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AHSC576 Feel Better SoonHappy Monday, everyone! Time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts! At first, I was a wee bit intimidated by it, but once I got going, I really liked it! Here's the sketch:  I wanted to use some new products, so I pulled out some Country Lace DSP, along with Stippled Rose and started playing around with some colors! Here's what I came up with:  Since I already had a piece of Basic Beige sitting on my desk from yesterday's card, I decided to pair it up with a very subtle print and use the pretty polka dotted pattern in Petal Pink for the scalloped design. Since I had some new ribbons that matched both those hues, it was easy just to add the ribbon as the horizontal elements! I stamped the rose in Petal Pink as well and added some Basic Beige leaves:  Since I thought the Beige ink would be too light for my sentiment, I stamped it in Pebbled Path, then finally added a wee Linen Thread bow to finish it off. I really like these colors together! I hope you'll play with our fun sketch...I could see how using some scraps would come in handy with it---we all have scraps, right?! Check out the blog to see what the other designers created! There are some cute ones there! Hope to see you in the gallery as well! Enjoy your day and be blessed!
      
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Related StoriesPP688 Animal AnticsHappy Sunday, peeps! It's my turn to be the hostess at the Paper Players this week, and I've chosen this as our theme:  I recently saw a Unity stamp set; it was a bit pricey, but the dachshund image in it was too cute to resist! My sister and parents all have had doxies and they are so funny....I could tell you many stories about Roscoe, my sister's dog! So anyway, here's my card honoring my family's dachsunds:  I stamped my image in Night of Navy on some Basic Beige cardstock and used a Rectangle Stitched die to cut it out:
 A sentiment from the same set was stamped and diecut; I pieced together two banners end to end to put behind it. I added a layer of the new Country Woods DSP as well as some long-retired candy dots for embellishments. The old Sahara Sand ones match this Basic Beige pretty well!
 And here's a photo of Dana and Roscoe in the backyard of my little apartment almost 40 years ago; Dana was about 18 months old and I was dog-sitting Roscoe! We were hanging laundry while Dana enjoyed her little sippy cup sitting in my laundry basket! The picture is not very good....no cell phone cameras in those days! But I remember that day very clearly! That may have been the same day he ate a tennis ball....well, that's another story!  I hope you'll play with our Animal Antics challenge at the Players this week...any animal will do! Check out what the DT created over at the Players blog, then share yours with us too! Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!
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Related StoriesSimple Stamping FunHappy Saturday, peeps! I thought I'd share the cards we made at the retirement center yesterday. They're very simple but everyone liked them! The general design of each card was the same, but they were able to choose a sentiment of their liking, and some did different techniques with the ribbon! (I love it when they take the initiative to do that!) Here are the cards:   We used a variety of products! The facility has a lovely activities room...it was abuzz!
 And here are a few of the ladies showing off their creations!  .jpg)    .jpg) They're excited and looking forward to our next get-together! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!
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KCC714 Nautical Father's DayHappy Friday, peeps! Yay, it's almost the weekend! I have a very quick card to post before I go off to stamp with my sweet retirement community ladies! I recently bought this amazing Cast Away embossing folder and had been playing with it along with some Boho Blue cardstock. After shuffling it around on my desk for weeks, I finally finished it off with some images from Sailing Home. Here we go:  I stamped and diecut some of the images on some Basic Beige and Misty Moonlight cardstocks, using Misty Moonlight ink and some metallic brads that have been languishing in my stash:
 I mounted everything on a Basic White card base and added a Father's Day sentiment from Your Biggest Fan:
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Related StoriesFMS624 Best Day EverHappy Thursday, peeps! Kim's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches is a fun one, and I was itching to use some of these beautiful Country Woods papers! So here's the sketch:  And here we go:  These shabby-chic papers are beautiful but I do admit, I was stumped as to what to add to them to give a little more interest. I ended up stamping one of the little blooms from Country Birdhouse along the bottom half, but in hindsight, I'd probably not do that again. I did stamp a sentiment from the same set in Pebbled Path, with some little fleur-de-lis in Petal Pink for the diagonal piece:
 I used a little torn piece of Pebbled Path as a border, and added a little flower as well. I think the pink in these papers really matches Blushing Bride better, so that's what I used to color the flower! I look forward to using these papers again! Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!
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