FMS359 Trick or Treat

Hi everyone!  Monday, a new week and I am looking forward to making some Christmas cards with my friends tonight!  But for now, I have another Halloween card, this one uses the FMS sketch:

I used the Trick or Tweet set, stamping the images in Memento black and coloring them with SU Blends:

My background paper is from Close to My Heart; sentiment is from My Creative Time:

And here's the inside:

Not sure what they were looking at, but they sure are cute!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new RetroRubber challenge!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trick or Tweet, Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Hello Pumpkin DSP (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Stitched Sentiment Strips Dies (My Favorite Things), 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Blends

PP415 Thankful Apple

Hi peeps!  Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend!  It's time for another Paper Players challenge and Joanne is our hostess this week with a clean-and-simple challenge, and it's a fun, seasonal one:

When I saw the CAS(E) the Sketch sketch for this week, I began to form my idea for my card:

That big sentiment reminded me that I haven't used these PTI dies for a long time, and I have never used this cute apple tag die from Lawn Fawn:

I cut the "thankful" die twice, once in Garden Green and another in Whisper White, and layered it so the white layer peeked out a bit from behind the green one, allowing it to show up better against the retired plaid Christmas From Around the World DSP:

The apple die was cut in three colors:  Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, and Real Red, then trimmed and glued together.  I added some red baker's twine and a little white enamel dot for the apple's "shine":

And there isn't even any stamping on this card!! But I do love this sketch, and you might just see it again!   Meanwhile, I hope you'll show us your apple-y creations!  Remember, they must be clean and simple.....fewer layers and embellishments will help it meet that requirement!  Check out what the designers did:

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Anne Marie

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie - on break

·        Jan

·        Ann

Our church had a little harvest party yesterday!  The weather was PERFECT, cool and crisp but not so cold that we couldn't enjoy the outdoor activities!  The kids "painted" pumpkins with markers:

We went on two hayrides and Cassidy sat with the new pastor and three of  his four children:

Even Mommy and Eden went on the hayride!!!

Then we all had hot dogs and s'mores around the campfire!  

We also made cider with an apple press, and I'll try to share some pix of that as well!  It was a wonderful afternoon!!!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Flying By Halloween

Hi there everyone!  Can you handle one more Halloween card?  I am gradually giving a lot of my seasonal stamps some love and ink!  This little kitty is another of my favorites, he's so cute (or maybe it's a "she") on his little broom:

I love vintage Halloween images and this one fits the bill!  I stamped him in Memento ink on Very Vanilla cardstock, colored him with some Blends and die cut him:

I added a sentiment from a retired Rubbernecker Halloween set, and embellished it with some black and orange papers, stamped stitching and some black Glimmer paper banners and frames:

I even remembered to decorate the inside with a little leftover scrap:

I used the Just Add Ink sketch and the themes from Festive Friday:

I guess I'd better think about mailing some of these out....Halloween is coming up soon!  

This photo might be more appropriate for Valentine's Day!!  Wayne is in Florida at a produce  grower's convention and came upon this HUGE display of roses....can you believe the size of this thing?  He told Dana he was going to bring it home for her, LOL!  What a guy!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitched Borders Essentials (Close to My Heart), Broomstick Kitty (Victorian Greetings), Halloween Set 1 (Rubbernecker ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Black Glimmer (ret), retired DSP that I can't remember the name of, Nightfall DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Memento Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Blends, Hello Pumpkin Dies (Close to My Heart), Banner Dies (Nestabilities)

AYSI187 Saying Thanks

Happy Friday, peeps!  I hope you have something fun planned for this weekend!  I am gearing up for a stamp camp on Monday, but we have a hayride and bonfire at church planned for Saturday!  Fun stuff!  Today's As You See It challenge is a "Fill in the Blank"....how will you fill in those blanks?

My fill-in was "I need to say thank you to my friend" for a sweet gesture and gift!  I saw this video by Mike Funke and I was enthralled by the vintage look he achieved with just ink and an aqua painter!  I have met Mike at a SU convention, and he is a very creative guy, so I am happy to share his technique!  I don't have the SU set that he used, but I do have a similar one from Reverse Confetti, so I thought I would do a practice one, and I liked it so much, I made it into a card:

I followed Mike's directions for coloring with the aquapainter, then went a step further with my image, which is called Cotton and Thistles, and colored in the cotton bolls with a white watercolor pencil and smoothed it out with the aquapainter as well:

I added a Pear Pizzazz frame, a little embossing with the embossing die from Stitched Labels, and finished it off with my sentiment, also using a Stitched Labels die and heart.  I fastened it on with some Braided Linen Trim and added a couple of sequins from my stash:

I chose these colors because I wanted to play with my friend at the Color Throwdown this week:

I hope you'll visit the ASYI blog, check out all the samples from the DT, and then come play along with us!  Can't wait to see you in the gallery!

Cassidy didn't seem too interested in adding any stamped embellishments to her candy boxes (attention span is limited, I guess!!!) so we just punched out some ovals and I wrote the names on them for her:

And you can tell by the look on her face, she didn't want it in the photo!!!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Big Thank You, Cotton and Thistles (Reverse Confetti)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake
Ink	Soft Suede
Accessories	Braided Linen Trim, Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Labels Framelits, Stitched Rectange Frame Die (My Favorite Things), Aquapainter, Watercolor Pencils (white)

IB42 Spooky

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Laurel has a fun Halloween challenge for us today at Inspired By!  I very seldom do "gruesome" or scary Halloween cards, I gravitate towards cute and funny, but I did step out of my comfort zone a wee bit for today's:

So here's the prompt:

Yes, a skeleton would not be my normal go-to theme, but I did have this cute little one from a Recollections Halloween set, and I found some Halloween-themed DSP from several years ago with ravens on it instead of bats, so I layered it under this fun little poem that I stamped on vellum:

I put it inside a frame of Granny Apple Green, diecut with a wonky stitched die and popped it up with some of SU's foam strips; that gave it enough depth to read the words but still see the pattern below!  I stamped my skull in Whisper White and gave it a little shadowing with my SU blend, then added some twine and black glimmer stars:

And since I had the inside portion of the frame still sitting on my desk, I added a sentiment to it and layered it on the inside with another piece of the DSP:

I actually think my little skeleton is kinda cute!  I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week too!  Have fun with it!

I recently received this little box of Andes mints from one of my (very) crafty customers, Maryanne:

Of course, Cassidy ate the candy, but also wanted to make little boxes for Lee and Jackie!  We got the directions from Julie DiMatteo (you can see them HERE), and we picked out some cardstock and DSP and went to work!

Learning to use the Envelope Punch Board!

 How does this turn into a box?????

Scoring intently:

And gluing the box together!

We didn't have time to decorate it, so we'll finish it tomorrow!  Thanks for popping in today--be blessed and enjoy your day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Ghosts and Goblins (Lizzie Anne), Halloween (Recollections)
Card stock & Papers	Vellum, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White, Basic Black, Misc Halloween DSP (ret), Black Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black
Accessories	Baker's Twine (Avery Elle), Dimensionals, Foam Strips
Tools	Big Shot, Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die (My Favorite Things), Boo To You Framelits (ret)

Sketch Saturday You Are The Best

Hi everyone!  Happy Wednesday!  The week is almost halfway done, yippee!  I have a sweet little card today using the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

Fun---I haven't used a tag for a while!  I got out some Share What You Love DSP, my tag punch and went to work:

I cut two tags, one in Crumb Cake and one in the floral DSP; on the crumb cake one, I stamped a sentiment from A Big Thank You in Berry Burst and added some leaves around the outside edge.  I filled in the leaves with some Frost White shimmer paint and sponged the edges a bit with some white craft ink.  I added a little "thank you" and another leaf to the bottom of the tag:

All the lower edges of my DSP and card were punched with the corner rounder portion of the Envelope Punch Board to give it a nice finished edge!  This is going to a special someone...I have very generous friends!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Some Halloween peeps for my little peep!!

These are actually chocolate covered on the back!!  Meow!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	A Big Thank You
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Share What You Love DSP
Ink	Berry Burst, Crumb Cake, Craft White
Accessories	Embroidery Thread, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Tag Punch (ret), Frost Shimmer Paint, Sponge Daubers, Paintbrush, Envelope Punch Board

Halloween Overload

Hi peeps!  Happy Tuesday!  I got a lot of stamping time in yesterday and bulked up my Halloween card supply!  I have so many Halloween stamps, I can never use them all but I put a dent in some of them!  My first card is for Fab Friday's color challenge and In(k)Spire Me's sketch challenge, since yesterday's was not really up to par---I totally forgot the sentiment!!:

So here we go:

I started with an older cat and jack stamp (I don't know the maker) and stamped it on a diecut circle of Pumpkin Pie and added some Poppy Parade shading.  It's backed with a Gorgeous Grape scallop and embellished with some purple bats (!!!!), and accented with some enamel dots.  I diecut the sentiment and adhered it, then ran it through the Big Shot with a retired Spiderweb embossing folder.  In hindsight, I should have made this card with thick white cardstock, I always forget how embossing folders make a card so wobbly!!  

Bright colors, but fun!  My second one used the outer edge of the circle that I cut from the above card (Lil' Inker Stitched Circles have stitching on both edges!)  I know the photo makes it look much lighter, but it is the same cardstock!  I can't resist this cute little trick-or-treater in her pumpkin costume...I stamped her in Memento ink and used SU blends to color her in:

I used some retired Urban Underground DSP for the background and mounted it on a Pear Pizzazz card that was stamped with some stars!  I added a banner, a little star embellishment and some enamel dots.  Isn't she cute?

And since this week's City Crafter Challenge is Halloween, I am playing along with it!

And speaking of cute, can you believe at National Harbor, there is a PEEPS store?!  There are only two in the US...one there and another in Allentown, PA.  I wish I had gotten a picture of the store, there were peeps everywhere!  I love to look at peeps but I do NOT like them....not a fan of marshmallows too much!  And I usually don't buy Cassidy souvenirs when I go somewhere, but I had to get her a peeps shirt:

She actually took off her Minecraft shirt and wore this one to school!  Me?  I wanted the little peeps bag!  So cute!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Card One Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Black Cat on Pumpkin (100 Proof Press), Vintage Halloween (Crafty Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape
Ink	Stazon Black, Poppy Parade, Gorgeous Grape
Accessories	Enamel Dots (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Spiderweb EF (ret), Trick or Treat Die (Impression Obsession), Stitched Circle Die (Lil'Inker), Layering Circles Framelits

Card Two Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Halloween (Recollections), Primitive Pumpkins (My Favorite Things)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Urban Underground DSP (ret)
Ink	Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories	Dimensionals, Glimmer Dots
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Circle Die (Lil'Inker), Layering Circles Framelits, Blends, Banner Dies (Nestabilities)