SUOC323 Times Two

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Winding the week down, headed to the weekend!  Did you see the retiring list? And the Color Refresh?  So much info, my head is spinning, and I'm a little sad too!  So hard to see old favorites go!  I'll share a little video at the end of the post about the refresh, so be sure to check it out!  Anyway, I made a couple of cards for the SU Only Challenge, where they are challenging us to recreate one of the cards from page 22 of the mini catalog:

I chose to recreate the card on the right, which features a Mint Macaron base (and which is very sadly retiring....sniff, sniff...just like my favorite Sage Shadow did) and since I really liked the sketch, I made two!  The first one just happened to use Fresh Freesia, which has been growing on me, and happily, is returning:

I took some watercolor paper and colored it with some Fresh Freesia and Mint Macaron inks, then diecut my flowers with the Summer Shadows dies. I was really surprised at how pink the flower came out!!  I used some Fresh Freesia DSP for my circles and stamped Shaded Summer images on the Fresh Freesia card base.  I added a few adhesive sequins too:

Same sketch for the second one; it uses Regency Park DSP and a sentiment from Love For You:

I snipped a few flowers from a leftover scrap and adhered them to a few circular layers, then added a couple of "petals" around the edge, diecut with the Blossoming Happiness dies:

Same sketch but two totally different looks!  Thanks for popping in today!  NOW...here's a link to that fun little Color Refresh video:

Color Refresh

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

TSOT593 Shaded Summer Thanks

Hi stamping friends!  I needed a couple of thank you cards, so I decided to use the sketch from the week's Try Stampin on Tuesday along with the Shaded Summer stamp set and some papers from the SAB Dandy Designs.  First, the sketch:

And here we go:

I would never have thought to put the colors of Pale Papaya and Fresh Freesia together, but the prints are so fun, I decided to embrace them!  I stamped the floral image in Fresh Freesia, then diecut it and added to a circle of DSP.  Another pattern created the vertical panel and I added a scalloped edge of Fresh Freesia as well.

I diecut a panel of Basic White with a Scalloped Contours die and stamped a sentiment from Biggest Wish in Pale Papaya, adding some sprigs from the Shaded Summer set as well.  That cute little flag banner is from the All That dies, and I added some Pale Papaya ribbon and some Iridescent sequins for shine!

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

Sing to the Lord, you saints of his; praise his holy name.  For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. 

Psalm 30:4-5

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Shaded Summer
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Dandy Designs DSP
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya
Accessories	Pale Papaya Ribbon, Iridescent Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Summer Shadows Dies, Scalloped Contours Dies, All That Dies

AHSC485 Just for You

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I have a pretty little birthday card to share today; it uses the Atlantic Hearts Sketch along with some Rings of Love DSP and the Shaded Summer stamp set!  So here we go:

And here's the sketch I used:

I diecut some Mint Macaron scalloped edges, then added a Tailor Made Tag, and embossed it with the retired Checks and Dots embossing folder.  The flowers from Shaded Summer were stamped twice; once with Mint Macaron ink on Basic White, then again in Sweet Sorbet on Blushing Bride.  They were diecut and adhered to the tag along with a sentiment from Charming Sentiments:

I think these colors together are so pretty!  I tucked a gift certificate inside the card, so I hope the recipient will be doubly happy to get it!  Thanks for popping in today!

A little carnival fun with her friend and karate cohort, Avery:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 "Apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5b

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shaded Summer, Charming Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, Rings of Love DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Sweet Sorbet
Accessories	Mint Macaron Thick Baker's Twine (ret), Fan Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Summer Silhouettes Dies, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Penned Flowers Dies, Sentiment Silhouettes Dies, Checks & Dots Embossing Folder (ret)

ICC118 Hues of Happiness

Hello there, happy Thursday! Hope you're having a good week so far!  Today is Cassidy's last day of school, so my days will be filled with trying to keep her occupied for the summer, LOL!  I can see lots of pool time in my future...and reading!  Can't wait!  I have a thank you card today using the Hues of Happiness DSP....you can't go wrong with it! I paired it with some Melon Mambo DSP and here's what I came up with:

The Blossoming Happiness dies make it so easy to cut out those gorgeous blooms; I placed this one in a Scalloped Contour diecut on which I used a Blending Brush to add a little Blushing Bride ink.  It's pretty faint but I love the subtlely of it: 

I couldn't resist using that notepaper edge die in the set too....adds a bit of fun, and a couple of In Color Gems added some sparkle.  The sentiment is from Shaded Summer, and the sketch is from Inspire.Create:

And it's on its way, winging to its recipient!  Thanks for stopping in today!

A couple more beautiful sympathy cards came our way too!  This one is from a special blog friend, Tracy:

This one is from my sweet sister in Christ, Debbie:

Such sweet reminders that friends continue to pray for our family!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for a time of adversity." Proverbs 17:17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shaded Summer
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hues of Happiness, Melon Mambo DSP
Ink	Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride
Accessories	In Color Gems, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Contour Dies, Blossoming Happiness Dies, Blending Brush

TTTC164 A Friend's Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Hope you're having a lovely day so far! We have a great Tic-Tac-Toe grid for our challenge today!  Check it out:

I chose the left column of Spots/Stripes, Patterned Paper and Flowers, but really, I've got just about everything but twine and an animal, LOL!  Since I had Coastal Cabana on my desk from another project, I went with it again, using some of the patterns from the DSPs and the pretty Shaded Summer stamp set:

 

I used several dies to create the layers, and fussy-cut the word "friend" from the new Happiness Abounds set, then added some sequins from my stash.  I got an ink smudge on the inside layer, so sprigs to the rescue!  I just stamped some right over top of the smude and they "disappeared"!  The sentiment is also from Happiness Abounds!

The sketch that I used is from Try Stampin' On Tuesday...so many fun layers!

I hope you'll check out what the other designers did with our grid, and their creations will inspire you to play along with us too!  Check them out at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! See you there!  And here are a couple more beautiful sympathy cards:

From my sweet friend Teri:

And this beauty is from Lisa:

Such a comfort!  Thanks for popping in today; enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shaded Summer, Happiness Abounds
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana DSP
Ink	Coastal Cabana
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my Stash
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies

PP583 CAS Shaded Summer

Hi peeps!  Happy first day of spring!  And a perfect time for a new Paper Players challenge with Laurie as our hostess, sharing her pretty clean-and-simple challenge with us this week!  Remember, keep your layers and embellishments to a minimum, and I prefer lots of white space! 

I pulled out my neglected Shaded Summer and created this:

I stamped the floral image on a Basic White card in Soft Succulent, then cleaned my stamp and stamped the individual flowers on scraps, watercolored them in a bit, then fussy-cut them out. I tried to stick to the colors in the challenge prompt, because they were very pretty!  Before adhering the florals, I added the sprigs in Bumblebee.  Once they were adhered, I added some glimmery sequins and a birthday sentiment from the same set:

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from All Things Fabulous and added a couple little sprigs again:

I am also entering this at TGIF, where they are having a Simple Stamping challenge as well!

I hope you'll find a few minutes this week to create a clean-and-simple floral creation!  Be sure to hop over to the Paper Players blog to see what fabulous creations the Design Team came up with!  Share yours too and you might be a Headliner next week!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"The blameless spend their days under the Lord's care, and their inheritance will endure forever.         In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty."                          Psalm 37:  18-19

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Shaded Summer, Quiet Meadow (speckles)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Soft Succulent, Bumblebee, Highland Heather, Blushing Bride, Soft Seafoam, Strawberry Slush (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash
Tools	Aquapainter

AHSC453 Fresh Freesia Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I needed a card for a special friend and the sketch from Atlantic Hearts was a perfect way to use the stamp set and papers I wanted:

I used the florals from All Thing Fabulous and Heart and Home DSP along with a panel of Mint Macaron for my card:

I stamped the flowers in Fresh Freesia and Gorgeous Grape, along with some Mint Macaron leaves, diecut them with the Fabulous Florals die and mounted them on a Tasteful Labels die, then used the filigree die for the center horizontal panel:

The sentiment is from Shaded Summer; I taped off part of the sentiment, inked up the stamp, removed the tape and stamped.  I then diecut it with a tag die from Ornate Frames.  My friend likes purple, so I hope she'll like her card!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy has shown some interest in playing the piano, so we got her a little keyboard so she could play at home:

Thank goodness for the earphones, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Shaded Summer
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mint Macaron, Heart and Home DSP
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Frames Dies, Fabulous Florals Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies

AYSI261 Welcoming Window

Hi everyone!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's a color one!  This little snippet is just part of the original photo I chose for the colors: 

Here's the FULL picture.....don't those blackberries look yummy!?  

I had been thinking that I hadn't used Welcoming Window for a long time, so I challenged myself to use it with these colors; here we go:

The pitcher was heat-embossed with silver embossing powder, and placed upon a Crumb Cake window sill.  The shutters are Blackberry Bliss with Brushed Silver hinges, and I placed them on a Basic White and Smoky Slate brick "wall"!

I added a Blackberry Bliss DSP panel, a scalloped Granny Apple Green border, and it all went on an embossed card base.  The sentiment is from Shaded Summer, accented with a wee little piece left over from the scallop!

I know this is an unusual color combination, but I hope you'll give it a shot!  Check out what the other As You See It DT members created with it as well!  Sure glad you popped in today!

I watched Cassidy on Columbus Day and she wanted to do some tie-dying!  A wee bit messy but she had fun!  I'll share photos of the shirts after Dana rinses, washes and dries them!

She's also wearing the apron her mommy made many years ago in 4H!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Welcoming Window, Shaded Summer
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Blackberry Bliss, Blackberry Bliss DSP, Brushed Silver (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green, Silver Encore (ret), Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Flowers EF, Color and Contour Dies, Window Box Flower Dies, Heat Tool, Stamparatus

MTCC30 Thinking of You

Happy Saturday, peeps!  My card today uses an awesome sketch from Make the Cards Challenge:

I pulled out Shaded Summer and some purple hues and went to work:

I stamped the floral image in Gorgeous Grape and Fresh Freesia, then diecut it and added some coordinating mats.  I cut three pieces of Gorgeous Grape DSP for the vertical panels and layered them on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Ornate Flowers EF, then added the floral piece:

I added a sentiment from Quiet Meadow and a pearl, colored with a Blend, to finish it off.  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Oh, I almost forgot...I'll be taking a little blog break, so I'll see you back in a few days!

'For this is what the Lord says---he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited--he says: "I am the Lord and there is no other."'

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Shaded Spruce, Quiet Meadow
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Gorgeous Grape DSP
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Flowers EF, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

TSOT519 Two Sympathy Cards

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I slept in today---what a great feeling!  So I am a wee bit behind!  I wanted to share two sympathy cards that sadly, I needed.  They both use the Try Stampin on Tuesday sketch for this week.  Here's the first one (which is really the second one I did):

And here's the sketch:

I used Shaded Summer, stamped in Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent.  For this particular card, I stamped the images twice, once in each color.  I diecut the Soft Succulent image, then fussy-cut the Pale Papaya flowers and adhered them on top.  The sentiment is from Positive Thoughts.  I added pearls at the bottom and one on the main image as well, and some Soft Succulent ribbon.

I used a Papertrey sentiment and the butterfly from Positive Thoughts for the inside:

The second one (which is the first card I made) uses the same layout and images; this time I used markers to color the greenery and florals:

The background DSP is from You're A Peach, and I added some retired polka dot ribbon and some Blue Gems.  I forgot the elements at the bottom right, so  that's why I made another one!  They are both on a Basic White card base that was embossed with the Dots embossing folder

So happy you could pop by today!  My to-do list today include making eggplant parmesan from the bumper crop of eggplants we've had!  Off to put on my chef toque!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details for Both Cards—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Positive Thoughts, Shaded Summer, Inspired: Prayer (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Succulent, Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron, Soft Succulent DSP, You're A Peach DSP
Ink	Mint Macaron, Soft Succulent, Pale Papaya
Accessories	Pearls, Blue Gems, Dimensionals, Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon, Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Dots Embossing Folder, Summer Shadows Dies (SAB), Mint Macaron Marker, Balmy Blue Marker, Stamparatus