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)

Sleepy Kitty

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a really, really clean and simple card for you today; I used the theme from CAS on Sunday, which is animals, and the colors from Color Hues:

I used two new In Colors (out today!) of Hydrangea Hue and Golden Glow, along with a sweet little image from Unity Stamps:

I made an embossed oval and stamped my sleepy kitty inside, then added a Whittles Saying to the corner, along with a little flourish from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

This is uber-CAS,  even more CAS than I normally do, but I do have a friend who loves cats, so this will be for her!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love & Good Vibes (Unity), Whittle Sayings (Poppystamps), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hydrangea Hue
Ink	Hydrangea Hue, Golden Glow
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

FMS731 To A Sweet Friend

 Happy Saturday, peeps! Hope you're having a good weekend so far! It is finally sunny here in SE PA, but the wind still thinks it's boss!  I have a fun little card today using Donna's sketch from FMS:

I kept thinking of all the little puppies in the Cutest Crew set, so I pulled out some retired Playful Pets DSP and went to work:

I stamped, colored and diecut the puppies, then mounted them on pieces of the DSP that were diecut with the retired Stitched Rectangle dies and matted with Real Red.  The sentiment is from Poppy Stamps Whittle Sayings:

The inside sentiment is from Cutest Crew:

Enjoy the rest of your day and be blessed!  Thanks for visiting!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cutest Crew, Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Playful Pets DSP (ret)
Ink	Real Red, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Two Cards Just for Fun

 Happy Wednesday, all!  I have two cards to post today, no challenges, just cards I made for fun!  The first one is a CASE of something I saw recently; unfortunately, I did not save the crafter's name, but I will give them all the credit.  I am calling it a picture frame card because the image is stamped, then a rectangle is cut from the center and the outside portion is popped up!  Here we go: I used Layers of Beauty for mine:

After stenciling and diecutting, I adhered the frame to a Pink Pirouette card with dimensionals, then dropped in the center portion:

I added a birthday sentiment to the inside.  The next one is a wee little card, 4" x 3", made with a scrap I found in my scrap folder.  I embossed a mat with the All In a Row embossing folder, then created a frame with a Scrapbook.com postage stamp die. I backed it with some pretty floral paper, then diecut a bunny with some velveteen paper; I wish you could feel the fuzziness!  A sentiment from Our Daily Bread went on the frame.

A fun sentiment from And Many More went on the inside!

Thanks so much for hopping by today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Pink Pirouette (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Calypso Coral, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensional Strips
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Rectangle Stitched Dies (Ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	And Many More (ret), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Balmy Blue, Basic White, Velveteen (ret), Basic Black, Pretty in Pink, Rustic Blooms (Not2Shabby)
Ink	Balmy Blue
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, All In A Row Embossing Folder, Bunny Buddies Dies (Impression Obsession), Mini Stamp Polaroid Die,  (Scrapbook.com), Banner Punch (ret)

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

RRCB241 Farm Fresh Birthday

Happy Thursday, all!  Squeaking this "farm-fresh" birthday card in over at Retro Rubber, where they have a tic-tac-toe board:

I chose the top row across of diecut, twin and patterned paper.  I needed a card for a guy at church; he's the foreman at a large farm and believe it or not, they make cheese!  I found these fun papers in my stash, and I pulled out a couple of Stamp Simply sets from 2023 to make his card (although I think he makes his cheese from sheep--no sheep on this paper!):

First, let me say that the blue gingham panel does not look anything in real life like it does here...way too bright in my photo!  Anyway, I stamped my cows and arrows in Night of Navy on Basic Beige cardstock and diecut them out.  I had a circle already cut in my stash, so I mounted them on the circle, stamping "farm fresh" and a birthday sentiment from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings (also a couple years old):

The gingham stamp is from Papertrey---waaaay old, probably at least 10 years! I stamped it in craft white, then sponged Night of Navy ink on it to tone it down a bit.  And lastly, you can see a tiny bit of Linen Thread I tied around the arrows.  

I love anything country, so this makes me happy and I hope he likes it too!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Background Basics: Gingham (Papertrey), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps), Farmhouse Signage (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Night of Navy, Frontier (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy, Craft White, Basic Beige
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Farmhouse Signage Dies (Stamp Simply), Zigzag Circle Die (Sissix)

Wacky Little Owl

Happy Monday, peeps! I have two cards today using the same sketch, the same cute little wacky owl, and two different themes!  I used the Sunday Stamps sketch:

and the feathers challenge at FarmQuest!  So let me give you the spooky version first:

Little owl is stamped in Versafine Black on Sahara Sand, then I added some smudges from Label Me Bold to give a spooky effect.  An old sentiment from Rubbernecker was stamped in Blackberry Bliss.  

I added a glittery star:

And the papers are from Echo Park's Spooky line!  And here's the inside:

Here's the second one, a little more light-hearted!  Mr Owl is stamped in Mello Moss; sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings and the papers are from Unity:

Isn't he the cutest?!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  

We had our Harvest Party on Saturday...aside from the wind and a few clouds, it was a great event! We have such a great location!

Wayne and our friend Josh were kings of the apple cider press (a video to come)!  Josh is holding all the apple leftovers...people feed them to their chickens or pigs!  And Wayne rewarded himself with a s'more!

The hayride is always a hit; this year Wayne's brother's family went along for the ride; his nephew is sitting next to Cassidy, although all you can see is her hair!

Nothing like a big farm tractor!! Our cousin William is a great driver!

And it was so popular, they had a nighttime ride too!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Owl (Impression Obsession), Halloween Sentiments 1 (Rubbernecker Stamps), Label Me Bold (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Sahara Sand (ret), Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black, Spooky (Echo Park)
Ink	Blackberry Bliss, Sahara Sand (ret), Versafine Black
Accessories	Black Dimensionals, Dimensionals, Glitter (Recollections)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, 1/4" Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Country Star Punch (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Owl (Impression Obsession), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss (ret), Rococco Rose (ret), Grow Untamed (Unity)
Ink	Mellow Moss (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dot from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, 1/4" Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

A Sweet Birthday

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I have a sweet birthday card today; this is for a sweet friend of mine who is also one of the best bakers I know, so I hope she likes it!  I am squeaking in the Color Hues challenge of red and aqua as well as the sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

I found some red plaid paper in my stash, pulled out a cute Lawn Fawn set called Baked with Love, and went to work:

All the images were stamped in Versafine ink and colored with Blends or Copics, then diecut with the matching dies.  I adhered them on top of a Basic White circle, matted with a Pool Party scallop. I added a sentiment from the same set along with some enamel dots from my stash:

I forgot to take a picture of the inside, but it said "You're the Icing on the Cake"!  So cute!  Thanks so much for popping in today---enjoy your day and be blessed!

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.  Proverbs 17:17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Baked with Love (Lawn Fawn), Whittle Sayings (Poppystamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Real Red, Huckleberry Pie DSP (American Crafts)
Ink	Versafine Black, Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dots from my Stash (maybe W+9)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Baked with Love Dies (Lawn Fawn), Copics, Blends, Wink of Stella