JAI777 Something Seasonal

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  The Just Add Ink challenge this week is "Something Seasonal":

I have a class this week at the retirement community where Dana works, and they had requested winter birthdays, so one of the cards we'll be making just happened to fit JAI's challenge:

The skates are from Avery Elle and the sentiment is from SU's Greetings of the Season and Everyday Greetings (both from 2024).  Skates were stamped in Basic Gray, and then colored with Blends.  They're mounted on a pretty embossed panel of Coastal Cabana.  The inside sentiment is from Waffle Flower:

And since this Avery Elle set has been in my stash for at least five years, I am adding it to the Retro Rubber challenge of "Anything Goes"!

Lots of errands to run today, so I am "skating" off, saying thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed! And STAY WARM!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Everyday Greetings (ret), Greetings of the Season (ret), Holiday Skates (Avery Elle 2020?)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Coastal Cabana
Ink	Basic Gray
Accessories	Ribbon from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Holiday Skates Dies (Avery Elle), Snowflakes Swirl embossing folder (Darice), Blends

AHSC665 Holiday Snowflake

Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge! It's a fun one, with lots of layers:

I really loved the inspiration photo from Inspired By this week, so I used that for my colors and theme:

And here we go:

I have to admit that this card took me WAY longer than it should have---I just have so many products from which to choose, LOL! I started with an Almost Amethyst card base--anyone else remember THAT color?  What a pretty shade of purple it is!  I added a snowy embossed panel and a Pool Party strip that was stamped with the Buffalo Check in Craft White ink---subtle, but it's there!  The snowflake was diecut from some white glimmer paper, and I added some other purple glimmer snowflakes:

The sentiment banner is from Spellbinders; I also added some Smoky Slate pearls.  The inside sentiment was stamped in Smoky Slate as well, and I adhered a few leftover snowflakes:

There are tons of possibilities for which you could use this layout!  I hope you have fun with it!  Be sure to share your creation with us at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peaceful Season (ret), Buffalo Check (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Almost Amethyst (ret), Grain & Grunge (Honey Bee), Lavender Glimmer (Recollections), White Glimmer (CTMH)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Smoky Slate Pearls
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched Snowflakes Dies (ret), Seasonal Tags Dies (ret), Handmade Sentiments Dies (Spellbinders), Circle Scallop Dies (Nestabilities), Snowflake Dies (Shady Lane), Scattered Snowflakes Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

PP769 CAS Brrr!

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this one is from our amazing hostess Joanne!  She has a clean-and-simple theme for us:

She wants "Signs of Winter"....but specifically NOT Christmas!  Well, winter certainly is rearing its head here--snow and COLD!!!  I pulled out some stamps featuring hats and mittens and went to work:

My stamps are from W+9, stamped in Azure Afternoon.  I got my color inspiration from Color Hues:

After stamping and diecutting my winter wear, I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps to arrange them:

My embossed panel used an embossing folder from Tim Holtz, and I stamped some snow around the mittens and hat and added a cute "Brrr" sentiment from Colorado Craft:

A little Crafter's Companion stamp went on the inside. I thought I would add a birthday or get well sentiment as well, when I need a card for that occasion!

I hope that you'll play along with our challenge this week!  Remember to keep it CLEAN AND SIMPLE!  I know we want to add lots of bells and whistles, but this week, keep it all about stamps, ink and paper!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Holiday Cheer (W+9), Winter Blessings (Crafters Companion), Just Add Snow (Colorado Craft Company), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon
Ink	Azure Afternoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Holiday Cheer Dies (W+9), Deer Knit Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz)

AYSI364 Another Beer

Happy Friday, all!  It's time for a new As You See It challenge of 2026 and it's a fun one!  It's a fill-in-the-blank, and we want you to use your newest craft purchase!

My newest craft purchase is some Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol!  This technique of blending colored pencils with Gamsol has been around for a long time, but I never jumped on that bandwagon, so "Santa" very nicely gave some to me for Christmas (thanks, John!)!  And since Wayne's birthday is today, I decided to use this technique on a Unity stamp set---a mug of beer!  So here we go with my CAS creation:

I stamped the beer mug with Versafine ink, diecut it out, then colored the beer with Goldenrod and Spanish Orange Prismacolor pencils, adding a little Light Cerulean Blue to the mug itself and Black on the suds:

I added the sentiment to a Very Vanilla card and popped up the beer, adding some shading to the bottom with Pecan Pie ink.  My Wink of Stella kind of "exploded" while I was trying to add some sparkle, so it is VERY sparkly, LOL!  Here's the inside, using another sentiment from the same Unity set along with a Waffleflower Inside Sentiments Birthday set:

I am also entering this at the Addicted to CAS challenge, where they are looking for "glass"!

SO....what new goodies did you get for Christmas or just recently?  We'd love to see what you create with them!  Share them with us over at the As You See It blog!  Can't wait!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends are Like Seashells (for the bubbles; ret), A Cold One (Unity), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Very Vanilla, Thick Basic White
Ink	Versafine Black, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, A Cold One Dies (Unity), Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Blending Stumps, Wink of Stella, Aquapainter

No-Calorie Doughnuts!

 Happy Thursday, all!  No challenges today!  When the More Than Autumn bundle went on sale, I finally caved and got it!  SO many cute possibilities with it!  My first card uses the doughnut image along with some papers from Made With Love:

Flirty Flamingo is my main color here--I stamped, colored and diecut the donuts out, then mounted them on die-cut squares of the DSP. I stamped the sentiment and did some snipping and trimming:

I added some "sprinkles" as well as some adhesive sequins.  The inside features a sentiment from the retired Six Sayings:

Wish I could have one of these no-calorie doughnuts right now! Yum!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	More Than Autumn, Six Sayings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Flirty Flamingo, Basic White, Made with Love DSP
Ink	Flirty Flamingo
Accessories	Adhesive Sequins (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), More Than Autumn Dies (ret), Blends

ICC207 A Non-traditional Valentine

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! The Inspire.Create.Challenge this week wants to see something new!  

I recently got this beautiful embossing folder called Stone & Vine--it's a bit of a sleeper in the catalog, easy to overlook!  I chose it to make a non-traditional Valentine!  It's a square card, 4 1/4", and it's also blue!  Here we go:

I embossed a piece of Misty Moonlight with the embossing folder, then swiped my Craft White ink pad across the raised areas.  I added a sentiment from Encircled With Love, making sure the hummingbird's tail didn't get cut off, then mounted it all on a Cloud Cover card base:

Another new product is this pretty Cloud Cover Textured Ribbon---oh so soft!  

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Encircled With Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cloud Cover, Misty Moonlight
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Craft White
Accessories	Cloud Cover Textured Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stone & Vine Embossing Folder, Layering Circles Dies (ret)

AHSC664 Thinking of You

Happy Monday, all!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

I used some beautiful papers from Beautiful Gallery, but unfortunately, covered up the prettiest roses!  Duh!  Anyway, I used a plate to cut the arched edge and stamped some Elements of Text with Versamark ink on the right side of the Cloud Cover card.  

The foliage, stamped in Secret Sea and Cloud Cover, are from the retired Forever Fern; the sentiment is from The Right Words.

I added some sparkly gems and it was done!  Even though the roses are covered up, it's still pretty in these blue hues!  I hope you'll play with our fun sketch this week too!  Share your creation with us at the Atlantic Hearts blog!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	The Right Words, Forever Fern (ret), Elements of Text (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Cloud Cover, Basic White, Secret Sea, Beautiful Gallery DSP
Ink	Cloud Cover, Secret Sea
Accessories	Glitter Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Forever Flourishing Dies (ret)