AHSC648 Trick or Treat

Happy Monday, peeps! We've got a challenging sketch this week at Atlantic Hearts---at least it was for me, LOL!  But I still had fun with it; here we go:

I let my papers do most of the work on this card, they're just so darn cute:

The papers are all from Scrapbook.com and they're called Willow Lane.  Aren't those little guys adorable?

I added mats of Basic Black and Smoky Slate, then a bit of black and white twine and some gray sequins.  The sentiments inside and out are from My Creative Time called Mixed Holiday Sentiments, stamped in Versafine Black.

 This turned out to be a fun sketch after all!  I hope you'll play with us over at Atlantic Hearts!  Can't wait to see what you create!!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

PP712 Tag, You're It!

Happy Sunday, peeps! I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week!  It's Clean-and-Simple week and the theme is TAGS!  

Adding a tag to your creation is so fun....there are lots of dies and punches out there to make it easy, and even if you don't have any of those, it's still a snap to do!  I actually made two cards because the first one didn't really seem CAS enough, LOL!  So let's see what I did create:

I have almost as many Halloween products as I do Christmas, so I always try to give my older stamps (and papers) some love!  These papers were from way, way back; I used the Bonanza dies to cut out a tag, then stamped a couple of images on them to create my spooky tag!  I added some mesh ribbon and twine as well as a sparkly black brad!  It all went on a Very Vanilla panel that was embossed with the Dotted Circles embossing folder:

Another real oldie for the inside:

And here's the one that didn't make the CAS cut:

I printed and diecut a digital vintage postcard from my saved images (not sure where this came from; maybe Olde Design Shoppe or the Graphics Fairy) and mounted it on another Bonanza die.  This time I added a little panel at the top from The Greetery, along with one of their Halloween sentiments and banners:

The banner is movable so that it can go into the envelope easily and then be moved outward to display the card and the rest of the tag image.  Love that starry witch!  I used a past Paper Pumpkin set to stamp the inside:

I think I will enter this over at Just Us Girls; they have a mood board and that vintage image on the left makes me think of a vintage postcard!

I will soon be putting away all my Halloween stamps so this may be the last card for that holiday you'll see!  I hope you'll play along with my tag challenge...just remember to keep it clean and simple!  Minimal layers, stamps and embellishments will fit the "tag"!  Share your creation with us at the PP blog and while you're there, check out what the other team members made as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy's school had a Rhyme without Reason day; her friend dressed up as a hacker and Cassidy was a rapper:

I hope she didn't leave that "bling" on her teeth all day, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spooks Galore (ret), Fright Night (ret), Just For You (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Halloween DSP (can't remember the name of it)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Black & White Twime (from my stash), Metallic Mesh Ribbon (ret), Glimmer Brad (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, 1/2" Circle Punch (ret), Bonanza Dies (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tear Strip Tags: Halloween (The Greetery), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Pumpkin Pie, computer paper
Ink	Versafine Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Glimmer Brad
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Bonanza Dies, Tear Strip Tag Dies (The Greetery), Tear Strip Tag Cover Up Dies (The Greetery)

FMS655 Candy Corn Lineup

Happy Monday, peeps! I am squeaking in a card for FMS today; I had lots of ideas for this card, but finally decided on another Halloween card, as my stash is low.  Here's the fun sketch:

Isn't that fun?  My first thought was buttons, but in the end, I went with candy corn!  Here we go:

These little cuties are from Lawn Fawn; I stamped, colored and fussy-cut them out, then mounted them on a simple card base of Pumpkin Pie on which I embossed a Stitched With Whimsy die.  The sentiment is from My Creative Time, diecut with a Stylish Shapes dies.  I did add a couple of wee little star sequins just for fun!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

The Lord works out everything to its proper end--even the wicked for a day of disaster.  Proverbs 16:4

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trick or Treat (Lawn Fawn), Mixed Holiday Messages (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie
Ink	Stazon Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Markers

CTD714 Trick or Treat

Happy Saturday, all!  I have a fun card for you featuring the colors from Color Throwdown, which I never seem to get to play with!  So I made an effort, and although these were a wee bit out of my comfort zone I kinda like how it turned out!  First, here are the colors (great photo inspiration, isn't it?):

And here we go:

I stamped the Purple Onion pumpkins on Thick White cardstock in Cajun Craze ink and used Dark & Light Cajun Craze Blends to color them in....my blending skills are not as good as I'd like, unfortunately!  I colored the stems with Crumb Cake, then very carefully cut them out and adhered them to a Misty Moonlight card base.  I sponged Misty Moonlight ink around the edges so that the jacks were highlighted a bit:

Then I added some Tim Holtz stickers for my sentiment.  I colored in the little star on the middle punkin stem with a Gold Wink of Stella pen, so I added a few more "stars" around the sentiment; hopefully you can see them; they look really cool IRL!:

Finally, a sentiment for the inside, stamped in Night of Navy:

Thanks for popping in today! 

And speaking of pumpkins, our neighbor has a wonderful garden and after his family picks as many pumpkins as they want, he lets us come and get some too! 

I recently saw that a teacher grew a pumpkin that weighed 2650 pounds!  This one doesn't weigh that much but it was plenty heavy!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time), Happy Pumpkins (Purple Onion)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Misty Moonlight (ret)
Ink	Cajun Craze, Night of Navy, Misty Moonlight (ret)
Accessories	Chitchat Stickers (Tim Holtz)
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Blending Brush, Blends, Wink of Stella Gold (ret)

HSS399 Trick or Treat

Hi there stampers!  I had a lot of fun creating this Halloween card once I got past the unique color palette from Hand Stamped Sentiments!  Check it out:

I used lots of old goodies on this card, but of course, Starry Sky is new!  So here we go:

My main images are from a retired SU set called Howl-o-ween Treat, and they were cut with their matching Boo to You dies!  I diecut a piece of Pool Party DSP with the Basic Borders dies and stamped some spooky spiderwebs and stars on a Starry Sky card base before adhering it.

The sentiment, from the same set, was placed in the Stamparatus, stamped with Starry Sky ink, then without moving the stamp, I cleaned it very well and inked it up again with Versamark ink.  Then I embossed it with clear embossing powder:

I added some Starry Sky glimmer paper stars, and on the inside, repeated the colors:

Lots of fun!  I am glad HSS pushed me out of my comfort zone with these colors!  I am going to enter this at Global Design Project as well, as their challenge this week is "Spooky"! 

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

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Howl-o-ween Treat (ret), Spooky Street (Newton's Nook...stars and moon), Mixed Holiday Sentiments (My Creative Time), Hello Pumpkin (Close to My Heart, spiderweb)
Card stock & Papers	Starry Sky, Starry Sky Glimmer, Basic White, Pool Party DSP, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Starry Sky, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Craft White, Versamark
Accessories	Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Basic Borders Dies, Give it A Whirl Dies (stars), Boo to You Dies (ret), Heat Tool

IB148 Count Your Blessings

Howdy, peeps!  Hope your week is going by nicely!  It's time for a lovely new Inspired By challenge!  I am constantly amazed at how Laurel and Danni keep coming up with these fabulous inspirations for us!  Check out this week's: 

And here's the optional sketch...you can use one or the other, or combine them!  

I sort of did use the sketch this week:

I really had a good time putting this card together!  So many fun elements, and I had a chance to pull out some old goodies as well as current!  I used some woodgrain paper to diecut a window and backed it with some retired printed vellum:

Then I stamped some pumpkins from my favorite Pick a Pumpkin set, and gave them a little garland of leaves from Beautiful Autumn upon which to rest:

And I finally used the Mug Mat die from the Greetery (that I just had to have) and a pretty little sentiment from an old My Creative Time set:

I think this is one of my favorite cards this season!  Be sure to stop by the IB blog to see the fabulous creations the rest of the DT made....and be sure to share yours with us too!  

Time to make the jack-o-lanterns...you'll have to come back to see the final results!

Yep, those seeds feel yucky!  LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

"But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me." 

Micah 7:7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Beautiful Autumn, Pick a Pumpkin (ret), Just for You (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White (ret), Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Woodgrain DSP (ret), Graceful Glass Vellum (ret), Autumn Day DSP (Photoplay), Thankful Heart DSP (Recollections)
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Craft White, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Only Orange (ret)
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Autumn Punch Pack, Patterned Pumpkin Dies (ret), Mug Mat Die (The Greetery), Small Madison Arched Window Die (Poppystamps)

TMS#573 Candy Corn Halloween

 Hey stampers!  I am squeaking in an unusual second card for today...I forgot about the cool sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches and wanted to play!  I found this fun DSP from a few years ago and thought how cute it would look with my Lawn Fawn candy corn stamps!  First, check out the sketch:

I stamped and colored my candy corn with Memento ink and Blends, then fussy cut them and popped them up on Basic Black squares punched with a 1" and 3/4" square punch.  The DSP was cut with a My Favorite Things die, which cuts the piece in two, so I adhered the outer edge and popped up the middle:

Aren't those little faces cute?

I added sentiments outside and in using a My Creative Time set called Mixed Holiday Sentiments:

Another Halloween card done for my stash!  And I found this cute Halloween advent calendar at a yard sale recently for $1!!!  The little pockets are supposed to hold a little felt ghost but Grammy filled them with candy (of course):

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Three Fall Cards

 Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have three cards to share today, all with a fall (or Halloween) theme!  Here we go:

The first one uses the sketch from FMS for this week:

I used the Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP, along with matching cardstocks and inks, and the Forever Fern stamp set to create my card:

It also features one of the Greenery embossing folders, some vellum, some Metallic Ribbon and some bronze Brushed Metallic DSP:

These colors are so pretty together!  The next one features the sketch from In(k)spire Me:

I used some DSP from the Flowers for All Seasons DSP, and an Indian corn image from Purple Onion, stamped in Saddle Brown Stazon:

I used some vellum for the sentiment (My Creative Time's Mixed Holiday Sentiments), added some Ornate Borders, and because it looked a little plain, I added some gold Glimmer paper too!

Finally, a silly little card I made using the CAS(E) This Sketch sketch:

I thought about using one of the Triangle Dies to create a witch hat (while in bed one night, sleepless!) and this is what I came up with:

This one won't win any beauty contests, but it did make me laugh!  (Maybe I'll send it to Cassidy!) I used the elf image from the retired Jolly Friends set, stamping it on Soft Seafoam cardstock and adding some shading with Pear Pizzazz.  Her hair is Smoky Slate cardstock; the panels are from Authentique's Nightfall paper pad, and her hat is from black and orange Glimmer cardstock:

I added a "trick or treat" diecut and mounted everything on a Soft Seafoam card embossing with a retired Cobweb embossing folder!

Phew!  Thanks for hanging in there with me....enjoy your day and be blessed! And be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!