PP686 CAS From Jaydee

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week with a sweet clean-and-simple challenge:

There is a cute heart-shaped tulip image in the Hooray for Surprises set, so I chose to use that for my simple image.  Here we go:

I used the sketch from In(k)spire Me as well as the colors from Just Us Girls:

I heat embossed the image in white on Pale Papaya, then added a little Peach Pie ink to each of the flowers, then diecut it out along with another plain heart to layer behind it.  (I forgot to order the new In Color cardstocks!!)  I added a sentiment from Unbounded Love and tucked it behind the hearts, embellishing them both with some Iridescent gems:

The vertical panel was embossing with a polka dot embossing folder, then layered with Soft Sky and Pale Papaya mats.  Because this is a clean-and-simple challenge, I left the background of the card base plain!

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week! Remember to keep it clean and simple! This card is probably a little more detailed than I usually do for CAS, but it does have a lot of white space, so I think it still qualifies! Check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog, and we hope to see you there too!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pale Papaya (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Peach Pie, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Iridescent Gems, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Hooray for Surprises Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Heat Tool, Blender Pen

Inkspire Me #529 Easter Bunny

Hi there, everyone! Happy Friday! I have a fun little Easter card today using the sketch from In(k)spire Me:

I can't let Easter go by without using my Tim Holtz Carrot Bunny die:

He was created with Basic White, Basic Black, Bubble Bath, Pumpkin Pie, Pale Papaya, Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist cardstocks, mounted on a Very Vanilla diecut circle and embellished with some Crisp Cantaloupe twine:

The sentiment is from a very old Purple Onion set, and the background paper is from Carta Bella's Home Again line, which matches the Soft Succulent card base perfectly!  Isn't he a cutie!? Although I will admit that those teeeeeeeny tiny pieces are a bit fiddly! Next time I am using a marker to make his eyes, LOL!   Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seasonal Sayings (Purple Onion)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Pale Papaya (ret), Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Bubble Bath, Soft Succulent (ret), Home Again (Carta Bella)
Ink	Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Crisp Cantaloupe Thick Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Essentials Dies, Large Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Carrot Bunny Dies (Tim Holtz)

Three Vintage Christmas Cards

 Happy Monday, peeps!  Phew, I'm beat.  It was a crazy hectic day yesterday between church and our covered dish supper, then Christmas Carol hymn sing....but it really put me in the Christmas spirit!  Today is grocery shopping and laundry....so this will be quick!  The challenge from In(k)spire Me is Retro Christmas, and Inspire.Create also wants Christmas this week!  I have had this wood mounted stamp from Inkadinkado for a long time and have never inked it up!  I actually took it off the wood block so I could use it in my Stamparatus and while I was at it, I made three!  

So here we go:

I am not quite sure why the colors in my photo are really off; my images are stamped on Crumb Cake and the card bases are Cherry Cobbler, Misty Moonlight and Shaded Spruce, but it certainly doesn't look like those colors in real life, LOL!  Anyway, you get the gist.  I began by stamping them all in my Stamparatus:

Then I diecut them with a Deckled Edge Rectangle die and used a Blending Brush and Crumb Cake ink to give them a vintage look.  On the corners of each card, I stamped a holly image from the retired Bells & Boughs set, then mounted the image on top:

A vintage sentiment from Crafty Secrets was stamped and diecut, then added to the inside.  Simple & easy!

Thanks for popping in today..if you need any info on any of the products used, just shoot me an email!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Epic Guitar Birthday

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I have a quick card today for two challenges:  a past sketch from In(k)spire Me, which is celebrating their 12th anniversary, and the Global Design Challenge, which is looking for stripes! I chose the past sketch # 470 from IM for my sketch:

and Best Family Ever and the retired set Epic Celebration to make a birthday card for John's guitar-playing nephew!

SU's DSPs this year have a nice bold stripe, so I chose the Blueberry Bushel one and accented it with a strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock which I embossed with a Diamondplate embossing folder! The guitar was also stamped in Blueberry Bushel and colored with Blends:

I added a couple of sentiments on the inside, and it's stamped and on its way!  Josh plays the guitar and sings in his church's praise band, so I hope he likes it!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him 

with joyful songs.  Psalm 100:1-2

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Family Ever, Epic Celebration (ret), Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms), Farmhouse Scriptural Thoughts (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blueberry Bushel, Blueberry Bushel DSP
Ink	Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Radiating Stitches Dies, Diamondplate Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Blends

IM508 Blueberry Get Well Wishes

Happy Thursday, peeps!  The week is whizzing by, isn't it?  I have a friend who's having surgery today and I thought I'd send her a little get-well card using the sketch only from In(k)spire Me:

I thought that large horizontal panel would work well with the new Countryside Borders stamp, and I haven't delved into my new Gingham DSPs, so I put them both to work:

I stamped the images in Blueberry Bushel and diecut them with the matching dies.  I added an oldie-but-goodie sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes; it fit nicely in that little floral border!  

Everything went on a Blueberry Bushel gingham background and I used the flip side for the horizontal piece! A few faceted gems were added:

and an encourage sentiment from Stamp Simply on the inside:

It's ready to go in the mail!

Cassidy is spending a few weeks this summer as a junior counselor-in-training at a local Christian retreat center near their home.  They have summer camps and daycare, and it looks pretty awesome.  You can see what they did the first half of the first week at their website HERE.  I tried to find her in amongst the kids, but I had no success...I'll have to ask her if she was able to participate in any of the events.  I do know that she is exhausted when she comes home:

It's a long day for her!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst.  But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.  1 Timothy 1:15-16

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Countryside Corners, Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Farmhouse All Occasion Greetings (Stamp Simply)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blueberry Bushel Gingham
Ink	Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Dimensionals, Faceted Gems (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Countryside Corners Dies

Three Cards, One Sketch for In(k)spire Me:

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I've been playing around with some different techniques lately, after seeing some lovely cards out in blogland!  I needed three thank you cards, so I decided to use the same sketch and stamp set for all three, making each one a little different. I used the sketch from In(k)spire Me, although I didn't use the color palette:

So let me show you the first one, which is my favorite:

All the cards use the flower from Quiet Meadow and the sentiment from Nature's Prints, and all are on Very Vanilla cardstock.  The flowers were stamped with Stazon ink and after I made sure the ink was dry, I used a circle stencil to sponge in some Boho Blue ink:

Then I tore a piece of cardstock and used the ragged edges as another type of stencil, and sponged in some ink between the edges for a faux torn strip.  To the left, I stamped the fern image in Crumb Cake and added a Linen Thread bow:

My second one uses the same stencil technique for the flowers, using Moody Mauve and Boho Blue ink.   I used the Best Borders die to cut the panel in sections, stamped some foliage underneath on the Moody Mauve card, and added a Linen Thread embellishment as well.

The third one was watercolored instead of stenciled, and I used Calypso Coral and Soft Seafoam inks along with a strip of Calypso Coral DSP and a bit of frayed Baker's Twine, all on a Soft Seafoam card.

I do enjoy watercoloring, so this one is probably my second-favorite!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Quiet Meadow, Nature's Prints, Color & Contour (speckles)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Very Vanilla, Moody Mauve, Soft Seafoam, Calypso Coral DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Boho Blue, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Moody Mauve, Soft Seafoam
Accessories	Linen Thread, Crisp Cantaloupe Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Best Border Dies, Sponge Daubers, Aquapainter,

Five Little Bunnies

Happy Friday, stamping friends!  Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!  I have a fun little card for you today, it fulfills three challenges: Just Add Ink's "No Stamping" challenge, CAS Cards & Sketches sketch challenge, and the In(k)spire Me Easter challenge:

I had gotten these Impression Obsession bunny dies after Easter last year so this is the first time I've been able to use them.  They're so darn cute!  I did realize I put my sticker sentiment in not quite the correct place for the sketch, but hopefully the challenge gurus will be flexible!  So here we go:

I had to orient my card in landscape mode to fit all these bunnies on!  The Sweet Sorbet gingham patterns from Country Gingham DSP was a great way to use up some scraps! I made sure each one was 5/8" in width, then simply popped up the bunnies at the bottom.  The hardest part of the card was snipping all the mini dimensionals to fit!

Since the JAI challenge is no stamping, I used some Tim Holtz stickers for my sentiment!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Country Gingham DSP
Ink
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Chitchat Seasonal Stickers (Tim Holtz)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Bunny Buddies Dies (Impression Obsession)

Big Celebrate

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I am off to watch another one of Cassidy's basketball games!  She struggled last week so I am hoping she does great today!  I have a Christmas card to share today--a BIG one---this one is 6" square, way larger than I usually make but it fits the Jingle Belles challenge of "Stuck on You" as well as the In(k)spire Me sketch challenge and the TGIF challenge of no stamps:

The "Stuck on You" challenge is to use a sticker, so I went way, way, way back into my stash to find some chipboard stickers I had gotten many years ago! I remember getting them at a stamp store but no idea who the manufacturer is!  Anyway, the Christmas banner appealed to me, so I turned the sketch on its side, cut some Very Vanilla 12x12" cardstock and went to work:

I found a strip of retired DSP that matched some of the colors in the chipboard and cut a strip to back it.  I diecut a zigzag strip of red glimmer paper for accent, and since I was already creating a card with a lot of thickness to it (this will need to be a hand-delivered card for sure!) I added a chipboard "celebrate" from this past holiday mini's Santa Express Cards & More:

I added a chipboard star to the "c" in celebrate, and a little wee sprig of holly to the glimmer paper strip:

This was a fun card to make, definitely out-of-the-box for me, and once I finally picked out my paper, it was a snap to put together!  I added a holiday sentiment on the inside, and created a custom envelope with my Envelope Punch Board (sadly retired) from some spare DSP!  And on another AMAZING note, while searching through my vintage Christmas stuff, I found a photopolymer stamp that I had lost probably TWO YEARS AGO!!!  YAY!!!  It was stuck to a cello bag!  A banner day for sure!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.  My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.  Psalm 29:7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas to Remember (inside sentiment)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Red Glimmer, Coastal Cabana DSP
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Chipboard Celebrate (ret), Chipboard Banner & Embellishments (unknown)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Finishing Touches Dies (ret)

Scottie Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  My niece has a birthday coming up and she has THREE scottie dogs!  Her house is a madhouse when the doorbell rings! But they are so cute!  I chose to only use one scottie on her birthday card today, it's from Christmas Scottie!  Here we go:

I used the sketch only from In(k)spire Me:

I stamped and fussy-cut my scottie, then diecut a gift from the Spruced Up Outlines dies in both Pool Party and Glimmer Specialty Paper.  In hindsight, I should have used just the plain white Glimmer Paper, but this will have to do!

I gave him a Pool Party bow, added a Pool Party heart and mounted him on a Basic White layer on top of a Pool Party scalloped mat.  The background paper is from Celebrate Everything and the sentiment is from the retired Picture Perfect Birthday.  Here's the inside as well:

It was fun to use a non-traditional color; I usually gravitate towards red when I stamp scotties!  Hope she likes it!  Thanks for popping in today!  And speaking of red, there's a lot of it in my travels lately, along with orange, yellow and green:

Just beautiful!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Scottie, Banner Year (ret), Picture Perfect Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Celebrate Everything DSP, Glimmer Specialty
Ink	Pool Party, Versafine Onyx
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Contour Dies, Spruced Up Outline Dies