FMS357 Peace Hope Joy

Happy Monday, peeps!  Happy Columbus day!  This morning, my sister and I will be taking my dad to Philadelphia (glad SHE is driving) to take my dad to a vascular specialist to see if there is something more to be done with the wound on his leg.  All prayers would be appreciated!  I got in a little stamping time this weekend, made a simple Christmas card:

When I first saw the FMS sketch for this week, I was intimidated, then I remembered that this Illustrated Faith paper/stamp/embellishment kit I got last year had some washi tape with words on it, so I put them all to good use!!

The papers all coordinate, so that was easy; I added a white strip so that the washi would be easily visible, then I added this little wreath sticker:

In fact, the only stamping was on the inside, done in Memento Black and Poppy Parade:

So sweet!  Thank you for stopping by today!

Cassidy went right to the door of the UPS truck when she saw this "very important package" arrive...gee, I wonder where it was from?!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	CHRISTmas (Illustrated Faith)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, CHRISTmas DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Poppy Parade
Accessories	Baker's Twine (Avery Elle), Sticker & Washi Tape (Illustrated Faith)
Tools

PP413 Funky Forest

Happy Sunday, peeps, and that means it's time for another Paper Players challenge!  Sandy is our hostess this week with a fabulous theme challenge:

So when was the last time you stamped with a WHEEL?!!!  I'll bet some of the newer stampers have never stamped with a wheel!!  I still have several, and I was so happy when I found I still had this "Funky Forest" one!  I actually unmounted it from the wheel, put it on some cling-mount foam and made it into a regular stamp before creating my card today:

I stamped the first row of trees in Granny Apple Green on a strip of Very Vanilla, then stamped it again on other strips in Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry and Mango Melody.  I cut out a few of them and popped them up on dimensionals and colored in the trunks with an Early Espresso marker:

I added a background of some leafy DSP from a couple of autumns ago, a banner of Granny Apple Green and a little diecut sentiment!  Cheerful, happy trees!  I know the DT has some lovely creations and you will too!

·        Claire

·        Jaydee

·        Joanne

·        Laurie

·        Nance

·        Anne Marie

·        Sandy

·        Elizabeth

·        Annie - off this week

·        Jan

·        Ann

Thursday was Grandparent's Day at Cassidy's school, and we went and had lunch with her.  She was very excited to see us, but she is also quite a social butterfly, so she flitted from table to table to chat with her friend!.  I seem to remember her mommy's teacher describing Dana the same way!  

And you can see she took off her splint to eat her lunch, LOL!  

Thanks for popping in today..enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Funky Forest Wheel (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Into the Woods DSP (ret)
Ink	Granny Apple Green, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry, Mango Melody
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Early Espresso Marker, Greetings Thinlets (ret)

Grateful Heart

Happy Saturday, peeps!  Hope all is well with you in your little corner of the stamping world!  I saw a pretty color challenge at Inspire.Create, and I am willing to bet when you see it, you'll be surprised at what came of it!  So first, I'll show you my card; it features an older SU image that I found on ebay, and it is perfect for some seasonal watercoloring:

And here is my challenge prompt:

These colors look very "flowery" to me, but when I thought about putting them together on this scene, they worked into some pretty fall colors!  I just used inks of all the shades with an aquapainter after stamping the image on watercolor paper with Stazon ink:

I framed it with an Avery Elle stitched rectangle frame, and then stamped a sentiment from Right at Home below it:

That's pretty good advice by which to start one's day, any time of the year, don't you think?!  And since my image was watercolored, I am also entering it in the Paperminutes challenge of watercolors!  Thanks for popping in today!

SO.....on Wednesday afternoon, Cassidy caught her thumb in the car door!  Youch!  It didn't break the skin (or even get a bruise that I could see), but Mommy gave her some Tylenol and took her to the ER for some x-rays anyway:

Dana said the doctor made her laugh!  And blessedly, she only had a sprain, so no cast, just a splint!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Harvest Home (ret), Grateful Heart (Right at Home)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Watercolor
Ink	Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Lovely Lipstick, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Double Pierced Rectangle Die (Avery Elle), Aquapainter

AYSI186 Get Your Spook On

Happy Friday, peeps!  Woohoo, the weekend is upon us!  But first, let's look at the latest As You See It challenge!  I LOVE this sketch, I love banners and I haven't done a card with banners for a while, so I was excited!  Here we go:

And here's my Halloween-themed card:

I used some papers from last year's Spooky Night on a Very Vanilla card base, adding a little stream of orange sequins from a past Paper Pumpkin!  The little ghost and banner are from CTMH; I shaded both with some Blends, cut out the banner and popped it up:

And here's the inside!  Same set, SO cute!

I hope you'll play along with our sketch; the design team has a fabulous array of creations to give you some inspiration, be sure to check them out at the As You See It blog and share your creation too!  

I may have just a few too many Halloween decorations in my collection, LOL!  These are all on top of my piano:

Some of these I have had for years!!  I love them all!  Cassidy put up a few of her own in her room:

 Thanks for popping by--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hello Pumpkin-Scrapbooking (Close to my Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Spooky Night DSP (ret)
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Memento Black
Accessories	Sequins, Sparkly Baker's Twine (ret Paper Pumpkin), Dimensionals
Tools	SU Blends in Pumpkin Pie ,Color Lifter and Smoky Slate

Inspired By #40 Neutral Tones

Hello peeps!  Thursday it is, with a new Inspired By challenge.  Here's my take on it:

And here's Laurel's pretty prompt:

And just for fun, our challenge today is sponsored by Stamplorations!! Woohoo, I love their stamps!  Be sure to check out the details on the IB blog!!!  My card uses a set called Faith Expressions; I stamped the floral image in Gray Granite and colored in the border with a Smoky Slate blend, then added some shading with a Crumb Cake blend:

I added a scalloped border, and stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso directly on some retired SU paper called A Little Foxy that was diecut with a stitched die..  I added an Early Espresso and Crumb Cake mat and some (really old) grosgrain ribbon as well as a couple of candy dots.  Basic and soft, just right for a sympathy or thinking of you card.

The DT has some fabulous samples to show you and I'm willing to bet you'll be inspired to create something wonderful as well!  Share it with us!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Learning to jump rope!

GDP158 and HOC Sunflower Get Well

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I should be running out the door instead of stamping...procraftination for sure!  I was bound and determined to make a card for the GDP sketch this week:

and I really wanted to use the color/inspiration from House of Cards:

I knew the sunflower from Painted Harvest  would be too big but I remembered this cute little sunflower from last year's Paper Pumpkin:

I stamped it in Crushed Curry and Chocolate Chip, then added speckles from Itty Bitty Backgrounds:

A sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings along with some Festive Farmhouse twine finished it off!  Oh, and I stamped my Crumb Cake background with the Buffalo Check background stamp!  Thanks for popping in!

It's another gray, cloudy day here, but these wee ones are my sunshine:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

CASC&S291 Give Thanks

Happy Monday, peeps!  HAPPY OCTOBER!  I have never been so delighted and thankful to turn September's calendar page to a new month!  Hopefully all the rain and humidity will stay away!  Looking forward to cooler days, I made a little CAS Thanksgiving card with some stamps that I got at the end of last year and finally had a chance to ink up:

I am squeaking this in for the CAS Colours and Sketches challenge sketch, which ends today:

My little mice are courtesy of Lawn Fawn, the leaves are from a Right at Home set, and they were all stamped in Memento ink and colored with blends:

I stamped the sentiment in Pumpkin Pie and added a tiny little heart in Cajun Craze.  I already had a Sahara Sand card base sitting on my desk, so I popped it on there and called it a day!  

Over the weekend, I had a friend of mine from upstate NY come down with a friend of hers for a visit!  Another family friend came to visit all of us and brought four of her six children (and she has another on the way!!).  The girls all love to do crafts and were enamored of my craft room, even though it was quite messy!  They wanted to make a card, but we didn't really have time, so I let them use some of my punches and scrap paper and take the punch-outs home!  Between looking at cards......

and punching out stars, hearts, butterflies and balloons, they ALL had a good time!  Even though Molly is only five, she mastered those punches like a boss!  Ruby, Gayle and Kay had fun too!

And just for fun, I found a picture of the oldest, Kay, (she is 14 now), from six years ago when she came to craft with me for an evening:

They all want to come back when Cassidy is home to play and craft with her!  Enjoy your day and be blessed, and thanks for popping in!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Thankful Mice (Lawn Fawn), Grateful Heart (Right at Home)
Card stock & Papers	Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla
Ink	Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	SU Blends