FMS711 You Make My Heart Smile

 Happy Thursday, peeps! A busy day today, so this will be short and sweet! Kim's sketch at FMS is an interesting one:

That is a big circle! My mind immediately went to my Dotted Circles embossing folder, so I combined it with a little wreath from the retired Cottage Wreaths set:

My wreath is stamped in Crumb Cake, and I added some additional leaves in Pecan Pie and some "blueberries" because I had already stamped and embossed my sentiment on some Misty Moonlight cardstock:

After running a piece of Basic White through the embossing folder, I trimmed it out, then mounted it on another embossed piece, this time using Gathering Leaves.  My final addition was a wee bit of twine, tied into a bow, and a few silver pearls.  I left the inside blank, because there are several occasions for which I could use this card, so I'll stamp something when I need it!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"In his disciples' presence Jesus performed many other miracles which are not written down in this book.  But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life."  John 20:30-31

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, Cottage Wreaths (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight
Ink	Craft White, Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Silver pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Wreaths Dies (ret), Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

PP762 Thanksgiving Blessings

 Happy Sunday, peeps! I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week and we have a "thankful" theme:

I pulled out a really old set called Gift Givers, because I just love this little turkey:

I stamped the image in Pecan Pie and used some Blends to color him in, then punched him out with a matching punch.  I added frames of leaves and acorns from the retired Thankful Forest Friends and diecut a few leaves to tuck in around the sides.  It all went on some plaid paper that was gifted to me by a friend:

I added another strip of the paper on the inside, a leftover leaf, and a sentiment from Honey Bee:

I hope you can find someone to be thankful for this week and play in our challenge!  Be sure to enter it at the Paper Players blog and while you're there, check out what the DT created as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gift Givers (ret), Thankful Forest Friends (ret), Fall Blessings (Honey Bee), Cottage Wreaths (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Mossy Meadow, Misc plaid from my stash
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Copper Thread (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Blends, Country Wreath Dies (ret), Scalloped Punch (ret)

FMS688 Just a Note

 Happy Thursday, peeps! I am moving slowly this morning....rain and clouds make me feel like a sloth, LOL! I did find some time to create a couple of cards using the FMS sketch though! Here's the sketch:

I chose some florals from Florals in Bloom along with some Petal Pink DSP; I swear, sometimes I have the worst time matching colors.  The background of the floral looked like it matched the Petal Pink until I went to photograph it.  Now it doesn't look like it matches at all!  But I already put it together, so it is what it is!

I embossed the Petal Pink DSP with the Eyelet embossing folder to give it a bit more interest, then added a sentiment from Notes & Totes, stamped in Secret Sea and added some Cloud Cover ribbon and mat:

For fun, I created another card, which really has a fall vibe to it, using Timid Tiger inks and Pumpkin Pie DSP, as well as the retired Cottage Wreaths bundle:

The little sentiment is from Friends are Like Seashells:

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

"The Lord saves the righteous and protects them in times of trouble." Psalms 37:39

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Notes & Totes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Florals In Bloom, Cloud Cover, Petal Pink DSP (ret)
Ink	Secret Sea
Accessories	Cloud Cover Ribbon, Dimensionals, Festive Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Eyelet Embossing Folder

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreaths (ret), Friends are Like Seashells (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Timid Tiger, Pumpkin Pie DSP
Ink	Timid Tiger, Peach Pie
Accessories	Iridescent Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Country Wreath Dies (ret)

FMS600 Happy Hallo-scream

Hey there, stamping friends!  Today is a VERY special day!  Freshly Made Sketches has reached a milestone 600 posts!  And a few of us are chipping in to help them celebrate!  I have been a big fan of FMS for as long as they've been around, started by the talented Lesley Croghan!  So let's get right to it!  Here's the fabulous sketch they're using for the celebration today:

When I saw the circular element, my mind went to Cottage Wreaths, and I wanted to get a start on my Halloween cards, so here we go:

I stamped the wreath in Pumpkin Pie and Early Espresso and diecut it with a circle die.  I found some black and white gingham to create my bow, then added a little diecut spider to spooky it up a bit!  A fine-tip black marker created the cobweb from which it's hanging!

My sentiment is from a very old set called Fangtastic...isn't it a hoot?  I heat embossed it in white on Basic Black cardstock and diecut it with the Stylish Shapes dies.  The inside sentiment is from another oldie called Eat, Drink & Be Scary, and I punched it out with some equally-as-old punches!

My horizontal panel is some Pumpkin Pie DSP and I mounted everything on a panel embossed with an old Spiderweb embossing folder!  I love this layout and I loved giving some old as well as current goodies some use! I do hope you'll play along with the Freshly Made Sketches 600th sketch this week as they celebrate!  Woohoo!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreaths, Fangtastic (ret), Eat, Drink & Be Scary (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie DSP
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Stazon Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gingham Ribbon (ret), White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Stylish Shapes Dies, Spiderweb Embossing Folder (ret), Heat Tool. Fine-Tip Black Marker, Large Tag Punch (ret), Small Tag Punch (ret)

All About Autumn DSP Is Beautiful

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a good weekend! Ours was busy but fun!  Today is Stamp Camp day, so housekeeping is in my cards, LOL!  But first, a couple of cards that I created over the weekend while playing with my new holiday mini catalog goodies.  The All About Autumn DSP is gorgeous!  Lots of beautiful photograpic papers as well as some pretty metallics and awesome masculine patterns.

First, I made a simple "hello" card using these amazing papers...who knew you could use pink and mauve for LEAVES?!!!  Really, my pictures don't do it justice.  Check it out:

Just a layer of DSP, cut with a Stitched Rectangle die, and a mat of Bubble Bath, also diecut, on top of a Moody Mauve card.  I did do a little heat embossing in gold on Early Espresso and diecut it with a Countryside Corners die, then added a pretty mauve and copper-foil DSP mat as well. It's hard to tell but I colored the gold pearls with a  Rococco Rose Blend to give them more of a mauve color too!

Since I still had a little piece of that DSP left, I used it to create another card (my favorite of the two!):

I used the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday:

and I used another Moody Mauve metallic pattern for the vertical piece.  Both layers are matted with another gorgeous surprise that I missed in the regular catalog, Soft Shimmer specialty paper; this one is in Bubble Bath and is oh-so-pretty IRL!

I didn't want to hide that pretty leaf, so I created a Basic Black diecut circle and stamped a sentiment from Cottage Wreaths on some vellum for my sentiment.   The white card is embossed with the Leaf Fall embossing folder to continue the fall feel of my card.  You'll definitely be seeing more of these papers in the future!

So the new teenager's party was over the weekend!  I loved Dana's decorations (even her African violet got in on the purple decor!):

And the card got a so-so reception!  She really doesn't like people watching her open her gifts so she was a bit subdued!  I do have a few more pix I'll show in the coming week!  She starts school on the 28th!  Yikes!

Thanks for visiting today..enjoy it and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Fruitful Blessings
Card stock & Papers	Moody Mauve, Bubble Bath, Early Espresso, All About Autumn DSP
Ink	Gold Encore
Accessories	Gold Embossing Powder, Festive Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Countryside Corner Dies, Rococco Rose Blend (ret), Heat Tool

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreaths
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black,  Bubble Bath Soft Shimmer Specialty, Vellum, All About Autumn DSP
Ink	Stazon Black
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Leaf Fall Embossing Folder

JAI652 Pastel Wreath

Happy FRIDAY, everyone!  Hope you have some nice plans for the weekend!  Today Dana, Cassidy and I are going to the pottery place to paint some pottery!  Dana liked it so much, she decided it would be a fun thing for the "girls" to do!  Anyway, I have a card using some pastel shades and the Cottage Wreaths stamp set that made it into the current catalog from the holiday one!  First, it uses the Just Add Ink sketch:

And here we go:

I stamped the wreath in Lemon Lime Twist ink, then diecut it out.  I used the smallest flower die from the Zany Zoo dies to cut little flowers from Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Lemon Lolly and Balmy Blue, and everything went on a Bubble Bath panel that I embossed with the Stitched Greenery die.  I added a bit of Lemon Lime ribbon, and all the flowers are embellished with some past In Color gems.  The sentiment is from Love For You:

and on the inside, a sentiment from Best Family Ever along with some hearts!  This will go out in the mail real soon!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Family Ever, Love For You, Cottage Wreaths
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Balmy Blue, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly
Ink	Balmy Blue, Lemon Lime Twist, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly
Accessories	Zany Zoo Lemon Lime Twist Ribbon, Dimensionals, In Color Gems (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Wreaths Dies, Zany Zoo Dies, Stitched Greenery Die (ret)

52 CCT23-7 Deer Merry Christmas

Happy Monday, peeps!  I hope you had a good weekend!  I have a Chistmas card to share today; I used up a lot of my stash last December, so I need to build it up again!  The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge this week is "masculine":

I wanted to use a deer on my card, so I pulled out the Christmas Silhouettes die and stamp set from Sweet and Sassy and went to work:

I mounted my deer on a twig wreath from Cottage Wreaths, along with some greenery and a Real Red bow.  In hindsight I think I should have left off the greenery, but I had already glued it on, so I let it ride!  I used the Wintery embossing folder on the white panel and matted it with Evening Evergreen.  The background paper is some retired Warmth & Cheer DSP. Finally, a few red enamel "berries" finished off the wreath:

I stamped a sentiment from the same set, adding a few holly sprigs, and diecut it with an Ornate Frames die:

And here's the inside:

Thanks for visiting today!

A few more pix of Ranger and company!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreaths, Christmas Silhouettes (Sweet & Sassy)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Evening Evergreen, Crumb Cake, Warmth & Cheer DSP (ret)
Ink	Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Real Red
Accessories	Enamel Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Wreaths Dies, Wintery Embossing Folder, Christmas Silhouettes Dies (Sweet & Sassy), Ornate Frames Dies (ret)

PP614 Gather Together

Hello stampers!  Happy Sunday!  This week, Ann is our hostess at the Paper Players and she has a fabulous sketch:

This card came together quickly, as I already had the wreath and the pumpkin assembled!  I put them together and thought they looked pretty good, so off I went:

The wreath is from Cottage Wreaths, stamped with Soft Suede on Crumb Cake cardstock.  The pumpkin is a new-to-me die from Papertrey, diecut and sponged in Pumpkin Pie with some Old Olive leaves.  Everything went on some Soft Suede DSPs:

The sentiment, stamped in Soft Suede also, is from the retired Pretty Pumpkins stamp set:

And the inside sentiment is from the retired Day of Thanks set:

I hope you'll play along with our fun sketch this week...sketches are my favorite!  There are lots of possibilities with this one too!  Be sure to hop over to the Paper Players to see the fun creations from the design team too!  Then share yours with us as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreaths, Day of Thanks (ret), Pretty Pumpkins (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Old Olive DSP, Soft Suede DSP
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Accessories	Mossy Meadow Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Country Wreaths Dies, Into The Blooms: Pumpkins Dies (Papertrey)

CTD715 Fall Forever Fern

Happy Friday, peeps!  Yay, it's the weekend!  I needed a thank you card, and when I saw the Color Throwdown palette, I thought I would start there!  The colors could be for Halloween but I chose instead to create a fall-ish card using Forever Fern.  Here's the palette:

And here's my card:

I stamped the images in Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive, diecutting some to put in the foreground.  I added some speckles and a sentiment from Friends are Like Seashells, and a bow from Cottage Wreaths:

I added two borders from some Old Olive DSP, one a stripe and one a polka dot which qualifies it (barely) for the Little Red Wagon challenge of dots/stripes!  And it's already out in the mail!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy came over for a couple of hours last weekend and I helped her make a cake for math class!  They are learning fractions, so she had to choose a recipe that had at least four ingredients that were fractions!  She chose Kim's Buttermilk Spice Cake and thankfully I had all the ingredients!  She's pretty good on the fractions, and even knew how to substitute when one of the measuring cups had already been used!  She did a great job but took the cake home before it was iced...Grampy was  upset because he wanted a piece, so maybe I'll make one today for him!

Thanks for stopping in today..enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Forever Fern, Friends are Like Seashells, Cottage Wreaths
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Old Olive DSP
Ink	Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Pale Papaya
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Basic Borders Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, Tasteful Label Dies (ret)

SSC294 Boo!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Have you finished making all your Halloween cards? Do you even send out Halloween cards? I love making them, but only cute/semi-scary ones!  Creepy gory ones not allowed!  The Sunday Stamps sketch this week gave me a perfect background on which to make a fun little Halloween wreath!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I used some retired papers to create the banner and the horizontal panel, then stamped my wreath from Cottage Wreaths in Pumpkin Pie and Memento Black, then diecut it out.  I added the little "boo" on a diecut tag with some black embroidery floss and a little spider as an embellishment:

While going through my stamps, I found this cute little image from the retired set, Gift Givers!  So cute!  I stamped and watercolored it, then cut it out (not sure what happened to the matching punch!!!) and adhered it to the inside:

Quick and easy and ready to mail!  I am also entering this at the Double D challenge of orange and black!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreaths, Gift Givers
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie DSP (ret), SAB DSP (I can't remember the name of!)
Ink	Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Black Embroider Floss, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Country Wreaths Dies, Black Marker