TSOT523 Candy Corn Trio

Happy Friday, peeps!  I have a real simple card today using the sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday along with the Stitched Triangle dies....this idea came to me during an insomnia-filled night, and I am sure I am not the first one to think of it:

Here's the sketch:

I cut layers of the triangle in Basic White, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight, then trimmed and adhered them together.  They went on a layer of Pumpkin Pie DSP, and a panel of Daffodil Delight that was embossed with the Checks embossing folder, and the top portion of the card is also embossed with the Dots embossing folder!  The sentiment at the bottom is from Sparkle of the Season.  These are rather plain...I might make another set with some glitter or sparkle or sequins or something!!!  Thanks for popping in today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

TTTC130 Leafy Thoughts

Hey there stampers, me again!  Time for a new Tic Tac Toe challenge, and it's Team X at the helm!  Here's our grid for you today: 

I bought this sweet pad of printed paper recently and I hadn't used it yet, so I thought I would pull it out for the center row across of die cuts, leaves and clean-and simple:

After diecutting the panel with the Stitched Rectangle die, I layered on a sentiment panel and a few little diecut leaves in Cinnamon Cider, Mossy Meadow and Crumb Cake to coordinate with the colors in the background.  The opposite side of the paper had these adorable little squirrels on it, so I fussy-cut one and added it for a little interest.  It all went on a Cinnamon Cider card base!  CUTE!

This is a great grid to help get your fall stamping started!  I hope you'll play along with us and share your fall-themed creation with us at Tic Tac Toe!  Thanks for popping in today!

The grand-dogs say hello!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful one and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.  Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.  Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name."  Psalm 97:10-12

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Quiet Meadow
Card stock & Papers	Cinnamon Cider, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Little Fawn & Friends DSP (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Cinnamon Cider
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Frames, Seasonal Swirls Dies

IB186 Ombre Christmas

Hey there everyone!  Time for a new Inspired By challenge, and again, we have two photo prompts for you; one for "everyday" and one for Christmas, along with a fun sketch!  Here they are:

And here we go!  You can see that I was inspired by that gorgeous tree skirt and pretty white Christmas tree, and I sort-of used the sketch:

I created four scalloped panels in Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron and the retired Soft Sky and embossed each one with one of the Wintery embossing folders:

The tree was diecut from Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper with the retired In the Woods die, the star is from the Stockings die:

I used sentiments from Christmas to Remember on the outside as well as the inside, adding a few snowflakes from Merry Snowflakes:

This really got me in the Christmas spirit!  I hope you'll find something to inspire you as well!  Please share it with us at Inspired By and check out the lovely samples the DT created as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas to Remember, Merry Snowflakes
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, Soft Sky (ret), Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (ret), Lt Green Glimmer (CTMH)
Ink	Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Wintery EF, Stockings Dies, Scalloped Rectangle Die (Nestabilities), In The Woods Dies (ret)

TCC159 Purple Pumpkin

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  It's time for the Card Concept challenge to begin again after our summer break!  Check out this amazing inspiration photo Julie wrangled up for us:

 

I was really challenged by this because you know I'm not a purple gal!  BUT I really wanted to highlight that pretty purple leaf, and it matched our Fresh Freesia so well, I just jumped right in with the leafy pumpkin image from Pretty Pumpkins.  Nowadays, pumpkins come in a plethora of colors, but I am not sure I've ever seen a purple one!

For my clean and layered card, I began by stamping a pumpkin in each of Fresh Freesia, Soft Succulent, Crushed Curry and the retired Primrose Petals colors, then fussy-cutting leaves from each color to adhere on to the Freesia one.  For my background, I stamped images from one of my fall favorites, French Foliage, on a piece of Fresh Freesia and embossed it with the Timeworn Type EF.  I added a couple of little tendrils in Soft Succulent and made a sentiment from Biggest Wish and Ornate Thanks:

My sketch inspiration is from the GDP challenge for this week:

What will inspire you from our photo this week?  Be sure to check out the different styles on the Card Concept blog, then share your beautiful creation with us too.  And while you're there, see what the DT came up with as well...they're gorgeous, as usual!  Thanks for popping in today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Ornate Thanks, French Foliage (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Fresh Freesia, Soft Succulent
Ink	Fresh Freesia, Soft Succulent, Crushed Curry, Primrose Petals (ret)
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Detailed Pumpkins Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Penned Flowers Dies, Patterned Pumpkin Dies (ret), Timeworn Type EF

Banner Year Banners

 Hi peeps!  I am still catching up from vacation, so I thought I'd share a card I made last month but never posted! Banner Year is such a fun little stamp set; it has lots of great holiday images and sentiments, and I realized there were a few I had never gotten inky! I needed a thank you for a customer, so this is what I came up with:

I started by stamping the acorns and holly berries (I know, it's weird, but I thought it looked cute) on a Crumb Cake card base.  I diecut three banners from Very Vanilla with a die from Tasteful Labels and stamped my images on each one.  I added a little Mossy Meadow braided trim and a sentiment from Ornate Thanks and it was done!  It was simple and fun, and I love the bright colors against the neutral background!  Thanks for popping in today!

While on vacation, John and I visited a replica of the Santa Maria; it was built in Spain and travels all over, stopping at various ports for a couple months at a time for tourists to take a look at how those sailors (40 of them on this tiny boat) sailed across the Atlantic so long ago!

The crew is Spanish but spoke excellent English and was very knowledgeable about the ship; in Columbus' day, the only crew member that had a bunk was the captain!  All the sailors had to sleep on deck....can you imagine, in the wind and rain, and no bathroom facilities.  No thanks!  Luckily, this crew will have an engine to use on their trip back to Spain (as well as facilities), but they do use their sails as much as possible.  They estimate it will take a month to return.

As many times as I've been sailing and on a boat, I've never gotten seasick, but I felt a wee bit queasy on this one...not sure why!  I didn't get many pictures because I got dizzy looking up!  I am sure the heat and humidity didn't help any!  I did snag one of us:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out." Proverbs 10:9

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Banner Year, Ornate Thanks
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink	Crumb Cake, Cinnamon Cider, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Bumblebee, Old Olive
Accessories	Dimensionals, Mossy Meadow Braided Trim (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Labels Dies

FMS501 Trick or Treat

 Hey there, everyone!  Happy Labor Day!  A lazy day here in the Pugliese household, but I did manage to squeak in a card using the fun FMS sketch for this week:

Those Cute Halloween DSPs were calling my name!

I started by stamping a plaid piece from the retired Buffalo Check stamp in Pumpkin Pie, then added layers of Basic Black and Cute Halloween.  These little faces just crack me up, and they're easy to fussy-cut!

I stamped the "trick or treat" from Little Delights and wonky-snipped them out and layered them on a banner I created from two diecut banners (Tasteful Labels) glued together at the center:

Quick and easy!  My Halloween stash is pretty low, so this will be a great start to building it up!  

Dana and Wayne are doing some remodeling in their family room and Cassidy helped Wayne with the new flooring....even with her boot on!

Can't wait to see the finished product!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Delights, Buffalo Check (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Cute Halloween DSP
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tasteful Labels Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies

PP557 By the Numbers

Hi there, everyone! I am back from my bloggy vacation and ready to host the Paper Players challenge for this week!  Here's what we've got for you:

I couldn't wait to use some of these papers from Echo Park's This & That line, along with a vintage background stamp featuring old rulers!  So here we go:

I recently got a Tim Holtz alphabet die and cut the words from some Early Espresso cardstock, then added the birthday sentiment in Soft Suede:

I did a lot of sponging to give it a vintage look, then added some copper brads and circle diecuts along with a stitched diagonal border of Bumblebee cardstock for some interest:

I just think these papers are so cool!  Everything went on a Crumb Cake card base, and it's ready to go in the mail for my next masculine birthday!  I hope you'll play along with us at the Paper Players!  The design team made some very cool creations and used numbers in a lot of different ways!  Go check them out at the PP blog!  Thanks for popping in today!

On a personal note, I have been praying for all those affected by the recent hurricane.  We were on vacation at the Delaware seashore and were spared any damage, just lots of wind and rain.  Here at home in southeast PA, there were many not so lucky!  A tornado hit a town just a few miles away, and there are roads that are totally washed away, including a covered bridge.  Cassidy sent me these pictures she took with her new phone:

Wayne & Dana walking across a road totally decimated:

Parts of the covered bridge, washed downstream:

Uprooted trees lining the Big Elk Creek (and the tree Wayne is standing on is about 5 feet ABOVE the water!!!):

There are many small rivers and creeks in our area and they just couldn't handle that much rain, so there were lots of houses and businesses flooded as well.  And of course, there are other areas that are much worse.  Hope you are safe & sound wherever you are!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Biggest Wish, Vintage Rulers (Lost Coast Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Bumblebee, Bermuda Bay, This & That DSP (Echo Park), Brushed Copper (ret)
Ink	Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede
Accessories	Copper Brads (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Basic Borders Dies, 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/8" Circle Punch, Alphabet Dies (Tim Holtz), Sponge Daubers