CAS Fall Latte

Happy Saturday, peeps....my schedule is all out of whack today, I am very late!  But we had a late night at the fair (no ribbons, but that's okay!), then yard sale, an auction and a health fair during the day today!  Finally I am home and I can post a little card I created yesterday for a couple of  challenges!  It features the retired Merry Cafe, which just didn't get enough ink time when it was in the Holiday catalog a couple years ago!

My sketch from from CAS(E) This Sketch:

and I stamped the little to-go cup in Terracotta Tile, adding some shading with a Blender Pen and a pretty little sleeve from some fall-ish DSP:

I stamped the sentiment in the same ink, then mounted the cup on a couple of diecut panels in Terracotta Tile and Crumb cake.  They were mounted on a Very Vanilla panel and adhered to a Crumb Cake card!  This also fulfills the Fusion Coffee Challenge (I only used the photo, not the sketch):

This was a fun card to make, I loved shading that little cup!  Thanks for popping in today!

Speaking of fall, here are a few pix from the Solanco Fair last night:

It was a gorgeous evening...cool and clear!

Contented cows:

Lots of blue ribbons for interesting veggies:

And can you see the sign under this pumpkin?  920 pounds!!  That's a BIG pumpkin!

Dana and I are already thinking about what we can enter in the fair next year....she's going to do some crocheting and I have a couple of things in mind!  We have a year to get them ready, LOL!  Thanks for visiting--be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge too!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Cafe (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Terracotta Tile, Pleasant DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Terracotta Tile
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Nested Labels Dies, Blender Pen

RRCB97 Hello Fall

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Retro Rubber challenge, and this week we have a Tic-Tac-Toe!!  There are lots of fun creative opportunities in this one:

I chose to use the top row across:  neutrals, texture and ribbon!  And here's my card:

Remember that for our challenges, you must use stamps that are at least a year old and tell how old they are!  This Merry Cafe set came out in the Holiday 2017 catalog, and I just did not have a chance to use it enough!   I started with some Kraft cardstock that I embossed with my favorite fall embossing folder; then I stamped some of the elements from the stamp set and cut them out.  I know my sentiment says "pumpkin" and my coffee cup has an apple, but they're both flavors of fall! Besides, that little apple was too cute to ignore!   And since SU considers Merry Merlot as a neutral, I used it plus Crumb Cake and Early Espresso to diecut some small leaves, and I added some Merry Merlot and Chocolate Chip ribbons to the top of the tag, which was also embossed with a polka dot folder for more texture:

I hand-drew and shaded the lid on my coffee cup to give it a little more depth!  I love all these little elements together!

I hope you'll play along with our Tic-Tac-Toe challenge this week!  You have until October 19 to play!  Be sure to check out the RRC blog to see what the DT created as well!

Over the weekend, my TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) group attended a fall rally!  My friend Sharon, who was our club's "Best Loser", and I were practicing our selfies, LOL!

 

Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Cafe (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Rustic White (Papertrey), Kraft (ret), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Merry Merlot
Ink	Crumb Cake, Merry Merlot, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Accessories	Merry Merlot ribbon, misc ribbon from my stash, Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Fall EF (Cuttlebug), Perfect Polka Dot EF (ret),  Stitched Leaves Dies (Lawn Fawn), Tags & Labels Framelits (ret), Early Espresso Marker, Blender Pen

Merry Cafe Fall Style

Happy Monday, peeps!  Thinking of all the people in Florida...we have friends and family there and are just praying that each and every one stays safe!

Now that the wedding is behind us, I am trying to get back into the new normal, which I am sure will be a transition for all of us!  Poor Cassidy is still trying to get her head wrapped around it...her mom's married but she still spent last night at our house!  All will fall into place soon!  

I haven't had time to play with any challenges yet, but I wanted to share a card I made last week while I still had Merry Cafe on my desk:

I stamped the coffee cup from Coffee Cafe on some Wood Textures paper and stamped various leafy elements on it from the Merry Cafe set; the lid was stamped in Cajun Craze on Peekaboo Peach cardstock and shaded with some ink and a blender pen.  I mounted it on a Very Vanilla panel that was embossed with the Cable Knit embossing folder, then I added the "label" as well as some sweet little leaves from Colorful Seasons:

To give the leaves some interest, I inked them in a lighter color, then sponged a darker color around the edges before stamping and cutting them out with the Seasonal Layers framelits.  I added a leaf and a sentiment from Coffee Cafe on the inside, too:

I just love the warm feel that the embossing and the fall colors give this card!

So I have several wedding photos but I thought I would share these first.....during the ceremony and finally at the end!  I took these myself; we'll get some from the photographer later!  I also have a couple of cute ones of Cassidy...I'll share them throughout the week.  It was a perfect day, not too hot or cold and the setting was beautiful!  A gazebo in the picturesque town of Lewes, Delaware (pronounced Lewis) was the "venue" and it was surrounded by lush flowers and green grass....tiny, but perfect!

More photos to come, I promise!  Have a blessed day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Coffee Cafe, Merry Cafe, Colorful Seasons
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Peekaboo Peach, Wood Textures DSP
Ink	Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Real Red, Sahara Sand
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Seasonal Layers Framelits, Blender Pen, Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers

MTS192 Perk Up

Hi everyone!  I hope your Friday is going well!  I have a quick little card that perhaps I should send to myself! (More about that later!)  It uses the Merry Cafe set that is in the holiday mini catalog as of today!  It features the Match the Sketch sketch:

and here we go:

I used some of those fun papers from Naturally Eclectic, and stamped the solid green panel with the Burlap background stamp to give it some texture.  Then I just stamped my mini coffee cup image two times, once in Night of Navy and once in Tranquil Tide, fussy-cut them out and glued them together:

I also added some Lost Lagoon thick baker's twine on the Night of Navy panel for a little extra interest!  So why should I send this to myself?  I just found out I have shingles!  Blessedly, they are confined to my right arm and hand, and are not really too bad right now.  Hopefully with some meds the pain won't be too bad....I do have a wedding coming up, so I don't want to be a mess for that, LOL!  Anyway, prayers are appreciated!

On our way to a meeting last night, we saw a car stopped in the middle of the road next to what I call our "spooky tree", about 1/4 mile from our house.  We looked over and saw this:

We had seen him last week as well, circling high above our house, so having him a little closer was quite exciting!  Have a blessed weekend...I'll be back on Sunday for a Paper Players challenge, so be sure to stop back!