SS290 Times Two

Happy Tuesday, folks!  Is it really only Tuesday?  I feel like it should be at least Thursday...it's been a busy start of the week already! I made a card yesterday for the Christmas Card Throwdown theme as well as the Sunday Stamps sketch, then realized I messed up the sketch part!  So I made another one just using the sketch! (I will show you the messed-up one too.)  But first let's see the sketch:

I had been playing around with the new Cottage Wreath bundle, but hadn't really made anything with it, so I had all these wreaths laying around on my desk, so I decided to put one to use.  I got out some Cajun Craze DSPs and went to work:

This particular wreath was stamped with Cajun Craze and Versamark on Vellum, then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder and die cut.  I added a Cinnamon Cider bow and a sentiment from Celebrate Sunflowers, and stuck on some Gilded Gems.  It all went on a Very Vanilla circle:

I added a little filgreen diecut under the banner, and here's the inside, with another wreath outline and a sentiment from Color and Contour:

Here's my original one; the theme for the Christmas Card Throwdown was sledding or skiing:

I pulled out an old stamp; not even sure who made it, maybe Lost Coast Designs, of two children sledding and I it's one of my favorites!  Stamped in Misty Moonlight, it went well with some Carter Bella Welcome Winter papers:

I colored the sky with a pale gray Copic, then added a sentiment from an old stamp from my stash!  The banner looked a little plain, so I added two glimmer diecut snowflakes to match the fun Metallic Mesh ribbon that I used for the horizontal piece.  My error on this card was that I centered the banner, but I certainly wasn't going to chuck it, LOL!  

On the inside, I added a sentiment from Papertrey Ink:

Thanks for visiting today!

A family birthday party for the birthday girl...it was a long week of celebrating!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cottage Wreath, Celebrate Sunflowers, Color & Contour
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Vellum, Cajun Craze DSP
Ink	Cinnamon Cider (ret), Cajun Craze, Vellum, Pale Papaya
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gilded Gems
Tools	Big Shot, Country Wreath Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Nature's Thoughts Dies (ret)

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sledding Boys (Lost Coast Designs?), Daily Design Sentiments (Papertrey), Misc Merry Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Welcome Winter (Carta Bella), Silver Glimmer
Ink	Misty Moonlight (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Mesh Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflake Dies (ret), Stitched Nested Labels Dies (ret), Copics

PP557 By the Numbers

Hi there, everyone! I am back from my bloggy vacation and ready to host the Paper Players challenge for this week!  Here's what we've got for you:

I couldn't wait to use some of these papers from Echo Park's This & That line, along with a vintage background stamp featuring old rulers!  So here we go:

I recently got a Tim Holtz alphabet die and cut the words from some Early Espresso cardstock, then added the birthday sentiment in Soft Suede:

I did a lot of sponging to give it a vintage look, then added some copper brads and circle diecuts along with a stitched diagonal border of Bumblebee cardstock for some interest:

I just think these papers are so cool!  Everything went on a Crumb Cake card base, and it's ready to go in the mail for my next masculine birthday!  I hope you'll play along with us at the Paper Players!  The design team made some very cool creations and used numbers in a lot of different ways!  Go check them out at the PP blog!  Thanks for popping in today!

On a personal note, I have been praying for all those affected by the recent hurricane.  We were on vacation at the Delaware seashore and were spared any damage, just lots of wind and rain.  Here at home in southeast PA, there were many not so lucky!  A tornado hit a town just a few miles away, and there are roads that are totally washed away, including a covered bridge.  Cassidy sent me these pictures she took with her new phone:

Wayne & Dana walking across a road totally decimated:

Parts of the covered bridge, washed downstream:

Uprooted trees lining the Big Elk Creek (and the tree Wayne is standing on is about 5 feet ABOVE the water!!!):

There are many small rivers and creeks in our area and they just couldn't handle that much rain, so there were lots of houses and businesses flooded as well.  And of course, there are other areas that are much worse.  Hope you are safe & sound wherever you are!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Vintage Rulers (Lost Coast Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Bumblebee, Bermuda Bay, This & That DSP (Echo Park), Brushed Copper (ret)
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede
Accessories	Copper Brads (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Basic Borders Dies, 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/8" Circle Punch, Alphabet Dies (Tim Holtz), Sponge Daubers

TTTC76 Vintage Ephemera

Hi peeps, thanks for stopping by again today....this time for the latest Tic Tac Toe challenge!!  Here's our grid for this week from Team X:

and I chose the middle row down: number, square and pencil because I LOVE this stamp featuring a  row of vintage pencils!!!  Check it out:

AND, I love this row of vintage numbers too!  I stamped these in Early Espresso on an old piece of SU DSP, and the sentiment on a piece of Bumblebee DSP, cut out with a Tasteful Label die:

The pencils were stamped, colored with markers and fussy cut and then both strips were adhered to a piece of Echo Park paper called This and That:

Since it is a masculine birthday card, the only other embellishment that I added was two "stitched lines embossed on the left and top edges....I really like that effect!  Both sentiments are from Unity; here's the one stamped on the inside of the Bermuda Bay square card:

And since it was a large card, I also made my own envelope for it using SU's retired Punch Board!  I hope you'll play along with our Tic Tac Toe challenge this week...it's a great one for kids going back to school...in real time or virtually!  Let them know you're thinking of them!  And thanks for popping in today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pencils, Numbers (Lost Coast Design---I think!), For the Guys (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Bermuda Bay, Bumblebee DSP, This and That (Echo Park), Misc SU DSP
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Labels Dies, Stitching Lines (Ellen Hutson)

TSOT184

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Try Stampin’ on Tuesday has a sketch and Back to School Theme this week:

 

I had made a card on Monday and posted it to Splitcoast Stampers using this vintage line of pencils; this panel was my “practice” piece, and when I saw the sketch, I retrieved it, trimmed it down a bit and created my card:

I used a Not Quite Navy card base and a piece of DSP from Park Lane; the image was stamped on Crumb Cake and colored in with markers.  I used a Darice ruler EF, and some cool natural rickrack I got at an local fabric store.  I cut out two of the pencils and adhered them to a Curvy Keepsake tag for the upper embellishment:

The sentiment is from And Many More.  Thanks for visiting today!

I took Cassidy to the little ice cream/candy store that just relocated to our nearest shopping center (that could be dangerous, right?!) and told her she could pick out any piece of candy she wanted!  She chose a little chocolate elephant on a stick and we sat in the ice cream cone chairs outside:

Enjoy your day!