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Happy Monday, everyone!  Hope you all had a great weekend!  Today is Stamp Club day and I am looking forward to stamping with my ladies!  It's also time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge: 

I deviated a wee tiny bit from the sketch, putting my sentiment directly on the panel!  Here we go:

I just love the patterns and faux texture on these Everyday Happiness papers!  I pulled out one of my favorite retired stamps, Painted Harvest, to create my floral image:

I used Lost Lagoon, Pebbled Path, Gray Granite and Wild Wheat, then fussy-cut the flower and leaves out.  The sentiment is from Simply Said, which has great everyday sentiments!  Everything went on a Basic Beige card.  I hope you'll find some inspiration from this fun sketch and share it with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Painted Harvest (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Everyday Happiness DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Gray Granite, Pebbled Path (ret), Wild Wheat (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies

RRCB231 Lavender Love

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Feels like Monday, doesn't it? We had a nice rainy Memorial Day....a good day to stay inside and stamp!  The Retro Rubber challenge is a color challenge this go-round and since it uses lavender shades, which are a struggle for me, I thought I'd challenge myself to create something! Here's the pretty prompt:

I had not used Painted Harvest (2017)  for a long time, so I pulled it out, along with Wishing You Well (2018) and some papers in the challenge colors:

I enjoy all these colors, but these are not ones I would necessarily think to put together! I stamped the flower petals in Gorgeous Grape and Berry Burst, then the center with Fresh Freesia.  It was diecut with the new Spotlight on Nature die.  I added a layer of Berry Burst gingham to a Gorgeous Grape panel that was cut with the Radiating Stitches die.  Each leaf was stamped with Shaded Spruce, then fussy-cut.  I added the sentiment, cut with the Countryside Corners die, and popped everything on a card which had the lower portion embossed with the Wrapped in Texture embossing folder.  I left the inside blank, and I'll add a sentiment when I decide the occasion!

If any of you are creeped out by creepy crawly things, just move past this part, LOL!  My sister is visiting her daughter outside of Chicago and they're in the path of the emerging cicadas (we are not!)!!  She took some pictures after it rained a couple of days ago:

I think this one is the most interesting! We used to collect these little shells all over the trees (and my grandma's clothesline prop!) on our farm.  Who knew that what came out of them looked like THIS:

Isn't nature amazing?!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Painted Harvest (2017), Wishing You Well (2018), both retired
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Berry Burst Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Gorgeous Grape, Berry Burst, Fresh Freesia, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Countryside Corners Dies, Radiating Stitches Dies, Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder (ret)

GDP238 Share Sunshine

Happy Friday, everyone!  I have an uber-quick card for you today, and it uses a wee little digital image from the Share Sunshine download that SU is offering.  You can find out more about it HERE.  There are lots of images and sentiments--15 pages worth----and they are scaled to be used with dies and punches, and as they are copywrited, are not to be altered or shared.  I just printed mine out on regular computer paper for my first go-round, and I was happy with them!  I'll do them again on cardstock as I need them!

Anyway, the Global Design Project had a nice easy sketch this week:

I cheated a wee bit with the ombre part, because I found some papers that perfectly matched my little sentiment.....here we go:

I stamped the flower from the retiring Painted Harvest set in Strawberry Slush and Primrose Petals, with the center stamped in So Saffron. I diecut it and adhered it to a Strawberry Slush scalloped circle, then cut it in half and separated it a bit to fit behind the sentiment banner. The So Saffron banner was made by just using the ends of a die from Stitched Labels, and on that I adhered the #ShareSunshine:

I added a few sequins and it was done!  I also adhered a sentiment from the same digital set to the inside.  I have a few more ideas for this cool little set as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Painted Harvest, Share Sunshine PDF
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, So Saffron, Strawberry Slush (ret), Little by Little DSP (Shimelle), computer paper
Ink	Strawberry Slush, Primrose Petals (both ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Iridescent Sequins
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Dies (ret), Layering Circle Dies, Stitched Labels Dies

PP465 A Sketch from Ann

Hi everyone!  Sunday means another Paper Players challenge, with Ann as our hostess!  She has given us a fabulous sketch...I just love this one!

I haven't played with Painted Harvest for a while, and I thought it would be pretty in Terracotta Tile, which is a great fall color!  I paired it with some gingham and Come to Gather DSPs:

I diecut the woodgrain paper with a Stitched Shape square die, then stamped the flower in Terracotta Tile and Crumb Cake, then fussy-cut it out:

 

I stamped a few leaves in Soft Suede and placed them under the flower as well as under my sentiment.  The card base was embossed with the Tufted EF, and I also added some Linen Braid trim!

Finally, on the inside, I stamped another sentiment and the smaller flower, stamped off on a scrap first to give it a lighter effect:

I hope you'll play along with our awesome sketch---there are so many possibilities with it!  Share yours at the Paper Players blog, and while you're there, check out what the other design team member made as well!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy with her "First Visit to Disney" sticker!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Big Thank You, Painted Harvest
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Terracotta Gingham DSP, Come to Harvest DSP
Ink	Terracotta Tile, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories	Linen Braid, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tufted Embossing Folder, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies

Colour Inkspiration You Are Wonderful

Happy Friday, peeps!  I have been busy in my craft room this week, getting ready for an upcoming Christmas card camp and I barely have stamped anything else, but I did want to participate in Colour Inkspiration's latest color challenge, even though it REALLY was a challenge for me:

I think it was the Blueberry Bushel that threw me for a loop....but here we go:

I used a thick white cardstock base and embossed it with the Basketweave embossing folder, then added a layer of Pretty Peacock.  On top was a stitched panel on which I stamped some florals from Painted Harvest in Terracotta Tile and Petal Pink; I added some Blueberry Bushel speckles (just to get that color in there, LOL!), then I stamped some leaves with Pretty Peacock and tucked them between the mat and the stamped layer: 

I stamped a sentiment from Rooted in Nature, also in Blueberry Bushel, and added a few speckles around it too; the final embellishments are some Iridescent Sequins and Polka Dot Tulle ribbon!

Definitely out of my comfort zone, but that's what challenges are for, right?!  So happy you stopped by today!  Now I am off to the pool for some R&R!

Here are a couple more birthday cards!

These are from Doris and Billie, I just love the colors in these:

And these beauties are from Linda and Wendy!  So clever and creative!

Thanks ladies!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

CTD530 and TMS490 for Dana

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Today is Dana's birthday and I can share my card with you because she's already received it!!  I was intrigued by the color palette at the Color Throwdown this week, and I also liked the sketch from Tuesday Morning sketches:

So here we go:

I gave a plethora of products some love on this one, LOL!  The stamps are all SU; Painted Harvest for the flower; Rooted in Nature for the leaf; and an old Paper Pumpkin set for the sentiment and as an afterthought, I threw in the butterfly!  I used a combination of Melon Mambo and Berry Burst for the flower, with Smoky Slate for the center and leaf:

My print papers are from MME's Gingham Farm; the horizontal Berry Burst piece was cut with a die from Swirly Snowflakes, and the scalloped border is from Close to My Heart!  Finally on the inside, another Paper Pumpkin sentiment (I have SO many of them!) and I repeated the leaf stamp!

We are off very early today to take another load of tools from my dad's house to the auction!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

FF153 Thanks in Purple

Happy Monday, peeps, and Happy New Year's Eve!  I had this card created a week ago and totally forgot to post it in all the holiday excitement!  I usually shy away from purple hues, but a special friend really likes it, so I created this card for her!  It uses a Gorgeous Grape card base and inks, along with accents of Old Olive and So Saffron:

My background is, of course, Buffalo Check, and the florals are from Painted Harvest and Rooted in Nature.  I covered a narrow piece of Gorgeous Grape with the Polka Dot Tulle ribbon, because I love plaid and polka dots together...in small amounts!

Finally, the sentiment is from Wood Words, and it is all mounted on a circle diecut with the Stitched Shapes framelits.  My sweet little sketch is from Fab Friday:

Easy and cute!

A few photos from our Christmas day....my niece in her "Ralphie" bunny pajamas!  This cracked us all up, especially since first of all, this is very much unlike her, and second of all,  her brother, who outweighs her by about 100 pounds, put it on after she did!  (I didn't want to embarrass him by showing you that photo!!):

My great-nephew with his new "digger":

And a silly picture of Cassidy from breakfast:

And of course, Eden, in her Eagles outfit:

 Just look at that face!

Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

PP417 Gather Together

Hi everyone!  Happy Sunday!  Hope your weekend has been wonderful so far!  Claire is our hostess at the Paper Players this week and she has a lovely theme challenge for us:

I am afraid my mojo has gone into hiding lately and my other activities are sucking the life out of it!  I just didn't do this lovely photo justice with my little card, but hopefully Claire will forgive me!  And really, this card looks better in real life than it does here!! So here we are:

My Thanksgiving stamp selection is a little sparse, so I went with the wheat spray from Wishing You Well and a sentiment from Painted Harvest!  I used the color challenge from TGIF:

I first embossed my base with the Quilt Top embossing folder; the image was stamped in Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze, and I added the sentiment and bow in Merry Merlot.  I distressed the Merry Merlot mat as well, and also sent the stamped panel through the Subtle embossing folder for a little interest.  I colored some pearls with a Bronze Blend and added them to the spray:

I pulled out some vintage goodies; the striped Cajun Craze is from many years ago, as is this sweet little sentiment from Falling Leaves:

I know I have more Thanksgiving stamps around, I just need to root around to find them, LOL!  Meanwhile, I hope you will get a head start on your Thanksgiving cards and play with us at the Players!  Can't wait to see you there.  Check out the DT to get more inspiration:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Anne Marie - on break

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie - on break

·        Jan

·        Ann

Yesterday our church had its annual Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing party!  The kids LOVE this!  We have a small church, but we collect items all year long and we were able to pack 118 boxes!  

We are blessed to have a Dansko shoe outlet right in my little town and they very graciously donate empty shoeboxes that would normally be bound for recycling:

After setting out all the school supplies, hygiene items, toys, shoes and whatever else collected, each person gets a shoebox and packs it up according to age and gender!  Sometimes the wee ones need a little help, but most of them are old pros at it!

Cassidy is one of the old pros, LOL!

Luke is one of our new pastor's children, and he was quite serious about his selections:

And when they're all done and stacked up, the boxes make a great place to take a picture, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!