Five Easy (Halloween) Pieces

Hello stamping friends!  Five Easy Pieces was the movie I saw on my first date.  I remember NOTHING about the movie, probably because I was so nervous about the date!  (I do remember the date himself, LOL!)  Anyway, recently I bought some jewelry from a sweet little online shop called Chadds Ford Jewelry, and it's only a few miles from me, but when the order came in, the owner included five little Halloween elements to get creative with! Of course, I had to make five cards and they were so easy, hence the title of my post!  I just pulled out some Halloween papers and stamps and here they are:

I'm not going to list the recipes for them, but if you have any questions, shoot me an email!  I am also going to choose one of them for the Shopping Our Stash Halloween challenge as well!  Hmmm, which one should I pick?  Which is your favorite?  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

AHSC509 Many Fall Blessings

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Hope your week is going well so far! It's time to unveil a new Atlantic Hearts sketch, and here it is:

I was going through some of my older stamps and came across Many Blessings; I have used a few of the smaller images in this set, but I don't think I ever stamped the wreath!  It's not quite oval, but hopefully it's acceptable! I pulled out my inks and went to work:

After stamping and watercoloring the wreath on Thick Very Vanilla cardstock, I also stamped the little crate of pumpkins, colored it and fussy-cut it out.  After popping up the crate, I added a few bits of foliage from Timeless Arrangements to place behind it. I love those blue-hued Cinderella pumpkins, so I chose to place my Vanilla layer on a layer of Lost Lagoon which was embossed with the Dashing Designs EF, as well as stamp the sentiment in the center of the wreath in the same shade; a gingham bow finished it off:

I've left the inside "vacant" so I can add a sentiment when needed!  

I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week! It's always so fun to see what everyone comes up with! Check out the other DT samples as well as the AHSC blog!  

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Many Blessings (ret), Timeless Arrangements (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon
Ink	Stazon Black, Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Old Olive, Lost Lagoon, Granny Apple Green, Basic Beige
Accessories	Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Matte Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dashing Designs Embossing Folder, Aquapainter, Timeless Designs Die (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret)

Halloween Shadow Box

Hi peeps! Happy Monday! Just a quick post today as it's a busy one! I recently had a small class and we made this fun Halloween shadow box!  I have TONS of Halloween supplies, so one afternoon, I just gathered them all together and started playing!  My photo isn't the greatest, but hopefully you'll be able to see all the little squares!

I used a wide array of stamps, dies and papers and everyone seemed to love it! I got my 8x8 shadowbox frame from Amazon (Muzilife 8x8 Shadowbox Picture Frame with Linen Board) and it was very well-made, reasonably priced and I got them in one day!  AND it won a blue ribbon at our local fair as well!  If you have any questions about anything on it, just shoot me an email! 

Since Inspire.Create's theme this week is Halloween, I am going to enter it there!

Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

PP710 Harvest Love

Happy Sunday, all!  Jan is our Paper Players hostess and she's asking for a "love" theme this week...always a good choice!

I went in a different direction with my card, choosing a fall theme, but I still got some "love" in there!  Here we go:

I stamped and diecut these little My Favorite Things Harvest Mice, then colored them in with inks and an aquapainter and put them on a Real Red panel that I embossed with the retired Cable Knit embossing folder:

I added a sentiment, stamped in Pecan Pie, and added a Pecan Pie mat to my embossed panel.  Finally, on the Crumb Cake card base, I stamped the Buffalo Check stamp in white craft ink to add to the warm country feel! 

Please be sure to check out what the Design Team created over at the Paper Player blog...they're beautiful!  You'll get lots of inspiration so you can play along too!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check (ret), Harvest Mice (My Favorite Things)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Real Red
Ink	Stazon Black, Smoky Slate, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Old Olive, Azure Afternoon, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Bubble Bath, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Details Dies, Cable Knit EF (ret), Harvest Mice Dies (My Favorite Things), Aquapainter, White Gel Pen

52CCT24-37 Sweet Christmas

Hello stampers!  Happy Saturday! I was chosen to be a Guest Designer at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown...one of my favorite challenges!  This week it's a sketch: 

What a fun sketch!  I pulled out some Unity papers, some retired cardstock and stamp sets and went to work!  Here we go:

I created a little frame from Poppy Parade cardstock to frame my little candy cane; there are actually candy canes on the printed paper, but I covered them all up!!! I added some diecut "greenery", a little baker's twine and an enamel "berry"!  The Certainly Celery panel was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder too:

I combined two stamp sets to create my sentiment; the "Christmas" is from Impression Obsession's Christmas Words, and the "have a sweet" is from Lawn Fawn's Baked with Love:

And the inside sentiment is from the retired Jar of Cheer:

So much fun to play with all these layers! I hope you'll play along with the challenge too....Christmas will be here before you know it, so if you've not started your holiday cards, I hope this will get you in the mood!  Thanks for popping in today!

Wayne, his brother, his cousin, Dana & Cassidy went to Tampa to see the Eagles play---unfortunately it was NOT a good game for Eagles fans!  It was about 100 degrees, but I think they still had a good time!

Uncle Matt looking goofy in the background!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jar of Cheer (ret), Holiday Sampler (ret), Christmas Words (Impression Obsession), Baked with Love (Lawn Fawn)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Evening Evergreen (ret), Certainly Celery (ret), Winter Flowers (Unity)
Ink	Poppy Parade
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dot (W+9), Red & White Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)

Hello Autumn

Happy Thursday, peeps! Wow, this week is zipping right by!  The FMS sketch this week is quite intriguing, and I really liked the colors at Hand Stamped Sentiments as well!:

I had an idea, which totally morphed into something else!  Anyway, here we go:

I started with a Crumb Cake panel that I stamped repeatedly in Pecan Pie ink with an autumn word stamp.  On top of the that, I added some swirly leaves in Pumpkin Pie and Peach Pie inks.  I added some diecut leaves in the three challenge colors; the Peach Pie was a little light, so I sponged some ink on it as well.  Then I sponged the whole panel to give it some depth.  I added a sentiment from Choose Happy on the new Peaceful Season dies (love them!), and a Pumpkin Pie scalloped border:

I stamped some swirly leaves on the bottom as well and added a little pumpkin and finally, some sequins.  The pumpkin and leaves are from the retired Seasonal Swirls dies.

The whole shebang was mounted on a Pecan Pie card base that was embossed with the Stitched Greenery die.  This wasn't quite what I had planned but in the end, I like it!  Thanks so much for visiting today!

Here's a quick little video to give you a giggle:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Choose Happy, 100% Autumn (Impression Obsession), Autumn Squares (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Crumb Cake, Naturals White (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie
Accessories	Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Peaceful Seasons Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Seasonal Swirls Dies (ret), Stitched Greenery Dies (ret), Sponge Daubers

AHSC597 Grateful

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Happy October!   Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has a new challenge up for you and I actually made two cards with it, each has a fall vibe but different themes!  First, here's the sketch:

My first card has a Thanksgiving theme:

Although it's a challenge to see here, the Pretty Pumpkin stamp is gold-embossed, and I diecut and punched some foliage and leaves from gold foil to tuck behind.  The Very Vanilla panel was one I had in my stash, and it was already embossed with the Leaf Fall embossing folder; I backed it with a mat of Crumb Cake to coordinate with the Come to the Harvest Specialty DSP:

I fussy-cut a sentiment from Iconic Imagery and mounted it on a Crumb Cake banner and added some gold sequins.  I stamped a sentiment and some leaves from the same Pretty Pumpkin set on the inside:

My second card is a Halloween one; it uses an image from Rubber Cottage called Jack-o-Lantern, and some papers gifted to me by my friend Teri:

My Jack was stamped on Tangerine Tango cardstock, then shaded and fussy-cut.  I stamped the image again on a circle of Naturals Ivory cardstock, then colored in the straw with a marker.  Sentiment is from My Creative Time. I added a few black glimmer stars and a little Linen thread bow:

This is such a fun sketch...I love to mix and match layers and this is a perfect one for that!  Check out what the DT created over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog tomorrow, October 2, but you can enter now!

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.  Know that the Lord is God.  It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Pretty Pumpkins (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Gold Foil, Brushed Metallic Foil, Come to Harvest DSP (ret)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Mellow Moss (ret), Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Naturals Sequins, Dimensionals, Gold Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Timeless Arrangements Dies (ret), Leaf Fall Embossing Folder, Leaf Punch Pack (ret), Heat Tool, Detailed Pumpkin Dies (ret)

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jack-o-Lantern (Rubber Cottage), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals Ivory (ret), Soft Stone (Papertrey), Black Glimmer (ret), Misc Halloween Papers
Ink	Stazon Black, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sports Event Dies (ret, stars), Stylish Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Cajun Craze Marker