IB145 Pumpkin Spice

Hello stampers!  Thursday brings us around to a new Inspired By challenge!  Here's our new photo inspiration and optional sketch:

I was inspired by the colors, the woodgrain, the jar and the little pumpkins to create my almost-no-stamping card today:

All my pumpkins were die cut with the retired Patterned Pumpkins die using Whisper White, Soft Suede, Bumblebee and Smoky Slate gingham papers;  I adhered the outline diecut to a piece of scrap paper and then filled it in with the inside pieces and trimmed it to the shape of the pumpkin.  My jar from Jar of Flowers was stamped on an Acetate sheet and hand-cut because it was too thick for the matching punch!!  I added some leaves, tendrils and foliage, and put it all on a soft gray woodgrain background:

The sentiment from Beautiful Day is stamped in Smoky Slate directly on to the DSP:

And since the Always Fun Challenge is about pumpkins this week, I am entering there too!  

I have to admit that the DT knocked this one out of the park...be sure to hop on over to the IB blog to see what they created...then share yours with us too!  Can't wait to see what you create!  Thanks for popping by today!

I try to send Cassidy some word puzzles or some activity in a card occasionally, as she loves to get mail!  She was excited to do a Halloween crossword!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Day, Jar of Flowers
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Bumblebee, Soft Suede, Gingham (ret), Gingham Farm (My Mind's Eye), Acetate Sheet
Ink	Smoky Slate, Stazon Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Patterned Pumpkins Dies (ret)

The Card Concept 141

Happy Wednesday, all!  It's time for another Card Concept challenge; here is the prompt Julie has given us this week

Yikeys!  This one really threw me for a loop, as I do not travel and don't have ANY globe or suitcase stamps, LOL!  I did remember an older SU set that had a globe in one of the sentiments, and I searched through my vast array of printed papers and came up with some that had some geographical images, so here we go:

This is an uber-simple card, so I would classify it as Clean and Layered.  I stamped the image in Garden Green and colored in the "world" with a Balmy Blue blend. I diecut it with a Stitched Nested Labels die and added a mat of Balmy Blue to back it:

For a little added interest, I added another Stitched Nested Label layer and some glimmer dots before adhering the whole thing to a Very Vanilla card base with a mat of Mint Macaron and the unknown-maker printed paper!  I can only think of a couple people that I would send this card to, so I guess I'd better save it for a very special occasion!  

I hope that our photo inspiration prompts you to create something fun!  Be sure to check out the Card Concept blog and see what the DT has created, then share yours as well.  Just be sure to tell us what your "style" is when making your creation!  Can't wait to see it!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed! 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Word Play (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Balmy Blue, Misc DSP
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Glimmer Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Nested Labels Dies, Balmy Blue Blend

RR145 Tic Tac Toe A Big Thanks

 Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Time for a new Retro Rubber challenge, where we give our older stamps some attention!  This week we have a Tic-tac-toe grid for you!  I chose the right column of metallics, masculine, and embossing for my card today:

Each week at church we pray for people in our community; it might be another church, our government leaders, that kind of thing.  Last week we prayed for our police chiefs, and the police chief in my community happened to grow up right across from us and went to school with my brother.  He and his brothers (who were an ornery bunch, LOL!!!!) are also big motorcycle fans!  So I made this card to encourage him and his force and let him know we appreciate them and are praying for them:

I used a sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches (which is over) but I still liked it and found that the  retired Urban Underground DSP was a perfect background for my heat-embossed motorcycle from Rev Up the Fun (2013):  

I even added some orange "flame" to the embossing as well as some silver Painty ink to the "chrome" parts!  The paper has some silver embossing on it as well, and I backed with with some silver foil!  The sentiment is from Perfectly Wrapped (2016) and it was diecut with the Stitched Rectangle die:

I mounted everything on a Whisper White card base that had been embossed with the retired Coastal Weave embossing folder!  I sure hope he liked it! And since the Just Add Ink  challenge is "Thank You", I am entering it there as well!

And now, what will you create with our fun grid?  LOTS of possibilities!  We hope you'll share yours with us at Retro Rubber; just make sure you use stamps that are at least a year old, and tell us the age!  Can't wait to see them!

I admire Dana; she is always trying to introduce some healthy recipes into their diet, but Cassidy gets in a rut sometimes and doesn't always want to try new things!  However, Dana made spaghetti squash "lasagne" a couple days ago and Cass actually liked it....she liked how the "spaghetti" came out of the squash, LOL!  She gave it a thumbs-up!  I think I might have to try this myself!  Thanks for popping by--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Perfectly Wrapped (ret 2016), Rev Up the Fun (ret 2013)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Silver Foil, Urban Underground DSP (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black, Versamark, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Triangle Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Zig Painty Pen (ret), Pumpkin Pie and Smoky Slate Blends, Heat Tool, Black Embossing Powder

Teeny Tiny Christmas Bird

Happy Monday, all my peeps!  Hope you had a good weekend...it was glorious weather here in SE Pa!  I did get a little stamping time in yesterday; I have been going through a lot of my old, old stamps and have been having fun getting them inky.  My new stamps are getting lonely, though, I am going to have to give them some love here soon!

Anyway, today's card is a Christmas card using an old Elzy Bell stamp; they were around several years ago and I haven't seen anyone use one for a long time!  I used the Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch:

along with the Jingle Belles challenge of "Dashing Through the Snow" and the Christmas 24 challenge of winter birds:

Now, my bird is very, very tiny....but it is there:

I stamped my image with Memento ink on some Shimmery White cardstock and used Blends, a blender pen and inks to color them in:

I added Wink of Stella to all the snowy parts, which of course you can't see, but it's so pretty!  The papers are all from Simple Stories' Winter Wonderland 6x6 pad, and the sentiment is also from Elzy Bells.  I just love the soft colors of the snowflake paper....I wanted to hoard it but forced myself to cut into it, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Girl with Bird, Merry Christmas (both Elzy Bells, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Shimmery White, Winter Wonderland DSP (Simple Stories)
Ink	Memento Black, Bordering Blue, Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Blends, Blender Pen, Wink of Stella

PP511 Fall Owl

Hi stampers!  It's Sunday and Claire is our Paper Players hostess with this fun challenge:

 

Aren't those critters cute?  That snowy owl reminded me that I had gotten some book plates at a yard sale a long time ago:

Isn't that a great graphic?  I thought they would make great Halloween cards, but obviously I didn't want to have that blank portion on my card, so this is the way I "fixed" it:

I started with a Very Vanilla cardbase and added an Old Olive mat that was stamped with some spooky eyes and embossed with a Subtle embossing folder.  I added a sentiment in Soft Suede, sponged with Sahara Sand, to cover up the blank for the name:

I added some gold glimmer stars and a spooky moon punched with a circle punch:

And a final star on the inside:

This was actually my second card; here's the first card I made, on a Soft Suede base embossed with the Woodland EF and stamped sentiment in Early Espresso:

Now....what little fall creature will inspire you to create something?  Check out what the Design Team used for their cards this week at the Paper Players blog and be sure to share yours with us too! Thanks for popping in today-- enjoy your day and be blessed!

Here's a little disappearing creature!  Now you see her:

And now you don't!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Halloween (Newton's Nook), Halloween 1 (Graphic 45), Vintage Halloween (Crafty Secrets), Misc "Spooky"
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Gold Glimmer (ret), Book Plate
Ink	Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Subtles EF, Woodland EF, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Verve Star Die (ret)

CAS Saturday

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I had a lovely day yesterday, stamping a bunch of really simple cards, using some oldie but goodie stamps!  My first one is for the CAS on Sunday challenge, which is autumn; and you can't get much simpler than this....it's one stamp on one layer!! I am not even sure who makes the stamp; it might be an old Impression Obsession one, but I am not sure. I didn't even add a sentiment!  I did make two, one on Crumb Cake and one of Vanilla:

The top one used Cajun Craze ink; the bottom one, Cinnamon Cider.

I also made a Halloween card using an old Victorian Greetings stamp, which I love!  It uses the CAS(E) This Sketch sketch:

And here we go:

I layered some batty DSP from Authentique on a Crumb Cake card, then stamped my spooky kitty on some Very Vanilla cardstock. It looked a little too harsh, so I sponged some Cinnamon Cider and Smoky Slate and a little coloring, then some black glimmer paper to the edges:

Sentiment is from an old Crafty Secrets Halloween set!  Thanks for popping in today!

Karate girl!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Be sure to pop in tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

Christmas Cheer

 Happy Friday, everyone!  I have a pretty little square Christmas card to share today!  It uses the FMS sketch from my sweet friend Jen, and the Color Hues color palette of gold and cream!

My card is 4 1/4" square, and uses Very Vanilla and Gold Foil and Glimmer papers, along with the new Ornamental Envelopes bundle; so here we go:

I stamped the ornaments in Encore Gold ink (ret) and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder, then diecut them with the Envelopes die...so very pretty!  I dry embossed two pieces of Very Vanilla with the Dainty Dots EF and layered everything on a mat of Gold Foil.  The pine boughs were diecut from Gold Glimmer paper and decorated with a Gold Foil diecut bow, which was popped up with a foam sheet diecut as well to give it some sturdiness:

Itty Bitty Christmas provided the sentiment, and I also added a little Metallic Pearl to the center of one of the ornaments.

Such an elegant color combo!  Thanks for popping in today!

My great-nephew Jameson has been attending school in person since the beginning of the school year, but this week was the first time the bus picked him up!  Do you think he was happy to ride it?!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.  Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is."

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Ornamental Envelopes, Itty Bitty Christmas
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Gold Glimmer, Gold Foil, Foam Sheets
Ink	Gold Encore (ret)
Accessories	Metallic Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Envelope Dies, Dainty Diamonds EF, Pretty Pines Dies (ret), Heat Tool, Gold Embossing Powder