CASology 293 - Easter Cross

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Super-quick post today; the CASology challenge this week is:

and I happened to need another Easter card!  One of my favorite non-SU embossing folders is called Cross with Words from Darice; although it's hard to see in the photo, I brayered some Flirty Flamingo ink on the inside of the folder and embossed a piece of Rustic White cardstock.  I added a few faint flowers from Touches of Texture around the outside of the embossing, added a Blushing Bride diecut cross and mounted it on a Blushing Bride card:

I also added a glimmer embellishment on the center of the cross:

We have lots to do today, so that's it!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

We made some tie-dyed eggs....more on how they turned out later!

FMS329 and FF133 Easy Cards

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  I am really late today posting....it's snowing like crazy and I took the time to work on a few projects around the house that I'd been procrastinating on!!  So afterwards I rewarded myself with some stamping time!  My first card is a Christmas card using the Freshly Made Sketches sketch designed by Kim:

This one looked better in my head than on paper, but I hated to just toss it, so it will just be one of the ones that don't meet my "favorite" criteria!  I used the deer print from Be Merry and the Card Front Builder Thinlets to cut out some sparkly Glimmer paper trees; the deer from Carols of Christmas was stamped on some kraft paper and diecut with the same die set:

The little flourish is also from Carols of Christmas, and the "peace" is from Christmas Quilt.  These lovely products are just around for too short of a time, I never feel like I get good use of them, so it was satisfying to get them out and use them! I embossed a panel of Whisper White with the Softly Falling (so appropriate for the view out my window today) and mounted everything on it, then mounted that on a Chocolate Chip card base.

My next set of cards uses the simple but lovely sketch from Fab Friday:

I realized I hadn't used any of the Whole Lot of Lovely DSP for a while, and it is probably one of my favorites from this year!!!  I had a little piece of it already cut down, so I cut that piece into thirds to make my trio of thank you cards:

I used different mat colors for each one, mixing up the embellishments for each, but kept the sketch and the sentiment the same.  The Old Olive panel on this one was embossed with the Quilt Top embossing folder and accented with some burlap ribbon:

The Calypso Coral one (which matches the flower much better IRL than it does in this photo!) was accented with a little piece of Soft Sky that was diecut with one of the Window Box Thinlets and pieced together....such a cute little scallop!  I added some Linen Thread with a one-hole bow so it would stay put:

And finally, the Soft Sky panel was embossed with the Ruffled embossing folder and accented with some diecut leaves from the Bouquet Bunch Framelits and stamped with the little lace image from Touches of Texture:

The sentiment from Bella and Friends were stamped scraps of Whisper White and punched into banners with the Banner Punch!  Same design, three different looks! 

So this is my view this afternoon from my kitchen table (excuse my tissue!):

And I snagged this shot from my friend Deb's FB page....a sad Easter Bunny with frozen tears, lamenting another snowstorm:

Stay safe and warm and be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Inspired By challenge!  Be blessed and enjoy your day!

FMS310 Peace On Earth

Hi everyone!  Yay, it's Friday and we have a quiet weekend planned after a busy week!  I made another Christmas card using the current Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

I have barely used Carols of Christmas, so I pulled it out along with the Merry Music Specialty DSP to create my really simple monchromatic card:

I am still on the fence about stamping the big sentiment on the DSP, but I really wanted to highlight these papers, so I just went with it!  I added a vellum layer so that the words could show through from the black paper, and just to break up the plainness, I added a strip of Silver Foil along with a rhinestone-embellished star:

I also rounded the opposite corners of each of the panels, since it was a fairly plain card, just to give it a little more interest!  So happy you popped it today!

I don't have any Cassidy pictures today, but I thought I would show you the progress on the kitchen!  These pictures are a little rough as the sun was not cooperative!  The paint on the walls really does not look green, it is more a grayish-blue, but the cabinets are pretty spot on:

We are getting a quartz countertop, which will be measured on Tuesday and maybe it will be installed before Thanksgiving!  I am keeping my fingers crossed!  And here's what the flooring now looks like:

We are thrilled with it so far!!  I will be happy to get my kitchen back in the house, it's getting pretty cold out in that garage, LOL!  Have a wonderful day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Carols of Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Vellum, Silver Foil, Merry Music Specialty DSP
Ink	Basic Black
Accessories	Rhinestone
Tools	Corner Rounder Punch

MM259 and JB17:20 Glimmer Trees

Hey everyone!  It's mid-week, THANK GOODNESS, as my mojo has seriously tanked along with all my other energies.  I've developed a sinus thing, probably due to the change of season and temperature, although I keep hearing about other people having the same symptoms, so maybe it's not my allergies!  Anyway, I am not feeling too motivated, but I tried my best to come up with a card for the Merry Monday challenge of a Christmas tree as well as the embossing challenge at Jingle Belles:

When the Carols of Christmas bundle came out, I just had to have it...played with it a couple of times and haven't cracked it open since!  So I pulled out the tree and deer dies and the Softly Falling embossing folder and made a very simple card:

I used some of the Mint Macaron glimmer paper from the last SAB promotion and cut out five trees, then used the curved base of the double tree to trace a "snowbank" from a strip of Whisper White cardstock.  I then tucked the trees behind and in front of the snowbank and mounted it on a mat of Whisper White that had been embossed with the EF.  I added a little deer, stamped in Sahara Sand and a banner sentiment from Night in Bethlehem.  I think the banner looks like it is falling off my card, though, so I will go back and adhere it better....it's not falling off, but it doesn't look quite right, LOL!

Yesterday was Grandparent's Day for the second-graders at Cassidy's school; grandparents got to come in and eat lunch with their grandchildren, then go back to their classrooms for a little activity and to get acquainted with their teacher and classmates. It was fun!  Of course, Cassidy had a big fudgesicle for her dessert; I wonder who wipes her mouth off for her when Grammy is not there?

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Night of Bethlehem, Carols of Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mint Macaron (ret), Mint Macaron Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron (ret)
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Card Front Builder Framelits, Softly Falling EF

Christmas Stamp Camp

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I am going to be taking a wee little bloggy break, just a few days, but before I do, I thought I'd share with you a couple of cards from my recent Christmas Card stamp camp.  Of course, I had to use Carols of Christmas along with the coordinating Card Front Builder dies!  My stampers used Marina Mist, Soft Suede and Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper to make this card:

I really like how the glimmer paper peeks through the little cut-outs...so sweet!  And a little tip if you are cutting out items from glimmer paper....it can be a little challenging to get those diecuts to pop out easily; if you gently peel off the back layer of the paper, you have a thinner layer of glimmer paper, which cuts very nicely!

  

When I saw this pattern in the Be Merry DSP package, my mind immediately went to this older Waltzingmouse stamp set; I think it's called Stitched Christmas (not sure of that)...it was stamped in Cherry Cobbler, accented with some gold pine sprigs and gold ribbon!

Stay cool...I'll see you on Sunday with our next Paper Players challenge!

Cassidy and Dana are at St Simon's Island in GA...they have sent me some amazing photos!  These are from Driftwood Beach....it's huge!

Thanks for popping by....be blessed and enjoy your week!

Blue Christmas

Happy Monday, everyone!  Just a quick card today, no challenges, it uses the upcoming Carols of Christmas with last year's Christmas Pines, along with a cool embossing folder technique:

The deer is probably my favorite little element from this set; I stamped him in Early Espresso and die cut him, then set him atop a "snowbank" I created by tearing some Whisper White cardstock.  To create the background, I used my inkpad to layer a coating of craft white ink on the raised portion of the Woodland EF, then ran it through the Big Shot with a layer of Dapper Denim cardstock inside.  I love the effect it gives!  I added a sentiment from Christmas Pines, and a few little footprints with a gray marker. I am thinking a little glitter on the snow would have been nice, maybe I'll add that later!

You never know when you'll meet an alligator...or is it a crocodile?

Have a blessed day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Pines, Carols of Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Dapper Denim
Ink	Dapper Denim, Early Espresso, Craft White
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Woodland Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Basic Gray Marker

Blue Christmas for Jingle Belles and FMS296

Happy Thursday, peeps!  It's been a crazy week with not much stamping time, but I did get a couple minutes to play with an interesting challenge at the Jingle Belles:

Cute huh?  I incorporated the FMS sketch as well:

So here we go:

I used a bunch of stuff on this card, new and old!  The base is 4 1/4" square, Crumb Cake, and I added layers of Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White and Pacific Point. I used a square and oval Stitched Shape Framelit to cut the layers, then used the tree die from the new Card Front Builder Thinlets (available next month); the snowflake die from Seasonal Layers and the little starry image from the new Carols of Christmas (also available next month):

Isn't that tree pretty in Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper?!  And I couldn't resist adding the little fox from Jingle All the Way, as well as a sentiment from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

Last, I stamped the Burlap background stamp on my card front with Versamark ink so it wouldn't be too dark; just a soft image to replicate the fireplace in the inspiration picture!  This went together fairly easily, believe it or not!  

Cassidy has finally gotten the hang of brushing her own hair and occasionally likes to accessorize her pony tails!  This is called a "JoJo" bow....not sure  who JoJo is, but her bows certainly pack a punch!

Thanks for visiting today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Carols of Christmas, Burlap, Jingle All the Way (ret), Nov 2016 Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pacific Point, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer
Ink	Pacific Point, Versamark
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Card Front Builder Framelit, Seasonal Layers Framelit, Stitched Shapes Framelits,  Small & Large Dimensionals