AHSC571 Thanks for Everything

Happy Wednesday, all!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge and here it is:

I needed a special thank you card for one of my stampers who is always so generous and kind!  I am trying to use up some of the beautiful designer papers that will be retiring soon, so I pulled out some Inked Botanicals along with the Color and Contour stamps and dies and went to work:

I am using some colors from the Color Dare challenge choosing yellow and light teal as my colors:

The florals are stamped in Lost Lagoon, and I stamped off the "filler" part of the flower, then added some Lemon Lolly speckles as well as some yellow mat dots for fun. I used some retired yellow and white baker's twine to added a little more interest:

My sentiment was also stamped in Lost Lagoon, and I layered different patterns of DSP on a base of Lost Lagoon that was embossed with the Cane Weave embossing folder.  I did sponge some white ink on the embossing for a lighter look:

I like this fresh color combo!  And I love the sketch too!  I hope you'll play along with us...there are endless variations to it, and it may be a great way to use up some of those little scraps we all have!  Be sure to share your creation with us at Atlantic Hearts!

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence. 2 Peter 1:3

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Color and Contour
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Inked Botanicals DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Lemon Lolly
Accessories	Matte Dots (ret), Yellow & White Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contour Dies, Cane Weave Embossing Folder

You're A Blessing

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Tomorrow at church we'll honor our pianist/organist who has made our worship so much more meaningful during the last FORTY years!  Can you believe that?  Forty years!  She has a master's degree in music and plays at nursing homes and for many choruses besides at our little church! She is also a teacher and Dana was her student as well!  So here's the card I made to thank her for all her music over the years:

Although it's technically not a Christmas card, I did use some beautiful Christmas papers from Kaiserkraft, adding a Balmy Blue glimmer paper scallop and a sentiment from Little Delights; the card base is Sahara Sand, and it's larger than a standard A4 card because I wanted to get all of that image at the top:

Since it was a larger card, I created my own envelope with an envelope punch board, and added a scallop of the same paper along the edge:

And I used a large sentiment from Pinkfresh's Scripted Bold Sentiments on the inside:

I am also entering this at the Color Dare 476, where they want to see pastel shades!  I did use a blue shade for my sentiments, so I hope they won't disqualify me!!

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

"It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp."  Psalm 91:1-3

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Delights, Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh)
Card stock & Papers	Sahara Sand, Silver Bells DSP (Kaiserkraft), Balmy Blue Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Be Mine Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Envelope Punch Board (ret)

PP530 Sweet Friend Sketch

Hi stampers!  Sunday brings a new Paper Players challenge with Ann as our hostess and she's sharing a great sketch!  Here we go:

 

I have been itching to play with the new set Welcoming Window, so I paired it with some colors from the Color Dare Tic-Tac-Toe palette:

I chose the top row across, using Highland Heather, Mossy Meadow and Balmy Blue!  So here we go:

I did a bit of creative stamping and diecutting to get the window the way I wanted, then added the vase and flowers:

This set has a lot of sweet sentiments, and I love this one; I cut it out with the Tasteful Labels die:

I added this sweet little corner vine:

and another pretty sentiment, backed with some brick:

I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks, where they are looking for "occasions"!

This is a great basic sketch that can be made as simple or layered as you want!  Can't wait to see how you interpret it!  Be sure to pop over to the Paper Players blog to check out the awesome samples!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Welcoming Window
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Highland Heather, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Window Flower Box Dies

Chipmunk Thanks

Happy Saturday, stampers!  I have a quick masculine card for you today! My birthday is coming up and my sweet step-father-in-law is always very generous, so I wanted to send him a special thank you card.  He's a no-frills kinda guy, so it's a no-frills kinda card, but I did manage to incorporate three challenges!  But first, my card:

TGIF Challenges wants us to use our paper scraps; Color Dare is featuring shades of brown; and Daring Cardmakers, a new one to me, wants us to use three of something!

You know how you always have those little strips of leftover DSP when you cut a mat for the front of a standard-sized card?  I took some of those woodgrained-pattern strips from the Neutrals 6x6 pad in Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, and Cajun Craze (that's my "three") and cut them with a cool little die from Ornate Layers....it's 4" x 7/8" and has stitching all around.  I placed them on an angle on my Very Vanilla card, butting the edges together, to create a little patchwork panel:

For my focal panel, I stamped the chipmunk in Early Espresso on a scrap of Very Vanilla, then used a square Stitched Shape die to cut it out. I took a B acrylic block, stuck it on a Crumb Cake ink pad, then "stamped" once on scrap paper and again directly on top of my critter.  The sentiment was stamped in Cajun Craze:

That's a fun way to add color and texture in a snap!  Now to get this out in the mail!

We do have a chipmunk that scoots around our patio and under our porch, but he is way too shy and quick for me to get a photo of him.  Last Sunday morning, however, we did "capture" this little guy:

He (or she!) has been a naughty little character, stealing whole blocks of suet from my feeders, and climbing up to the top of the seed feeders, helping himself to anything available!  This day, he helped himself to an apple inside of John's Have-a-Heart trap, and he was not a happy camper.  HOWEVER..... a few minutes after we discovered him, when John came to take him to the wooded area down the road and release him, he had ESCAPED!  Apparently the door to the trap has a tiny bit of play in it and he managed to squeeze himself under it!  SO....no more bird seed or suet until John fixes the trap!  You can't fool with Mother Nature....or brother raccoon!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Field Journal
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Neutrals DSP
Ink	Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Layers Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Acrylic Block B

Color Dare 402 Positive Thoughts

Hi stampers!  Happy Wednesday!  The most recent Color Dare challenge is a monochromatic blue one!  I love blue!

My recent club members made a monochromatic card using Misty Moonlight with a wee bit of Seaside Spray, so I thought I would share it here.  It's sort of a "peek-a-boo" card; it features a clear panel of acetate through which the inside sentiment "peeks" through!  So here we go:

We used the Greenery embossing folder, the floral from the Positive Thoughts stamp set, doing some generational stamping to get a lighter hue, the Nature's Thoughts and Stitched So Sweetly dies, and some ribbon and matching DSP:

We made use of the Stamparatus to make sure our sentiment fit within the window perfectly:

And for some sparkle, added a little gem from the Holiday Rhinestones to the butterfly diecut:

Everyone enjoyed making it too!  And remember how I told you I have nice friends in yesterday's post?  My friend and club member Donna brought these for me to enjoy:

They came from a local Amish farm, and I AM enjoying them!  They're beautiful!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Three for the Fourth

Hi peeps, Happy 4th of July to my American friends!  I had a very crafty day yesterday, plus I got almost everything on my "to-do" list done!  It was a productive day!  I have three cards to share, for several challenges...I don't do that too often, so bear with me!

The first is for FMS; I needed a birthday card for a very special lady at church.  She is a tower of strength despite illness and losing her daughter, always volunteers to help for anything that is going on at church, even before I ask,  and has the most positive attitude and cheerful smile ever!  I haven't used these pretty Peony Garden papers, even though they have lots of Petal Pink  (not my favorite pink), and I thought they would look nice on her card.  So here's the sketch:

and here's my card:

After cutting my oval and circles from the Stitched Shapes dies, I embossed the white one with the Ornate Floral EF, then added a fussy-cut daisy from Ornate Style, stamped in Basic Gray (stamped off once) and watercolored with Petal Pink and Pear Pizzazz:

I stamped a sentiment from Lovely You and added "wishes" from an old set called Endless Birthday Wishes....one of SU's first photopolymer set!  A few sequins scattered here and there, and it was done!  Here's the inside, stamped in Petal Pink and Smoky Slate:

My second card is a Christmas card, and I am entering it at the Krafty Chicks Challenge, which is "Stamp Act"...use a stamp.  I had purchased this digital stamp from Marcella Hawley after seeing it on a PP card a few weeks back...I loved it and had to have it.  It was sitting on my desk, colored but unfinished so I found some matching papers, threw it all on a Crumb Cake card base and called it done too:

It was printed on plain old computer paper and I colored it with Blends, then added a sentiment from Concord & 9th, stamped in Real Red:

Finally, a little nod to patriotic red, white and blue, I made this:

I have had this stamp for a long time, but don't remember who made it; there was no name on the wooden block. (My friend Vickie tells me it is from 100 Proof Press!  Thanks, Vickie!)  It was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink, and since it's so large, I left the card pretty plain, just added some Real Red gingham DSP and a bow of Misty Moonlight. The sentiment is from an old Unity set.  I just love these silhouettes:

I'm entering this at Little Red Wagon (Summertime Fun), Time Out Challenges (Days Gone By), and Color My Heart Color Dare's Inspiration Board:

    

               

Thanks for hanging with me this far!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

A lot of swimming and sunshine equals:

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified-First Card
Stamps	Ornate Style, Lovely You, Here's A Card, Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Peony Garden DSP
Ink	Basic Gray, Petal Pink, Pear Pizzazz, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Ornate Floral EF, Subtle EF, Aquapainter

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified-Second Card
Stamps	Country Christmas Digital (Marcella Hawley, Joyful Noel (Concord & 9th)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Computer, Misc DSP from my stash
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Blends

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified-Third Card
Stamps	Summer Children Silhouette (100 Proof Press), Sentiments O'Plenty (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Misty Moonlight, Real Red Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Misty Moonlight Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies

CAS Thinking of You

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a couple of CAS cards for you today; I finally got my SU order, so I hope to play with those goodies today!  Meanwhile, the Color Dare 394 wants Monochromatic Greens:

and I needed to amp up my birthday card stash, so I pulled out the soon-to-retire Time for Tags and some shades of green:

I stamped the tag in Call Me Clover and used Blends and a Blender Pen and ink to color it in, then embellished it with a little green glimmer paper star:

I punched it out with the matching tag punch, then used some Call Me Clover DSP and the Nested Label die for my layers.  I adhered them to some Granny Apple Green layers to add another green!  On the inside, I stamped images from Bonanza Buddies, as well as a couple more glimmer stars:

My second card is for Just Add Ink's Thinking of You challenge, Perfectly CAS's Animal challenge, and CAS On Sunday's Use a Die challenge:

My Community Bible Study stopped face-to-face meeting, obviously, but we were continuing via Zoom, and my leader shared some really cute paper plates she had gotten earlier in the year for our last meeting, which is always a lovely brunch with beautifully decorated tables and a sharing time.  The plates had a big giraffe on them, very cute, and I thought I would use the one giraffe stamp I had to make her a thank you card:

I stamped my giraffe from 100 Proof Press in Cajun Craze and fussy-cut him out, then layered him on another Nested Label diecut panel.  I stamped an image from Gallery Grunge in Terracotta Tile, and added a sentiment from Daily Bread Design's Mini Tag Sentiments.

My top Very Vanilla layer is also diecut with MFT's Wonky Stitched Rectangle die for some additional interest!  Now, to get this out in the mail!  

I haven't had any Cassidy pictures lately, but I thought I would share this photo of my minister's kids; they built a "teepee" in their backyard:

Between that and the treehouse that John built for them, they'll be set for all their outdoor summer activities!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy your day and be blessed!