PP690 Punny CAS

Happy Sunday, everyone! Hope your weekend is going well!  Anne Marie is our hostess at the Paper Players this week with a really fun CAS theme:

What a great idea! I pulled out a really, really old Crafty Secrets set and here's what I came up with:

I did paper-piecing of my little teabag and tag with some retired Mint Macaron papers, diecut it out and mounted it on a panel of Basic White embossed with the Elegant Dots embossing folder:

Since I am using the sketch from FMS this week, I added some Mint Macaron Country Gingham banners to frame my punny design!

And on the inside, I stamped a sentiment from the new set Simply Said, and over top, a little sunshine image from Happiest Day:

I am also entering this at As You See It, in their "recipe" challenge:

Got them all!

Now, I hope you'll make us laugh with whatever humorous or punny creations you can come up with! We all need a good giggle once in a while, right?!  Share it with the other stampers at the Paper Players blog and while you're there, check out what the designers did as well!  See you there!

Thanks for stopping by today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Happiest Day, Coffee & Tea Large (Crafty Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Mint Macaron (ret), Country Gingham (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Elegant Dots Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)

Warm Wishes

Happy Friday, all! I am on a Christmas card roll here!  My card today is for two challenges that I rarely participate in; The Flower Challenge, where they want us to color our flowers; and the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge, where they also want flowers!

I pulled out Poinsettia Petals along with the mug from Latte Love and did a little watercoloring---I must confess, I wish I had used a black ink instead of gray, but it is what it is:

I used Smoky Slate to stamp my poinsettia, then watercolored it with Real Red, Flirty Flamingo and Berry Burst inks.  The berries were diecut and colored also, highlighted with a white gel pen.  I happened to have a piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock already embossed with this pine embossing folder so I diecut it with the new Spotlight on Nature dies, then added a diecut sentiment. It looked a little plain, so I added some gold pearls to the center. The mug was cut from some retired Dashing Through The Snow DSP.

I'll keep practicing coloring these poinsettias....practice makes perfect, right?  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love, Poinsettia Petals (ret), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Dashing Through the Snow DSP (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Real Red, Flirty Flamingo, Berry Bursh, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Gold Pearls (ret), Dimensionals,
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Latte Love Dies, Poinsettia Dies (ret), Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Evergreen Embossing Folder (ret), Aquapainter

Summer Splash Congrats

Happy Thursday, peeps! I needed a couple congratulations cards for some new recuits!  The In Color Summer Splash is probably my favorite one from this year, so I decided to put it to good use, along with some diecuts from Hooray for Surprises and a sentiment from Best Family Ever:

I began by diecutting a panel of Summer Splash  with the Radiating Stitches die, then added a panel of coordinating DSP.  I cut some floral elements with the Hooray for Surprises die, then adhered them on with some matching ribbon:

I stamped the sentiment on a Stylish Shapes banner and popped it up:

The inside is from a new set called Happiest Day, which is my new favorite set; isn't this a fun sentiment?

New stamps, new colors, it's all fun! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happiest Day, Best Family Ever
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Summer Splash, Summer Splash DSP
Ink	Summer Splash
Accessories	Summer Splash Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Hooray for Surprises Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Radiating Stitches Dies, Coastal Cabana Marker

Christmas Wishes

Happy gray, icky Tuesday, everyone!  I had a hard time getting started today! But I really wanted to do some stamping, so I checked out a few challenges and came up with a Christmas card in sort of non-traditional colors:

The Peace on Earth challenge has some lovely inspiration photos for us, and the Jingle Belles wants to see only cardstock....no DSP!

I took my inspiration from the bottom right inspiration photo of the pink candy canes on the brown package!  I stamped the candy cane from The Stamp Market's Candy Cane Christmas in a combination of Pretty in Pink and Blushing Bride inks, then added a bow, some glittery holly leaves and some a sentiment on a Crumb Cake diecut panel:

The Every Day Details dies are really fun to use but sometimes all those little dots can get stuck in your die, or on your cutting plate, so here's a couple little tips:  Put a layer of waxed paper between your day and your cardstock.  The "chads" are less likely to stick in the die that way! You may still need a piercing tool to poke out a stubborn one here or there.  Then, use a lint roller to remove all the little dots from your cutting plate!  Works like a charm!

And here's the inside:

Very simple and easy!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Candy Cane Christmas (The Stamp Market), Reindeer Crossing (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, White Glimmer (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Every Day Details Dies, Candy Cane Christmas Dies (The Stamp Market)

CAS C&S536 Of The Earth

Happy Monday, peeps! This will be quick, as it is stamp club day! Love stamping with my girls! I needed a birthday card for our pastor's wife; she is an artist in her own right, and loves what I call the "minimalist" style, so when I saw the color challenge at Clean & Simple Colours & Sketches, it called to me!

She also loves to garden....her flowers are amazing....so I pulled out a couple of really old retired sets and made this CAS card:

The silhouette image is from the retired SU Of The Earth. My intention was to stamp, emboss the image with the Subtle embossing folder, then sponge with Pool Party ink and diecut it out.  I got ahead of myself and embossed first, and I was upset because I knew my silhouette would not have a clear image.  I tried it anyway and decided I liked the "distressed" look of it, so I went forward, adding a Pool Party and Lost Lagoon mat:

I stamped both the outside and inside sentiments with Lost Lagoon ink and it was done!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Of The Earth (ret), A Garden is a Friend (Cornish Heritage Farms), Birthday Centers (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party
Ink	Pool Party, Pebbled Path
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Blending Brush, Subtle Embossing Folder (ret)

PP689 Sweet Little Birdhouse

Happy Sunday, peeps! And Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, step-moms and pet-moms out there! Ann is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has a perfectly delightful color challenge for us!

I couldn't help but ink up the Country Birdhouse stamp set, with all its fun little elements, to make my card today:

I chose Smoky Slate as my additional color!  I stamped and diecut my images, coloring the florals and bird with either Blends or Markers.  I did emboss the bird house elements with the Timber embossing folder and very lightly added some Smoky Slate ink on top...you can barely see it!

I added a little silver pearl on the top, as well as some stamped embellishments on the roof elements.  Finally, it all went on a panel of Basic White, embossed with the Eyelet embossing folder.  I left off a sentiment, as I am not sure for what occasion I'll use this...it could be used for almost anything!

I hope you'll play along with these gorgeous shades that Ann has put together for us--I know I love them! Check out the Paper Players blog to see what the other team members came up with!  Hope to see you there!

Dana usually takes me out flower/plant shopping for Mother's Day, and yesterday we made a trip to a local Amish nursery.  We have LOTS of Amish nurseries in our area, so we decided to try a new one and although it was smaller than some, it didn't disappoint:

This is just one section of plants.  I was fascinated by the hanging baskets waaaaay up at the top and wondered how one would get one of them.  The Amish girls climb up and scamper across the grates to pick out the one you want!!  I was fascinated by this hanging basket:

Part of our haul:

Cassidy was very helpful in pushing the cart to our car!  Now we just have to plant everything!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Country Birdhouse
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Ink	Smoky Slate
Accessories	Smoky Slate Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Country Birdhouse Dies, Eyelet Embossing Folder, Timber Embossing Folder, Blending Brush, Fresh Freesia Marker, Lost Lagoon & Highland Heather Blends

A Little Latte Just For Fun

Happy Friday, peeps! Yay, the weekend is here and of course, it's going to be rainy! That's okay!  Dana, Cassidy & I will be plant-shopping so a little rain won't stop us!  

My card today is a just-for-fun one...no challenges, just making some samples for my club girls to check out!  It was quick and simple, I let the DSP do most of the work!  So here we go:

I used the Little Latte DSP, fussy-cutting one of the mugs out and diecutting a plaid piece on which to stamp a sentiment from Country Bouquet:

I added a little Lemon Lolly twine just for fun! And here's the inside sentiment, from Latte Love:

I love how those two sentiments fit together, even from different sets!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love, Country Bouquet
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, A Little Latte DSP
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	Lemon Lolly Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essential Dies