSP, so I put some of them together along with some stamped and colored images from Clearly Whimsy's Ocean Journey.  To make the sentiment from the matching set stand out a bit more, I used my Stamparatus to stamp it twice, once in Night of Navy, then again in Versamark, and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder:

I stamped another sentiment on the inside and added some little Poppy Parade stamped hearts:

He loved it too!  And I hope you'll love our inspiration photo and come play along with us!  Just check out what the "concepts" are at the Card Concept blog and be sure to tell us what your concept is!  See you there!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Ocean Journey, Ocean Journey Sentiments (both Clearly Whimsy)
Card stock & Papers	Misty Moonlight, Very Vanilla, Basic White, Hey Sports Fan DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Poppy Parade, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight, Versamark
Accessories	Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Blends

Bold Peace

Happy Saturday, peeps!  We are shopping today to pack our Operation Christmas Child boxes!  Cassidy always likes to do that!  I squeezed in some time to create a Christmas card yesterday for a few challenges:  the gorgeous photo from The Card Concept, the FMS sketch, and the metallic Christmas from  In(k)spire Me!

The Card Concept always wants to know what style card you've created---I would say that this is "cleand and layered"!  I recently got a beautiful pad of patterned paper called Wonderland from KaiserCraft, and it had this gorgeous foiled paper with a funky tree design!  I matted it with a piece of Bermuda Bay foil; in order to save some of this gorgeous foil, after cutting the mat, I cut out the center of it so that I just had a "frame" on which I mounted the printed paper!  I then used part of the piece left from the inside of the frame to diecut the "peace" (Papertrey):

I also had some Bermuda Bay glimmer paper left from last Christmas, so I cut out a few little trees  (The Stamp Market) and topped them with some silver stars

On the inside, stamped with Bermuda Bay inked, I added a sentiment from a past Paper Pumpkin kit, along with some Stamp Market trees:

The card base is Naturals White...missing that nice paper from SU's lineup!  Glad I got some while it was on the Clearance Rack!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Trees Two (The Stamp Market), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Pretty Peacock Foil in Bermuda Bay, Silver Foil, Wonderland 6x6 (Kaisercraft)
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stars Die (Verve), Peace Die (Papertrey), Tiny Trees Two Dies (The Stamp Market)

TCC120 Country Cottage Sympathy

Happy Friday, peeps!  Yay, it finally feels like fall around here--what a beautiful day it is, cool and crisp!  Do you have some fun weekend plans?  I haven't quite decided yet to do, but I do have some cards to get ready for an upcoming stamp class, so I know I'll be working on that!  

The Card Concept had a wonderful photo inspiration challenge:

I love this cottage style, especially these colors, but when I sat down to stamp something, my ideas fell flat.  I finally ended up letting some beautiful Authentique papers do most of the work for my vintage shabby chic-style sympathy card:

My father's only sibling, his brother Dave, passed away in Florida yesterday.  He and my dad hadn't seen each other for many, many years, but in his last days, in his confusion, he wanted to see Jim.  So sad that he didn't get to see my dad before he passed away.  So this card is for my aunt and her two daughters, my cousins Nancy and Bonnie...we spent many, many hours together in childhood, growing up next to each other and camping at the Delaware beaches.  I loved this paper, but it is 6x6" and I wanted to capture both sides with the butterflies, so I cut the paper in half and covered the seam with another piece of polka dotted paper, diecut with a scalloped edge die, then added a pretty grosgrain ribbon for accent.  I diecut two panels from the Stitched Nested Labels dies and stamped a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings in Night of Navy on top:

My final accent was a vellum butterfly on which I dabbed some So Saffron ink, added a couple of pearls and swished it with a Wink of Stella for shine...it's very pretty!  Thanks for popping in today!

On a happier note, Wayne attended the Eastern Produce Conference yesterday--their theme was a tailgate party, which made my Philly-team-lover son-in-law happy (see his Eagles shirt?!).  While he was there, he met Vince Papale...he was a well-loved Eagles wide receiver, and was the inspiration for the 2006 movie Invincible:

He was a happy boy!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Greetings
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Subtles DSP, Vellum, Genuine DSP, Original DSP (both Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, So Saffron
Accessories	So Saffron Grosgrain (ret), Pearl
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Dies,  Stitched Nested Labels Dies, Small Butterfly Punch (ret), Wink of Stella Pen

Retro Ornaments for The Card Concept

Hi everyone!  Wow, it's Wednesday already--the week is flying by!  I have been seeing fabulous creations using The Card Concept's gorgeous inspiration photo:

and I just had to jump on the bandwagon!  I had some pretty papers from Kaisercraft called Silver Bells, and they seemed perfect for the challenge; I would identify this as the "Clean and Layered" style:

My card base is 4 1/4" square, but I extended the fussy-cut ornaments above the fold, as it will still ft into a standard-sized envelope!  When I created this card at about 10pm at night, the Sweet Sugarplum cardstock looked like a match, but I see in my photo, the pinks are a little different...still, it's almost a match!  Aren't these silver-embossed baubles beautiful?

The musical background paper is from the same pad, and the silver embossed sentiment is from this month's Paper Pumpkin...just love that little set!  I used another ornament for the inside, along with a sentiment from Christmas Pines, also embossed in silver:

Sparkly is right!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

John Deere girl!  And what an ornery grin!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (Nov 2017)
Card stock & Papers	Sweet Sugarplum, Silver Bells DSP (Kaisercraft)
Ink	Encore Silver (ret)
Accessories	Silver Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Dimensionals

FMS308 and CC79 Rustic Neutrals

Hi all!  I had a nice relaxing evening and had fun creating this neutral-hued card for The Card Concept and the Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

So here we go:

For the "style" that I used here, I guess it could be called Classy Elegant or maybe Shabby Chic!  I started with a Crumb Cake background and pulled out a really old background stamp called Weathered and stamped it with Craft White ink.  I used a Tim Holtz brick embossing folder for the Very Vanilla panel; the wreath is made with some Kraft cardstock; the pumpkins are stamped in various neutral shades, and the leaves were diecut from Soft Sky, Mint Macaron and Lost Lagoon that were sponged with Craft White ink to soften the colors a bit.

I added some sequins, a Champagne Foil horizontal panel, and a sympathy sentiment inside and out:

  

So happy you dropped by today!

Cassidy was proud to show me the plant she is growing in school!

  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pick a Pumpkin, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Happy Birthday Gorgeous, Weathered (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Champagne Foil, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Kraft (ret), Soft Sky, Mint Macaron (ret), Lost Lagoon (ret)
Ink	Soft Suede, Craft White, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Marshmallow Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles, Patterned Pumpkins Framelits, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Brick Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Banner Dies (Nestabilities), Dimensionals

CC71 Shower Card

Happy Saturday, all!  I had a quiet day yesterday, did some chores around the house and actually got to stamp a wee bit!  I am attending a bridal shower today and when I saw the photo at The Card Concept, I thought it would translate into a pretty shower card:

The photo just doesn't do this card justice, but hopefully you'll get the idea!  

I stamped the "greenery" from Jar of Love with white craft ink and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, then lightly sponged a "halo" of Mint Macaroon behind it.  I added some Papillion Potpourri butterflies, stamped in Basic Gray and colored with Flirty Flamingo and Marina Mist, then stamped and diecut my jar on some retired DSP:

I added some Flirty Flamingo ruched ribbon, white sequins. and a little sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes, and it's good to go!  I would describe my card as the "Clean and Layered" style!

Do you think Cassidy was excited to dye Easter eggs?  Silly girl!

Wayne and Grammy got in on the act too!

Be sure to come back tomorrow--I am the hostess at the Paper Players!  Have a blessed Easter!

Project Details--All Products Stampin' Up! Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Papillion Potpourri, Jar of Love, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, DSP (retired & I can't remember the name of it!)
Ink	White Craft, Going Gray, Marina Mist, Flirty Flamingo, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Flirty Flamingo Ruched Ribbon, Marshmallow Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Big Shot, Everyday Jars Dies, Bitty Banners Dies (ret), White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals

SIP87 A Little Kindness

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Stamp Ink Paper challenge!  And what a sweet challenge it is:  Kindness!

I haven't done a "vintage" card lately, and this set from Artistic Outpost has been sadly under-used, so I got it inky!  

The set is called Birds of a Feather, and it has a nice selections of vintage images!  I thought these little girls were sweet:

And it has a lovely German print background, interspersed with some egg images; I added the sentiment and the florals (same set), then stamped a couple of butterflies from Kinda Eclectic:

Because these little girls looked like best friends, I added a tag, some linen thread and a candy dot, then a layer of Graphic 45 DSP and some crochet trim and rickrack!

And finally, a sentiment also from Kinda Eclectic....because my sweet friend is indeed very kind!

This is also for the Sunday Stamps 146 sketch challenge, as well as the Double D Challenges, which is to use rickrack or zigzag!  Edited to add: This fits well for the Card Concept challenge this week, which is Vintage!

Edited to add: This fits well for the Card Concept challenge this week, which is Vintage!

I hope you will play along with the Stamp Ink Paper team and share your creations with us this week! Can't wait to spread some kindness around!

Cassidy and Lamby are having quite a phone conversation:

I wonder what their conversation was about?  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details--All Products Stampin' Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Kinda Eclectic, Birds of a Feather (Artistic Outpost), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Botanical Tea DSP (Graphic 45)
Ink	Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Crochet Trim (ret), Rickrack (my stash), Candy Dots, Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Die, Cuttlebug Tag Die, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers, Aquapainter

MTS048 and TCC24

 

Happy Monday, peeps!  And Happy December!  The countdown to Christmas is on!  My friend Sandy suggested I submit my Paper Players card from yesterday to the Card Concept challenge, but I was worried that it wouldn’t fly since it technically wasn’t a tag!  Here’s their challenge:

They wanted a tag or a card with a tag on it, featuring a snowman or something snowy!  I had gotten these really fun BoBunny chipboard elements while visiting Sandy in October, and normally I would just hoard them, but I actually put a couple to use making a tag for my card, LOL!!  Aren’t you proud of me?

I used the colors of Blushing Bride and Smoky Slate for my card base, using the sketch from Match The Sketch this week:

After adhering the Slate panel, I ran the card through my Big Shot with an EF from Darice called Snowflake Swirl.  I kept the rest of the card pretty simple because I wanted to focus on this fun face:

I did add a little silver-glittered sentiment from Whippersnapper’s Snowman for Peace, stamped in Basic Gray along with some chipboard stars:

I punched the top of the Very Vanilla tag with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch and added some silver and Blushing Bride baker’s twine to finish it off!  I guess my style today would qualify as "clean and layering"!

Cassidy’s been with her daddy the past few days, so I don’t have any pictures of her to share, but I will share with you the counted cross-stitch stocking I finished for her this weekend:

As far as I can count, this is the eighth stocking that I have done in this style….here is the one I did for my BIL a couple years back:

Every year, Counted Cross Stitch and Country magazine published a pattern for these in the 1980s, and I still have almost all my issues!  Unfortunately, I am not sure my eyes could handle doing another one, though!  Thanks for visiting today!