Frantic stamper Happy 4th !

Happy 4th everyone!

I decorated the Gnome Home for the 4th. (FRA-DIE-10733)

 I think it looks very festive...lol.

I added some stars and the USA from the Star Shaker & Frame (FRA-DIE-10819) and The Star Border (FRA-DIE-09520.)

The sentiment is from Be Thankful FRA-DIE-174.

Have a great 4th!

Laurie

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th over at Tutti Designs!

Frantic Stamper USA band

Hi everyone!

The challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More is Holiday.

I went with 4th of July!

I used all products from Frantic Stamper which can be found here.

I just love the marching Parade Drum Line..very festive and fun!

I hope you will play along!!

Have a great day,

Laurie

The Paper Players 400th Challenge Celebration Week 2 !!!!

YAY! 

It's celebration time at The Paper Players! 

It's WEEK 2 of our 400th challenge so you have another chance to win prizes!

Here's the run down:

1. Altenew - $30 gift card
2. Atenew Academy 
3. Avery Elle - $20 store credit
4. Butterfly Reflections - Breathe Rainbows Stamp Set (US only)
5. CAS-ual Fridays - $25 store credit
6. Cheery Lynn - 2x $20 gift cards
7. Concord & 9th - $25 gift card
8. Craftin Desert Diva's - $10 store cedit
9. Dies R Us - $15 gift card
10. Ellen Hutson -  2x $20 gift cards 
11. Happy Little Stampers - $20 store credit
12. Heffy Doodle - 4x Sticky Friends Stamp Sets (exclusive - not available for purchase)
13. Lawn Fawn - $25 gift card
14. My Favorite Things - $25 store credit
15. Neat & Tangled - $15 store credit 
16. Newton's Nook - $20 store credit
17. Pink & Main - $20 store credit
18. Power Poppy - $10 store credit
19. Stampendous - 3x $20 rewards cards (US only)
20. Stamplorations - $20 gift certificate
21. Stampin' Up - 5x $20 gift certificates 
22. Technique Tuesday - $20 gift card
23. The Foiled Fox - $25 store credit
24. Trinity Stamps - Let it Grow and Lady Liberty Stamp Sets
25. Tutti Designs - $15 gift card
26. Uniko - any in-stock stamp set of winner's choice
27. Verve Stamps - 2x stamp & accessory bundles (US only)
28. Waffle Flower - $15 gift card

Jaydee is our hostess and the theme is CELEBRATION! We are running the challenge for 2 weeks, so you can enter a card each week and have 2 chances of winning a prize. I hope you will help us celebrate and play along.

I made another 4th of July celebration card for the 2nd week of the challenge. I used mostly Cheery Lynn products...the celebrate, USU, country, and stitched rectangle. The "home" die is a favorite of mine too, from Technique Tuesday. I added some enamel hearts to finish it off. 

Supplies:

Paper: SU

Ink: SU

Dies: Cheery Lynn Celebrate pop up die, Life's a beach, Proud USA, stitched rectangles, Technique Tuesday Home die

Other: enamel dots

I hope you will join us for our 400th!!!

ENTERING THIS AT:

Simon Says Wednesday (RWB)

Word Art Wednesday (anything goes)

Happy 4th of July

Hi everyone! Are you ready for the 4th?

 I think I am...I just ran into town and braved the crowds of tourists to pick up last minute groceries. It's raining out right now with more storms headed our way for the 4th. But rain or shine we always grill and watch the fireworks! I can only remember one time that the fireworks were cancelled...it has to really be pouring out. Fingers crossed!

I made this festive 4th of July card with Cheery Lynn's Chevron plate in red, white and blue. The stitched rectangle and stars are also from Cheery Lynn. The word "home" is from Technique Tuesday.

I have one more 4th of July card to share, and that will be posted on Sunday for The Paper Players 2nd week of celebration for our 400th challenge. I hope you will join us!

 I had so much fun making 4th cards this year....and I'm already excited to make some more for next 4th of July. One of my friends just got a new statue of Liberty die...can't wait to borrow it!

Have a happy and safe 4th of July!

The Paper Players 400th Challenge Celebration !!!!

YAY! 

It's celebration time at The Paper Players! 

It's our 400th challenge and we are celebrating in a BIG way with tons of prizes! Here's the run down:

1. Altenew - $30 gift card
2. Atenew Academy 
3. Avery Elle - $20 store credit
4. Butterfly Reflections - Breathe Rainbows Stamp Set (US only)
5. CAS-ual Fridays - $25 store credit
6. Cheery Lynn - 2x $20 gift cards
7. Concord & 9th - $25 gift card
8. Craftin Desert Diva's - $10 store cedit
9. Dies R Us - $15 gift card
10. Ellen Hutson -  2x $20 gift cards 
11. Happy Little Stampers - $20 store credit
12. Heffy Doodle - 4x Sticky Friends Stamp Sets (exclusive - not available for purchase)
13. Lawn Fawn - $25 gift card
14. My Favorite Things - $25 store credit
15. Neat & Tangled - $15 store credit 
16. Newton's Nook - $20 store credit
17. Pink & Main - $20 store credit
18. Power Poppy - $10 store credit
19. Stampendous - 3x $20 rewards cards (US only)
20. Stamplorations - $20 gift certificate
21. Stampin' Up - 5x $20 gift certificates 
22. Technique Tuesday - $20 gift card
23. The Foiled Fox - $25 store credit
24. Trinity Stamps - Let it Grow and Lady Liberty Stamp Sets
25. Tutti Designs - $15 gift card
26. Uniko - any in-stock stamp set of winner's choice
27. Verve Stamps - 2x stamp & accessory bundles (US only)
28. Waffle Flower - $15 gift card

Jaydee is our hostess and the theme is CELEBRATION! We are running the challenge for 2 weeks, so you can enter a card each week and have 2 chances of winning a prize. I hope you will help us celebrate and play along.

I chose to make a card celebrating the 4th...we do it up BIG in our small town. Huge fireworks, parades, rodeo's, the fair...lots going on for all the tourists and cabin people who frequent our area up north. It's always a busy and fun week.

 For my 4th of July card, I decided to use products from some of my favorite stamping companies who donated prizes to our Paper Players celebration. Cheery Lynn, Dies R Us and Tutti Designs. I have been on their design teams for awhile now, and was so excited that they offered up gift certificates to help us celebrate! A BIG thanks to them and to ALL the awesome companies who donated.

I started out with Tutti Designs dotted pierced and scalloped pierced rectangles. Two of my "go to" dies that I use all the time! 

Another favorite die of mine is the celebrate pop up die from Cheery Lynn. I like to cut it off and use it as a sentiment. I added some CL swags, a bow and tiny enamel stars.

You can check out the rest of the cards from the design team here:

The Paper Players Design Team 

Claire Broadwater

 Jaydee

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy 

Sandy Mathis 

Annie Abrahamson 

Jan Clothier 

Elizabeth Stewart 

I hope you will join us!

Happy 4th of July Card Set

Hi everyone! 

Next week is 4th of July, so I've been making some cards to celebrate the occasion. I love all the parades,fireworks and people coming together to celebrate this great country. 

My family always went on a picnic to our local park.  I have lots of good memories swimming, playing catch, throwing a Frisbee around...and of course grilling hot dogs...oh...and eating juicy watermelon!!   And mom's potato salad....can't forget that! Then the day ended with watching the town fireworks. I kept the same traditions with our kids, and they still remember the awesome fireworks our little town provides.

For my card set I used Taylored Expressions Starry Night cutting plate, and cut it out in several patriotic colors. I added Cheery Lynn's Proud USA die on all of them. For some of the cards I adhered Technique Tuesdays HOME die and the letters USA from Cheery Lynn. The sentiments are all from different companies.

Here they are close up:

I'm entering these at:

Simon says Wednesday (anything goes)

Little Red wagon (summer fun days)

Addicted to Stamps (holiday)

Shopping our Stash (red white blue)

Word Art Wednesday (anything goes)

Here's a list of supplies:

Paper: SU

Ink: SU

Stamps: Paper Smoochies, Taylored Expressions

Dies: Cheery Lynn Proud USA, Lie's a Beach, Technique Tuesday HOME die

Cheery Lynn Cupcake

Hi everyone! Head on over to Cheery Lynn to learn more about this card!

Here's a list of the dies I used:

Cupcake CABD42

Christmas Wreath B839

Pierced Stars XL23

Circle Pierce and Cut Tool LPC4

Entering this at:

Word Art Wednesday(anything goes)

SIP (summer)

Have a great day!

Cheery Lynn Whimsical Birdhouse for The Paper Players

Hi everyone!

Jaydee's challenge at The Paper Players this week is "CAS feathered friends."

I've been playing with my Cheery Lynn dies and making a few 4th of July cards the last few days. For this one I used the whimsical birdhouse,pierced circles and stars, and the bird on a branch dies. I stamped the sentiment in black from Lizzie Anne's Little Bits set.

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team here:

The Paper Players Design Team

Claire Broadwater

 Jaydee
Laurie Schmidt

Joanne James

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy
Sandy Mathis 

 Crystal Komera

Valentyna Komisarenko

Deanne K

I hope you will join us!

Paper: SU

Ink: SU black

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Little bits

Dies: Cheery Lynn

The Christmas Card Challenge.... Anything Goes!

Over at the Christmas Card Challenge it's anything goes!

I chose some fun background paper for the cute moose from Taylored Expression. The sentiment is from Memory Box though, I just love that font! I added a few silver glitter stars to complete the card.

Head on over to the Christmas Card Challenge and play along!

Paper: SU white, crumb, black,chocolate chip, silver glitter paper, DP

Ink: SU Black

Stamps: Memory Box moose crossing

Dies: Taylored Expression moose, MFT zig zag circles

Celebrate the 4th!

Hi everyone!

I have a patriotic card to share today that I made for this sketch:

Show CASe Your style

 and this challenge;

Little red Wagon..stitching

I always have a good time with MFT's blueprints #20...I love making quilts...paper ones that is! 

I am  not a seamstress, but my mom sure tried to make me one. I had to take sewing in 4H for years when I was a kid.  I made a very lovely nightie and also a smock I believe. Anyone remember those? They were popular in the 70's. But sewing never caught on for me, and finally my mom gave up. LOL! 

BUT I am glad she made me try it, and I did have fun doing the sewing projects with her. I preferred the 4H baking projects the most though..who doesn't love a good brownie?

And actually, my mom used to make cards herself, although we never did that together. I started that about 8 years ago, and she has been gone a long time now.....she would have loved to know that I started making cards,too!

Mom picked pansies and flowers from her garden and we would find them drying out in between pages of our books! She used them on her cards, I think it was with tissue paper and a mixture of water and glue. They were very pretty, and now that she is gone, we cherish them! My kids keep the cards I make them,too. In fact, this is one I will be sending next week to one of them!

Have a great day!

Paper: Doodle bug school days

Ink: SU black

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Tidbits

Dies: MFT Blueprint #20, MFT pierced banners, MB cross stitched rectangles

Other: sequins

Celebrate!

Hi everyone!

I've been watching the Summer School lessons over at My Favorite Things. The first class was on "lesson of thirds." I really enjoyed listening to the video, and found the information so interesting. I made a grid just like Kimberly had done, and have already been using it.

For this card I started out with some Lawn Fawn Beachside patterned paper...it has the sweetest little stars. Love this stuff!  I cut out some banners with my MFT pierced banner dies, and placed them on the first third of the paper.

 My focal point is the red glitter star which I backed on a MFT zig zag stitched circle. In the center I put a gold button cut out with MFT button dies. The tiny tag has the sentiment,"celebrate," from Lizzie Anne Tidbits. Behind the circle I adhered a MFT pierced fancy flourish

I'm entering this at:

The Male Room ( tiny tag)

 City Crafter Die cut gold ( button in center of star)

Lawn Fawn stars and stripes  (Lawn Fawn paper)

Paper: Lawn Fawn Beachside, SU white, real red, red and gold glitter paper

Ink: SU black

Stamps; Lizzie Anne Tidbits

Dies: MFT zig zag stitched circles, MFT pierced banners, buttons, MFT pierced fancy flourish ,SU tiny tag and star punch, MB cross stitched rectangles

Other: sequins

God Bless America

Surprise! I'm back!

 I've been enjoying taking some time off from blogging. It's been a busy spring.... and summer looks like it will be the same, so I'm not sure how much I'll be blogging, but I plan to post when I get a chance.

Alot has happened since I posted last, and I probably need to change my blog up a bit, because I quit as a Stampin Up demonstrator. One of the good things about that is that now I can blog about which product brands I used for my cards, not just SU. I won't have to say "non SU" all the time! The bad thing is now I don't get an SU demo discount! Bummer.

The card I'm sharing today is a 4th of July card I made to send to one of my friends. I had some scraps leftover so I made a cute little tag too!

Paper: SU cherry cobbler

Stamps:Lizzie Anne Little bits

Other: Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, SU stars die #2, Cosmo Cricut ribbon, SU label and word window punches