inspire.Create#162 Yee Haw!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Today I'm playing with the Inspire.Create challenge to CASE their designer!  Here's the card they want us to CASE:

I've been trying to make some masculine birthday cards to have on hand, as well as use up some scraps of scrapbook paper I have, so I looked in my stash and decided to make a cowboy-themed card! Here we go:

This retired Yee Haw set is one I'll never part with! Such a fun array of images and sentiments!  I used some papers from Authentique's Frontier Collection, cutting out the circles with the Stylish Shapes dies and arranging them on some gingham paper.  I stamped, colored and fussy-cut the sentiment, the popped it on top of some leather-looking paper and added a rope embellishment:

I combined a sentiment from the set along with some words from Paper Studio's Everyday Expressions for the inside:

Another one to add to my b-day stash!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Yee Haw (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals Cream (ret), Cherry Cobbler, Frontier (Authentique)
Ink	Real Red, Versafine Black, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip (ret), Early Espresso
Accessories	Twine from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Red Marker, Blender Pen

LIM480 Big Hooray

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a fun "retro" card today using a couple of older retired sets; it uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps as well as the color theme of black and aqua from Less is More:

         

Now I admit that these colors are a bit unusual for a western-themed card, but I had a scrap of Coastal Cabana DSP on my desk and I was determined to use it, LOL!  So here we go:

The western images are from a set called Out West; the sentiment is from Perfectly Wrapped.  I added a star from YeeHaw:

which is also where I got the sentiment on the inside, except for the "have a"....that's from Endless Birthday Wishes.  Endless Birthday Wishes is one of the very first photopolymer set that SU came out with...and I still have it!

I've been on a roll, making masculine cards, so this will go in my pile for one of my April birthdays!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Out West (ret), Perfectly Wrapped (ret), YeeHaw (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana DSP
Ink	Coastal Cabana, Versafine Black
Accessories	Black & White Twine (Doodlebug)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

PP554 CAS Masculine

Hi there, stampers!  Anne Marie is our hostess this week over at the Paper Players, and it's clean and simple week!  And this one is always a challenge for us gals....her theme is masculine!  They're just not as much fun to stamp for, are they?  But my nephew's birthday is coming up and he always comments on my cards, so it's nice to know they are appreciated!  So here's our prompt:

And here we go:

First, I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I began by embossing a Very Vanilla card with a Stitched With Whimsy die, then added four cowboy-themed diecuts.  I sponged the hat and added some gold dots on the brim, and stamped a Paper Pumpkin sunshine on the star and added a brown sequin, also sponging it:

The boot was stamped with the coral stamp from A Little Smile Kit and sponged, and the horseshoe was sponged and I added some silver ink dots to it too.  The "hooray" is from YeeHaw, stamped in Cajun Craze and fussy cut:

I stamped a sentiment and some stars from the YeeHaw set on the inside.  You'll notice that I also used the Stitched With Whimsy die on the inside as well; that was because originally it was the OUTSIDE and I made a big smudge, so I covered up the smudge with a star and started all over!  The outside became the inside and hopefully no one will even think to ask why!

I hope you'll play along with our CAS masculine challenge this week!  Check out what the DT did over at the Paper Players blog, then share yours with us too!  You may be chosen as our Headliner!  See you there! Thanks for popping in, enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Little Smile Kit, Biggest Wish, YeeHaw (ret), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cinnamon Cider, Bumblebee, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate
Ink	Cinnamon Cider, Bumble Bee, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Sequins for Everything, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Dienamics Country Charms (My Favorite Things), Sponge Daubers, Silver & Gold Painty Pen

PP548 Stars and Stripes Stampede

Hi peeps!  Happy 4th to my American friends!  Anne Marie is our Paper Players hostess and she has a fun one---and it doesn't necessarily have to be patriotic...we just need stars and/or stripes:

My friend Karen made a cool fun-fold card on her blog a bit ago (you can see it here), and I thought I would re-create it for today's challenge.  You can find the measurements on the other Karen's blog HERE...she has a perfectly-written template and it just requires some careful cutting and scoring!  So here we go:

I used two different stamps to create my cowboy-themed card for a young man in our church!  I used several striped papers from Cowboy Country by Carta Bella, and my bronco image is from 100 Proof Press, stamped in Misty Moonlight.  The stars and barbed wire are from Yee Haw, as are most of the inside sentiments as well.  I added some Candy Dots to the stitched stars; on the first photo, you can see one of them looks a little pink; after taking that photo, I went back to my craft room and colored it with a Dark Cherry Cobbler Blend....looks better now!

Here are the side views so you can see the folds:

And here is the inside, stamped in Night of Navy and Merry Merlot:

I even added a little leftover strip of the DSP for more stripes!  This card has plenty of both stars and stripes!  

I hope you'll stop by the Paper Players blog to see some more stars and stripes, and then share yours with us as well!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy wanted to make some cupcakes for their July 4th party and decorate them with sprinkles.  She had a plan to make "USA" in red, white and blue sprinkles, then decorate the rest with gold stars.  We made some stencils with waxed paper and an alphabet and star die, then she went to work.  We were a little crunched on time, so the first few looked pretty good, but she had to rush, so the last stars were a bit messy!  Here she is starting the stars (we did a trial one with the "S"...you can see it next to her:

Looked pretty good!  We didn't know if it was better to put them on when the icing was still unset, but that would mean it would stick to the waxed paper.  If we let it set, the sprinkles wouldn't stay put!  Trial and error!

On to the the "U":

Finally, they were done!  The "A" was made with the little pearl decorations, so it's hard to see, and she had to put them on one by one!  I gave her a lot of credit...she did all of it by herself with only a wee bit of help from me (well, I did make the cupcakes and ice them, LOL!)!!!  

Have a blessed fourth!  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stampede (100 Proof Press), Yee Haw (ret), Endless Birthday Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cowboy Country DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Merry Merlot
Accessories	Dimensionals, Candy Dots (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched Star Dies (Paper Rose)

AYSI245 Stampede Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps!  It's my turn to create a "recipe" for you at As You See It!  I always struggle with creating masculine cards, so here's a recipe to get you started:

And even though this was my own challenge, I struggled with it as well!  This is the third card I created for the challenge...the other two were not so great, LOL!  So here we go:

I started with a 100 Proof Press image, stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla cardstock, then diecut with a Stitched Shapes die. The papers are from Photo Play's Autumn Day.  I embossed the rust-colored piece with the retired Basketweave EF, then added some stitched embossing on a Soft Suede strip as well.  For some added interest, I stamped some barbed wire (retired Yee-Haw) along the edge, and added a twine "lasso" behind the cowboy image:

The sentiment, stamped in Terracotta Tile, is from the retired Picture Perfect birthday:

My sketch is from Try Stampin on Tuesday:

I am also adding this to Just Add Ink this week, which is to "add L"!  My "L" is a lasso!

I hope you'll play along with my recipe this week...be sure to check out what the designers created, and share yours as well at As You See It!

So let's see Cassidy's final result!  She really liked doing the splatter work, so this time, we watered down some white craft paint and she splattered that on her finished card:

After we dried it, she peeled off the letters:

Much better results!

She added a white heat-embossed sentiment at the bottom (the same as my card above), then added some numbers and a little hand-written sentiment on the inside!

She was happy with the end results, learned some new techniques and we had fun!  Thanks for indulging me!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Picture Perfect Birthday (ret), Yee-Haw (ret), Stampede (100 Proof Press)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Autumn Day DSP (Photo Play)
Ink	Soft Suede, Terracotta Tile
Accessories	Very Vanilla Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Basketweave EF (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson)

RRCB137 Hooray

Happy Tuesday, peeps! It's time for a new Retro Rubber challenge, and this week we are pairing with the Double Trouble challenge as well!

Our challenge is a sketch challenge so all you have to do for Retro Rubber is to make a card using our sketch and at least one stamp older than a year.

The Double Trouble challenge requirements are:

• Thing 1 – Trouble Maker: 3-2-1 Recipe: 3 colors – 2 embellishments – 1 old stamp
• Thing 3 – Twisted Sister: Follow our RRCB sketch with at least one angular shape.
• Thing 2 – Double Dare (Optional): If you used the RRCB sketch and the 3-2-1 Recipe be sure to link your card Double Trouble’s challenge to receive an additional chance to be in Double Trouble’s random draw.

So here is our sketch:

And here's my card:

You can't really see it, but the base is Seaside Spray; my main images are from a 2010 stamp set called Out West, and the sentiment and barbed wire are from a 2015 set called Yee Haw.  I used some papers from Authentique and Carta Bella; my 3-2-1 recipe is three colors:  mustard, blue and red; 

my two embellishments are the hat and the star brad, and my one is the old stamp! 

 

On the inside, I stamped the boot from Out West, and cheated a little because I used a new sentiment stamp from A Grand Kid because I liked the font:

I hope you'll play along with us at Retro Rubber this week, and do the Double Trouble challenge if you want too!  Remember, you must give us the approximate age of the stamps you're using and they have to be at least a year old!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Grand Kid, Out West (ret), YeeHaw (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Seaside Spray, Cowboy Country DSP (Carta Bella), Genuine DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Star Brad, Dimensionals
Tools	Markers

RRCB121 Rootin Tootin

Hi peeps!  Happy Tuesday!  Time for another Retro Rubber challenge, and it's a tic-tac-toe, courtesy of Jan!  

I chose to go across the bottom for a monochromatic birthday card, using a set from 2014 called Yee Haw!  Here we go:

I used some papers from Carta Bella called Cowboy Country, so I made my card a little bigger than the standard size so that I could use the full length of this fun bandanna print.   I stamped my sentiments and images on a big stitched Very Vanilla diecut circle:

(I used Poppy Parade ink but I wish I had used Riding Hood Red, it would have matched better!)  I love the sentiments and images in this set and I know since it wasn't available for a very long period, it's a keeper in my collection!  And here's the inside, using a sentiment and stars from the same set as well as another sentiment from Papertrey's Barnyard Sentiments (2015):

I need several masculine birthday cards this month, so this one will be going out in the mail soon!  I hope you'll play with our Tic-Tac-Toe challenge....remember to use stamps at least a year old and let us know how old they are!  Can't wait to see what you create...share it with us at Retro Rubber!  Thanks for stopping in today!

 Cassidy has always been intrigued by Venus Flytraps since she saw one at Longwood Gardens as well as at school.  They were quite expensive at Longwood so I passed on getting one for her.  But recently, I was out with one of my stamping friends and we stopped at her sister's house.  There on her porch were several of them---her nephew grows them!  I told her how Cassidy wanted one, and he put together FIVE of them in a pot with complete directions and even a gallon of distilled water!!  I told Cass she could have them if she promised to let me take her photo with them, LOL!  Her karate teacher just opened a new studio and had an open house, so while we were visiting, I gave them to her:

When they go away for a few days, I get to "babysit" them, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Yee Haw (ret, 2014), Barnyard Sentiments (Papertrey, 2015)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cowboy Country DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Lil'Inker Stitched Circles, 1" Circle Punch