PP628 CAS Get Well

Happy Sunday, peeps! Claire is our hostess at the Paper Players this week, and she has a clean-and-simple "Get Well" challenge for us! I just made a get well card yesterday, so I was already primed to make another one!

The CAS on Sunday challenge wants flowers this week, and the Krafty Chicks challenge is also CAS, so I think my card is good for all three challenges:

I fussy-cut some flowers from the Regency Park DSP, mounted them on two diecut circles from the same DSP and added a scallop of Petal Pink and some adhesive sequins:

I have always loved this sentiment from A Dozen Thoughts (retired), so I stamped it in Petal Pink and dieccut it out too.  Everything went on a panel of Basic White, embossed with the Gingham EF.  I like how the embossing coordinates with the woven cane pattern on the DSP!

On the inside, I added a sentiment from Eden's Garden, along with a little sprig for decoration:

I hope you'll play along with our CAS Get Well challenge this week at the Players!  Be sure to hop over to the blog and see what the DT created!  Their inspiration may get you started to make your own!  Thanks for visiting today!

And speaking of Eden, she just wanted some attention so badly when we were at Dana's:

The only thing is, is whatever attention you give her, it's never enough!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Dozen Thoughts (ret), Eden's Garden
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Regency Park
Ink	Night of Navy, Petal Pink
Accessories	Dimensionals, Seasonal Sequins
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circle Dies, Gingham Embossing Folder

Fun Fold Valentine

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I found a lovely card while scrolling through Facebook yesterday that featured a pretty (and pretty easy) fun fold!  Here's the YouTube link to the original card HERE.  Her card is 5 7/8" high and I cut mine down to 5 1/2" to fit in a standard envelope.  This is my prototype; I used retired Lovely Lipstick cardstock along with Country Floral Lane and Country Gingham DSPs, and several different stamp sets.  So here we go:

First, let me say that I know the Lovely Lipstick doesn't match the colors in my DSP and ribbon, but it was my prototype!!  The card starts as a gatefold, then when it is opened, the fun fold pops out:

I added some DSP panels and stamped the "Love You" in Real Red, then diecut them out.  The heart was punched from the DSP, and the "valentine" sentiment was fussy cut from the Love For You set as well:

The belly band is Mossy Meadow; I diecut a couple of panels for the sentiment, and I stamped the top floral in Petal Pink, filling in the leaves with a Mossy Meadow marker and the hearts with a Poppy Parade marker.  I added some of the Real Red ribbon for added interest:

I am going to enter this at Anything Goes with a Fun Fold!

I do have another quick little get-well card; it uses the sketch from  As You See It:

This is note-card sized; the base is Very Vanilla and I covered the front with a piece of Balmy Blue DSP:

I pulled out some really old stamps; the bird is from Of the Earth (2009) and the sentiment is from A  Dozen Thoughts (2013).  The diecut borders are from the Arts & Crafts dies....aren't they pretty?  I feel bad that I don't use them often enough!

The inside sentiment is from Friend to Friend (2004).  It feels good to get some older stamps inky! 

So yesterday I took a little class at the local Senior Center and we learned to decorate cupcakes; this month's theme was animals!  So here is my labradoodle:

I definitely need practice with that grass tip!  And my polar bear, which looks more like a husky to me:

I've played with decorator bags, icing and tips, but had never made anything like this!  The fondant tongue just cracks me up!  John refuses to eat them, he says they're too special to eat, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love For You, Eden's Garden, Country Bouquet
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow, Lovely Lipstick (ret), Country Floral Lane DSP, Country Gingham DSP
Ink	Real Red, Mossy Meadow, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Real Red Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Love For You Dies, Country Bouquet Punch, Mossy Meadow & Poppy Parade Markers

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Of the Earth (ret), A Dozen Thoughts (ret), Friend to Friend (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Balmy Blue DSP
Ink	Balmy Blue, Midnight Muse (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Arts & Crafts Dies (ret)

Regency Park Projects

Happy Friday, all!  The prints in the Regency Park DSP are so pretty, and they coordinate so well with the Country Gingham patterns too!  I put these together to make a couple cards:

These colors remind me of my bridesmaids' dresses, LOL!  I love them!  I embossed the Petal Pink panel with the Gingham embossing folder, then fussy cut some florals and put them over the tag, stamped with a sentiment from Charming Sentiments:

The next one features a Balmy Blue panel embossed with the Stitched Greenery die, which works nicely with the florals, and a sentiment from Eden's Garden:

Some adhesive sequins add a little sparkle!

These are so bright and cheerful on our gray, rainy day! 

We had this not-so-little visitor a few times before Christmas!

 Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord. Proverbs 21:30

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments, Eden's Garden
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink, Balmy Blue, Regency Park DSP, Country Gingham DSP
Ink	Balmy Blue, Stazon Black
Accessories	Adhesive-Backed Seasonal Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Stitched Greenery Die, Gingham Embossing Folder

Sending Hugs

Happy Thursday, peeps!  If you're down in the southeastern portion of the US, we're praying for you!  We have been getting a lot of wind here in PA, but nothing compared to what's happening there!

A sweet lady from church is recovering from a fall and subsequent hip surgery, so I thought I'd send a get well message using the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches as well as the monochromatic challenge from SUO Challenges:

 

I chose neutrals as my color scheme...I was thinking that maybe as a get-well, I should have used something brighter and more cheery, but I had already begun and hopefully she'll like it regardless!  So here we go:

I used Very Vanilla and Sahara Sand cardstocks, and Sahara Sand ink for the foliage, which is from Forever Fern and Eden's Garden.  The sentiment was stamped in Soft Suede:

I tied a little Linen Thread bow to my foliage for an extra embellishment.  Here's the inside, and I added another extra diecut as well:

Thanks for popping in today!

Wayne is on a business trip in Washington state, checking out the apples!  He must be getting a bird's-eye view as he snagged a helicopter ride!

Fun!  Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Eden's Garden, Forever Fern
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand
Ink	Sahara Sand, Soft Suede
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies, Tasteful Textile EF

SOS479 Another Fall Card

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have another fall card for you today!  Shopping our Stash has an "ombre" challenge this week, and I had already begun to apply some color to a black and white piece of DSP from the Rustic Harvest when I saw the challenge, so I finished it up and here it is:

I must admit that this photo doesn't really catch the full effect of the blending; I started with Crushed Curry in the upper right hand corner, then blended Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Real Red.  I created a banner with the Stylish Shapes dies and a sentiment from Eden's Garden, then embellished it with a little acorn from the retired Truly Grateful set, and a couple of copper Glimmer paper-punched oak leaves:

I added a birthday sentiment on the inside, so I'm all ready for my next fall birthday recipient!  Thanks for popping in today!

One of the activities that Dana & Wayne did while in Nashville was to create a poster at Hatch Show Print.  Hatch prints a lot of the posters for country western stars and other entertainment venues--how cool, right?!

So here's Dana beginning her poster:

And here's her finished product! 

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Eden's Garden, Truly Grateful (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Rustic Harvest DSP, Copper Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Real Red
Accessories	Amber Gem, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Blending Brushes, Leaf Punch (ret)

PP604 Here For You Now

Hello, peeps!  Happy Sunday and time for a new Paper Players challenge!  Anne Marie has a fun color challenge for us all:

Sadly, I needed a sympathy card for a sweet friend from church who just lost her second daughter in the last three years.  The black and white prints from the retired True Love DSP was perfect for a simple (that's my key word lately) sympathy card:

I used a Daffodil Delight marker to color in just three of the flowers for Anne Marie's "pop" of color, then added a diecut banner with a sentiment from Color & Contour, and another wee little Daffodil Delight banner to tuck underneath.  I added a yellow rhinestone for a pop of bling!

 

And I added the second portion of the sentiment, along with another sweet sentiment from Eden's Garden, on the inside:

My heart breaks for her and I hope this brings her comfort!  

Now, I hope you'll play along with us too...black, white and a pop of any color!  Check out what the DT did over at the Paper Players blog and get some inspiration!  

So here are the three amigos (John's nephew Phil, John, and John's brother-in-law Charlie) on their fishing trip on the Chesapeake yesterday....Wayne took the photo!  What a gorgeous day to be on the water!

And this is what's left of the striper....leftovers for tonight!  It was delicious!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Eden's Garden, Color & Contour
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Basic White, Daffodil Delight, True Love DSP (ret)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Rhinestone
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Daffodil Delight Marker

SSC286 Sending Hugs

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you had a good weekend.  Ours was full of wonderful weather!!  Just delightful! I have another card using Rings of Love designer paper from the upcoming SAB catalog...sorry, I just can't stop using it! I really like the fall colors in this design!  Here we go:

And I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

I layered a panel of the DSP with a couple of Poppy Parade Scalloped Contour borders and some Crushed Curry plaid DSP.  Unfortunately, I don't have any current "leafy" stamps, so I stamped one of the images from Forever Fern and a sentiment from Eden's Garden on my cut-down Tailor Made Tag and added some Real Red Linen Braid trim:

Everything was layered on a Crumb Cake card base that was embossed with the Timber embossing folder.  Love these papers!!  Thanks for popping in today!

Definitely not fall-like...a bit of ice cream after a day at the pool and some sunburned cheeks!  Good thing Mommy had some aloe!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Eden's Garden, Forever Fern
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry DSP, Rings of Love DSP
Ink	Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Real Red Linen Braid (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Timber EF, Scalloped Contour Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies

TCC174 Spring Flowers

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  It's time for another beautiful Card Concept challenge, where you get to tell us the "card concept" you use to create your card!  Here's the prompt that Julie has for us this week:

 

Isn't this a pretty garden?  And house?  Although it would take a lot of nerve for me to have a pink door, LOL!  But in the stamping world, we can have anything we want!  I didn't do a pink door, but I did use Magenta Madness as a focal point for my Clean and Layered card, so here we go:

I just used the Jar of Flowers last week, but what a surprise, it worked for my card today as well!  I didn't quite know what ink to use for stamping the outline, as I did not want black, but I found one of my distress inks worked very well with watercoloring....I tend to forget that I have a few of those inks!  This one happened to be Weathered Wood, which is a sort of blue tone, and it worked nicely with the palette of the challenge.

I used Magenta Madness, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Soft Seafoam and Old Olive for my flowers, fussy cutting them out after watercoloring them on watercolor paper.  I also watercolored the stems, and hid the seam under the sentiment from Eden's Garden.  My Magenta panel was embossed with the new Fern EF, and the white panel was embossed with Timeworn Type.  The card base is the retired Almost Amethyst, which seemed to work a little better than the darker purple shades we have now.  On the inside, I stamped a verse from Our Daily Bread Designs:

For embellishments, I added some Polished Pink Open Weave ribbon and a sprinkling of sequins from my stash.  I also used the "CASE the Designer" challenge from Global Design Project:

Sadly, this card will be going to Julie, the creative genius behind The Card Concept, as she lost her dear husband earlier this week after a very long illness.  I hope it brings her comfort!  Thanks for visiting today....I hope you'll play along with us and share your creation, and its concept, with us at The Card Concept!  And I thought I'd share a floral arrangment left from the funeral at our church on Sunday, as well as some more flowers from the conservatory at Longwood; their colors match the prompt so well, I just had to share!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jar of Flowers, Eden's Garden, Scripture Collection 1 (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Magenta Madness, Watercolor, Shimmery White, Almost Amethyst (ret)
Ink	Old Olive, Soft Seafoam, Balmy Blue, Magenta Madness, Highland Heather, Weathered Wood Distress (Tim Holton)
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Dimensionals, Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot,Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Fern EF, Timeworn Type EF, Aquapainter