MTS169 Avant Sugarplum

Happy Monday, everyone!  I am really running behind today; I almost didn't bother to post this card, I was so lazy!  But here it is!  I wanted to use Avant Garden and Delicate Details at least one more time before the end of SAB, and the Match the Sketch sketch seemed perfect for it:

I did some monochromatic stamping with Sweet Sugarplum ink on Sweet Sugarplum cardstock using the Avant Garden set, then ran it through the Big Shot with the Polka Dot embossing folder:

I stamped two rows of lace and the birthday sentiment from Cottage Greetings on a piece of Very Vanilla and fussy-cut the bottom and rounded the top corners.  I also added a diecut from the Flourish set of dies because I felt it needed a vertical dimension!

Another one for my birthday stash!  Thanks for popping in today!

Project Details--All Products SU
Stamps	Avant Garden, Cottage Greetings, Delicate Details
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Sweet Sugarplum
Ink	Sweet Sugarplum
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Corner Rounder Punch, Flourish Dies, Dimensionals

Paper Players 335 Sympathy in Green

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week with a timely challenge:

I think green and white is a really fresh color combo, but I usually tend to go to softer greens, so I thought I would challenge myself and use Cucumber Crush for my CAS card today:

This layout is fairly basic and simple; I stamped the leaves from Kinda Eclectic on the white panel and added a sentiment from a past Paper Pumpkin kit.  The lace is from the SAB set Delicate Details; I added a wide satin ribbon as an accent, and it was done!  The DT has done a great job with using different greens....what will you create?  Be sure to share it over at the Paper Players blog, and check out the samples while you're there!

A little puffy paint creativity:

She loves her mommy!

Enjoy your day!

Project Details--All Products SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Delicate Details, Kinda Eclectic, Paper Pumpkin (past), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Cucumber Crush
Ink	Cucumber Crush
Accessories	White Satin Ribbon (ret)
Tools

PCC231 So Sorry

Happy Monday, peeps!  We had a glorious weekend, weather-wise, but it makes me nervous, having these 60+ temps in February!  We're bound to pay for it somewhere along the line!  I had a little stamping time yesterday and made my third sympathy card for the week using the sketch from Paper Craft Crew:

I hadn't used this detailed floral image from the SAB set Avant Garden, so I paired it with some Floral Boutique papers for my creation:

It seems as if I have a lot going on here....lace, leaves, florals....but I hope it all works together.  I chose Night of Navy as a monochromatic hue.  Thanks for popping in today!

Since I got a membership to Longwood Gardens (check out their website here) for Christmas and hadn't used it yet, I asked my SIL to go with me yesterday; the weather was so nice, I think every other person in the tri-state area had the same thought---it was packed!  They have an orchid display right now, so there were orchids everywhere!

This was an orchid wall in the lobby; then an arch of orchids in the conservatory:

A reflecting pool and hanging baskets in the conservatory, and some ground cover florals:

This doorway was covered in orchids above....it's hard to capture how big it is:

A beautiful way to spend a February afternoon!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to stop back tomorrow for our Stamp Ink Paper challenge, too!

Project Details--All Products Stampin' Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Avant Garden, Kinda Eclectic, Timeless Textures, Delicate Details, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Night of Navy, Floral Boutique DSP
Ink	Night of Navy, White Craft
Accessories	White Twine, Faceted Buttons (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Nestability Banner Dies, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals

Paper Players 331

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Nance is our Paper Players hostess today with a lovely color palette!  I had so many ideas in my head!  Here's the prompt:

I used a SAB set called Delicate Details for my clean and simple creation; The sketch is from last week's Freshly Made Sketches;  I didn't have time to play with it then, so I am using it today!

My card base is Naturals White, and I stamped one of the lace panels in Smoky Slate three times and trimmed it out.  I didn't have any Copper Foil sheets, but I did have some Brushed Copper cardstock from a while back, so I used that instead to diecut some birds; I also cut some from Blushing Bride and Smoky Slate, then adhered them on each "branch". 

  

My final touches were a branch of  Brushed Copper diecut using the Flourishes die, and a little heat-embossed copper sentiment.  Of course, I messed up my first stamping, so I stamped it again and cut it out on a little banner...not the best save, but I didn't feel like starting all over again, LOL!

I am sure you have some glorious ideas for these elegant colors....can't wait to see what you create!  Be sure to share them with us at the Paper Players, and meanwhile, check out the DT samples there as well, or click on them below:

• ·        Claire
• ·        Jaydee
• ·        Joanne
• ·        Laurie
• ·        Nance
• ·        Sandy
• ·        Crystal
• ·        Valentyna
• ·        Deanne

I had to share this photo of my great-nephew Chaz from our snow day.  He is actually touching his nose with his tongue!!!  This kid is too funny!  It was so cold; look at their red cheeks, too! 

Enjoy your day!

 

Project Details
Stamps	Delicate Details, Small Sayings (ret SU)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate, Brushed Copper
Ink	Copper Encore, Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Heat Tool, Copper Embossing Powder, Bitty Banners Die, Flourishes Die, Chirping Birds Die (Poppystamps)

FMS270 Delicate Details

Hi everyone!  My card today uses the FMS sketch and some old and new goodies!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card....I am a bit on the fence about it, so I might try this again without my shabby bow:

I have seen a lot of ombre-toned cards and I thought this pretty new SAB set, Delicate Designs would be appropriate for trying out this technique!  I heat-embossed all the patterns with white craft ink and white embossing powder on a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Here's how I lined up all the images on one large acrylic plate:

If you're like me, you sometimes have trouble keeping those clear stamps straight, so I take a quilter's ruler and lay it on my block, then push the edge of the stamp up against it to keep it in line!  (It works better if you start from the top and work down; I was a bit backwards here!)   I then used a sponge to sponge on Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose and Rose Red inks on top of the embossing:

I added a sentiment from Sealed with Love, a diecut lacy edge from Regal Rose, and a shabby ribbon from some seam binding I had in my stash.  Just for fun, I added a little heart charm as well:

It's the bow I am not sure of....might be a little too much for the delicate design of the lace!  But for now, that's how it's rolling!

Cassidy saw a video on her tablet about how to make a glittery night light.....which involved Grammy's  ModPodge, dabbed inside a little jar, then sprinkled with various colors of glitter:

A tea light goes inside the upside-down jar lid and the jar is screwed on top.  It was kinda cute, and it kept her busy for a while!!!  Of course, we had glitter everywhere and each time you turn off the tea-light, there's another shower of it!  But it was fun!

Enjoy your day!

Project Details
Stamps	Delicate Details, Sealed with Love
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose (ret)
Ink	White Craft, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose (ret), Rose Red
Accessories	Rose Red Seam Binding, Charm (ret)
Tools	Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, Big Shot, Finishing Touches Edgelits (ret)

Stamp Ink Paper 80 - Get Well Bird

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I am thrilled that I've been asked to be on the Stamp Ink Paper DT on a permanent basis!  Today's challenge is cardmaker's choice!  

Honestly, this was more difficult than I imagined, because I have SO MANY favorites!!  My favorite on  any given day might change with the season, my mood or the holiday!  Anyway, I decided in the end on this sweet bird from Red Lead, along with some other images I randomly stamped on some pretty Pool Party-hued paper from Fancy Pants:

It wasn't hard to choose my favorite color, and I love birds, and I love collage stamping, and I love shabby ribbon, so the rest was easy!  There are feathers, eggs, lace and postmarks, all stamped in various shades.....the eggs (Nature Walk) were colored with some ink and a blender pen, cut out and popped up:

I added a tag, also lightly stamped with a honeycomb design:

and the inside sentiment was stamped over the egg image as well!  I never have enough get well cards, so this is beginning my stash!  I'll have the supply list at the bottom!

Just thought I would share a photo from the weekend get-together with John's family!  Here are some amazing women that I am blessed to have in my family:

Me, John's sister Mimi, John's sister-in-law Colleen, and John's stepmother, Trish!  Mimi is a great hostess and we had a wonderful brunch together.  And here are a few of the guys...they seem to be deep in discussion, probably solving the world's problems:

John's BIL Charlie, his stepfather Bob, John, and Dana's boyfriend Wayne!  I think the girls were having more fun than the guys, though, LOL!

Enjoy your day and thanks for popping in!

Project Details
Stamps	Nature Walk, French Foliage, (both retired SU), Butterfly Basics, Delicate Details (new SAB), Trendy Feathers (Stamplorations), Bird (Red Lead), Hero Arts CL342 (Inside sentiment), Our Daily Bread Designs Mini Tag Sentiments (Tag sentiment)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Gray, Park Bench (Fancy Pants)
Ink	Basic Black, Basic Gray, Pool Party, Soft Sky
Accessories	Hand-dyed shabby seam binding, black & white baker's twine
Tools	Big Shot, old Cuttlebug tag die, dimensionals, sponges

Stamp Ink Paper 79

Happy Tuesday again, peeps!  If you're looking for my TSOT post, it's here.  Today is my last challenge for the Stamp Ink Paper team, and Justin has a great one for us....forced me out of my Christmas card-making endless loop:

I just got some SAB goodies...yes, it's coming up to that time of the year!  In fact, I have a whole box of goodies that I haven't even delved into yet...too much Christmas going on!  But I did pull out Delicate Details and So Very Much, because I needed a thank-you card for a new customer.  Here we go:

Sweet Sugarplum is such a pretty shade, so I decided to create my card using it as my card base. I stamped the sentiment in white craft ink and embossed it with white embossing powder, then added some details from Awesomely Artistic, stamping right over top of the embossing:

and Delicate Details (LOVE this new set!):

And finally, I stamped a bird from Best Birds on thick white cardstock, diecut it out and added some very loose, light watercoloring with Sweet Sugarplum and Smoky Slate inks and an aquapainter:

I just love this little guy!  I hope you'll play with our challenge this week...I know it's a crazy time of the year but maybe you can squeeze in one more challenge!  Hope to see you at SIP!

We FINALLY got our tree up, although if this tree lasts until December 25, it will be a Christmas miracle.  It drops its needles if you just LOOK at it.  The dustbuster is a permanent fixture, plugged in and ready to use each & every day!  I am almost convinced to go artificial next year!

Of course, I had a helper!

Always clownin' around!

Enjoy your day!