AHSC606 Warm Wishes

Happy Monday, peeps! The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was a challenging one for me this week, for sure!  Here we go:

And here we go:

I admit that I think I have Christmas card burnout---nothing that I was coming up with was working with this sketch!  I finally came up with this one, and even on this one, I didn't position the vertical strips quite the way I wanted!  Anyway, I used an older CTMH stamp set, stamping the sleigh and snowflakes in Misty Moonlight, then adding some Dazzling Diamonds glitter around the perimeter:

I did make a second one, using scraps from a Christmas paper pack, and tags from The Greetery:

I can't wait to see what everyone else creates with this sketch!  Check it out over at AHSC and share yours with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Wonderland (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Welcome Winter (Carta Bella)
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tear Strip Tags (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Evening Evergreen (ret), Home for Christmas (Violet Studio)
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Silver Festive Pearls, Red, Green & Silver Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tear Strip Tags Dies (The Greetery)

PP712 Tag, You're It!

Happy Sunday, peeps! I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week!  It's Clean-and-Simple week and the theme is TAGS!  

Adding a tag to your creation is so fun....there are lots of dies and punches out there to make it easy, and even if you don't have any of those, it's still a snap to do!  I actually made two cards because the first one didn't really seem CAS enough, LOL!  So let's see what I did create:

I have almost as many Halloween products as I do Christmas, so I always try to give my older stamps (and papers) some love!  These papers were from way, way back; I used the Bonanza dies to cut out a tag, then stamped a couple of images on them to create my spooky tag!  I added some mesh ribbon and twine as well as a sparkly black brad!  It all went on a Very Vanilla panel that was embossed with the Dotted Circles embossing folder:

Another real oldie for the inside:

And here's the one that didn't make the CAS cut:

I printed and diecut a digital vintage postcard from my saved images (not sure where this came from; maybe Olde Design Shoppe or the Graphics Fairy) and mounted it on another Bonanza die.  This time I added a little panel at the top from The Greetery, along with one of their Halloween sentiments and banners:

The banner is movable so that it can go into the envelope easily and then be moved outward to display the card and the rest of the tag image.  Love that starry witch!  I used a past Paper Pumpkin set to stamp the inside:

I think I will enter this over at Just Us Girls; they have a mood board and that vintage image on the left makes me think of a vintage postcard!

I will soon be putting away all my Halloween stamps so this may be the last card for that holiday you'll see!  I hope you'll play along with my tag challenge...just remember to keep it clean and simple!  Minimal layers, stamps and embellishments will fit the "tag"!  Share your creation with us at the PP blog and while you're there, check out what the other team members made as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy's school had a Rhyme without Reason day; her friend dressed up as a hacker and Cassidy was a rapper:

I hope she didn't leave that "bling" on her teeth all day, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spooks Galore (ret), Fright Night (ret), Just For You (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Halloween DSP (can't remember the name of it)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Black & White Twime (from my stash), Metallic Mesh Ribbon (ret), Glimmer Brad (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, 1/2" Circle Punch (ret), Bonanza Dies (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tear Strip Tags: Halloween (The Greetery), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Pumpkin Pie, computer paper
Ink	Versafine Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Glimmer Brad
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Bonanza Dies, Tear Strip Tag Dies (The Greetery), Tear Strip Tag Cover Up Dies (The Greetery)

PP652 Happy Summertime

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with the charming Claire as our hostess! She has an awesome theme challenge for us this week, and it was just in time for me, because I have been waiting a year to play with a certain set of stamps, LOL!  Here we go:

To be honest, I've had these stamps for a year, but they were a wee bit intimidating to me (SO many little teeny weeny pieces) but I put my big-girl panties on and went to work!

These "Destination Summer" stamps are from The Greetery, and they are known for their detailed images!  I began by using the Destination Waterfront stencil, using Soft Seafoam and Pool Party for the land and sea.  I then basically copied the inspiration guide on the packaging, changing the colors and adding the sentiment in the center.  Once I got the hang of how these stamps "behaved", I had an easier time of it! A stamp positioner is definitely needed!!  The umbrella and sailboat are not quite as clear as some of the other images; I discovered the stamps needed a little preparation (I lightly used an eraser on them before stamping), and I used a Versamark pad on each one before inking it with my spot ink pad (much easier than full-size ink pads).  I had a wet Stamp Shammy handy and I cleaned each one off and put it back on the acrylic sheet before going to the next one....I didn't want to lose any of those tiny pieces!  Anyway, after it was all stamped, I used the Stitched With Whimsy die and mounted it on an Azure Afternoon card base.

I just love that little cactus! In fact, I love all these little images...they all invoke lots of fun things reminiscent of summer! Now that I have the hang of them, I think I will be less intimidated and may give these another try...I have dies to go with them, maybe I'll use them next! And since the As You See It Challenge is what you like about summer, I am entering it there!  I like summer because I get to go to the BEACH!!!  And eat ICE CREAM!  Yum!

I'm also going to enter it at Sunday Stamps, because I got most of these colors in there as well!

I think there are lots of ideas you could do with a summer-time theme!  I hope you'll check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog, and share your summery card with us there as well!

I have more birthday cards to share, but since I have a summery card today, I thought I'd share some more summery family pictures:

Thanks for visiting today---enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Destination Summer (The Greetery)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Lots
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Die, Blending Brushes, Destination Waterfront Stencil (The Greetery)