FMS632 With Pets & More

Happy Thursday, peeps! I recently got the Latte Love bundle, and the first thing I make with the DSP is a Halloween card, LOL!  I have also been playing with the two-step stamp, Pets & More, and wondered what I could do with the owl! When I saw one of the patterns in the A Little Latte line, it made me think of a spooky woods, so I went with it! Here we go:

I used the FMS sketch for my 4 1/4" card:

and along with the DSP, I embossed a piece of Early Espresso with a Timber embossing folder.  Throughout the Year has a Halloween sentiment in it, so I stamped that along with the owl on a piece of Very Vanilla:

Some Neutral adhesives added a little bit of interest, and I used a retired stamp from Banner Year to stamp on the inside of my card:

I also needed a thank you card, so I used the puppy stamp along with some Pretty Peacock gingham papers and an Eyelet embossing folder:

Another sentiment from Throughout the year and a few faceted gems finished it off.  Isn't his little bowl cute?

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

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Throughout The Year, Pets & More, Banner Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, A Little Latte DSP
Ink	Early Espresso, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Naturals Adhesive Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layered Essentials Dies, Timber Embossing Folder

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Throughout The Year, Pets & More
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pretty Peacock, Pretty Peacock Gingham DSP
Ink	Pretty Peacock, Crushed Curry, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals, Faceted Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Unbounded Love Dies

Flower Market Birthday

Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday! I got to play with some new goodies this week; my card today features stamps and dies from the Country Woods Suite...so cute! I am using the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments as well as the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

So here we go:

I stamped and diecut my images from Country Flowers in Early Espresso ink and colored them with reinkers and an aquapainter in the challenge colors.  I just love this little bucket!  I added some speckles from Country Birdhouse to the bucket as well as some woodgrain to the stool:

I really wanted to add some embossing, but since it's a clean-and-simple challenge, I resisted!  I stamped a sentiment from Country Birdhouse on the inside along with some more florals from Country Flowers:

I know I'm going to have lots of fun with these set!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse, Country Flowers
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake
Ink	Early Espresso, Pretty Peacock, Garden Green, Petal Pink, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Flowers Dies, Aquapainter

Another Christmas Tree Card

Happy Tuesday, peeps! I am sharing another Christmas card today! I've been playing with this tree stamp again and already had stamped it in red, and after seeing that the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown was looking for red, white and kraft, I decided to whip up another quick card!

So here we go:

I mounted my tree diecut on a piece of Real Red that I sponged with some craft white ink, then mounted it on a Real Red postage diecut.  I stamped a piece of Crumb Cake with the retired Buffalo Check background stamp and diecut it with the Radiating Stitches die. My final addition were a few red enamel dots!  Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Word Tree Mini (Colorado Craft), Buffalo Check (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red,  Crumb Cake
Ink	Real Red, Crumb Cake, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Radiating Stitches Dies, Perennial Postage Dies, Word Tree Mini Die (Colorado Craft), Blender Pen

AHSC573 Birthday Tools

Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a great weekend!  John asked me to make a card for his boat mechanic....yep, he recently bought a (used) boat and it needs a tuneup before we can bring it up from Virginia!  I think he wants to get some brownie points so the guy will work on it sooner, LOL!  Anyway, I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts for this week:

I wanted to go with a nautical theme, but after convincing John that I did NOT have any stamps of motors or engines, he agreed to the papers from Trusty Toolbox along with a sentiment from Biggest Wish:

I basically just layered the DSP, cut out some of the tools and stamped the sentiments in Lost Lagoon and Real Red:

I did add a fun Nested Essential diecut behind my sentiment for fun, as well as these cool mestallic brads!

Hope he likes it!  And I hope you like our sketch as well!  Be sure to check out what all the designers did when they share theirs on Wednesday at the AHSC blog!  Then come play along!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Trusty Toolbox DSP (ret)
Ink	Lost Lagoon, Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies

PP685 Color Challenge From Claire

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Claire is our Paper Players hostess this week and it's a color challenge week!  If you know Claire, you know she likes bright bold colors!  Check it out:

These colors just sing of spring, but I went in a different direction:

I recently did some shopping and got this little tree and die on sale from Colorado Craft! It hadn't gotten any ink yet, so I thought I'd make a non-traditional Christmas card!  To be really artistic, I could have inked every line with a marker and stamped it all on one diecut, but I was lazy, so I cut out several trees and lined them up in my Stamparatus and inked them in all the challenge colors, then snipped them into layers and adhered them to one tree.  Not the most aesthetically-pleasing technique, but it was certainly easier!!!

I diecut a panel of Basic White with an Everyday Detail die, then ran it through a snowflake embossing folder and mounted it on a square Crushed Curry card with a wee little Bermuda Bay mat.  I added a few bright pink sequins for fun.  I used the circle diecut as a base for my sentiment on the inside:

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, and it was inked up in Granny Apple Green!  Since the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge this month is looking for non-traditional colors, I'm entering there as well!

The design team has done a fabulous job with these colors!  Be sure to hop over to the Paper Players blog to check out how they used Claire's palette!  Then come play along with us too!  We'll be waiting to see what you create!

My little ice cube orchid began blooming a couple weeks ago....it has almost all the colors in it from our challenge this week, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Word Tree Mini (Colorado Craft), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Ink	Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Details Dies,Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Word Tree Mini Die (Colorado Craft), Christmas Blessings Die (Simon Says Stamp), So Saffron Blend (ret)

TGIF468 Thank You Kittens

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I am popping in today with a real quick card using a stamp set available through the Online Exclusives called Pets & More! It's a fun little two-step stamp, and I am using the sketch from TGIF for my card:

This sketch is a bit of a riff on my favorite sketch; the proportions are a bit different, but I still love it! Here we go:

I just happened to have this Inked Botanicals DSP on my desk, so I just went with that, stamping the outline image of kittens first in Calypso Coral ink on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, then flipped the stamp itself over and stamped the "filler" part in the same ink, only stamping it first on a piece of scrap paper so I got a lighter image.  I could have used my stamp positioner to get them a little straighter, but I was going for quick!!!

My sentiment is from Circle Sayings and I stamped the wee little fishies the same way, adding some retired enamel dots for a simple embellishment!

There are other animals in this set and I can't wait to play with them as well!  

Is anyone watching the PBS show called Mr Bates Vs The Post Office?  It's a fascinating, although very disturbing, series about how the British Post Office basically ruined many people's lives by refusing to admit that their new computer system was faulty.  The series is new, but it's based on a true story that has been playing out over about the last twenty years.  I have only seen one episode, but I recommend it! And the real-life final outcomes are still happening!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pets & More, Circle Sayings
Card stock & Papers	Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Inked Botanicals DSP
Ink	Calypso Coral
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (ret)
Tools

RRCB228 Yarny Birthday

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! A quick card today that uses the sketch from Retro Rubber:

We have a little craft group that meets each week at our church; some of us knit, some cross-stitch, some make cards and some crochet!  One of the crocheters has a birthday coming up and I made her a card using the yarn skein from Hand Knit (2010) as well as a sentiment from Here's a Card (2019):

These 12"x12" papers from Echo Park called I'd Rather Be Crafting were bright and cheerful, so I created my layers and mounted them on a retired Soft Sky card base.  The yarn was stamped in Calypso Coral and colored in with a Flirty Flamingo Blend.  I added a Flirty Flamingo circular mat as well as a Soft Sky mat, diecut with a Zigzag Stitched circle die from Sissix:

A wee little baker's twine bow finished it off.  I stamped a punny sentiment on the inside, along with the little knit garment from the same set:

Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hand Knit (ret, 2010), Here's a Card (ret, 2019)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Flirty Flamingo, Soft Sky (ret), I'd Rather Be Crafting (Echo Park)
Ink	Calypso Coral, Baja Breeze
Accessories	Calypso Coral Baker's Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Zigzag Stitched Dies (Sissix), 1/16" Hole Punch