A Good Book and Coffee

I've had this image for quite a while, and I came across it just recently.  I'm not sure if it's a digital image or from an actual stamp.  

I'm thinking...can I use this image for the PP752 sketch?  So I found some great paper that was close to the colors in the image.  (This image was colored with Copic markers, by the way).  She looks so relaxed with her cup of coffee and sweet, little puppy that the sentiment I added fits perfectly.  It comes from Waffle Flower "Simple Book Sentiments".  I fussy cut the image out and attached it to a dotted oval by a die set of the same name by Sizzix.

Hello Fall

 I decided to play along with SplitcoastStampers  Sketch #1076.  The papers that I used are from Farmstead Harvest paper pad by American Crafts.  I backed it with some green cardstock.  

The colorful leaves are from a die cut set by Waffle Flower called "Fall Leaves".  The solid part of the leaves I cut out in black paper that had a bit of shine to it with the overlay of the leaves in various designer paper.  The sentiment is from a Waffle Flower stamp set called Hello Fall. 😄

The enamel dots are from Doodlebug Design: Sprinkles-Black & White Assortment.  I used all three.

So Many Books

 On this FMS #700 I didn't go with a square card.  Just my regular A6.  I used an Altenew stamp set called Tall Tale.  My paper rectangles are from the Simple Stories collection My Story called Share Your Story.  I die cut out the stack of books and the reading glasses.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Nutty Day

 The Paper Players challenge this week, PP751, was to create a card and include a critter of some kind.

After searching through my various stamps, I came across "Chipmunk & Squirrel" stamp set by Altenew.

I decided on the little chipmunk because he looked so cute holding his little acorn. I colored him with colored pencils, along with the tree stump and the two little grass/rocks images and die cut everything out.

I embossed a piece of white cardstock with "Birch-Fades" embossing folder by Sizzix.  Then I went over it lightly with Sand Castle ink by Catherine Pooler.  I backed that up with some light green cardstock before attaching to my white card base.

The sentiment comes from the same Altenew stamp set.

Flowery Thank You

 It's Sunday evening and I am finishing up a card for Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #699.

For this card I used a die set by Penny Black called "Flower Circle".  It comes with the sentiment Thank You that is a die to cut out.  The background paper is from a very old paper pack from Momenta called Cardstock Mats.  I cut the Thank You die out of Mixed Metals Glitter Paper from Scrapbook.com and added a stem from "Aquatic Plants" by Creative Expressions.

Shell-ebrate

 Today I put together a water theme card for The Paper Players Challenge PP749.  I have so many water, beach, pool type stamps and dies that it was hard to choose.  I ended up going with dies by Impression Obsession: Fish Net and Shell Border.  Unfortunately, Impression Obsession has gone out of business. 😞

The sentiment that I used is from a Pink & Main stamp set called "Shell-ebrate".

Relaxing Summer Day

 Today I got a chance to play with Honey Bee Stamps "Lovely Layers: At The Beach" for the sketch FMS #698.  The sentiment is also by Honey Bee Stamps from the set "Flippin' Fabulous".  This card has all the things one would need for a relaxing summer day at the beach.