TGIF306 Welcoming Window

 Hi peeps!  A quick post today as I have stampers coming to play!  YAY!  The color challenge at TGIF beckoned me to play along, especially since purple and yellow are probably my least utilized colors!  

So I struggled through and here's my card:

There are so many fun little pieces in this bundle, I really enjoyed playing with it!  In hindsight, I wish I had assembled this a wee bit differently, but we learn by doing!  I love the texture on the shutters and how pretty the two-step flowers turn out!  I used a piece of True Love DSP on which to stamp my window, and stamped a sentiment from Hot Dog to attach at the bottom.  It's hard to see, but the Whisper White panel is embossed with the Subtle EF too!

To make another sample for my stamp club girls, I did this one as well, using Mint Macaron, Misty Moonlight and Gray Granite as my colors:

I used a piece of Butterfly Bijou as a background for my window; but then I thought, well, if this is a scene of an outside wall looking in, I probably shouldn't have something that looks like a sky, right?  Oh well!  Another lesson learned!  We should have a curtain stamp, right?  I LOVE this color combination for the florals too!  

And I thought created the background would be time-consuming, but it went together in a flash!  Thanks for popping in today for a visit!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Just a note; I had a reader ask a question about something yesterday, but she commented as "anonymous" with no email address, so I could not answer her question! If you choose to do that, it's fine, but send me an email (my address is on the right sidebar) if you have a question; I hate to have someone feel like I am ignoring them!  Thanks!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Welcoming Window, Hot Dog
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, True Love DSP, In Colors DSP
Ink	Just Jade, Memento Black, Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Dimensionals, Rhinestones
Tools	Big Shot, Window Flower Box Dies, Stitched Nested Label Dies

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Welcoming Window
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Misty Moonlight, Basic Black, Gray Granite,  Butterfly Bijou DSP
Ink	Gray Granite, Mint Macaron, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big SHot, Window Flower Box Dies

GDP279 Get Well Hot Dog

Happy Monday, peeps!  A little late today....a lazy Monday, I guess!  The Global Design Project challenge this week is Animals, and I needed a get-well card for an elderly gentleman from our church, so I went to work!  Here's the challenge:

And here's my simple card:

I  positioned my stamp in my Stamparatus, stamped the pup on some Early Espresso cardstock once in Memento Black, cleaned the stamp, then stamped again in Versamark.  I then heat-embossed it with some Black embossing powder and fussy-cut it out.  I did cut a wee little piece of Poppy Parade for his collar:

and then stamped the sentiment on another scrap and punched it out with the Balloon Punch. I totally messed up the "highlight" of the balloon with my white gel pen; hopefully my friend won't notice too much!  I sponged it around the edges for some dimension, then added an embroidery floss bow and string:

The plaid paper is from a 6x6" pad called Pleasant from Authentique, and it's mounted on a Very Vanilla card. And since the challenge from Always Fun is "Anything Goes", I'm going to pop it in there as well!  Thanks for popping in today!

This little bluebird was quite friendly this morning and let me take several shots of him through my patio door:

He even stopped for a drink at the bird bath:

It's pretty unusual to have bluebirds all winter long, but we have had several pairs stay here this winter!  I love them!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.  Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.  Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it." Psalm 34:11-14

Encouragement Cards

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have three really quick cards today.  My TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group is having a challenge this month and we are to send notes, texts or emails to encourage each other throughout the week! Well, of course, I would choose to send some notes.  I need to make several, so I first decided to use the one-layer challenge at Always Fun to create some real simple cards using a really "retro" stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms called Weighty Matters!  Here we go:

 

Now remember, these are uber-simple...stamps, ink and paper (and a die and a punch) so keep that in mind!  I just love the image of this well-dressed lady freaking out at her weight....but her German shepherd doesn't seem to realize he's the cause of her distress!  She was stamped in Merry Merlot, and I used the new Stitched With Whimsy die on the front of the card for some interest.

The smaller card uses this funny pup image, gazing forlornly at the number on the scale:

I added a sentiment from the same set and some little doggie prints from the new Hot Dog sest, then added these on the inside:

And I'm going to pop one more in here....this was made with the Tailored Tag punch and some pretty coordinating DSPs....again, very simple but easy!  The sentiment is from the retired Sweet Stuff:

Hopefully they'll give my friends some encouragement!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First and Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Ridiculously Awesome, Hot Dog, Weighty Matters (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White
Ink	Merry Merlot, Cinnamon Cider, Soft Suede
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Detailed Trio Punch

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pincushion Collection DSP (Bo Bunny)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Rhinestones
Tools	Tailored Tag Punch

IC082 You're All Heart

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a good weekend!  When we went to church yesterday, we found this in our pew! Our minister's children (actually I think it was his 4-year-old daughter mostly) wrote notes and put them on all the seats along with a life saver candy.  SO SWEET!  

His children are adorable and he and his wife are doing a fabulous job raising them to love the Lord and think of others! Knowing how everyone, including kids, love to get mail, I thought I would send them a thank you card! I used the sketch from Inspire.Create:

and stamps from Hot Dog and Lots of Heart to create my card for them:

I used some retired SAB paper for the background, and diecut four heart "balloons" (one for each child) from Poppy Parade cardstock and drew strings to my little pup's collar:

I added a sentiment at the bottom, plus stamped some hearts from both sets:

I hope they enjoy it and know how much we love and appreciate them!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy got some tips from Grampy about yoyo-ing over the weekend....she learned that the more she practiced, the better she got!

We also thought we'd better get Grampy his own yoyo, as he seemed to have as much fun playing with it as Cassidy did!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lots of Heart, Hot Dog
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Painted Seasons DSP (ret)
Ink	Memento Black, Early Espresso, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Be Mine Dies, Blends, Sahara Sand Marker, White Gel Pen

Quick Little Pup for FMS467

 Happy Saturday, peeps!  Ah, the weekend is finally here!  I have a very quick little card for the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches:

My card is not that "long"...I only made it 3"x 6" to use up some of the Plaid Tidings DSP I still have left!  But it does use the cute Hot Dog set that is in the current mini, so here we go:

This is an uber-simple card....the base is Pretty Peacock, I added the plaid layer, then stamped the dog on Cinnamon Cider cardstock, shaded him a bit with a Blend and fussy-cut him out.  I decided he needed a little snazzing up, so I stamped and fussy-cut his bow, then did the sentiment bubbles in Seaside Spray:

Isn't he a sweetie?  I always wanted a dachshund when I was a child, but it wasn't until I was grown that my sister got one and then my parents also got one!  I'm going to embarrass Dana by sharing a couple of  pictures of her and Roscoe, my sister's dog when Dana was just a toddler! Remember, this was before digital cameras and cell phones!

Anyone remember having a "Baby-tenda"?  This was mine and my siblings' and my Mom kept it for the grandkids as well!  Check out how shiny Dana's hair was:

Roscoe looks like he knows he could get a few crumbs from her!  And here we are, out in the yard on a summer afternoon, just playing in the clothes basket!!

Roscoe was a good dog, lots of fun and ornery!  He did get himself in a wee bit of trouble one day; he ate a tennis ball and had to have emergency surgery.  Silly pup!  Thanks for allowing me to walk down memory lane!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hot Dog
Card stock & Papers	Pretty Peacock, Cinnamon Cider, Seaside Spray, Plaid Tidings DSP (ret)
Ink	Soft Suede, Seaside Spray, Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Bronze Blend