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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

Stamp Ink Paper 73 Truly Grateful

Happy Tuesday, peeps! If you're looking for my Try Stampin on Tuesday post, it's here.   

It's my second week as guest designer for Stamp, Ink, Paper and the prompt this week is "grateful":

I had been looking through my fall/Thanksgiving stamps and came across a SU set called Truly Grateful, and thought the sentiment would work well with one of elements from this month's Paper Pumpkin kit:

You may know I have a love/hate relationship with shaker cards!  The concept is great, but sometimes the execution is more work than it is worth!  The PP kit actually has a row of three diecut leaves and a plethora of gorgeous sequins in three different sizes, plus their foam strips make it fairly easy to create the shaker.  But I didn't want three leaves, I only wanted one leaf because I wanted a square element to use with my Layering Squares die....(I did use a Stitched Square die too, but this one is not SU since I hadn't received them yet when I made this card, LOL!)

So I trimmed the panel down and used the extra piece to stamp the sentiment on, then carefully punched it with an oval punch and placed it above the leaf.  The stitched square is Top Top Taupe; the scalloped square is Cajun Craze.  I added a Delightful Dijon stitched leaf (Lawn Fawn) and mounted everything on a piece of Autumn Day paper by PhotoPlay.  I just love those little leaves!  And the sequins are so pretty inside and out!

I hope you'll check out the Stamp Ink Paper blog and see what the other designers have created using this theme....and share yours with us as well!

After-school pudding!

TSOT296 Give Thanks

 

Hi peeps!  Time for another Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch!  This week our optional theme is Thanskgiving:

I had this cute background paper from BoBunny's Farmer's Market collection, and I thought it would make a great Thanksgiving card:

There was also some cute corn paper which coordinated with it, and I remember a corn image in SU's Perfected Preserved set from a couple years ago!  I had never even inked this image up!  I stamped it two times, once in Crushed Curry and again in Delightful Dijon, and use the coordinating die to cut it out, trimming the corn down a little and adhering it on top:

  

The Baja Breeze panel was stamped with the woodgrain from Truly Grateful (retired SU) and I mounted it on a Tip Top Taupe scalloped panel.  If you don't have rectangle scallop dies, you can always cut two square ones and piece them together....usually the seam is barely visible and it's a good way to stretch the use of your dies.  I stamped another image on the inside with So Saffron and stamped a sentiment (My Creative Time's Mixed Holiday Sentiments) on top.  The sentiment on the front is also from the same set.

We would love to have you play along with our sketch...you can share it with us on the TSOT blog, or visit our facebook page and share it there!

I don't have a Cassidy photo, but check out this appropriate vintage Thanksgiving postcard from my collection:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Paper Players 320 Thankful Autumn Blessings

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Laurie is our Paper Player hostess with a lovely theme challenge this week:

I haven't done anything in a vintage nature lately, so I checked my digital image file and found this lovely postcard image of children bringing in some fall harvest!  So sweet!  Instead of creating a card, however, I decided to make a little 6x6 collage to display along with my other Thanksgiving collectibles:

I printed out the postcard on some cream-colored stationery, trimmed and distressed it and added some Cajun Craze cardstock behind it.  I took a piece Autumn Day 6x6 paper from Photoplay and stamped a myriad of fall images on it in Early Espresso ink; I used SU's Harvest Home. Truly Grateful and last month's Paper Pumpkin, along with some leaves from last year's Paper Pumpkin Halloween set.  I used Papertrey dies to cut out the "thankful" and the "fall" in Early Espresso and Old Olive cardstocks, then adhered them to the side and bottom.  The banner was created with SU's burlap ribbon and some Tim Holtz seasonal stickers.  The leaves were inspired by my friend Vicki - you can see her adorable tag HERE - and they were cut with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Leaves dies, then sponged and liberally coated with Wink of Stella....it's a shame you cannot see how gorgeous they are!  I added a little baker's twine knot to "tie" them together!

 

Finally, I added a shabby seam binding bow made from some seam binding I dyed a long time ago...not even sure what color ink I used!  Anyway, I tied it up with a little button and added another shimmery leaf behind it...you can see the glimmer on this one a wee bit better!

I mounted everything on a 6x6 piece of chipboard and cut an easel (Tim Holtz die) to prop it up.  Now it sits on my piano with all my little turkeys...maybe I'll share them later if I can get a good photo!

I can share one of the vintage postcards from my own collection.  I probably inherited this (and the others) from one of my grandparents, or I might have found it at a yard sale:

So how will you interpret this challenge?  I hope you'll share your ideas with us at the Paper Players blog!  Meanwhile, check out what the other designers did:

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance 
• Sandy
• Linda
• Hannelie
• Colleen

And one last photo of Mandy Panda before she went back to school, helping Cassidy eat her waffle...and yes, it had Nutella on it and she very methodically ate the middle before eating around the edge!!!  Normally she doesn't do this, so I thought it was kind of funny...hence the photo!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

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Happy Sunday, peeps!  Laurie is our hostess at the Paper Players this week, and she has a lovely sketch for us.  I think I might have to pin this one for future reference!

I am still making Thanksgiving cards…..I can send them out tomorrow and they’ll still arrive in time, right?!  I pulled out the lovely, sadly retired, Truly Grateful set and some retired DSPs and went to work:

I stamped the wheat bundle in Hello Honey on a stitched tag from Simon Says Stamp, then stamped it again and cut it out, sponging it and popping it up with dimensionals:

It looked a wee bit plain, so I added a little Soft Suede ribbon tied with some Linen Thread to match my Soft Suede banner.  I cut out a stitched banner (same die set) in Pool Party and isolated just the word “Thankful” with a marker to stamp on top.  My Hello Honey panel is matted with some Cajun Craze cardstock and the whole shebang was mounted on a Hello Honey card.  I found this sentiment in my Harvest Home set, stamped it in Soft Suede on the inside and used my Versamark pad to stamp the wheat again in a lighter tone.  I love this look:

The “Happy Thanksgiving” is from last year’s Paper Pumpkin kit!  I have gotten a lot of use from that little set!  I am also entering this in the Papercraft Crew Challenge #171, which is a theme challenge of giving thanks!

 I hope you’ll join along with us and create something with this wonderful sketch!  You can see everyone’s creation here, or visit us at the Paper Players!

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance
• Sandy
• Amy
• Jodi
• Lisa

Last week we found a slate-colored junco and a wee little mouse, both of whom had met their demise somewhere near our house…thankfully not IN the house!  After a few tears (Grampy told her the mouse went to mouse heaven, at which she replied “There is NO mouse heaven, Grampy!”), we had a little burial for both of them, complete with blanket!  She insisted on digging with her own shovel, although Grampy did have to help her with that:

Never a dull moment!  Enjoy your day!

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Happy Sunday, peeps!  Nance has an awesome sketch for you today, I am definitely saving this one for future use!  What do you think?

Lots and lots of possibilities here!  I chose to go a bit rustic, using papers from Flashback and images from Truly Grateful:

I stamped the woodgrain in Baked Brown Sugar, and the wheat in Cajun Craze.  My little side panel was stamped with the Dictionary background stamp, also in Cajun Craze, and I did lots of sponging on everything!!  The sentiment is from October's My Paper Pumpkin...a great, versatile Thanksgiving stamp!  Finally, I stamped and sponged on one of the little Autumn Wooden Elements....actually there are two of them, nestled together!  It makes a perfect little fall accent!

I am at my Paper Players friend Sandy's house today, so this is a short & sweet post....but we will be meeting up with another "famous" stamper later on today, so stay tuned to future posts for more on that!  Hopefully there will be some photo ops!  I hope you all have a lovely week!

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Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for another Paper Players challenge, and Ann has a wonderful seasonal color palette for us featuring three of SU’s newest In Colors:

Aren’t they wonderfully fallish!?  I pulled out my favorite (sadly retired) fall set, French Foliage for my card today, and I CASEd a style I saw on Pinterest lately; you can see Lyssa’s card here.  Normally I try not to CASE something here when I do my challenge card, but it was so striking, I couldn’t wait to try it!  Here you go:

Lyssa stamped her flowers on a sheet of Typeset DSP but I had an old botanical book I picked up at a thrift shop, so I tore out a piece of that and began stamping my leaves on it.  Actually, I’ve used a bunch of sets on this card!!!  (I’ll list them all at the end)!  My diecut is from Papertrey, and I cut it from a piece of Mossy Meadow to which I adhered a piece of adhesive sheet; then when I pulled the diecut out, I just peeled off the adhesive and the whole thing was very easy to attach! Everything else except the twine is SU.  I used my Envelope Punch Board to create the tab for the top and I added some stitching around the sides, as well as a little diagonal embossing on the corner:

Despite a few little issues going on in our household, this pretty well sums up how I am feeling these days….blessed!  And this also qualifies for the Shopping Our Stash challenge, which is fall colors, and the As You See It challenge, which is also fall!

 

Now, when I pulled out the sentiment, I was left with this negative piece; blessedly, I had centered it pretty well on a little strip that already had a little scallop popped out of it, so I went to work again, loosely using the CAS(E) This Sketch sketch for this week:

My sentiment is not in quite the right spot, but I just love how this turned out:

I used the gingham from Six-Sided Sampler to make the center of my flower, and a little retired die called Merry Details for my bird!  Isn’t he cute?!

I sure hope you have as much fun with these colors as I did…can’t wait to see what you come up with!  Be sure to check out all the samples from the DT as well:

• Andrea
• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance
• Sandy
• Yapha

A couple weeks ago I came into my craft room to find this little scene:  a piece of ribbon, a pin cushion and several pins!

Cassidy told me she was making a dress for Cinderella…if you remember the Disney movie, the mice decorate a dress for Cinderella with pins, ribbons and bows!    Hmmmm….maybe sewing lessons are next?  Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details for Both Cards
Stamps	Gorgeous Grunge, Kinda Eclectic, Project Life Holiday Cheer, Truly Grateful, Six-Sided Sampler, French Foliage (ret), Tiny Tags (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals Ivory, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Basic Black
Ink	Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist
Accessories	Twine, Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot,  Sponge Daubers, Stripes EF, Tiny Tag Punch (ret),         1 1/4" Scallop Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Finishing Touches Edgelit, Candy Dots, Sewing Machine, Merry Details Diecut (ret), Blessings Diecut (Papertrey)

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Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Brrr, it really felt like November yesterday….I guess we have to face that winter is on its way!  I love these earthy colors that Arielle chose for us this week for the ColourQ challenge:

Just Something I Made just offered a nice Thanksgiving postcard last week and it had most of the challenge colors, so I printed it out and made a vintage-style card:

(Thanks to Julie for correcting me on the source of my postcard!!!)  I stamped my background with the wheat sheaf from Truly Grateful and used the woodgrain and woodcut images as well to stamp my panels:

I also used my trusty 1970 Smith Corona Corsair typewriter to make this little tag which is anchored by a pretty houndstooth brad in Bashful Blue!  The Bible verse from this week’s Word Art Wednesday seemed appropriate for my inside sentiment:

This also qualifies for Sugar Creek Hollow’s challenge, which is vintage; and Frilly and Funky’s challenge this month is Thanksgiving. 

I hope you will find some inspiration from this lovely set of linens, and that you translate it into something crafty!  Share it with us at the ColourQ so we can all enjoy it, and be sure to check out what the designers made as well!

If you’re squeamish about dead animals, don’t look at the next picture!!!!

Yep……life in the country means you might see a dead mouse on your driveway!  Nuff said! Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Truly Grateful, Vintage Postcard Digital Image
Card stock & Papers	Early Espresso, Whisper White, Dusty Durango, So Saffron
Ink	Early Espresso, Dusty Durango, So Saffron
Accessories	Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Misc Brad
Tools	Decorative Label Punch, Sponge Daubers, Typewriter, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Chalk Talk Die