Color Throwdown #157

It's Color Throwdown time again this week, and Barbara is our hostess this week with a beautiful color combo! My first though of this was ICK! and of course, I gave her a REALLY hard time about it, but please do give it a try... it's really a beautiful combination!

I actually found this gorgeous "Reflections" paper from Prima to be a perfect match for these colors, so I pulled out several pieces and ran with it! The pumpkins and sentiment I used here are from JustRite Stampers (Autumn Blessings and Nature's Nested Sentiments), and I used Iwona's Sketchbook Saturday #26 for the layout. I embellished with some crinkled seam binding and KaiserCraft chocolate pearls. My stamps, paper and pearls are all from the Stamp Simply Store.... looks like the Autumn Blessings set is sold out, but be sure to check out what else Sharon has in stock!)

Check out the creations from my Throwdown sisters for today for more inspiration...

Barbara Anders

Kristin Eberline

Broni Holcombe

Lori Tecler, August Guestie

Sharon Johnson, Special Guest Star this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Color Throwdown #70

It's another great color combination for the Throwdown this week, and Barbara was inspired by the beauty of Fall when she picked these colors! I hope you'll be inspired enough to join us this week! Remember, you don't have to have these exact colors... just use whatever you have that is similar!

I chose to go with a Thanksgiving theme for my card, seeing as how we'll be celebrating tomorrow with food and family! My beautiful "Horn of Plenty" stamp comes from Whipper Snapper Designs, and I used the "thanks" sentiment from Melanie Muenchinger's "A Year of Leaves" stamp set. I also used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch challenge #49 for the layout.
We're sad that today marks our last day with November Guest Designer, Elise Durenberger! Elise's enthusiasm is so wonderful, and I've enjoyed getting to work with her and getting to know her better! Please stop at her blog to see her wonderful creation for today! Then stop by and see what the other Throwdown designers have created to inspire you!

Barbara * Danielle * LeAnne

Broni * Cathy

I wish you all a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving holiday, filled with good food, loving family and wonderful memories! God bless!

Stamps: Horn of Plenty (Whipper Snapper Designs), sentiment (Melanie Muenchinger for Gina K Designs)Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive (Stampin' Up!), white (Neenah), designer paper (My Mind's Eye)Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), So Saffron (Stampin' Up!), Tea Dye distress ink (Ranger), markers (Copic)Accessories: ribbon (Stampin' Up!), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder (ProvoCraft), button (craft supply).

Color Throwdown #69 with Flourishes

Time for another Throwdown everyone, and Cathy has chosen some pretty colors for us that can easily work for Fall, Christmas or whatever your blessed stampin' heart desires! And were thrilled to have Flourishes sponsoring our challenge this week, too! Be sure and stop by the Throwdown blog to read more about Flourishes, and also find out about the wonderful prize they're offering this week to one random participant!

Remember, just use whatever colors you have that are similar to these! And if you want to be considered for the prize from Flourishes or for the Featured Stamper distinction your entry must be entered with Mr. Linky by 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 22nd. Remember to use a direct link to your entry! General blog links will get deleted!

For my card, I chose to work with the Seasonal Wreaths stamp set, and paired it with the Mojo Monday sketch #113 for this week, and some paper from the Nutmeg mini-deck from Cosmo Cricket. My gingham ribbon is May Arts and comes from the Stamp Simply Ribbon store.
Stop by and see what the other Throwdown designers have created for the challenge this week!

Cathy * Barbara * Danielle

LeAnne * Broni * Elise

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy stamping!

Give Thanks

Just a quick Fall card to share with you today using new stamps from Rubbernecker. I just love this nice fat, whimsical pumpkin and paired it with one of the new release backgrounds, Fall Floral. The background is stamped on Kraft cardstock using Vintage Photo distress ink. I used the sketch from Taylored Expressions for the layout of my card.

Remember to give the inside of your cards some lovin', too!
Happy stamping!

Stamps: Fall Floral #479, pumpkin #21-08, sentiment #20-06 (Rubbernecker)

Cardstock: golden brown (Core'dinations), Black OP (Bazzill), Always Artichoke (Stamping' Up!), designer paper (My Mind's Eye)Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Vintage Photo distress ink (Ranger), markers (Copic)

Accessories: dew drops (Mark Richards), scalloped border punch (EK Success).

Cupcake Inspiration #26

It's time for another Cupcake Inspiration Challenge, and this week Rachel has found these beautiful cupcakes to inspire you! Don't those flowers look just like the giant chrysanthemums we wore to the Homecoming dances way back when?? It's hard to believe that's frosting and not actual flowers, isn't it? They're way too pretty to eat, that's for sure!

My daughter just came home from her Homecoming dance earlier this evening! She looked so beautiful and had a fabulous time! I was working, so I don't have any pictures unfortunately, but hopefully some of her friends will get them on Facebook soon so I can see!

I chose a few elements from this photo as my inspiration... the color (gotta' love my orange!) and the beautiful edging on the china plate. And seeing as how these are flower-topped cupcakes, I went with a flower-topped pumpkin for my design, using Tracy's beautiful new stamp set from The Petal Press called Happy Harvest.
The designer paper I used is from the June Bug collection by Basic Grey, and I paired it with my fave of late, kraft cardstock. I pulled out my often neglected Prismacolor pencils and some OMS to color my pumpkin and flowers. What fun that was... it's been a long time! I really love blending the different pencils to get the desired shading and colors! I also realize how spoiled I am with the amount of Copic colors I have compared to Prismacolor! I definitely need some more pencils!

I also used the Weekend Sketch challenge #99 for my layout. My card meaures 3 1/2" by 6 1/4".
Check out the fabulous designs from the other Hope Stamps Sweeties, and play along with us! You'll find all the details at Rachel's blog!

Rachel * Bonnie * Carolina * Jessica

Kelli * Colleen * Natalie * Michelle

Don't forget that the big sale is still going on through today at Hope Stamps Eternal! Follow all the stops in order on our Halloween blog hop to pick up a discount code, giving you 25% off everything in the store! And one lucky winner from all the comments will win the Halloween (Blog) Candy!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you're having a fabulous weekend!

Stamps: Happy Harvest (The Petal Press)

Cardstock: Kraft, Festive (Bazzill), designer paper (June Bug by Basic Grey), cream (Neenah)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Vintage Photo distress ink (Ranger)

Accessories: Nestabilities (Spellbinders), felt flower (Zva), Moroccan Screen embossing folder (ProvoCraft), scallop dot border punch (Martha Stewart), ribbon (Creative Impressions), Prismacolor pencils, OMS.

Cupcake Inspiration #25

Who wants a cupcake??? OK, wait... that's too many hands! Perhaps I should ask who doesn't want a cupcake? Yep, it's unanimous.... everyone wants a cupcake! These here look pretty yummy, don't you think? And they're here to inspire you to stamp! So c'mon... join the Hope Stamps Eternal Sweeties for another Cupcake Inspiration challenge!

I went with the general Fall-theme of these cupcakes for my card, using the new (and scrummy!) Indian Summer paper from Basic Grey which you can get at Hope Stamps Eternal! And you can get the Zva felt flowers that Rachel carries too, which match this paper perfectly!

I also used Kim's Saturday Sketch challenge from Paper Craft Planet for the layout of my card. However, it was not until after I had my oval stamped, and cut out and glued, etc. that I realized I put my sentiment on the oval instead of at the bottom as the sketch specifies. So hopefully Kim will allow me a little liberty and not call the Challenge Police on me! LOL Play along if you have time... it's a great sketch!
See what the other Sweeties have created today too, for further inspiration! And leave a link to your creation at the Hope Stamps blog so we can see, too!

Rachel * Jessica * Kelli * Michelle

Carolina * Natalie * Colleen

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you're having a great weekend!

Stamps: Autumn Blessings Borders & Centers (JustRite Stampers)

Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Really Rust, Natural Ivory (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Indian Summer by Basic Grey available at Hope Stamps Eternal)Ink: Versamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko)Accessories: felt flower (Zva available at HSE), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Stampin' Up!).

Just Rite Font Hop

Welcome to another stop on the JustRite Font Mega Blog Hop today! I am one of the lucky participants (there are 54 altogether!) to get to show you some more fun ideas using all the great fonts available from JustRite Stampers! And in conjunction with this Blog Hop, JustRite is celebrating with a Super 7 Day Font Sale! Take 30% off all the JustRite Font sets, and the horizontal and vertical stampers! This sale begins today and ends on September 24th.

For my projects today, I have chosen to use the Curlz Uppercase Font set. My first project is something that was completely inspired by Ms. Fabulous, Sharon Johnson! Sharon posted a spectacular Christmas project at this time last year on the Just Rite blog that I have always loved, so I adapted my own version of it for Thanksgiving, using the Curlz 95 pt. font to spell out "GIVE THANKS". Each letter was stamped on Natural Ivory cardstock with Versamark and Rhubarb Stalk Memento ink, then clear embossed. My panels are all covered with the new Indian Summer paper from Basic Grey and I've accessorized with some Zva felt flowers, a stamped pumpkin, and stamped leaves from Melanie Muenchinger's new "A Year of Leaves" stamp set. Some jumbo eyelets, buttons, brads and ribbon finished off my project!

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To create the accordian-fold panels, I cut 2 pieces of cardstock 3 1/2" x 9" and one piece of cardstock 3 1/2" x 8". Then each piece was scored using a Scor-Pal at 2" intervals, flipping the cardstock with each score.
I'm so pleased to be able to display this with all my other Fall decorations! Many thanks for Sharon for her awesome inspiration!
For my second project, I created something that's a little play on words. At the end of next month, we'll be hearing the words "Trick or Treat!" a lot! So I decided to create a "Treats for Tricks" jar for our family dog! This is going to look so great on my kitchen counter with some other Halloween decor! And Dexter is such a good dog, so he deserves some treats!

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I again used the Curlz Uppercase Font set, this time using the smallest font, the 25 pt. to create the sentiment around the border "Treats for Tricks" and on the lid of the jar. I used some new Bo Bunny Halloween papers for my jar with matching buttons, my Nestabilities, and some ribbon from Creative Impressions.

Be sure to check out ALL the other blog hop participants today for more inspiration! They are all linked below! AND, there is Mystery Blog Candy being given away during this awesome 2-day event! Why is it a mystery? Well, there will be 3 prizes given away each day and you can only win by leaving a comment on the right blog! Which blog is the right one? That's the mystery! Not even the designers know who it's going to be! So as you visit each of the 54 designers over the next two days, take time to leave a comment! Who knows... the lucky winner could be YOU! You have until Sunday at noon EST to leave a comment for your chance to win. Check the JustRite blog on Sunday evening to find out who won!

Here's your official "Hop List" for today!

JustRite Blog

Michelle Wooderson
Sankari Wegman
Heidi Blankenship
Eva Dobilas
Beate Johns
Sharon Harnist
Barbara Anders
Sharon Johnson
Deb Saaranen
Becca Feeken
Kazan Clark
Lauren Meader
Linda Beeson
Jenny Gropp
Lori Craig
Tanis Giesbrecht
Jenn Balcer
Lisa Somerville
Karen Maldonado
Pamela Smerker
Karen Taylor
Latisha Yoast
Julie Overby
Mary Pfaff

Thank you SO much for visiting my blog along the way! I'd love to know what you think of my creations! Happy stamping!