FF173 Punkin Pillow Inspired

Happy Tuesday, all!  A couple of weeks ago, I bought this 10" felt pillow at a church yard sale for fifty cents:

It was in a little rough shape, but I cleaned it up and put it on my chair as a sweet little fall decoration...I love it, especially for the price!  I got to thinking how fun it would be to re-create it on a card, so I went to work:

I started with the Fab Friday sketch:

I did not have any cardstock that was the warm tan color I wanted, so I brayered a piece of Very Vanilla with Crumb Cake ink (and wished I had gotten a little more even color), then using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped a little stitch line in Memento Black all around the edges.  My pumpkin is a past Close to My Heart stamp, inked in Terracotta Tile and stamped on the same color paper.  I markered in some stitching lines to mimic the pillow, then diecut some Mossy Meadow leaves, punched out some Crushed Curry berries, and added some stamped stitched lines for vines:

I also added a couple little "vines" below, diecut from Mossy Meadow as well.  My sentiment was stamped on Crumb Cake, diecut with a banner die and sponged with Soft Suede ink.  I added a birthday sentiment and greenery from Botanical Bliss on the inside:

I kinda like how it turned out!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Botanical Bliss, Christmas Quilt (ret), Stitched Borders, Autumn Wishes (both Close to My Heart), Mixed Creative Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Terracotta Tile, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry
Ink	Memento Black, Terracotta Tile, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Flower Dies (My Favorite Things), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Patterned Pumpkins Dies (ret), 1/4" Hole Punch, Basic Black and Early Espresso Markers

FMS329 and FF133 Easy Cards

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  I am really late today posting....it's snowing like crazy and I took the time to work on a few projects around the house that I'd been procrastinating on!!  So afterwards I rewarded myself with some stamping time!  My first card is a Christmas card using the Freshly Made Sketches sketch designed by Kim:

This one looked better in my head than on paper, but I hated to just toss it, so it will just be one of the ones that don't meet my "favorite" criteria!  I used the deer print from Be Merry and the Card Front Builder Thinlets to cut out some sparkly Glimmer paper trees; the deer from Carols of Christmas was stamped on some kraft paper and diecut with the same die set:

The little flourish is also from Carols of Christmas, and the "peace" is from Christmas Quilt.  These lovely products are just around for too short of a time, I never feel like I get good use of them, so it was satisfying to get them out and use them! I embossed a panel of Whisper White with the Softly Falling (so appropriate for the view out my window today) and mounted everything on it, then mounted that on a Chocolate Chip card base.

My next set of cards uses the simple but lovely sketch from Fab Friday:

I realized I hadn't used any of the Whole Lot of Lovely DSP for a while, and it is probably one of my favorites from this year!!!  I had a little piece of it already cut down, so I cut that piece into thirds to make my trio of thank you cards:

I used different mat colors for each one, mixing up the embellishments for each, but kept the sketch and the sentiment the same.  The Old Olive panel on this one was embossed with the Quilt Top embossing folder and accented with some burlap ribbon:

The Calypso Coral one (which matches the flower much better IRL than it does in this photo!) was accented with a little piece of Soft Sky that was diecut with one of the Window Box Thinlets and pieced together....such a cute little scallop!  I added some Linen Thread with a one-hole bow so it would stay put:

And finally, the Soft Sky panel was embossed with the Ruffled embossing folder and accented with some diecut leaves from the Bouquet Bunch Framelits and stamped with the little lace image from Touches of Texture:

The sentiment from Bella and Friends were stamped scraps of Whisper White and punched into banners with the Banner Punch!  Same design, three different looks! 

So this is my view this afternoon from my kitchen table (excuse my tissue!):

And I snagged this shot from my friend Deb's FB page....a sad Easter Bunny with frozen tears, lamenting another snowstorm:

Stay safe and warm and be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Inspired By challenge!  Be blessed and enjoy your day!

PP370 White Snowflake

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Nance is our Paper Players hostess today and she has a gorgeous challenge for us:

I think white on white cards are beautiful, but they can be a challenge to photograph!  I finally ended up taking my picture outside on the deck in the natural sunlight, where the embossing of the new Winter Wonder embossing folder could show up more clearly:

The embossed layer is Shimmery White, and I layered it on a Glossy White card base; the sentiment is from Christmas Quilt, stamped on vellum in Craft White and heat-embossed with white embossing powder.  I added some pearl accents and three little snowflake sequins from a past Project Life kit:

The photographs just don't do this card justice, unfortunately!  

The design team has come up with some dazzling creations!  Be sure to check them out at the Paper Players blog!  While you're there, be sure to share your own white on white creations with us!

Cassidy had to make a Thanksgiving jar for school; inside she put pre-printed activities regarding things for which they are thankful.  We rolled them up into little scrolls and tied with string.  Each day she pulls one of the activities out and completes it with or for her family!  She had to decorate the jar, so I got some ribbon and some felt leaves from a wreath kit we had never finished and she made good use of several glue dots and her unique creativity!

Nice job!  Enjoy your day and be blessed....and remember all the things for which we are thankful!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Quilt
Card stock & Papers	Glossy White, Shimmery White, Vellum
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Pearls, Snowflake Sequins, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Heat Tool, Winter Wonder Embossing Folder

Quilted Birthday

Hi everyone!  It's Wednesday, the middle of the week!  Yippee! I needed a special birthday card for a crafty friend, and I thought I would play around with the Christmas Quilt set since there are just so many possibilities with this set and I have barely scratched the surface with them!  

I liked the colors and print in this Painted Autumn DSP but I thought it might be a bit busy with the quilt triangle; I tried it and it wasn't too bad!  I stamped four triangles with Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango and Soft Sky inks, then cut them out with the matching die.  I "sewed" them together with more triangles of Very Vanilla, this time using the "stitched" portion of the die set.  I just love how this looks!  To make things a bit easier, I used a piece of scrap paper on which to adhere my triangles first, it just made it easier to trim the edges when centering it on my card.

But the best part was creating that little "spool" of thread and that darling needle!!!  Oh, I just couldn't believe how cute it was, diecut from some silver foil:

I put them all together with the sentiment from the set, added a birthday wish on the inside, and it was done!  Maybe I should have actually threaded some floss through the needle!  I'll do that next time!   I can't wait to play with this set some more!

Taking Cassidy shopping with us is always an adventure, especially if you're in a tile and marble showroom, and there is a giant marble bathtub in the waiting room right inside the front door:

  

This wasn't on our list for the remodeling project, but it would be fun to take a bath in it!!!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Quilt
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Painted Autumn DSP, Silver Foil
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Soft Sky
Accessories	Embroider Floss
Tools	Big Shot, Quilt Builder Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals

More Christmas Quilt

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you all had a good weekend!  Just a quick little card today; I am still playing with the Quilt Builder dies from the Holiday mini catalog..there are just so many possibilities with this one!  I went very simple with this card, I am hoping to use something similar to this in an upcoming Christmas card class!  I chose one of the papers from Quilted Christmas DSP pack and used the die and stitched piece together on a piece of Lemon Lime Twist, which created a clever little diecut like this:

There is another triangle die and stitched piece, so I cut four of them from Pool Party and layered them behind my "quilt", then added a simple sentiment from Christmas Quilt to the center.

The DSP was trimmed to 4 1/4" square and I mounted it on a Lemon Lime Twist card.  Simple and easy!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

The pumpkin season has begun!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Quilt
Card stock & Papers	Lemon Lime Twist, Quilted Christmas DSP, Whisper White, Pool Party
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Quilt Builder Frameliets, Dimensionals

FMS307 CAS Peace Wreath

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Another Christmas card today...when I saw the Freshly Made Sketches sketch from my sweet friend Jen, I had to make a CAS card featuring a wreath!

My card base is plain Whisper White and the wreath and holly leaves are Tranquil Tide....and aren't those little leaves cute?  Surprise--they're from the Quilt Builder Framelits!!  

First, I created the wreath the Layering Circles Framelits and Lil'Inkers' Stitched Circles dies:

Then I cut three sets of holly leaves and adhered them to the wreath and added some Real Red Candy Dots for the berries.  A little scrap of Quilted Christmas DSP and a sentiment from Christmas Quilt, and it was done!!! I just love the clean and simple look of this!  Thanks for popping in!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Quilt
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Tranquil Tide, Quilted Christmas DSP
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Candy Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Quilt Builder Framelits, Stitched Circles Dies (Lil'Inkers), Mini Dimensionals

Christmas Quilt Cards

Happy Monday, peeps!  Just a quick post today--the weekend was spent painting without any stamping at all!!!  But I made these cards a couple weeks ago, experimenting with the Quilted Christmas bundle.  As I said, they were experiments, so they aren't perfect!  

I wanted to use some warm country colors for my first card, so I used Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso ink and cardstock on top of a Crumb Cake base:

I did find that even though you can see through the clear stamps, I had better luck lining them up with my stamp-a-ma-jig (because I was too lazy to set up my Misti!!).  

My second card used the Quilted Christmas DSP stack; I wasn't thinking when I separated all my little pieces, that when I put them back together again, I should have matched up the plaids!!!  My home ec teacher from 8th grade would be tsk-tsking at me!  Next time I'll do better!  I did back the DSP with an adhesive sheet to make sticking them down easier, but I found that adhering the frame to a larger piece of adhesive sheet, stick side up, made putting the pieces on a little easier, and you wouldn't have to peel off all those tiny pieces!  

I also used the Quilt Top embossing folder, which is just delightful!  There are so many more elements to this bundle, I can't wait to play with them....but I think there aren't  enough hours in the day!

So a few of you have asked how the remodeling is coming along!  It has been a long slow process; we got walls painted but the furniture is all askew, so I won't show you pictures of that!  The cabinets finally arrived last week and my brother helped John put a couple of them up temporarily, but there is a lot of work just to get to that point!  Leveling:

Checking out the pantry and the drawers inside:

and finally attaching them temporarily:

The wall color looks green here, but it's really a bluish-gray.  In different lights it looks totally different!  There is still a LOT of work left to do, but we're getting there.  Not sure if it will be done by Thanksgiving or Christmas - we'll see.  I might need to be wearing my woolies to get my coffee from the garage if not!!

Thanks for popping by and have a blessed day!  And be sure to come back tomorrow for my Stamp Ink Paper project!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Quilt
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso
Ink	Garden Green, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Quilt Top EF, Quilt Builder Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals

FF118 Christmas Quilt

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  A quick card today for the Fab Friday color challenge:

I just received the Christmas Quilt set from the upcoming Holiday mini catalog, and was thinking how it wasn't just for Christmas! It has so many fun elements that can be used for all types of occasions!  Although lining up the panels of quilt are a little tricky, even with a Stamp-a-ma-jig, I think it still has lots of possibilities:

I remembered that I had some polka-dotted Melon Mambo DSP left from a couple of years ago, so it was the mat for my 4 1/4" card; I added a layer of Lemon Lime Twist that was stamped with the little blanket stitch stamp, then a scalloped layer of Melon Mambo and the quilt panel itself.  I stamped the outline of the quilt in Smoky Slate.  A little sentiment from Sprinkles of Life, embellished with two of the floral images from the set (and a candy dot!) finished it off!  It is a pretty, bright color combo, which is what we needed yesterday!

And here's another little bright spot in our rainy day yesterday!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Quilt, Sprinkles of Life
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist, Patterns DSP
Ink	Smoky Slate, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Memento Black
Accessories	Candy Dot
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Squares Framelits Dies, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, Mini Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig