Springtime Hugs

Happy Tuesday, all.  I needed a card for a friend of ours who is going through her second cancer diagnosis. She is taking it like a champ but of course, always needs encouragement.  I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday as well as the colors from Sunday Stamps:

I used the retired Dainty Delight bundle along with some old and new papers for her card:

The background paper is from Storybook Moments, along with some retired Crushed Curry DSP.  I stamped the images in Pecan Pie and colored them in with a Blender Pen.  They went against a panel cut with the new Everyday Arches dies in Basic White and Crumb Cake.  I did emboss the white panel with the Eyelet EF but I am wishing I had left it plain!  I also added a little gingham ribbon.  The butterflies and sentiment are from a scrapbook.com set:

A CTMH sentiment went on the inside, stamped in Lost Lagoon:

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delights (ret), Elegant Florals (scrapbook.com), God is Good (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Storybook Moments DSP, Crushed Curry DSP (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crushed Curry, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals, Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Everyday Arches Dies, Dainty Delight Dies (ret), Blender Pen

SS680 Clean and Simple Leafy Hello

 Happy Monday, peeps!  My schedule is all befuddled today, but I did manage to get a wee bit of stamping in this morning!  I haven't played with the Sketch Saturday sketch for a while, and I thought it would be fun:

I wanted to do something fall-ish so I pulled out my Stitched Leaves dies and went to work:

My colors are Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry; I used a snippet of Harvest Meadow DSP and a sentiment from Free as a Bird.  After diecutting my leaf, I cut it again from a circle of Very Vanilla and embossed it with one of the small folders from Greenery, then assembled everything together with dimensionals.  I made a longer tag with the Tailor Made Tag die by only cutting part of it, then extending the tag die and cutting it again, making sure not to run the top part through the Big Shot.  I stamped it with some leaves from Sparkle of the Season and added some embroidery floss as a tie:

I added a couple of Matte Decorative Dots to finish it off!  I am also entering this in the Four Seasons challenge of "Fall"!  

Now this is ready to go in the mail!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Another fire pit night, a few more roasted marshmallows!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season, Free as a Bird
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Harvest Meadow DSP
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Matte Decorative Dots, Dimensionals, Embroidery Floss
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Leaves Die, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Greenery EF, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Stitched With Whimsy Dies

SS661 Happy Birthday in Blue

Hi peeps, happy Monday!  We had a great weekend, hope you did too.  I played in my stamp room just a little bit; I am still exploring all the wonderful DSP patterns in the new catalog!  I found this sketch from Sketch Saturday:

and using some papers from You're A Peach, along with a sentiment from the new Best Year, came up with this:

I embossed the base with the Dots embossing folder, then created my layers with the DSP.  The sentiment was stamped in Balmy Blue and diecut with the Tasteful Tags, running the tag end through the non-tag end to create a symmetrical diecut: 

I added some panels of Mossy Meadow DSP behind my sentiment, then snipped out a couple flowers from a scrap of the DSP to add to the sentiment.  Such pretty colors and patterns!  I am also entering this in Make My Monday's Floral Birthday challenge!  Thanks for popping in today!

Over the weekend we attended a fundraiser baseball game featuring the local police and fire company from a neighboring town against the local PA State Police!  The recipient of the fundraiser is a young man from our congregation who was seriously injured in an accident eight months ago. Now that he is out of the hospital, his family has the monumental job of seeing to his every need as he is basically still in a coma.  He does try to communicate but he hasn't "awakened" yet, and his care is very expensive.  Anyway, the police won two games out of three, there were lots of raffle baskets, 50/50 tickets sold, and of course, food! Cassidy goofed around with her cousin Jameson:

and they played so hard all afternoon that she fell asleep in the jeep:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Day
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Mossy Meadow DSP, You're A Peach DSP
Ink	Balmy Blue
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Labels Dies, Tailored Tags Dies

TCC150 Happy St Patrick's Day

 Happy Wednesday, peeps!  It's time for a new Card Concept challenge, where we describe our stamping style!  This is one I hope you'll find seasonal and fun:

I love the fresh colors in this inspiration photo, but the little hat is what inspired me to create my Clean and Layered card, using the Gift Givers stamp which I already had on my desk!

I stamped this little guy in Memento ink, colored him with Blends, then diecut him out and added a Gold Foil scallop layer.  The sentiment is from a really, really old set from Purple Onion, stamped in Shaded Spruce, and the layers are Bumblebee and Felicity DSP from Bo Bunny:

I also added a glimmer bow from Pretty Pines for some extra fun!  The sketch that I used is from Sketch Saturday:

I am also entering this at Always Fun Challenges; they're looking for "good luck" cards!

I hope you'll play along with our Card Concept challenge this week...even if you don't celebrate St Patrick's Day, I am sure you'll find something to inspire you!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy came over Sunday afternoon and decided to make a card for her friend Avery.  She wanted to try some splatter art, so we got some craft ink, a paint brush and went to work! She had an idea to create a mask with the letters of Avery's name, then splatter paint over it.  We used the Little Letters dies and some repositionable tape to create the mask, then she splattered various colors of paint on top.  She learned how to splatter the paint by watching a YouTube video:

She even added some glitter paint!  If you look closely, you can see the letters; we dried it with my heat gun and then she peeled off the letters.  More to come this week!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Gift Givers (ret), Seasonal Sayings (Purple Onion)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Bumblebee, Gold Foil, Gold Glimmer (ret), Felicity DSP (Bo Bunny)
Ink	Memento, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Pretty Pines Dies (ret), Dotted Swirls Cover Plate (Altenew)

TCC136 Brilliant Blooms

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  It's time for another Card Concept Challenge!  We have a bright, brilliant inspiration photo for you this week:

These bright florals would not be my normal "go-to" palette, but I admit that I really had fun creating my Clean and Layered card today!  What do you think:

I stamped some Tim Holtz Flower Garden flowers in Stazon ink on Shimmery White cardstock and loosely colored them with Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral inks, then fussy-cut them out.  My horizontal panel was a piece of retired Taken with Teal cardstock that was put through the Tin Tile embossing folder that had been inked on the inside front with White craft ink.  I LOVE the effect that it created!  I added an appropriate sentiment from Altenew's Label Love, and finished it off with some Daffodil Delight Ruched Ribbon and a few sequins from my stash!

I also used the Sketch Saturday sketch as my layout:

This will be going out in the mail soon to someone I miss!  How about you?  What will inspire you from this photo?  We can't wait to see what you create!  Don't forget to tell us what "style" your card is too....you can see all the styles listed on the Card Concept blog!  While you're there, check out what the DT created as well!  See you there!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

TCC132 Vintage Sympathy

Happy April, peeps!  I was happy to turn that calendar page from March, how about you?  Hopefully brighter days ahead!  It's time for another Card Concept challenge:

In the midst of the corona virus stuff, a sweet lady at my church lost her sister (not virus-related).  I thought the photo inspiration above had some nice elements to create a Shabby/Vintage montage sympathy card:

I pulled some vintage-style papers from my plethora of 6x6 pads, and did some collage-style stamping with a few oldie but goodie stamps!  I also had a piece of inked/embossed Crumb Cake cardstock that I cut in pieces so I could use the Sketch Saturday sketch:

I stamped some elements from Nature's Walk and French Foliage on my background papers, and stamped the bird on a separate piece and fussy-cut it out.  Everything was sponged and distressed, then I added a faux button, some linen thread and a wee little bit of lace. I finished it off with a couple of metallic gold pearls:

The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Greetings, die cut with a banner die.  I hope my friend likes it! 

Be sure to pop over to The Card Concept blog to see how the other designers were inspired!  You've got two weeks to play, so we can't wait to see what you create!  Just be sure to tell us what "style" you're using!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Getting in some reading!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Greetings, Nature Walk, French Foliage (both ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz,  French Flea Market DSP (Photo Play), Oliver Lost & Found DSP (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Balmy Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Crochet Trim, Gold Metallic Pearls, Old Olive Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Coastal Weave Embossing Folder, Blue Gel Pen, Sponges, Button Die (ret), Acrylic Ruler (to distress edges), Banner Dies (Nestabilities)

Blame it on Michele

LOL, do you like the name of my post?  It's all because my friend Michele posted cards made with this adorable stamp set called Clever Sausage...and I just had to get it!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday, and I am also entering it in the Time Out Birthday challenge:

         

I started by stamping my little pup in Memento ink on some Soft Suede cardstock and shaded him with some blends.  You can get matching dies with the set, but the images fairly easy to fussy cut, so I passed on the dies!  I also gave him a polka dotted sweater:

I added a polka dotted balloon, and a sentiment diecut with a Stitched Rectangle die.  Before adhering everything, I stamped a few little confetti on my Stitched So Sweetly panel!  His little bow and tie around his tummy were hand-drawn!

Finally, on the inside of the Daffodil Delight, I added the sentiment:

All the printed papers are from Honey Bee's The Bee's Knees 6x6 pad!  Thanks for popping in today!

I must admit, that socially distancing myself has made me very, very lazy.  All I did on Sunday, after watching our church service on FB, was to work on a puzzle, oh and I did sew two DIY masks which I will be mailing to my niece.  There is NO 1/4" elastic to be found anywhere, so that's the extent of my mask-making.  I am keeping up on my Bible study, walking, and making a few cards, but mostly just....working on my puzzle!  Hopefully it will be done today and I can move forward!  How are you keeping busy?  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Sentimental (confetti), Clever Sausage (Essentials By Ellen Hutson)
Card stock & Papers	Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Basic Black, Bee's Knees DSP (Honey Bee)
Ink	Memento Black, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Black Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Blends, Basic Black Marker

SS589 Little Foxes

Happy Monday, peeps!  Happy Veteran's Day!  I am waaaaaay late today, too much going on this past weekend and stamp clubs today!  I did put together a card yesterday, only because I already had this cute little image stamped and colored, so I grabbed a scrap of striped paper, diecut my image and threw it all together to make a card:

The Sketch Saturday sketch worked great for me:

My little foxes (Unity A Foxy Christmas) were stamped in Cajun Craze, and I used some Arteza watercolor brushes to add some color and depth to the greenery behind them.  There's actually a little bird on the log too; I almost missed it!!  Hopefully you can see it there!  The paper I used is SU's Shimmery White.  I still need a little practice using those brushes, but it's fun to experiment!  I stamped a retired Papertrey sentiment (Signature Christmas) underneath in Mossy Meadow; there's a cute sentiment that comes with the Unity set, which I forgot about, otherwise I would have used it!  I added some sequins from my stash and it was done!  Easy!  I think next time I use this image, I'll add some darker eyes....they look a little vacant to me, LOL!

We are flying our flag today to honor our veterans...it's easy to remember that John was in the Navy, but I often forget that my dad was also in the army.  He didn't see any action, but I wish I could have thanked him for his service, but he never talked about it ever!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

IB89 Acorns for Fall

Hi peeps!  It's sweltering here in PA....but it is still summer, right?!  Thankfully, Laurel has her mind on fall and she has a wonderful Inspired By challenge for us today!  Here's my take on it...as soon as I saw the photo prompt, I knew I wanted to use this Spellbinder's Die of the Month from last year:

And here is her photo inspiration:

I love the rich intense colors...I think I should have done some shading on my card!  Maybe I'll do another, LOL!  Anyway, I started my card by using the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I diecut the acorn cap from some Brushed Copper cardstock, and the remaining pieces from some Oliver DSP from My Mind's Eye:

The tan background, plaid mat, and banner are also from the same pad, and I embossed the tan background with the Subtle embossing folder after adhering it to a Very Vanilla card base.  The final simple touch was three candy dots in the corner!  I left the inside blank until I decide for what occasion to use it!

Thanks for popping in today--I hope you'll use our photo inspiration to create something fall-ish, or acorny, or whatever!  Share it with us at the IB blog too!!

Our little tomboy!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Brushed Copper (ret), Oliver DSP (My Mind's Eye)
Ink
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, October 2018 Small Die of the Month (Spellbinders)