Stenciled Merry & Bright

 Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have some fun plans for the weekend.  We may finally see some nicer temps and sunshine!  I have a Christmas card today that fulfills two challenges;  the Krafty Chicks want Christmas, and Just Us Girls, where they want flowers:

I recently got a new stencil and die from Spellbinders called Christmas Florals.  This was my first attempt at using it, so it's not perfect but I can see lots of possibilities with it!  Here we go:

I pretty much followed the picture on the package, LOL...next time I might use some other colors!  After diecutting it, I mounted it on a brick-embossed backbround piece and added the Strawberry Slush sentiment, which also comes with the set:

A sentiment from the retired Peaceful Season went on the inside:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Strawberry Slush
Ink	Blueberry Bushel, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Timid Tiger, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue, Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Christmas Florals Dies, Christmas Florals Stencil, Blending Brushes, Brick Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

Just a Little Note for CASC&S583

 Happy Thursday, all!  You know I like things in threes and when I saw the Clean & Simple Colours & Sketches challenge this week, I was quite happy:

I did a class recently at my neighborhood retirement center and had some leftover pieces from that project, so I used them for my project:

The butterflies were diecut with some Shimmer Pool Party cardstock, then layered on a butterfly-embossed piece of Basic White.  The sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings, using an Impression Obsession Small Tags die.  

Here is the original project; I just used two of the single butterflies and trimmed one from the trio for the above card:

I am also entering this at Krafty Chicks, where they're looking for Clean and Simple too!  

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

"But I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.  He is like a tree growing newar a stream and sending out roots to the water.  It is not afraid when hot weather comes, because its leaves stay green; it has no worries when there is no rain; it keeps on bearing fruit."  Jeremiah 17:7-8

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party Shimmer
Ink	Pool Party
Accessories	Coastal Cabana Bakers Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Sketched Butterfly Dies (ret), Small Tags Dies (Impression Obsession), Butterfly Burst Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp)

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Friends (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party Shimmer, Pool Party
Ink	Pool Party
Accessories	Pool Party Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Sketched Butterfly Dies (ret), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Butterfly Burst Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp)

CASC&S579 Spring Blessings

 Happy Friday, peeps! I have an uber-quick card today for the challenge over at CAS Colour & Sketches:

I've been having lots of fun revisiting stamps that have been in my stash for a while, and only got minimal use!  Today's Altenew set has probably only been used once or twice, so I dusted it off and went to work:

I stamped the Dot Botanicals in Pistacho Pudding and Soft Succulent inks, then added a sentiment from W+9 in Garden Green and added a few sequins.  I haven't used Very Vanilla much lately, so it was nice to use that for a change!

A simple sentiment from PTI's Wreath for All Seasons went on the inside! I need to bulk up my birthday cards, so this will be perfect for those spring birthdays!

And since the Krafty Chicks challenge this week is CAS, I am going to pop it in over there as well!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wreath for All Seasons (Papertrey), Dot Botanicals (Altenew), Spring Blessings (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla
Ink	Garden Green, Pistachio Pudding (ret), Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools

AYSI366 Peppermint Wishes

Happy Friday, all!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge, and we have a theme:

Yummy!  Look at all those goodies! I got a sweet little peppermint candy die just after Christmas, so this challenge gave me the perfect opportunity to put it to use:

My candies are made with Basic White, Real Red, Strawberry Slush and Granny Apple Green.  The peppermint sentiment is from More Than Autumn, and the diecut sentiments are from the Words for the Season dies.  All went on a gingham background from Scrapbook.com, diecut with the Perennial Postage die.  I added a Stitched With Whimsy doodle around the edges as well as some Peppermint candy embellishments!

I added a Colorado Craft sentiment on the inside:

In the stamping world, it's never too early to start making Christmas cards!  And since the Krafty Chicks are asking for Christmas cards this week, I am entering it there as well!  

What will inspire you from this fun challenge?! Hope to see your sweet confection over at the As You See It blog!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	More Than Autumn, Merry Merry Mini (Colorado Craft Co)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Strawberry Slush, Adhesive Sheet, Ginghams (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Peppermint Embellishments, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret), Peppermint Die (Simon Says Stamp), Banner Dies (Pink & Main, Balmy Blue Blend

KC799 Peace on Earth

 Happy Friday, all! Yay, the weekend is upon us! I have a real quick card this morning, it used items that I had already laying on my desk, and so it came together in a jiffy!  The challenge at Krafty Chicks is CAS, so I am entering it there!

So here we go:

The snowflake background was diecut with the Waffleflower Dashed Snowflake Panel; the deer is from Papertrey, and the snowflake was a freebie from Waffleflower as well!  I used the Tiny Words Christmas for the front sentiment as well as the inside, and I also stamped a Christmas sentiment from Best Year along with it:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!  Off to wrap some presents!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Rhinestones, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dashed Snowflake Panel (Waffleflower), Single Snowflake Die (Waffleflower), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), Stitched Hillsides Dies (Lawn Fawn), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

FMS715 Celebrating You

Happy Thursday, all...on the slide to the weekend, yippee!  I have lots of birthdays in December and my card supply is running low,  so the FMS sketch came in handy for a quick card using some patriotic colors!  Here's the sketch:

I pulled out some Honey Bee papers called Americana, did some diecutting, punching and stamping, and here we go:

Sentiments are from the retired Perennial Birthday, and it was mounted on a Crumb Cake base:

And since the Krafty Chicks have a birthday challenge, I am adding this to theirs as well!

Off to make some Christmas cookies!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perennial Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Americana (Honey Bee)
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Small Star Punch (ret)

Happy Little Jar of Joy

 Happy Friday, all! Hope you have some fun weekend plans! We plan to go out on the boat tomorrow with some family!  

I have a cute little card today using the new set called Jar of Joy along with its matching punch! I was experimenting with a fun bookbinding fold I recently saw (I believe it was on the Inque Spot's blog), and so had a card already made but had never finished.  I used some retired Parakeet Party papers for the base, but needed a focal point.  I was looking at the images in the Jar of Joy set and thought how cute that little snowman would look in some non-traditional Christmas colors! So here we go:

I stamped the snowman in Versafine Black and his hat & scarf in Strawberry Slush.  I added some Balmy Blue snowflakes and some Wink of Stella for snow!  The jar was stamped in Lemon Lime Twist and the lid was also created using Strawberry Slush, shaded with a blender pen:

It went on a Every Day Arches diecut, using the Toadstool Gardens DSP.  I stamped a sentiment from Tractor & Co, then another Jar of Joy sentiment on the inside:

There are more cute little images to put inside the jar, so I know I'll be using this again!  I am going to enter this at the Krafty Chicks challenge, where "Anything Goes"!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jar of Joy, Tractor & Co
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Strawberry Slush, Parakeet Party (ret), Parakeet Party DSP (ret), Toadstool Gardens DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Parakeet Party, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Glitter Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies, Jar Punch, Wink of Stella

Vintage Birthday Wishes

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! Trying to squeeze in some stamping time before our holiday celebrations!  I needed several masculine cards (aren't they the most challenging?) and saw a fun sketch from Just Add Ink as well as the birthday challenge from Retro Rubber!  

I went WAY back in the archives for some of these products, LOL!  Here's one of the cards I created:

The papers are from an old Basic Gray pad (remember them), and the "birthday" banner is from Time of Year (2016) and the "wishes" is from Holly Jolly Greetings (2015).  The vehicle is from Unity's Consider Yourself Vintage, and I know I've had that for several years:

I didn't want to put a bow on a masculine card, so I diecut a wee little wrench from some copper foil using a die from My Favorite Things....Tool Charms.  It's an oldie too!  The banners and mat are both Basic Black.  I made a few more similar to this for my stash for this month!  Now to get them ready to go out in the mail!  And I just realized this will fit the Krafty Chicks birthday challenge this week too!

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Time of Year (2016, ret), Holly Jolly Greetings (2015, ret), Consider Yourself Vintage (Unity, at least 6 years old)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic Black, Copper Foil, Basic Gray DSP (unknown name)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Tool Charms Dies (My Favorite Things)

PP737 Color Challenge from Ann

Happy Sunday, and Happy Mother's Day if you're a mom of any sort!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess today and she has a lovely color palette for us to play with:

My first thought went to flowers, but I had to be a rebel and opted instead for another Christmas card! Check it out:

I used the snowflake images from Iconic Imagery, diecutting them and embellishing them with a wee little rhinestone.  They are sitting on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder.  Words from the same set were stamped at the top in Berry Burst, and I added a sweet little Lost Lagoon Soft Cord bow for another embellishment:

I stamped a sentiment from Greetings of the Season on the inside, along with a few more snowflakes:

My layout is from Linda's Freshly Made Sketches sketch, and I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks, where they are looking for Christmas:

These colors are so pretty, I hope you'll be able to create something lovely with them too!  Be sure to check out what the DT created at the PP blog and share yours with us!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon DSP (ret), Bubble Bath DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst
Accessories	Rhinestones, Lost Lagoon Soft Cording, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Iconic Imagery Dies

KCC766 Patriotic Birthday

Happy Thursday, all! I have two quick cards to share today for the Krafty Chicks birthday challenge!

These are uber-easy, just a little stamping, fussy-cutting and die-cutting, and they're good to go!  Here we go:

My papers were really the inspiration for the cards; I used Honey Bee's Americana and added a vintage star and sentiment from the retired Country Road stamp set, and added some Misty Moonlight and Cherry Cobbler banners:

And how about that?  I used a brad from waaaaaay back to accent my stars!  The inside was stamped with an older Cornish Heritage Farms stamp and another little strip of the paper for fun:

Masculine cards can be a challenge but these were easy!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Road (ret), Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Beige
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals, Brad (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), 1/16" Hole Punch (ret)

PP734 CAS Challenge from Elizabeth

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Happy Easter, too!  Elizabeth is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has a fun CLEAN-AND-SIMPLE challenge for us:

Isn't that little bunny adorable?  I already had all my Easter cards done, but I did remember this cute little pair of bunny slippers in my stash:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I used a piece of Petal Pink DSP for the left panel, embellishing it with a wee bit of cardstock that was diecut with a scalloped stitched die.  The slippers were stamped in Versafine Black and the ears and noses were watercolored with Petal Pink ink:

The outside sentiment is from Hero Arts; the inside is from A Dozen Thoughts:

I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks challenge, where they are looking for CAS creations!  

This is such a fun challenge! You could use bunnies for any number of occasions!  Don't forget that it has to be clean-and-simple---minimal supplies and layers! Be sure to check out the samples from the Design Team over at the Paper Players to get some inspiration! Hope to see you there!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Dozen Thoughts (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts), Bunny Slippers (100 Proof Press)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Petal Pink DSP (ret)
Ink	Petal Pink, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Stitched Scalloped Die (Lawn Fawn), Aquapainter