HSS467 Shabby Chic Wedding Congrats

Happy Tuesday, all! My niece recently surprised everyone and got married! They'd been engaged for a long time and just decided to get married without any big fuss! (Smart couple!)  Naturally, I had to make them a congratulations card, and the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch was perfect for what I had in mind.  Here's the sketch:

I haven't done a shabby-chic card for a long time and I really wanted to use some of the pretty vintage papers I had in my stash.  I pulled out a retired SU stamp set called Nature's Prints and went to work:

My card base is Basic Beige, with Very Vanilla accents, and the papers are from PhotoPlay and Kaiser Craft.  (I admit, these are hard colors to photograph!)  I stamped a sentiment from Hero Arts on the scripty piece, then added a sprig from the Nature's Prints, stamped in Basic Beige, as well as some seam binding that I dyed with BB ink, crumpled up and heat set in my microwave!

A sentiment from the same SU set was stamped on the inside, and I also overstamped the same sprig on top of the sentiment, using Versmark ink:

And here's a photo of the couple---they look like they could be fashion models, don't they? We wish them lots of blessings!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Very Vanilla, French Flea Market (PhotoPlay), Pen & Ink (KaiserCraft)
Ink	Basic Beige, Basic Gray, Versamark
Accessories	Vanilla Seam Binding, Basic Beige Reinker, Twine from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Scalloped Contour Dies (ret)

FMS689 Sepia Sympathy

Happy Friday, all! I'm a little behind schedule today!  Since John told me I needed to make more sympathy cards, I decided to use the FMS sketch from Cecile to remedy that.  Here it is:

I made my central portion of the card, then realized it was too big to fit on the size card I wanted!  So I opted to make a larger 5" square card!  Here we go:

The scripty portion is from Elements of Text, stamped in Crumb Cake, and the greenery is from the retired Nature's Prints, stamped in Crumb Cake and a wee bit of Pecan Pie:

I added a Crumb Cake mat and a scalloped Pecan Pie mat, as well as a bit of twine and pearls from embellishments.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  I did add a few speckles around the edges as well, they're also from Elements of Text.  It feels good to use some of my older retired sets!  

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

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Elements of Text, Nature's Prints (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Ink	Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Twine, Brown Pearls from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Natural Prints Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Squares Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Sponge Dauber

AHSC568 Bubbles & Wheat

Happy Monday, peeps!  I hope you all had a great weekend!  Today, we have a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch: 

I am not going to belabor the fact that the In Color Wild Wheat is not one of my favorite colors!  But this sweet little patterned paper from Poetic Expressions was calling my name, so I went out of my comfort zone and embraced the wheat!  Here we go:

I cut some strips of the same DSP, different pattern, as well as a little strip of Bubble Bath, which was embossed with an Ellen Hutson Stitching Lines die, then attached them to the little print.  I used markers, ink and a blender pen to color in the sprig from Nature's Prints, then added the Hello sentiment from the same set.  Finally, some little banners, also embossed with the Stitching Lines dies, finished it off.  Although Wild Wheat is still pretty far at the bottom of my "favorite colors" list, I think this turned out pretty sweet!

I hope you'll be able to play with our sketch this week....I think it's a great one (especially because I love things in THREES--love those three strips!) and I am sure I'll be using it again!  Share your creation with us at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog--we can't wait to see it!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath, Wild Wheat, Poetic Expressions DSP
Ink	Wild Wheat, Bubble Bath
Accessories	Wild Wheat Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Natural Prints Dies, Everyday Details Dies, Give It A Whirl Dies, Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

FMS598 Best Wishes

Happy Thursday, all! I have a quick card using the challenge colors from  CAS Colours & Sketches and the sketch from FMS:

And yes, I used the (dreaded) Wild Wheat!  Here we go:

Nature's Prints provided everything I needed for my card; I stamped my foliage in Cajun Craze, Pecan Pie and a very faint Wild Wheat, then added the sentiment in Wild Wheat.  I embossed the whole piece with Timeworn Type and did some "antiquing" with Wild Wheat ink as well.  My final embellishment were a few sequins at the top (difficult to see, but they're there!):

and a wee bit of Wavy Trim at the bottom:

Thanks for popping in today!

A few more birthday greetings:

This pretty blue creation, using some of my favorite papers, is from Sandy:

And this pastel pretty is from my upline, Pennie:

And this gorgeous floral is from Tracy:

Thanks so much!!!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints, Quiet Meadow (speckles)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Wild Wheat, Pecan Pie
Ink	Wild Wheat, Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Wavy Trim, Loose Silver Sequins, Dimensional Strips
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timeworn Type EF, Sponge Dauber

Birthday Shells

 Happy Monday, peeps!  It's club day so I will make this quick!  My card is for two challenges:  the Just Us Girls challenge wants shells, and the Inspired By challenge is Sea Decor:

One of my favorite shell images is called Shell Plate 17 from 100 Proof Press; I combined it with a Cheesecloth stamp for my card today:

The shells were stamped in Baja Breeze on Mist cardstock from Close to My Heart and diecut with a Scalloped Contours die.  The cheesecloth was stamped in Crumb Cake and I added some "splashes" with a stamp from Nature's Prints, stamped in Craft White ink.  

I stamped a birthday sentiment from Lasting Joy and diecut it with a Nested Essentials die; beneath it I added a rope tied with a nautical-style knot:

The sentiment and shells on the inside are from an older Crafty Secrets set:

Thanks so much for dropping by today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Those who love your law have perfect security, and there is nothing that can make them fall.  

Psalm 119:165

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints, Lasting Joy, Shell Plate 17 (100 Proof Press), Cheesecloth (Cornish Heritage Farms), Seaside (Crafty Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Mist (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Craft White, Pecan Pie, Baja Breeze (ret)
Accessories	Twine (from my stash), Metallic Pearls (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies, Nested Essentials Dies

PP644 Color Challenge and a Faux Pas

Happy Sunday, peeps! It's picnic time today at church, looking forward to spending time with my church family on this gorgeous Sunday!  It's time for another Paper Players challenge too, with Anne Marie as our hostess.  She has a wonderful color palette for us today, and I am loving it!  Here we go:

I was so excited to make my card...I actually made it a couple of days ago and I used Circle Sayings and a sentiment from Nature's Prints:

Probably at first glance, the card seems fine---heat-embossed design, watercolored with inks and an aquapainter, a fun sketch and lots of texture!  However, check out the sentiments:

"Sending you a a heartfelt thank you".....duh, I have two "a's" in the sentiment.  On yesterday's card, I remembered to trim off one of the "a's" but on this one, I forgot!  I went to retrieve the card to repair it and realized it had already gone out in the mail to one of my customers!  Gee whizzies!  What a goofball!  Hopefully she'll get a giggle out of it or maybe she won't notice!  Anyway, I used the sketch from Try Stamping on Tuesday:

along with some Lost Lagoon DSP and a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock embossed with the Cane Weave EF.  I added a little bit of Lemon Lolly zigzag cardstock for the horizontal piece, topped with a wee little Basic White sliver, diecut with the Nested Essentials dies!

I hope you'll play along with our pretty color combo this week....be sure to zoom over to the Paper Players to see what amazing creations our design team came up with too!  Then share yours with us as well!  

I had a little visitor on my hummingbird feeder yesterday:

In all my years of birding, I don't think I've ever seen a swallowtail on my feeder!  So cool!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God.  God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.  Ecclesiastes 5:2

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Circle Sayings, Nature's Prints
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon
Ink	Craft White, Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Basic Borders Dies, Nested Essentials Dies, Cane Weave Embossing Folder, Heat Tool, Aquapainter, 2 3/8" Circle Punch, Radiating Stitches 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,

FMS581 Just Wanted to Say

Happy Thursday, peeps!  A fun little thank you card is on deck today using the FMS sketch for this week:

Since Country Bouquet is carried over into the new catalog, I thought I would give it a whirl; it's not just for Valentine's, right?  I used Mint Macaron and Crushed Curry on a gingham background for a springy creation; I began by embossing the gingham with the Stitched With Whimsy die:

After stamping and fussy-cutting the heart out, I also stamped some of the sprigs from the same set and fussy-cut them out too.  I added a crushed seam binding ribbon, some sequins, and the sentiment:

On the inside, I added a strip of the same DSP as well as a sentiment from Nature's Prints:

And it's in the mail!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!  And I don't know how it is in your neck of the woods but it is HOT here in PA!  Very un-spring-like!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Bouquet, Nature's Prints
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Country Gingham DSP
Ink	Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Adhesive Sequins, Dimensionals, Crinkled Seam Binding
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies

GDP382 Nature's Prints Thanks

 Hello, stamping friends! I have a fun little monochromatic card today; I love hobnail milk glass and have a few pieces, and my friend recently bought me a sweet little vase!  So I wanted to send her a thank you card, of course, and the sketch from Global Design Project was just right:

So here we go:

My friend loves green, so I chose a piece of plaid Shaded Spruce DSP for the background of my 4 1/4" square card.  I diecut three Basic White circles and embossed each one with a different embossing folder.  I stamped and diecut a piece of greenery from Nature's Prints, also stamped in Shaded Spruce and added a sentiment from Simply Fabulous:

A simple little white twine bow finished it off!  So happy you visited today!

Dana and Wayne took the dogs for a four mile walk on Sunday...awesome scenery and fun little finds as well:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints, Simply Fabulous
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shaded Spruce DSP (ret)
Ink	Shaded Spruce
Accessories	White Embroidery Floss
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Natural Prints Dies, Checks & Dots EF (ret), Greenery EF (ret), Wrapped in Texture EF (ret)

Nature's Prints Thanks

Happy Monday, all! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend  It's wrapping day in the Pugliese household!  Hopefully I'll get them all done before hubby gets home from work, LOL!  I have a non-Christmas card today; it uses the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday as well as the challenging (to me) colors from Inspire.Create:

So here we go:

Petal Pink and Rich Razzleberry are colors I rarely use; Granny Apple Green I use a little more often, so I chose this challenge because I really wanted to be challenged!  To make the colors a bit more matching in tone, I stamped the Early Espresso and Rich Razzleberry on scrap paper first before stamping them; that way the colors were a bit softer!

My sentiment is from Hand-Penned Petals; florals and greenery are from Nature's Prints.  I used Petal Pink DSP for the horizontal panel, and also embossed the front panel with the Timeworn Type EF.  I finished it off by adding some pretty Seasonal Sequins!  Thanks for popping in today!

Hubby and I hit an estate sale over the weekend in an over-55 community.  One of the homes had this in their yard:

This is a FULL SIZE sleigh and horse....and it's not a blow-up one, either!  I wonder if they keep them in the garage for the rest of the year!  I'd love to see it all lit up; might have to take a ride some night this week!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Nature's Prints, Hand-Penned Petals
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Petal Pink DSP
Ink	Rich Razzleberry, Petal Pinkk, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso
Accessories	Seasonal Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timeworn Type EF, Natural Prints Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies