RRCB251 Little Cuties Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps! My pastor's daughter is having a birthday, so this card is for her! Since the Retro Rubber challenge is "Anything Goes", I decided to go with that, using a set from 2017 called Little Cuties...it's a favorite go-to stamp for children and Easter! 

So here we go:

I know my pastor's children always wanted pets, but alas, the only pets they have are hamsters! I don't have any hamster stamps, so this was the next best thing!  I stamped each animal in Smoky Slate ink, then colored them in with Blends. 

 I added a Fresh Freesia scalloped mat, a few sequins and some sequined ribbon and mounted it all on a panel of Fresh Freesia DSP and matching card:

Another retired stamp called Little Delights (2021) had the perfect sentiment for the inside:

Hope she likes it!  And just as an aside....if you need to know the date of any stamp, you can go on Splitcoaststampers.com and look in the galleries.  The Stampin' Up one has all their stamps and the date they came out!  Very helpful!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (2017, ret), Little Delights (2021, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Fresh Freesia DSP (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Sequins (ret), Dimensionals, Sequined Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Blends

LRW796 Tiny Bunny

Hello, peeps! Yay, it's Friday! I have a fun little Easter card for you today. The challenge at Little Red Wagon this week is "Tiny Dancer"; they want to see something tiny on your card!  (Do you now have Elton John stuck in your head?)  So here we go:

I used an embossing folder and die from Simon Says Stamp, and diecut the wee bunny from a circle of Bubble Bath cardstock. I have struggled with this color; it's a little too purple for me to really consider it a pink, and it's tough to photograph! I am still lamenting the loss of Pink Pirouette, right, Beth?  Anyway, I went with it, stamping my circle with some little Bubble Bath polka dots and popping up the bunny with double mini dimensionals:

I struggled to get the sentiment dark enough, so I opted for Smoky Slate for both the outside and inside sentiments, and added some gray gingham to pull it all together!

Both sentiments came from the retired Little Cuties set!  Now, to make a few more Easter cards!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret), Dot Dot Dot (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Smoky Slate, Bubble Bath
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Gray Gingham Ribbon (Etsy)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Playful Bunnies EF & Die (Simon Says Stamp)

PP720 Color Challenge from Elizabeth

Happy Sunday, peeps! The Paper Players are back from the holiday break, with Elizabeth as our first hostess of 2025! She's chosen a fun, bright color combo for us today:

My niece is expecting a little girl next week, so I thought I'd use these colors to make a cute congrats card for her:

My colors are a little muted but I thought for a baby card, these ginghams would be a great match!  I diecut each color with a postage stamp die from Waffleflower and topped them with these images from Little Cuties (retired):

I mounted them on a piece of embossed Basic White to look like a quilt, then added the "blessed"from Paper Sweeties.  I did add a couple little sequins for fun!  The inside sentiment is an older from Papertrey:

I am also entering this at Inkspirational, where the challenge this week is Pretty Quilts.  I hope the embossed "quilt top" is sufficient!

I hope you'll get back into the crafting swing of things by playing with our first color challenge of 2025!  Check out what the Design Team crafted over at the Paper Players blog to get some inspiration! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret), Blessed (Paper Sweeties), Daily Design Sentiments (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gingham (misc DSPs)
Ink	Memento Black, Smoky Slate, Pecan Pie, Petunia Pop, Peach Parfait
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Quilt Top Embossing Folder (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Postage Collage Die (Waffleflower), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Aquapainter

KC705 Ears to You

Happy Thursday, peeps!  And Happy Leap Year day! I made a fun card yesterday, trying to get a wee bit ahead of making some Easter cards and I remembered this fun little Impression Obsession set with bunnies and squirrels!  So I stamped a few and here's what I came up with:

I stamped the bunnies in Smoky Slate and die cut them out, then mounted them on a Lemon Lolly mat, cut with a Close to My Heart die.  Each opening was filled with a little scrap of gingham, and the bunnies were popped up on top!  I had the retired Little Cuties set out on my desk for another project and I thought the sentiments would work well with all those wee little ears, LOL!

I added a Lemon Lolly twine bow and it was finished!  And I am going to toss this in the ring over at Krafty Chicks where anything goes!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret), Bunnies & Squirrels D5643 (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Versafine Black
Accessories	Lemon Lolly Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Circle Panel Die (Close to My Heart), Bunnies Dies (Impression Obsession)

Dutch Birthday

 Hi peeps, happy Friday!  I have a card similar to my Inspired By card from yesterday (you can see it here).  I don't know about you, but often my cardmaking process is full of stops, starts, detours and crashes!  Sometimes I am able to take the casualties from the "accidents" and make a new card, which is what I did today!  I had originally stamped the scalloped border of my card in Just Jade, but it seemed too strong of a color for the florals, so I opted for a softer Mint Macaron.  But I saved that Just Jade piece, and when I turned the DSP over, this pretty floral appeared!  I had an older Artistic Outpost set on my desk, which featured a windmill I had never gotten inky, so I inked it up in Just Jade and here's what turned out:

I took advantage of a little scrap of polka dot paper that coordinated, and layered it under the scallop, then added some Bumblebee gingham ribbon:

I still had Little Cuties on my desk, so I used the birthday sentiment from it and diecut it with a Tasteful Labels die:

And I happened to see this Library challenge on my friend Michele's blog, so I am entering it there as well:

It's funny...when I was a little girl, I was obsessed with Holland!  I wanted to visit there; not sure what the appeal was, maybe windmills, wooden sabots or tulips!  Might have been a children's book I read too!  Anyway, this brought back some fond memories!  Thanks for visiting today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check, Little Cuties (ret), A Lovely Day (Artistic Outpost)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Just Jade, Flowers for All Seasons DSP, Crushed Curry DSP
Ink	Just Jade
Accessories	Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies

CAS Easter Cards

I have a couple of really easy cards using some sweet Easter images! The first one uses Little Cuties, which is a fun little (retired) set that has lots of images perfect for spring, babies or children's birthdays!  I chose to use the chick and the EARS for a CAS, one-layer card:

It's a note-sized card, stamped in Stazon on Thick Whisper White cardstock, colored with So Saffron, Mango Melody and Pear Pizzazz inks:

I'm entering this in Little Red Wagon's one-layer challenge, Krafty Chick's CAS challenge, and the CAS Colour & Sketches color challenge:

My second one is very simple as well; my sweet friend Vickie shared this bunny image with me and I trimmed it with some Stitched Rectangle dies and added some gingham:

The sentiment is also from Little Cuties, cut (and trimmed a bit) with a Tasteful Labels die:

That sweet little face...love it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White
Ink	Stazon, So Saffron, Mango Melody, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories
Tools	Aquapainter

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unknown Bunny, Little Cuties (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Crumb Cake, Homespun Gingham DSP (My Favorite Things)
Ink	Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tasteful Label Dies

IB166 Easter Bunnies

Hello, everyone!  What a sweet Inspired By inspiration photo Danni has for us this week!  I just love the sweet little patchwork blanket with all the little bunnies popping out!  Adorable!

 

And here is our optional sketch:

The mailman just happened to drop off this cute little Poppystamps bunny die just in time for today's challenge!  I cut three of them out of some retired Naturals Ivory cardstock and backed them with some retired DSP to create a clean and simple card:

I cut out a fourth one and snipped out the bunny, just leaving the frame, and adhered it to another piece of cardstock, trimmed it, then stamped a sentiment from the retired Little Cuties on it:

On the inside, I adhered the snipped-off bunny to a Pear Pizzazz panel and added a sentiment from W+9:

The Inspired By design team did an awesome job with their cards this week...."hop" over to the blog and see what they created!  Then share yours with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

Sorry....one of our favorite games!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (ret), Spring Blessings (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Pear Pizzazz, Naturals Ivory (ret), SU DSP (I can't remember the name)
Ink	Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Peek a Boo Bunny Die (Poppystamps)

So Tiny So Small

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I have a sweet baby card to share with you today!  Young friends of ours just adopted a little boy, and I made this card to welcome him to their family!  

The Rainbow Card Challenge this month is "Totally Tiffany", which is a color I just love!  

I found some papers in a scrapbook pad I was given, and I thought they would be pretty with this little rocking horse image from Little Cuties.  It's hard to see but the clouds are sparkly!  So here we go:

I was stamped in Smoky Slate and colored with Pool Party and Smoky Slate Blends; I added a little gingham paper-pieced saddle just for fun, as well as some stars in the background to coordinate with the starry, glittery background!  I also added a scallop of Glimmer paper too, just for fun!  The sentiment from Wildly Happy was stamped on a diecut from the new Ornate Layers dies...what an awesome set!

The inside was stamped with some Paper Pumpkin stars and a sentiment from God's Blessings:

This card is larger than the standard A4 size to accommodate the cute papers as well as that cute image! I sure had fun making this and I wish them all the blessings in the world!!  Thanks for popping in today!

Dana and her coworker unknowingly wore the same colors today---and the residents at the nursing home where they work made them matching masks!

Here in PA, our governor has now "recommended" wearing masks anywhere outside...and we are now not allowed to drive to Delaware unless we are prepared to quarantine ourselves there for 14 days!!  Delaware is only a hop, skip and a jump from us and we would regularly go there to shop, as they have no sales tax.  I hope this is all over very soon!  Enjoy your day (or at least try to) and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wildly Happy, Little Cuties (ret), God's Blessings (ret), Paper Pumpkin (ret), Primitive Pumpkins (for the stars, My Favorite Things)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Sparkle Glimmer, Brights DSP, Baby Boy DSP (Jolene's Boutique)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Layers Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Blends in Pool Party and Smoky Slate

Hello Peeps

Happy Saturday!  I have a couple more cards today; this one is another CAS one, using the CAS(E) This Sketch sketch, way back from its very onset:

As I was laying in bed yesterday morning, this little set, Basket Bunch, popped into my mind and I thought how cute it would be in this layout!  So here we go:

All the peeps and bunny were stamped in Stazon, colored with Blends, and mounted on a small stitched circle die from Stitched Labels:

I pulled out a couple more oldies for the inside:

Jingle Belles has a Fa-La-La challenge, which is to use music on your card, and I have had some of this musical DSP for a long time, and never knew quite how to use it:

I mounted it on a cardstock of Crumb Cake after sponging the edges, then added a wide organdy ribbon, a sentiment from O Holy Night (Papertrey), stamped on Very Vanilla, and I added some glimmer paper greenery:

A good trick for diecutting glimmer paper using intricate dies is to peel the backing off the back of the glimmer paper.  I also use a Precision Base Plate....the combination of those two really make the paper pop out easily!  This uses the sketch from Inspire Create:

Thanks for popping in today!!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players sketch, too!

A little virtual karate:

Master Fisher is doing his best to make sure his students don't lose their skills!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Basket Bunch, Little Cuties, And Many More (all ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, 2018-2019 In Color Gingham (ret)
Ink	Memento Black, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Labels Dies, Basket Builder Dies (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	O Holy Night (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Dark & Light Green Glimmer (ret), Deck The Halls DSP (Melissa Frances)
Ink	Merry Merlot, Crumb Cake (for sponging)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wide Organdy Cherry Cobbler Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Nested Labels Dies, In The Woods Dies

CAS359 and CC135 Puppy Birthday

Happy Monday, peeps!  I hope you had a good weekend!  I made a simple birthday card for a young lady at our church, and I used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch and the photo inspiration from If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:

So here we go:

I took a little liberty with the sketch, switching the sentiment with the two panels at the bottom!  This sweet little pup is from Little Cuties (ret), and he was stamped with Stazon ink and colored with a blender pen and inks:

The Rococo Rose panel was stamped with a polka dot stamp from Papertrey ink in white craft ink, and I added a little scallop of Smoky Slate, and mounted it on a Smoky Slate card!  I hope she likes it!  Thank you for popping in today--enjoy your day and be blessed!