TCC151 Mother's Day

Hi peeps, happy Wednesday!  It's time for a new Card Concept challenge and Julie has a gorgeous one for us today: 

Rather than try to duplicate that beautiful vase of flowers, I decided to use the blue and pink hues of the tableware in my clean-and-layered card today:

Pacific Point doesn't quite match the colors in the photo, but it was close enough!  I used a retired SU background stamp called Floral, and matted it with a layer of Magenta Madness.  The sentiment is from Welcoming Window and diecut with a die from Pierced Blooms, which is also the die for the flowers and leaves:

I added a little In Color jewel as a simple embellishment! 

What will inspire you from our photo?  Be sure to check out the different "styles" at The Card Concept blog and be sure to tell us what your style is!  Can't wait to see it!

Jameson had his sixth birthday recently, and he kindly shared the privilege of blowing out the candles with his little brother Sawyer:

Some cake, too!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Welcoming Window, Floral BG (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Magenta Madness
Ink	Pacific Point, Magenta Madness
Accessories	2021-2022 In Color Jewels, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Pierced Blooms Dies

IB107 Quiet Imaginings

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Time for another Inspired By:

Well.....now I have nothing that says"quiet" in my large stamp collection....so I chose to concentrate of those shutters and the colors!  I am happy with the way it turned out:

 

I pulled out some oldies for this card today!  I had seen this pretty layout from Susan at Simplicity and knew I wanted to use it for my three panels....I just positioned mine a little differently so that I could add my sentiment and the background embossing would show!  SO....I inked up my retired Floral background stamp in three colors:  Soft Sky, Soft Seafoam and Tim Holtz Antique Linen, on Naturals White cardstock and used a Stitched Rectangle die to cut them all out: 

I also stamped the "imagine" in Soft Sky, and went looking in my dusty embellishments bin, where I found a chipboard bird and an organdy rose; they seemed to go nicely!  My final embellishment was some Soft Sky seam binding, which I shabbied up and made into a bow, then adhered to my sentiment:

The card base is also Naturals White, embossing with the Vine Street folder.  I left the inside blank, I haven't decided how I'll use this card yet!

I hope you'll pop over to the Inspired By blog to see how this photo prompted the design team!  While you're there, share yours with us too!  Thanks for popping in today!

Today is Wayne's birthday (and our anniversary), so we had them over for dinner last night!  When they got home, Cassidy gave Wayne a birthday card she made:

(I love the goatee)....and when he opened it up, she had drawn the Philaldelphia 76er's logo (they're going to a game on Friday), printed and cut out a picture of him (with added goatee), and had it signed by all her classmates and the kids at the pre-school program she goes to:

He was very surprised...as were Mommy, Grampy and I!  What a kid!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Floral (ret), Imagine Words (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret)
Ink	Soft Seafoam, Soft Sky (ret), Antique Linen (Tim Holtz)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Soft Sky Seam Binding, Organdy Rose (both ret), Chipboard Bird (unknown), Soft Sky Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Vine Street Embossing Folder (ret)

RR111 Beauty in All Things

Happy Tuesday, peeps! It's time for another fun RetroRubber challenge...a tic-tac-toe!  Check it out:

I chose the diagonal line of Tone-on-Tone, Flowers and Sponging!  I managed to do quite a bit of the tone-on-tone and sponging, LOL!  So here's my creation:

The rose image is from Unity's Kit of the Month for June, 2011....I stamped it in Versamark ink on our new Rococo Rose, cut it with a stitched rectangle die and sponged the edges.  My Sahara Sand card base was stamped with the Floral background stamp (2005) in Sahara Sand ink, and it was sponged too!  The Soft Suede panel was stamped with the French Script background stamp (2006) and it was liberally sponged too!  My white doily was sponged with Crumb Cake ink to give it a vintage feel, and these retired organdy roses were glued on and sprinkled with some vintage glitter after being brushed with some glue:

I added a little braided twine trim to finish it off!  The inside is blank, because I haven't quite decided for what occasion I'll use this! I haven't done a vintage piece like this for a long time, it was fun to do!  I hope you'll play along with our challenge too!  Just remember that your stamps must be at least a year old....not ancient like mine, just at least a year!  Share it with us at Retro Rubber...can't wait to see what you create!

So we have had this crazy robin around our house, I think I mentioned it in an earlier post....he has made a nuisance of himself, sitting on our car mirrors and making a mess:

On Saturday, I ran some errands and left my car out while I unloaded things from the back; I left it in the drive with the windows partially down.  When I went to get back in the car to go to a banquet at church, the robin was INSIDE MY CAR!!!!

  

He was right next to the open window, but couldn't quite figure out how to get out.  I had to open two doors before he flew out.   And yes......he pooped ALL OVER the inside!!  But it was really funny!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	All Smiles (Unity), Floral Background, French Script Background (both ret)
Card stock & Papers	Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Rococo Rose
Ink	Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Versamark
Accessories	Braided Twine, Doily, Organdy Roses (ret), Glitter
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Sponge Daubers

Inspired By #9 In the Meadow

Happy Thursday, peeps! And Happy March!  Is it coming in like a lion or a lamb where you live?  Hope you've been having a good week so far....I am feeling better, just in time for Laurel's Inspired By challenge!  I was lying in bed one night, thinking about the prompt and I remembered this beautiful background stamp SU had called Floral, so I pulled it out and went to work:

I love the richness of Tranquil Tide on Garden Green....reminds me of the green swaths of grass at Longwood Gardens!  I added some yellow roses from Altenew, a sentiment from Technique Tuesday, and after seeing this card by Laurel, I pulled out a PTI hexagon die and added a little vellum panel...I hope she doesn't mind that I CASEd her, LOL!

On the Crumb Cake base, I also stamped some Burlap, and you can see how I stamped "so very" so very crookedly....sigh, even with a Misti, sometimes I still go awry!

Anyhoo, here's Laurel's inspiration prompt:

Perfect for spring...how will you interpret this lovely little work of art?  Can't wait to see yours, and be sure to pop by the Inspired By blog to see the DT's take on it!  And Laurel has set up a Facebook page too....go over and "like" us!!

Santa-inspired Emoji nightwear....she cracks me up!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Burlap Background, Floral Background (ret), Painted Flowers (Altenew), So Blessed (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Vellum
Ink	Tranquil Tide, Garden Green, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Hello Honey (ret)
Accessories	Pearls, White Sequin (from my stash)
Tools	Big Shot, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Seasonal Layers Framelits, Painted Flowers Dies (Altenew), Hexagon Die (Papertrey), Dimensionals

Paper Players 94

Happy Sunday!  What a beautiful weekend we have been having!  I hope you have some time this week to play our Paper Players challenge….Nance is our hostess, and here is the challenge:

Aren’t these little cupcakes on their own little stands just the cutest thing?  I chose to do a “love” theme as my mom is gone, and I wanted to highlight those cute little birds perched on each plate!  The color palette from Pals Paper Arts this week of Baja Breeze, Calypso Coral and So Saffron was a close match, and check out this sketch from the girls at A La Card Monkey:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So here is my love-themed card:

I pulled out a couple of retired sets to make this; a hostess set called Punch Potpourri and a background stamp called Floral.  I found some woodgrain DP that mimicked the table; I heat embossed the birds on vellum cardstock with white craft ink and white embossing powder.  The vellum circles behind them were stamped in white craft ink with the Floral stamp, and I flipped them over so that I had a softer image.  It’s a bit hard to see, but here’s a closeup:

There’s also a heart image in the set with some French-looking script; I embossed it the same way and diecut out a couple of tags as well as a little heart to help my sentiment show up better, and attached them to a scrunchy Baja Breeze seam binding bow that I tie-dyed:

 

If you’re a SU customer and are lamenting the fact that craft inks are going away, as long as you have a Versamark pad, you can still emboss in color!  To get the embossed “Love” tag, I simply inked my sentiment from Pennant Parade first in Versamark, then again in Calypso Coral, and stamped….then embossed with clear embossing powder.  Just be sure to clean your stamp before you ink again in the Versamark!!!  If you have any questions about my card, just shoot me an email!

I hope you’ll be inspired to make a Mother’s Day-themed creation and share it with us!  And be sure to check out the other Paper Players designers, and welcome Narelle Farrugia as our guest designer this month!

With temps in the high 80s, we were able to get some sandbox time…..and we had sand EVERYWHERE…..which led to some bathtub time!!  And be sure to check out the image on the shirt!!!