FF0047 and JAI482 Thanksgiving Mice

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Today is John's birthday and we have some things we want to do, so this will be short and sweet!  I had a massive Thanksgiving-card-making day yesterday; most of them were quick and easy, but I did make this one using the Festive Friday challenge as well as the Just Add Ink sketch:

For the Festive Friday challenge, I used woodland creatures, thankful theme, leaves, and twine!  I've had these little Lawn Fawn Thanksgiving mice for a couple of years and am just now getting them inky for this season!  I found this pretty Photoplay paper and the opposite side is the stripe, so I used that for my tag:

I stamped the mice in Soft Suede ink and colored them with Blends.  I punched them out and matted each one with a Terracotta Tile mat.

For the tag embellishment, I diecut a leaf from Terracotta Tile, sponged it and topped it with a sentiment from My Creative Time.  So many fun elements in this card!

One of my chores today is to get all these cards out in the mail!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thanksgiving Mice (Lawn Fawn), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Terracotta Tile, Naturals White (ret), Delightful Dijon (ret), Autumn Day DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Soft Suede, Terracotta Tile, More Mustard (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals, Thick Bakers Twine (ret), Embroidery Floss
Tools	Tag Punch, Word Window Punch (ret), 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Blends, Leaf Dies (Lawn Fawn), Sponge Daubers

FF173 Punkin Pillow Inspired

Happy Tuesday, all!  A couple of weeks ago, I bought this 10" felt pillow at a church yard sale for fifty cents:

It was in a little rough shape, but I cleaned it up and put it on my chair as a sweet little fall decoration...I love it, especially for the price!  I got to thinking how fun it would be to re-create it on a card, so I went to work:

I started with the Fab Friday sketch:

I did not have any cardstock that was the warm tan color I wanted, so I brayered a piece of Very Vanilla with Crumb Cake ink (and wished I had gotten a little more even color), then using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, I stamped a little stitch line in Memento Black all around the edges.  My pumpkin is a past Close to My Heart stamp, inked in Terracotta Tile and stamped on the same color paper.  I markered in some stitching lines to mimic the pillow, then diecut some Mossy Meadow leaves, punched out some Crushed Curry berries, and added some stamped stitched lines for vines:

I also added a couple little "vines" below, diecut from Mossy Meadow as well.  My sentiment was stamped on Crumb Cake, diecut with a banner die and sponged with Soft Suede ink.  I added a birthday sentiment and greenery from Botanical Bliss on the inside:

I kinda like how it turned out!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Botanical Bliss, Christmas Quilt (ret), Stitched Borders, Autumn Wishes (both Close to My Heart), Mixed Creative Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Terracotta Tile, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry
Ink	Memento Black, Terracotta Tile, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Flower Dies (My Favorite Things), Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Patterned Pumpkins Dies (ret), 1/4" Hole Punch, Basic Black and Early Espresso Markers

RRCB119 Happy Fall Colors

Hey peeps!  It's Tuesday, and that brings us a new Retro Rubber challenge, and it's a lovely seasonal one:

I used one of my all-time favorite Papertrey sets (it's at least from 2014, but probably before that), called A Wreath for All Seasons.  Honestly, you can't go wrong with this...it's easy to line up, creates a beautiful wreath, and I love it!  So here we go:

I stamped my twig wreath in Soft Suede, then added "berries" of Real Red and Pumpkin Pie, cutting it out with a Stitched Shapes circle die.  The sentiment is from My Creative Time (circa 2013), Just For You, diecut with a My Favorite Things banner die:

I also pulled out an old favorite embossing folder by Cuttlebug that features lots of fall words; I embossed a piece of DSP from my stash, then lightly sponged some Crumb Cake ink on top, just to make the words stand out a bit:

A little twine bow finished it off!  

There are lots of ways you can use these colors, so we hope you'll play along!  Just remember that you must use stamps that are at least a year old and tell us the age, as best you can!  Share your creation with us at Retro Rubber--can't wait to see you there!

From the Fish Fry, Jameson's little brother Sawyer played his own version of Corn Hole:

This little ginger is full of spice!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Wreath for All Seasons (Papertrey Ink), Just For You (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Misc DSP from my stash
Ink	Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
Accessories	Twine, Dimensionals, Sponge
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Autumn Words EF (Cuttlebug), Stitched Sentiment Strips Dies (My Favorite Things)

FMS359 Trick or Treat

Hi everyone!  Monday, a new week and I am looking forward to making some Christmas cards with my friends tonight!  But for now, I have another Halloween card, this one uses the FMS sketch:

I used the Trick or Tweet set, stamping the images in Memento black and coloring them with SU Blends:

My background paper is from Close to My Heart; sentiment is from My Creative Time:

And here's the inside:

Not sure what they were looking at, but they sure are cute!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new RetroRubber challenge!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trick or Tweet, Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Hello Pumpkin DSP (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Stitched Sentiment Strips Dies (My Favorite Things), 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Blends

PP412 Happy Halloween

Happy Sunday, peeps!  I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week, and I have a tic-tac-toe challenge for you!  I think there are plenty of seasonal elements here for you to create something to your liking!  So here it is:

I have so many Halloween stamps, I have to start early to give them all some love, LOL!  For my card today, I used the center column of patterned paper, pumpkin and orange/rust.

My stamp is called Medium Jack-O-Lantern from Rubber Cottage, stamped directly on some Authentique paper and colored with markers, then diecut with a Stitched Shapes oval:

Behind the jack, I added some of the bare trees from the In The Woods Framelits....I thought they looked spooky, and kind of matched the twigs on which Mr. Jack is sitting!!  The banner is from the same paper pad, and it's hard to see, but I stamped some ziggity sewing lines down both sides, then added a little Sahara Sand tag, stamped with a sentiment and a few background stamps.  I also embossed the Very Vanilla layer with a chevron embossing folder:

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment and a couple of stars from a new CTMH set (like I needed more Halloween sets, LOL!):

Finally, the sketch I used for my card came from the FabFriday challenge:

The design team has come up with some beauties for the challenge, please check them out and give them some love:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Anne Marie

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie

·        Jan

·        Ann

She's ready for Nerf Night with her karate friends!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Medium Jack-o-lantern (Rubber Cottage), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time), Stitched Borders Essentials (CTMH), Hello Pumpkin-Cardmaking (CTMH), Background Blocks (Concord & 9th)
Card stock & Papers	Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Nightfall DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Memento Black, Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Tangerine Tango Thick Bakers Twine (ret), Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, In the Woods Framelits, Chevron EF, 1/8" Hole Punch, Pumpkin Pie Marker

RRCB96 Patchwork Pumpkin

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's raining AGAIN here in PA...I feel like a little mushroom, never seeing the sun!  Hopefully October will bring some bright blue weather!  Anyway, it's time for another RetroRubber Challenge, and I chose to make a not-too-spooky fall creation:

And before I get to the details, here is our sketch:

My pumpkin is from a Close to My Heart set called Autumn Wishes, and it is from 2016; I stamped it three times in various shades of orange:  Grapefruit Grove, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze, then fussy-cut each outer panel and adhered them to the original one:

I got some new Halloween papers from Authentique called Nightfall, and this patterned one seem to be a good background that complemented my "crazy-quilt" pumpkin!  I added some stitched ribbon that's been sitting in my stash forever, a black and crumb cake scalloped border and a sentiment from My Creative Time that I have had for a long time....maybe eight years? Finally, I added a couple of black cats from an Impression Obsession die set that I am embarrassed to admit that I have also had for a while and I don't think I have ever used it!  But they're cute here, don't you think?  Cute but not scary!

I didn't put a sentiment on the inside, because I think you could use this for a couple of occasions!  SO...what will you create with our sketch this week?  Remember, the stamps have to be at least one year old and you must tell us the age!  Can't wait to see what you create!  

Cassidy spent the weekend at Daddy's and they made cupcakes!  She knows she could leave them at my house and they would be safe, because I just cannot eat anything BLUE!!!  (Not so sure about Grampy!)  But she was quite proud of them and she said she did all the mixing by herself!  You gotta give her credit for that!

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Wishes (CTMH), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Nightfall DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Grapefruit Grove, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
Accessories	Stitched Ribbon (from my stash), Dimensionals
Tools	Big SHot, Cat Dies 083K (Impression Obsession), Stitched Sentiment Strips Dies (My Favorite Things), Scallop Border Thin Cuts Dies (CTMH)

SIP119 Cardmaker's Choice

Hi peeps!  Hope you're doing well today---it has been a beautiful October so far!  Justin has a fun , easy challenge for us at Stamp Ink Paper this week:

Well, maybe it's a little tougher than I thought!  There is NO WAY I could pick out a favorite stamp set, color OR paper!  I just have way too many favorites!  But I did remember a cute little stamp set that I hadn't gotten inky in a long, long time that I thought would be a good one to pull out...it is one of my many, many favorites, it's called Greeting Card Kids:

And I was able to incorporate a few more challenges with this one, too!  In(k)spire Me has a sketch; House of Cards wants CAS Halloween; and Less Is More wants watercoloring!

I stamped my cute little witch with Stazon ink on SU's watercolor paper and colored her in with an aquapainter and reinkers:

I cut the circle out with a Stitched Shape die and added a little circular element from another Halloween set, then added some spooky bats on the Crumb Cake background!  And here's the inside:

Lots of favorites...alll my Halloween sets are right up at the top of that list!  I hope you'll share your favorite stamp, ink and paper with us this week...if you can decide which to choose!  Check out the other designers' creations as well...they have some beauties!

And speaking of little beauties, here is Cassidy's school picture for second grade:

We were happy with it!  And we're happy you popped it today---be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greeting Card Kids (ret), Halloween Set 1 (Rubbernecker), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time) Halloween (Hampton Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Watercolor, Frightful DSP (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Fresh Fig, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Sahara Sand
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, 1" Circle Punch, Dimensionals

Paper Players 362 Clean and Simple Harvest

Happy Sunday, everyone!  I am the hostess over at the Paper Players, and I've chosen a harvest theme for our Clean and Simple challenge:

Isn't Nance's prompt so pretty?  I bought this Our Daily Bread Designs stamps at a stamp show last summer, and this is the first time I've inked it up!  I thought it would be ideal for today's challenge:

I stamped it on a diecut panel of Very Vanilla in Cajun Craze ink and added a tiny bit of shading with some Crumb Cake ink.  I added a simple layer behind it, some Crumb Cake ribbon and stamped a sentiment from My Creative Time on the front in Chocolate Chip ink.  The inside uses a sentiment from Sweet Pea Designs:

Simple and easy!  And since it uses a stamp I purchased last July, I am submitting it to the RetroRubber challenge 71 this week of Anything Goes!  

I hope you'll play along with our harvest challenge this week!  Be sure to check out the cute samples the Paper Player designers created too!  You can see them all HERE.

The fam went out to dinner a couple weeks ago and Cassidy wanted to sit next to Wayne.  When they both ordered the same thing, she declared they were "soup twinsies"!!!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mixed Holiday Sentiment (My Creative Time), Wheat Cross (Our Daily Bread Designs), Lovely Leaves (Sugar Pea Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Fall is in the Air DSP (Echo Park)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip
Accessories	Crumb Cake Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies (Lil'Inker), Dimensionals, Blender Pen