AYSI367 Purple Speed Stamping

Happy Friday, all!  It's time for a new challenge from As You See It, and it's the exciting SPEED challenge, LOL!  This month, we're looking for purple!!! 

The trick here is to assemble all your supplies, as well as the idea in your head, and make your card in ten minutes or less---and tell us how long it DID take you!  Here's my card, coming in at 9 minutes and 30 seconds:

Truthfully, I had to go back and reglue a couple pieces so I was really over the ten minute mark, but it was assembled in less than!  I created my window with the Everyday Arches dies and some Gorgeous Grape cardstock, then added the Perennial Lavender "scene" behind it!  The strips were diecut with a strip die from Taylored Expressions, and the sentiment is from W+9's Spring Blessings:

I think the Crumb Cake background is a little plain but didn't have enough time to do anything fancy with it...maybe I could do another with some embossing or stamping?  At any rate, purple is not one of my go-to colors, so I am proud of myself for actually using it!!!  

There are any number of ways you could go with this challenge....there are all sorts of shades and hues ot purple, from light to dark!  We hope you will choose at least one and play along with us at As You See It!  Remember to time yourself and share your time with us as well!  See you there!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spring Blessings (W+9)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Gorgeous Grape, Perennial Lavender DSP
Ink	Petunia Pop
Accessories	Dimensional Strips
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Arches Dies, 1/4" Easy Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions), Spring Blessings Dies (W+9), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

Hello Spring

Happy Tuesday, all!  Still shoveling out from the snow, although we can get to our mailbox today, LOL!  I have had this little chickie image floating around on my desk since Christmas, when I was experimenting with my Gamsol and Prismacolor pencils, so I decided to finally make him into a card to remind myself that eventually, spring will arrive!  No challenges, just for fun! Here we go:

The image and sentiments are from an old Cornish Heritage Farm set called Sweet Spring.  Chickie is stamped in Stazon black and colored with colored pencils and Gamsol, then I added layers of Echo Park's Bee Happy papers. I sprinkled a few sequins in for fun!  I am just going to look at this card and think "warmer temps" when I feel a chill, LOL!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hello Spring (ret, Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Bee Mine (Echo Park)
Ink	Daffodil Delight, Stazon Black, Versafine Black
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Radiating Stitches Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Pumpkin Pie Marker

PP531 Hello Spring

Hi stampers!  Happy Sunday!  It's time for a new Paper Players challenge; Claire is our hostess with this lovely theme challenge:

 

Oh my, so many choices!  In the end I opted to use that little bunny in the corner as my inspiration!  I pulled out one of my favorite old SU sets called Hello Spring!  And here we go:

I had this piece of retired magnolia paper on my desk for another project and although Petal Pink is a hard color for me to work with, I thought it would make a nice spring card!  I had an idea to make a wreath, but most of the wreath stamps I had were too "flimsy".  Then I remembered a fall wreath stamp that I had from Fun Stampers Journey, so after adhering my DSP to my cardstock, I stamped it in Soft Suede, then embellished it with a few little springy flowers and twigs...and of course, a bunny:

The sentiment is from the same set, although I cut it apart so that I could create a linear sentiment on a banner; I added a little Pierced Bloom diecut flower too:

I just love that little bunny!  What will inspire you from our photo?  Spring is definitely in the air, so get out your stamps, ink and paper and create something springy, then share it with us at the Paper Players blog!  Check out what the design team did as well!  Thanks for popping in today!

Dana spent a few minutes trying to teach Cassidy to crochet....not sure how long it will last, neither of them have a lot of patience, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come."  Song of Songs 2:12

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Wreath (Fun Stampers Journey), Hello Spring (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Petal Pink, Soft Suede,  Crumb Cake, Magnolia Lane DSP (ret)
Ink	Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, Markers

PP383 Springtime Wishes

Hi peeps!  Happy Sunday to you!  If you live along the east coast, I hope you've survived this crazy weather we've been having!  I was happy to see Jaydee's Paper Players challenge today, because it gives me hope that spring might really arrive some time soon:

I was tempted to follow those red tulips, but I just got some beautiful papers from Polkadoodles (can you tell I went on a little shopping spree recently?!) called Eleganza, and these pretty florals were just so springy, I had to use them!  The Freshly Made Sketches from Jen Timko sketch helped me out too!

So here we go:

This is another card where the papers do most of the work!  I made this a side-fold card, which I rarely do, but I already had a piece of cardstock cut and scored that way, so I went with it!  I cut all the panels from the DSP, and stamped a sweet sentiment from Close To My Heart on the horizontal panel with Smoky Slate ink.  The banner looked a little bare, so I added a couple of butterflies, one from some retired printed SU vellum and the other from the same DSP, and then added a few Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper swirly things:

I stamped the inside with a sentiment from the same CTMH heart, and added a fussy-cut flower from the DSP:

Really easy and pretty!  I hope you'll play along with our spring challenge...so many ways to interpret the prompt!  Share yours with us at the PP blog and check out what the DT did as well:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie

·        Jan

Here are a couple pix of what this crazy storm did to one of our trees lining the driveway.  The wind was unbelievable, it blew steadily all day Friday and Saturday, with rain and snow interspersed!  I am hoping that this means the end of March will be like a lamb, because it certainly came in like a lion!  In the big scope of things, this is a relatively small branch, it could have been much worse! 

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Rustic White (Papertrey), Eleganza (Polkadoodles), Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack (ret SU)
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories	Rhinestones
Tools	Small & Large Butterfly Punches (ret), Big Shot, Patterned Pumpkin Die (ret), Dimensionals