KCC714 Nautical Father's Day

Happy Friday, peeps! Yay, it's almost the weekend! I have a very quick card to post before I go off to stamp with my sweet retirement community ladies!  I recently bought this amazing Cast Away embossing folder and had been playing with it along with some Boho Blue cardstock.  After shuffling it around on my desk for weeks, I finally finished it off with some images from Sailing Home.  Here we go:

I stamped and diecut some of the images on some Basic Beige and Misty Moonlight cardstocks, using Misty Moonlight ink and some metallic brads that have been languishing in my stash:

I mounted everything on a Basic White card base and added a Father's Day sentiment from Your Biggest Fan:

I am entering this in the Krafty Chicks challenge of stamps!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home (ret), Your Biggest Fan (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Boho Blue
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Smooth Sailing Dies (ret), Cast Away Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

SS322 Sailing Birthday

 Happy Friday, peeps! Happy to see the weekend arrive!  Yesterday was John's birthday, so we'll be going out with friends and family tonight to celebrate. One of the first things he said yesterday was "I wish I was going sailing today!"  He hasn't had a sailboat for several years, so I did the next best thing for him, even though it was made a few days earlier, LOL!

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

as well as papers from Come Sail Away and the sailboat from Sailing Home.  Because some of the paper had a linen print on it, I over-stamped the sailboat with the Linen background stamp, then colored it with a marker:

I also used a scribbly stamp from Label Me Bold for the background circular diecut, then added some Brushed Metallic embellishments.  The largest mat also was embossed with Stitched With Whimsy.  On the inside, I added a sentiment from Label Me Bold as well as Throughout the Year:

He loved it!  Thanks so much for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.  Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.  The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet!  Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.  He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this?  Even the wind and the waves obey him!"  Mark 4:37-41

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Throughout The Year, Label Me Bold (ret), Sailing Home (ret), Linen (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Come Sail Away DSP (ret)
Ink	Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand (ret)
Accessories	Brushed Metallic Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Smooth Sailing Dies (ret)

AYSI272 Gentle Waves Sketch

Happy Friday, stampers!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and we have a FUN sketch for you!  Check this out:

And here we go, using the sadly-un-utilized Gentle Waves stamp set:

This is such a lovely, peaceful stamp set and I have only used it a couple of times and haven't seen it around blogland too much either!  I was hoping it would make it into the new catalog, but sadly, not.  Anyway, I stamped three panels, one each in Seaside Spray, Balmy Blue, and Misty Moonlight, then used a die from Ornate Layers to cut the panels.  I know in the sketch, the panels are graduated in size, but I just knew I wouldn't get them looking right, so I opted for the die, LOL!  They went on a Basic White card and I added the compass from Sailing Home, backed with a Night of Navy circular mat, and a sentiment from Reflected in Nature, another sadly-neglected set.  (I've been singing Knights in White Satin all day long after stamp it, LOL!)  I am also going to pop this in at Krafty Chicks, where their challenge is "Stamp Act"...just some stamping!  

Anyway, this would be a good sympathy card or just for someone who's going through a rough patch...watching the ocean is always a good soother to me!  I hope you'll find a way to use this sketch...it's a great one for using up some narrow strips of DSP!  And it can be embellished any way you like!  Can't wait to see what you create...share it with us at the As You See It blog!  Thanks for popping in today...enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Reflected in Nature, Sailing Home, Gentle Waves
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Night of Navy, Silver Foil
Ink	Seaside Spray (ret), Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Ornate Layers Dies (ret), Banner Die (Nestabilities), Hole Punch

PP580 Sailing Wishes

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Anne Marie has a wonderful sketch for us this week! So many fun layers, I really enjoyed this one, as I usually do!  Here we go:

Continuing in a masculine theme, since my guy cards are few, I pulled out some DSPs in Misty Moonlight, an image from Sailing Home and some fun dies and went to work:

My papers are from Heart and Home and the retired Harvest Meadow.  I added two little diecut borders to the Harvest Meadow piece, then heat-embossed the sentiment in white on a Stitched Labels diecut.  The sailboat was accented with a piece of diecut "rope" from the Smooth Sailing dies, and of course, I had to stamp some seagulls!

I really like how this came out and I can't wait to use this sketch again!  Although I used a lot of retired dies on this one, you can use any shape or image!  Be sure to stop by the Paper Players blog to see how the other designers interpreted it, then share your creation with us too!  Thanks for visiting today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home, Special Moments
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Heart and Home DSP, Harvest Meadow DSP (ret)
Ink	Craft White, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Smooth Sailing Dies, Stitched Labels Dies (ret), Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy (ret)

HB to John

Hi there, everyone, happy Tuesday!  Today is John's birthday, so I used my/his favorite sailboat stamp, Sailing Home, to create a card for him!

I stamped the images, colored them with Blends, then diecut them with the Smooth Sailing dies and layered them on some stitched squares of Basic White and Pool Party.  I had a little square of some Tim Holtz DSP that I embossed with the retired Seaside embossing folder; since the paper is thin, it "distressed" the embossing, making it look like ocean waves....at least that's what it looked like to me!

I mounted them on a mat of Basic White that was embossed with the Subtle embossing folder, and I used a sentiment from Best Year, diecut with a Stitched Rectangle die and embellished with a little "banner" diecut with the Tasteful Labels die:

That's it for today---for this week, actually.  I am taking a wee little blog break for a week or so, and should be back next week some time!  I'll miss you all---enjoy your days and be blessed!

"For I am convinced that neither life nor death, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home, Best Year
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Vintage Christmas DSP (Tim Holtz)
Ink	Memento Black, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies, Smooth Sailing Dies, Seaside EF (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

PP551 Sketch from Ann

 Happy Sunday, peeps!  Hope your weekend is going well!  Ann is our Paper Players  hostess this week with a fun sketch...I was happy to see THREE banners on the sketch because I love things in threes! I needed a birthday card for my BIL, so I decided to use Sailing Home, which is a great masculine set!  So here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I really struggle with "scenes", and this one was no exception!  I had to do some creative masking to get the ocean and the sky to look just right; the clouds that I wanted to add didn't look just right; the ocean color wasn't really what I wanted....well, I had spent enough time on it and just said the heck with it, it is what it is!  

I embossed my card front with the Seaside embossing folder and added some banners of Real Red DSP from last year's selection, and stamped a sentiment from Many Mates in Memento Black.  I used a sponge brayer for the ocean and a blending brush for the sky.  Hopefully he'll like it!  I am also entering it at Just Add Ink; they want two out of three:  Sky, Sea or Trees, as well as Festive Friday, where I've chosen water, blue and red:

I hope you'll play along with our pretty little sketch!  Check out what the DT created...there are some beauties there this week, lots of new products being highlighted...you need to see them at the Paper Players blog!  Thanks for popping in today!  

Dana, Wayne and Cassidy stopped on their way home from vacation to visit Dana's half-brother Kevin and his wife Kristy in North Carolina.  Dana is thirteen years younger than he is and they didn't spend much time together growing up but over the last several years have reconnected and they enjoy spending time together when they can.  I am very proud of my ex-stepson and his wife is a gem!  Looks like they had a great time!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home, Many Mates (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Real Red DSP (ret)
Ink	Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate, Stazon Black, Real Red, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Smooth Sailing Dies, Aquapainter, Brayer, Blending Brush, Seaside Embossing Folder (ret)

In(k)spire Me Celebrate You

I hadn't played with the In(k)spire Me challenge for a while, so I thought I'd give it a go!  It's got colors and/or sketches, so I decided to use both...and the colors were a challenge:

I searched my stash for some DSPs, took Sailing Home off the shelf and went to work:

I stamped the lighthouse in Pretty Peacock and added some "light" with some Crushed Curry ink, and colored in the water with Seaside Spray.  The sentiment from Itty Bitty Birthdays was also stamped with Crushed Curry ink.  I added some "rope" embellishment from the matching die set too:

The colors were a challenge, but I loved the sketch!  I am also entering this in a new-to-me Make The Cards challenge, which is Masculine!   

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home, Itty Bitty Birthdays
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pretty Peacock, Crushed Curry DSP, Plaid Tidings DSP (ret), Seaside Spray DSP (ret)
Ink	Crushed Curry, Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Smooth Sailing Dies

One Sketch, Two Cards

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  WOW---the sun came out in Pennsylvania yesterday---I didn't quite know how to act! It's been MIA for several days, and it was so nice to see it!  Anyhoo, I did get a little time in my craft room yesterday...I loved the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

loved it so much, I made two cards!  The first one uses the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

I am always scrambling for male birthday cards, and I thought these colors were pretty good for a guy..the Blackberry is just dark enough to not be too feminine!  I pulled out Sailing Home and some various DSPs and went to work:

Everything is pretty straightforward; I stamped the lighthouse in Night of Navy and diecut it, then added some seagulls and a sun on the Stitched Nested Label panel:

I added some diecuts from the Set Sail die set as well; the wheel and the rope were diecut and added strategically!  The sentiment from Rustic Retreat was diecut with the Stitched Rectangle die:

My second card uses the same layout, but I chose to make a Christmas card to fulfill the Christmas Kickstart challenge of Festive Florals:

I've been making several cards using the Poinsettia Petals set, so I made another, this time using some Winter Wonderland papers from Simple Stories:

I stamped two layers of the smallest poinsettia on some Naturals White cardstock, which is now retired, in Baja Breeze ink and diecut them out.  I wanted to "shabby" them up a bit since the background papers are a bit muted in color, so I sponged them with some Soft Sky ink and added some "lines" from Gorgeous Grunge in Sahara Sand to imitate the background paper.  I added some Champagne foil berries:

and a sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas, stamped in Calypso Cora and diecut with a Tasteful Labels die:

And since I stamped the inside sentiment crooked, I stamped another poinsettia over it to draw the recipient's eye away from my error, LOL!

And just in case you're wondering what size the panels are;  the top left panel is 3 1/8" x 2 3/8"; the panel below it is 7/8" x 2 3/8"; the right panel is 1 1/2" x 4"; and the bottom panel is 1 1/4" x 4".  

Cassidy had a busy Saturday last week; before going to the Harvest Party, she helped clean out flower beds!

I'm pretty sure she slept very well that night!  Thanks so much for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

 

IB136 For Real

So, confession time.....I messed up my Inspired By post earlier today by sharing with you NEXT WEEK's inspiration!  So upsetting!  My teammate Michele encouraged me to go ahead and create a card for this week anyway, despite the fact that my mojo was in the tank!  And guess what....I made a card in about ten minutes!  So here is the REAL inspiration for this week:

Anyone remember the movie Endless Summer?  It came out in 1966; I definitely remember those graphics, but I never saw the movie!  I just used my one and only surfer image a couple of weeks back, so I didn't want to use him again, but my friend Amy just bought the Sailing Home stamps and dies and was looking for inspiration, so I decided to use the sailboat die for my graphic-design card:

I sort of used the sketch, although I wasn't really trying!  I simply cut layers of Poppy Parade and Magenta Madness to fit my card front and added a big Daffodil Delight "sun". I diecut the sailboat from Basic Black and the "enjoy" is from the retired Mini Treat Bag dies.  I did do a wee bit of stamping on the water and added some seagulls from Sailing Home:

I think this will make a great masculine birthday card...I am so glad Michele "made" me make a card for this week...thanks, Michele!  I hope you'll play along with our pretty summer inspiration this week at Inspired By!  And thank YOU for stopping by!  

What I did with my free time today....dill relish!  Only had four big cucumbers and there are NO LIDS AND SEALS to be found in my area....had to scrounge around my cupboards just to make these jars!

I guess I should be glad that canning has been so popular this summer!  Who remembers the "pop" the jars would make as they cooled off...a sure sign of a good seal!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home, Gorgeous Grunge (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Magenta Madness, Daffodil Delight
Ink	Poppy Parade, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Smooth Sailing Dies

TTTC66 Vintage Sailing

Hey stampers!  It's time for another Tic Tac Toe challenge, it's Team X's turn, and I got to choose the elements for the board today!  Here's how it goes:

I chose the bottom row across:  tan/cream, transportation (sort of), and brads, but the left diagonal line also worked:  vintage and circle!  So here we go; my card uses Come Sail Away DSP and the sailboat from Sailing Home:

I stamped images from the Sailing Home set and Gallery Grunge directly on to the DSP and did some sponging along the edges to give it a vintage look.  I also stamped along the outer edge of the Crumb Cake card base to give it some "texture".  The sailboat was stamped and diecut and mounted on a Very Vanilla circle; I used an image from Label Me Bold as "water"!!

The sentiment is from Free as a Bird, and I used a die from Smooth Sailing to cut it out, and since I used some gold-colored brads, I added a gold banner die under it, just to make it pop a little:

And on the inside, a Father's Day sentiment from A Wish For Everything and the lighthouse....so guess who this card will be for (wink wink)?

I hope you'll play along with my grid this week; it's always fun to see what combinations you crafty stampers come up with!  Share it over at the Tic Tac Toe blog so we all can see it!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sailing Home, A Wish for Everything, Free as a Bird, Gallery Grunge, Label Me Bold
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil, Come Sail Away DSP
Ink	Crumb Ckae, Soft Suede
Accessories	Metallic Brads, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Smooth Sailing Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Sponge Daubers