Ride with Me Thank you card, Paper Players #462

I really had to think about getting the set.  It didn't seem like one I'd use much, but hubby was very positive when I showed it to him, so I did get it, the whole bundle.  I'm still not sure how much I'll use the die for the truck, but it's really a fun set and very much on trend.
I'm playing with Paper players this week, I had a need for a thank you card for Thanksgiving dinner and now that is out of the way.   Our friends have a big week long Thanksgiving celebration where people come with their RV's  or even stay in the guest room or get a motel room.  Their friends and family have become friends of our over the years since we moved here and are too far from our kids to have dinner with them.

Check out the rest of the cards here.

I used my Aqua painter for the coloring on this card, the truck color was done to make it look like an old farm truck taking pumpkins to the patch or away from the patch.
I spent 20 yrs as a school bus driver and this so much reminds me of all the class trips in the fall, to pumpkin patches and apple farms.   Often my bus came back with a case of apple I'd bought for home, then there was always that very special apple dessert I had to buy.

You will find Ride with Me in the 2019/2020 annual catalog, buy it now and get the bundle price, my trees are from Winter Woods.
Colors used are: Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, black, Mossy Meadow and the new Belicata Silvery Shimmer for the metal parts on the truck.

Have a great pumpkin season and thanks for stopping.

Ride With Me Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Truck Ride Dies

$37.00

Winter Woods Cling-Mount Stamp Set

$23.00

Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$11.00

Silvery Shimmer Delicata Metallic Ink Refill

$9.00

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Quick and easy Christmas cards using Designer series paper

I've never done this before, usually I do my cards one at a time and post them often using a challenge for inspiration.  But this year I'm spending a lot of time making embroidered wall hangings for my children and I wanted some quick and easy but still beautiful cards to speed things up.

I also have never been one who liked to rely on DSP for so much of my card, but this years paper is THE most gorgeous I've ever seen and I really wanted to show it off.

I confess, I didn't buy the whole snowman stamp and punch set, just the DSP, so I cropped this out using an oval die, Cut some branches from Peaceful Boughs dies out and layered it all over the backside of one of the papers in the Let it Snow DSP.  If you really want some sparkle you could use glimmer paper for the branches.

The Oh Holy Night card, (that sentiment is a die I had from long ago). Was done using It Feels like Frost DSP, my favorite of all the new papers.  So many different scenes to be used and each one is gorgeous.   So, I didn't do much, just cut my die, and put on a stitched square piece, added the one small branch both out of Silver foil, and also punched out 3 stars for it, so quick. 

Warmest Winter Wishes card, done on the stunning copper embossed Brightly Gleaming DSP. I used a small strip of copper foil in each side of the DSP, added some foil die cut leaves and a sentiment, again so quick and easy. 

And my last one, done one Toile Tidings DSP, one side of this is all in red the other all in green and there are several different scenes throughout the pack.

That's about it for today, I hope you can take away some inspiration from these and do your own.  Thanks for stopping by.

Merry Christmas Tall tree, #PaperPlayers challenge #460

For the past several years I've been holding onto 2 packs of red #10 envelopes, and I think I've only used one. I bought them after Christmas one year because they had them marked down to 50cents a pack, but I just never could decide on a design for that size.
So, go over here to see what the team has done with this challenge.

 

So, this week the Paper Players has a tall card  challenge, so did I make this sized for those envelopes? Nope, I thought about it then ended up using a 4x6 envelope size, so this is just a tad under that to fit inside.

I made my tree by simply embossing the retired poinsettia folder onto Whisper White then I colored in a few of them just because I love color.  The first layer is one of the new DSP's.  The side of this paper is the really popular one with all the gorgeous frosty scenes, but the back side is fabulous on it's own. Several different designs using silver.

After embossing I used my trimmer to cut the large triangle, then used a tiny piece of copper I had laying around for my trunk.  I stamped and fussy cut the tiny poinsettia for the top and that was about it.

You could easily do this on a standard A2 card, just cut your tree smaller.  The die I used for the sentiment came from the Beautiful Boughs bundle set.

Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$14.50

Beautiful Boughs Dies

$35.00

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Tis the Season Christmas card, Freshly Made sketches#403

I love what the team did at FMS for clean and simple, but I never really like my own. I usually prefer to put color all over the place using watercolor and?   But here it is.  For some reason, for someone who doesn't do can well, I do love the challenge over at FMS.

Check it out for yourself.   

 I do love the contrast with the Night of Navy and the white, I also added just a touch of glimmer paper for fun.   And of course, an embossing folder.  If I had to pick just one tool, the embossing folders would be that tool.   So much bang for your buck and they are under $10.

Right now I'm on a mission to get my Christmas cards done inbetween Machine embroider/quilting projects for my gifts.  Then I slipped in a couple of Fall ME/quilting items.    The only thing I've managed to complete are cards, but I'm working on it.

I do hope I've given you an idea or two, this weeks card is a combo of new and retired product.  I just decided this year, I had to use some of those wonderful retired sets I love so much. 
Happy Stamping.

Poinsettia Christmas card, Freshly Made Sketches#402

Inspiration for this card came from this weeks sketch at fms#402.  Lately I've been using a lot of different colors for my Christmas cards, that's always fun. But today I've used Merry Merlot and Shaded Spruce for a more traditional look.

The plaid is from Wrapped In Plaid DSP, and the holly is from the Detailed Skate dies.

The team cards are really special this week, be sure to check them out.  

I've actually gotten quite a few cards completed for Christmas, that's a good thing because I've decided to make embroidered  wall hangings for my family for Christmas and that's taking a lot of time.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Quick and easy Christmas card

Just a quick upload today to show you how easy a Christmas card  can be.  This is a piece of the new Holiday DSP Feels Like frost.  I added the deer, santa and sleigh and the sentiment. Done. 
There are so many different designs to this DSP, and so many sets with things you can add and ways to add them. 

I hope you enjoyed and it gave you some inspiration. Thanks for stopping.

Dove of Peace Christmas, Just Add Ink #473

I know, I haven't been posting much lately.  I am working on Christmas cards, but otherwise I am having a great time making embroidered, quilted wall hangings for my family for Christmas. 
This stamp is retired, but I didn't get to use it much way back when I bought it and it just seemed perfect for this card. 

The DSP is Brightly Gleaming.  So many beautiful, metallic patterns! Then there is the other side.  Also beautiful patterns, but not metallic, so a very nice and usable pack. 
So, my inspiration this week was from Just Add Ink. Check them out here.

As you can see, I chose Metallics and twine.  My bird is also embossed in Copper, which of course makes is super easy to color.  I didn't take a lot of time with the coloring this time. I just used my Aqua Painter and ink pads put lightly put down just 2 colors, Soft Seafoam and Pretty Peacock.  The leaves are from the Lovely Flowers Edgelits, it just seemed to fit in.

I also added some Frost Shimmer paint, if you look close I think you can see it on the leaves.  It's hard in a photo, but beautiful in person.  Sorry to say, the gold twine is also retired, couple of years ago I think, but I'd love more metallic twine.

As an alternative you could stamp the dove on vellum, color the back side and have a whole different look. 
Thanks for stopping by.

Metallic Ornament card, Freshly Made Sketches #400

So, this is a very special week at FMS.  Their 400th week of doing the sketch challenge.  Go on over and check out the team cards and the special  doings.

And, here is the sketch.

Now, about this card, it is so hard to get a good photo of metallic shine.  I'll post another photo down a bit that might help with that.  I used one of 2 sets of ornament stamp and die sets that I have that retired.  If you have one or both of them, you are going to want this DSP! Look at all the matching and metallic shine.
If you don't have one, then the Christmas Gleaming bundle is for you! Personally I think one of these ornament sets is mandatory.  And be sure to get the DSP, which just happens to be by the same name.
This is my 2nd time using the new copper metallic ink. And I am in love.  If you are going to do a resist technique, then you need to emboss, but if not, you can have that gorgeous bright shine just by stamping with these new inks. Besides Copper, it comes in Silver and Gold and there are refills.
My supply list was very simple, I used Very Vanilla, Pretty Peacock and copper.    And I used the retired Ornament Keepsakes stamp and die set, Merry Christmas dies, And the  metallic ink pad.

 I think the shine shows up better in the photo.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope I have inspired you.

Merry Christmas Dies

$28.00

Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$11.00

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper

$14.50

Watercolor fun, A Christmas Card. Paper Players #456

A Bit of play with the Pigment sprinkles.  I would have done Red and green, but there is no red unfortunately, but I think the Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape will do very well.  I actually ended up with way more color then I wanted, I just forgot how little it takes.  So, I had to dab and take some off, spread around, dab some more.  Take my word for it, tiny amounts to start.

I'm in love with this bundle, it's called the Free Skate stamp set with dies to match.  In order to keep the color down on the skates, I used Pool Party CS. I could have used the Posy CS instead, but went with this.

Before I go on, you'll want to check out the challenge to see what everyone else did.

Now, to start with that copper color that looks embossed, isn't.  This is a new metallic we have in the Holiday catalog. It comes in Silver and gold as well as the copper.  As you can see it looks wonderful, shiny and bright even without embossing and it dries fairly quickly.
So, here is a better look at the copper.

After stamping and coloring in the other colors, I just took a tiny drop of refill ink and used it to brush in the copper for the blades.   I only got copper, but I am for sure going to add the silver and gold to my next order!

Free Skate Bundle

$45.00

Free Skate Cling Stamp Set

$21.00

Detailed Skate Dies

$29.00

Christmas Layers Dies

$29.00

Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$11.00

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A Very Merry Christmas Card, Freshly Made Sketches #400

My disclaimer, the only stamp set used in this card was the sentiment.   I have to admit that I do not have this bundle.   I just couldn't squeeze one more bundle out of my budget, so I bought the DSP.  Isn't it fun??????

I added Shaded Spruce to the mix of colors from the DSP.  I cut the snowman out, but he had no hat, so I cut the hat out too. If you look closely you can see the glitter, he comes with. In fact the DSP has quite a lot of glitter already added and lots of cute, cute, cute paper.

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for my inspiration, take a look at the teams cards.

Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)

$22.00

Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper

$14.50

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Birthday Wishes card, JAI#470 challenge

This turned out to be harder then I thought.  The challenge is to make a card without stamping.  Not much of a problem except for the sentiment, so it took a lot of thought.

I could have taken the easy way out and just die cut or punched out designs and layered it on the paper and left no sentiment, but I always have to make it hard for myself.  So, check out what the team did for this one.

I was going to use the punched out flower in the Floral Essence set, but then I realized, I couldn't without stamping them. I mean I could have, but they wouldn't have look as neat with out the stamping.

The paper I used is just gorgeous. It's photos of actual art work, with stunning flowers and colors. This piece is one of the more plain pieces, and I cut the flowers from one of the pieces as well.   It's called Perennial Essence.

I used Pretty Peacock and Blushing Bride  and the Stitched Nested Label Dies that come in the bundle with the Free as a Bird stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope I gave you some inspiration.

Another vintage Christmas card. Paper Players challenge #454

Do you remember all the glassware from way back?  Many people collected it, lots of it was blue.  I decided my tea pot should be a memory of all that vintage glass.

I made this for the Paper players challenge, it will be sent as one of my Christmas cards of course.  See what the team did here.

I probably shouldn't be doing Christmas cards just yet, but when I got my order, I found the designs rolling around in my head so I had to get them out.  I do love Black and white, but always with a pop of color, so this was right up my alley. 
I used the Toile Tidings DSP, stamped my tea pot from Tea Together then cut out using the die from Tea Time Framelits.
Those tiny red rhinestones were originally in last years Holiday catalog, but are now in our new Annual catalog. I'm really happy about that, I love them and they are usable all year.

Thanks of stopping by.

Festive Friday #0040, Vintage Christmas. 2019 Stampin Up Holiday Sneak peek

I know there are plenty of people, not here in AZ, but other places where it's cold, that still ice skate in the winter.  But to me it seems an old fashioned idea, so I combined my new Free Skate bundle with the new DSP Toile Tidings.  A very vintage looking paper.  It has the same designs on each page, but one side is Real Red and the other side is Garden Green.  
In my mind, this just screams Christmas and winter both. 
I used Very Vanilla as the DSP background is VV, then accented the skates with gold foil.
I have layered 2 different designs of the same package then used my Stitched Rectangle dies for the green piece under my skate.  I happen to be in love with this skate die, but there is also a set of skate you can stamp in the set. 

So, here is the challenge, stop by and see what the team did.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Fab Friday #169, 2019 Holiday sneak peek

I had this idea to punch out a cat using the new plaid DSP for the Fab Friday Challenge. Unfortunately the gold embossed lines in the plaid failed to show up in this photo, but take my word for it, it's really pretty. 
I paired it with the Peaceful Boughs bundle in the new 2019 Holiday catalog. It was quick, easy and fun. And will be going out to a lady who is a friend, and who lives across the country, who not only supports cat groups, but houses many of them in a very neat building of their own.  

Check out the challenge here.

As you can see I changed the circle and added a few things from the bundle. 
My colors are: Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce, and gold.  These boughs are very quick and easy to cut and apply.  I may try them next in metallic. 
Thanks for stopping by.

Sneak Peek, from the Holiday 2019 catalog. Fusion Family challenge

I'm so excited! I just got my first pre-order from the new 2019 Holiday catalog, and I just HAD to play with it.   I know I should be playing with more of my goodies from the annual catalog, and I'll get back to that, but this stuff was just too tempting.

I didn't notice many of my team mates talking about this skate set. It's called Free Skate and It was the first thing I noticed and had to have.

So, here is the challenge I'm using for inspiration. Click here to see what the team did.

It's  a little hard to see, but there is a piece of vellum cut using one of the  Stitched Nested Label dies under the skate.  It kind of blends in with the blurry parts of the DSP  Speaking of DSP, isn't this fabulous???????????   There is a whole pack of gorgeous papers like this in the pack and the back side is also wonderful, it's white with metallic silver designs! Wow! The name is Feels like Frost DSP.

It just seemed like it had to be used with my skate and the new Christmas Layer dies. One is under the skate.

The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Christmas. And the little tiny snowflake sequins are also in the catalog.   Thanks for stopping by.