GDP438 Inked & Tiled Easter

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I have an easy card today using the Inked & Tiled stamp set along with the Inked Botanicals DSP, and a wee bit of embossing!  Here's the sketch I used from Global Design Project:

I used both sides of one piece of the DSP, and did some heat embossing on the Crushed Curry side with the floral stamp and some Craft White ink and embossing powder:

To make the florals stand out a bit more, I added some loose watercoloring in Crushed Curry around the edges of the flowers and stems:

I heat embossed an Easter sentiment on a piece of Calypso Coral, again in white ink and embossing powder, then overstamped it with the word stamps from Quiet Meadow in Versamark ink, for a very faint background; hope you can see it here:

Two Iridescent Gems and it was on its way! 

We'll go with some coral-hued flowers from Longwood today!

 Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Inked & Tiled, Throughout the Year, Quiet Meadow
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Inked Botanicals
Ink	Craft White, Versamark, Crushed Curry
Accessories	White Embossing Powder, Iridescent Gems
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquapainter

PP657 Color Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Hope your weekend is going well so far! We're to have a picnic today at church--we'll see how the weather cooperates!  Meanwhile, Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess today and her color challenge really did challenge me!  Yikes---check it out!

Oh my...the dreaded Wild Wheat AND Pebbled Path, LOL!  Well, I gave it a go, that's what challenges are for, right?  And I will admit that I was happy with the outcome!  Here we go:

It helped that I had a fun sketch to work with; this one is from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

along with the Dainty Designs stamps and dies.  I stamped the images in Saddle Brown Stazon ink, then colored them with reinkers and an aquapainter.  I adhered them to a Pebbled Path frame diecut with the Countryside Corners dies:

I added Stitched Rectangle panels, embossed with the Timber embossing folder and an embossed sentiment from Inked & Tiled, stamped on Pretty Peacock:

I added a few diecut flowers leaves, and everything went on an embossed panel of Timeworn Type.  These colors are pretty nice for fall, and they work wonderfully together in lighter shades and small doses, LOL!  Since The Flower Challenge is looking for die cuts this week, I am also going to enter it there!

I hope you'll play along with Jaydee's color challenge...don't be intimidated by it like I was, they're really lovely fall colors and I know you'll be able to use them to their best advantage.  Hop on over to the Paper Players blog to see what the other designers did to get some more inspiration! 

My two great-nephews are following in their dad's footsteps, learning a lot of outdoor skills; here, they're learning archery while dad watches:

We've got a righty and a lefty!

We recently found out that a little sister will be added to the family...she'll probably learn all this good stuff too!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!
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Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Delights, Inked & Tiled
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pebbled Path, Pretty Peacock, Wild Wheat, Copper Clay
Ink	Saddle Brown Stazon, Pretty Peacock, Wild Wheat, Copper Clay, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timber Embossing Folder, Timeworn Type Embossing Folder, Dainty Delights Dies, Countryside Corners Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Timeless Arrangements Dies, Heat Tool, Aquapainter

HSS421 Warm Hello

Happy Thursday, peeps! I am gently steering towards fall stamping...the colors and hues of the new colors as well goodies in the mini catalog are calling my name, LOL!  The Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge this week was a good one to get me started:

I pulled out the new set Fruitful Blessings, some watercolor paper and went to work:

I stamped the pears in Stazon Black and watercolored them with Pecan Pie and Copper Clay inks, then diecut them out with the matching dies.  I mounted them on a Copper Clay banner that was embossed with the Twisted Rope embossing folder. The Misty Moonlight panel was stamped with a foliage image from the set, and the Pecan Pie card was stamped with some foliage from the Inked & Tiled set.  I think the images complement each other nicely!

I added some Rustic Twine and Textured Ribbon as an embellishment, and added a sentiment from Circle Sayings to finish the front. On the inside, I added a couple more layers and another foliage image from Inked & Tiled:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Inked & Tiled, Circle Sayings, Fruitful Blessings
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Watercolor, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie, Copper Clay
Ink	Boho Blue, Pecan Pie, Copper Clay, Stazon Black, Versamark
Accessories	Copper Clay Rustic Twine, Copper Clay Textured Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Twisted Rope Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Fruitful Blessings Dies, Deckle Edge Rectangle Dies, Nested Essential Dies, Sponge Dauber, Aquapainter

GDP405 Sea Turtles and a True Confession

Happy Friday, peeps! My card today was a bit of an experiment but since it didn't turn out too awfully bad, I went with it!  It uses the color palette at Global Design Project:

Now, here's my confession (don't hate me)....I really do not care for either Wild Wheat or Pebbled Path.  Having been a demo for over 20 years, I've seen my share of colors, 99% of them I have been okay with.  These two....well, let's just say I have to force myself to use them!  I LOVE Boho Blue, so at least they got that one right.  But of all the possible colors that whoever the powers-that-be at SU could have chosen as In Colors, I think they certainly could have picked better ones! And I would be interested in what my readers think....I know Shawn likes Pebbled Path, so I'll try to get used to that one, LOL!   

Okay, rant over....I am accepting the challenge to use these colors!  I got some new fun stamps recently and since I am still practicing my heat embossing,  I put the colors, some white craft ink and embossing powder and a little Sea Turtle to work:

Each turtle was stamped in White Craft ink and heat embossed with White embossing powder, then diecut with the largest banner die from Nested Essentials.  This is a reversible stamp set, which means you can use either side of the images; one is detailed, the other is a block image.  I used the block image of the bubbles with Versamark ink to create a background on each banner, then added some Faceted Gems on each one as well:

I added a sentiment from Inked & Tiled, diecut with a Timeless Arrangment die and popped it up in the middle.

Everything went on a card base that was embossed with the Twisted Rope embossing folder.  I will try giving this color combo another go later....that was enough Wild Wheat for me for one day!  Thanks for popping in!

A few more birthday greetings!  This pretty one is from Tracy:

I don't have these papers or this stamp set, so this will go in my sample box!!  And Michele KNOWS how much I love my birds....this card is a treasure:

And this fun hourglass card is from Kathy...her embossing is PERFECT!

Thanks, ladies!  I have treasured looking at these over and over!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sea Turtle, Inked & Tiled
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pebbled Path, Boho Blue, Wild Wheat
Ink	Pebbled Path, Craft White, Versamark
Accessories	Dimensionals, Faceted Gems (ret), White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Twisted Rope Embossing Folder, Nested Essentials Dies, Timeless Arrangments Dies, Heat Tool

PP651 Blueberry TicTac Toe

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and since it's the fifth Sunday of the month, Jaydee has a tic-tac-toe grid for us:

I chose the left column of flowers, feminine and blue!  I did manage to get some diecuts and embossing in there too!  Here we go:

I also used the sketch from Sunday Stamps and the Just Add Ink challenge had a "choose two" prompt, so I chose gingham and flowers (and I did add a couple of splatters too!):

I stamped and fussy-cut the flowers from Inked and Tiled and layered them on a panel of  Blueberry Bushel cardstock and gingham:

and added a Tailor Made Tag on which I stamped a sentiment from Biggest Wish:

I added some seam binding ribbon and some blue gems and mounted everything on a Basic White card base that was embossed with the Countryside Blossoms embossing folder.  I think this gingham creates a very fresh-looking card!  And I hope you'll play along with our Tic Tac Toe grid this week!  Check out what the other designers created with it over at the Paper Players blog!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Inked & Tiled, Color & Contour (speckles)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blueberry Bushel Gingham
Ink	Blueberry Bushel, Garden Green, Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Rhinestones, Crinked Seam Binding (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Countryside Blossoms EF, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Night of Navy Blend (to color rhinestone)

IM507 Hello Friend

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I think the Inked Botanicals DSP is one of the prettiest in the catalog this year, and have been making good use of the pretty prints and patterns it features.  The sketch from In(k)spire Me was a good one for that:

I only used the sketch this time, not the optional color palette, so here we go:

My sentiment comes from Inked & Tiles, stamped in Lost Lagoon on Very Vanilla cardstock, and it was diecut with the new Nested Essential Dies.  I added a second layer, diecut in Calypso Coral.  The banner behind it is from the same die set; I embossed it with the Countryside Blossoms embossing folder, then cut it in half to "stretch" it a little bit behind my sentiment panel.  An Iridescent Pastel gem finished it off.  

Cassidy's soccer team came in second in their playoffs on Sunday.  Her entire middle school went to Hershey Park yesterday and the last day of school is tomorrow!  The summer begins!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Edited to add:  The measurements for this card are:

    Lost Lagoon mat:  4" x 5 1/4"

    Top and bottom panels:  1 7/8" x 2 1/2"

    REMEMBER:  If you have a question, please be sure to send me an email.  My email address is on the upper right corner of my blog! If you ask a question in the comment screen, many times I have no way of contacting you!  ♥ 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Inked & Tiled
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Inked Botanicals DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Iridescent Pastel Gem, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Countryside Blossoms EF, Nested Essentials Dies

FMS588 Happy Lemon Lolly Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps! It's going to be HOT here in SE PA! We've had a string of absolutely gorgeous weather, so I am not complaining, although we are going to need some RAIN here very soon!  Anyway, I have a very simple card today for the FMS sketch by Jen Mitchell:

I am still getting used to the new colors SU revealed this year, and Lemon Lolly is one that I haven't used much.  I am not much of a yellow fan, so I challenged myself to use it and I paired it with another subtle, Soft Seafoam:

I embossed a half-diagonal panel of Basic White with the Leaf Falling embossing folder, then added the diecut scallop along the edge.  The stamped image is from Timeless Arrangements, stamped in Soft Seafoam and colored with a Blender Pen and ink.  Sentiment is from Inked & Tiled.  I did ad a wee little gem and some really old retired ribbon (I recently "organized" all my ribbons--amazing what I found!) and mounted it all on a Lemon Lolly card base.

Originally I had planned to use these images from Courage & Faith for the front panel but it was too big, so I added it to the inside:

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

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire." Hebrews 12:28-29

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Timeless Arrangements, Courage and Faith, Inked and Tiled
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Soft Seafoam
Ink	Lemon Lolly, Soft Seafoam
Accessories	Dimensionals, Genial Gems (ret), Daffodil Delight Narrow Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contour Dies, Blender Pen, Leaf Falling Embossing Folder

TMS709 Inked & Tiled Birthday

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  I have a quick, easy card today that uses a fantastic sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I still had a few pretty scraps left from my Regency Park DSP, so I decided to use some coordinating ones along with one of the floral images from Inked & Tiled:

The measurements I used for each 5 1/4" panel were 1 7/8", 1 1/4" and 3/4" but I think the next time I use the sketch I may increase them a wee bit as there is a lot of white card base showing.  Anyway, the florals were stamped in Petal Pink and the sentiment in Calypso Coral, with a Calypso Coral scalloped mat behind the Stylish Shapes circle.  

I added some gems, and stamped some other florals on the inside, along with a sentiment from the retired Peaceful Moments:

This will be winging its way across the world to a special friend for her birthday! 

A couple more "ducky" pictures from the hike...well, technically they're geese and goslings:

 Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Inked & Tiled, Peaceful Moments (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Calypso Coral, Regency Park DSP (ret)
Ink	Petal Pink, Calypso Coral
Accessories	Faceted Gems (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret)

AHSC427 Just a Note

Happy Tuesday, everyone! It feels like Sunday to me...or Monday, can't decide which!  Anyway, I have a card today using the Atlantic Hearts sketch:

For the background, I didn't really have any diagonal DSP that I liked, so I opted for the diagonal gingham DSP in Pretty Peacock that's new in the catalog this year, and paired it with Lost Lagoon for my card:

It gave me a chance to use my new Cane Weave embossing folder too!  I added a sentiment from Inked & Tiled on a Tailor Made Tag die:

And some flowers from Dainty Delight finished it off!  They were stamped in Lost Lagoon, then filled in with Pool Party and Lost Lagoon inks with a Blender Pen:

I am so happy you popped in today!  

The kids took a hike at Susquehanna State Park yesterday!  It's right along the Susquehanna River in Havre de Grace, Maryland.

Look at this mama duck and her ducklings!  So cute!  The water looks rough, but they're keeping mama in sight!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dainty Designs, Inked & Tiled
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock Glorious Gingham
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals, Lost Lagoon Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dainty Delight Dies, Tailor Made Tag Dies, Cane Weave EF