IB114 Lots of Green

Hi peeps!  Time for another Inspired By challenge!  Check out this fun photo inspiration from Laurel:

All those coffee and tea pots reminded me of a stamp set I purchased from Rubbernecker several years ago, and used maybe once or twice...some of the images had never been trimmed, LOL!  I stamped each one in Granny Apple Green, using my Stamparatus, and started fussy cutting!  Here's my final product:

Each little image fit inside a circle diecut panel from Close to My Heart; I hand-drew the steam lines, and stamped "tea" and "coffee" in Garden Green as well:

I stamped a sentiment from Honey Be on the inside and added a last little cup of coffee:

I have to admit that I really enjoyed making this card, even though I fussy-cut all the little images and I only used green!  I just love how it turned out!  I hope you'll find some green inspiration from our photo and create something to share at the Inspired By blog!! See you there!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Coffee and Tea Inchies (Rubbernecker, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Granny Apple Green
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Multi Circle Window Die (Close to My Heart), Aquapainter

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)

PP366 CAS Scary Halloween

Happy Sunday, everyone!  I trust you're having a good weekend so far!  Laurie is our hostess this week at the Paper Players and she has a spooky theme for us...but it IS clean and simple:

Since I was on a roll with my vintage Halloween images, I decided to pull out this fierce-looking cat riding a witch's broomstick for my CAS card this week:

I didn't go the traditional black and orange route, but chose Night of Navy for my background, on which I stamped some spooky trees and bats using an old, old jumbo wheel that I took off the plastic and adhered a foam backing to it so I can use it like a regular stamp.  I also filled in the rest of the sky with the "stars" from Christmas Pines!  My moon was a big Crushed Curry circle, sponged with Crushed Curry and Peekaboo Peach, then stamped with Gorgeous Grunge and of course, my wee little witchy cat:

The bats and sentiments are from a retired Rubbernecker set, and I just love this little rhyme:

We hope this challenge prompts you to create a clean-and-simple spooky Halloween card!  Be sure to check out what the design team created at the Paper Players blog!

Cassidy looks like a spooky creature; or maybe it's just a little girl with raspberries on her fingers!  Silly!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Pines, Halloween Wheel (ret), Gorgeous Grunge (ret), Halloween Set 1 (Rubbernecker), Broomstick Kitty (Victorian Greetings)
Card stock & Papers	Night of Navy, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate
Ink	Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, Peekaboo Peach
Accessories	Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Big Shot, Circles Dies, Deckle Edge Dies (Nestabilities), Sponge Daubers

SIP119 Cardmaker's Choice

Hi peeps!  Hope you're doing well today---it has been a beautiful October so far!  Justin has a fun , easy challenge for us at Stamp Ink Paper this week:

Well, maybe it's a little tougher than I thought!  There is NO WAY I could pick out a favorite stamp set, color OR paper!  I just have way too many favorites!  But I did remember a cute little stamp set that I hadn't gotten inky in a long, long time that I thought would be a good one to pull out...it is one of my many, many favorites, it's called Greeting Card Kids:

And I was able to incorporate a few more challenges with this one, too!  In(k)spire Me has a sketch; House of Cards wants CAS Halloween; and Less Is More wants watercoloring!

I stamped my cute little witch with Stazon ink on SU's watercolor paper and colored her in with an aquapainter and reinkers:

I cut the circle out with a Stitched Shape die and added a little circular element from another Halloween set, then added some spooky bats on the Crumb Cake background!  And here's the inside:

Lots of favorites...alll my Halloween sets are right up at the top of that list!  I hope you'll share your favorite stamp, ink and paper with us this week...if you can decide which to choose!  Check out the other designers' creations as well...they have some beauties!

And speaking of little beauties, here is Cassidy's school picture for second grade:

We were happy with it!  And we're happy you popped it today---be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greeting Card Kids (ret), Halloween Set 1 (Rubbernecker), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time) Halloween (Hampton Arts)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Watercolor, Frightful DSP (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Fresh Fig, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Sahara Sand
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, 1" Circle Punch, Dimensionals

TSOT286 Boo!

Hi everyone!  Tuesday means it's time for a Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch!  Here we go:

The option for this week is Holiday Blessings, but I went in a different direction:  Halloween!

I began with some My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting papers, rounding the edges of my main panel, and stamping my "boo" in Memento Black, and some bats and stars with Smoky Slate, using an older Rubbernecker Halloween set.  I also cut some scraps of the same papers into little banners, added some orange, black and silver sequins, and "hung" them on some retired SU thick baker's twine:

For the inside, I used an old, old favorite Crafty Secrets Halloween set to stamp my sentiment in Memento Black, bats in Smoky Slate and some stars in Cajun Craze:

I always love banners, they're so fun to create and a great way to use up little scraps, so I hope you'll play along with us!  You can submit your card on the TSOT blog, or why not try our Facebook page?

Yesterday, it was the first day of school, and Cassidy was up early and ready to meet her new teacher!

Seems like just yesterday I was pushing her around in a stroller!  Thanks for popping in today!

ColourQ 263

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Arielle has a fun Halloween color palette for us today:

Isn’t this a fun, scary door decoration?  Without really realizing it, I used a wee witch’s hat for my card this week, although it wasn’t on my original creation!  I scrapped that one and started over….I am sure you can relate!  But I used lots of Halloween images here on my final card:

I originally planned my card as a 4.25 square card, but later on, added a back single panel of Rich Razzleberry.  I embossed the card with the retired Spider Web EF from SU; I’ll list all the stamp sets at the end.  I also used the RetroSketches sketch from this week:

So…..we’ve got bats, glittery stars, a moon, a witch’s hat, a spider, a broomstick, twine and some sequins!!!

And I couldn’t resist using a few more sets for the sentiments, LOL:

And, just for fun, I made another card using an old Halloween card digital image and a few more stamps!!!

Can’t wait to see your spooky creations with these colors!  Have fun!

After a consultation with “Dr. Cassidy”:

Grampy has to have a treatment of play-doh for his broken hand:

She’s always thinking!!!  Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details-First Card
Stamps	Primitive Pumpkins (My Favorite Things), Halloween (Graphic45), Halloween (Rubbernecker), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (Creative Time) Mini Halloween (Crafty Secrets)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Daffodil Delights Patterns DSP, Salt Air DSP (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink	Stazon Black, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories	Twine, Black Floss, MS Black Glitter, Rich Razzleberry Ribbon (ret), Spider Web EF (ret), Sequins
Tools	Big Shot, Small Star Punch, Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Sponge Dauber

Wee Project Details-Second Card
Stamps	Halloween (Graphic 45), Digital Image from Web
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight
Ink	Stazon Black, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango
Accessories	Sequins
Tools	Big Shot, Lucky Stars EF, AquaPainter, Sponge Daubers, Rich Razzleberry Marker, Dimensionals, MS Orange Glitter