Fall Collage

Happy Thursday, everyone! And happy October!  After a few false starts, I finally stamped a card yesterday that I was happy with! I really didn't have anything special in mind when I started it but then I realized I needed a sympathy card, so sympathy it was:

I've really enjoyed revisiting some of my older stamps; this one, Thoroughly Thankful, is from way back in 2006!!! I stamped the image in Stazon on watercolor paper, colored it in with reinkers and an aquapainter, then diecut it and mounted on a Basic Beige panel embossed with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder:

A sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes was added, and I colored a gold brad with a Cajun Craze blend to make it look more coppery!  Here's the simple inside with a sentiment from Hero Arts:

I've got three challenges I want to enter this in:  Hand Stamped Sentiments' mood board; Freshly Made Sketches' sketch, and the Little Red Wagon challenge of Fall Colors:

I took my inspiration from all the colors and fall images on the mood board! So pretty for the season!

And even though I don't have a mouse on my card, here's a chipmunk from Dana:

You can just barely see him peeking out of the rainspout! Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thoroughly Thankful (ret), Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret), Sentiments CL340 (Hero Arts), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Watercolor, Basic Beige, Crumb Cake
Ink	Stazon Black, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral, Timid Tiger, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals, Gold Brad
Tools	Big Shot, Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder, Stitched Square Die (Lil'Inker), Easy Strips Dies (Taylored Expressions), Banner Dies (Impression Obsession), Aquapainter

AHSC706 Simple Halloween

 Happy Wednesday, peeps! Time for a new Atlantic Hearts sketch; it's a long, skinny one:

Yikes! I wasn't quite sure what to do, so I just took the easy way and scored some 1" squares on a panel of Basic Beige and added some fall pumpkins!!  Here we go:

Since the sketch was pretty wide open, I turned it on its side to accomodate my punkins, which were stamped in Versafine Black and colored with various reinkers.  Before mounting them, I stamped some scratchy lines from the Sanded background stamp in Crumb Cake, just to give it a wee bit of interest.  Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black mats were added, then a sentiment with a wee bit of gingham:

And I couldn't resist adding one of my favorite Halloween sentiments on the inside:

I may give this sketch another whirl with a different technique that I've been seeing around lately; I just was too lazy to give it a go this time, LOL!  I hope you'll be inspired and less lazy than I was and give this fun sketch a try!  Share your creation with us at Atlantic Hearts so we can all see it!

Here are a couple pix of my great-nephew Jameson and great-niece Maven at a recent bike event; I have a feeling she herself may be entering one of those races!

No worries....her bike is a Fred Flintstone style---no motor! And her outfit is certainly one for the books!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sanded (ret), Autumn Blessings (Close to My Heart), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Beige, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie, Timid Tiger, Golden Glow, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Black & White Gingham Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Autumn Blessings Dies (Close to My Heart), Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Scoring Tool

CASC&S595 Vintage Postage

Happy Tuesday, all! I needed several masculine birthday cards this month, and when I saw the sketch at Clean And Simple Colours and Sketches, I knew what I wanted to do!  Here it is:

I got a great paper pad a few months ago that has a great vintage feel to it, so I pulled out some masculine patterns and came up with this uber-simple card:

The paper is called The Collector, and it's from the Craft Consortium.  After diecutting the circles, I sponged the edges, added a fussy-cut sentiment from Label Me Bold, stamped in Basic Gray, and adhered everything to a Very Vanilla card base.  It IS rather CAS but I don't think the guys will care!  I do love Mr Lincoln down there though!! 

Since I needed four, I added a little extra oomph to one of the others, using Crumb Cake cardstock and adding a Perennial Postage diecut mat on the card:

Again the stamps are so interesting! Love that little zebra!

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Me Bold (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, The Collector (Craft Consortium)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Basic Gray
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Sponge Daubers, Perennial Postage Dies

FMS755 Boo!

 Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a good weekend, weathered the storm if you're on the east coast! We just got rain and wind, nothing drastic! Thanks to all of those who asked about my cataract surgery; it went well, now I just need to adjust to wearing glasses for all my close-up work!  Change is challenging sometimes, but it is amazing what modern medicine has achieved to help our vision!!!

I am squeaking in a little Halloween card for the FMS sketch this week:

My first thought was a Christmas tree, but I have been going through my old fall and Halloween sets and thought I could make a fun one with this spooky cat sitting atop his jack-o-lantern:

I made this card at 11:30 last night, so it may be less-than-perfect, LOL!  I stamped my cat on a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock and fussy-cut him out, then popped him up on a Stitched Triangle of polka-dotted paper from Unity. I added a spooky background panel and some webby ribbon for the horizontal element and a tag embellished with some Halloween brads that I have had FOREVER!

It all went on a Smoky Slate card base, and since I made it so late, I've not put a sentiment on the inside yet! I'll remedy that today!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Cat & Jack (100 Proof Press), Halloween (Recollections)
Card stock & Papers	Smoky Slate, Haunted Hues (Unity), Spooky (Echo Park)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Mesh Ribbon (ret), Halloween Brads (From my Stash)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Triangle Dies (ret), Small Tag Dies (Impression Obsession)

PP805 Sketch from Jaydee

Hey, stamping friends! It's the last Sunday in September...can you believe it?  Jaydee has a great sketch for us at the Paper Players: 

I pulled out a pattern from Sunflower Fields that I hadn't used yet...the monochromatic pattern is very soothing!  So here we go:

I used another pattern for the back panel and mounted it all on a Crumb Cake card base.  I used another plaid piece for my circular element and a sentiment from Box of Joy, stamped on a Very Vanilla tag:

It was anchored with a wee bit of Cajun Craze Linen Thread, and I added a Cajun Craze panel behind the tag.  Simple and so pretty!

I hope you'll find a way to use our sketch this week at the Players!  Check out what the DT created for some more inspiration!  Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Box of Joy
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cajun CrazeSunflower Fields DSP
Ink	Cajun Craze
Accessories	Cajun Craze Linen Thread (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Tags Dies (Impression Obsession)

AYSI382 Fill in the Blank

Hey stampers, happy Friday! Time for a new As You See It challenge, and it's Fill in the Blank week!  SO.....how many Christmas cards have you created yet, three months before the holiday?  LOL!

My answer would be that this is the "umpteenth" card, because I make Christmas cards all year long!  I love to make them!  This gave me a chance to use a new Simon Says Stamp stamp I got last year and never used!  It's called Jingle All the Way!  So here we go:

I stamped my images in Real Red and Peaceful Pine and diecut them with the matching dies.  I had a piece of white cardstock already embossed with a Polka Dot embossing folder, so I simply created a scalloped mat and mounted it on a pretty piece of Peaceful Pink gingham. I love the crisp red with the green!

Did you know that if you don't have a scalloped die that fits your panel, you can cut two scalloped squares and piece them together!?  That's what I did for this one....you may be able to see a tiny spot on the side where they were matched up!  A pretty sentiment from the retired Seasonal Tags went on the inside:

So if you've not started your Christmas cards yet, this is a good impetus to begin! And if you've already started, good for you! Do another one!  Share it with us at As You See It so we can see it too! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seasonal Tags (ret), Jingle All The Way (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Peaceful Pine, Peaceful Pine Gingham
Ink	Real Red, Peaceful Pine
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Jingle All The Way Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Layering Squares Dies (ret)

A Note of Thanks

 Happy Thursday, peeps!  Today I get my other cataract done---I am really looking forward to having this procedure over with, LOL!  Meanwhile, I have a card to share for two challenges:  Hand Stamped Sentiments has a sketch, and Retro Rubber has a Tic-Tac-Toe board.  Here we go:

I chose the middle row across of splatter/leaves/kraft!  So here we go:

I was going through some of my DSPs and came across this splatter pattern, and I thought it would make an interesting fall card since the colors are not traditionally used for fall!  I diecut a circle and stitched leaves from Pool Party, Basic Beige and Pecan Pie, piecing everything together, then added a sentiment from the Thank You Kindly set (2008), diecut with a banner die.  A wee bit of Coastal Cabana twine was separated, then made into a bow for a little accent:

I think this is a fun, non-traditional way to use these leaves!  

I wanted to give a shout out to my friends Kathy and Michele for sending me these cute cards as I was "recovering" from my cataract surgery:

First, Kathy's:

I love the colors and the glasses!  And here's Michele's, in her own inimitable style:

I think I could probably see this one WITHOUT glasses or surgery!  Fun colors and I love all the fonts against that cute embossing!  Thanks, ladies!  I appreciate the thoughts!

And I appreciate all of your visits! Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thank You Kindly (2008, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Pool Party, Hobby Haven DSP
Ink	Pecan Pie
Accessories	Cool Caribbean Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Stitched Leaves Dies (ret)