PP722 A Sketch from Joanne

Happy Sunday, all! This will be short & sweet as I am having my hostess appreciation party today! Love getting together with my stampers, and I don't think we'll have any SNOW to ruin it!

It's Joanne's turn to be the hostess at the Players this week and she has an awesome sketch:

I thought this would be a great sketch with which to use some of the new Timeless Plaid papers; here we go:

I used the retired Biggest Wish to stamp my sentiments, and a little lure from the Gone Fishing set was an accent.  I cut two sets of banners from Lost Lagoon and Basic White for a simple embellishment.

I needed a masculine birthday card for an older gentleman at church and I knows he likes to fish, so this is for him!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week, there are endless possibilities!  Check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog and be inspired!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Biggest Wish (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Timeless Plaids DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Does, Stylish Shapes Dies

AHSC613 Celebrate

Hello, stampers!  The Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge for this week is a great, simple one:

I went pretty literal with it, and it gave me the chance to use the colors from the current Color Hues challenge:

I pulled out some Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist products and went to work:

The Night of Navy card was embossed with a star embossing folder, and I diecut some stars from matching DSPs.  The "celebrate" and the smaller stars are diecut from Granny Apple Green foil, even though they look gold in the photo:

I also added a little line of embossing for fun!  The inside uses a sentiment from Hooray for Surprises:

I think this is a great sketch as well as a great color combo, especially for masculine cards!  I hope you'll play along with our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lime Twist DSP (ret), Granny Apple Green Foil (ret)
Ink	Night of Navy, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Wanted to Say Dies, Stitched Stars Dies (Paper Rose), Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Starry Embossing Folder (ret)

Happy Winter Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps! I don't know about anyone else, but I am struggling to get back into my regular routine after the holidays! I know it's only a couple of days, but I feel jet-lagged, LOL!  I did manage to get into my craft room yesterday to make a wintery birthday card!  It uses the inspiration from Inspired By and the sketch from FMS:

So here we go:

I embossed a panel of Boho Blue with the retired Cable Knit embossing folder, and diecut a snowflake with the retired Stitched Snowflake die.  The snowflake was mounted on a Sentimental Christmas DSP circle as well as a Crumb Cake scallop.  I admit, I did go a little overboard with the gems and sequins, LOL!  The sentiment is from Choose Happy, on a Stylish Shapes die:

The inside sentiment is from Unbounded Love:

I am also entering this at JUGS, where they are looking for dies!  

Now to make three more cards---January is a busy birthday month for my family!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love, Choose Happy
Card stock & Papers	Boho Blue, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Sentimental Christmas (ret)
Ink	Boho Blue
Accessories	Iridescent Gems, Sequins (Honey Bee)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Snowflake Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Circles Dies (ret), Cable Knit EF (ret)

SOS536 Best Wishes Brother

Happy Thursday, peeps! My brother's birthday is coming up and the Shopping Our Stash challenge is asking for a winter themed card but not Christmas!  I used some plaid Christmas papers from Echo Park's The Magic of Christmas, along with a deer diecut and a Birch Wood-embossed piece of woodgrain paper for his birthday card:

My sentiment was a combination of an older Paper Pumpkin "Best Wishes" and a Fiskars "brother"; the pine cones and greenery were from W+9's Merry & Bright.  The deer diecut is from Paper Rose; finally I added some black adhesive brads to add a little zip!

Edited to add:  I am also going to enter this at the Inspired By challenge for this week as well:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Paper Pumpkin (ret), Celebrate Family (Fiskars), Merry & Bright (WPlusNine)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Black, The Magic of Christmas (Echo Park)
Ink	Versafine Black, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals, Adhesive Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Birch Wood Embossing Folder, Merry & Bright Dies (WPlusNine), Deer Family Dies (Paper Rose)

PP715 Celebrate!

Happy Sunday, stamping friends! Claire, whose love for color matches her vibrant personality, is our Paper Players hostess today with a bright, vivid color challenge:

I thought these colors would be good for a birthday card, so that's what I did!  Here we go:

I pulled out a retired set called Holiday Haul because I knew there was a little present in there! I stamped each one in Tahitian Tide, Gorgeous Grape, Peach Pie and Melon Mambo, then diecut each one out with a retired Stitched Shapes die.  The Tranquil Tide background was embossed with Dotted Circles embossing folder and I added a wee stitched scalloped border of Melon Mambo as well:

I used an old Verve stamp for the sentiments, and the Hooray for Surprises set for the candles....hopefully Claire won't kick me out for the Daffodil Delight flames!!!

My final addition was some glimmer paper hearts; each gift was embellished with one in a matching shade (although the Mambo one looks really purple in my photo!) and a little white heart in the center just to jazz it up a bit!

SO....what will you create with these colors? The Design Team really stepped up to the plate on this one; the cards they created are really spectacular!  Be sure to hope over to the Paper Players to check them out, then come along and play with us!

So yesterday was the yearly cleaning of the chandelier globes at our church.  A group of us do the washing and drying (very carefully) after the guys take the globes off, take the bulbs out, then put new bulbs in and put the clean globes back on.  It's a painstaking process, and not for someone who has acrophobia!

Blessedly, John does not have acrophobia, but he does have a good routine and good assistants!! 

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Holiday Haul (ret), Birthday Bash (Verve)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Tahatian Tide (ret), Glimmer Paper in Assorted Colors
Ink	Peach Pie, Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo, Tahitian Tide, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Stitched Be Mine Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Triple Heart Punch (ret)

Happy Birthday, Cassidy!

Happy Saturday, peeps! Today is Cassidy's 14th birthday! Time flies!  I made her a card using some basketball papers from Echo Park:

It's a wee bit larger than a standard card, it's 4 1/2" x 6 1/2".  I wanted to get lots of the basketball images on it!!  Everything is from the Echo Park pad except for the basketball and the "HB".  The basketball is an older SU stamp, stamped in Pecan Pie and I added (poorly) the black lines with a fine-tip marker.  The diecut letters are from Lawnfawn. 

 Here's the inside, I used another image from Have a Ball and the sentiment is from Biggest Wish:

She asked for mostly sport-related clothing for her birthday and one sweatshirt she wanted was not going to arrive on time. So I did a little creative tracing and cutting; this will go in her card with a "coming later" note!

Thanks for poping in today! We're celebrating tomorrow, so cleaning is on my agenda for today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish (ret), Have a Ball (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Basic Black, Basketball (Echo Park)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Basic Black
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Oliver's Stitched Alphabet Dies (Lawn Fawn), 1 1/4" Circle Punch (ret)

Mini Gift Card Holder

Happy Thursday, everyone!  I had an idea for a gift card holder and although this was just a "prototype", I thought I would share it anyway!  I am also entering it at Retro Rubber, where they have a color palette, and Krafty Chicks, where they're looking for Clean and Simple! 

The stamps I am using are from Picture Perfect Birthday, which came out in 2018.  Here we go:

I started out by making a note-card sized card with Lemon Lime Twist cardstock....this was a challenge to me, because this is definitely not a color I use very often, LOL!  I made a little 3D "box", stamped some "ribbon" in Lemon Lolly and Lemon Lime Twist (they're actually candles) on the front, and stamped the bow in Balmy Blue and Lost Lagoon to attach at the intersection of the ribbons.  The top of the box is 2" x 3".  I also added a little tag with a sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs:

For some added texture, I added a panel of the same color, embossed with one of the Fun Patterns embossing folders.  Here's a side view of the box; you would need a special envelope, or maybe just an A4 envelope to accomodate the thickness.

On the inside, I added another sentiment from the same set and added an embossed pocket at the bottom in which to tuck a gift card or cash!

Again, this was just a prototype, so I'll be adjusting some dimensions and trying it again in the future!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Picture Perfect Birthday (ret, 2018), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs, 2016)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist
Ink	Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly, Balmy Blue, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Fun Patterns Embossing Folder, Mini Tag Punch (ret)

PP697 Summer Birthday Wishes

Hi there, stamping friends!  Another Paper Players challenge for today, with Claire as our hostess! And we're saying hello to some new Design Team members as well!  Welcome Jan, Stef and Elizabeth!  Now here's Claire's theme board:

I know Claire loves bright, bold colors and images, so I had her in mind when I made my summery card today!  I used those little watermelons as my inspiration, and pulled out an old Unity stamp; here we go:

I used a piece of Flirty Flamingo DSP as my mat, and stamped three watermelons in black ink, then watercolored them with Flirty Flamingo, Mambo Melon and Garden Green inks, then fussy cut them out. I stamped some of the words from the set, "carefree" and "summer", then added "birthday wishes from the retired Endless Birthday Wishes:

I also embossed the polka dot paper with the Stitched with Whimsy die for fun! And on the inside, a sentiment from Happiest Day:

I have a lot of birthdays coming up, so this will go in my stash!  Now, how about you?  How will you interpret our Paper Players theme board this week?  Gather up your summery stamps and get to work! Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiest Day, Endless Birthday Wishes (ret), All Smiles (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green, Flirty Flamingo DSP (ret), White Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Garden Green, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Aquapainter

Sketched Butterfly Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps! BOY is it hot!  I wonder how I ever survived living in my house without A/C!!!  What a wimp I am!  Anyway, I stayed inside this morning, stamping and coloring and diecutting!  Here we go:

As You See It has a wonderful color challenge this week, and Tuesday Morning Sketches has an equally wonderful sketch:

When I first saw the colors, I had a totally different project in mind, but I also knew I wanted to play with my new Sketched Butterflies sets, so I decided to use the large butterfly as a focal point.  Now, I know there are probably NO butterflies that look like this, but that's the beauty of art--you can make anything any color you want! After watercoloring the different panels on the butterfly, I found some scraps of DSP to match the challenge colors and they formed my banners:

I didn't space my banners correctly, so my butterfly is hanging over the edge of my card, so I made a custom envelope with some retired DSP and the retired Envelope Punch Board to make sure it fit!  A pretty sentiment and some more butterflies went on the inside!

And since CAS on Sunday is looking for watercoloring, I'm entering it there as well!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Stay cool, enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sketched Butterflies
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Watercolor Paper, DSP in Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushel and Granny Apple Green (all ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushed, Granny Apple Green
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sketched Butterflies Dies, Aquapainter

TGIF479 Hooray for Surprises Birthday Card

Happy Saturday, peeps! Hope you have some fun weekend plans!  John is taking eleven people fishing on a charter boat today, so my day is free!  I spent some time yesterday working on a birthday card for a young man in our church...I hope he doesn't think it's too childish, LOL!  I have wanted to use the Hooray for Surprises set to make a window card that you open, using the special dies, and I saw a great video by my friend Amanda. She highlights a wonderful technique to get the images lined up perfectly!  You can see it here.  I used the birthday cake and candles image along with some bright inks, paper and cardstock.  So here we go:

So if you can see the little pull tab on the right side of the diecut, that gets pulled open by the recipient, and there is another image under the circle.  Of course, I forgot to take a picture of THAT, but it said "Make a Wish"!  The cake was stamped in Azure Afternoon, the candles in Lemon Lime Twist and the flames in Daffodil Delight, along with some stars from the retired Wood Words:

Sentiments are from the Light the Candles kit:

And even though it doesn't look like it, the cardstock, sentiment and stars on the inside are also Azure Afternoon....the camera really doesn't capture the shade correctly!

I am going to enter this at TGIF Challenges, where they are looking for sweet treats!  Can't get much sweeter than a birthday cake, right?!  

Anyway, this family always includes jokes in their birthday cards to us, so I am enclosing one as to him:  "How do bees celebrate moving to a new hive?  They have a house swarming party!"  I hope he likes it!  Corny but cute!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Light the Candles Kit, Wood Words (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Azure Afternoon DSP (ret)
Ink	Azure Afternoon, Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Hooray for Surprises Dies

AYSI326 Robot Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps! I totally forgot my great-nephew's birthday, so I pulled out the Robot Buddies kit and a few other goodies, and made a quick little card! I used the As You See It sketch:

So here we go:

I stamped the image in Pumpkin Pie and Bermuda Bay inks, then used my Mini Alphabet dies to create the word "beep!".  I used one of the card bases from the kit, along with some Pool Party DSP and a little sticker border!  And of course, some googly eyes!

I stamped the birthday sentiment and some of the cogs on the inside and added a "2" from Little Numbers and sent it on its way!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Robot Buddies Kit
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Balmy Blue, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Pool Party DSP (ret)
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Mini Alphabet Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Little Numbers Die (ret)