AD-Inspired Sympathy Cards

My friend needed a couple of sympathy cards, and I remembered that I had just seen this picture in the latest issue of Architectural Digest:

Pretty, huh?  I also fell in love with this card from my friend Tracey!  I am thinking that green is fairly trendy right now!  I did not have any toile stamps, but I did have a floral background stamp that was retired from SU.  I inked it up in a couple different greens, because although I loved the designs from the magazine, I wasn’t really fond of the olive color!!  So my first one is Garden Green:

The frame and garden images are from Crafty Secrets; the sentiment is from Thoughts and Prayers. Inside, more CS images and a verse from Blessings from Heaven:

Second one is done in Wild Wasabi:

I stamped the sentiment full-strength and the image was stamped off one time:

Again, did some stamping on the inside; I just love these garden images!

Dana took Cassidy to a field day at a local school yesterday, where she “sort of” participated in a sack race:

Enjoy your day!

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Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Another birthday card for another sketch challenge, this time it’s I {Heart} Sketches #19:

I used some Epic Day This & That papers and a couple images from Everything Eleanor:

I did some heat embossing of the floral image, then colored it in with reinkers, stamping directly on the DP for all the images:

I added a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes along with the little bird, and a shabby little seam binding bow:

Hope you enjoy your day!  Any questions, shoot me an email!

Lining up the letters!

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Hello there, peeps!  Squeaking in another post today---I am combining a couple of challenges today for a birthday card I needed!  I used the Pals Paper Arts sketch 159”

along with the beautiful colors from the Play Date Café, for which the deadline is fast approaching:

I had a wee bit of trouble with the maroon color, but I squeezed it in on my flowers!:

I didn’t really like Poppy Parade when it first came out; now I wish it would come back!  What a great shade of red!  I used some papers from last year’s Domestic Goddess pack, as the prints and colors were perfect for the challenge!

I don’t have any new photos of Cassidy to share, but I was able (amazingly!!!) to snap a couple pictures of my elusive oriole.  I knew where he was in the tree, so I just aimed my camera and took a couple of shots.  This tree was probably 50’ away from me!   These are cropped and enlarged, so they’re not real clear, but good enough to get a view:

On another bird note, as I was parking my car in my driveway yesterday, a huge pileated woodpecker flew right across my field of vision!  I was dumbfounded!  I had seen one in the woods once, so to have him fly so close to me and close to the ground….my head was in the clouds!    Enjoy your day!

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Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I hope you weathered your Monday okay…my heart and prayers go out to those who may be victims of the storms in Oklahoma…so sad!  Arielle has a wonderful ColourQ challenge for us today:

Isn’t this pretty?  It still threw me for a little loop, though!  Broke out my hexagon die and stamp set from PTI for my card today:

I added a couple of butterflies from Papillon Potpouri:

and used some of the leftover hexagons for the inside:

I hope this inspiration photo inspires you!!! What can you make with these colors?  Share it with us at the ColourQ blog, where you’ll see all the fantastic creations using these colors!

Oh boy…you know you’re in trouble when you hear the water running and you know you didn’t turn it on:

Yep…pushed the chair over, climbed up and turned on the faucet!!!

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Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a great weekend….I am still recovering from my yard sale!  Thank goodness DH & DD were there to help! 

Lesley has a fun sketch for us this week!  Check it out:

I pulled out some cute little papers gifted to me by my friend Martha to make my card:

That fun set from last year’s Christmas catalog, Scentsational Season, was a perfect match!  I stamped the mug in Garden Green and added the candy cane in Real Red!  It was mounted on an circle embossed with the Snowburst folder, and embellished with some little hologram stickers:

After adding the banner on the front, I also added a sentiment on the inside along with a couple snowflakes:

I hope you’ll play along with us this week to add to your Christmas card stash!  And make sure you check out what the other designers have created using this sketch at Lesley’s Always Playing with Paper blog!!!

Deep in thought…..complete with all three colors of barrettes that she insists on wearing!  Enjoy your day!

Paper Players 146 Old Meets New

Cowabunga, peeps!  Ann has a nice CAS masculine challenge for us today at the Paper Players:

I mixed some “old” retired sets and embellishments with a “new” In Color, Coastal Cabana!!!  This is such a wonderful summery, beachy color, I just had to use the surfer dude image, also stamped in Coastal Cabana on a piece of Comfort Café DP:

I used my Nesties to cut him out, then continued the circular theme with a round sentiment, some circular piercing and some jumbo silver brads!  And since he is stamped on DP, this qualifies for the CAS-ual Friday challenge this week!

I stamped the Sanded background stamp in white craft ink, which adds to the “organic” feel to this card!  Easy peasy!  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me!

I hope you’ll find time to play with us this week—we all can use more masculine cards, and CAS means quick and simple!  Be sure to check out the Paper Players blog to see what the fabulously creative designers have made to inspire you!  Can’t wait to see yours as well!

Cassidy thought it was hysterical to blow a dandelion into Grampy’s face!

Enjoy your day!

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Happy Friday, peeps!  Woohoo!  The weekend is almost here!  Here’s a happy little card for three challenges:

• Little Red Wagon (use a doily)
• Seize the Birthday:

• and Color Throwdown 

I got a card in the mail yesterday from Weight Watchers, asking me to come back (how did they know?), but I thought it was cuter recycled as DP on my card today!!!!  What do you think:

Fun, huh?  The blue doesn’t quite match, but it was close enough!  I used some Unity stamps along with the little lady bugs from Itty Bitties:

Such fun, bright colors!!!  It makes me smile!  Now I am off to mow!  Have a great day!
Cassidy was lining up all her FP people and she told me they were going for a walk!

If you look very closely, you might be able to see that Mary (mother of Jesus from the Nativity set) is pushing the baby stroller with the baby  in it!  Too cute!