SSC356 Blessed

Happy Tuesday, everyone! On Sunday, we welcomed three young ladies (their average age was ten!) as members of our church!  To welcome them, I used the Sunday Stamps sketch and made each one a card.  Here's the sketch:

Each one was a wee bit different, but here's one of them:

I used images from the retired Sweet Stuff, stamping them in Smoky Slate and coloring them with markers and Wink of Stella.  The sentiment is from Paper Sweeties' Blessed:

Some sweet papers from Not 2 Shabby worked well with my images, and I did add a wee little bit of embossing at the bottom of the card!  Now to get them off in the mail!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"We are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works."  Ephesians 2:10

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret), Blessed (Paper Sweeties)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Rustic Blooms (Not 2 Shabby)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Markers in Daffodil Delight and Soft Sea Foam, Wink of Stella

Happy Daisy Birthday

Happy Thursday, peeps! It's chilly today---brrrr! At least the sun is shining!  I have a sunshiney card for you today though! It's for our niece Addie's first birthday--we've only gotten to see her one time since she's been born, so I am sure she's doing all kinds of one-year-old things!  I thought the challenge at Inspired By was just adorable, so I am combining it with the FMS sketch as well as the Krafty Chicks challenge of CAS!  

And here we go:

I used a retired stamp called Sweet Stuff for the daisy image, stamping the center again on a piece of Lemon Lolly and adhering it on top.  The embossed panel is also Lemon Lolly, adhered to a scallop diecut with a Scalloped Contours die.  To get the square shape, I simply cut the rectangle down and layered it to create the square.  The seam is covered by the sentiment!

The circle is popped up by a wobbler mechanism, so it really sticks out!!  In order to bring the Best Family Ever sentiment up to the same height, I layered four dimensionals under the right side of it!  The left side remains free so when it is "wobbles" the sentiment is stationery.  I am not quite sure how I am going to mail it with that popped up sentiment, LOL!  The inside sentiment is from the same set; I stamped it crooked, so I restamped and diecut a piece to adhere over top!

If we get some pictures from her birthday, hopefully I can share them!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly
Ink	Stazon Black, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories	Dimensionals, Wobbler
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies, Everyday Details Dies, Tags & Labels Framelit Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dot EF (ret), Lemon Lime Twist & Granny Apple Green Markers

PP588 Sketch from Joanne

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and it's a FUN sketch from the amazing Joanne!  Easy layout, a pattern of THREE, I love it!  Here's the sketch:

I just got a fun new stamp set from Lawn Fawn called Baked with Love, and I thought this would be a good sketch on which to get those stamps inky!  So here we go:

I stamped, colored and diecut the elements, positioning them on some gingham squares, then added a sentiment from a retired set, Sweet Stuff:

I added some Wink of Stella on the cupcake...I wish it would show up in the photograph!!  And here's the inside sentiment, from the same set:

This was such a fun card to make, and the sketch is one I'll be using again for sure!  Check out what the design team did with it at the Paper Players blog...you'll be inspired to share yours with us as well!  Thanks for popping in today!

Friday was such a gorgeous day, I just had to go to Longwood Gardens; I had not visited for quite a while.  Apparently everyone else in the world thought so too...I had to park in the Christmas overflow area and be bussed in!  But despite the crowds, it was still delightful!  Here are the tulip beds:

The colors are just amazing!!  I'll have more soon!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.  Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.  Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.  For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.  But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.  Proverbs 8:32-36

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret), Baked with Love (Lawn Fawn
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gingham DSPs in Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron and Petal Pink (all ret)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Blends, Stylish Shapes Dies, Baked with Love Dies (Lawn Fawn)

RRCB160 Summer Breeze

Hi all!  We have a new Retro Rubber challenge for you, where we show some love to our older stamps!  Our theme this week is "Summer Breeze":

I pulled out Day at the Beach (2017) and stamped three of the images in colors that would match these cute trio of beachy papers from Carta Bella:

I colored in the images with Blends and fussy-cut them out, then added a "put-together" sentiment:  the "happy" is from Sweet Stuff (2014) and the "birthday" is from Time of Year (2016):

I added a few sequins from my stash, and stamped a sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday (2018) on the inside:

This was a lot of fun to stamp, and I hope you'll be able to give some of your older stamps some love as well!  Share your creation with us at Retro Rubber, and make sure your stamps are at least a year old, and tell us their approximate age!  Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Day at the Beach, Picture Perfect Birthday, Time of Year, Sweet Stuff (all ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soak Up the Sun DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Balmy Blue, Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi (ret)
Accessories	Misc Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies, Blends

 

Encouragement Cards

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have three really quick cards today.  My TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group is having a challenge this month and we are to send notes, texts or emails to encourage each other throughout the week! Well, of course, I would choose to send some notes.  I need to make several, so I first decided to use the one-layer challenge at Always Fun to create some real simple cards using a really "retro" stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms called Weighty Matters!  Here we go:

 

Now remember, these are uber-simple...stamps, ink and paper (and a die and a punch) so keep that in mind!  I just love the image of this well-dressed lady freaking out at her weight....but her German shepherd doesn't seem to realize he's the cause of her distress!  She was stamped in Merry Merlot, and I used the new Stitched With Whimsy die on the front of the card for some interest.

The smaller card uses this funny pup image, gazing forlornly at the number on the scale:

I added a sentiment from the same set and some little doggie prints from the new Hot Dog sest, then added these on the inside:

And I'm going to pop one more in here....this was made with the Tailored Tag punch and some pretty coordinating DSPs....again, very simple but easy!  The sentiment is from the retired Sweet Stuff:

Hopefully they'll give my friends some encouragement!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First and Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Ridiculously Awesome, Hot Dog, Weighty Matters (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White
Ink	Merry Merlot, Cinnamon Cider, Soft Suede
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Detailed Trio Punch

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pincushion Collection DSP (Bo Bunny)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Rhinestones
Tools	Tailored Tag Punch

TTTC72 Tangerine Sherbet

Hello peeps!  It's time for a new Tic Tac Toe challenge, and its Team X this week!  Here's our grid:

I chose the right column of stitching, circle and ice cream for my confection today!  Here we go:

I searched my vast stash of patterned paper to find some orange shades, because I wanted to play with the Rainbow Card challenge this month, which is "Tangerine":

I used some dies to create some stitched circles and oval, and banner, then I added some stitched designs on my background paper as well:

My little ice cream cone was stamped in Memento Black and colored with Blends:

And here's the inside, with a few more "stitched" images as well!

And since there is lot of "stitching" on my card, I am entering it in the Double D stitching challenge as well!

What will inspire you from our Tic Tac Toe grid?  SO many possibilities!  Be sure to check out the blog and see what the design team created to inspire you!  Hope you see your creation in the gallery as well!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Under My Umbrella, Sweet Stuff (ret), Stitched Borders (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Secret Garden DSP (Graphic 45), Misc from my Stash
Ink	Memento Black, Terracotta Tile, Petal Pink
Accessories	Dimensionals, Tangerine Tango Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies, Blends, Wink of Stella

You're Sweet

Happy Saturday, peeps!  It's going to be another rainy weekend here in PA....I am beginning to feel like a mushroom, although we did have a couple of nice days during the week...I just wish the weekends would get the message!  I have a fun little card today for three challenges:  Festive Friday is looking for stripes; Time Out wants playful, and CAS Watercolour wants a card for a child:

This tower of ice cream cones has always been one of my favorites, especially for children; I stamped it on some SU watercolor paper and colored it with various yummy ice cream shades, then coated it with some Wink of Stella and fussy-cut it out, mounting it on another piece of watercolor paper I painted with Balmy Blue ink:

As much as I like ice cream (make that LOVE ice cream!), I think this much would probably give me a tummyache!  I mounted my panel on a striped piece of DSP, added a few sequins:

and finished it off with a sentiment from the retired set, Sweet Stuff, coloring those itty-bitty letters with some matching ink as well; I die-cut it with a tag punch, added some baker's twine (more stripes), and it's good to go:

Thanks for popping in today---YOU'RE sweet!!  

Cassidy has been wearing shorts and a t-shirt lately; I was surprised when came yesterday morning wearing a Yoda hoodie!!  You can never tell with this girl!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge too!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret), All Smiles (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Watercolor, French Flea Market DSP (Photo Play)
Ink	Stazon, Balmy Blue, Misc Reinkers
Accessories	Sequins from my Stash, Baker's Twine (Avery Elle)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Die, Stitched Tag Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Aquapainter

PP426 HB2U

 

Hi everyone!  Sunday means Paper Players time, and Jaydee has a sweet sketch for us:

My great-nephew Sawyer has his first birthday coming up, so I found some fun animal-themed papers and pulled out my sadly-neglected Owl punch and my also-sadly-neglected Labeler Alphabet stamps to make his card!!  Here we go:

Mr Owl was punched out of a scrap of Early Espresso; his vest was decorated with some hand-drawn "plaid" with a Cajun Craze marker, and I added a little candle from a retired set called Sweet Stuff:

I added the "H B 2 U" along a branch, diecut with the Seasonal Layers Thinlets, then added a sentiment from the Sweet Stuff set on the inside of the So Saffron card:

So what will you create with this sketch?!  It's a great basic sketch, be sure to check out the PP blog to see what the designers came up with...some beautiful creations there...and share yours with us too!

And here is a rare photo of our wee little ginger-haired birthday boy---rare because he is SMILING!  As long as he is in his daddy or mommy's arms, he's as happy as can be!  I know it's just a phase, but we all would like to have a chance to hold him, LOL!

And I don't think I shared this family photo, taken the evening before my dad's funeral; you can see Sawyer down at the bottom with his brother Jameson (who has a candy cane in his hand, not a toothbrush!!).  Everybody looks pretty good except for Cassidy, who has her eyes closed, and my BIL Jim, who is standing behind my sister...all you can see of him is his glasses on top of his head!  We got a good chuckle out of that!

It's been an emotional weekend....enjoy your family and tell them you love them...you never know what tomorrow might bring!  Enjoy your day and be blessed as well!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Labeler Alphabet, Sweet Stuff (ret)
Card stock & Papers	So Saffron, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Basic Black, Naturals White, Soft Sky (ret), Nestled DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Seasonal Layers Thinlets, Owl Punch (ret), SU Markers, 1/4" Square Punch (ret)

IB32 Cool Treats

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I hope you're having a good week so far...it's been hot here, but perfect weather for the pool!!  Thank goodness for generous neighbors who let us come swim in theirs, LOL!  Today's Inspired By challenge is a cool one too; here's my interpretation:

And here's Laurel's prompt:

Now, I've never had Jersey Jack's gelato (which you can't even get in New Jersey; it's from Australia!), but you can be sure I have had LOTS of regular old ice cream...in fact, this cone would be my idea of heaven!! I worked at an ice cream shop in high school and all my coworkers warned me that I would be sick of ice cream by the time I quit....nope, not me!  I love it!  This image from Unity Stamps was a lot of fun to stamp and color in with my blends!  I mounted it on a piece of gingham, diecut with a MFT Wonky Stitched die, and topped it with a little Real Red Glimmer paper cherry!  We've got pistachio, chocolate marshmallow, black raspberry, orange sherbet, lemon, mint chocolate chip and mango!  Yum!

I made a little tag with a Tags and Labels die after stamping a sentiment from a retired SU set called Sweet Stuff; I embossed it with white embossing powder and filled in the letters with a  little chalk pen:

The Powder Pink card base was embossed with the Tufted embossing folder...it sort of looks like an ice cream cone, doesn't it?!  Yum!  I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week...it's a sweet one!  Thanks for popping in!

Our niece's inlaws have a farm not far from our house and we get our eggs there.  Cassidy makes a beeline to the calf barn where about (honestly) thirty to forty cats make their home as well!  It's hard to see, but under the tree to the right are about six or seven just chillin' in the shade!

Inside, she latches on to one...she knows I always say "no" when she asks to take one home, but she can come play with them any time!  Check out the little one peeking out from behind the trash can:

And here's a pair peeking out from the bushes....they have black and white ones and a couple of Siamese as well!

I am 99% sure there are NO mice on this farm, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sweet Stuff (ret), All Smiles (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Powder Pink, Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red Glimmer, Homespun Gingham, (My Favorite Things)
Ink	Memento Black, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tag & Label Dies (ret), Tufted EF, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Chalk Pen, Blends, 1/4" Hole Punch, Wonky Stitched Dies (My Favorite Things)