Hello Sweet Friend

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a fun little card today for three challenges; the FMS sketch, the friend of mine challenge at Little Red Wagon, and the envelope challenge from CAS on Sunday:

So here we go:

I started with a little scrap of Pool Party DSP and created an envelope with it using the Love Notes dies, then added a little note stamped with the "hello" to tuck inside. I stamped some hearts from the retired Wood Words in Blushing Bride ink and mounted both on a panel of Pool Party diecut with the Perennial Postage dies and stamped with Elements of Text.  I had one last little piece of this twine that I wrapped around the envelope, then mounted it on a piece of DSP. The DSP is actually Petal Pink; I always get those two colors mixed up, but it'll have to do, LOL!

My final addition was the "sweet friend" from Poppy Stamps, stamped on a little banner.  You'll see some of these papers again tomorrow--spoiler alert!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scalloped Wishes, Elements of Text (ret), Wood Words (ret), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Petal Pink DSP (ret), Pool Party DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Blushing Bride, Pool Party
Accessories	Blushing Bride Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Love Notes Dies (ret), Perennial Postage Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

LRW855 Happy Earth Day

Happy Saturday, everyone! Even before this challenge popped up at Little Red Wagon, I had saved this pretty lavender envelope from my mail, because I knew I wanted to create something with it!  So it worked perfectly for the "Earth Day" challenge, which was to use something recycled on your creation! So here we go; simple and easy:

I cut the envelope to fit my card front and adhered it; I diecut a vellum circle and sponged some Gorgeous Grape ink on the back of it, then added a scalloped border around it.  The floral diecut was a leftover from yesterday's project, unused, and I thought it worked well with the outline images on the envelope:

I added some Smoky Slate pearls and a sentiment from Lily of the Valley.  I left the inside blank, and will add a sentiment when I send it out!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lily of the Valley
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum (ret), Envelope from the mail
Ink	Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Smoky Slate Pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big SHot, Penned FLowers Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

FMS721 Shabby Valentine

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I have a sweet little Valentine card for you today; it's for the FMS sketch by Jen as well as the neutral challenge from Little Red Wagon:

I went through my plethora of 6x6 pads to find some vintage prints to start my card; the ones I found were from Prima called Farm Sweet Farm.  I cut some to fit a 4 1/4" square card and went to work:

I diecut a heart from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped some postage stamp images from an old Papertrey set in Pecan Pie ink.  I added a Champagne foil heart and some pearl embellishments as well as a Technique Tuesday sentiment, stamped in Basic Gray ink.  I added a Crumb Cake scalloped heart behind it and gave everything a good vintage burnish with my sponge dauber and some Crumb Cake ink:

A sentiment from an old Paper Pumpkin set went on the front, and finally, some neutral rickrack trim for fun!  I haven't made a collage-style image for a long time, and it was fun to do!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Grateful (Technique Tuesday), Paper Pumpkin (ret), Postmarks (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Champagne Foil (ret),  Farm Sweet Farm (Prima)
Ink	Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Rickrack (from my stash), Dimensionals, Various Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Heart and Scalloped Heart Dies (Nestabilities), Sponge Dauber

SUO393 Rev Up The Fun

Happy Wednesday, all!  The SU Only challenge is a color one this week:

and I needed a birthday card for my great-nephew Sawyer.  I had an idea in mind and decided to incorporate these colors as well. All my images are retired SU, and I hope that's okay for the challenge!  I also used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches  for my uber-CAS card:

So here we go:

I know the image looks black, but trust me, it is Night of Navy! I stamped designs from Gorgeous Grunge and Perfectly Wrapped in the corner in Crushed Curry, then stamped the Extreme Dirt Bike stamp in Navy.  I did add some speckles as well, stamped off.  Sentiment is from Rev Up The Fun:

I added a simple birthday sentiment on the inside.  And since the Little Red Wagon challenge this week is K for "Keep it Simple", I am adding it there as well!

Here's a picture of Sawyer and his brother, sister, mom and mom mom; they have a cookie-making day every Christmas at their mom mom's house:

That's a lot of cookies!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Extreme Dirt Bike, Gorgeous Grunge, Perfectly Wrapped (all ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy
Ink	Crushed Curry, Night of Navy
Accessories
Tools

PP764 Challenge from Stef

Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Stef as our hostess!  It's Clean-and-Simple week too!  Here we go:

What a great theme!!  It had me conjuring up all kinds of ideas! I knew I wanted to do a vintage image, because I love vintage Christmas, and while going through my bulging folder of vintage Christmas ephemera, I came across a page of stickers from Current!  Remember them?  Santa is one of my favorite images for Christmas; he makes me think of my childhood Christmases!  I pulled out some DSP from a few years back and went to work:

I adhered my Santa to a little diecut circle and added a gold scalloped mat becase, as you can see, the Christmas-word DSP is printed in gold foil too!  I recently got this cute banner die, so I diecut it in Real Red, then added another banner of gold foil behind it to help it stand out:

On the inside, I added a Flonzcraft sentiment:

Not a lot of stamping, but a whole lot of cute!  And since Little Red Wagon is looking for gold or silver, I'm going to pop it in over there as well!

Now, what CAS creation will you create for our challenge?!  Remember to keep it simple!  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog! We can't wait to see it!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Sentiments (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Brushed Gold (ret), Wonder of the Season Specialty DSP (ret), Current Sticker
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machines, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Petite Scalloped Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Cutting Sentiments Dies (Spellbinders)

LRW829 Vivid Leaves

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I am way late today!  But I've been experimenting in my craft room and having some fun with some old products and new products!  I was totally enamored by THIS CARD created by my PP teammate, Stef.  Wowza, it is amazing! 

I remembered that I had some retired dies from SU called Stitched Leaves, and I thought I'd  experiment with them to see if I could come up with something similar.  I used blending brushes and ink instead of alcohol inks to color mine, but I was happy with the vivid colors I was able to achieve:

Stef's challenge was to only use rust and yellow, but I went with all the fall colors!  The yellow leaf is diecut from some watercolor paper, but the other leaves were diecut with some new paper that will be coming out soon called Whispers of Texture.  If you look closely, you can see a wee bit of a woven texture on them:

I also added some new embellishments called Pearls of Beauty, and I unraveled some burlap ribbon to create a rustic bow.  Everything went on a panel of Country Woods DSP, and I stamped a sentiment from Simply Said.  I am going to enter this at the Little Red Wagon challenge because they're looking for a Captain's "log"...anything woodgrain!

The leaves outside my window don't look quite this bright, but they are beginning to turn!  Fall is definitely in the air!  Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Watercolor, Whispers of Texture (OE-Nov), Country Woods DSP
Ink	Crushsed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Pearls of Beauty (OE-Nov), Burlap Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Leaves Dies (ret)

PP748 Hello Summer

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this week, Jan has an awesome sketch for us! I REALLY enjoyed playing with this one:

I decided to veer off from doing my Christmas cards and chose to create something decidedly summer-ish!  Here we go:

Oh, I just love all these pastel "flavors"!!  I had gotten a paper pad called On the Sunny Side from Not 2 Shabby last year and found these beautiful prints and summer elements to mix and match!  I started with a Pretty in Pink card and added layers of Lemon Lolly, Soft Sky and Pink Pirouette, diecutting and embossing some of them for interest.  The little sentiment was diecut with the Stitched Rectangle die and I fussy-cut the treats:

I stamped a sentiment from Peaceful Moments on the inside using Strawberry Slush ink:

Since this features summertime treats, I am also entering it at Handstamped Sentiments for their "Summer Vibe" challenge, as well as the Little Red Wagon, who is featuring "F" for food!

There are just so many fun possibilities with this sketch because of all the elements!  I hope you'll have as much fun with it as I did!  Share yours with us at the Paper Players--can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Moments (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Pink Pirouette (ret), Soft Sky (ret), On the Sunny Side (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Strawberry Slush
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Textured Notes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Mini Corrugated EF, Polka Dot EF (ret)

LRW812 Sundae Funday

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a quick card today using some new goodies I just got, along with some favorite oldies as well! The Little Red Wagon challenge is to use embossing, and I just happened to have made this fun birthday card using an Anita Jeram bunny from Colorado Craft, and the Dotted Circles embossing folder:

My bunny was stamped in Versafine black ink and color with Blends, then cut out with the retired Scalloped Contours die.  I added some sequins and a sparkly ribbon, then added a wee little tag:

My Bubble Bath card front was embossed with the EF, offsetting it a bit for some added interest.  I stamped a simple birthday sentiment on the inside, and it's ready for my next go-round of birthday cards!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sundae Funday (Colorado Craft), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine, Pretty in Pink
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals, Glittered Organdy Ribbon, white cording
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Scalloped Contour Dies (ret), Tiny Tags Dies (Papertrey), Blends

Every Good & Perfect Gift

Happy Wednesday, all! I have a flowery card for you today, using the color palette from Retro Rubber:

I have to admit that I struggled with this card, not because of the colors, they're beautiful...but because I do struggle lining up all the layers of this particular stamp set.  It's from W+9, called Freehand Florals, and it's from 2016.  I think I have probably mis-aligned the layers, but at some particular point, I just gave up and went with it!  So here we go:

I stamped my flowers in Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie and Flirty Flamingo, and the leaves in Soft Sea Foam.  I did add a wee little Balmy Blue baker's twine bow, and framed them all in a Penny Black Double Frame die:

The sentiment is from Stamp Simply's Farmhouse Scriptural Quotes, and I've had that since 2023 or 2024!  In hindsight, I wish I had stamped it in a different color that Flirty Flamingo, but again, I'd spent way too much time on it!

I stamped a birthday sentiment on the inside, so this will go in my birthday stash!  I am also entering this at Little Red Wagon, where they're looking for flowers!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Farmhouse Scriptural Quote (Stamp Simply, 2023), Freehand Florals (W+9, 2016)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam DSP (ret)
Ink	Soft Seafoam, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories	Balmy Blue Baker's Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Freehand Florals Dies (W+9), Double Frame Die (Penny Black)

52CCTD Be Merry

Happy Wednesday, everyone! The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge is a fun sketch:

I pulled out some fun holiday papers from My Mind's Eye and here's what I came up with:

I cut the circles with the retired Stitched Shapes dies and added mats of Blushing Bride.  The embossing is from the Northern Flurry EF.  I added a retired Lawn Fawn sentiment, stamped on the same set of papers. Aren't these prints cute?

I added a Kaiser Kraft sentiment on the inside!

Another Christmas card to add to my stash!  And I am going to add this to the Little Red Wagon challenge this week, where they're wanting circles!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Traditional Christmas (Kaiser), Peace Joy Love (Lawn Fawn)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride (ret), Oh What Fun! (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Northern Flurry EF (ret)

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)

From My Heart to Yours

Happy Friday, everyone! And a love-filled Happy Valentine's Day to all my dear stamping friends out there! I've gotten several beautiful cards already! How fun!  My card today is for my own special Valentine!  I used the Just Add Ink sketch as well as the challenge to use red from Little Red Wagon:

I pulled out some older retired goodies and went to work:

I used the Perennial Postage dies to cut out my little postage stamp elements, backed them with some retired red DSP and stamped some Valentine-ish images and sentiments on each one! I think my favorite might be the chocolate-covered strawberry!  Yum! I added the little numbers (rather crookedly, I admit) with a tiny little peg stamp called Simple Serif:

I backed it on a piece of Basic White, embossed with the Dotted Circles embossing folder and then put it on an Early Espresso card base.  I forgot to take a picture of the inside, and it's already sealed in an envelope, so you'll have to just imagine! 

Thanks for popping in today, I hope you have a wonderful day with those whom you love!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hugs for Love, PS:I Love You (ret), Banner Year (ret), Simple Serif (ret), Postage Collage (Waffleflower)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Early Espresso, Real Red DSP (ret)
Ink	Real Red, Pecan Pie, Gray Granite, Chocolate Chip (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pearl
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Dotted Circle Embossing Folder, Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)

FMS663 & LRW783 Simple Sympathy

Happy Thursday, all.  Sadly, we lost a former church member this week, one of the godliest men I knew.  He was a farmer, a millwright, a hunter and served his community tirelessly.  I wanted to use the paper from Winter Meadow that had the deer image on it, and the FMS sketch worked well with it:

The Little Red Wagon challenge this week is monochromatic, so since these papers are in shades of gray, that's what I used:

I used Smoky Slate and Basic Gray for my cardstocks, although I think probably Gray Granite would have been better, although it has a brown tinge to it that I really don't care for.  I did stamp a pine tree on the background and a sympathy sentiment on the front.  The horizontal panel is also embossed with the Subtle embossing folder.  A few enamel dots were the only embellishment.

It's sad to lose our loved ones at any time, but to lose them around the holidays is an additional challenge.  I know Dave's family is rejoicing that he is in heaven, but we all miss him here on earth!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

I heard a loud voice speaking from the throne: "Now God's home is with people!  He will live with them, and they shall be his people.  God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.  He will wipe away all tears from their eyes.  There will be no more death, no more grief or crying or pain. The old things have disappeared." Revelation 21:3-4

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts), Forest of Tress (Flourishes)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Winter Meadow DSP
Ink	Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Subtle Embossing Folder (ret)

LRW766 Glitter in the Sun

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have been MIA...not much mojo and every time I sit down to create something, I get interrupted!  The peppers, tomatoes and zucchini in my garden keep calling my name!  I did manage to squeak out a little step card for the Little Red Wagon challenge, and even it was a struggle for me!  But here we go:

I used some Petunia Pop cardstock, papers and ink with the Happiest Day to create it!  I just love this fun little sentiment and the cute dragonfly!  I did use some retired glimmer paper and retired dies:

I added some little "sun rays" and some gems for sparkle! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiest Day
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petunia Pop, Petunia Pop DSP, Berry Burst Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Petunia Pop, Bubble Bath
Accessories	Earth Tone Shimmer Gems, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret)

Vintage Bunny Decor

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a quick project today---no stamping---just some diecutting, fussy-paper-cutting and a little bit of layering to make a sweet little Easter decoration!  Check it out:

This isn't real big; it's only about 3 1/2" tall.  I used the largest Excellent Egg die to cut out some digital papers that I got from Crafty Secrets almost ten years ago!  I mounted the diecut egg on another  egg diecut, cut from some sturdy cardboard, then printed out an Easter postcard from the Graphics Fairy, scaled it to fit my egg and did some fussy-cutting of the bunnies and the sentiment, which is popped up:

I added a little crochet embellishment on the top and that was it!  I did create a little easel for the back so that it could stand up easily:

I am going to enter this at Inspire.Create, where they're looking for anything but a card, as well as Shopping Our Stash, which is looking for spring and/or Easter! And Little Red Wagon is looking for animals, so I am tossing it in the ring there as well!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	none
Card stock & Papers	Computer paper, Chicken Farm Digital papers (Crafty Secrets), Digital Vintage Postcard (The Graphics Fairy), Cardboard
Ink	none
Accessories	Crochet Trim (ret), Thread
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Eggs Dies