Showing posts with label STAMPtember. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STAMPtember. Show all posts

Monday, September 29, 2025

Ghostly Greetings Lantern - Creative Makers post with Kat Scrappiness!!

Hi everyone!!  Today I'm sharing my latest Creative Makers post with Kat Scrappiness!  I'm all about Halloween now and this was my first time using the Holiday Lantern stamp set.  It's so versatile I know it won't be the last.

I used an ancient old layering trick for that sentiment stamp!  I stamped it on the same paper as my background and then cut it with the coordinating die.  Then I laid that die on a piece of white cardstock, traced around it with a pencil and fussy cut it out with scissors.  I colored it with a metallic Sharpie and layered them together.  It's a great trick to get more out of your dies!

Kat Scrappiness products used:

Just a few challenges for this card:

  • We Love 2 Create - #9 Anything Goes 3/4
  • Love To Scrap Challenge - #175 Anything Goes 7/8
  • Mix It Up - #79 Anything Goes 7/8
  • Love To Craft Challenge - #88 Anything Goes 7/8
  • Be sure to visit Kat Scrappiness and check out all the amazing products for sale.  Thanks so much for looking and happy shopping!  Laters!! 

    Saturday, September 13, 2025

    STAMPtember - Day Thirteen - Be The Best You!

    I can't believe I'm almost half way through STAMPtember.  It's so much work but SO much fun!!!




    Just a few challenges:


    Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!!

    Wednesday, September 10, 2025

    **AUTUMN/SCHOOL/BOOKS** White on White IG Card Hop!!

    I really loved the idea of the pop of color with the pumpkins.  I think it's extra special how you notice the pumpin she's sitting on at first, but then the squirrel's pumpkin catches your eye too.




    Just a few challenges:



    Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping and happy hopping!  Laters!


    Monday, September 1, 2025

    STAMPtember - Day One - Coffee and Books

    HAPPY STAMPTEMBER!!!!

    I started planning my projects for this month in June.  I knew that I wanted to kick off the month with a card using stamps from one of my favorite companies (Unity) and use my favorite color (PURPLE) and just start creating and see what happened.



    I like the idea of the coffee background being the wallpaper.  I wouldn't mind a wall in one room like that.  She's got her coffee, her books, her loungewear that's supposed to look like Barefoot Dreams, I love it.  It was super fun to make.

    A TON of challenges of kick off the month:


    Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

    **ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Morgan's Art World!!

    Happy Monday everyone!  It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new challenge at Morgan's Art World!  This month I'm working with Vampire Lady and as always our challenges are

    ANYTHING GOES!!

    I loooooooooove vampires, so of course I picked this image.



    Just a few challenges:

  • DLArt Linky Party
  • A Perfect Time To Craft - #9 Anything Goes
  • The Crafter's Cafe - #322 Anything Goes
  • Classic Design Challenge - #08-2025 Anything Goes
  • As You Like It - Layered or Flat 1/3 (I LOVE layered cards they add so much dimension)
  • Creatalicious - #292 Anything Goes 1/3
  • Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #260 Anything Goes 1/3
  • Polkadoodles - #10 Anything Goes 1/4
  • Digi Chooseday - #9 Anything Goes 1/4
  • Simon Says Stamp Monday - Stamp It! 1/5
  • Love To Scrap Challenge - #175 Anything Goes 1/8
  • Mix It Up - #79 Anything Goes 1/8
  • Love To Craft Challenge - #88 Anything Goes 1/8
  • Ally's Angels - #97 Anything Goes 3/5
  • Be sure to visit the challenge blog and see what everyone else has created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!! 


    Sunday, September 29, 2024

    Friday, September 27, 2024

    STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Seven - Halloween Cupcakes

    Happy Friday!  I cannot believe this month is almost over, it always goes by so fast!!  And while it seems like it's a ton of work--and it is--and I probably do get overworked and stressed beyond the telling of it, I'm always sad to see it end.


    Wednesday, September 18, 2024

    **FALL FRIENDS IG CARD HOP** Week Two - Autumn Leaves and Mushrooms, Please!

    Welcome to our Fall Friends Card Hop, hosted by @createwithkas.  We're sharing 11 weeks of fall inspired projects with weekly themes,  You can craft along with us and use the hashtag #fallfriendscardhop2024🍁. Our theme this week is Autumn Leaves and Mushrooms, Please!!

    My card is actually pretty simple and self-explanatory.  I took the easy way out and used a mushroom and leaf printed paper, adding my own stamped and die cut leaves, pumpkins and the sentiment, which I really love.

    Just a few challenges:


    Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping!!  Laters!!

    Tuesday, September 17, 2024

    STAMPtember - Day Seventeen - Peace and Love Are All You Need

    Happy Thursday!  I'm taking a break from replenishing my supplies to share this card that I actually made out of found pieces from piles in my craft room.



    Just a few challenges:


    Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

    Sunday, September 15, 2024

    **ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with The Creative Crafters!!

    Happy middle-of-the-month!  It's the fifteenth and that means it's time for a new challenge at Creative Crafters!  As always our challenge is Anything Goes!!!  We had one whole day of fall weather and now we're back to humid.  Ugh!  So I made a fall card cause I love sweater weather and we get so little of it. Mostly we go from 90s to puffer coats lol.  This image from last month's KOM from Unity Stamps is just amazing.




    Just a few challenges:


    Be sure to visit the blog, play along with us and check out the other DT's projects as well!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

    Wednesday, September 11, 2024

    STAMPtember - Day Eleven - Take Two (technically Three) - Happy Birthday, Nessie!!!

    Three posts today!  There's a lot going on.

    My fellow Twihards will know that today is Renesmee Cullen's birthday.  Per the books, she's eighteen!  Crazy.  I hope Jacob's keeping his creeper distance cause.....yecch!  Anyways, I always make a card for Nessie's birthday, and this year I made a card slightly Twilight inspired, but that could absolutely be a card that someone might give to Nessie.



    Just a few challenges:


    Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

    **FALL FRIENDS IG CARD HOP** Week One - Latte Love

    Welcome to Week One of the Fall Friends Card Hop, hosted by @createwithkas.  We're sharing 11 weeks of fall projects with weekly themes and if you would like to join us, please DM Kelly @createwithkas.  This week's theme is A Latte Fall Fun!!

    Even though I don't drink lattes, I love all things coffee!  I had to make two cards because I couldn't decide what to make.  I used my brand new Pumpkin Spice Vibes stamp and die set from Simon Says Stamp and I've got a feeling I'm going to be using this a lot!


    I love them both, I don't think I could pick a favorite!!


    Sketch for this card - Hand Stamped Sentiments #446


    Sketch for this card - Sweet Sketch Wednesday #286

    Just a few challenges:


    djksks

    STAMPtember - Day Eleven - Celebrate America

    Hi everyone.  Today's a somber day for everyone, I know it is for me.  This day kind of haunts me, and I feel like it always serves as a reminder of how different our country was back then.  No one tried to politicize the terrorist attacks, we all came together, we supported our country as a whole, it was so different than we are now.

    I always make a card for today, usually a thank you card, which this would work for, to honor those who were lost, and those who risked their lives to help.

    Just a few challenges


    Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

    Tuesday, September 10, 2024

    **STASHBUSTERS IG HOP** Week 19 - Use A Crafty Item In More Than One Way

    Welcome to the Stashbusters 2024 Paper Crafting Hop!  Stashbusters 2024 is hosted by Armen @armenscraftroom.  Every other Tuesday, the Stashbusters post 1-6 creative, paper-based projects to share. Our goal is to use the items and supplies we already own to create between 27-162 projects each over the course of 2024.

    Today's hop theme is "Use one item multiple ways to create interactive friendship cards".

    I did two out of three!  I couldn't really nail the "interactive" part of the challenge with my time constraints, but I definitely made cards for girlfriends using the same stamp in three different ways.


    Sometimes I like to split the posts up for the cards, but I didn't feel like doing that today for some reason.  All three cards use the same Simon Says Stamp stamp set in a different way.


    This one I stamped on patterned papers and cut all the pumpkins and gourds out by hand.  I love fussy cutting.

    A couple challenges for this one:



    The copper and gold didn't photograph that well, but I stamped this one with the Lisa Horton metallic inks.  Honestly the jury is still out on these.  I've had these dry really well, like on this card, and not at all on other projects, which makes them just like every other brand of metallic ink pad I've ever had. 😢


    She's my favorite.  So festive with her PSL, ready for a day of errands, and maybe a little fun in there, too.

    Just a few challenges for this card:


    Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping!  Laters!!

    Monday, September 9, 2024

    JUST FOR GIGGLES IG CARD HOP - September - Clean and Simple

    Hi everyone!  Welcome to the Just For Giggles IG Hop, hosted by @craftyengineer and @itsawonderful_craft_life.

    This month we hope to make you laugh but we also challenged ourselves to make "Clean and Simple" cards.

    If you've been here before, you know how hard CAS cards are for me.  I tried, I really did.


    This sentiment really speaks to me now, way more than when I bought it and I've had it for years.

    If we made you giggle, chuckle or smile, please leave us a comment so we can know.  Now sit back and enjoy the hop!

    Next up is @reclaimingmycrafts

    Just a few challenges:


    Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping!  Laters!!

    Friday, September 6, 2024

    STAMPtember - Day Six - Read A Book Day

    I love to read.  Like, really, really love to read.  I don't give myself as much time to read as I wish that I did, but, yeah.  I love to read.

    In one of my favorite movies, You've Got Mail, Kathleen talks about how reading books as a child changes your life so drastically, and I believe that this is true.  And there are times when I feel myself in two worlds, just like Rory Gilmore, and one is a world of books.

    It's been very important to me from the beginning to get my nieces into books and they both love to read.  Everyone should find something they love, and then read about it.


    Just a few challenges:

    Thanks so much for looking and happy reading AND stamping!  Laters!!

    **FALL OR AUTUMN** New Challenge with Simply Create Too!

    Happy Friday!  It's time for a new challenge at Simply Create Too and our theme this month is Fall or Autumn!!!  Pumpkins and gourds and leaves, oh my!  I absolutely love this time of year.  Anything fall themed will do.  Come play with us!


    Just a few challenges:

    Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!