AYSI310 Nuthatch on Vellum

Happy Wednesday, peeps! My card today is for the As You See It challenge of using vellum!  One of my favorite ways to use vellum, and I haven't done it for a while, is to stamp on the front and color on the back! I pulled out a little Flora and Fauna set and stamped this little nuthatch and some twigs on a piece of vellum using Stazon ink:

I apologize for the poor quality of my photo...I am using my phone, as John is using my camera card to capture some photos in his trail camera!  So bear with me for another day or so!  After stamping the images, I turned the vellum over and colored them in on the back using Blends and markers; here's a better view:

I stamped some little berry images in Soft Seafoam ink on a piece of Basic White and cut both of them out with a Stylish Shapes dies.  I love the softness that coloring the images on the back imparts!  I used glue dots in stratgic places to adhere the layers together.  I added Real Red and White mats, a little banner with some twine and mounted it all on a Pistachio Pudding panel embossed with a holly EF.  Here's the inside, using a sentiment from Christmas to Remember:

If you've never tried this technique, you should give it a try!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas to Remember (ret), Winter Aviary (Flora and Fauna)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Vellum, Pistachio Pudding (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Soft Seafoam
Accessories	Pistachio Pudding Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Holly Embossing Folder (ret), Outline Shapes Dise (Simon Says Stamp), Markers, Blends

TGIF351 Little Bird

Hi peeps, happy Saturday!  I fell in love with this TGIF sketch; I love anything that allows me to use little scraps:

I found some pretty scraps from a 6x6 pad by Carta Bella called Home Again; I paired them with a wee scrap of glimmer paper, along with little bird from Winter Aviary by Flora & Fauna: 

After stamping the little bird in Memento Black, I colored it with some Blends, then added some greenery in Evening Evergreen.  The sentiment is from Special Moments, stamped also in Evening Evergreen:

I stamped another Special Moments sentiment on the inside in Gray Granite, and added a few more sprigs for fun!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Special Moments, Winter Aviary (Flora & Fauna)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Seagreen Glimmer Paper (Close to My Heart), Coming Home DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Gray Granite, Evening Evergreen, Mint Macaron, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Blends, Stamparatus

Postage Stamp Christmas

Hi stampers!  I have a card today for a challenge I don't think I've ever played before, Pixie's Snippets Playground!  I certainly have plenty of "snippets" lying around on my desk and in my file drawers!  I recently got a couple of postage stamp dies, so I diecut some from scraps of Whisper White and began to play around with some of my smaller-imaged stamps.  I also was very happy to find that they fit perfectly on these rectangles of Real Red, which are the "windows" from the Hearth and Home die....and they fall out of my folder every time I open my drawer!  So I was happy to use up four of them here:

I used several different stamp sets and kept the colors similar on each "stamp".  It was fun to combine the images to create each little scene!

I really wanted to add some red gingham ribbon, but I didn't have any, so I created a narrow strip with a stamp....another little snippet!  Happy to use them up (but I have a lot more to use, LOL)!!! I am also entering this in the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge for this week:

 Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy did a little stamping after packing her shoebox this past weekend; she was quite proud because she knew just how to set up the Stamparatus all by herself!  She made a Thanksgiving card for her boy cousins, using I Dig You and the little Pilgrim mice from Lawn Fawn!!

She came up with the idea all on her own, too!  I really miss crafting with her!!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simple Serif Alpha and Numbers (ret), Merry and Bright (W+9), Winter Aviary, Mini Aviary (both Flora and Fauna), Background Basics Gingham (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Mint Macaron
Ink	Real Red, Mint Macaron, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Rococo Rose
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pine Bough EF (ret), Small Postage Die (Papertrey), Blends, Hearth and Home Die (ret)

AYSI194 When I Think Simple

Happy Friday, everyone!  Woohoo, the weekend is upon us!  It's also time for another As You See It challenge, one that's near and dear to my heart....fill in this blank:

My fill-in is:  stamp, ink and one layer of paper!  That's sometimes a challenge, as I love layers and DSP!  But I have been neglecting my Christmas cards this year, so I thought I would make a simple one-layer card for the holidays, and here we go:

I chose one of SU's notecards on which to stamp my little birds from Flora and Fauna, because it is heavy, thick cardstock and I knew my watercoloring would not bleed through!  I used Stazon black and simple watercolored each little bird with some ink and an aquapainter:  

The sentiment is stamped in Real Red, inside and out.  It's really hard to resist adding some doodads, but I didn't succumb!  

And since my sentiment is "peace", I am entering this in the CAS Christmas Card Challenge, where their challenge is Peace!

So what is your fill-in-the-blank when you think "simple"?  Check out the As You See It blog to see what the others created, and share your simple creation with us too!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Aviary (Flora and Fauna), Peace Joy Love (Lawn Fawn), Sentiments Traditional Christmas (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	SU Notecard
Ink	Stazon Black, Pacific Point, Real Red, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Gray Granite
Accessories
Tools	Stamparatus, Aquapainter

PP425 Snowy Day

Happy Sunday, peeps! Hope you're staying safe and warm this weekend!  It's time for another Paper Players challenge, and it is a CLEAN AND SIMPLE one!  Be sure to check out the guidelines at the Paper Players' blog!  Claire is our hostess this week and here is her prompt:

I chose to go more with the "snow" than the woods, using a Darice embossing folder and a cute little redbird from Flora and Fauna:

I am also using the color palette from CAS Colours and Sketches:

I stamped the bird in Memento black, coloring it with some Blends, then diecut it and matted it with a Balmy Blue scallop:

I added a Crumb Cake branch and colored it with some Wink of Stella, then a little "joy" from another Flora and Fauna set.  I mounted it all on the embossed panel and then on a Crumb Cake card.  Sweet, clean and simple!  I hope you play along with us!  Check out what the other designers created:

·        Ann

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Anne Marie

·        Su

·        Wanda

And speaking of snow, a little snowy fun with the wee little bit we got last week.  It wasn't much, but it was very cold and very slippery!!

A snow angel:

The sun is getting lower and the shadows longer:

And we even got Grampy to go down a few times!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Aviary, Mini Aviary (Flora and Fauna)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue
Ink	Memento Black, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Snowflake Swirl EF (Darice), Wink of Stella, SU Blends

CTS302 Birdie Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps!  Are you close to having all your Christmas prep done?!  I am getting there--got a lot done yesterday, have company coming today, so this will be short and sweet!  My cousin's wife is celebrating her 60th birthday a few days after Christmas, and since my craft room is a hot mess and I honestly feel a bit "rusty" in my stamping, I went clean and simple with CAS(E) this Sketch's current sketch:

and some new Flora and Fauna stamps I got recently:

I stamped this little bird in Stazon and watercolored it with Blueberry Bushel and Balmy Blue inks, fussy-cut it out and popped it up; the sentiment is from Best Birds, and the numbers are from a little SU set called Simple Serif:

My gingham paper is from Lawn Fawn and I added some linen thread as a tiny little accent!  Thanks for popping in today!

Dana, Wayne and Cass went to Longwood Gardens a couple nights ago...it was perfect weather (it's pouring here right now!) and the only complaint was that there wasn't enough time to see everything!

The ride home was way past bedtime:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Birds, Simple Serif Alphabet (ret), Winter Aviary, Mini Aviary (Flora and Fauna)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Homespun Gingham DSP (Lawn Fawn)
Ink	Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Stazon Black
Accessories	Linen Thread, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Aquapainter, 1/2"Circle Punch

Happy Bird-day

Happy Monday, everyone!  I have a birthday card to share today...I have lots of December birthdays for which to make cards, so you may be seeing more than normal!  This card uses the Global Design Project sketch and the AAA Cards challenge of Mostly White:

I used Whisper White, Whisper White Thick, Crumb Cake, Champagne Foil and a teeny tiny piece of Naturals Ivory (my last piece, boohoo) to make my card today:

I do believe it is a bit of a challenge to photograph an all-white card, too!!  I used a bird and branch from Flora and Fauna, stamped in Smoky Slate and Crumb Cake, then colored with Blends:

and a sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings, heat embossed in white, and embellished with a little scallop of Champagne Foil!  The background was embossed as well!  Such a fun card to create for a winter birthday!

Thanks for popping in today!

Cold temps don't deter playing in the park!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed..it's another rainy one today!!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Greetings, Mini Aviary, Winter Aviary (both Flora and Fauna)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Thick Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Craft White
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Softly Falling EF, Scalloped Rectangle Die (Reverse Confetti), Heat Tool