Filled with Sweetness for As You See It Challenge #366

We have a Theme Challenge over at As You See It Challenges this week, and the theme is CANDY! How appropriate for the closest challenge to Valentine's Day! We can all thank the ever-creative Heather H. for that! Initially, I had a hard time finding something that worked for the candy theme, because I had no candy stamps, but then I found some retired Vintage Bottle Shaker Domes that I thought I could combine with the Loose Valentines Assortment of Valentine pieces and make a shaker card. First, take a look at the challenge banner:

And here's a closer look at my card, with quick instructions:

• Card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" of Thick Basic White cardstock, scored at 4 1/4".
• Adhered a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Beautiful Bokeh DSP in Berry Burst. Saved a small piece of the slice I cut off the 6" x 6" piece to be used as the backing on the shaker dome.
• I used the Joined Together 3D embossing folder to dry emboss a piece of Basic White cardstock 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" in size.
• I used the Vintage Jar punch to make the opening for the Vintage Jar Shaker Dome. After removing the protective film from the top rim of the dome, I inserted the dome up through the hole and sealed it to the back of the cardstock.
• I turned the whole thing over and filled the dome with the Loose Valentine's Assortment hearts and "sticks", but kept out any envelopes because they didn't look like candy. I filled it about 1/3 full.
• I removed the protective film on the bottom rim of the dome and used a piece of the left-over Bokeh paper, Berry Burst pattern down to seal off the shaker dome. I used Tombo glue to secure the rest of the DSP to the cardstock and added glue over all the back of the white cardstock as well and adhered it to the card front, centering it.
• I stamped the sentiment, from the Filled with Sweetness stamp set, in Berry Burst ink, on Basic White, then die cut it using the Filled with Sweetness dies. I added the sentiment using Stampin' Dimensionals. 
• I used a Three Colour Pack of Baker's Twine that I had in my stash, to tie a double finger bow and attach it to the neck of the vintage bottle.
• I added 3 Frosted Iridescent Dots to finish off.

I hope it looks enough like candy!

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Product List

Beautiful Bokeh 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164607]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	*Frosted Iridescent Dots [165766]	*Baker's Twine Three Color Pack [162759]
*Vintage Bottle Punch [158689]	*Vintage Bottle Shaker Domes [158788]	Loose Valentine's Assortment [167074]	Joined Together 3 D Embossing Folder [165170]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]
Stampin' Seal [152813]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

*Retired Products - No longer available for sale

**Filled with Sweetness Stamp Set and Dies - Available for sale Mar. 3

Beautifully Celebrated for As You See It Challenge #365

Crazy busy and complicated week. My head is overwhelmed, both with things at home and things happening in the world. It's like someone turned the world upside down. So I don't have the bandwidth for a long blogpost today. But I wanted to bring you my card for the As You See It Challenge #365 Recipe Challenge, Rhapsody in Red, my own concoction!

Here's the banner:

And here's my card, incorporating all 5 elements of the recipe:

• I started with a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Poppy Parade cardstock, scored at 4 1/4".
• I added a piece of retired DSP from the Bloom Impressions set that I got from last year's Sale-A-Bration. 
• I die cut 3 circles using the Spotlight on Nature dies: the first and third on vellum and the center one on using some leftover Ombre Specialty Glimmer paper in a similar hue.
• I heat embossed the sentiment, from the new Beautifully Celebrated stamp set, in gold on Poppy Parade cardstock and fussy cut it out. I mounted on top of the circles with Stampin' Seal and Stampin' Dimensionals on the ends.
• I finished by tying a double finger bow from Cherry Cobbler & Gold Satin Ribbon, and adding to the card front with a glue dot. I also added some clear Faceted Snowflakes.
  
  

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Product List

Beautifully Celebrated Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [166968]	Beautifully Celebrated Bundle (English) [166975]	* Impressions 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164944]	Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119793]	*Ombre 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [155784]
Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [167099]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678]	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]
Faceted Snowflakes [166077]	*Cherry Cobbler & Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Satin Ribbon [164028]	Spotlight On Nature Dies [163580]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Stampin' Seal [152813]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]

*Retired and no longer available

Nature Walk Suite for As You See It Challenge #364

Happy New Year and welcome back to more As You See It Challenges. We're excited to fill your 2026 with creative and interesting papercrafting challenges. Our first one, Challenge #364, is a Fill In the Blank challenge thought up by team member, Deborah! Here's the banner:

Well, my latest craft purchase is from the new January/April Mini Catalogue and it's called the Nature Walk Suite of products, which includes stamps, coordinating dies, DSP and Specialty paper, ribbon and embellishments. It was the colours and versatility of the suite that drew me to it, lots of great texture and distressed elements! Take a good look at my greeting card again:

I filled in the blank with "Nature Walk Suite of products", a new collection including DSP, Specialty Paper, stamps and coordinating dies, ribbon and embellishments. I purchased it for its elements of beautiful blues and greens, texture everywhere, nature elements, masculine embellishments, and potential for vintage creations. Take a look at the illustration below:

Here's how I made the card:

• I used a card base of Mossy Meadow, 5 1/2" x 11", score at 4 1/4".
• On that, I adhered a piece of Nature Walk DSP, 5 1/4" x 4".
• I added another piece of the script design of the DSP, 2 1/2" x 4" to the card front.
• I used a 3" x 3 1/2" piece of Natural Hues Textured Specialty Paper, which reminds me of the weight and texture of the paper we used to come up with when we home made paper with a blender. 
• I first carefully ripped it down one side, then embossed it with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folded. 
• Lastly, before mounting it on the card front, I used Pecan Pie ink and a small blending brush to add ink to the raised areas and the edges to enhance the distressed look.
• I stamped the foliage and the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink on Very Vanilla cardstock using the images from the Nature's Symphony stamp set.
• I die cut the foliage with the coordinating Nature's Symphony dies. I also die cut a second shadow piece for the foliage using the same dies and the Natural Hues Textured Specialty Paper and blended Pecan Pie ink on the edges of that piece as well.
• I used glue dots and liquid glue to adhere the foliage to the shadow, then Mini Dimensionals to attach the whole piece to the card front, as shown. 
• I fussy cut out the sentiment and glued it to the card front as shown, as well.
• The last touch was the Faux Bronze Pentagons. I added 3 of them, as you can see in the photo.

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Product List

Nature's Symphony Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [166919]	Nature's Symphony Bundle (English) [166926]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]	Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [161665]	Nature Walk Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English) [166935]
Natural Hues 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Textured Specialty Paper [166929]	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676]	Very Vanilla 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166784]	Faux Bronze Pentagons [166931]	Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder [161600]
Nature's Symphony Dies [166925]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]