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Hello Stamplings!

I hope this finds you doing well and not impacted by all the terrible weather-related suffering that's happening around the world. There seem to be more catastrophes than ever happening all at once.

The post title today stands for Embossing and Stenciling on Patterned Paper. It all started because the brief this month at CAS Mix Up is Stenciling Over Patterned Paper. I wanted to try it and then once I got started . . .

Onefer

I went through my patterned paper and I found a half-sheet of this pretty wave pp. I knew I had an cute whale die from PTI, so I die-cut one and then used the negative space to stencil the whale onto the paper. I ended up accidentally stenciling the whale over the pattern in such a way that she ended up with a smile! 

In order to keep my design CAS and use the Freshly Made Sketches sketch (turned horizontally), I cut the pretty pp into a diagonal panel. It is E = Embossing week on the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar, but after going horizontal, I realized that all my wave e/fs are vertical.😮 Hammy to the rescue! He reminded me that I have a horizontal wave die, so I used a rubber embossing mat and turned the die into an e/f! The NBUS sediment is from the same PTI whale set.

Besides CAS Mix Up, I'm playing in: 

Addicted to CAS (Water); Allsorts (Embossing); Freshly Made Sketches (sketch turned sideways); Seize the Birthday (Funny/Punny); and Just Us Girls (Water).

Twofer

For my Christmas twofer design, I used a JoAnn's Park Lane e/f called Holly Berry using a pretty raspberry cardstock. 

Here's a photo of the old SU DSP I used. The poinsettia stencil is from Tim Holtz, blended with raspberry ink. I cut the poinsettia stencil panel down to a banner and added a simple sediment from SSS's Holiday Greetings Mix I.

I made a few more simple cards while I was on a roll and Stanley has a pile of pp for me to match with stencils tomorrow. I'm enjoying that part as much as the stenciling ... pairing the stencils with the pp to make the best designs gets my 'ol grey matter working! 

Playing in: Krafty Chicks (Christmas); and Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round (P is for Poinsettia).

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Enjoy your week! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!*

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse! Stay safe!

*Life is too short!

Hug a Friend!

Hello Stamplings!

How are you doing? I hope you've had a great week and that you were lucky to see a friend yesterday for Hug a Friend Day! Actually, there are a few huggy days in the year: there's National Day of Hugging on January 21st, and, of course, Hugging Day on February 14th. I'm a hugger every day, so look out!

Naturally, I made a card to celebrate!

This week is A=Anything Goes on the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar, so we are free to move about the craft room in any direction our mojo happens to take us.

I noticed a few challenges with "rain" as the prompt, so that's how it started. Hammy pulled out one of our favorite older stamps to play with. He thought it would be fun to have the ballerina frog holding an umbrella. (He's so clever!) And if you're going to be a frog-bearing umbrella, why not make it polkie-dotty? Wait. What? 

And, while you're at it, why not make it a pink frog? And add a googly eyeball? And what shall we call her? Umbra? It's nice having an unusual name, she says, wryly.

The umbrella die is from Memory Box, the sediment is from The Stamps of Life and you just know ~ even if you can't see it ~ that Ms. Thing is winked everywhere! You might be asking yourself what does rain have to do with hugging?

The answer is on the inside:

The sediments are from Happy Mail by WPlus9. Yes, they are still NBUS and the set is dated 2015. No shame. 

Playing in Inkspirational (Rain), Retro Rubber (Singing in the Rain), and 613 Avenue Create (A/G with option of Spring Rain).

Twofer

From rain to snow and hey ho ... my second Christmas card of the year! For this little scene, I put old and new together. The older critter in the foreground is from Purple Onion. I'm not sure what critter he is spose to be. Those ears and that little cotton-ball tail have me compounded. 

The little penguin and snowballs are NBUS from the set, "Flurry of Fun," by Pink and Main. You'll be seeing more from this cute set!

I colored the critters with a mixture of Ziggies and colored pencils and Hammy added the schparkle. I did a light blue wash for the sky and drew on the snow hills. The scalloped frame is from Pink and Main and the sediment is from SSS. 

Playing in ABC Christmas (H or I - H is for Hat), Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round (G and H - H is for Hat), Christmas Kickstart (Brimming with Style: people or critters in hats), and Rudolph Days (A/G Christmas from the 25th to the end of the month).

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Enjoy your week! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!* I have a friend visiting this week, so I might not be able to post next Monday.

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower! I'll leave you with a hug!

Mwah!

*Life is too short!