AHSC662 Happy New Year!

Happy Monday, peeps! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Ours was very busy visiting friends and family, as well as hosting as well!  We still have New Year's to look forward to as well!  I rarely send out New Year's cards, but since I did miss sending a Christmas card or two, I thought I'd make a couple to mail out!  Just in time, the new Atlantic Hearts Sketch is up:

I also used the photo inspiration from Inspired By:

And here we go:

I must say this card was not without its issues---I forgot that I should only use Stazon when stamping on vellum, and that glue dots show through when you use black cardstock!  Oh well!  The balloons were punched out of various glimmer papers with the retired balloon punch; sentiment is from the retired Greetings of the Season, diecut with the Stitched So Sweetly die.  I embossed a piece of vellum with the Wishing Stars embossing folder from Spellbinders, and I added some swirly stars (Close to My Heart) and some miscellaneous sequins.  Everything went on a Very Vanilla card!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week!  It's a fun one!  Be sure to share it with us at Atlantic Hearts!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings Of The Season (ret), Swirly Stars (Close To My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Vellum (ret), Black, Vanilla and Gold Glimmer papers (ret)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Various Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Balloon Punch (ret), Wishing Stars Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas to all of my friends far & wide! May you have a blessed day with family and friends!

Remember that Jesus gave us the best gift of all--life eternal with him!

AHSC661 Thinking of You

 Happy Monday, peeps! How are your holiday plans going?  I still have wrapping to do!  I did carve out some time for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week:

Still working on some last-minute birthday cards, so I pulled out the Layers of Beauty bundle; it never disappoints!  Here we go:

I am not a huge fan of Bubble Bath, but I admit that it does look sweet here! I diecut a panel of it with the retired Scalloped Contours dies and embossed it with a new embossing folder called All In a Row.  I used the stencil and colored the flowers with Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink and Strawberry Slush inks; the leaves were Soft Sea Foam and Soft Succulent.  Sentiment is from The Right Words on a Stitched So Sweetly panel.  I did trim down the flowers to make it fit the card!

This will cheer up someone who's having another birthday, LOL!  I hope you'll play with our sketch this week...maybe you still have some Christmas cards you want to hand-deliver, and this might be a great sketch for you!  We can't wait to see what you do with it at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch blog!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Layers of Beauty, The Right Words
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine Black, Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delights, Soft Sea Foam, Soft Succulent (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layers of Beauty Dies, All In A Row Embossing Folder, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Blending Brushes, Layers of Beauty Stencils

PCC652 Denim Birthday

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Trying to catch up on my late-December birthday cards!  I have not played with the Paper Craft Crew challenge for a long, long time and they had a nice sketch:

I needed a masculine birthday card, and I found some "denim" papers in my stash from a long time ago and picked out a few that coordinated:

My panels and banner are all from the Nested Essentials dies; sentiment is from Simply Said:

And since I still had Best Year on my desk from yesterday's card, one of its sentiments went inside:

I really like these papers---too bad they're almost gone!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Simply Said, Best Year (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Pecan Pie, Original (Authentique)
Ink	Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Adhesive Brads (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Corner Rounder Punch (ret)

KC799 Peace on Earth

 Happy Friday, all! Yay, the weekend is upon us! I have a real quick card this morning, it used items that I had already laying on my desk, and so it came together in a jiffy!  The challenge at Krafty Chicks is CAS, so I am entering it there!

So here we go:

The snowflake background was diecut with the Waffleflower Dashed Snowflake Panel; the deer is from Papertrey, and the snowflake was a freebie from Waffleflower as well!  I used the Tiny Words Christmas for the front sentiment as well as the inside, and I also stamped a Christmas sentiment from Best Year along with it:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!  Off to wrap some presents!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Year (ret), Deer to Me (Papertrey), Tiny Words Christmas (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Boho Blue (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Rhinestones, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dashed Snowflake Panel (Waffleflower), Single Snowflake Die (Waffleflower), Deer to Me Dies (Papertrey), Stitched Hillsides Dies (Lawn Fawn), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)

FMS717 O Christmas Tree

Hello there, stamping friends! I feel like I haven't been in my craft room for AGES.  I have almost run out of Christmas cards and John keeps asking me, "Did you send one to so-and-so?", and I have to go make a couple more!  I finally made one just for craftiness' sake using Narelle's sketch at FMS:

I still had a couple cards left from the Christmas Greetings Mix & Match Specialty Cards, and I got a couple pre-Christmas gifts to myself, so I put them all to use:

I got a sweet set from Unity called Holly Jolly Holiday--just adorable!  I stamped the tree on Thick Basic White cardstock in Garden Green ink, but before removing it from my Misti, I cleaned my stamp and inked it up again with Versamark and stamped right over top of the image.  I then heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder and watercolored it in with Soft Sea Foam ink:

The embossing really keeps everything neat and tidy with no ink bleeding into the image! I fussy-cut it and mounted it on a Basic White panel that was embossed with a snowflake EF, then added a sentiment from Pine Tree Trimmings, inked and embossed the same way.  A simple gold foil panel matched the gold lines in the plaid!

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from the retired Peaceful Season stamp set:

Thanks so much for popping in today! Off to make some goodies for a little dinner we've having tomorrow for my TOPS ladies!  Hopefully I won't go too far over my calories--it IS the holidays, after all!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pine Tree Trimmings, Peaceful Season (ret), Holly Jolly Holiday (Unity)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gold Foil, Soft Sea Foam, Christmas Greetings Mix & Match Specialty Cards
Ink	Garden Green, Versamark, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Textured Notes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Aquapainter, Heat Tool, Starry Snowfall Embossing Folder (Spellbinders)

AHSC660 Vintage Floral Birthday

Happy Monday, peeps! How are your holiday plans coming? I am catching up!  But still have some shopping to do! I did squeeze in some stamping time to create a birthday card using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch for this week:

I went with a vintage theme, pulling out some papers from Prima called Farm Sweet Farm.  Here we go:

The sentiment is from the retired Charming Sentiments, stamped in Cherry Cobbler on a scrap of Naturals White cardstock (also retired). The floral panel has mats of Pebbled Path and Cherry Cobbler, and I diecut a banner from Moody Mauve to back my sentiment.  The banner was stamped in Versamark with Elements of Text to give it a more vintage look.  I also found the organdy rose and some pink lace in my stash (although I didn't match the scallops of my lace--horrors!) to add to the vintage feel.  The rose was actually off-white, so I sponged some Berry Burst ink on it and added some pink glitter.

On the inside, I stamped a birthday sentiment from Waffle Flower:

This will be winging its way to the recipient this week!  Glad you popped in today! I hope you'll find some time to create something with our Atlantic Hearts sketch this week!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments (ret), Inside Sentiments Birthday (Waffle Flower)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Naturals White (ret), Cherry Cobbler, Pebbled Path (ret), Moody Mauve (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Berry Burst
Accessories	Organdy Rose, Glitter, Pink Lace (all retired)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Charming Sentiments Dies (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main)