AHSC654 50th Anniversary

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a nice weekend! We went to a friends' 50th anniversary party at church on Saturday evening...it's hard to believe that I've know this couple since we were in school in the 60s and 70s!!  Anyway, I made them a card using the newest Atlantic Hearts sketch!  Here's the sketch:

I admit that slimline cards like this make me a bit nervous, so I made mine a wee bit shorter; it measures 6" x 3 1/2", and it's not really a tradtional 50th anniversary card in that I didn't use a lot of gold:

I wanted a card to reflect their love of nature and plants as well as the fact that their home and farm is rustic!  I chose some woodgrain paper for my background, then diecut and colored some florals. I just couldn't find diecut leaves that I liked, so I just stamped some directly on the background paper and I liked the subtle effect of that! I added a Crumb Cake tag with some ribbon & gold trim, then added gold pearls:

A couple of oldie stamps on the inside:

 

We gave them a small bottle of John's homemade wine, so they can celebrate!  Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you'll play along with our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week, so put on your thinking cap and get creative!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Number of Years (ret), Dainty Delight (ret), Graceful Words (ret), Forever Fern (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Americana (Honey Bee)
Ink	Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen, Daffodil Delight, Peace Pie, Lost Lagoon, Balmy Blue, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Lost Lagoon Ribbon (ret), Gold Thread (ret), Dimensionals, Gold Pearls (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret), Dainty Delight Dies (ret),  Blender Pen

FMS678 Sketch By Anne Marie

Happy Sunday, peeps! Hope your weekend is going by nicely!  Anne Marie is our Paper Players hostess this week with an awesome sketch! Love all these layers--check it out:

The hardest part was choosing which papers to use, LOL!  I chose to use some Boho Blue-themed papers from Countryside Inn and Poetic Expressions, and a little sprig from Dainty Delight!  Here we go:

Each panel is matted with cardstock to coordinate; I stamped the flowers in Night of Navy and lightly watercolored them with Boho Blue ink.  If you use a light touch, the outlines won't bleed!  I mounted them on two circles; both were was diecut with the Everyday Details dies, and I embossed the white one with the Timeworn Type embossing folder, and added some pearls:

The sentiment from Lasting Joy was heat-embossed in white on another piece of Countryside Inn DSP.  Since the embossing tends to warp DSP, I backed it with a piece of cardstock before embossing to give it some stability:

Everything was mounted on a Basic White card base; I think this could be used for any number of occasions, so I left the inside blank.

The design team at the Paper Players blog has come up with some fun, amazing samples, so I hope you'll head over there to see them! Be sure to share your creativity with us as well!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lasting Joy, Dainty Delight
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue, Night of Navy, Countryside Inn DSP, Poetic Expressions DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, Boho Blue, Craft White
Accessories	Pearls, Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Details Dies, Dainty Delight Dies, Timeworn Type Embossing Folder, Heat Tool

40th Anniversary Card

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a lovely weekend.  My friend Robyn, who is also my co-worker at church as well as a crafty stamper herself, has been working at our church for FORTY years!  Wow!  She has seen lots of changes in her many years and has still maintained her positive spirit and love of the Lord! We managed to surprise her yesterday with a big luncheon!  And of course, I had to make her a card in her favorite color of purple!

I stamped the florals from Dainty Delight in Stazon Black, then watercolored them and diecut them with the matching dies.  Although you can't see it very well in the photo, the horizontal panel is Glimmer Paper, which gave it a wonderful sparkle!  A little scalloped panel of Mint Macaron, and it all went on a piece of Gorgeous Grape dsp.  

I added some sparkly ribbon and a little tag from Our Daily Bread Designs, and stamped a congrats on the inside:

I used the sketch from Just Add Ink:

And I am also entering this at the Time Out Challenges this week where they want something sparkly!

I had to share this from the luncheon yesterday; Robyn loves chocolate, so her daughters and several others made chocolate desserts.  There was quite an array from which to choose:

LOL!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

A friend loveth at all times. Proverbs 17:17a

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs), Farmhouse All Occasion Greetings (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mint Macaron (ret), White Glimmer (ret), Gorgeous Grape DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Gorgeous Grape, Fresh Freesia, Mint Macaron (ret)
Accessories	Glitter Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Dainty Delight Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Large Banner Dies (Pink & Main), 1/8" Hole Punch, Aquapainter

JAI662 Special Birthday

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I totally forgot that I made this card yesterday to post today---and I want to get it entered at Just Add Ink, so I cannot delay any longer!  Here's their sketch:

I needed a birthday card for a friend who loves purple, so I pulled out some of the retired Hues of Happiness DSP and paired it with some Highland Heather cardstock, and here we go:

The Highland Heather layer was embossing the Stitched Greenery die, and accented with Starry Sky edges, and the sentiment is heat-embossed in white on another Starry Sky piece,, accented with a Fresh Freesia layer, some fussy-cut flowers, a little gem and some sparkly ribbon:

And even after twenty years of stamping, I still cannot get a decent embossed image without any strays---I used an embossing buddy, flick it off with a paintbrush...any number of things!  Anyone have any tips for the best ink/embossing powder/techniques to use??? I'd be happy to hear them!  Finally, a sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday, one of my all-time favorite sets, went on the inside:

And it's off in the mail!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Picture Perfect Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Starry Sky, Hues of Happines DSP (ret)
Ink	Craft White, Starry Sky
Accessories	White Embossing Powder, Faceted Gem (ret), Glittered Organdy Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Heat Tool, Stitched Greenery Die (ret)

PP648 Colors from Ann

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Hope your weekend is going along nicely!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess with a lovely color challenge for us all:

Although at first glance, these are not colors I would put together but as I worked with them, I thought they were quite pretty.  In retrospect, I wish I had not added the black mat on my card, but it's stuck on there good, so it's staying!  Here we go:

Dainty Delight is the star of the card!  I used a Blending Brush to layer some Bubble Bath on a white mat, then stamped the biggest floral image in Lost Lagoon and colored in the flowers with a Blender Pen and some Berry Burst and Bubble Bath inks:

I made a couple of sentiment banners with the Stylish Shapes dies, added a little scrap of black grosgrain ribbon, then winked it all with some Stella and added some iridescent sequins and some rhinestones from my stash:

On the inside of the Bubble Bath card, I stamped a sentiment from Lasting Joy and another image from Dainty Delight...I love how they layer so nicely!

I hope you'll stop over at the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers created; they have really outdone themselves and I am sure you'll get some inspiration from them.  Then share yours there too!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Lasting Joy
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Bubble Bath
Ink	Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, Versafine Black
Accessories	Rhinestones, Iridescent Sequins (from my stash), Dimensionals, Black Grosgrain Ribbon (from my stash)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Blender Pens, Blending Brush, Wink of Stella, Black Blend (to color rhinestones)

You Are The Best

Happy Friday, everyone!  I saw a sweet card yesterday on the very talented Carolyn King's blog and thought I would recreate it using some different stamps. While she used Sending Smiles, I used Dainty Delight florals and a sentiment from Timeless Arrangements.  Here we go:

I created the fence with Pebbled Path cardstock and the Timber embossing folder, then stamped my flowers in Crumb Cake and watercolored them in.  They were then diecut with the matching die and I added a "vine" of Old Olive going behind the fence:

The sentiment is on a Tailor Made Tag and I used some retired Baker's Twine to embellish it.  The background of my Thick Basic White card was also embossed with the Timeworn Type embossing folder!  I may try another one of these using a brown fence....I like the rustic look! 

Since the Krafty Chicks challenge this week is All Occasions, I am going to enter this!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Timeless Arrangements
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Pebbled Path, Old Olive
Ink	Crumb Cake, Berry Burst, Old Olive, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Metallic Brads, Dimensionals, Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Die, Dainty Delight Die, Timber Embossing Folder, Timeworn Type Embossing Folder

AHSC427 Just a Note

Happy Tuesday, everyone! It feels like Sunday to me...or Monday, can't decide which!  Anyway, I have a card today using the Atlantic Hearts sketch:

For the background, I didn't really have any diagonal DSP that I liked, so I opted for the diagonal gingham DSP in Pretty Peacock that's new in the catalog this year, and paired it with Lost Lagoon for my card:

It gave me a chance to use my new Cane Weave embossing folder too!  I added a sentiment from Inked & Tiled on a Tailor Made Tag die:

And some flowers from Dainty Delight finished it off!  They were stamped in Lost Lagoon, then filled in with Pool Party and Lost Lagoon inks with a Blender Pen:

I am so happy you popped in today!  

The kids took a hike at Susquehanna State Park yesterday!  It's right along the Susquehanna River in Havre de Grace, Maryland.

Look at this mama duck and her ducklings!  So cute!  The water looks rough, but they're keeping mama in sight!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Designs, Inked & Tiled
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock Glorious Gingham
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals, Lost Lagoon Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dainty Delight Dies, Tailor Made Tag Dies, Cane Weave EF

AYSI299 Shades of Blue

Happy Friday, peeps!  Once again, I am guest designing for those lovely gals over at As You See It! They have a recipe for us this week and once I saw BLUE, I was hooked!  Check it out: 

I pulled out my Dainty Designs bundle again, inked it up with some blue hues and went to work:

My frame and flowers are both Boho Blue; I did watercolor the flowers a wee bit with some Misty Moonlight, and gave them a Night of Navy seam binding bow:

I also stamped some of the other flowers on the Basic White card and added a vellum panel so soften it a bit.  The sentiment from Charming Sentiments was diecut with the Radiating Stitches die, and I added a Boho Blue ribbon and some subtle sequins for extra pizzazz:

Blue is my favorite color, so this was a winner of a recipe for me!  I hope you'll find it a fun recipe too--be sure to come over to the As You See It blog, check out the lovely samples the DT created, and share yours with us too!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight, Chraming Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue, Vellum, Night of Navy
Ink	Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Boho Blue Ribbon, Mini Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash, Night of Navy Seam Binding (ret), Seaside Spray Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Radiating Stitches Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Give it a Whirl Dies, Dainty Delight Dies

Dainty Delight Watercolor

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  After a long shipping delay, I finally got my Dainty Delight bundle and just couldn't wait to play...I just love those delicate florals!  The first go-round was with the stamps only; I pulled out some Thick Basic White cardstock and my Stamparatus and got to work:

I stamped the largest image in Crumb Cake and lightly watercolored the images in with various colors:

To give it a little interest, I embossed it with the retired Subtle embossing folder before adding a Crushed Curry tag on which I embossed a sentiment from the same set.  It was diecut with a Countryside Corners die, and I added a little retired Bumblebee gingham ribbon for fun:

I am also going to squeak this in over at As You See It, where they want to see your newest addition to your craft stash!

This set has endless possibilities, and I've not even begun to check out the dies yet!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delight
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Crushed Curry
Ink	Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia, Old Olive, Soft Sea Foam, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder, Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Countryside Corners Dies, Subtle Embossing Folder (ret), Aquapainter