PP751 CAS Christmas Seal

 Happy Sunday, peeps!  Elizabeth is our Hostess for the Paper Players this week, and here's her CAS challenge for us:

This should be a fun one! Since I had a crazy busy few days last week, I went really easy and pulled out a sticker from the retired Beary Christmas Memories & More pack and made a sweet little CAS Christmas card:

I adhered my little Christmas seal to a piece of striped Poppy Parade DSP that I dicut with the Perennial Postage die, and mounted it on a panel embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder:

Don't you just love the look at that little guy's face?!  I added some light blue gingham ribbon and a little banner with a sentiment from the retired Stitched With Cheer (2016), punched out with a wee banner punch that I don't think I ever used, LOL!

On the inside, a sentiment and snowflake from the same Stitched With Cheer set:

And since I've used some retired products here, I am entering this into the RetroRubber challenge as well, which is a Tic-Tac-Toe:

I followed the left column down of punch, stripes and ribbon!  Now I hope you'll play along with our CAS challenge at the Paper Players this week!  Be sure to keep things simple--not a lot of layers or embellishments.  My card is actually a bit less CAS than my usual, but hopefully Elizabeth will put her "seal" of approval on it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched With Cheer (ret, 2016)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Poppy Parade DSP (ret), Beary Christmas Memories & More (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gingham Ribbon  (ret),
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Small Banner Punch (ret)

FMS562 Merry Everything

 Happy (COLD) Monday, peeps! Hope you had a good weekend!  I am squeaking in this last-minute card for the FMS sketch this week....not a really good interpretation of the sketch, but I had an idea in my head and wanted to stick with it!  Here's the sketch:

I took a couple of liberties with the sketch, orienting it to the other side of the card so my Santa would not be flying in the wrong direction!!!

I stamped the Santa and reindeer in Starry Sky ink and added the little silhouette village in Starry Sky cardstock.  The sentiment and snowflakes were stamped in Seaside Spray ink.  I found a little scrap of Marina Mist glimmer paper for my vertical piece.  The hardest part was curving the sentiment to go the right way...it's a red rubber stamp from Jingle All the Way (ret), and it doesn't curve quite as easily as a photopolymer one does!  My Stamparatus helped me a lot!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jingle All the Way (ret), Stitched with Cheer (ret), Santa (Katy Sue Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Starry Sky, Marina Mist Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Starry Sky, Seaside Spray (ret)
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sleigh Ride Dies (ret), Stamparatus

No Peeking!

Happy Monday, peeps!  So happy you stopped by today!  I have a card for a couple of challenges; Christmas Kickstart wants to see the Night Before Christmas, and Handstamped Sentiments has a sketch, although there is no linky available, and I can't seem to rouse anyone to remedy, but I am sure they will eventually!  So here are the challenge prompts:

One of my favorite older stamps is this one from Cornish Heritage Farms:

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the image on some Whisper White cardstock in Stazon ink, then diecut it with a Nested Stitched Label die, adding a Basic Black mat:

A sentiment from another CHF set seemed appropriate, and I added some holly and enamel dot berries to the sentiment panel:

as well as to the top part of the panel, where it was also embellished with some Red Linen Braid:

I just love these little cheeky guys, sneaking down to hang up their stockings and perhaps get a glimpse of Santa! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness, you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago."

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched with Cheer (ret), Stocking Elves, Night Before Christmas (both Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, Tis the Season DSP, Call Me Clover (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Garden Green
Accessories	Real Red Braided Linen Trim, Enamel Dots (W+9), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Nested Stitched Labels Dies, Stamparatus

PP487 CAS Holly Jolly Christmas

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for another Paper Players challenge with Anne Marie as our hostess!  It's Clean and Simple week!

Woo hoo!  We can all use some sparkle, right?!  And sparkle always makes me think of Christmas!  So here's my (almost) CAS card....I usually make mine one-layer, but went a little more overboard, or maybe I should say underboard, in the CAS department this week!  

I had this Glimmer paper left on my desk from my card for Thursday's post, so I thought I would cut some more sparkly holly leaves and add some rhinestones that I colored with a Cherry Cobbler Blend and a little wisp of shabby seam binding:

And here's a tip about cutting intricate designs from Glimmer paper:  peel off the white backing from behind the paper before diecutting!  It is thinner, obviously, and makes it much easier to get out the smaller edges from those intricate dies!  And instead of gluing the leaves down, I used glue dots..much less messy!  I added a sentiment in Cherry Cobbler, and mounted my panel on an embossed Mint Macaron card base:

then added another sentiment in Garden Green on the inside:

I am also entering this into the CAS Christmas Card challenge, which is to use a Christmas song, and the Krafty Chicks Challenge, which is Clean and Simple:

I can't wait to see what sparkly creations you share with us at the Paper Players blog!  Be sure to stop by and see what the entire Design Team has come up with as well!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched With Cheer (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Mint Macaron and Shaded Spruce Glimmer Papers (ret)
Ink	Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Rhinestones, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Holiday Greens Dies (Tim Holtz), Holly EF (ret), Dark Cherry Cobbler Blend

AYSI204 Holiday Greetings

Happy Friday, peeps!  I hope you had a good 4th, if you celebrated the 4th of July!  It was a hot one, that's for sure! Luckily, my nephew's house has lots of room because right at picnic time, it POURED!!  Still lots of good food and fun, though!  

Okay, we've got a new As You See It challenge for you this week....check this out:

Doesn't that look like a fun recipe?  I loved it!  And here's what I created:

I had gotten this Avery Elle wreath die a while back and thought it would be ideal for a sparkly glimmery red wreath, since it already had stars!  How convenient!  The Mint Macaron sentiment dies were backed with the same red glimmer paper:

And I added a little Mint Macaron bow:

While I was cleaning out my craft room stash lately, I came across some pre-embossed papers that someone had kindly made and mailed to me....I cannot remember who this generous soul was...but I put one to good use as a snowy background!  It went on a Real Red mat for a nice bit of contrast!  And here is the inside; I used some images and sentiments from the retired Stitched with Cheer set!  Love how this turned out!  

And since there's a fair amount of sparkle going on with my glimmer paper, I am entering this in the Happy Little Stampers July challenge:

I hope you'll play along with our Christmas recipe to create your own holiday card!  Be sure to share it with us at As You See It!  And be sure to check out what the DT created as well!  Thanks for popping it today!

Twister is still around, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched With Cheer (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Mint Macaron, Red Glimmer
Ink	Real Red, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Mint Macaron Texture Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Star Frame Die (Avery Elle), Season of Cheer Dies (Concord and 9th), Unknown Embossing Folder

Here Comes Santa!

Happy Monday, everyone!  I hope you had a good weekend....the weather was FABULOUS yesterday, warm, no humidity, just gorgeous!  I had time to make a couple of Christmas cards; this one is for the Jingle Belles' challenge of Here Comes Santa:

At the end of the season last year, I snagged several cute Cottage Cutz dies; this one is called Santa Reindeer Border.  I also snagged a Graphic 45 pad at a thrift store while on vacation, so I put them both together with some Tranquil Tide cardstock and ribbon to make this quick, easy card!  All the papers are from the Graphic 45 pad; I diecut a stitched scallop border with a Pretty Pink Posh die and added a little ribbon accent:

And I just love the vintage feel to these papers:

I stamped some sentiments from last year's Stitched With Cheer set on the inside:

And yes, I celebrated my birthday on Friday---thank you to all those who sent cards as well as wishes!  I'll post them on my blog soon!  Cassidy got up bright and early (can you see how foggy it was?) to give me my present, which was a huge coloring book of birds along with some colored pencils!

Of course, she had to test out the pencils as well as the book, even before her breakfast!

That is SOME owl!

Thanks for dropping by today, and have a blessed day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched with Cheer
Card stock & Papers	Tranquil Tide, St Nicholas DSP (Graphic 45)
Ink	Tranquil Tide, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Tranquil Tide Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Santa Reindeer Border Die (Cottage Cutz, Scalloped Stitched Die (Pretty Pink Posh)

TSOT300 Vintage Santa

Hi everyone!  It's Tuesday and it's time for Try Stampin' on Tuesday!  This week I created the sketch for the challenge:

and I think this might be my one of my favorite cards ever!  I found this music and vintage Santa in my "vintage" file...I had printed it out for another project but never used it....and now I can't find the source, so I can't even re-create it!  Maybe a reader can help me out!  Anyway, here we go:

  

I do know the plaid background is from a Crafty Secrets CD that I purchased several years ago; I mounted everything on a Crumb Cake card base; added some Garden Green pinked edges and some greenery diecut from a Tim Holtz die:

I thought they complemented the holly in Santa's beard!  And I added a couple more berries on the inside, along with a sentiment from Stitched with Cheer:

I hope you'll play with us this week....I am sure some of you still need to create some Christmas cards!  Share your creation with us at the blog or on our FB page!

Some silliness from my little pumpkin:

Have a blessed day!

Cable Knit Projects

Happy Friday, peeps!  No challenges today, but I was inspired by my friend Michele when I saw her mitten post here.  (She is SO creative!)  Instead of a mitten, I thought I would make a couple of projects using the Cable Knit embossing folder...and the first one is a little hat:

I drew a hat pattern, cut two hats from white cardstock and embossed one with the EF.  I embossed another smaller piece and trimmed it along a cable to create the bottom portion of the hat:  

I watched this video (it's long and the tutorial is towards the end, but it's a great video) to show how to create a fold at the top of a shaped card, and then I added a Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper "pom pom".  I created it by punching a 7/8" scallop, then adhering it to a scrap, turning it a wee bit and repunching it:

I didn't have cute little greenery like Michele did, but I cut some diecuts from the Pretty Pines thinlets instead.  I made a little banner with a sentiment from Flourishing Phrases and added some holly from Stitched with Cheer: 

 

And surprise...I added some Warmth and Cheer DSP on the inside to create a little pocket for a gift card!  I adhered it right along the very edges with Tear 'n Tape:

 

I added a sentiment from Stitched with Cheer and it was all done!  Just make sure when you assemble it that you measure the length; if your pompom extends too far, you won't be able to stick it in an envelope!  And while perusing Pinterest in the wee hours of a sleepless night, I saw gazillions of Ugly Christmas Sweaters, so I did this one, just for fun!

It's hard to see, but it's mounted on a white "t-shirt", and his bells are cut from gold foil!  Even DH knew what it was!!

December 1 meant that Cassidy got to set up her Advent Calendar!  Dana told me she was up at 5am, and she told her to go back to bed, LOL!  6:15 and she couldn't wait any longer:

A wee little bit of candy to go with the bedhead!

Enjoy your day!