JAI494 Thoughtful Blooms

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Happy Leap Day too!  My card today uses the colors from Just Add Ink:

I've been feeling rather uncreative lately, and I felt a little better after using these soft, pretty colors on my card. I pulled out my unused Buffalo Check background stamp and the SAB Thoughtful Blooms set and matching punch and went to work:

I stamped the blossoms on Grapefruit Grove cardstock in matching ink and the leaves in Soft Seafoam.  I curled the petals a wee bit with my bone folder and added some white centers with a gel pen.  I diecut three tiny butterflies with the Nature's Promise dies to create a little embellishment for my flowers:

 

I also layered a couple of diecuts to create a horizontal panel, which added some interest against my gray plaid background:

Finally, a sentiment from So Sentimental on the inside, along with a few more leaves:

Thanks for popping in today!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

I wanted to share this cute photo of my great-nephew Jameson, at his brother Sawyer's birthday party.  His mom got cookies that had an edible "paint" palette right on the cookie, and he was getting ready to paint his cookie!! (And he's a lefty!) What a fantastic idea!  I hope they tasted as good as they looked! 

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thoughtful Blooms, So Sentimental, Buffalo Check
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Grapefruit Grove, Soft Seafoam
Ink	Grapefruit Grove, Soft Seafoam, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Nature's Promise Dies, Stitched Be Mine Dies, Small Bloom Punch

AYSI220 Swan Colors

Hi peeps!  TGIF!  It's time for a new challenge at As You See It, and we have a fun color challenge for you:

I chose to apply my colors to this fun sketch from In(k)spire Me:

and here we go:

I got these amazing stitched flower dies from My Favorite Things a while back, so I put them to use with some cardstock in the challenge colors, mounting them on a white stitched rectangle panel and a plaid mat of Poppy Parade.  I added a wee sentiment so as not to detract from the flowers, and to add some fun, I stamped some polka dots on the Mango Melody leaves, as well as some enamel dots for the centers:

For the inside, I added a strip of the same gingham and a leftover flower, and a sentiment from Positive Thoughts:

What will you create with these colors?  I just can't wait to see!  Please share them with us at As You See It and check out what the DT created as well!  Thanks for popping in today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Bouquet, Positive Thoughts, Thoughtful Blooms (polka dots)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Bright DSP, Poppy Parade, Grapefruit Grove, Mango Melody
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Flower Dies (My Favorite Things)

PP479 A SAB Sketch

Hi peeps!   I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week and I've got a sweet little sketch for you!

I confess that my card today is an almost CASE of this pretty card made by Michelle Last; you can see it here.  I chose the same papers and stamp set, both available during Sale-a-bration, but changed up the colors a wee bit and of course, used the sketch:

I began with some Melon Mambo ink and cardstock and layered some Golden Honey Specialty DSP on top.  I already had a scalloped panel cut and unused from another project, so I layered that on top, then added a sentiment from Accented Blooms, punched out with the Tailored Punch. 

I stamped the flowers from Thoughtful Blooms in Melon Mambo as well; the larger blossom was stamped off first to create a lighter color, then the smaller blossom on top in full-strength ink.  I added some rhinestones that I colored with a Black Blend, and added some Granny Apple Green leaves.  My final embellishment was a little lattice diecut from the Nature's Thoughts dies.  I really wanted to add some extra stamping or embellishment on the white panel, but John said it looked better plain, so I went with his decision!

 

I hope you'll stop by the Paper Players blog and see what fun creations the DT made with my sketch!  Share yours as well!  

While we were at Sandy Cove last weekend, we did an Escape Room...well, the others did the escape room, I was totally lost!  This picture pretty much sums it up:

Ask me to do a crossword puzzle, and I'm your gal....but this was a little beyond me!  But after seeing how it works, I think if I were to do another one, I might have a better idea about it!!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Accented Blooms, Thoughtful Blooms
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Golden Honey Specialty DSP
Ink	Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Memento Black
Accessories	Rhinestones (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Small Bloom Punch, Tailored Punch, Black Blend