Beachy Thanks

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have a thank you card today for one of my customers!  Here we go:

It uses images from Seaside Notions, stamped on Shimmery White cardstock and watercolored, and a wee little sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings!  The sketch is from CAS(E) this Sketch:

And my colors and theme are from Hand Stamped Sentiments and TGIF Challenges:

     

After fussy-cutting my shells out, I mounted them on a Stitched Shape square diecut, adding some speckles of "ocean" along with some sequins:

and the side panel is a diecut from Tasteful Labels, embellished with a Mint Macaron seaweed, diecut from the Smooth Sailing dies:

I added a little snippet of retired Bermuda Bay ribbon and mounted everything on a panel of Whisper White cardstock embossed with the Subtle EF.  This is all ready to pop in the mail!  Thanks for you popping in today, too!

No Cassidy pix today, but I took some photos last week on my morning walk; it was quite foggy and all the spider webs that normally are invisible were quite apparent:

This is my favorite; when I put it on my screensaver, it looked like a chandelier!  Beautiful!  I do not want spiders in my house, but outside, they're pretty amazing!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

CAS Peace

Happy Saturday, peeps!  A quick card today--we have a Veteran's Day breakfast to attend and then our Operation Christmas Child event!  Be sure to thank a Veteran today, too!  

I did get a little creating  done last night, using the CAS Colours and Sketches palette, and the CAS(E) This Sketch layout:

And there's no stamping!  At least not on the outside!  I've not used these large dies from Papertrey Ink for a while, so I cut out three layers of diecuts from Thick White cardstock, adhered them together and created this:

I offset the diecut to show the Emerald Envy layer beneath; I added a small strip of Silver Foil at the top and bottom of the white panel:

  

And just as a little extra, I diecut some vellum sprigs, "tied" them with silver twine and added some silver glitter!  The circular Tranquil Tide layer was embossed with a polka dot embossing folder:

Another to add to my Christmas card stash!

Yesterday at school, Cassidy participated in a Veteran's Day assembly and she and a few of her schoolmates recited the Pledge of Allegiance on stage (sorry the photos are blurry, these were sent by her teacher):

You may be able to see that her skirt and leggings were quite patriotic....red, white and blue!!  And her teacher said she did a great job!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Emerald Envy, Tranquil Tide, Vellum
Ink
Accessories	Silver Twine, Silver Glitter (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Pretty Pines Thinlets, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Circles Framelits (ret), Peace Die (Papertrey Ink), Mini Dimensionals

CTS170

Hi all!  Yay, Saturday and the weekend!  No stamping time for me today, off to a luncheon with my family!  I squeaked in a little time yesterday, after seeing my friend Michele's beautiful CAS(E) this Sketch card here, using this sketch:

This was not my first attempt...the first was a FAIL!  So I regrouped, made it simpler, and came up with this, using the floral image from Butterfly Basics:

I stamped the image in Basic Black and used Marina Mist, Pacific Point and Old Olive ink to color it. I found some older washi tape in Old Olive and used it to create the panels, then mounted the floral on top.  Sentiment is from Endless Thanks.  I mounted it all on a heavyweight SU card base.

Cassidy likes to help me bag up my SU orders...here she is, writing the customer's name on the bag for me!  Good practice for her, too!

Thanks for popping in today--be sure to come back tomorrow with a new Paper Players challenge!

Easy Peasy CTS117 and CYCI64

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Phew, what a weekend!  Easter, lunch with family and friends, the Ringling Brothers circus…plus my computer decided to eat all my work-related files as well as crash my Picasa photo database.  Sigh…technology!  Blessedly, I was able to restore them all, but I was sweating it for a while!

Cassidy put herself down for a nap yesterday (she’s got some sniffles) so I was able to STAMP!  Woohoo!  Just a real simple card for my friend whose birthday is coming up; I used the color challenge from Can You Case It:

and my sweet friend Lesley’s sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch:

I must admit, this is not the most glamorous card I’ve ever made, but it needed to be quick and easy, and this little cupcake from Sweet Stuff fit the bill perfectly!  I stamped it in Stazon on DSP in the challenge colors, stamped it again on my white panel, cut out the cupcake papers, adhered them, added glitter, sequins and a sentiment, and it was DONE!

Don’t they look good enough to eat?  Yummy!

So here are a few pix from the circus; my small camera just doesn’t do well (or maybe it’s the user, not sure) in low light, so I don’t have too many.  But we really had fun; I think John had the most fun of all!

Enjoy your day!

ColourQ255

Hi everyone!  Tuesday brings us another ColourQ challenge, and it’s a beauty:

I don’t think I did this challenge justice; I think Rich Razzleberry just always throws me for a loop!  I wanted it to be the focal color but I am never quite sure about using it when all is said and done:

I used watercolor paper to give my images a softer tone, using Hello Darling (one of these days I am going to type “Hello Dolly” by mistake, LOL).  Maybe I should have softened the images with a damp paintbrush….but no, I probably would have made a big mess!  Instead, I added some Gorgeous Grunge speckles and some Work of Art swooshes to imitate watercoloring!  The sentiment from A Dozen Thoughts seemed to fit the mood of this card.  And although you can’t see it here, I added a little sparkle with a Jelly Roll pen to my faux sequins:

IRL, it adds just a little shine and shimmer.  My Old Olive cardbase was stamped with another floral image from this set, creating a nice monochromatic background.  Ooops, almost forgot, the sketch today is from CAS(E) This Sketch #88:

Hope you will stop by the ColourQ blog to see the amazing samples the others have created….be sure to share your creation with us too!

Cassidy requested a Hello Kitty cake for her birthday.  Here’s my attempt (cake-decorating is not my forte, although I WISH it was!!):

Well, she liked it….and it tasted good….so I guess that’s all that matters!  Enjoy your day!

Triple CAS

Hi peeps!  A three-challenge card today!  Here are the challenges:

A sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch #2:

A CAS challenge from CAS-ual Fridays:

and an inspiration photo from Inspired By #46:

And here we go:

This card didn’t turn out at all the way I had first envisioned it!  I fiddled with a couple little images, didn’t like them, chucked them, tried something else, chucked that, then remembered these pretty chipboard stickers I had…and the colors in this butterfly matched the necklace pretty well!  I made the card a wee bit narrower so that it will fit into a normal envelope even with the butterfly hanging over the edge.  A little bit of baby powder patted on the sticky side keeps it from sticking to the envelope!

Can you see the glitter on the wings?  So pretty!  I added an Artistic Outpost sentiment and a little flower (the rule of three) to finish it off.  Oh, and the mat is Sahara Sand with Distressed Dots stamped in craft white!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy is taking Lambie for a walk in the yard….but he has to be sitting in the cart just so!