More Fall Fun

I took a few minutes to participate in the OCC Challenge, which was a sketch.  I needed this--I am having so much trouble putting cards together!  So it was quite helpful.  I was also able to stamp a few images with my new GinaK stamps!  Here is today's challenge submission:

A real fun sketch, and a fun design to water color!

• Stamps:  Whimsical Autumn, Gina K
• Paper:  Creamy Caramel, Basic Grey Recess & Boxer,  Watercolor, Garden Green, Riding Hood Red, Choc Chip
• Ink:  Stazon, lots of Earth Elements, Sahara Sand
• Acc:  Corner Rounder, Brads, Aquapainter

I finally sewed the little curtains for the inside of my hutch yesterday, and since I had my sewing machine out already, I thought it would be interesting to sew some of the scraps to some cardstock pieces so I would have them at hand if I wanted to play!  So this was my first attempt.  It uses the daisy from Flowers for Daisy, another Gina K stamp:

• Stamps:  Flowers for Daisy, Gina K; Essential Sentiments, MFT
• Paper:  Nat Ivory, Kraft, Shimmery White
• Ink:  Stazon Black, Sahara Sand, Ruby Red, Bravo Burgundy
• Acc:  Taupe Ribbon, Small Oval Punch, Scallop Punch, Just my Type CB folder, sponge dauber

And finally, just a fun Halloween card:

• Stamps:  Holiday Blitz, EFP, Seeing Spots
• Paper:  WW, Ghostly Greetings, Old Olive, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
• Ink:  Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Going Gray
• Acc:  Black Grosgrain, Black Gingham, Pumpkin Pie Marker, Small Square Scallop Punch, 3/4" Square Punch, Eyelets, Nesties, Scallop Punch, Circle Punches, Eyelet Setter, black marker

The orange gingham ribbon was made by coloring the black & white ribbon with a Pumpkin Pie marker and quickly drying it with my heat tool.  A fun way to customize your ribbon colors!!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Online Ordering!

Stampin'Up! has finally offered online ordering!  If you love online shopping, now you can purchase all your favorite SU products---great if that mini catalog is about to expire and you decide late at night, you can't live without a stamp that is featured in it!  All you need to do is to go to my Demonstrator Web Site, click on "shop now" and you'll be good to go!  Email me if you have any questions or need more details!

More Fall Colors

I almost forgot to check Stacey's Inspiration Challenge--it is a beautiful challenge, full of fall colors!  She chose Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Old Olive & Whisper White as her colors:

 

I just received Gina K's "Flowers for Daisy"--first time I ever ordered anything from her, and I am very pleased--especially since she sent M&Ms that say "Thank you"!!! Yum!  So here is my card using that set:

 

This sketch is CASE'd directly from Tammy; you can see her card here.  It also qualifies for Sharon's Stamp Simply Challenge today! You need to check out her blog, as she is giving away TONS of blog candy!!!   I am not too sure about the shadowing I did--you know how you start to add something and then it doesn't look right, and you add some more to fix it and...well, you get the picture!  I didn't have any little rickrack, and this jumbo rickrack seemed a little too bold, but I toned it down with some Sahara Sand ink.....a little better.  I love sewing on my cards, and now that I have my sewing machine out, maybe I can work on the curtains that I never did a few days ago!

• Stamps:  Flowers for Daisy, Gina K
• Paper:  More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Shimmery White, Ghostly Greetings DP, retired Christmas DP
• Ink:  Stazon Timber Brown, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Close to Cocoa, Choc Chip
• Acc:  Aquapainter, Nesties, Jumbo Rickrack, HPH, Sewing Machine, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals

I was able to make a quick "clean & simple" card yesterday with Cornish Heritage Farms' "Making the Grade" by Kim Hughes.  This will make a great masculine card and I was able to use up some teeny Basic Grey scraps!  Quick & easy!

• Stamps:  Making the Grade, CHF; Happy Everything, SU
• Paper:  Confetti White, BG scraps
• Ink:  Stazon Black, Creamy Caramel, Always Artichoke

Have a great day!  Stay tuned for blog candy, coming soon!
LeAnne

100% Autumn

Well, autumn is definitely in the air here in PA today!  Breezy & cool.  I made some applesauce yesterday with apples from our trees; we didn't get a lot, the birds ate more that we did, I think, but it is nice knowing we grew something and we can enjoy the "fruits".  So I was in an apple-y fall-y mode today.  The SCS challenge today was to use a white gel pen.  My card barely qualifies, but it is there.  I'll let you see if you can find the couple of places I used it:

Well the obvious place is on the apple!  But I also used it on the little felt leaves I cut from my Felt Fusion Two flowers.  After it dried, I colored the lines in with a Pumpkin Pie marker.  Hard to see, but gives it an interesting look!  All images except the apple are from the Autumn set from Impression Obsession--don't have the actual name.  I love their stamps, they give a nice clear impression.  The background was made by stamping the words repeatedly across the cardstock.  The clear stamps make it easy to do!The apple is from Cornish Heritage Farm's Kim Hughes' Making the Grade.  Thanks to Tammy, I broke down & bought it......I can't wait to play with some of the images, I am so glad I got it!  The ribbon is Riding Hood Red taffeta with the word "fall" stamped on it in Basic Brown ink....messed up on the left side, darn it!  Now I think I'll go eat some applesauce!

• Stamps:  Autumn, Impression Obsession; Everyday Flexible Phrases, SU; Making the Grade, CHF
• Paper:  Kraft, Confetti White, Ruby Red, Garden Green, Always Artichoke
• Ink: Ruby Red, Garden Green, Basic Brown, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel
• Acc:  White Gel Pen, PP Marker, RHR taffeta, Nesties, Dimensionals, Felt Fusion Flowers

Say it with Scallops

UPS donated a Ronald McDonald "Say It With Scallops" stamp set for every demonstrator who attended convention---what an awesome gift!  That benefits SU, UPS, the demonstrators and RMH!!!  I finally got to play around it and make some quick little things--it is an easy set to play with and the new scallop punch makes it even easier.

My sister let me know today that my niece passed her dental hygiene boards with A PERFECT SCORE of 100!!!  So as I was mounting the "congrats" stamp, I thought that would be a perfect way to break it in:

I used some colors I don't normally use, added some non-SU bling and it's good to go!

• Stamps:  Say it with Scallops, Hugs & Wishes
• Paper: WW, Rose Red, Taken with Teal, Elegant Eggplant
• Ink: Rose Red, Taken with Teal, Elegant Eggplant
• Acc:  Square Scallop Punch, Small Star Punch, rhinestones

This is a square card using the Ghostly Greetings DP and Pumpkin Pie cardstock & ink.  You can't really tell from the photo, but the two layers have been cut out with a Nestie die and the scalloped image is popped up on two layers of dimensionals.  Grosgrain ribbon added just for a little fun.

• Stamps:  Say it with Scallops
• Paper:  WW, Pumpkin Pie, Ghostly Greetings
• Ink:  Pumpkin Pie
• Acc:  Square Scallop Punch, Nesties, Grosgrain Ribbon, DD glitter

Finally, another altered notepad I made for a new customer--I was literally taking the picture as she drove in my driveway to pick up a catalog!  Hi Sharon!  Fun & easy to do!  I guess I am on an orange kick this week!

 

• Stamps:  Say it with Scallops, Eastern Blooms
• Paper:  Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, WW
• Ink:  Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie
• Acc:  Square Scallop Punch, Grosgrain ribbon, small lined notepad, Sticky Strip

Thanks for visiting!  I am off to make applesauce! Yum yum!
LeAnne

Color Throwdown #10

Well, week 10 is upon us, and since September 11 falls during this week Cathy thought it would be honoring to choose some patriotic colors for our theme:

I have struggled with my cardmaking since coming back from vacation--I have TONS of stamps and just can't seem to make anything work.  I won a great set of Kitchen Sink stamps called Playful Stars, and I wanted to use them in my card.  The trouble is, the images are so great, I wanted to use them ALL on my card, and that makes for a rather jumbled card.  So I put aside my first one, took the leftover stars that I DIDN'T use and made this very simple card:

It's pretty straightforward---the only unusual thing (for me) are the numbers.  I don't have any assembled number stamps; they would have been too small anyway, so I used some Basic Grey Fruitcake stickers for my numbers.  The scalloped image is a new set from SU called Say It With Scallops, and it was punched with their new square scallop punch.  I used Rough Edges alphabet for my words; both the center panel & the scallop are on dimensionals.  Riding Hood Red, Night of Navy & Bordering Blue are my colors.  A star punch really helped make this a quick card!  My hope is that we do never forget Sept 11  and the events of that tragic day.  Just like the victims of Katrina, the days pass by and we become forgetful that there are people whose lives will never be the same because of these events.

Now here is the junky jumbly card:

Again, it uses the same colors, as well as some patriotic DP from Basic Grey's Recess pad.  I also added some stars stamped in Craft white and the word "thanks" from EFP.  Those star punches helped a lot again!  I added some RHR ribbon and a brad for a little more emphasis.   All the stars were "aged" with Sahara Sand ink to match the DP a little better.  It now seems too busy for me, but I put too much work into it to chuck it!!!  Ever have any episodes like that?  Grrrr!

Now lets see what the other Color Throwdown girls have come up with:

• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Kisa - Kisa's Paper Cuts
• Tammy - Stamp Happy
• Tracy - Durcan Designs
• Cathy - Crafty Thoughts

Don't forget, if you want to play along, leave a comment and a link on the Color Throwdown blog which you can find here.  You can also post it to SCS, just use the keyword CTD10!  Thanks for visiting & playing!
LeAnne

Simple Thank You

Here is a quick simple post of a quick simple card! 

I love Baja Breeze, but it is a hard color to  photograph!  This 6x3" card uses Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze & the new Manchester DP.  I thought when I ordered it, that it would be good for masculine cards, but I think this plaid is quite pretty enough for a feminine card!  I used the Say it With Scallops set, the current Ronald McDonald House set, stamping it twice: once in Sahara Sand and punched out, then again in Baja Breeze. I just used the sentiment from the Baja Breeze image and popped it up over the first one.  The wide stitched ribbon is a great accent, and the scallop edge punch allows the Baja Breeze cardstock to show that pretty color along the edge.

Thanks for visiting--don't forget that tomorrow is Color Throwdown Challenge #10!