To a Deer Friend

 Happy Thanksgiving eve, everyone!  I have a fun little Christmas card today, a bit "punny", and it is for three challenges:  Color My Heart Color Dare wants shades of brown, plus two other colors; Christmas Kickstart wants to see antlers, and the CAS Colours & Sketches is a sketch:

I had not used the pretty little deer from Papertrey's Deer To Me for a long time, so I got to work:

My shades of brown are Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie and Early Espresso; I added Real Red and Shaded Spruce as my two additional colors.  I faintly stamped trees from Pine Tree Trimmings in the background, and the punny sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings:

A sentiment from Best Year went on the inside:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings, Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Whittle Sayings (PoppyStamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige, Real Red
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Craft White
Accessories	Red Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), 1/8" Hole Punch

AYSI 361 Speed Stamping Apples

Happy Friday, peeps! It's time for the oh-so-fun Speed Stamping challenge at As You See It!  A little tongue-in-cheek, but I do enjoy challenging myself to get all my products lined up and ready to go!  And this week our theme is "Apples", so it's an easy one!  Yum!

So, the idea is to stamp a card in 10 minutes or less--get your idea finalized in your head,  your supplies at the ready, then go!  I created this fun little 4 1/4" square card in 6 minutes and 32 seconds!

I've had this Papertrey paper and stamp set for a long time, but I never get tired of using them!   I mounted the apple paper on a Basic White mat, then on the Poppy Parade card, and I stamped the apple in Poppy Parade and Old Olive before cutting it out with circle and scallop dies.  The sentiment from Timeless Arrangements was stamped in Early Espresso and diecut with a banner die.  The final addition was a little baker's twine bow and it was done!

So put on your thinking caps, clean off your stamp table, gather your supplies and get crafting!  Show us what you can create in ten minutes or less (and be sure to tell us your time), then share it with us at the As You See It blog! Can't wait to see what you create!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Timeless Arrangements, Apple of My Eye (Papertrey),
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Fruiti Tutti (Papertrey)
Ink	Poppy Parade, Old Olive, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals, Thick Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main),

AHSC652 Christmas Gnome

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a good weekend!  It's time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

Since the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge this week was gnomes:

I pulled out an old stamp from Fun Stampers Journey and went to work:

I stamped Mr. Gnome in Stazon black and watercolored him, then gave him a tree and little heart, stamped in Soft Succulent on some retired CTMH papers:

I added a gingham border, a cute diecut sentiment and some glimmer glue dots; everything went on a sweet soft gray birch tree panel from Spellbinders:

A coordinating sentiment on the inside:

I hope you'll play with our AHSC sketch this week!  It's a fun one!  Check out what the designers did on our blog...it will feature them on Wednesday, but you can play now!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gnome for the Holidays (Fun Stampers Journey), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp), Background Basics Gingham (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Sage (Close to My Heart), Winter (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Stazon, Black, Mossy Meadow, Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Traditional Sparkling Sequins
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gnome for the Holidays Dies (Fun Stampers Journey), Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Aquapainter

PP759 Spooky Trick or Treat

Hello stampers!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Elizabeth is our hostess for this month's color theme!  It's a doozy:

At least it was a doozy for me, as purple is a color I rarely use! I like it, I just don't use it! And normally I try to think outside the box a bit for color challenges, but I decided to embrace the Halloween feel to these colors and go for it!  Here we go:

To be honest, these colors on this card are NOT at all true-to-life!  For some reason, Lemon Lime Twist just does not photograph very well...my card is much brighter that what it looks here!  I stamped some Papertrey images in Memento Black ink, diecut them with a postage die and did a bit of sponging around the edges.  The images were colored with Copics and mounted on a piece of purple paper that has little skulls on it---very faint, but they're there:

I added a black glimmer paper diecut sentiment and some stars, and this sentiment on the inside; I just wish the color was better, but hopefully you'll get the idea:

Obviously, you don't have to go with the Halloween theme using these colors--if you visit the Paper Players blog, you'll see that the Design Team has come up with some other wonderful ways to use these hues! I hope you'll come play along too!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	And Many More (ret), Tremendous Treats: Halloween (Papertrey), Halloween Set 1 (Rubbernecker)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Halloween Harvest (Honey Bee), Black Glimmer (ret), Adhesive Sheet
Ink	Memento Black, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Postage Stamp Die (W+9), Trick or Treat Die (Impression Obsession), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Copics in various colors, Blending Brushes, Country Star Punch and Star Punch (both ret)

AYSI354 Basket of Wishes

Happy Friday, everyone! Time for a new As You See It challenge and what a fun one it is:

I don't think we've ever done a picnic challenge, but I JUST got the perfect papers for it, and I pulled out a perfect stamp as well!  Here we go:

 

Papertrey had a fun set full of picnic baskets and coordinating sayings, so I pulled one out, inked it up with some Versafine ink and watercolored in my design.  I then diecut it with an Everyday Arches die and added a banner sentiment and a baker's twine bow:

I just receivevd some of these fun plaid papers from Scrapbook.com, so I put that layer on a Basic Beige card base and it's ready for my birthday stash!  

I hope you'll play along with our picnic challenge this week too! Truthfully, there are lots of things you could stamp that are picnic related! Put on your thinking cap and come play along! You can see all the DT creations at the AYSI blog!

A few more birthday cards; this boatful of critters, which made both John and me laugh out loud, is from Sally:

No one beats Michele for florals....this is a stunner for sure:

And this one from my upline, Pennie, combines so many fun little elements into her CAS card:

Thanks, ladies, I love them all! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Picnic & Vintage Picnic Sentiments (Papertrey Ink), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Pretty in Pink, Ginghams (Scrapbook.com)
Ink	Versafine Black, Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter, Lemon Lime Twist Marker, Daffodil Delight Marker

PP746 Color Challenge from Ann

Hello, stamping friends! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this week, Ann is our lovely hostess with an interesting color challenge:

I will admit that at first glance, this challenge had me stumped! But as I was going through some of my older stamps, I remembered this outline feather from Papertrey, and I thought it would be a perfect element!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

To begin, I placed the stamp in my stamp positioner, then stamped it with Pretty Peacock ink on a card base of Thick Basic White.  After cleaning the stamp well, I inked it again with Versamark ink and stamped right on top of the Peacock ink.  I heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder, which made it really easy to watercolor in those open areas with Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia and a washed-out shade of Pretty Peacock inks using an aquapainter:

I managed to find some sequins in my stash that pretty much matched my colors.  A simple, fun sentiment from the same set finished it off!

What do these colors make you think about? Flowers? Geometric elements? Feathers? LOL!  I hope you'll check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog, then share your creativity with us as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	What The Doodle:Feather (Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Versamark, Pretty Peacock, Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquapainter

AHSC634 Christmas Postage Collage

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a good weekend! It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch, and I confess that this one threw me for loop!  Here we go:

I really had no idea what to do with it, but I had just received some Christmas postage stamp images, so I decided to stamp and diecut a few.  Then I remembered a few other postage stamp images I had, so I went to work.  Here's my eclectic take on the sketch:

I just love these images! Most of them are from Elizabeth Crafts; the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  The dies are from Waffle Flower.  I used Basic Beige for the stamps themselves and a variety of colors of inks:

The card base is Crumb Cake; the inside sentiment is also from Simon Says Stamp:

I hope you'll play along with our interesting sketch this week!  It is a great one to use up some coordinating scraps of DSP, don't you think?  We can't wait to see what you do; share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!!!  Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Postmark (Papertrey), Christmas Express (Crafty Secrets), Joy to You & Yours (Simon Says Stamp), December Postage Stamps (Elizabeth Crafts)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Beige
Ink	Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce, Pecan Pie, Basic Beige
Accessories	Gingham Ribbon (Penny Supplies), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Postage Collage Die (WaffleFlower)

PP748 Fresh & Fruity

Happy Sunday, peeps! Claire is our Paper Players hostess and she has a fun CLEAN-AND-SIMPLE challenge for us this week! I love it:

I realized I don't have many "fruity" stamps, but I went waaay back into my archive of older stamps and not only did I find a fruity stamp, I found paper to match!  Here we go:

This little Papertrey stamp has been around for a long time, but it's so darn cute, I can't part with it! I stamped it in Poppy Parade and Granny Apple Green, then added the stem and sentiment in Early Espresso!  And check out that diecut mat....remember Kiwi Kiss?  Yep, another oldie!  My simple embellishment was some embroidery floss from my stash!  The apple paper is also from PTI, although the green scalloped paper is a mystery, LOL:

And how about this punny sentiment for the inside?!

I used the sketch from FMS, which is one of my favorites:

I sure hope you'll play along with our challenge this week!  Be sure to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE, though---a minimum of layers and embellishments is what we want to see! Check out all the DT samples at the Paper Players blog, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Apple of My Eye (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Apple (Papertrey), Green Plaid from my stash
Ink	Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso
Accessories	Green Embroidery Floss from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Spotlight on Nature Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Early Espresso Marker

PP731 Thinking of You Tic Tac Toe

Happy Sunday, peeps! It's the fifth Sunday of the month (and that means March will finally be over!) and that also means a Tic-Tac-Toe grid at the Paper Players! And I get to be the hostess!  So here's the grid:

I chose the left column of flowers, diecut and lavender, and I also have ribbon, green and sentiment!  So here we go:

I first stamped the hyacinth from W+9's Spring Blessings, and diecut it with the Every Day Arches die, adding a Garden Green arch behind it.  Everything went on a piece of Perennial Lavender DSP and a Highland Heather card base.  I did a little ruffled ribbon as well as a Papertrey sentiment. 

 On the inside, I added a nest and some eggs from the same set along with an Easter sentiment:

There are dies to go with this set, but I chose to fussy-cut the eggs as I didn't like the white border, LOL!  But I do love this layered stamp set!

I hope you'll find something that tickles your fancy on our tic-tac-toe grid this week, and that you'll make something fun and creative to share with us at the Paper Players blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Blessings (W+9), Vintage Picnic Sentiments (Papertrey), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Highland Heather, Garden Green, Perennial Postage DSP
Ink	Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Garden Green, Soft Seafoam, Gorgeous Grape, Highalnd Heather, Seaside Spray (ret)
Accessories	Ruffled Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Arches Dies

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

PP718 Peaceful Deer

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Wow, happy December...that month flew by!  It's my turn to be the hostess over at the Paper Players this week, and the theme I've chosen is "Be a Deer"---add a deer to your project!

It wasn't my plan to be so literal in my interpretation of the sketch, but I had a piece of Winter Meadow on my desk and I liked how it looked like a wintery sky, so I went with it!  Here we go:

I have several deer dies, but I hadn't used this Papertrey one for a while; I diecut it in white and stamped the antlers and legs in Misty Moonlight ink:

I placed him on a stitched hill then added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp along with some of the "greenery" from the same PTI set:

The background looked a little bare, so I added some glimmer stars, a couple of rhinestones and a few Poppystamps Whittle trees!  The inside sentiment is from CC Designs called Fanciful Christmas:

While I had the die out, I decided to make a second card since I just got a die I had been wanting for a long time (Michele is such an enabler!):

This time I stamped my deer in Pecan Pie on some Kraft cardstock, then added the background DSP, the double scalloped borders and a sentiment from Hope & Peace.  I am sure you'll be seeing a bit more of this fun die!  And we hope to see YOU in the Paper Players gallery, showing off your deer!  It doesn't have to be Christmas; deer are great for masculine cards, baby cards, anything!  Can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for visiting today!

The last of my "smalls"!  Now I have some bigger projects to frame or finish somehow....more work, more money, LOL!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Deer to Me (Papertrey), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp), Fanciful Christmas (CC Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Winter Meadows DSP, White Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Silver Cord (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), Tree Dies (Poppy Whittles), Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Star Dies (Taylored Expressions), Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hope & Peace (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Kraft (ret), Home for Christmas (Violet Studio)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Double Frames Dies (Penny Black)