AHSC607 Easy Peasy Birthday

Happy Tuesday, all!  I am taking a break from Christmas cards and using some new upcoming stuff from the Spring Mini catalog, along with some retired goodies, for my Atlantic Hearts Sketch card! First, here's the sketch:

And here we go:

The Wildflower Birthday DSP has two sheets of punch-out images that make great scrapbook embellishments, but they also are great on cards!  I combined two retired sentiment sets, some retired DSPs and some florals from the Birthday DSP to create this quick, cheerful card!  I simply removed  the elements from the sheet and layered them around my hand-cut banner, added some gold pearls and it was done:

 A happy card for a happy occasion!  I hope you'll play along with the sketch at Atlantic Hearts this week...holiday or other occasion, it's a great one!

Maven's first Christmas tree excursion!

She's on the move!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Wildflower Birthday, Awash in Beauty DSP (ret), Balmy Blue DSP (ret)
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals, Festive Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Labels Dies (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

Such a Lazy Stamper

Happy Tuesday, everyone! I have been a lazy stamper the last couple of days....plus it snowed overnight (first in over 700 days, LOL) so I have been in that "snow day" kind of mood. So the cards I am sharing are ones I made last week....no challenges, just some fun stamping in my craft room!

Today is Wayne's birthday, and I know that he is chomping at the bit (or the pole, or the lure, or whatever it is that fishermen chomp at) to go fishing! He got lots of fishing goodies for Christmas, so I decided to make him a fishing-themed card for his birthday, using the Gone Fishing bundle:

It's all just stamping, diecutting and layering on a Mossy Meadow card base; the sentiments are from Biggest Wish and the retired Endless Birthday Wishes.  I went a little overboard on the inside:

 

I used some more of the Let's Go Fishing DSP as well as sentiments from the Trusty Tools and Best Family Ever sets.  

My next card is a CASE from Lori Heiling...hers is much cuter; you can see it HERE.  I made mine a bit simpler, and used different stamps and paper.  Who remembers the Etch-a-Sketch?  Lori is so clever!

I added an acetate "window" on my Etch-a-Sketch (wouldn't a shaker card with gray glitter be fun too??) and put it on a wobbler mechanism so you can really SHAKE it!!!

My sentiment is from Super Cool and the stars are cut using the Give It A Whirl dies....a hidden gem that I don't use enough!  On the inside, I added a few more stars, a sentiment from Throughout the Year and the soda image from Super Cool as well:

So fun, I can't wait to mail this out to someone of a certain age, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gone Fishing, Biggest Wish, Endless Birthday Wishes (ret), Trusty Tools, Best Family Ever
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Let's Go Fishing DSP, Metallic paper from my stash
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Flirty Flamingo Marker

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Super Cool, Throughout The Year
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Real Red, Smoky Slate DSP, Acetate Sheet
Ink	Basic Gray, Real Red, Early Espresso
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wobbler Mechanism (Amazon)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Give It A Whirl Dies, Nested Essential Dies, 1" Circle Punch (ret)

PP672 Black, White & Bright

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Today is my Hostess Appreciation party, so this will be quick!  Anne Marie is our Paper Players hostess and she has a fun color challenge for us!  Black, white and a pop of color is always fun:

I had a little turtle diecut from Zany Zoo floating around on my desk, cut but unused from a couple weeks ago, and I thought to myself, why not color him in a bold, bright green and use him for my card (and get another piece of paper off my desk, LOL!)?  So that's what I did!  Here we go:

I used the Atlantic Hearts Sketch for my layout:

and I used three patterns of Parakeet Party for my horizontal panels.  They all went on a Parakeet Party mat that was embossed with the retired Dotty Hearts embossing folder.  I colored my little turtle with some Blends, combined a couple of sentiments on a Stitched So Sweetly panel then stamped some music notes and added some sequins to finalize my card:

A sentiment from Zany Zoo also went on the inside:

I think someone will enjoy this little crooning turtle for their special day!  Now, how will you use black, white and a bold color?  Please hop over to the Paper Players blog to see ALL the creations from the design team! I am sure you'll enjoy them and may get some inspiration from them as well!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Zany Zoo, Circle Sayings, Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Parakeet Party, Parakeet Party DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Parakeet Party
Accessories	Lemon Lime Twist Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Zany Zoo Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Dotty Hearts Embossing Folder (ret), Blends

Motorcyle Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I made this card for my nephew's birthday...no challenge, just a fun, simple card for a young guy....I think they're the most challenging to make!  I used papers from last mini called Ready to Ride, and mixed up some new and old stamps for the sentiment:

The wrenches on the background paper have a gloss to them--very cool--and the motorcyle was simply fussy-cut from another piece of the DSP.  I diecut two banners from the Nested Essentials dies and layered them together; the motorcycle hides the seam.  I used sentiments from Biggest Wishes and the retired Endless Birthday Wishes along with some Metallic Studs; it all went on a Very Vanilla card base:

For the inside, I cut a couple of strips from the DSP that look like tire tracs and added a sentiment from the retired Rev Up the Fun:

Hope he likes it!  Thanks for popping in today!

A few pix from around the yard:

My friend Joan gave me these dahlias and I was thrilled to see how pretty they were:

And this bee was completely oblivious of my picture-taking indulgence; I just wish these tiger lilies lasted longer!  They're almost 6' tall!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Rev Up the Fun (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Ready to Ride DSP (ret)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Studs (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies

Just Do It Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Today is Cassidy's' 13th birthday! How did that happen?  She loves anything Nike, in fact they are doing back-to-school shopping today and the Nike store is their first stop!  So I made her a Nike-inspired birthday card:

I didn't have anything that looked like those little Nike swooshes, but I did have star dies, so I cut some out of cardstock in the Nike colors, then did the same with my Tim Holtz letters. Simple, nothing fancy...the only doodad was an orange dot for the exclamation point because the diecut was so tiny, it got lost somewhere in my craft room!  On the inside, I added sentiments from Biggest Wish and Endless Birthday Wishes, which is one of the very first photopolymet sets SU came out with...an oldie but goodie!

Her family party is Saturday, so she'll have to wait until then to get this!  

I am going to enter this at the Krafty Chicks this week, where they're looking for CAS!

And speaking of birthdays, here's Cass making a birthday card for her cousin using one of SU's card kits...putting it to good use!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Sweet Sorbet, Starry Sky, Parakeet Party, Pumpkin Pie
Ink	Sweet Sorbet, Starry Sky, Parakeet Party, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Orange Sequin
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Stars Die (Paper Rose), Alphanumeric Class Upper Dies (Tim Holtz)

LIM480 Big Hooray

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a fun "retro" card today using a couple of older retired sets; it uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps as well as the color theme of black and aqua from Less is More:

         

Now I admit that these colors are a bit unusual for a western-themed card, but I had a scrap of Coastal Cabana DSP on my desk and I was determined to use it, LOL!  So here we go:

The western images are from a set called Out West; the sentiment is from Perfectly Wrapped.  I added a star from YeeHaw:

which is also where I got the sentiment on the inside, except for the "have a"....that's from Endless Birthday Wishes.  Endless Birthday Wishes is one of the very first photopolymer set that SU came out with...and I still have it!

I've been on a roll, making masculine cards, so this will go in my pile for one of my April birthdays!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Out West (ret), Perfectly Wrapped (ret), YeeHaw (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana DSP
Ink	Coastal Cabana, Versafine Black
Accessories	Black & White Twine (Doodlebug)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

AYSI278 A Special Birthday Sketch

Hi everyone!  Happy JULY!  It's time for a new challenge from As You See It, and this week we have a sketch...and it has THREE elements, my favorite!

The leader of our TOPS weight-loss group is going to be a very youthful-looking 70 years old in a couple of days, so this sketch worked perfectly for a card for her!  Here we go:

 

Those gorgeous flowers from Hues of Happiness were easy as pie to dicut and layer on a panel of Basic White that had been embossed with the Timeword Type embossing folder.  Before embossing it, I lightly stamped the number "70" using a Tim Holtz number day and added the happy directly over top of it in Starry Sky ink.  I layered that all on a piece of plaid Coastal Cabana DSP and as a final embellishment, added some sequins and vellum leaves that were embossed with White craft ink: 

Two sentiments from Happiness Abounds were stamped on the inside, as well as a rose outline; I love how these fonts work together!

Our design team has some fabulous samples for you to check out and to give you some inspiration!  I hope you'll check them out and play with our sketch this week!  See you at As You See It!

Another of Cassidy's baking achievements....this was also a box mix (we'll graduate to scratch one of these days) and she managed to do 99%  of it without my help!  She made chocolate chip cookies with cookie dough filling and sprinkles around the outside!  They were DELICIOUS!  Of course, we have to have a little fun while they're baking:

Getting the hang of an offset spatula:

The final product!  Let me tell you...they were amazing!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiness Abounds, Endless Birthday Wishes (ret), Mini Numeric (Tim Holtz)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Vellum, Bermuda Bay DSP, Hues of Happiness DSP
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Starry Sky, Craft White
Accessories	White Embossing Powder, Whale of a Time Sequins (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Timeworn Type EF, Blossoming Happiness Dies, Heat Tool

PP548 Stars and Stripes Stampede

Hi peeps!  Happy 4th to my American friends!  Anne Marie is our Paper Players hostess and she has a fun one---and it doesn't necessarily have to be patriotic...we just need stars and/or stripes:

My friend Karen made a cool fun-fold card on her blog a bit ago (you can see it here), and I thought I would re-create it for today's challenge.  You can find the measurements on the other Karen's blog HERE...she has a perfectly-written template and it just requires some careful cutting and scoring!  So here we go:

I used two different stamps to create my cowboy-themed card for a young man in our church!  I used several striped papers from Cowboy Country by Carta Bella, and my bronco image is from 100 Proof Press, stamped in Misty Moonlight.  The stars and barbed wire are from Yee Haw, as are most of the inside sentiments as well.  I added some Candy Dots to the stitched stars; on the first photo, you can see one of them looks a little pink; after taking that photo, I went back to my craft room and colored it with a Dark Cherry Cobbler Blend....looks better now!

Here are the side views so you can see the folds:

And here is the inside, stamped in Night of Navy and Merry Merlot:

I even added a little leftover strip of the DSP for more stripes!  This card has plenty of both stars and stripes!  

I hope you'll stop by the Paper Players blog to see some more stars and stripes, and then share yours with us as well!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy wanted to make some cupcakes for their July 4th party and decorate them with sprinkles.  She had a plan to make "USA" in red, white and blue sprinkles, then decorate the rest with gold stars.  We made some stencils with waxed paper and an alphabet and star die, then she went to work.  We were a little crunched on time, so the first few looked pretty good, but she had to rush, so the last stars were a bit messy!  Here she is starting the stars (we did a trial one with the "S"...you can see it next to her:

Looked pretty good!  We didn't know if it was better to put them on when the icing was still unset, but that would mean it would stick to the waxed paper.  If we let it set, the sprinkles wouldn't stay put!  Trial and error!

On to the the "U":

Finally, they were done!  The "A" was made with the little pearl decorations, so it's hard to see, and she had to put them on one by one!  I gave her a lot of credit...she did all of it by herself with only a wee bit of help from me (well, I did make the cupcakes and ice them, LOL!)!!!  

Have a blessed fourth!  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stampede (100 Proof Press), Yee Haw (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cowboy Country DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Merry Merlot
Accessories	Dimensionals, Candy Dots (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched Star Dies (Paper Rose)