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Happy Sunday, peeps!  And Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there as well!  Claire is our Paper Players hostess today and at first, her color challenge threw me for a loop!!  Look at these bright colors!  

THEN....I remembered that I had just gotten this new set from the upcoming catalog (and I have to tell ya, I just about jumped out of my chair when I saw it...I love sets like this!) and I knew it would be perfect for these colors!  So here we go, introducing Crafting Forever:

Before I get to the details of my card, let me show you the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch that I used:

Now about the card....not only does it use a new, upcoming set, it also uses a ready-to-retire set (Gorgeous Grunge, boohoo) and an already-retired set (Creative Elements).  I love mixing stuff up!  I stamped my image on thick white cardstock because it accepts watercoloring well, and stamped it again on some older retired DSP to create my pot.  Then I colored all the brushes with an aquapainter and ink, and finally, added some color splatters on the card front.

I heat-embossed the "create" in white ink and embossing powder for my horizontal panel:

And I had originally planned to use this sentiment from the new set instead of "create", but it didn't fit, so I diecut it out and plopped it on the inside!  

I hope that you'll have some fun with Claire's colors this week....there are a lot of pretty samples done by the DT, and you can see them here, or on the PP blog:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Sandy

·        Crystal

·        Valentyna

·        Deanne

     Hope to see your creation there as well!

      Dana and Wayne took Cassidy to a KidzBop concert....her first!

    And I have NO idea what kind of glasses these are....obviously some sort of gamma ray, LOL!

       Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details--All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Crafting Forever, Gorgeous Grunge, Creative Elements (ret), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Basic Black, DSP (retired and I can't remember the name of it)
Ink	Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizzazz, Craft White, Smoky Slate
Accessories	White Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Aquapainter

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Hi everyone!  It’s Sunday, and time for another Paper Players challenge!  Anne Marie has created a lovely sketch….I just love this!  What do you think?

I pulled out one of my favorite sets that is sadly retiring, Creative Elements, to create my card today:

    

I used the color palette from Color Throwdown 289:

I wasn’t too sure about them at first, but in the end, I thought the combination was pretty!  I began by wheeling the Blushing Bride background with the Shop Around jumbo wheel (also retiring) and mounting it on a Very Vanilla card.  The left panel was stamped with a couple of the elements from the set in Perfect Plum; then I stamped the flower once on a circular panel,  stamped it twice again on scraps, cutting them out and sponging them for some dimension:

  

I also stamped on the Wild Wasabi DP:

and added a little banner with the “hi” from Fabulous Phrases and Crochet Trim (yep, both retiring). 

I hope you’ll stop by to see all the other designers’ creations; you can check them out at the Paper Players blog or here:

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Jaydee
• Nance
• Sandy

And we hope you’ll play along too and share your fabulous creation with us!!  Oh, and BY THE WAY---one of our very own had a special birthday yesterday---ANN!  Stop by her blog and wish her some birthday wishes!!!

Don’t you wish your vehicle had a wee holder for dandelions?

Enjoy your day!

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Happy Wednesday, everyone!  A quick little card today, unfortunately a sympathy card, using The Shabby Tea Room inspiration photo and a sketch from RetroSketches:

Isn’t that a cozy inspiration photo?  Love it!  And here we go:

My card base is 4 1/4”, Sahara Sand, with some MME Lost & Found Sunshine papers on which I did some stitching, then stamped some swirls, polka dots and butterflies.  My Tiny Teacup (ret SU) was also stamped in Sahara Sand ink and, channeling my inner Ann, embellished with lots of pearls!

The sentiment was stamped in Soft Suede and is from Blessings from Heaven.  Thanks for popping in today!

Reading her Cheerio book:

 

and eating them too!

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Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Are you staying warm?  Boy, it’s cold out there!  I spent some time in my craft room recently making a little “love” banner with the new Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, which is a really cool little tool.  What do you think:

I have wanted to make one of these for a long time and I don’t know why I never did!!!   I began by punching out four 4” tags from Real Red cardstock; the tags have to be no larger than 2” wide in order to fit into the punch.  I also cut some tags from Modern Medley designer paper, trimming them to 1 7/8” by 3 7/8” before centering them in the punch.  I layered them on top of the cardstock tags; the holes will not line up perfectly, but there is a small opening that is large enough to thread some ribbon or seam binding through.   I used a bunch of vintage-imaged SU sets and stamped them right on the Modern Medley DP in shades of gray, black and red, then stamped my Morning Post letters and mounted them on Basic Black Artisan Label punchouts.  Here they are a wee bit closer:

The Kraft Journal’s Make It Monday challenge is “Lace it Up”, so I added ribbon, embossed and sponged hearts, seam binding, rhinestones and taffeta flowers in addition to my lace!!! (But oops...I forgot you need to use KRAFT, which I didn't...so maybe I should make another?)  I added a piece of black scored cardstock running horizontally on  the back of the tags to give them some sturdiness and finished it with some wide black grosgrain ribbon!  Sweet!

Cassidy made a suncatcher with some crafty stuff she received for Christmas:

I am going to run out of crafts soon!  She LOVES to do crafts!
Enjoy your day!

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Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Only one week until Christmas eve!  Are you ready?  I plan to do a lot of wrapping today!  Meanwhile, Arielle is still coming up with some incredible color challenges for us!  Here’s the one she chose for today:

I made another note card with these colors, using Tape It, Gorgeous Grunge and Creative Elements:

I also used the sketch from Create with Connie & Mary:

I stamped the flower three times on some retired DP, cutting out and popping up layers:

I added a little banner sentiment from Fabulous Phrases and some baker’s twine, and it’s done!  The design team did some incredible things with these colors, and I am sure you can too!  Share them with us at the ColourQ blog so we can all see them!  Have fun!

Cassidy insisted on dressing Lambie in her own pajamas:

She decided the pants were too big, so she chose a shirt instead:

Oh, that kid!

I am going to take a little blogging break until the end of the year….not altogether, but won’t be doing the Paper Players or ColourQ challenges until 2014….just wanting to spend some time with my family, as all of you do too!  Have a blessed remainder of 2013!

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Oh my, I am so happy it is Friday, peeps!  I was giddy when I saw this photo inspiration at Stampin’ Royalty, where I have not played forever!  Isn’t this gorgeous?

I paired it with the Pals Paper Arts sketch for this week:

to make a “welcome” card for one of the four new recruits that signed up!  I am so excited for them!

Although the sketch looks complicated, this is probably one of the easiest cards I ever made!  I fussy cut the flower from Creative Elements and stamped the flourish on a scrap of Very Vanilla….it fit very nicely in a Chalk Talk die….just a wee bit short but I covered up that end with my flower!  I added another seam binding bow—I seem to be making them a lot lately—and mounted everything on some Modern Medley designer paper.

Last week we walked down the road to give our neighbor’s horse a little treat:

Despite the muzzle, she managed to get that carrot with no problem!  Thanks for visiting today!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Creative Elements, Fabulous Phrases
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Modern Medley DP
Ink	Stazon Black
Accessories	Vanilla Seam Binding
Tools	Big Shot, Chalk Talk Dies, 1 1/4" Circle Punch to round edges

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Happy Thursday, peeps!  I haven’t played with a Mojo Monday sketch for a while, so I thought I would do that this week!  Here’s the sketch:

I needed an “extra-special” card for someone, so I broke out the glamorous Winter Frost Specialty designer paper, silver ribbon, silver Encore ink, silver Glimmer paper,  and some textured Coastal Cabana for my card:

I did some random stamping on the textured cardstock with images from Creative Elements, and I stamped the flourish on the white circle with silver Encore.  My sentiment is from Delightful Dozen, which I stamped in Bermuda Bay:

The mat & butterfly really look amazing in that Glimmer paper!  Love it!  And while I had the Coastal Cabana ink & Creative Elements set on my table, I made a little note-sized thank you card, using the polymer set, Another Thank You:

I cut out & popped up the flower, adding some Dazzling Diamonds glitter:

So simple, yet so pretty!  Thanks for visiting today!

A kitchen chair makes a good stampin’ table!