Hello Friend

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I'm on the fence about my card today! I used the colors from Creative Colour Challenges as well as the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

So here we go:

I used several sets here! The bird and sentiment are from Country Birdhouse and the background behind it is Elements of Text.  I stamped the bird in Basic Gray and colored him in with Soft Sea Foam a wee bit of Lost Lagoon ink.  The little leaf is from Iconic Imagery.  I added some embossed and diecut layers, and the mat is Every Day Happiness.  The final embellishments are some matte dots and some gray gingham ribbon:

The gray was the hardest to incorporate; hope there's enough here to qualify, LOL!  It was fun to put together anyway! And speaking of birds, I haven't shown my almost-favorite guy who visited my suet yesterday:

My feeder is right outside my craft room window, but there is a screen, so it's not perfectly clear, but regardless--isn't he impressive?  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Elements of Text, Iconic Imagery
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sea Foam, Every Day Happiness DSP
Ink	Basic Gray, Soft Sea Foam, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret), Gingham Ribbon (Penny Supplies)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Birdhouse Dies, Iconic Imagery Dies, Textured Notes Dies, Cane Weave Embossing Folder, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret)

PP730 Floral Birthday

Happy Sunday, everyone! Ann is our super hostess at the Paper Players this week and she has a wonderful sketch--such a versatile one, too!  Here we go:

I still had a paper pad from Not 2 Shabby on my desk, and I just fell in love with these florals! I needed a birthday for a very special friend, and this fit the bill:

This is a case of letting the papers do all the work! I simply layered the pieces on a white card base, gave the floral panel a Pebbled Path mat, and stamped the sentiment from Country Birdhouse on another scrap of the paper!  I did add a tiny little scalloped mat behind my floral circle as well as some iridescent sequins that are barely visible!

I stamped another sentiment on the inside in retired Blushing Bride:

And it is already winging its way to my friend!

I hope you'll play along with this awesome sketch.  The design team has done some amazing work with it, so I hope you'll pop over to the Paper Players blog, check them out, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pebbled Path, Rustic Blooms (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Versafine Black, Blushing Bride (ret)
Accessories	Iridescent sequins (from my stash)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Circles Dies (ret), Petite Scalloped Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

AHSC621 Floral Sketch

 Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a good weekend!  The Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is certainly a fun one, as it always is!

Since I already had a couple of Unity sets out on  my desk from yesterday's card, I decided to use the large zinnia image instead of actual circles. Here we go:

I stamped the flowers three times around the edges in Peach Pie, using an Old Olive market to color in the stem.  I added an older Easter sentiment, also stamped in Old Olive, and diecut with the Everyday Arches die, then mounted it on a Peach Pie card base:

I made another card while I was at it, using a sentiment from Charming Sentiments, diecutting it with the matching die and using an Old Olive card base.  I backed the sentiment with a matching "shadow", and I also colored in the lady bugs with a Lemon Lolly marker; just a different look:

The sentiment was placed in a different location too, and I added some speckles from Country Birdhouse for fun:

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  You can see all the DT submissions on Wednesday, but feel free to play along right now!  Can't wait to see what you create!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Suite Sentiments (ret), Love & Good Vibes (Unity KOTM March 2024)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Peach Pie
Ink	Peach Pie, Old Olive
Accessories	Party Dots, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Old Olive Marker

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Charming Sentiments (ret), Love & Good Vibes (Unity KOTM March 2024)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Old Olive
Ink	Peach Pie, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Charming Sentiments Dies, Lemon Lolly Marker, Old Olive Marker

Spotlight on Storybook Moments

Happy Monday, all!  I am a wee bit worn out from my weekend activities, but all went well! I don't have any challenge cards today, but I thought I would spotlight a few cards that I made last week to highlight the cute patterns and cut-outs from the Storybook Moments Specialty Papers.  They're really sweet if you have children or grandchildren, or if you're a scrapper, but even if you're not, they make beautiful cards!  Here we go:

This is probably my favorite card from the bunch (and I have lots more!); I just think this little mama and her ducklings are the cutest, and I love the background paper! I added a sentiment from Country Birdhouse and some Lemon Lolly Baker's Twine:

On this one, I let the paper do most of the work; another sentiment from Country Birdhouse:

plus a little fussy-cut embellishment:

This card uses one of the little pop-out images, and I added a sentiment from Simply Said:

I diecut the cottage and popped it up along with this little critter:

And finally, a couple more pop-outs on that same delightful paper; 

this time I added a white Nested Essential diecut:

and an Easter sentiment from Choose Happy:

Stay tuned for more samples from this pack!  Thanks for visiting on this Monday, and enjoy your day and be blessed!  (If you need any details, just shoot me a line!)

SSC344 Hello Friend

Happy Monday, peeps!  I have a quick little card that uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps along with some of the lovely Thoughtful Journey DSPs!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

The hardest part of making this card was cutting the smaller tag and extending it to fit the larger one!  These papers are so pretty, the rest of it was easy! I split some of the thick Boho Blue jute to make the bow, and the sentiment is from Country Birdhouse!

The trees are just beginnign to show a wee bit of their fall colors in my area, just like on this card!  

I had my first lobster roll while in Cape May! It was delicious!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Thoughtful Journey DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow
Accessories	In Color Jute, Dimensional Strips, Color Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret)

JAI712 Countryside Thanks

Happy Friday, peeps! So glad the weekend is upon us! And the hot weather broke, so it's refreshingly cool here in SE PA!  I made a quick card today, using some scraps from the Countryside DSP line and a sketch from Just Add Ink:

This sketch is perfect for using up some of those little pieces of DSP we can't bear to throw away!  Here we go:

So easy peasy!  I stamped a thank you from Sketched Butterflies and colored in some flowers from Country Birdhouse to embellish my card; all the strips went on a mat of Boho Blue as well.  The final embellishment was a little Blooming Pearl:

I always need thank you cards for my customers, so this one will get popped in the mail today!  Thanks for visiting today!

A few more kids' vacation pix:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sketched Butterfly, Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue, Night of Navy, Countryside DSP
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Boho Blue
Accessories	Blooming Pearl, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Country Birdhouse Dies, 2 3/8" Circle Punch, Blender Pens

PP699 Joanne's CAS Birthday

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Joanne is our Paper Players hostess with an awesome CAS theme for us today---a quick, easy, Clean-and-Simple birthday!

This challenge gave me a chance to play with some new goodies!  Here we go:

I used Wanted to Say dies with Berry Burst glimmer paper and Fresh Freesia cardstock, then added a sweet little watercolored butterfly from Sketched Butterflies and mounted it on an impressively-embossed background using the Dotted Circles embossing folder:

I placed the embossing folder so that the center circle would be where the butterfly sat!  On the inside, I added a sentiment from Country Birdhouse and a few more butterflies in Berry Burst:

I hope you can find some time to play along with our Clean-and-Simple challenge this week! We always need birthday cards, so get some stamps, ink and paper and show us your easy cards!  Can't wait to see them over at the Paper Players!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sketched Butterflies, Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Adhesive Sheet, Berry Burst Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Berry Burst
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Wanted to Say Dies, Sketched Butterflies Dies, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder

PP694 Clean & Simple Sympathy

Happy Sunday, everyone! It's Paper Players time and I am the hostess this week!  It's Clean-and-Simple week, and that means we keep our layers and embellishments to a MINIMUM!  That's a challenge sometimes, isn't it?  My theme is Sympathy or Encouragement.  It's always good to have some sympathy cards on hand, so that's what I chose for my card.

I had this pretty seashell set on my desk for another project and I thought how nice a card would look with just one shell, so here we go:

I stamped the shell in Versafine black ink and colored it loosely with Summer Splash ink.  The sentiment is very old, it's from Crafty Secrets and it was stamped in the same color.  The "sand" is from Country Birdhouse, stamped in Crumb Cake and I added some shading under the shell along with some Wink of Stella,  A Basic Beige ribbon was my only embellishment; I did round the corners for a little more interest.

I added a sympathy sentiment on the inside along with some more "sand".  I think the sentiment on the front is a nice one for a sympathy card.

While I had the set out, I made another card, coloring and fussy-cutting the shells, then mounting it on a Basic Beige panel that was embossed with a SSS embossing folder called Cast Away.  It is an amazing folder, perfect for any nautical or beachy-themed card!

It's not quite as clean-and-simple as my first one, but would make a great encouragment card for a special friend!

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week!  Don't be intimidated by the CAS part...just use the basics of stamps, ink and paper and you'll be good to go! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Peaceful Moments (ret), Swirly Seashells (Close to My Heart), Seaside (Craft Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige
Ink	Versafine Black, Summer Splash, Crushed Curry, Petal Pink, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Basic Beige Stitched Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Cast Away Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp), Wink of Stella, Aquapainter

PP689 Sweet Little Birdhouse

Happy Sunday, peeps! And Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, step-moms and pet-moms out there! Ann is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has a perfectly delightful color challenge for us!

I couldn't help but ink up the Country Birdhouse stamp set, with all its fun little elements, to make my card today:

I chose Smoky Slate as my additional color!  I stamped and diecut my images, coloring the florals and bird with either Blends or Markers.  I did emboss the bird house elements with the Timber embossing folder and very lightly added some Smoky Slate ink on top...you can barely see it!

I added a little silver pearl on the top, as well as some stamped embellishments on the roof elements.  Finally, it all went on a panel of Basic White, embossed with the Eyelet embossing folder.  I left off a sentiment, as I am not sure for what occasion I'll use this...it could be used for almost anything!

I hope you'll play along with these gorgeous shades that Ann has put together for us--I know I love them! Check out the Paper Players blog to see what the other team members came up with!  Hope to see you there!

Dana usually takes me out flower/plant shopping for Mother's Day, and yesterday we made a trip to a local Amish nursery.  We have LOTS of Amish nurseries in our area, so we decided to try a new one and although it was smaller than some, it didn't disappoint:

This is just one section of plants.  I was fascinated by the hanging baskets waaaaay up at the top and wondered how one would get one of them.  The Amish girls climb up and scamper across the grates to pick out the one you want!!  I was fascinated by this hanging basket:

Part of our haul:

Cassidy was very helpful in pushing the cart to our car!  Now we just have to plant everything!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories	Smoky Slate Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Birdhouse Dies, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Timber Embossing Folder, Blending Brush, Fresh Freesia Marker, Lost Lagoon & Highland Heather Blends