PP655 Boo To You

Hi there, friends! I am the hostess today at the Paper Players and I have a nice, easy basic sketch for you to try! It's so basic, I made two cards! Actually I made three, but I'll only share two today!  So here's the sketch:

I just got some really fun Halloween papers from Echo Park called Spooky, and they have scrapbook elements as well as printed papers, so this card was REALLY easy, and other than the inside sentiment, has no stamping!  Check it out:

I diecut my little ghost from a Stylish Shapes die, then mounted it on top of a starry panel, diecut with Scalloped Contour dies.  It all went on a seasonal orange and black plaid piece!  Instead of a bow, I decided to go with some narrow ribbon and a little black glimmer star; it's less bulky and I like how it mimics the stars in the paper!

I stamped a sentiment from Pick of the Patch in Cajun Craze on the inside, and it was done!

For my second card, I switched gears and sped right up to Christmas!  I had been looking through some supplies from last year and came across this cute Santa from the Santa Express Memories & More pack, so I cut him out, added a stenciled background with some festive twine, then mounted him on another Echo Park paper called Santa Claus Lane:

I found a little "ho ho ho" stamp in my stash, and added that as well as a little gold glimmer star on his hat!

I hope you'll have some fun with my sketch this week!  Check out what the others did over at the Paper Players blog, and share yours with us too!  I'll be going on a little bloggy break this week, but I'll be checking out what you create!  Thanks for popping in today; enjoy it and be blessed!

This little critter would have been appropriate for last week's challenge; I found it on my driveway:

It's called a common whitetail....don't those wings look like they could be used at the Indy 500? Wowza!  And then John found this last week behind our shed, while he was mowing:

Yikes!  We need to stay clear of that until winter! But isn't nature fun?!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pick of the Patch
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Spooky DSP (Echo Park), Black Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Cajun Craze
Accessories	Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon (ret), Black Dimensionals, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Small Star Punch (ret)

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	December Days (Pinkfresh)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Garden Green, Sweet Sorbet, Gold Glimmer (ret), Santa Express Memories & More Card Pack (ret)
Ink	Garden Green, Real Red
Accessories	Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contour Dies, Layering Square Dies (ret), Stylish Shapes Dies, Blending Brush, Knit Wits Stencil (The Greetery), Sports Event Dies (ret, star)

Three Tiny Trees

Happy Monday, peeps! Squeaking this in before my stamp girls arrive this morning!  I used the tree die from the Zany Zoo set to create three little Christmas trees for my note-sized card today!

I used the Mood Board at the Peace on Earth challenge for my inspiration:

and the Inkspirational challenge this week is "Mini", so I used three mini trees!

I used three of the lightest ombre shades from the In Color Glimmer paper from last year's catalog; they're Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party and Sweet Sorbet, and I used a piece of White Glimmer paper from the past Christmas catalog for the background die (Ornae Frames):

The outside sentiment is from Pinkfresh's December Days, stamped in Bubble Bath, and the inside is from  Simon Says Stamp, Christmas Blessings, stamped in Lemon Lime Twist, and since I messed up the stamping of it, I used the matching die to cover it up!!!

I just think those pastel colors are so pretty!  And speaking of pastels, here are Dana's finished coasters:

We're planning a trip to the pottery place for Mother's Day too!  Should be fun!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Two CAS Christmas Cards

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Happy Halloween!  No Halloween cards today, just a couple of CAS Christmas cards!  The first one is for CAS on Sunday, which is looking for CAS Christmas; here's my notecard-sized card:

These little birdies from a Pinkfresh set called December Days (enabled by my friend Michele) were stamped on Shimmery White cardstock in Stazon ink and watercolored simply with Balmy Blue and Calypso Coral.  I added a couple of little sprigs stamped on my Balmy Blue card and a couple of blue rhinestones for fun!

My second card is for CASE This Sketch:

The background paper is from the Oh What Fun by My Mind's Eye; the diecut sentiment is from Papertrey, and this is the first time I've used it!  It's pretty large, so I had to turn the sketch to allow it to fit!

The candy canes and bow are from the same Pinkfresh set; I stamped one candy cane in reverse, filling it in with a Poppy Parade marker and mounting them on a Tasteful Labels die, trimmed down to make it smaller!  So cute!

And I promised a picture of the final outcome of the jack-o-lanterns, so here you go!

Happy Halloween!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!