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Happy Thursday, everyone!  I had an order for a bridal shower card, so I put the Freshly Made Sketches sketch for this week to use:

I scanned Pinterest for some ideas since my time was limited, and I fell in love with this card, so I CASEd it, tweaking it just a bit and using the sketch:

I added some pearls, Soft Sky seaming binding and baker’s twine, and a wee bit of a lace flower for the gown’s embellishments:

I used Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment on the front, and a retired set called Heard from the Heart for the inside (along with some Itty Bitties butterflies)!!

Thanks for visiting today!

A few more Dutch Wonderland shots!

Enjoy your day!

Paper Players 98 – Summertime

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great weekend!  Sunday means Paper Players, and Jaydee has come up with a summer-themed challenge for us all today:

You can choose the colors or anything that reminds you of summer!  Last week here in Pennsylvania, it was almost 90 degrees, so it wasn’t hard to imagine summer at all…..yesterday when I did my card, it was decidedly chillier!  But as I was clearing shelves of retired stamps to make way for new ones, I came across a cute retired set and it was perfect for my summer-time card!  Isn’t that always the way when new things are on their way---you find old ones that are just as appealing!  Do you remember Crab & Company?  It was a great reminder of summers spent at the Delaware shore:

 

Although I am pretty sure I have never seen a green crayfish!!  I used the JUGS sketch 139 as well as the Just Add Ink summery inspiration challenge 120 :

I watercolored my little images with some of the inspiration colors, added some glitter and punched them out in different sized squares, then mounted them on a piece of Comfort Cafe DP:

The smaller ones were popped up with dimensionals, too.  It’s difficult to see in the photo, but the card base has been embossed with the Stripes embossing folder to replicate the beaded boards of the photo, but it’s not hard to see that cute little sandcastle punched border:

 

I can smell the salt air right now!  I stamped a sentiment from Heard from the Heart and added a linen thread embellishment, and my card is done!  I hope that you are inspired to create a summery project…how about a scrapbook page or a 3D item?  It doesn’t have to be a card!  Share it with us over at the Paper Players blog and check out what the other designers created as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

And here’s a fun little photo, just to nail home the fact that my little angelic granddaughter loves to play in the water….no matter where it happens to be:

Yes, her hand is wet……very wet!!!   Sometimes she is just too fast for grammy!

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It’s Tuesday, and that means it’s time for another ColourQ challenge!  Here are some cool colors for you to play with:

Wouldn’t you like to snuggle into this bedding?  How fun!  Unfortunately, my mojo was snuggled asleep somewhere---nothing I stamped yesterday suited me, it was quite frustrating!  I did squeak out this card for the CQC, using a sketch from a card that I received from one of my customers.  First, here’s my card:

I used a digital image from Arielle, colored it in a little with some Copics, then did some embossing and texturing on the remaining pieces.  I did a little fun ribbon treatment, too:

And here is the card from Joan that was my inspiration:

I hope you’ll play with us at the ColourQ blog because I can’t wait to see how all you creative stampers interpret these (ahem) challenging colors!!!  And check out what the other Colour Courtiers created as well!  TFL!

Reading with Grampy:

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This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is to do a clean and simple card!  Right up my alley!  Here we go:

One stamp set, one punch and four little embellishments!  Easy peasy!

I colored the pearl and the rhinestone brad with  Copics to match my little hearts!  Fun way to get some extra zing from your embellishments!

Cassidy is getting a little better each day, but still not herself 100%.  But she is playing again, not wanting to be held all the time:

 

I think she is trying to chugalug this jug---that thing is heavy!  She’s got some muscles!  Thanks for visiting today!

Wee Details:

• Stamps:  Heard from the Heart
• Paper:  WW, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Real Red
• Ink:  Stazon
• Acc:  3-Heart Punch, Circle Rhinestone, Pearl, Brights Button & thread, Glimmer Brad, Dimensionals