PP759 Spooky Trick or Treat

Hello stampers!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Elizabeth is our hostess for this month's color theme!  It's a doozy:

At least it was a doozy for me, as purple is a color I rarely use! I like it, I just don't use it! And normally I try to think outside the box a bit for color challenges, but I decided to embrace the Halloween feel to these colors and go for it!  Here we go:

To be honest, these colors on this card are NOT at all true-to-life!  For some reason, Lemon Lime Twist just does not photograph very well...my card is much brighter that what it looks here!  I stamped some Papertrey images in Memento Black ink, diecut them with a postage die and did a bit of sponging around the edges.  The images were colored with Copics and mounted on a piece of purple paper that has little skulls on it---very faint, but they're there:

I added a black glimmer paper diecut sentiment and some stars, and this sentiment on the inside; I just wish the color was better, but hopefully you'll get the idea:

Obviously, you don't have to go with the Halloween theme using these colors--if you visit the Paper Players blog, you'll see that the Design Team has come up with some other wonderful ways to use these hues! I hope you'll come play along too!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	And Many More (ret), Tremendous Treats: Halloween (Papertrey), Halloween Set 1 (Rubbernecker)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Halloween Harvest (Honey Bee), Black Glimmer (ret), Adhesive Sheet
Ink	Memento Black, Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Postage Stamp Die (W+9), Trick or Treat Die (Impression Obsession), Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Copics in various colors, Blending Brushes, Country Star Punch and Star Punch (both ret)

FMS707 Get Well Pumpkin

Happy Thursday, peeps! The week is whizzing by!  I have a quick card that I made for a friend who had a fall and cracked some ribs!  Ouch!  The sketch is Judy's from FMS:

And here we go:

I already had my pumpkin made, an extra from when I made THIS card, so the only thing I had to do was get some scraps for the background.  I did add a little border around my pumpkin and a get well sentiment from Technique Tuesday:

This will be winging its way to her in the mail today!  Thanks for popping in, enjoy your day and be blessed!

Winter Schminter

 Happy Tuesday, all! I have an uber-quick card for you today; it's for two challenges!  The Addicted to CAS challenge wants to see a sweater, and the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is a sketch:

I have a fun little sweater die that I pulled out, along with some scraps of paper from my stash; here we go:

I actually cut two sweaters from some retired Soft Sky cardstock and "stretched" it to make it fit under the sentiment banner a wee bit!  A little faceted embellishment tied to the colors of the plaid strip.  The strips were diecut with the Taylored Expressions Easy Strips Stitched dies; they make for a nicely-finished edge, I think! The sentiment is from Whippersnapper; it's an oldie from 2008!

The top inside sentiment is from the same Whippersnapper set; the birthday one is from Paper Pumpkin:

A fun wintry birthday card for my stash!  Thanks for stopping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Schminter (Whippersnapper), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Winter Wonderland (Simple Stories)
Ink	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals, Faceted Gem (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sweater Die (Gummiapan), Easy Strip Dies (Taylored Expressions), Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh)

AHSC650 Vintage Santa

Happy Monday, peeps!  After a whirlwind weekend, I am ready to hunker down and clean up my craft room---and the rest of my house, LOL! But we had beautiful weather and it was a lovely weekend!

It's time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I saw a cute challenge at Peace on Earth:

And I knew I just had to find a vintage Santa to use for the sketch! So here we go:

I believe this digital image came from the Graphics Fairy, and I printed my Santa on some sturdy computer paper, then fussy-cut him out and mounted him on a stitched square of Basic White cardstock.  I found some fun  candy cane paper to mount it all on, adding a few diecut holly leaves and a heat-embossed sentiment:

This vintage sentiment from Flonzcraft seemed to work with my vintage Santa:

I think this sketch is very versatile and could be used for most any occasion or image!  I hope you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts this week!

Cassidy enrolled in Life Sciences class this year as an elective, and she had to take a baby home for the weekend!  This is "Elisha"!  He cries, needs to be fed and have his diaper changed!  

Apparently his eyes don't close, however!!!  She said he awakened her three times on Friday night, but only once on Saturday night.  It was interesting watching her take care of him at church on Sunday! He certainly got a lot of attention!  But I think she'll be glad to turn him in on Monday!!!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Words (Impression Obsession), Christmas Sentiments (Flonzcraft)f
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Garden Green, Winterberry (My Mind's Eye), computer paper
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, 1/8" Hole Punch, Holiday Greens Dies (Tim Holtz), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Heat Tool, Computer

PP758 Trick or Treaters

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Claire is our wonderful Paper Players hostess this week and she has a fun challenge for us:

How cute is this!!!  I pulled out a really old SU stamp--this was in the first catalog I ever had--1999!  It fit Claire's challenge perfectly, and gave me a chance to do some watercoloring (okay, a LOT of watercoloring!)....here we go:

I know this whimsical style of artwork isn't as popular as it used to be, but I still love it!  I stamped these little trick-or-treaters in Black Stazon ink and used lots of colors of ink to color them in:

They were mounted on a piece of purple plaid paper from Honey Bee, which was diecut with the Stitched With Whimsy die; I added a diecut sentiment, a little spider web, and I even pulled out a little black bat brad that I have had forever!  Here's the inside sentiment---and it's actually the name of the set:

I wonder if anyone else remembers this set?  How far back does your stamping collection go?  I am showing my age for sure, LOL!  Anyway, I hope you have some Halloween costumes in your stamp collection and you'll use it over at the Players for our challenge this week!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Haunting We Will Go
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Halloween Harvest (Honey Bee)
Ink	Stazon Black, Real Red, Highland Heather, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Gray Granite, Pumpkin Pie, Misty Moonlight, Garden Green, Azure Afternoon, Petal Pink, Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic Beige
Accessories	Dimensionals, Black Ribbon (ret), Black Bat Brad (unknown)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essentials Dies, Textured Notes Dies, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (ret), Seasonal Tags Dies (ret), Aquapainter

AYSI358 What I Like About Fall

Happy Friday, all!  Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's a great one:

 

I pretty much like EVERYTHING about fall, but I would have to say my favorite things are PUMPKINS!!!  Any shape, size or color!  I have so many pumpkin stamps in my repetoire, it would be next to impossible to pick out my favorite!  But I do love this rustic pumpkin-themed paper from Studio Light, so it is the focus of my card today:

Aren't those pumpkins gorgeous?  And I had to use one of my new Honey Bee stamps called Blessings of Fall; I stamped it on a piece of the leftover pumpkin paper,, then backed with with another diecut of Mellow Moss and Mossy Meadow:

It went on another piece of paper from the same pad, trimmed to a banner and "stitched" with a Concord & 9th die.  The paper is so pretty, it doesn't need another thing! 

 And here's a second card; I was playing around with some pumpkin stencils for an upcoming class, and this piece was a "leftover", so I made it into a card as well:

The stencil is from Spellbinders; cardstock is Basic Beige and Lost Lagoon; stamps are from CTMH, Fun Stamper's Journey and Pretty Pink Posh---a mishmash, if I do say so!

I could go on and on with pumpkins---but I like fall leaves too!  I hope that you'll share your fall creations with us---we're getting ready for full swing here in North America, but maybe your fall is different where you live! Can't wait to see what you come up with!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Blessed is he who is not offended of Me."  Matthew 11:6

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Blessings of Fall (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Mellow Moss (ret), Wonderful Autumn (Studio Light)
Ink	Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Blessings of Fall Dies (Honey Bee), Kristina's Finishing Touches Dies (Concord & 9th)

HSS473 No Stamping-Five Minute Cardinal

 Happy Friday, peeps!  This card took me about five minutes to make....easy peasy!  It uses the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch:

along with some retired DSP and a cute little cardinal element:

I was talking to my friend's mom at our church's yard sale on Saturday.  She shared that she loves cardinals, and they remind her of her dad who passed away several years ago.  Now her grandkids all point out when they see a cardinal too!  I had received some cardinal elements from a sweet little online jewelry company called Chadds Ford Jewelry, (she has lovely things and wonderful customer service, too!); she always encloses a little gift of some sort when you place an order, and these were my little gift.  So I added one to the front of my card, and sent the rest to my friend's mom!  I hope they brighten her day! 

A few  little enamel dots finished it off, and there isn't even any stamping on it!   

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Evening Evergreen DSP (ret)
Ink
Accessories	Dimensionals, Red Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools

FMS706 Fall Toadstool

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I am going into a crazy-busy weekend, trying to get a gazillion things done! Ever have days/weeks like that?  I am sure it will all turn out okay!  I did squeak in some time to play with Amy's sketch at FMS:

So fun!  I deviated from my favorite pumpkins and leaves and decided to go in a different fall direction:

I've been hoarding this fun paper for a while....it's called Painted Seasons.  I backed it with a panel of Basic Beige, then stamped some images from Terrific Toadstools.  To give them some dimension, I added some shading with ink and a blender pen, trying to make it look more like the images on the DSP:

I wanted as much of the DSP to show through as possible, so I created a vellum circle and Poppy Parade border, then added a Honey Bee sentiment!  The background is embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder.  I know these toadstools are called Fly Agaric (although mine is not exactly like that one), and can make you sick, but they are so eye-catching, I'll forgive them!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Terrific Toadstools, Blessings of Fall (Honey Bee)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Poppy Parade, Basic Beige, Vellum (ret), Painted Seasons DSP (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret), Blessings of Fall Dies (Honey Bee), Blender Pen, Early Espresso Marker

AHSC649 Boo!

 Happy Monday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I found some really cute images in a pack of Halloween papers from Echo Park that I purchased last year, so I decided to focus on this little scene.  There are lots of dies used here, but only a couple wee little stamps!  Here we go:

The cat was part of a little scrapbook page, so I punched it out with a circle punch and sponged some Smoky Slate ink on it to give it more of a spooky feel.  I added several diecut layers from papers from the same pad, then added a glimmery diecut moon, some starry sequins and spooky tree:

The sentiment is from Scary Cute, punched out with a Tiny Tag punch.  Sentiments from the same set were stamped on the inside as well:

A cute, not-too-spooky Halloween card!  How will you interpret this sketch?  I hope you play along with us at Atlantic Hearts this week!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scary Cute (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Spooky (Echo Park), Orange Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Mini Dimensionals, Embroidery Floss, Star Sequins from my stash
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scary Silhouettes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Tasteful Labels Dies (ret), In the Woods Dies (ret), Shaped Dies (no name, was a gift), Tiny Tag Punch (ret), 1/16" Hole Punch (ret), 1 3/4" Circle Punch (ret)

PP757 A Wagon Full of Fun

Happy Sunday, all! Stef is our Paper Players hostess this week and she has a wonderful, versatile sketch for us:

I did take a little liberty with the sketch, turning it on its side, because when I stamped my image, I didn't realize how large it was, LOL!  And I bucked the circular shape (which I would normally do) and went with a rectangle!  I found this cute image in my retired fall stamps and just had to give his little guy some ink:

Since my image was so large, I made a larger card--this one measures 4 1/2 x 6 1/4"  I stamped some Timeless Plaid DSP with a little leafy border, then added my watercolored image:

It was stamped on Fluid 100 Watercolor paper and colored with reinkers.  The "hello" is from Unbounded Love.  A really old stamp was used for the inside sentiment:

as well as some little pumpkins I stamped down in the corner!  Some of my old SU favorite styles!

I hope you'll find some inspiration from the DT at the Paper Players--I am sure this sketch will have you coming up with all kinds of ideas!  Share them with us at the blog, we can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Unbounded Love, Sweet Seasons (ret), Harvest Hello (ret), 100% Autumn (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Old Olive, Timeless Plaid DSP, Fluid 100 Watercolor, Basic Beige
Ink	Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Real Red, Misty Moonlight, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Pecan Pie, Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essential Dies, Aquapainter, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Stitched So Sweetly Dies (ret)

Monochromatic Rustic Centerpiece

Happy Friday, peeps! Lots of things going on this week and next, so I have a very simple card to share today using a pretty image from Rustic Centerpiece:

I used a piece of Peaceful Garden DSP and stamped my image in Cherry Cobbler.  It's hard to see, but I stamped another image of just the apples, and fussy-cut them out, then popped them up for a wee bit of interest.  The sentiment is from You are Remarkable:

It all went on a Cherry Cobbler card base.  The DSP gives the image a bit of a textured, vintage look, which I really like.  Easy peasy!  Thanks so much for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior."  Habakkuk 3:17-18

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Rustic Centerpiece, You Are Remarkable
Card stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler, Peaceful Garden DSP
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools

FMS705 Autumn Mists

Happy Thursday, peeps! The FMS sketch this week is fabulous---three elements, you know I love things in threes!

I could make a plethora of cards using this sketch, so many ideas in my head!  For my first one, I decided to make a fall-themed one, so I pulled out some Florals in Blooms DSP; the non-floral sides have some pretty solid patterns.  Here we go:

I did some creative diecutting with The Greetery's Shiplap Builder dies, extending them a wee bit longer to fit on my embossed base.  Then I stamped a sentiment from an older Impression Obsession stamp on two of the panels.  I finished it off with two diecut leaves from some retired DSPs and a linen bow:

This will probably be a birthday card, but I left the inside blank and I'll add a sentiment when I need it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm.  He said: "Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you and you shall answer me. Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?  Tell me, if you understand.  Who marked off its dimensions?  Surely you know!  Who stretched a measuring line across it?  On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together 

and all the angels shouted for joy?"  Job 38:1-7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Squares (Impression Obsession)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Thick Basic White, Florals in Blooms DSP, Orchard Harvest DSP (ret), Crushed Curry DSP (ret)
Ink	Early Expresso
Accessories	Linen Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timber Embossing Folder (ret), Shiplap Builder Dies (The Greetery), Patchwork Leaves Dies (Impression Obsession)