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Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch!  Here we go:

The option this week is textures!  I didn't use textures, but I did use some cheerful colors to make a birthday card for a special friend.  She is in my TOPS group, and many years ago, she was my secret sister at church!  I hope she likes my non-caloric treat!

I used Cherry on Top DSP along with two retiring sets, Six-Sided Sampler and All Boxed Up.  I barely had enough time to use All Boxed Up as it was new just this year, and it has such cute sentiments too!  I used Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush for my colors, and I added a little cherry from the retired set Itty Bitties, punched out with a small circle punch.  The hexagons were also punched out with the Hexagon punch:

For my inside, I used a sentiment from the recent SAB set, Perfect Pairings, and I added a few green cherries for fun!

The TSOT team has created some fun, interesting cards....you can check them out at the TSOT blog, and share yours as well, and you can always go to our Facebook page as well!  

Enjoy your day!

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Hi everyone!  A busy Saturday planned, so I'll make this quick!  I found the Sugar Pea Designs blog via my Paper Players teammate Claire, and they have a set of cute sketches this month!  Here's their latest one (you can win prizes if you play along!):

My nephew's birthday is coming up; he's in the Navy ROTC program at Drexel, and although this isn't a naval vessel, I thought he might enjoy the "adventurous" theme from this Huckleberry Finn set by Artistic Outpost:

In hindsight, I wish I had stamped the riverboat in Early Espresso....the brown DSP looked more gray on my desk at 9:00 in the evening...bad lighting, I guess.  However, I am not redoing it, so it is what it is!  It is stamped in Basic Gray and overstamped  with the Linen background stamp in Sahara Sand:

The sentiments were also stamped in gray, and I added some Gorgeous Grunge speckles in Sahara Sand as well.  This little quote just cracks me up!

The Birthday sentiment from Perfect Pairings is stamped on the inside with Lost Lagoon and Timeless Textures is in Sahara Sand:

Thanks for peeking in today!  And just in case you might have thought Cassidy outgrew her lining-up obsession, no, it is still alive and well:

Enjoy your day and be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

New Catty Stuff and Valentine RAKs

Happy Friday, peeps!  Yay, the weekend is almost here!  I am planning to bundle up and stay warm...it's supposed to be super-duper cold here in PA!  Yikes!

I have a couple of cards to share using products from the Occasions catalog...I have had a lot of fun playing with these sets!  The first one is a little notecard using Love You Sew (hostess only), stamped in Real Red, Watermelon Wonder and Cameo Coral:

How simple and easy is that?  And this one uses the new Balloon punch and Large Numbers dies, along with Watermelon Wonder DSP:

I used words from Endless Birthday Wishes, and the "th" is from Little Numbers.  I added some white dots on my "5" with a white gel pen.  And here's the inside, using confetti from Love You Sew as well as a sentiment from Perfect Pairings:

And finally, I want to share some lovely creations sent to me by my creative friends!  This gorgeous vintage-styled creation is from Linda Hultquist:

This one is from my Paper Players teammate Sandy Mathis:

And this confection is from Shelley Germann:

And to top it off, Shelley knows I love vintage Valentines (vintage anything, really), and she sent me this pristine Valentine as a little gift!  Wheeeee!  I just love it!  And since DH was in the Navy, it means even more!  Isn't it adorable!  I will treasure this one for sure!

And DH still has time for Cassidy to sit on his lap and read to her!!  You can tell she's getting a wee bit bigger...she almost doesn't fit!

Enjoy your day and have a great weekend!

Honeycomb Happiness New Baby Cards

Happy Friday peeps!  If you're in the northeastern portion of the States, you're probably waiting for the big snow/sleet/ice event that is barreling across the country!  I am ready to hunker down and watch some Netflix, do some knitting, cross-stitching and stamping!   But first, I have a couple of baby cards to show you, just in time for The Male Room challenge of babies and little boys:

One of the main reasons I got Suite Sayings was because of this adorable sentiment, and I thought it would be really cute with this little chick peeking out from somewhere!  This little dude was already stamped, sponged (Mint Macaron) and cut out, unused from another project, so I went searching for some suitable little boy paper and found these in the Sweet Lil' Things DSP line:

It's pretty straightforward....just some sponging and coloring with a marker; a couple of diecut circles and a few non-SU sequins.  This just happens to be for a customer who just became a grandmother for the first time!

While I had the sets on my desk, I made another for my stash, using the same papers but in a different color palette....this time I added a few Pool Party stars with the sequins, and sponged my Soft Suede-stamped chickie in Crushed Curry and Hello Honey:

And on the inside, a couple of sentiments from Greatest Greetings and Perfect Pairings, also in Soft Suede!

Thanks for stopping by today!

A little reading time with Grampy:

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Hi peeps!  Happy Monday....after a wee bit of snow yesterday, we have bright sunshine and COLD temps!  Brrrr!  I did a wee bit of stamping this morning, playing with new SU goodies and the Match The Sketch sketch:

I used Perfect Pairings along with the balloon from Honeycomb Happiness and some Birthday Bouquet DSP paired with Blushing Bride glimmer paper:

I stamped the balloon on Mint Macaron Designer Series paper and cut it out, then stamped my sentiment in Basic Gray right on the DSP.  I know the darker dots on the paper are Mossy Meadow, but I felt a neutral would look better! 

I did a little bit of dry embossing, added a Basic Gray scallop diecut and it was done!  Easy peasy!

On Saturday, Cassidy and Dominic went to the library where they listened to Miss Laura (Cassidy's favorite librarian), read some stories, then had lunch and made winter crafts!

THEN, Mommy treated Cassidy to a real haircut in a real salon!

           

And the final result:

Of course, we can't guarantee it will look like this EVERY day, but it is much neater and easier to comb...in fact, Cassidy can brush it herself!  No more screaming and crying every morning, LOL!  Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for popping by!

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Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch!  Check out this fun one:

Oooh, I love things in threes, but I don't normally attempt five!  But I gave it a go with the cute little balloon from the SAB set Honeycomb Happiness: 

I paper pieced each balloon using Sweet Lil' Things and Schoolhouse DSP, then fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a star-embossed piece of Very Vanilla, on which I had stamped a sentiment from Perfect Pairings and some sprinkles and stars from Holly Jolly Greetings (which is carried over--yippee!).  I mounted the panel on a card of Pool Party.  I added some Wink of Stella shimmer to each balloon, although it's a wee bit of a challenge to see it:

 I also added a couple of champagne glimmer stars to go with the embossed stars!  Fun!

The TSOT Design Team has come up with some fabulous creations as well!  Check them out at the blog, and submit your cards as well!  OR, you can add them to the TSOT Facebook page!  Can't wait to see them!

More Christmas goodies, exercising those brain cells!!!

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Hi everyone!  New month, new year, new guest designers, new challenge for the Paper Players!  Yippee!  Joanne has the honor of starting out 2016 with a numbers theme challenge:

Instead of a card, I decided to make a little wall hanging to commemorate Cassidy's fifth birthday party, which was fairy-themed!  I tried to use colors that complemented her turquoise and pink bathing suit, and I had some retired SU polka-dotted DSP, so I stuck with that:

I used a past Paper Pumpkin set to stamp these big flowers and although you can't tell from the photo, the centers are Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper:

I also cut out the "yay" from the Circle Thinlit set in the glimmer paper, and added banners using the new SU Sale-a-bration set called Perfect Pairings.  I also stamped the date with the Rotary Date Stamp:

The numeral 5 was computer-generated, and I printed it directly on the DSP, then colored it in with a white gel pen!  I cut it out with a Chalk Talk die.  I added some punched butterflies and rhinestones to follow along with Cassidy's butterfly headpiece!

I mounted everything on a burlap 6x9" frame I got at Walmart and as an afterthought, added some Melon Mambo pompom decorations I had in my stash!  I hope you like it and it inspires YOU to make a number-themed creation!  Birthday, New Year's, anniversary...the possibilities are endless!  And check out the other designers' submissions as well!

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance 
• Sandy
• Linda
• Hannelie
• Colleen