AHSC469 Slimline

Happy Tuesday, all!  I have a slimline card for you today, courtesy of Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

I gave my new Nature's Prints a whirl, stamping the little foliage image in Soft Succulent and mounting the three panels on some Hand Penned DSP....I am really going to miss these pretty papers!  Here we go:

After stamping, I diecut the images with the Layering Circles dies, then added layers of Soft Succulent (Stylish Shapes dies) and Evening Evergreen (Layering Circles).  I added a small diecut from the coordinating Natural Prints dies:

and a sentiment from the retiring All Things Fabulous along with a Genial Gem:

And here's the inside:

Thanks for popping in today!  

She deigned to having her picture taken with me...look at the look on her face, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Nature's Prints
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Hand Penned DSP
Ink	Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen
Accessories	Dimensionals, Genial Gems
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Natural Prints Dies

Sympathy Cards

Hey stampers!  Our church family is mourning the loss of one of our members and she came from a large family, so I have had to make several sympathy cards.  I am sharing two of them today; one uses the sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

and some of the same papers that I used on my bunnies card from yesterday, just different prints:

I layered some of the patterns on the front, embossing one piece with the retiring Greenery embossing folder, then created a little bundle of foliage using the Forever Fern and Free as a Bird sets and various green inks:

I "tied" them together with some Fan Baker's Twine and added a few green Genial Gems, and it all went on top of a Stitched Shape circle.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

The second card uses the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

and some pretty new papers I just got from Prima called Farm Sweet Farm.  I paired them with a flower from the retiring All Things Fabulous:

The layered flower was stamped with Sweet Sugarplum, Cherry Cobbler and Merry Merlot inks, and the foliage was stamped with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede.  I added a sentiment from an older SU set called Small Sayings, and added a sprinkling of sequins:

I used the same sentiments for the both cards, from Papertrey.

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

"A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed."  Proverbs 11:25

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Forever Fern, Free as a Bird, CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts), Inspired Prayer (Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Home Again DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Fan Bakers Twine, Genial Gems
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Ornate Frames Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Small Sayings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Merry Merlot, Early Espresso, Farm Sweet Farm DSP (Prima)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Merry Merlot, Cherry Cobbler, Sweet Sugarplum (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Fabulous Florals Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stamparatus

Perfectly CAS Hugs

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  I have a clean-and-simple card for you today; the Perfectly CAS challenge wants to see diecuts!  

I actually had these diecuts on my desk already cut and stamped; I was planning to use them for the Paper Players challenge on Sunday, but changed my mind, so I put them to use on this card!

The florals from All Things Fabulous were stamped and diecut, then adhered to the card with some foliage behind it.  The sentiment was stamped on a Tailor Made tag and tucked in, and embellished with a Genial Gem:

I am also slipping this into the Krafty Chicks CAS challenge, just in the nick of time!

I found out yesterday that my aunt in Florida, whom I haven't seen in years, has passed away, so this will go to my cousins as a sympathy card.  Thanks so much for visiting today!  

"But the wicked will perish; though the Lord's enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.  The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously."  Psalm 37:20-21

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Elegant Florals (Scrapbook.com)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Pink Pirouette (ret), Strawberry Slush (ret), Melon Mambo, Soft Succulent
Accessories	Genial Gems, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Fabulous Florals 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

Fusion Turquoise Floral

Happy Friday, peeps!  I have an interesting card for you...it uses an interesting color combo, inspired by the Fusion Card challenge:

I don't really  have any rose stamps, and SU doesn't carry their pretty Tempting Turquoise like they used to, so I resorted to using All Things Fabulous along with the matching dies, Fabulous Florals:

This is a three-step stamp: I used Pool Party, Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point for the steps, and Crumb Cake for the leaves.  I did add a couple lines on the leaves with my Soft Suede marker.  It's hard to see, but there are some lighter leaves stamped in the background (Forever Fern). I added a diecut sentiment, then a layer of Bermuda Bay DSP and it all went on a Sahara Sand embossed card front:

Oh, and I added a gold Metallic Pearl for fun!  Thanks for visiting today!

Wayne was packing to go on a business trip and Eden sensed something was up....she put her head on Wayne's chair and wouldn't leave:

She looks so sad!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Forever Fern, All Things Fabulous
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Bermuda Bay DSP
Ink	Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gold Metallic Pearls
Tools	Big Shot, Fabulous Florals Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder, Stamparatus

AHSC462 Hand-Penned Pennants

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I needed a special birthday card and I was challenged by the longer, slimmer sketch from Atlantic Hearts this week:

In hindsight, I wish I had chosen a less-busy pattern for my card, because when I started to assemble it, I thought it was a little "too much"!  But you know when you've already spent time on something, you just keep going, so here we go:

I think the Hand-Penned Suite is just about one of the prettiest SU has ever made!  These papers are just made for SPRING!!  But I think the banners do get a wee bit lost in the shuffle.  I diecut several, one each in Basic White, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, So Saffron and Highland Heather, then trimmed a few off and adhered them to the white banner.  It is from the retired Bonanza dies.  I added some pearls to show them off a bit better:

I added a scallop from Scalloped Contours, a little cross stitched piece from Stitched Labels and a wee bit of Blushing Bride Frayed Ribbon:

The sentiment is from All Things Fabulous, stamped in Misty Moonlight.  I hope my friend likes it!  Thanks for popping in today!  

Look what I found at the post office yesterday!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, So Saffron, Highland Heather, Hand-Penned DSP
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Pearls, Blushing Bride Frayed Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Contour Dies, Bonanza Dies (ret), Stitched Labels Dies (ret)

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

Fabulous FMS500

Hey peeps, happy Friday!  The Freshly Made Sketches challenge is celebrating 500 challenges!  Woohoo! Congrats to them! They are an extremely talented team and I enjoy playing with them often, so of course, I had to play along this week (there are prizes too!)!  I will say this card started out as something totally different; didn't like the first attempt, changed it up a bit; didn't like that one either, and so this is not what I had planned at all but by 11pm, I was ready to call it a day!  So first, the sketch:

And here we go:

Bumblebee and Cajun Craze with accents of Copper foil are my color palette.  I stamped some images from Little Delights and Banner Year on the Bumblebee panel, embellished it with a stitched copper panel, then diecut a Cajun Craze Stitched Leaves leaf and added a foil bow from Pierced Blooms dies:

The sentiment from All Things Fabulous was heat embossed with copper embossing powder and diecut with the Ornate Frames dies; it look a little plain, so I added some Pierced Blooms leaves:

The Very Vanilla panel is also embossed with the Checks embossing folder.  I really want to use this sketch some more...it's so versatile!  Congrats again to the FMS team--here's to 500 more!  Thanks for visiting today!

Our eggplant crop was prolific this year, unlike many past years; this was only about half of what we harvested from our little garden:

So yesterday morning, I spent making eggplant parmigiana to put in the freezer:

Lots of work, but definitely worth it come wintertime!  Then Cassidy and my great-niece Emma played Uno...for about five minutes (Emma's attention span was a little short yesterday!):

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Little Delights, Banner Year, Friends are Like Seashells (speckles)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Bumblebee, Brushed Metallic, Cajun Craze DSP
Ink	Bumblebee, Versamark
Accessories	Dimensionals, Copper Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Checks Embossing Folder, Pierced Blooms Dies, Stitched Leaves Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies

GDP294 All Things Fabulous

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Feels like Monday, doesn't it?  And happy June!!! I got in a little stamping time yesterday and made a card that was totally inspired by this card from Jaimie Barbarczy!  You might know that I don't gravitate towards purple shades, so Fresh Freesia was on the bottom of the In Color totem pole for me.  But her card was so pretty, I decided to give it a go with my own All Things Fabulous, and I used the Global Design Project sketch to get me started:

And here we go:

I stamped my florals in Fresh Freesia and my leaves in Soft Succulent instead of Crumb Cake like Jaimie did.  I used some Fresh Freesia DSP for my panels, and mounted everything on a diecut piece of Basic White that was embossed with the Tasteful Textile EF:

I think this is such a sweet sentiment....it's stamped in Soft Succulent as well:

And I added a sentiment from Friends are Like Seashells on the inside along with a few more little sprigs from the All Things Fabulous set:

I will need to step out of my comfort zone and use this color a little more, it's actually very pretty!  Thanks for popping in today!

John and I took a little walk around our church's cemetery yesterday...there are soldiers from many wars buried there, including the Revolutionary, Civil, Korean and Vietnam.  I didn't see any Gulf War stones, but lots of WWI and WWII as well. When we did cemetery clean-up day, we put American flags on lots of the plots; here's my dad's:

It was quite a sight to see all the flags waving!  I need to plant some flowers soon, too, so his stone doesn't look so bare!   Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Friends are Like Seashells
Card stock & Papers	Fresh Freesia, Basic White, Fresh Freesia DSP
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Soft Succulent
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Layers Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Fabulous Florals Dies, Tasteful Textile EF, Stamparatus

Just Saying Hello

 Hi stampers, happy Tuesday!  Hope your day is going well! I got in some stamping time yesterday and dug out a couple florals to create my card for today:

The Global Design Project had a lovely palette for their current challenge, so I used that as my starting point:

Petal Pink is not a color I normally gravitate to, but it makes a beautiful flower with the All Things Fabulous set.  I added foliage in Soft Sea Foam and some smaller florals in Night of Navy.  I adhered it to a Shimmery White panel that I watercolored with a Soft Sea Foam wash and diecut it with the Nature's Thoughts die:

I added a Night of Navy scalloped mat, created from piecing together three Stitched So Sweetly panels, then mounted it on a Soft Sea Foam card base on which I had stamped some greenery from Tasteful Touches.  The sentiment is from the same set.  My final embellishment was a wee bit of gingham ribbon!  This could be a get well card, a birthday card, or a just thinking of you card!!!  I am also entering it in The Spot's challenge this week, which is Designer's Choice:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Things Fabulous, Tasteful Touches
Card stock & Papers	Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Shimmery White
Ink	Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Night of Navy
Accessories	Navy Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Nature's Thoughts Dies, Fabulous Florals Dies, Aquapainter