PP767 Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, all!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess with a really fun theme challenge this week:

Hmmm...this is open to so many interpretations!  A gift on your card?  An actual gift you created?  How about a card that looks like a gift!  Here we go:

My inspiration came from the Double D Challenge this week:

Aren't those presents pretty?  I used some old and new products on my card today!  The base is Cherry Cobbler, the top layer is Crumb Cake embossed with a Waffleflower Sweet Plaid Texture die.  I added "ribbons" of paper from Unity, a bell from Lil' Inker (sadly no longer in business), some Tim Holtz Greenery, a shabby tag from Gummiapan, and that cute little bow is Simon Says Stamp! Phew!  Oh, and the sentiment on the tag is also from Simon Says Stamp!

I hope you can find some inspiration from the DT's samples on the Paper Players blog, then squeak in time between all your holiday preparations to play with us!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas  (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Basic Black, Yuletide Plaid (Unity)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz), Bell Dies (Lil'Inker), Sweet Plaid Texture Die (Waffleflower), Old Tag 1 (Gummiapan), Pretty Bows 2 (Simon Says Stamp), Sponge Daubers

IB363 Here Comes Santa

 Happy Friday, peeps!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend planned! I have a sweet little Christmas card for you today; it happens to fit the Inspired By prompt this week!  Here's Laurel's inspiration:

I was inspired by the country colors as well as that wee, tiny little Santa hat that's on one of the napkin rings, LOL!  Here we go:

I started with a Mellow Moss card base, then added some pretty wreath-printed paper and a Crumb Cake banner.  I pulled out one of the stencils that I got last year and stenciled the Santa hat in Real Red and Craft White, and added a frayed burlap ribbon tie.  You can't see it, but I added some Wink of Stella to his hat as well!

A sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Tiny Words Christmas fit on the banner perfectly!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Mellow Moss (ret), Santa Claus Lane (Echo Park)
Ink	Real Red, Mossy Meadow, Craft White
Accessories	Burlap Twine (ret), Christmas Stencils (Amazon), Wink of Stella
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Blending Brushes

Let It Snow

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a quick little card which is for two challenges!! The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown has a sketch for November, and Addicted to CAS wants to see a snowflake!

 

I recently got a pretty snowflake embossing folder, and last year at Christmas, I got a set of cute little holiday stencils from Amazon, so I put both to use:

I really wanted to add more layers, but I kept everything pretty simple; the embossed layer went on a Cloud Cover card base.  I stenciled the snowflake with the blue ink that was already on my blending brush--probably Misty Moonlight, but done very lightly!  I did add a Cloud Cover glimmer paper scallop behind it and a wee little sentiment banner, oh, and an iridescent gem:

Another tiny sentiment on the inside, stamped with Lost Lagoon:

Adding slowly but steadily to my Christmas stash!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit is contrary to the flesh.  They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.  Galatians 5:16-17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Cloud Cover Glimmer
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Iridescent Gem (ret), Dimensionals, No-name Stencils (amazon)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders), Blending Brush

FMS710 Peace on Earth

Happy Saturday, peeps, happy November! The Halloween decorations come down and the Thanksgiving ones go up!  Meanwhile, I'm cranking out Christmas cards, although I am sure I'll be doing some turkey day ones sometime this month!

Linda had a very interesting sketch this week at FMS, and I paired it with the color palette at Hand Stamped Sentiments:

So here we go:

I started with a Pool Party card base, then added a layer of Secret Sea that I embossed with a starry embossing folder.  There was a challenge somewhere that wanted stars but for the life of me, I couldn't find it!  Anyway, I diecut three trees from white glimmer paper and mounted them on my snowy hills and added a wee tiny sentiment stamped in Cherry Cobbler and backed with some Cherry Cobbler glimmer paper.  The final addition were some sweet little Cherry Cobbler cardinals:

I added a simple sentiment on the inside and another Christmas card is added to my stash!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Secret Sea, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, White GLimmer  (ret), Cherry Cobbler Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, All That Dies (ret), Card Front Builder Dies (ret), Cheery Cardinals Dies (Poppy), Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn), Wishing Stars EF (Spellbinders)

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

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

Joy to the World

 Happy Friday, peeps! A quick post today--it's hot and I'm headed to the pool for the first time this summer!  My card today fulfills three challenges:  Jingle Belles' Tic Tac Toe challenge; CAS on Sunday wants an animal; and Just Add Ink wants Christmas in July!

I pulled out an oldie but goodie image of these snowy rabbits and went to work:

I used the left column of animal, diecut and red; after stamping my bunnies, I cut them out with a Perennial Postage die and added a narrow mat of Real Red.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. It all went on a Smoky Slate card that was embossed with the Stitched With Whimsy die:

A pretty sentiment in Real Red went on the inside.  This is an inexpensive stamp from Scrapbook.com and I sometimes have trouble with their stamps performing well, but I found if I use Versamark first, then ink directly onto the stamp again with colored ink, they work much better! Just be sure to clean your stamp before doing the double process, you don't want to get colored ink on your Versamark pad!

My Christmas stash is growing! Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bunnies in Snow (unknown maker), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp),Christmas Wishes (Scrapbook.com)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Smoky Slate
Ink	London Fog (Memento)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret)

CAS on Sunday 313 Have a Merry Little Christmas

 Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Phew! I got a new computer and have spent the last two days trying to recreate all my files, re-load programs, and get used to a laptop.  It's not been a pretty sight here in my craft room!  I am on my way though and actually stamped something for a challenge, LOL!  The CAS on Sunday challenge wants Christmas in July and since I have been making holiday cards like crazy, I jumped on the bandwagon!  Here we go:

I started with a Very Vanilla card base, rounding the corners with a punch, then added three little strips across the bottom.  The Mossy Meadow strip was diecut with the Best Borders die; the holly-printed strip was accented with some twine; and the Cherry Cobbler strip was diecut with a fun die from Gummiapan, called Starry Border.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, and it was diecut with a Stitched Shape die and tucked under the Mossy Meadow border:

I forgot to take a picture of the inside!  But thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed--and stay cool!  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler, Unknown Holly paper
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Twine from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Best Borders Die (ret), Starry Border Die (Gummiapan), 1/8" Hole Punch (ret)

AHSC624 Funny Bunny

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a fabulous weekend!  We have another fun sketch from Atlantic Hearts this week:

Look at all those fun elements!  I pulled out some gingham and my little Tim Holtz bunny, which has to make at least one appearance during the Easter season!  Here we go:

I managed to get enough gingham scraps for my vertical strips, then assembled Mr Bunny and his carrot and put him next to an embossed circle with an older Paper Pumpkin sentiment:

I added some "carrot tops" behind him and sprinkled on a few sequins from my stash. Here's the inside, using my new Simon Says Stamp set called Happy Eggs:

This bunny just makes me smile!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch too!  It's a great one to use up some of those DSP strips we have in our stash!  Share your creation with us over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  See you there!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp) Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette (ret), Ginghams in Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Highland Heather (all retired)
Ink	Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder,  Layering Circles Dies (ret), Carrot Bunny Dies (Tim Holtz)

Inspire.Create #189 Easter Wishes

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Happy April!  Glad to turn a new page on my calendar!  I have a fun Easter card today; it uses some old and new stuff!  Here we go:

The new stuff (sentiment dies) comes from Simon Says Stamp's Happy Eggs, and it was stamped in Fresh Freesia!  The old stuff is the eggs, diecut with the retired Excellent Eggs Dies, as well as the Altenew cover plate background:

I diecut the eggs from Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Soft Sky cardstocks, then re-assembled them and added some My Favorite Things stitched flowers---another oldie!  Everything went on a Purple Posy card base, and another oldie was stamped on the inside; it's from CTMH's Easter Animals!

I am entering this in the Inspire.Create spring/Easter challenge:

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

"This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them, but God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the worst of sinners, as an example for all those would later believe in him and receive eternal life.  To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the only God--to him be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen." 1 Timothy 1:15-17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Purple Posy, Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sky (ret), Soft Sea Foam, Fresh Freesia
Ink	Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Silver Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Happy Eggs Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Dotted Swirls Cover Plate Die (Altenew), Stitched Flowers Dies (My Favorite Things)

AYSI344 Hippity Hoppity

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  The As You See It sketch has THREE elements--woohoo, I love those threes!  I just had to play along!

I just got this Simon Says Stamp Easter set in the mail and couldn't wait to get it inky!  Here we go:

This was an uber-simple card to make!  I used a mat of Pretty in Pink with some Wildflower Birthday gingham paper, cut with the Perennial Postage dies, then stamped my eggs in Pretty in Pink, Balmy Blue and Soft Sea Foam.  Isn't this sentiment the cutest?

Another sentiment and wee little egg went on the inside:

So cute! I can't wait to play with this set some more!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink, Wildflower Birthday DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate, Pretty in Pink, Balmy Blue, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Happy Eggs Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

AHSC608 Noel

 Hello, peeps! Happy Monday!  The Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week is an interesting one:

Normally, I try to stay pretty true to the orientation of the sketch but I just got a new cover plate die and thought it would be fun to use, and its orientation is portrait, so I used it anyway!  Here we go:

I began by stamping the letters in Blueberry Bushel.  The alphabet is an older wooden one I've had for a long time, called Narratives by Creative Imaginations, and I just fussy-cut the squares out.  The Festive Grid cover plate from Pinkfresh covers the entire card front, so I mounted it on a Blueberry Bushel card and mounted the squares with dimensionals.  I added a Simon Says Stamp sentiment:

and finished the inside with a sentiment from SU called Night Divine:

A very simple card but I love the colors and that fun cover plate!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  On Wednesday, you'll be able to see all the DT's designs at the AHSC blog! Be sure to share your creative endeavors with us too! Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp), Narratives (Creative Imaginations)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blueberry Bushel
Ink	Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Festive Grid Die (Pinkfresh Studios)