SC&S Blessings

Hi, stamping friends!  Simply Clean & Simple is having their first anniversary, and since I needed a quick card for an older couple who just joined our church, I thought CAS would fit the bill!  I know they used to own a sailboat so the little image from Choose Happy was perfect:

My card is 4 1/4" square; I used the Perennial Postage dies to cut a square of Summer Splash DSP.  (I actually used a rectangle postage die, but ran it through twice to get the smaller shape.) I colored in the sailboat with an aquapainter and Summer Splash and Poppy Parade inks:

I added a Poppy Parade mat, and a sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs was heat embossed on a Poppy Parade banner.  I added a couple resin stars at the bottom to balance it out.  A Close to My Heart sentiment went on the inside:

When this couple first visited our rural church, the lady and I both swore we knew each other from somewhere....we live in a small community and she's a bit older than I am, so our options were limited about where we might have crossed paths.  But it came to me a couple of weeks later that we both were in a women's Bible study just before Covid!   Unfortunately we didn't get to spend too much time together until the study shut down, but we have enjoyed renewing our friendship at church!  

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Choose Happy, Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs), God is Good (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Summer Splash DSP
Ink	Versafine Black, Poppy Parade, Summer Splash, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Resin Stars (ret), White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Perennial Postage Dies, Heat Tool

PP684 Count Your Rainbows

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

I also love using these Impression Obsession rain boot die cuts, and as I was going through my older stamps, I came across this Inkadinkado Kid Quotes stamp set and it seemed perfect for my little notecard:

My inspiration came from Inspired By for this week:

If you look closely, the center umbrella is actually colored like a watermelon! I couldn't make that work on my boots, but I did use sequins in the same colors to accent my little sentiment!

I added a layer of embossing, created by the Falling Hearts embossing folder.  I didn't put a sentiment on the inside...I'll save this for a "rainy day" occasion and add one then!  And I am also going to enter this at the Simply Clean & Simple challenge where they're looking for weather-related cards!

The theme is such an open-wide one---check out what all the design team players did at the Paper Players blog, then share yours with us too!  Can't wait to see it!  Thanks for popping in and enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friendly Advice Kid Quotes (Inkadinkado)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Basic Black, Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Deckle Rectangle Dies, Falling Hearts Embossing Folder (ret), Rain Boots Die (Impression Obsession)

Peaceful Snow for Christmas

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have my first Christmas card of 2024 today; it uses the sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, as well as the inspiration board from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

I'm also tossing it in the mix at the Simply Clean and Simple challenge where they're looking for "winter"!

My inspiration came from the upper left hand photo!  My simple little 4 1/4" square card uses some Feels Like Frost DSP from a couple of years ago, diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies and adhered to an embossed Basic White panel.  I added a Soft Glimmer mat of Night of Navy and mounted it all on a Boho Blue card base:

I added a simple sentiment and a glimmer snowflake embellishment:

And sentiments from the same Impression Obsession set on the inside:

I used most of my Christmas card stash last year, so I need to add to it in view of next Christmas!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Greetings (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue, Night of Navy Soft Glimmer, Feels Like Frost DSP (ret)
Ink	Boho Blue
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies

CAS Give Thanks

Happy Friday, everyone!  Brrr, it's cold here in SE PA!  But the sky is blue and the sun is shining so all is well! I had some time this morning to make a quick little Thanksgiving card using the FMS sketch, and I am also entering it at Simply Clean & Simple, where their theme is "thanks".

A while back I purchased some "inexpensive" clear stamps from an online company...they were little and cute, but required a wee bit of TLC to get them to stamp clearly.  I finally had success by running a pencil eraser over each stamp before inking....much better!  So I used three of them to make my Thanksgiving card:

I stamped the images in Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry and Pecan Pie, and the stitched lines in matching colors.  Each image was diecut with an Ornate Frames die:

The sentiment is from an oldie, Good Greetings:

And the inside is an even older oldie, Falling Leaves:

Another to add to my Thanksgiving stash!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

No snow like some parts of the country, but the view from my front door showed lots of frost this morning....before the sun hit it!  AND lots of leaves waiting to be raked!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Falling Leaves (ret), Good Greetings (ret), Stitched Borders (Close to My Heart), Thanksgiving Image (Peachy Cheap)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Ornate Frames Dies (ret)