In(k)spire Me 401 Fall Collage

Happy Monday, peeps!  Just a quick post today---I have two Christmas card stamp camps today, so it's going to be busy but fun!  I thought the In(k)spire Me sketch was a fun one---they actually have a color challenge too but I chose to only do the sketch--and here it is:

I pulled out a retired set, Pick a Pumpkin, and its matching dies, Patterned Pumpkins, and stamped a few in Pumpkin Pie, Sahara Sand, Grapefruit Grove, and Crushed Curry and Old Olive, cutting them out and clustering them around a cool collage print from some papers by Carta Bella:

I cut some tendrils and the little horizontal embellishments from some Photoplay papers, and that was about it!  I toyed with adding a sentiment, but nothing really worked, so I left it plain and mounted it on an embossed mat of Sahara Sand.  I'll add a sentiment inside when I send it out!

Aren't these little pictures so fun?!  Love them!

Thanks for popping in today!

Here's another little fall vignette, LOL!  

Do you think that Eden adores Cassidy?  I think she does!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pick a Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla,  Naturals White (ret), Fall Break DSP (Carta Bella), Autumn Day DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie, Grapefruit Grove, Crushed Curry, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Nested Labels Dies, Patterned Pumpkins Dies (ret), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Soft Suede Marker

GDP156 Pumpkin Hello

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I had a lot of fun making today's card; I got to use some PUMPKINS, woohoo!    The Global Design Project challenge this week is to CASE the designer, and here's our inspiration:

And here we go:

I began with some embossing paste, dyed with Old Olive ink, and stencilled a background with one of the Pattern Party masks.  I then stamped and diecut images from last year's Pick a Pumpkin set; such a cute set and barely enough time to use it!  I added some color to the sprigs with Blends, and finished it with a sentiment Right At Home's Grateful Heart:

This reflects how happy I am that our weather has finally gotten a little more seasonal!  Bring on fall!  Thanks for popping in for a visit today!

Since I can't seem to get a picture of Cassidy lately, I'll share her school picture:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pick a Pumpkin (ret), Grateful Heart (Right at Home)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Adhesive Sheets
Ink	Grapefruit Grove, Gray Granite, Lemon Lime Twist, Pumpkin Pie, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Patterned Pumpkins Thinlets, Embossing Paste, Old Olive Ink, Palette Knives, Banner Dies (Nestabilities), Blends, Pattern Party Decorative Mask, Crumb Cake Marker

FMS308 and CC79 Rustic Neutrals

Hi all!  I had a nice relaxing evening and had fun creating this neutral-hued card for The Card Concept and the Freshly Made Sketches sketch:

So here we go:

For the "style" that I used here, I guess it could be called Classy Elegant or maybe Shabby Chic!  I started with a Crumb Cake background and pulled out a really old background stamp called Weathered and stamped it with Craft White ink.  I used a Tim Holtz brick embossing folder for the Very Vanilla panel; the wreath is made with some Kraft cardstock; the pumpkins are stamped in various neutral shades, and the leaves were diecut from Soft Sky, Mint Macaron and Lost Lagoon that were sponged with Craft White ink to soften the colors a bit.

I added some sequins, a Champagne Foil horizontal panel, and a sympathy sentiment inside and out:

  

So happy you dropped by today!

Cassidy was proud to show me the plant she is growing in school!

  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pick a Pumpkin, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Happy Birthday Gorgeous, Weathered (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Champagne Foil, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Kraft (ret), Soft Sky, Mint Macaron (ret), Lost Lagoon (ret)
Ink	Soft Suede, Craft White, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Marshmallow Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Big Shot, Swirly Scribbles, Patterned Pumpkins Framelits, Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Brick Embossing Folder (Tim Holtz), Banner Dies (Nestabilities), Dimensionals

Stamp Ink Paper 120 Neon Halloween

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's that time, another Stamp Ink Paper challenge is upon us!  Today, we got some bright neon colors for you....lime, orange and black!  Try as I might, I could not resist doing another Halloween card, pulling out some old and new stuff!

I love things in threes, and this layout is a favorite of mine, especially when I have colors that are a little challenging, LOL!  I used several fun dies to create my card, along with a wee little bit of stamping:

It's all pretty straightfoward; the bats were punched from an old SU punch and sponged with craft white ink; the "trick or treat" die is from Impression Obsession:

The pumpkin is also Impression Obsession; the tendrils are from Patterned Pumpkin and the face is from Pick a Pumpkin.  I also used Lil' Inker Stitched Dies, SU Layering Squares and Stitched Shapes Dies as well as the Halloween sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes!

A fun, non-scary Halloween creation!  And since this uses a set from 2009 (Teeny Tiny Wishes), I am submitting this to RetroRubber's Halloween challenge:

Now, what will you create with these bright colors?  Can't wait to see....share your masterpiece with us at the Stamp Ink Paper blog!

Speaking of neon, here is how my granddaughter greeted me yesterday morning...no school because of the holiday, and she was full of herself!

And I am hoping that by Thanksgiving, I won't be taking pictures in the garage any more...we're getting closer!  We actually picked out a countertop, sink and faucet yesterday!  Woohoo!

Thanks for popping in today!  Be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Teeny Tiny Wishes, Pick a Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
Ink	Basic Black, Craft White
Accessories	Enamel Dots (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Squares Framelits, Patterned Pumpkin Framelits, Stitched Rectangle Dies (Lil'Inker),  Bat Punch (ret), Trick or Treat Die (Impression Obsession 342-A), Pumpkin Die  (Impression Obsession 350-T), Dimensionals, Sponge Dauber

CTD462 and MTS196

Hi peeps!  Happy last day of September, and happy Saturday....brrrr, fall has really fallen in SE PA!  I will be attending a local apple festival today and I'll need something warm to wear!  Speaking of warm, the Color Throwdown has some warm fall colors in their palette this week and I matched them with the Match the Sketch sketch:

I managed to cram in a lot of products on this little note card I created....new SU, old SU, and non-SU!!!  So here we go:

I began by embossing my Very Vanilla note card with a Darice Fall Leaf Background embossing folder.  The Pool Party panel was stamped with the woodgrain image from Truly Grateful in Versamark ink and dusted lightly with some old SU pastel chalks to enhance the colors.  The Pick a Pumpkin images were ones I had stamped for an earlier project and were still hanging around on my desk, so I added them to a  vertical banner of Merry Little Christmas DSP, then stamped a horizontal banner with a "Hello" from last year's fall Paper Pumpkin kit.  I also added a little stitched scallop scrap that I had laying on my desk too!  Good to clean up and use up those pieces!

So happy that you popped in today!  Have a blessed day and be sure to stop back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

Cassidy was showing Grampy a tooth that is almost ready to come out...she is going to church camp this weekend, I hope it doesn't come out there!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pick a Pumpkin, Truly Grateful (ret), Paper Pumpkin Fall 2016
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Old Olive, Merry Little Christmas DSP
Ink	Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Versamark
Accessories	Pastel Chalks (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Patterned Pumpkins Framelit, Fall Leaf Background Embossing Folder (Darice), Scallop Borders Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Dimensionals

SIP118 Anything But a Card

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It's time for another Stamp Ink Paper challenge, and this is a fun one--anything but a card!

This challenge gave me a chance to play with the new Mini Pizza Boxes that are in SU's Holiday Catalog!  They are sturdy and fold together in a snap and are oh-so-fun to decorate!  For this Halloween one, I chose to make a sleeve that just slides on and off!  I used some Spooky Night DSP and created a rosette --haven't made one of them for a long time--and stamped some images from Spooky Cat and Pick A Pumpkin to embellish it:

(I will tell you that the rosette goes together fairly easily if you use a hot glue gun and have a circle of cardstock already punched out to which it can be adhered.  It can be tricky to get it to lay flat, but the hot glue sets quickly and stays put very well!)  The matching Patterned Pumpkin dies are fun, too!  I used some Pumpkin Pie glimmer paper from last year to create the little swirls that accent my treat box so well:

And since the Spooky Cat set is photopolymer, it's easy to line up the sentiments, which I diecut with the Stitched Shapes oval die:

And here it is, slid apart from the pizza box--hey, it's kinda cute just standing up on its own!  

The SIP design team has some really cute items for you to peruse this week!  Be sure to go check them out, and we want to see your creations as well!  'Tis the season for all kinds of tricks and treats, so get busy!!

We have still had a few warm days, so Cassidy decided she was going to plant some sunflowers.  I didn't have the heart to tell her they probably wouldn't grow, and she was so intent on her chore, I just let her go:

I'll keep you posted as to their progress!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pick a Pumpkin, Spooky Cat
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Spooky Night DSP, Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Patterned Pumpkin Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Scoring Tool, Mini Pizza Box, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Hot Glue Gun

Punkins and Corn

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I managed to get in a little stamping time on Monday and was able to play with my new Pick a Pumpkin bundle!  What a fun little set!  This paper from Painted Autumn looks like corn, don't you think, LOL?  So I used it as a background for my card today:

I stamped some pumpkins in Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz and Sahara Sand, then diecut them with the Patterned Pumpkin Framelits, along with some of the curly vines and leaves:

I did not realize the little accents were included in the framelits....cuuuuuute!  I can't wait to play with them some more!  I also stamped a sentiment from Painted Harvest in Old Olive:

There are so many possibilities with this set---hope you liked it!

Wayne took this photo of Cassidy while she watched the fireworks on Saturday night.  She was a little trooper, as we had an almost four-hour wait from when we arrived at the park to when the fireworks started!  It was worth it!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pick a Pumpkin, Painted Harvest
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Painted Autumn DSP, Old Olive
Ink	Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Patterned Pumpkins Framelits, Old Olive Marker, Dimensionals