PP737 Color Challenge from Ann

Happy Sunday, and Happy Mother's Day if you're a mom of any sort!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess today and she has a lovely color palette for us to play with:

My first thought went to flowers, but I had to be a rebel and opted instead for another Christmas card! Check it out:

I used the snowflake images from Iconic Imagery, diecutting them and embellishing them with a wee little rhinestone.  They are sitting on a Basic White panel that was embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder.  Words from the same set were stamped at the top in Berry Burst, and I added a sweet little Lost Lagoon Soft Cord bow for another embellishment:

I stamped a sentiment from Greetings of the Season on the inside, along with a few more snowflakes:

My layout is from Linda's Freshly Made Sketches sketch, and I am also entering this at the Krafty Chicks, where they are looking for Christmas:

These colors are so pretty, I hope you'll be able to create something lovely with them too!  Be sure to check out what the DT created at the PP blog and share yours with us!  Thanks for visiting! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Greetings of the Season
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon DSP (ret), Bubble Bath DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Bubble Bath, Berry Burst
Accessories	Rhinestones, Lost Lagoon Soft Cording, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Iconic Imagery Dies

PP717 Sketch from Stef

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Stef is our Paper Players hostess this week with a fabulous sketch!  So much fun to use some new and old products!  Here's her sketch:

The Sentimental Christmas DSP has some wonderful vintage images in it (I've bought three packs already!!) but the opposite sides of the papers feature larger images that are better suited for scrapbooking.  Since I don't scrapbook, I thought I would try to incorporate one of those larger patterns into my card today.  Here we go:

I cut out a portion of the greenery and matted it with a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock, then fussy cut the lantern and popped it up with a little Linen Thread hanger:

In hindsight, I wish I had done some sponging around the edges, but too late now! Anyway, you can't see it, but I also added some Wink of Stella to the flame.  I created a mat for the whole card using another piece of the paper, and then stamped and diecut the sentiment from Iconic Imagery on a scrap left over:

The diagonal panel was a piece of Soft Shimmer paper in Pretty Peacock from last year...what a nice touch it adds!  The Greetings of the Season sentiment went on the inside:

I was really happy with the outcome and I am saving this sketch for the future!  I hope you'll hop over to the Players' blog and see what lovely creations all the other designers dreamed up!  Share yours with us too!  

Not only did our family celebrate Thanksgiving yesterday, we also celebrated my great-nephew Coby's first birthday (and his mom is due again in January!!!):

Of course, his cousins Jameson and Sawyer had to get in some cake smashing too!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings of the Season, Iconic Imagery
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Sentimental Christmas DSP, Pretty Peacock Soft Shimmer (ret)
Ink	Pretty Peacock
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Iconic Imagery Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

CASC&S548 x Two

Happy Monday, peeps!  Today is stamp club but I just had to share a couple of cards I made over the weekend!  First, let me say that the stamping community is so wonderful; if you give other stampers their due credit, you usually can "borrow" their ideas and make them your own!  Amanda Mertz at Did You Stamp Today? is one of my favorite stampers and she had a card recently that I thought I would CASE (Copy And Share Everything) with a current color challenge from CAS Colours & Sketches:

You can see her card HERE. I wanted to re-create that card using the above colors, and here's my take on it:

I used the Iconic Imagery set, punches and dies, and the challenge colors.  I love it, but it wasn't quite clean and simple enough for me to enter, in my opinion!

And here's the inside:

SO, I went back to the drawing board to make a new card!  This time I used Golden Greenery and Peaceful Season in the challenge colors, along with the Birch Wood embossing folder:

I finally mastered a trick to get these double die-cuts to line up easily (maybe I'll share that in a later post):

And here's the inside:

But that's not the end of the story!  Yesterday, Amanda posted THIS card on her blog; a little bit different than my card, but we were on the same wave length for sure.  And honestly, I made this card before seeing hers!  Anyway, I think my second card is sufficiently CAS for the challenge, so in it goes!

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

Project Details for Both Cards—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season, Iconic Imagery, Golden Greenery, Choose Happy
Card stock & Papers	Real Red, Shy Shamrock, Shaded Spruce, Basic White
Ink	Real Red, Shy Shamrock, Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Dimensional, Festive Pearls, Red Satin Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Birch Wood Embossing Folder, Golden Greenery Dies, Peaceful Season Dies, Various Circle Punches (ret), White Gel Pen (Posca)

FMS652 Hot Cocoa Day

Happy Thursday, everyone! I am back from vacationing at the Delaware shore and we had lovely weather and a wonderful time! I felt a bit rusty going into my stamp room yesterday, but Linda had a fun sketch at FMS, so that helped get me started!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I couldn't wait to play with the new DSP called Sentimental Christmas, along with a sentiment from Christmas Labels!  I just think that sentiment is the cutest! I added a cup of cocoa from Latte Love, stamped in Poppy Parade on Basic Beige, and I added a snowflake from Iconic Imagery:

The circle die is from Spotlight on Nature dies; I added a small snowflake from a retired set called Warmth & Wonder.  The horizontal panel is a piece of Pecan Pie cut with a die from Iconic Imagery as well; I cut it in half to make it seem longer!  Here's the inside:

While I had all my supplies out, I made another card; this time I used the Christmas Labels die as well as the smaller cups, diecut from the striped paper:

And here's the inside as well:

I love these papers!  Thanks for visiting today!

Dana, Wayne and Cassidy came to spend a few days with us on vacation, which was really fun!  We took a sunset lighthouse and dolphin cruise from Lewes; the sunset wasn't cooperative, but we saw LOTS of dolphins!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Latte Love, Christmas Labels, Warmth & Wonder (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Basic Beige, Sentimental Christmas DSP
Ink	Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Naturals Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Iconic Imagery Dies, Latte Love Dies, Christmas Labels Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies

AHSC592 Christmas Washi

Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch! Check it out:

These diagonal lines reminded me of washi tape, which I rarely use! I pulled out some Christmas ones and did some layering:

For the floral element, I diecut a snowflake from some CTMH glimmer paper, along with a few little swirls:

I stamped one of the new Christmas Labels in retired Baja Breeze ink, along with a cute little Iconic Imagery snowflake!

This one went together quickly, once I figured out what I wanted to do!  Hope you'll play along too!  You'll be able to see all the DT samples on Wednesday so be sure to check them out at Atlantic Hearts.

I am going to be taking a little bloggy break for the next week or so, doing some R&R!  I'll see you in September (remember that song?!)!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Labels, Iconic Imagery
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Aqua Glimmer (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Baja Breeze (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Washi Tape (from my stash, so old I can't remember where I bought it!)
Tools	Cut & EMboss Machine, Christmas Cardinal Die (ret), Make a Snowflake Die (Taylored Expressions)

PP704 Sketch from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, everyone! Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week with a fabulous sketch! I just love sketches!  Here's what she came up with:

I went with a square-shaped card and pulled out my neglected Nests of Winter DSP! This card features almost all paper....only one wee little stamp:

I paired the twig paper with some Country Lace paper and diecut the bird from the Nests of Winter paper as well, using the Winterly Tree Tops dies.  I mounted him on a couple of diecut circles, stamped the word "peace" from Iconic Imagery and finished it off with some sequins and a Moody Mauve mat:

I added a sentiment from the retired set called Greatest Part of Christmas:

Easy and simple to let the paper do most of the work!  I hope you'll be inspired by our sketch and will play along with us at the Paper Players blog!  See you there!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Greatest Part of Christmas (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Gray, Moody Mauve, Nests of Winter DSP, Country Lace DSP
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Every Day Essentials Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret)

Hello Fall with Iconic Imagery

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Hope you're having a good week so far!  It definitely does not feel like August here in SE PA, but that's fine with me!  Since it feels more fall-like, I decided to play with some fall images from the new Iconic Imagery bundle.  I used the colors from Hand-Stamped Sentiments (gulp, Wild Wheat is in there!) as well as the fun sketch from CAS Colour & Sketches:

So here we go:

I diecut three leaves from Very Vanilla cardstock and stamped them with the challenge colors, stamping off for the centers.  A few little sprigs from the same die set were cut with matching colors, tucked behind each leaf on a Spotlight on Nature circle...the one that looks like a paper plate! Not sure if I am happy with that look but it is what it is!  I also embossed another Vanilla panel with the Leaf Fall embossing folder to add to the fall feel:

The sentiment is from Choose Happy and it just happens to fit in the wee little banner die featured in Iconic Imagery as well! Serentipitous!  A few more leaves and a pretty sentiment from Sketched Butterflies went on the inside:

Off to the library to get some more books! I just read a great book and I must say that I LOVED it! It was called Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen....very cleverly done, intriguing story, twists and turns, and a happy ending!  I also read The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander! It was cute too!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Choose Happy, Sketched Butterflies
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Moody Mauve, Wild Wheat, Blackberry Bliss
Ink	Moody Mauve, Wild Wheat, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Iconic Imagery Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Leaf Fall Embossing Folder

AHSC591 Peace & Joy

Happy Monday, peeps! I am playing with some new goodies today, using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch:

 

The new Graceful Greenery vellum is really pretty; it coordinates with the Golden Greenery stamp set, but I paired it today with a sentiment from Iconic Images:

I backed the vellum with a piece of Basic White so I could layer it on a Mossy Meadow card, which I stamped with a sprig from the retired Sparkle of the Season.  I stamped the sentiment words in Old Olive and Pecan Pie on an Iconic Imagery die, and layered it on a Spotlight on Nature circle diecut:

I stamped a couple of little sprinkles behind the sentiment, and put some linen thread behind it.  The inside sentiment and die are from Christmas Labels....you're going to be seeing a lot of this in the future!

This is a lovely sketch and I hope you'll play along at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

She liked the card!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Labels, Iconic Imagery, Sparkle of the Season (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Pecan Pie, Graceful Greenery Vellum
Ink	Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Craft White, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals, Linen Thread
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Iconic Imagery Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Christmas Labels Dies