Straight Up

 Hi there! I am squeaking in a Father's Day card today; it uses the inspiration photo from Inspired By as well as the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I pulled out some old papers from Authentique along with a Unity stamp and here's what I came up with:

I stamped the image in Black Stazon and watercolored it, then added a sentiment from the same set, along with some adhesive metallic brads; the sentiment was diecut with the Stitched Shapes dies and Layering Ovals dies:

Gone Fishing provided the inside sentiment and I added a little scrap of the printed paper too!

I have peeps coming to stamp tonight, so that's it for now!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing (ret), If You Were Whiskey (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Night of Navy, Basic White, Original Collection (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, Stazon Black, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Adhesive Brads, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Aquapainter

SS362 Fishy Dad's Day

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I was making a few Father's Day cards for my card box and thought the sketch from Sunday Stamps might be a good one to use! I had an idea in mind...it didn't come out quite as I envisioned it but sometimes that happens!  So here's the sketch:

I used the retired Gone Fishing bundle, which I'll never get rid of, because it's perfect for the fishermen in your family!  So here we go:

I used a card base of Old Olive, embossing it with my new Kristina Werner's Finishing Touches dies--aren't they fun?  I used pieces of Timeless Plaid DSP and cut my little elements from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped them to match:

At the last minute, I stamped "DAD" from the retired Guy Greetings just to add a little bit more to the front:

And stamped these on the inside:

Not a lot of frills, but guys don't really like frills, right?!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing (ret), Guy Greetings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Old Olive, Timeless Plaid DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, Old Olive, Boho Blue (ret), Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Gone Fishing Dies (ret), Finishing Touches Die (Kristina Werner Spellbinders)

PP722 A Sketch from Joanne

Happy Sunday, all! This will be short & sweet as I am having my hostess appreciation party today! Love getting together with my stampers, and I don't think we'll have any SNOW to ruin it!

It's Joanne's turn to be the hostess at the Players this week and she has an awesome sketch:

I thought this would be a great sketch with which to use some of the new Timeless Plaid papers; here we go:

I used the retired Biggest Wish to stamp my sentiments, and a little lure from the Gone Fishing set was an accent.  I cut two sets of banners from Lost Lagoon and Basic White for a simple embellishment.

I needed a masculine birthday card for an older gentleman at church and I knows he likes to fish, so this is for him!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week, there are endless possibilities!  Check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog and be inspired!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Biggest Wish (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Timeless Plaids DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Does, Stylish Shapes Dies

PP713 A Sketch from Ann

 Happy Sunday, everyone!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess this week and it's sketch week! I love sketches! I could just create and create and create the week we have a sketch challenge, LOL!  In fact, I did make two cards!  So here's the sketch:

It is definitely feeling like sweater weather here in PA, so I pulled out some "sweatery" embossing folders and went to work:

My inspiration came from Inspired By; they have a warm, cozy prompt this week:

I created some pine cones with Early Espresso and copper glimmer paper and mounted them on a Crumb Cake panel that was embossed with the Timber embossing folder.  I added a scalloped mat of Very Vanilla and a Crumb Cake stitched ribbon trim:

I used Tangelo Twist with the Cable Knit embossing folder and Mossy Meadow with a Cozy Knit embossing folder from Fun Stamper's Journey, then created a sentiment from Choose Happy and Peaceful Season, diecut with the Labels Aglow die:

The inside was left blank for an appropriate occasion stamp!  The next one is a masculine one, using Gone Fishing and some scraps of DSP I found in my stash:

I stamped and diecut the elements using Blueberry Bushel, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Gray Granite as my colors, then embellished them with some Matte dots and Stylish Stitched mats:

I heat-embosssed a birthday sentiment from Best Family Ever on a Blueberry Bushel diecut and added a diecut zigzag border as well!

                              

This is a great sketch and a good one to use up some of those narrow strips of DSP we always have laying around!  I hope you'll play along with us at the Paper Players! Be sure to check out what the DT created over at the blog as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Choose Happy, Peaceful Season
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, Tangelo Twist (ret), Copper Glimmer (Recollections)
Ink	Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals, Crumb Cake Stitched Ribbon (ret),
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timber Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Labels Aglow Dies, Pretty Pines Dies (ret), Cable Knit Embossing Folder (ret), Cozy Knit Embossing Folder (Fun Stampers Journey)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Family Ever, Gone Fishing
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blueberry Bushel, Gray Granite,Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Scraps from my stash
Ink	Gray Granite, Blueberry Bushel, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret), White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Gone Fishing Dies, Peaceful Season Dies, Basic Borders Dies (ret)

Enjoying the Beach

Happy (late) Saturday, everyone!  I finally got my chores done today and had some time to stamp...lots of fun challenges out there this week!  I chose the FMS sketch, the Color Throwdown colors and the beach theme from As You See It:

I pulled out a bunch of different dies, cardstock and stamps and this is what I came up with:

I have always loved just walking along the beach, looking for shells!  When I was in about fourth grade, my grandmother brought me back from Florida a little shadowbox with a clear lid; inside were adhered several different shells, with their names underneath.  I was mesmerized by those shells and took them to many "Show & Tell" days at school!  They've long since disappeared but I remember them fondly!  Anyway, I diecut some shells, starfish, sand dollars and a seahorse from Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride and Soft Sky cardstocks for my little collage.  Each one was stamped with a texture-type stamp to give it a little more interest, and sponged around the edges.  I used the bubbles and seaweed from Sea Turtles along with a sentiment from Papertrey, and I added some pastel sequins as well.

A woman in the activities area in the retirement community where Dana works is retiring, and since they've had me there twice to do some stamping activities, I thought I'd send her a card!  I actually got to use the retirement stamp from Gone Fishing, too:

Fun card and fun sketch!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sea Turtle, Gone Fishing, Timeless Textures (ret), Label Me Bold (ret), Vintage Picnic Sentiments (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Craft White, Blushing Bride (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash, Sponge Daubers
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, From the Sea Dies (Cuttlebug), Seashell Dies (Impression Obsession)

PP687 Birthday Fishes

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Joanne has a fun sketch for us all at the Paper Players! I hope you'll play along! Check it out:

So many possibilities!  I am always in need of masculine cards, so I thought I'd used the Gone Fishing bundle along with the Let's Go Fishing DSP! Here we go:

I used some of the watery-looking papers for the squares, then diecut and stamped the fish, lure and float in some fun colors! They all went on a Unbounded Love die:

I added a wee bit of Boho Blue twine, tied in a square knot, and a little birthday sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  The Bojo Blue mat was partially diecut with another die from the set to follow along with the watery theme!  A sentiment from Unbounded Love went on the inside; wouldn't it be fun if it said "May All your FISHES Come True"?  

Be sure to hurry over to the Paper Players and see what the other designers created! I hope that will give you some inspiration to play with Joanne's sketch as well!  Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Cassidy went to a basketball camp at St Mary's College on Maryland's Eastern Shore.  I'll find out today how she made out!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Unbounded Love, Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue, Let's Go Fishing DSP, Silver Foil, Night of Navy
Ink	Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Boho Blue Twine, Metallic Adhesive Brad (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Let's Go Fishing Dies, Unbounded Love Dies, Bitty Banners Dies (ret)

SSC330 Happy Father's Day

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a masculine card today; it uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps, Let's Go Fishing DSP and a couple of masculine stamp sets.  First, the sketch:

And here we go:

One of my club projects this month uses these papers, so I created this with some of the leftover scraps!  A few layers, a few diecuts and it was done.  I did stamp a fishing lure from Gone Fishing, and the sentiment is from Trusty Tools

I added a little metallic brad just for fun!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools, Gone Fishing
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Boho Blue, Wild Wheat, Pecan Pie, Let's Go Fishing DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Adhesive Brad (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Die, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Large Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Such a Lazy Stamper

Happy Tuesday, everyone! I have been a lazy stamper the last couple of days....plus it snowed overnight (first in over 700 days, LOL) so I have been in that "snow day" kind of mood. So the cards I am sharing are ones I made last week....no challenges, just some fun stamping in my craft room!

Today is Wayne's birthday, and I know that he is chomping at the bit (or the pole, or the lure, or whatever it is that fishermen chomp at) to go fishing! He got lots of fishing goodies for Christmas, so I decided to make him a fishing-themed card for his birthday, using the Gone Fishing bundle:

It's all just stamping, diecutting and layering on a Mossy Meadow card base; the sentiments are from Biggest Wish and the retired Endless Birthday Wishes.  I went a little overboard on the inside:

 

I used some more of the Let's Go Fishing DSP as well as sentiments from the Trusty Tools and Best Family Ever sets.  

My next card is a CASE from Lori Heiling...hers is much cuter; you can see it HERE.  I made mine a bit simpler, and used different stamps and paper.  Who remembers the Etch-a-Sketch?  Lori is so clever!

I added an acetate "window" on my Etch-a-Sketch (wouldn't a shaker card with gray glitter be fun too??) and put it on a wobbler mechanism so you can really SHAKE it!!!

My sentiment is from Super Cool and the stars are cut using the Give It A Whirl dies....a hidden gem that I don't use enough!  On the inside, I added a few more stars, a sentiment from Throughout the Year and the soda image from Super Cool as well:

So fun, I can't wait to mail this out to someone of a certain age, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Biggest Wish, Endless Birthday Wishes (ret), Trusty Tools, Best Family Ever
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Let's Go Fishing DSP, Metallic paper from my stash
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Flirty Flamingo Marker

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Super Cool, Throughout The Year
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Real Red, Smoky Slate DSP, Acetate Sheet
Ink	Basic Gray, Real Red, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wobbler Mechanism (Amazon)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Give It A Whirl Dies, Nested Essential Dies, 1" Circle Punch (ret)

AHSC532 Fishy Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Hope you all had a relaxing July 4th!  We did NOTHING! It rained off and on all day, in between sweltering sunshine, so we just chilled!  It was very relaxing, LOL! Well, I did stamp a wee bit and do some knitting, so it wasn't a total waste of a day!  I love the Atlantic Hearts Sketch for this week...I am a sucker for all those little banners:

I have not used my Gone Fishing stamp set very much yet, and I need several masculine birthday cards this month, so I decided to pair it with Biggest Wish and some Gingham DSP:

I really like this Pecan Pie shade of brown....warm and inviting!  I stamped my sentiment with that and Night of Navy, then diecut several little banners from Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight, Boho Blue, Night of Navy and Pecan Pie cardstocks, using a little banner from Give It A Whirl.  I stamped the watery image on each one just to give them a little interest.  The lures were stamped and diecut and added to the sentiment panel, along with a few Metallic Brads.  

The inside sentiment is from Charming Sentiments, and I added a little fishy in there too!

One down, about seven more to go, LOL! 

My niece is pregnant with her second child and she sent our family this photo to let us know her "reveal":

I know Cole will be happy to have a little brother to play with (although we were all hoping for a girl),  I was also excited to see the hand-stamped note!!  Apparently the ultrasound technician does SU, and she made it for them!  So fun!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Charming Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Pecan Pie, Basic White, Night of Navy, Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake, Gingham DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Boho Blue, Versamark
Accessories	Rustic Metallic Brads, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Dies, Give It A Whirl Dies

PP645 CAS One-Layer Father's Day

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It's Father's Day here in the US, and also time for a new Paper Players challenge with Jaydee as our hostess!  And it's Clean-and-Simple time!  Here's her CAS theme:

ONE LAYER!  That means just one piece of cardstock, folded in half, then stamped!!  I had lots of ideas but one-layer is challenging, isn't it? I kept wanting to add more stuff!  In the end, this is the one-layer notecard I created:

I hadn't broken into my Gone Fishing set yet, and Wayne is an avid fisherman, so I thought it would be a perfect way to create a Father's Day card for him.  I originally started on a regular-sized card, but the images looked a little dwarfed, so I trimmed it down to a note card.  Before stamping each set of images, I used the retired Watercolor Shapes and stamped a rectangle in Antique Linen Distress ink. I don't often use Distress inks, but I feel like they made my other inks bleed a little bit; I'll have to do some further experimenting with them!  I just love these little lures and fishy:

I added some speckles to the rainbow trout with a Blushing Bride marker, too....I am not sure if that's what a rainbow trout looks like in real life, but it's gonna do for my card!  I added another lure and a sentiment from the same set on the inside:

My last part was to stamp "For You" from Country Bouquet, then add a little Linen Thread to the card front....it helped to offset the rectangles that I didn't stamp quite in the center!  I am going to enter this over at the Krafty Chicks as well, as their challenge this week is Clean and Simple too!

I hope that our one-layer Clean-and-Simple challenge doesn't challenge you too much, because we'd love to see how creative you can be with it!  Be sure to check out the Design Team's samples over at the Paper Players blog....then share yours with us too!

The kids went to the Delaware shore yesterday, leaving early in the morning in Wayne's jeep....with no sides or roof!  Brrrr!  Both Cassidy and her friend Gia were well bundled-up!

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

"The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him."  

Proverbs 23:24

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Country Bouquet, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Watercolor Shapes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla
Ink	Basic Gray, Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon, Shaded Spruce, Old Olive, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Antique Linen Distress (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Linen Thread
Tools