AHSC441 Friends Like You

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I mixed up some DSPs and pulled out Hand-Penned Petals to create a card using the sketch from Atlantic Hearts today; here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I used papers from Hand-Penned and Harvest Meadow, along with the largest floral image from Hand-Penned Petals.  I was surprised to find that Cinnamon Cider was the color that matched these flowers the best!!!  I lined them up in my Stamparatus and after inking them up, diecut them with the Penned Flowers dies:

I stamped a sentiment from Positive Thoughts, embossed the panel with the Greenery embossing folder, and added a little portion of the fern also from the Positive Thoughts.  It all went on a scalloped mat of Cinnamon Cider! I love the fall colors of these papers!!  Thanks for popping in today!

Mommy gave Cassidy a messy bun.....doesn't she look cute?!  Love my gals!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.  He will not always accuse nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities."  Psalm 103: 9-10

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Positive Thoughts, Hand-Penned Petals
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cinnamon Cider, Harvest Meadow DSP, Hand-Penned DSP
Ink	Memento Black, Soft Succulent, Cinnamon Cider
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Penned Flowers Dies, Scalloped Contour Dies, Nature's Thoughts Dies, Greenery EF

SS680 Clean and Simple Leafy Hello

 Happy Monday, peeps!  My schedule is all befuddled today, but I did manage to get a wee bit of stamping in this morning!  I haven't played with the Sketch Saturday sketch for a while, and I thought it would be fun:

I wanted to do something fall-ish so I pulled out my Stitched Leaves dies and went to work:

My colors are Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry; I used a snippet of Harvest Meadow DSP and a sentiment from Free as a Bird.  After diecutting my leaf, I cut it again from a circle of Very Vanilla and embossed it with one of the small folders from Greenery, then assembled everything together with dimensionals.  I made a longer tag with the Tailor Made Tag die by only cutting part of it, then extending the tag die and cutting it again, making sure not to run the top part through the Big Shot.  I stamped it with some leaves from Sparkle of the Season and added some embroidery floss as a tie:

I added a couple of Matte Decorative Dots to finish it off!  I am also entering this in the Four Seasons challenge of "Fall"!  

Now this is ready to go in the mail!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Another fire pit night, a few more roasted marshmallows!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season, Free as a Bird
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Harvest Meadow DSP
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Matte Decorative Dots, Dimensionals, Embroidery Floss
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Leaves Die, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Greenery EF, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Stitched With Whimsy Dies

PP561 Spookiness and a VERY Special Visitor

Hi there stampers!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Laurie as our hostess--here we go: 

So many fun possibilities, just in time for Halloween!  I pulled out some spooky Tim Holtz patterned paper I've had for a long time and found a suitable stamp and went to work:

After stamping the image with Stazon ink, I colored in the moon, then did some sponging to give it the same hue as the patterned paper:

I added a fun little sentiment, "sewed" around the edges with the Stitchery stamp set and created a couple little stars to embellish the tag:

Finally, I stamped this fun sentiment on the inside and diecut it with an Ornate Tag die:

I hope you'll play along with us this week with our fun "spooky" challenge...be sure to share it with us at the Paper Players blog, and while you're there, check out what the other designers have created!  Thanks for popping in today!

So THIS happened yesterday:

My sweet stamping friend Michele from I Card Everyone drove ELEVEN HOURS from Michigan with her patient hubby Tom to visit me at my yard sale in Pennsylvania, LOL!  I saw a couple walk into the garage and begin to talk to John in a secretive manner; I had a customer but I was keeping my eye on them!!  Suddenly, the woman turned around and walked to me and my jaw dropped!  What a surprise!  We had a lovely day---they went to Longwood while we did our yard sale---then we went out to dinner and chatted away!  I can't begin to tell you how special I felt!  THANKS, MICHELE!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitchery, Halloween (Graphic 45), Halloween Set #1 (Rubbernecker)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Seasonal DSP (Tim Holtz), Typewriter paper
Ink	Stazon, Soft Suede< Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals,
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Stitched Circles Dies (Sissix), Stitched Tag Dies (Reverse Confetti), Blending Brush, Blender Pen, Wink of Stella

FMS505 Big Leaves

Good morning, peeps, happy Saturday!  We are doing a yard sale today, so this will be quick!  I had a leftover diecut circle from this card and thought it would be perfect for this week's FMS sketch: 

The only problem was that it was WAY too big for a standard card, so I decided to make a bigger one!  This is 5" x 7", as I had just gotten some envelopes that size!  I diecut another leaf and circle, backed them with some plaid DSPs and here we go:

My friend Michele has been doing some cool stuff with stencils on her backgrounds, so I was inspired to give that a try as well.  I stencilled lightly with a SU mask and some Sahara Sand ink and I like the effect!  My final addition, after a sentiment from Ornate Thanks, was to add some dots and pearls!

And on the inside, it says "Happy Birthday"!  Thanks for popping in today!

As I was taking things out to the garage for our yard sale, I noticed this little fella (or maybe it's a she?) in my hanging geranium basket.  Thought it could hide from me!

This is definitely the time of the year to see them!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

AYSI260 Boo To You!

Hey peeps!  Time for another As You See It...as we turn the page to October, we've got a sketch for you:

 

Of course, my mind went to Halloween!  I just got some new papers from CTMH and I paired them with a really old Halloween stamp that I don't think I've ever even inked up:

I diecut the plaid piece with a Stitched Rectangle die, then cut another one and stamped my black cat on top and fussy-cut it out, popping it up and matching it with the plaid beneath it:

The sentiment strip and starry strip are both from the paper pack, and I added some faux stitching and two black glimmer stars for fun!

I inked up a couple more of my Halloween stamp stash for the inside:

I am also adding this to the challenge at Just Add Ink: Just Choose Two---I've got silhouettes and stars!

I love stamping Halloween cards!  But what will you create with our sketch this week?  The possibilities are endless!  Come play along with us!  And thanks for visiting today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitchery, Halloween (Graphic 45), Halloween Silhouettes (Crackerbox & Suzy), Halloween Set 1 (Rubbernecker)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Black Glimmer, Boo Crew DSP (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Die, Country Star Punch (ret), Stamparatus

IB189 with a Guest!

Hi stampers!  This is a very special Thursday at Inspired By!  Today we're having company!  Yep, we've each asked a guest stamper to stamp with us!  You can see all the DT and their friends over at the IB blog...be sure to pop over and give them some love!  But first, let's look at our inspiration photos...fall and the holidays, both gorgeous:

My guest is the oh-so-sweet Linda Callahan!  I have met Linda a couple of times at SU conventions and she is a delight!  She's fun to be around and an awesome stamper to boot!  She chose the first photo for her card and look at this stunner:

She nailed it!  I feel like I could reach right out and take a bite from one of those apples!  Yum!  I chose to use the second photo inspiration for my card; that little galvanized bucket with the Christmas trees on it was calling my name:

It's hard to tell, but the gray elements are my card are actually Brushed Silver cardstock; I stamped the (very old) Cornish Heritage Farms sentiment in Stazon ink and used elements from the Sparkle of the Season bundle to create my wreath:

The panel behind it was embossed with the Pinewood Planks EF, and the buffalo check is a digital paper!  I had an extra little leaf left over, so I added to the inside of my Old Olive card along with a sentiment from Christmas to Remember:

I am also entering this at the Make the Cards challenge this week, where they are looking for "Country Life & Buffalo Plaid"!

I hope you'll play along with us this week...lots of inspiration to get your creative juices flowing!  Linda and I are happy that you popped in!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Sparkle of the Season, Christmas to Remember, Winter Vintage Signage (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Brushed Silver (ret), Digital Paper
Ink	Stazon Black, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals, Black Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Big Shot, Pinewood Planks EF (ret), Ornate Frames Dies, Seasonal Swirls Dies

TSOT526 Simple Hello

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  We're on the downhill slide to the weekend!  I thought the sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday was a super one, so I made TWO!  

Here's my first one, uber-simple, great for a masculine birthday, and it uses Christmas papers for a non-Christmas theme!  

I used Tidings of Christmas DSPs, a Crumb Cake card base and Kraft for my stitched leaf.  The Ornate Frames tag features a sentiment from Best Year stamped in Evening Evergreen and embellished with a little Linen Thread bow:

To create the diagonal panel, I used the largest Stitched Rectangle die and angled it so that longest edge cut across the 4" DSP.  The second one is more feminine; it uses DSPs from Harvest Meadow, and a pretty flower from Color and Contour, stamped in Calypso Coral, Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent:

I used the label die from Pierced Blooms and a Tailor Made Tag with a sentiment from Celebrate Sunflowers; I also added a little smattering of Sequins for Everything:

Thanks for visiting today!

So remember the tree branch that broke off from a tree in our yard less than a week ago?  And I said I didn't see how the other branches could hold themselves up?

Pulled the topmost part of the tree off, and we didn't hear a thing!  John went down the driveway on an errand and noticed it!  We'll probably take the rest of it down...he had just gotten the first portion cleaned up!

More wood for our neighbor!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!