PP715 Celebrate!

Happy Sunday, stamping friends! Claire, whose love for color matches her vibrant personality, is our Paper Players hostess today with a bright, vivid color challenge:

I thought these colors would be good for a birthday card, so that's what I did!  Here we go:

I pulled out a retired set called Holiday Haul because I knew there was a little present in there! I stamped each one in Tahitian Tide, Gorgeous Grape, Peach Pie and Melon Mambo, then diecut each one out with a retired Stitched Shapes die.  The Tranquil Tide background was embossed with Dotted Circles embossing folder and I added a wee stitched scalloped border of Melon Mambo as well:

I used an old Verve stamp for the sentiments, and the Hooray for Surprises set for the candles....hopefully Claire won't kick me out for the Daffodil Delight flames!!!

My final addition was some glimmer paper hearts; each gift was embellished with one in a matching shade (although the Mambo one looks really purple in my photo!) and a little white heart in the center just to jazz it up a bit!

SO....what will you create with these colors? The Design Team really stepped up to the plate on this one; the cards they created are really spectacular!  Be sure to hope over to the Paper Players to check them out, then come along and play with us!

So yesterday was the yearly cleaning of the chandelier globes at our church.  A group of us do the washing and drying (very carefully) after the guys take the globes off, take the bulbs out, then put new bulbs in and put the clean globes back on.  It's a painstaking process, and not for someone who has acrophobia!

Blessedly, John does not have acrophobia, but he does have a good routine and good assistants!! 

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Holiday Haul (ret), Birthday Bash (Verve)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Tahatian Tide (ret), Glimmer Paper in Assorted Colors
Ink	Peach Pie, Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo, Tahitian Tide, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Stitched Be Mine Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Triple Heart Punch (ret)

CAS On Sunday Just For You

Happy Tuesday, peeps! My card today is for CAS On Sunday's Just for You challenge! I needed a simple birthday card for an elderly lady in our church, so this fit the bill!  Not sure if this is CAS enough for this challenge...it does have several layers, so it may not qualify!  But here we go::

A while back, I stamped and colored several of these cupcakes from Circle Saying, and as I needed a birthday card, I just fussy-cut one out and plopped it on a card! This is my last one; I put it on a Bubble Bath polka-dotted DSP, added a little pink gem and put it on a panel that was embossed with the Stitched With Whimsy die.  The sentiment is from an old Verve set.

A birthday sentiment from Throughout The Year went on the inside of the Bubble Bath card:

I also added some Wink of Stella...I wish it would show up in photos...such a pretty layer of shine!  Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Throughout the Year, Circle Sayings, Cup of Tea (Verve)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath, Bubble Bath DSP
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Gem, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Blends, Wink of Stella

52CCTD34 Guest Designer

 Happy Saturday, everyone!  I am guest designing today at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog, where we have a color challenge:

These hues from nature gave me a chance to play with some new goodies I got recently; here we go:

My little scene was created with some retired stamps from Verve, snowy hills courtesy of Lawn Fawn, and the trees are from Memory Box, diecut from Shaded Spruce and Basic White.  My Soft Sky panel was embossed with the new Snowflake Sky embossing folder from SU; I added some white ink to it, but it really didn't show up, so I added some snowflake sequins!  My little deer were stamped in Pecan Pie ink:

and the sentiment in Soft Sky ink:

and the inside sentiment, also in Pecan Pie:

These colors are so evocative of nature, I hope they inspire you to create a Christmas card for our challenge!  We can't wait to see it at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Joyous Noel, Unto Us (Both Verve)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Snowflake Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky EF, Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn), Layered Narrow Pines Dies (Memory Box), Wink of Stella

IB184 Holiday Penguin

Hi there, stamping friends!  It's time for a fun new Inspired By challenge...and we're still doing our optional Christmas inspiration!  Check these out:

 

I had just the right stamp set in mind for my little penguin card, and although I didn't use the colors in either challenge photo, I still went with a Christmas theme:

I used the sketch from Global Design Project:

along with some papers from Authentique, a snowflake from SU, a sentiment from Verve, and my penguin is from Clearly Besotted.  His hat is from Right at Home, stamped in Just Jade, and I added little dots with a white gel pen:

My snowflake uses the new Stitched Snowflake dies, and it was cut from some retired SU glimmer paper.  The inside featured a sentiment from My Favorite Things (I gave lots of stamps lot of love on this one!)

We also had an optional sketch (which you can see on the IB blog), but I chose not to use that!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  And be sure to check out what the DT created...seriously, there is some major talent over there and they'd love to have you play along!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	In Stitches: Christmas (Clearly Besotted), Seasonal Sentiments (My Favorite Things), Joyous Noel (Verve), Winter Mittens (Right at Home)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Just Jade, Alpine DSP (Authentique), Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Just Jade, Pool Party, Memento Black, Mango Melody
Accessories	Dimensionals, Glimmer Brad (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Snowflake Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, White Gel Pen

PP521 Peace Wreath

Happy Sunday, peeps, and time for our last Paper Players challenge of 2020!  Claire is our hostess and we are closing out the year with a bang!  Check out these colors:

Such an elegant combination!  For a last-minute Christmas card, this is what I came up with:

I used some of the Feels Like Frost DSP on the silver side (which is so hard to photograph), and a silver-embossed wreath, embellished with some silver and black pearls and a little gingham ribbon:

I added a diecut sentiment on a black stitched banner, and a lovely sentiment for the inside:

This uses the sketch from Fab Friday:

And here's true confession time; I actually made a different card for this challenge LAST WEEK because I looked at the wrong date on the calendar!  So here's my original card, using the FMS sketch, which obviously is over, but I thought I would share it anyway:

Same line of DSP, different pattern, different sentiment:

So I hope you'll be able to squeeze in some time to play along this week...I know it's getting down to the wire and time is tight, but if you do have some, we'd love to see what you come up with! Check out what the other team created at the Paper Players while you're there!  Thanks for popping in today -- enjoy it and be blessed!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For Unto Us, Beary Christmas (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Silver Foil, Basic Black, Feels Like Frost DSP
Ink	Silver Encore (ret), Memento Black
Accessories	Metallic Pearls, Gingham Ribbon (ret), Silver Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Christmas Greetings Dies (ret), Beary Christmas Dies (CTMH), Star Punch, Heat Tool

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For Unto Us, Joyous Noel (Verve)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Silver Foil, CHRISTmas DSP (Illustrated Faith), Basic Black
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Frosted Embellishments
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Star Dies (Paper Rose), Stitched Rectangle Dies, Banner Dies (My Favorite Things)

PP492 Sympathy Sketch

Happy Sunday, peeps....it doesn't feel much like Memorial Day weekend, does it?  Maybe some of you are beginning to venture out and do more things!  Let's hope so!  We are still hunkering down here, not much going on!  I am the hostess this week for the Paper Players this week, and I came up with this sketch:

I am trying to use up some retiring products, and unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card, so this is what I came up with using Garden Lane DSP and Botanical Tags dies:

I created some borders with Garden Green and Mint Macaron cardstocks, then diecut the bird tag from another piece of Garden Green.  To soften it a bit, I added some vellum behind the diecut and accented it with a pearl:

For the sentiment, I took the "Hugs Prayers Love" stamp from Positive Thoughts and taped off the upper and lower words, inked it up in Garden Green and stamped it (after removing the tape!) to create the "Prayer" banner, adding some pearls there too:

Finally, on the inside, I stamped a verse from Verve along with the feather from Positive Thoughts:

I hope the recipient will find comfort from it.  Now, how will you interpret this sketch?  I hope that you will play along with our challenge this week and share your card with us at the Paper Players blog!  Check out what the design team has created while you're there as well!

This weekend we were supposed to be watching my nephew graduate from West Point, but obviously, those plans changed!  My sister in SC just sent me these photos.....my great-nephews are visiting my sister and her family; here they are with my nephew Will, first Jameson:

and Sawyer!

They're having a blast!  Enjoy your day and thanks for popping in!

Pink Snowflake Christmas

Happy hot Saturday, peeps!  I have another Christmas card today to try to cool us off, LOL!  It fulfills three challenges:  the FMS sketch, the CTD color palette and the CAS Christmas Card Challenge:

I found the FMS sketch a little tricky, hopefully it is CAS enough for the Christmas challenge, too!  So here we go:

I happened to have a few strips of this beautiful Photoplay DSP in my "hoard", and I backed them with some silver foil strips for the background.  Can you see the angels?  Aren't they pretty?  I then diecut three snowflakes from the Seasonal Layers dies using Rococo Rose cardstock.  They were a little too dark for my liking, so I used my aquapainter and some white craft ink to give them a white wash, then once they were dry, coated them with Wink of Stella:

I put a pretty SU Metallic Silver Pearl in the center of each one, then I did a little creative combining of some of the huge stash of Christmas sentiments I have to stamp the inside:

Thanks for popping in today--be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hand Lettered Holiday and Stitched Stockings (My Favorite Things), Joyous Noel (Verve)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Silver Foil, Rococo Rose, Luke 2 DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Rococo Rose, Craft White
Accessories	Metallic Silver Pearls, Wink of Stella
Tools	Big Shot, Seasonal Layers Dies, Aquapainter

CAS Christmas Tree

Happy Friday, peeps!  I have a quick card today using the new Winter Woods set; it will be available September 5, and it coordinates so very nicely with the Rooted in Nature set!  I made a CAS card for the CAS Christmas challenge of "tree":

I stamped and diecut the main tree from the Winter Woods set, using Tranquil Tide ink, then stamped it again in the background without re-inking it.  I did the same technique with the two trees from Rooted in Nature, creating my background.  I added a stitched hillside, then stamped a sentiment from Christmas Pines and added a couple of pine boughs from Winter Woods:

I used an older Verve Christmas stamp for the inside and added a couple more pine sprigs as well!  I resisted putting some glitter on it...the last time I tried to add glitter to Tranquil Tide, it turned green!!  I'll have to work on that!

Today is Cassidy's 8th birthday and she has a jam-packed weekend ahead!  Last night her karate class went to a Wilmington (DE) Blue Rocks baseball game, where the black belts did a performance.  She got her picture taken with their mascot, Rocky Bluewinkle:

Now, Rocky has a cohort named Mr Celery---can you believe it!  If you have a few minutes, you can read how both mascots got their name here, and I will have to ask Cassidy tomorrow at her party if she got to see him!  Apparently he comes out if the team scores a run, and although they lost the game, they did score four runs!

And finally, I have two more birthday cards to share:

This beautifully-detailed one is from Fran!

And Ellen created this garden beauty!  Thanks, ladies!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Thanks for popping in!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Woods, Rooted in Nature, Christmas Pines, Joyous Noel (Verve, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White
Ink	Tranquil Tide
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, In The Woods Framelits, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn)