TTTC134 Fall Birthday

Hi there peeps!  Another post for today, this time it's a new Tic Tac Toe challenge for Team X! I  chose the left column of Ribbon, Leaves and Embossing:

I ran a piece of Very Vanilla through a leafy embossing folder, then sponged color on all the raised areas:

I happened to need a birthday card for a woman who lives in Albuquerque but was visiting her sister here in town.  Her sister threw her a surprise birthday party and it was so much fun!  Very low-key and small, but we were honored to be asked! The older sister is in her 90s, almost blind, and still raises steers on her little farm!  Amazing!  Anyway, after doing all the sponging, I mounted it on a Cinnamon Cider card base, added some Cinnamon Cider twill ribbon and a Tailor Made Tag, on which I stamped a birthday sentiment from Best Year and a little Lawn Fawn stitched leaf! I tied it on with some retired Old Olive Linen Thread.  It matched the centerpiece they had created for the table, which was full of fall leaves!

I hope you'll play with our Tic Tac Toe grid....always so much fun to see what you all come up with!  Share it with us over at the blog...can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Best Year
Card stock & Papers	Cinnamon Cider, Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Seaside Spray (ret), Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Cinnamon Cider, Real Red
Accessories	Cinnamon Cider Twill Ribbon (ret), Old Olive Linen Thread (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Stitched Leaf Dies (Lawn Fawn), Fall Leaf Background EF (Darice), Sponge Daubers

IB190 Pumpkins Rock

Hey there, peeps!  It's Thursday and time for a fun new Inspired By challenge!  Here are our two prompts for this week:

 

Well, I just had to go with those cool little pumpkins!!  I loved their little "orange-ish" stems, so I used mostly grays with a wee bit of peach thrown in....my two peaches don't really match, but I'm going with it:

I recently watched a video where the stamps were colored with watercolor markers, then filled in with a wet paintbrush.  My markers didn't do quite as well a job as the ones on the video, but well enough that I could still use them!  I used watercolor paper and my Arteza markers on some Close to My Heart pumpkins, then diecut them and mounted them on a scrap of Graphic 45 I had floating around on my desk!  

I diecut a few layers of gray cardstock and papers, added a banner sentiment, some enamel dots and a little twine bow to complete it!

I loosely used the sketch for this week too:

How will you be inspired?  Pumpkins? Rocks? Little Christmas images?  Lots of fun stuff to get your creativity piqued!  Share your creation with us at Inspired By and check out what the DT created as well!  Thanks for popping by! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Blessings (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Gray Granite, Gingham Farm DSP (My Mind's Eye) Graphic 45 DSP scrap
Ink	Gray Granite
Accessories	Crisp Cantaloupe Thick Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Stitched Rectangle Dies, Autumn Blessings Dies (Close to My Heart), Stitched Borders Dies (Lawn Fawn), Arteza Watercolor Markers, Aquapainter,

TCC161 If Friends Were Pumpkins

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  It's time for a new Card Concept challenge, where we describe our cardmaking process!  Here's our prompt from Julie today:

You could be inspired by the scene, the colors or the theme!  Anything goes! Just be sure to tell us your cardmaking style!  (See the blog if you need help figuring out what your "style" is!)  As usual, I went Clean-and-Layered...just can't seem to get past that, it must be my favorite!  I pulled out a hostess set from last year called Holiday Haul that barely got any ink, and here's what I came up with:

I started by making a mask and sponging some Seaside Spray on some Basic White cardstock to create a little sky!  I added leaves from Sparkle of the Season, then stamped and fussy-cut the truck and pumpkins separately and popped them up:

I found some fun plaid DSP that matched my colors pretty well, added a Balmy Blue mat, then stamped a sentiment from Pretty Pumpkins directly on the DSP:

I admit my truck wheels are not done very well, but I guess it adds to the "charm" of this simple card, LOL!  I hope you'll find some inspiration and come play with us!  The design team has done a fabulous job with their creations as well....stop by at The Card Concept and check them out as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

No, not a new pet....just a friendly one belonging to the owners of a local winery that the kids like to frequent!  Isn't he adorable?!  Cassidy loved playing with him! 

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."  Romans 15:13

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Pretty Pumpkins, Sparkle of the Season, Holiday Haul (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Fall Break DSP (Carta Bella)
Ink	Seaside Spray (ret), Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals,
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Acetate Sheet (for mask), Stamparatus, SU Markers, SU Blends

AHSC441 Friends Like You

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I mixed up some DSPs and pulled out Hand-Penned Petals to create a card using the sketch from Atlantic Hearts today; here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I used papers from Hand-Penned and Harvest Meadow, along with the largest floral image from Hand-Penned Petals.  I was surprised to find that Cinnamon Cider was the color that matched these flowers the best!!!  I lined them up in my Stamparatus and after inking them up, diecut them with the Penned Flowers dies:

I stamped a sentiment from Positive Thoughts, embossed the panel with the Greenery embossing folder, and added a little portion of the fern also from the Positive Thoughts.  It all went on a scalloped mat of Cinnamon Cider! I love the fall colors of these papers!!  Thanks for popping in today!

Mommy gave Cassidy a messy bun.....doesn't she look cute?!  Love my gals!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.  He will not always accuse nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities."  Psalm 103: 9-10

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Positive Thoughts, Hand-Penned Petals
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cinnamon Cider, Harvest Meadow DSP, Hand-Penned DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Soft Succulent, Cinnamon Cider
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Penned Flowers Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Nature's Thoughts Dies, Greenery EF

SS680 Clean and Simple Leafy Hello

 Happy Monday, peeps!  My schedule is all befuddled today, but I did manage to get a wee bit of stamping in this morning!  I haven't played with the Sketch Saturday sketch for a while, and I thought it would be fun:

I wanted to do something fall-ish so I pulled out my Stitched Leaves dies and went to work:

My colors are Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry; I used a snippet of Harvest Meadow DSP and a sentiment from Free as a Bird.  After diecutting my leaf, I cut it again from a circle of Very Vanilla and embossed it with one of the small folders from Greenery, then assembled everything together with dimensionals.  I made a longer tag with the Tailor Made Tag die by only cutting part of it, then extending the tag die and cutting it again, making sure not to run the top part through the Big Shot.  I stamped it with some leaves from Sparkle of the Season and added some embroidery floss as a tie:

I added a couple of Matte Decorative Dots to finish it off!  I am also entering this in the Four Seasons challenge of "Fall"!  

Now this is ready to go in the mail!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Another fire pit night, a few more roasted marshmallows!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season, Free as a Bird
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Harvest Meadow DSP
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Matte Decorative Dots, Dimensionals, Embroidery Floss
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Leaves Die, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Greenery EF, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Stitched With Whimsy Dies

PP561 Spookiness and a VERY Special Visitor

Hi there stampers!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Laurie as our hostess--here we go: 

So many fun possibilities, just in time for Halloween!  I pulled out some spooky Tim Holtz patterned paper I've had for a long time and found a suitable stamp and went to work:

After stamping the image with Stazon ink, I colored in the moon, then did some sponging to give it the same hue as the patterned paper:

I added a fun little sentiment, "sewed" around the edges with the Stitchery stamp set and created a couple little stars to embellish the tag:

Finally, I stamped this fun sentiment on the inside and diecut it with an Ornate Tag die:

I hope you'll play along with us this week with our fun "spooky" challenge...be sure to share it with us at the Paper Players blog, and while you're there, check out what the other designers have created!  Thanks for popping in today!

So THIS happened yesterday:

My sweet stamping friend Michele from I Card Everyone drove ELEVEN HOURS from Michigan with her patient hubby Tom to visit me at my yard sale in Pennsylvania, LOL!  I saw a couple walk into the garage and begin to talk to John in a secretive manner; I had a customer but I was keeping my eye on them!!  Suddenly, the woman turned around and walked to me and my jaw dropped!  What a surprise!  We had a lovely day---they went to Longwood while we did our yard sale---then we went out to dinner and chatted away!  I can't begin to tell you how special I felt!  THANKS, MICHELE!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitchery, Halloween (Graphic 45), Halloween Set #1 (Rubbernecker)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Seasonal DSP (Tim Holtz), Typewriter paper
Ink	Stazon, Soft Suede< Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals,
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Stitched Circles Dies (Sissix), Stitched Tag Dies (Reverse Confetti), Blending Brush, Blender Pen, Wink of Stella

FMS505 Big Leaves

Good morning, peeps, happy Saturday!  We are doing a yard sale today, so this will be quick!  I had a leftover diecut circle from this card and thought it would be perfect for this week's FMS sketch: 

The only problem was that it was WAY too big for a standard card, so I decided to make a bigger one!  This is 5" x 7", as I had just gotten some envelopes that size!  I diecut another leaf and circle, backed them with some plaid DSPs and here we go:

My friend Michele has been doing some cool stuff with stencils on her backgrounds, so I was inspired to give that a try as well.  I stencilled lightly with a SU mask and some Sahara Sand ink and I like the effect!  My final addition, after a sentiment from Ornate Thanks, was to add some dots and pearls!

And on the inside, it says "Happy Birthday"!  Thanks for popping in today!

As I was taking things out to the garage for our yard sale, I noticed this little fella (or maybe it's a she?) in my hanging geranium basket.  Thought it could hide from me!

This is definitely the time of the year to see them!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!