SSC344 Hello Friend

Happy Monday, peeps!  I have a quick little card that uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps along with some of the lovely Thoughtful Journey DSPs!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

The hardest part of making this card was cutting the smaller tag and extending it to fit the larger one!  These papers are so pretty, the rest of it was easy! I split some of the thick Boho Blue jute to make the bow, and the sentiment is from Country Birdhouse!

The trees are just beginnign to show a wee bit of their fall colors in my area, just like on this card!  

I had my first lobster roll while in Cape May! It was delicious!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Thoughtful Journey DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow
Accessories	In Color Jute, Dimensional Strips, Color Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies (ret)

SSSC342 Boo!

Happy Firday, everyone! I need to make some Halloween cards....and I have SO MANY Halloween stamps and papers, where do I begin?  The Sunday Stamps sketch was a fun one, gave me a chance to dive into those supplies a wee bit!  Here's the sketch:

So here we go:

My papers are from Carta Bella (Happy Halloween), along with Granny Apple Green, Basic Beige and Basic Black cardstocks.  My cat image is from Close to My Heart, and the sentiment is from Recollections:

I added a Granny Apple Green foil banner to jazz it up a bit!  Here's the inside, a really old Lizzie Anne stamp:

I need more cards, so I guess I'd better get busy!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hello Pumpkin (Close to My Heart), Halloween (Recollections), Halloween Poem (Lizzie Anne)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green, Green Foil (ret), Happy Halloween (Carta Bella)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Granny Apple Green Blend

SSC338 Latte Thanks

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Hope your week is going well!  I have a real easy card using the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

I pulled out A Little Latte DSP and let the paper do most of the work, diecutting the coffee image for my central element:

I did add a layer of gingham paper from the Perennial Lavender series as well as an Early Espresso circle, diecut from the Spotlight on Nature dies.  A sentiment from Latte Love was diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies, and I added a Neutral sequin for fun!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, A Little Latte DSP, Perennial Lavender DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals, Neutral Sequins
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Latte Love Dies

SSC336 Knitting Keeps Us From Unraveling

Happy Wednesday, peeps! I have a fun little card today which uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps--such a fun one, too!

A friend in our church knitting group is celebrating a birthday and my first thought was to use the knitting llama from the Zany Zoo set, but I remembered this older SU set called Hand Knit, so I pulled it out and got to work:

I am always teasing her because she tends to knit things in grays and other neutrals, and tell her she needs to knit and wear brighter colors!  So I chose some bright prints for my DSP, but nodded to her love of gray in the stamped images:

I did stamp the sentiment in the retired Regal Rose ink and I mounted the panel on a piece of Bubble Bath...just had to get some color in there!  And since I smudged my original inside sentiment, I stamped it again on a Spotlight on Nature circle diecut and adhered it on top of my booboo, adding some knitting needles beneath it:

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hand Knit (ret), Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Smoky Slate, Bubble Bath, Misc DSP from my stash
Ink	Memento Black, Smoky Slate, Bubble Bath, Regal Rose (ret)
Accessories	Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Blender Pens

SSC334 Hello Friend

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Sunday Stamps has a lovely sketch for this week:

I had been shuffling this piece of A Little Latte DSP around on my desk for a few days, so I decided to finally put it to use:

I added a couple of little Poppy Parade Latte Love coffee cups (with black coffee, LOL!) and did some splatter stamping on the Pecan Pie mat.  As my circular element, I stamped one of the cup images, colored it with Blends and diecut it as well.  A few matte dots were added for accent, and the plaid banners are from some retired Christ mas paper!  The sentiment is from Unbounded Love---such a great set with fun sentiments!

Thanks for visiting today---it's hot, crazy hot here! Hope where you are, it's cooler!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love, Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Early Espresso, A Little Latte DSP, Christmas Plaid DSP (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Versamark
Accessories	Matte Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Latte Love Dies

SSC330 Happy Father's Day

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a masculine card today; it uses the sketch from Sunday Stamps, Let's Go Fishing DSP and a couple of masculine stamp sets.  First, the sketch:

And here we go:

One of my club projects this month uses these papers, so I created this with some of the leftover scraps!  A few layers, a few diecuts and it was done.  I did stamp a fishing lure from Gone Fishing, and the sentiment is from Trusty Tools

I added a little metallic brad just for fun!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trusty Tools, Gone Fishing
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Boho Blue, Wild Wheat, Pecan Pie, Let's Go Fishing DSP
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Adhesive Brad (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gone Fishing Die, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Large Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

SSC328 Tool Time Birthday

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope your weekend went well! I am using the Sunday Stamps sketch today for a birthday card for my nephew, who is turning 30! Yikes! I remember when he was born; we were having one of the worst cold spells I can remember; the roads and driveways were covered with ice and snow for days and days!  Anyway, here's the sketch:

Since he is definitely a mechanically-inclined guy, of course I had to use the Trusty Tools and Trusty Toolbox stamps and papers for his card:

Sometimes I get hung up and limit myself to using only the colors in the DSP, but I strayed here and went with an Azure Afternoon color theme, along with Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry.  Brad does have a BIG blue Ford tractor, so that diamond-plate embossed background piece is a nod to that!  I stamped and diecut the tools, then mounted them on top of three circles from the DSP.  I added a little sentiment from the retired Teeny Tiny Wishes to the wrench:

On the inside, I used a die and stamps from the Hooray for Surprises set; you pull the little tab and there is a sentiment under the circle.  It's a little tricky to get it lined up, but I made a trial run with some scrap supplies, and I think I got it right--we'll see!!  I did also add the numbers, diecut from Little Numbers, in Brushed Silver cardstock:

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

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. 

 Proverbs 19:20

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Trusty Tools, Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon, Azure Afternoon DSP, Trusty Toolbox DSP, Brushed Silver (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Trusty Tools Dies, Hooray for Surprises Dies, Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Litttle Numbers Dies (ret),  Diamond Plate Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

SS322 Sailing Birthday

 Happy Friday, peeps! Happy to see the weekend arrive!  Yesterday was John's birthday, so we'll be going out with friends and family tonight to celebrate. One of the first things he said yesterday was "I wish I was going sailing today!"  He hasn't had a sailboat for several years, so I did the next best thing for him, even though it was made a few days earlier, LOL!

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

as well as papers from Come Sail Away and the sailboat from Sailing Home.  Because some of the paper had a linen print on it, I over-stamped the sailboat with the Linen background stamp, then colored it with a marker:

I also used a scribbly stamp from Label Me Bold for the background circular diecut, then added some Brushed Metallic embellishments.  The largest mat also was embossed with Stitched With Whimsy.  On the inside, I added a sentiment from Label Me Bold as well as Throughout the Year:

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

A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.  Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.  The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet!  Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.  He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this?  Even the wind and the waves obey him!"  Mark 4:37-41

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Throughout The Year, Label Me Bold (ret), Sailing Home (ret), Linen (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Come Sail Away DSP (ret)
Ink	Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand (ret)
Accessories	Brushed Metallic Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Smooth Sailing Dies (ret)

Wacky Little Owl

Happy Monday, peeps! I have two cards today using the same sketch, the same cute little wacky owl, and two different themes!  I used the Sunday Stamps sketch:

and the feathers challenge at FarmQuest!  So let me give you the spooky version first:

Little owl is stamped in Versafine Black on Sahara Sand, then I added some smudges from Label Me Bold to give a spooky effect.  An old sentiment from Rubbernecker was stamped in Blackberry Bliss.  

I added a glittery star:

And the papers are from Echo Park's Spooky line!  And here's the inside:

Here's the second one, a little more light-hearted!  Mr Owl is stamped in Mello Moss; sentiment is from Poppy Stamps' Whittle Sayings and the papers are from Unity:

Isn't he the cutest?!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  

We had our Harvest Party on Saturday...aside from the wind and a few clouds, it was a great event! We have such a great location!

Wayne and our friend Josh were kings of the apple cider press (a video to come)!  Josh is holding all the apple leftovers...people feed them to their chickens or pigs!  And Wayne rewarded himself with a s'more!

The hayride is always a hit; this year Wayne's brother's family went along for the ride; his nephew is sitting next to Cassidy, although all you can see is her hair!

Nothing like a big farm tractor!! Our cousin William is a great driver!

And it was so popular, they had a nighttime ride too!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Owl (Impression Obsession), Halloween Sentiments 1 (Rubbernecker Stamps), Label Me Bold (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Sahara Sand (ret), Blackberry Bliss, Basic Black, Spooky (Echo Park)
Ink	Blackberry Bliss, Sahara Sand (ret), Versafine Black
Accessories	Black Dimensionals, Dimensionals, Glitter (Recollections)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, 1/4" Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Country Star Punch (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Owl (Impression Obsession), Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss (ret), Rococco Rose (ret), Grow Untamed (Unity)
Ink	Mellow Moss (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dot from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, 1/4" Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

SSC318 Hey There!

Happy Friday, everyone!  I have a real quick card today using the Sunday Stamps challenge:

I love banners, and I love gingham, so I combined them with a cute little sunflower stamp from a past Paper Pumpkin kit!  So here we go:

I stamped the flower outline first in Crushed Curry, then offset the petals and stamped again in Daffodil Delight, and the center in Pecan Pie. The Pecan Pie gingham forms the banners and background, and I added a sentiment from Charmed Sentiments:

Another sentiment from the same set went on the inside:

Simple but cheerful!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments, Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie, Pecan Pie Gingham DSP
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Charming Sentiments Dies

SSC316 Thankful

Happy Monday, peeps, and Happy Labor Day!  I have a sweet little card today and it uses the color palette from Sunday Stamps:

I have been dying to use the corn dies from the new Fruitful Blessings set; there is no coordinating stamp, so the dies do all the work! Here we go:

This was inspired by the card shown in the SU catalog, but I chose to use the bottom three hues of the color palette instead...and what do you know....I used Wild Wheat!!!  The top layer of the corn was cut using Wild Wheat, the bottom was Crumb Cake.  I used Very Vanilla for the husks and Mossy Meadow for the leaves.  I love how detailed they are!  The background DSP is from One Horse Open Sleigh, cut with a Stitched Rectangle die:

I added some Wild Wheat Jute Trim for an embellishment, and I inked up a portion of a sentiment from Lasting Joy with my Mossy Meadow marker, then diecut it with a Timeless Arrangements die:

I stamped a sentiment from Fruitful Blessings on the inside and accented it with a little stamped leaf from Lasting Joy as well:

I look forward to playing with this bundle a lot more!  I just need more hours in my days!  Thanks for popping in today...enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Lasting Joy, Frutiful Blessings
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Wild Wheat, Crumb Cake, One Horse Open Sleigh DSP
Ink	Wild Wheat, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	In Color Jute Trim, Dimeensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Fruitful Blessings Dies, Timeless Arrangements Dies