PP799 CAS Challenge from Claire

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It's Claire's turn to be our Paper Players hostess and she has a clean-and-simple challenge for us:

I got some new-to-me Tim Holtz dies a wee bit ago, and I thought they would be fun to use for my CAS card today!  Here we go:

I diecut the leaf openings from Thick Very Vanilla cardstock, then backed each one with a piece of gold, orange or red glimmer paper.  The sentiment is from Close to My Heart, stamped in Golden Glow:

I stamped another sentiment from the same set, along with "birthday" on the inside, and added some Paper Pumpkin leaves:

I really, really love this card---it IS very simple but the glimmer really kicks it up!  I hope you'll find some inspiration to create a fall-themed CAS card this week! Share it with us at the Paper Players and while you're there, check out what the DT created as well! 

My nephew and his family visited my sister in SC this past week; I couldn't resist sharing this photo of Maven on their way to "Goodwill hunting", LOL!  LOVE the hair!

And speaking of vacation, I will be having a wee little bloggy break this week, but I'll be back for next week's challenge---it's a special one!   Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!
 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Blessings (Close to My Heart), Every Day Expressions (The Paper Studio), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Thick Very Vanilla, Red Glimmer, Gold Glimmer, Orange Glimmer (misc)
Ink	Golden Glow, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensional Strips
Tools	Big Shot, Cut Out Leaves Dies (Tim Holtz)

PP795 CAS Beach Babies

 Happy Sunday, peeps! It is my turn to be the hostess at the Paper Players, and it's CLEAN and SIMPLE week!  I hope you like my theme:

Oh, so many possibilities with this one!  I pulled out one of my old favorites and made a one-layer card! Can you believe it?  Here we go:

I stamped this 100 Proof Press image on Thick Basic White cardstock with Stazon ink, and loosely watercolored all these little beach babies, then added some sand and sky!

I do believe I got carried away with coloring their little cheeks---they are definitely looking a wee bit sunburnt!  I added a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and that was it! No embellishments or anything!  And since Inspire.Create is looking for one-layer cards this week, I am entering it there as well!

I hope you'll play along with my clean-and-simple challenge---just remember to keep your layers and embellishments to a minimum!  We want to see your stamping shine through! Share your creation with us at the Paper Players!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Beach Babies (100 Proof Press)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Stazon Black, Seaside Spray, lots of others
Accessories
Tools	Aquapainter

PP791 CAS From Jan Here Comes the Sun

Happy Sunday, all!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess this week, and it's CLEAN and SIMPLE week!  Remember to keep your card elements to a minimum!

What a fun challenge theme!  I recently got some rub-ons from 49 and Market and had not had a chance to use them--perfect timing!  I admit they were a little fiddly to adhere but other than the fact that I had NOT planned to put my big sentiment at an angle, I made them work!  Here we go:

I first embossed a piece of Thick Basic White with the Stitched With Whimsy die, then chose my rub-ons.  I had laid the top one down on the paper, then ran to take something out of the oven and by the time I got back, it had begun to adhere to the paper----so, at an angle it went!  I put the bunnies at an angle too, then added the sun, the sentiment and the yellow splotch:

As I said, they took a little effort to get them to adhere, but I found out that using the tip of my piercing tool to run with helped get the finer details in place!  I left the inside blank, as this could be used for any number of occasions!  The rub-ons made for a very quick card and I think it's CAS enough!  I am also going to enter this over at the Krafty Chicks, where they're also looking for CAS!

I hope you'll play with our CAS challenge at the Paper Players this week!  Check out what the design team did with this---you may be surprised at the "weather" they chose!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Do not be deceived:  God will not be mocked.  A man reaps what he sows."  Galatians 6:7

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink
Accessories	Spring Stories Rub-ons (49 & Market)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret)

CAS on Sunday #336 Birds

 Happy Friday, peeps! I have the honor of being the guest designer for CAS on Sunday this week, where the challenge is birds!  I love birds! It was hard to choose which one I was going to use, but I decided to go for a vintage feel, so here we go:

My robin is from a set by Artistic Outpost called Birds of a Feather, and the sentiment is from Flourishes' Sweet Violets.  I stamped him in Black Stazon ink, watercolored him in, then added some speckles and a bit of embossing around the edge.  On hindsight, that embossing reminds me of bird tracks, LOL!  Maybe that was a subconscious thought of mine!!!

I left the inside blank, so it could be used for most any occasion!

Now, how about you?  Do you have some bird stamps you could use to create a clean-and-simple card?  We would love to see them at CAS on Sunday!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Birds of a Feather (Artistic Outpost), Sweet Violets (Flourishes)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla
Ink	Stazon Black, Really Rust (ret), Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, Basic Beige,, Crumb Cake
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched with Whimsy Dies (ret), Aquapainter

AYSI373 Speedy Tulips

 Happy Friday! Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's SPEED STAMPING time!  Woohoo!  For this challenge, we are asking you to stamp a card in ten minutes or less, and show us your time!  You can assemble all your supplies ahead of time, but once you start stamping/diecutting/adhering, you're on the clock!  So here's our prompt this week:

I don't have many tulip stamps--maybe one--but I do have a wee little tulip die that I bring out every now and then, and since it's small I was pretty sure I could fit it into my ten-minute time frame!  So here we go:

I really love the combination of Poppy Parade and Pool Party, so when I saw this big polka dot print DSP in my scrap bin, I thought it would be great for a bright red tulip!  It comes with this little frame die, and I already had this piece of white cardstock embossed and unused, so I ran everything through the Big Shot , did some stamping and punching, and called it done!  Hopefully you can't see the glue that oozed out while trying to adhere that skinny little frame, LOL!

Since I had some time left, I did add some red enamel dots for pizzazz!  And since the Just Add Ink challenge this week is "Polka Dots", I am entering it there!

And here's my time:

Not bad!  I hope you'll not be scared off by our speed stamping challenge!  Just keep it simple, bright and fun!  Share it with us over at the As You See It blog, and don't forget to give us your time!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Pool Party DSP (ret)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Tulip Frame Dies (Concord & 9th), Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (ret), Modern Label Punch (ret)

PP786 CAS Challenge from Ann

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Ann is our Paper Players hostess this week with a fun Clean and Simple challenge:

Yum!  There are a myriad of choices with this challenge! Just remember to keep it clean and simple--minimal layers, images and stamps!  I put my new Made With Sweetness dies to work, using the peach die along with the Mini Alphabet dies as well:

I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Pumpkin Pie cardstocks to create my peach slice, adding a little white craft ink to the Pumpkin Pie piece to soften it up a bit.  The tag was cut from some retired Crisp Cantaloupe DSP and a piece of vellum, tied with some Crisp Cantaloupe ribbon.  I shaded the alphabet letters with a Blend to give them a little depth.

I added a sentiment from the retired Sunny Sentiments set:

And I am going to enter this into the TGIF challenge, which is thank you cards:

We can't wait to see what food you will add to your clean and simple card!  Share it with us at the Paper Players blog!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sunny Sentiments (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pumpkin Pie, Crisp Cantaloupe DSP (ret), Vellum (ret)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Crisp Cantaloupe Ribbon, Sequins from my stash
Tools	Big Shot, Made With Sweetness Dies, Mini Alphabet Dies, Tailor Made Tag Dies (ret), Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Blends

Sleepy Kitty

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have a really, really clean and simple card for you today; I used the theme from CAS on Sunday, which is animals, and the colors from Color Hues:

I used two new In Colors (out today!) of Hydrangea Hue and Golden Glow, along with a sweet little image from Unity Stamps:

I made an embossed oval and stamped my sleepy kitty inside, then added a Whittles Saying to the corner, along with a little flourish from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

This is uber-CAS,  even more CAS than I normally do, but I do have a friend who loves cats, so this will be for her!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love & Good Vibes (Unity), Whittle Sayings (Poppystamps), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Hydrangea Hue
Ink	Hydrangea Hue, Golden Glow
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Ovals Dies (ret)

Addicted to CAS Postage Christmas

 Happy Wednesday, everyone! I have a quick little clean and simple card today--another Christmas one--for the Addicted to CAS challenge of "postage"!

Last year I got some vintage Christmas postage stamp images from Elizabeth Crafts, so I thought they would be great for the challenge:

Using a Waffle Flower postage die, I cut out two stamps from Basic Beige cardstock and stamped my images in Cherry Cobbler and Shaded Spruce inks, then added some register stamps on a Crumb Cake card behind them:

I have been longing to try to "speckles" on my card to give it a more vintage look, so I watered down some Craft White ink and using my aquapainter, tapped it on the handle of another paintbrush and it didn't turn out too badly.  Looks like snow, although some of them have a more of a raindrop look! I need practice! And just to show you that even after 25 years of stamping, there are still things to learn:

Be sure your Cherry Cobbler ink is fully dry on your Crumb Cake card BEFORE you add your speckles.  Better yet, speckle first, THEN stamp!  I hope the recipient won't mind the blurry sentiment, LOL!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	December Postage Stamps (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Vintage Christmas (Flonzcraft)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Shaded Spruce,  Crumb Cake, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Postage Stamp Die (Waffle Flower), Aquapainter

PP782 Fawned of You

Happy Sunday, all!  Hope you're having a good weekend so far!  It's Christy's turn to be the hostess at the Paper Players, and it's clean-and-simple week! She has a sweet theme for it, too! Check it out:

What a fun theme!  Remember, it needs to be clean and simple!  Not a lot of embellishments or layers (although mine does have a couple of them!). I went searching through my plethora of paper and stamps and went a real easy route, letting the paper do most of the work!  Here we go:

I remembered I had some really cute papers from Craft Consortium with lots of woodland creatures and greenery on it, so I diecut a little fawn from one piece, added a scallop border and a couple more of the forest babies (massive fussy-cutting skills here!) along the edges:

And since those Poppy Whittle Sayings were still on my desk, I couldn't resist adding a punny sentiment!  Oh, and I did emboss my Natural White cardstock panel with a Burlap embossing folder before adhering it to a Basic Beige card base.  I wish SU still carried the Natural White cardstock; it's such a good fit with nature-themed cards!

The Design Team at the Players has really come up with some fun creations!  Be sure to pop on over to the Paper Players to give them some love, then share your clean-and-simple baby animal creativity with us as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Whittle Sayings (Poppy Stamps)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Naturals White (ret), Copper Clay (ret), Little Fawn & Friends (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Cinnamon Cider (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), 1 3/4" Circle Punch (ret), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Burlap Embossing Folder (Honey Bee)

PP777 CAS Challenge from Jaydee

Happy Sunday, all!  Jaydee is our Paper Players hostess this week with a timely, fun Clean-and-Simple challenge: 

There are always lots of options for florals, right?!  For my card, I also chose to use the color challenge from Retro Rubber as well:

So here we go:

I am really trying to use some of my older stamps; these florals happen to come from a Paper Pumpkin kit; I would say it's at least five or six years old, perhaps older, because I haven't done Paper Pumpkin for a while!  I stamped the flowers and leaves on a piece of Basic White cardstock and watercolored them with Bubble Bank, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green and Mossy Meadow inks.  I then fussy-cut them out and mounted them on a Bubble Bath frame on top of a Basic White card base.

 I also diecut a little cross-stitch pattern around the edge of the card--still keeps it clean and simple, but adds some interest!  Finally my sentiment is from Suite Sayings (2016), stamped in Strawberry Slush.  It is always fun to use some older stuff!  

I hope you'll play with our challenge this week!  Remember to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE--minimal stamps, layers and embellishments!  Share it with us over at the blog!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Suite Sayings (2016), Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Bubble Bath
Ink	Versafine Black, Bubble Bath, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Cross Stitch Rectangle Dies (Taylored Expressions), Aquapainter

PP773 CAS Balloons

 Happy Sunday, peeps! Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Stef as our hostess!  It's Clean-and-Simple time, and it's a fun one:

What's more fun than balloons and birthdays?!  We just have to make sure it's CLEAN and SIMPLE!  So here we go:

This little Anita Jeram bunny from Colorado Craft is one of the cutest images EVER!  And so easy to color!  Because I chose pink as my accent color, I'm going to say this bunny is a SHE!  She has three balloons; two I diecut separately (and you can see the little string hanging down---I forgot to cut it off!) and the one is part of the original stamp.  I did some loose watercoloring and after diecutting, I mounted it on a stenciled background and added the birthday sentiment.

And here's the inside:

This worked up in a flash!  Now, how will you put your birthday wishes and balloons together?  Share your creation with us at the Paper Players--can't wait to see it!  Just make sure it's CLEAN and SIMPLE--minimum layers and products!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Birthday Wishing (Colorado Craft Company)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pretty in Pink
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink, Smoky Slate
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Birthday Wishing Dies (Colorado Craft), Baby Love Dots Stencil (Echo Park), Blending Brush, Aquapainter

PP746 Color Challenge from Ann

Hello, stamping friends! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and this week, Ann is our lovely hostess with an interesting color challenge:

I will admit that at first glance, this challenge had me stumped! But as I was going through some of my older stamps, I remembered this outline feather from Papertrey, and I thought it would be a perfect element!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

To begin, I placed the stamp in my stamp positioner, then stamped it with Pretty Peacock ink on a card base of Thick Basic White.  After cleaning the stamp well, I inked it again with Versamark ink and stamped right on top of the Peacock ink.  I heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder, which made it really easy to watercolor in those open areas with Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia and a washed-out shade of Pretty Peacock inks using an aquapainter:

I managed to find some sequins in my stash that pretty much matched my colors.  A simple, fun sentiment from the same set finished it off!

What do these colors make you think about? Flowers? Geometric elements? Feathers? LOL!  I hope you'll check out what the DT created over at the Paper Players blog, then share your creativity with us as well!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	What The Doodle:Feather (Papertrey Ink)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Basic White
Ink	Versamark, Pretty Peacock, Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquapainter

PP748 Fresh & Fruity

Happy Sunday, peeps! Claire is our Paper Players hostess and she has a fun CLEAN-AND-SIMPLE challenge for us this week! I love it:

I realized I don't have many "fruity" stamps, but I went waaay back into my archive of older stamps and not only did I find a fruity stamp, I found paper to match!  Here we go:

This little Papertrey stamp has been around for a long time, but it's so darn cute, I can't part with it! I stamped it in Poppy Parade and Granny Apple Green, then added the stem and sentiment in Early Espresso!  And check out that diecut mat....remember Kiwi Kiss?  Yep, another oldie!  My simple embellishment was some embroidery floss from my stash!  The apple paper is also from PTI, although the green scalloped paper is a mystery, LOL:

And how about this punny sentiment for the inside?!

I used the sketch from FMS, which is one of my favorites:

I sure hope you'll play along with our challenge this week!  Be sure to keep it CLEAN and SIMPLE, though---a minimum of layers and embellishments is what we want to see! Check out all the DT samples at the Paper Players blog, then share yours with us too!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Apple of My Eye (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Apple (Papertrey), Green Plaid from my stash
Ink	Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso
Accessories	Green Embroidery Floss from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Spotlight on Nature Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Early Espresso Marker