It's Fall Y'All

This week our blogger's challenge is to make a card with the them Happy Fall Y'all.

I love this stamp set from Clear & Simple Stamps. The little trees are so cute and whimsy and there are endless possibilities to what you can do with them. I used the two step stamping process with the tree trunk on this one. For the leaves I colored them in mellow moss and then went over and shaded with old olive.

Participating in sketch challenges is probably one of my most favorite things to do, but I rarely get them done in a "timely" manner. I did loosely base this card off of Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #105.

So my Janome sewing machine is acting up on me and didn't want to sew for me. I spent a good 1/2 hour sewing on this card, but I love how it turned out, so it was worth it. Besides my arms/hands needed that good needle work out.

Hope you will join the blogger's challenge girls and show us your Fall cards. You can check out the links to all the participants here.

Have a great weekend and make sure to head back here on Sunday for Clear & Simple Stamps Winter Days Collection being released November 15th.

Card details:
Stamp Set: Woodlands from Clear & Simple Stamps
Cardstock: Brocade Blue, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select, Chatterbox Ink Meadowlark & Chateau Bias Plaid
Inks: Old Olive, Mellow Moss, Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Square and scalloped square nestabilities, Janome sewing machine, Antique Brass hodgepodge hardware

Chirp, Chirp, Chirp

I told you that I'm addicted to this stamp set!!! I tell you there are so many things to create with it and I love how this card turned out.

Most of my stuff from the previous post was still out so I just continued using it. I love this paper I just got from Stamper's Dream (I think it must be gone as I can't find it now), but I love the colors in it.

I was going through sketches while working on cards and decided it had been awhile since I had done a Weekend Sketch Challenge and I wanted a simple card...Laurie's sketch was just that. I think I might have a hard time sending this card off in the mail ;-)

Enjoy and be on the lookout in the next few days for Clear & Simple Stamps new Stamp of the Month release along with one of Sue's wonderful new templates. I tell you, it's adorable this month!!!

Card details:
Stamp Set: Everyday Button Bits by Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: PTI Select White, Spring Moss, Red Pure Poppy, MMI Pretty Please "Full of Flowers" dsp (the opposite side of yesterdays post)
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Pumpkin Pie marker and 100 Copic, Mellow Moss, Blue Bayou
Accessories: Basic Grey Buttons (coordinates with Pink Lemonade paper), Oval and scalloped oval nestabilities

Weekend Sketch Challenge 85

I haven't participated in one of the weekend sketch challenges in a long time and this week Sharon Harnist was the host. If you haven't checked out Sharon's blog before, don't walk, RUN to check it out.

I won this wonderful blog candy from Laura Leonard last week and couldn't wait to get these stamps inked up. It's the Ocean Commotion set from Storage Units Inks and More. Denise has great sets and their storage units are a must in my book!

I used some of the Basic Grey Eva paper I bought a few weeks ago for this. I thought of my friend Kerry when I used this set as she loves purple so any shade of purple I think of her. I love the subtle colors of the fish and the lips are my favorite part of this set, they are too funny!!! I put Crystal Effects all over my fish to make it glossy.

Hope you like my first creation with the Ocean Commotion!

Make sure to check out my blog candy here, only 7 more days to participate!

Field of roses, apricots & celery

The challenge this week on one of my groups was to use Rose Red, Apricot Appeal & Certainly Celery. I finally received some black embossing powder (after finding the one I was originally looking for in one of my drawers) and tried my hand at replicating a card I loved of Julee Tilman. Her card and colors are so phenomenal.

I combined this color challenge with Weekend Sketch Challenge #77.

Card Details:
Stamp Set: Upsy Daisy
Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Whisper White
Inks: Same as above, Versamark
Accesories: 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, black embossing powder, Rich Regals Brads, spiral punch, sponges

Blogger's Challenge #67

This week our bloggers challenge was to use the theme "Falling into you" Love/Anniversary. I hadn't used my Cute Curls set by Kim Hughes so I thought this card would be perfect for the theme this week. I just placed another order for some more Kim Hughes sets from Cornish Heritage Farms, I LOVE her sets!!!

I used Beate's weekend Sketch Challenge #59 for the layout on this card.

Please make sure to check out all the blogger's participating this week by clicking on the Blogger's Challenge logo to the right ------------------------------------------------->

Card details:
Stamp Set: Cute Curls (Kim Hughes for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock: Papertrey White, Basic Black, Old Olive, Rose Red
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Old Olive, Rose Red
Accessories: Scallop punch, circle punch

Thought I would share a picture of the family in our Bronco's getup before one of Tristan's football games. I was thankful to have this picture to show as I lost my camera at the game (my Canon Digital Rebel) and was fortunate that some kind soul turned it in to the county parks and rec the following Monday. It was not a fun weekend knowing that I had left it on the bleachers and that someone could have walked off with it. But, like I said, there was someone out there looking out for it and honest enough to turn it in.

Have a great weekend!

Blogger Challenge, Week #33, SC162

This week I combined the blogger challenge (use Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, Rose Red and Old Olive) with the sketch challenge on SCS.

This was the worst color combo I've ever seen (sorry Lisa!) I just couldn't even think about using the Taken with Teal but I guess it looks okay on the card now that I look at it.

I got this awesome template from Sharon Johnson's blog and it was SOOOOO easy to make, I'm definitely going to have to try it again, and think it could actually hold 4 cards w/envies instead of just 2. I loved her sample so much and she was so generous to share the directions on how she made hers.

Make sure to check out the Blogger's Challenge button to the right which if clicked will give you a listing of all those who participate. Check out their awesome work as well to see what everyone came up with!

Card Details:
Stamp Set: Cosmobella, Cheers sentiment
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Taken w/ Teal, Rose Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
Inks/Markers: Pumpkin Pie, Taken w/ Teal, Rose Red, Old Olive, Black Staz On
Accessories: Double Circle Punch, Corner Slot Punch, Rich Regal Brads (olive and red), aquapainter

Box Details:
Stamp Set: Olive You
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White, Rose Red
Inks/Markers: Old Olive, Rose Red, Black Staz-on
Accessories: Rich Regal Brads (olive), giga (or Mega) punches, Prep school ribbons
Template can be found at Sharon's website linked above

Weekend Sketch Challenge #33

I participated in Beate's weekend sketch challenge

I liked this sketch and I even used colors that normally I wouldn't pull out of my stash. Trying to break my old habit of using the same colors. I purposely didn't order cardstock this month to replace my favorite colors (that and I'm trying to cut back on some of the supplies I buy) so that I would use the other colors I've had forever.

Card Details:

Stamp Set: Simply Said and So Many Sayings (retired)

Cardstock: Daisy D's Morroccan Floral Eggplant (patterned paper), Eggplant Envy, Wild Wasabi, Orchid Opulence, Whisper White

Inks: Eggplant Envy, Wild Wasabi, Orchid Opulence, Black Staz-on

Accessories: Word Window Punch, ribbon from a scrapbooking kit that coordinates with the Daisy D paper, Square Punches, Gold cord, Joy Crafts Decorative Pearls

Beate's WSC#30

Stamp Set: Changito Pair by Stampendous, Sentiment by Studio G
Cardstock: Basic Grey Phresh & Funky, Old Olive, Brilliant Blue, Pretty in Pink, Watercolor Paper
Inks: Versafine Ink Pad, Sahara Sand, Pretty in Pink, Brilliant Blue, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Circle punch, scallop punch

I participated in Beate's weekend sketch challenge and had fun doing this. Very simple card with no additional accesories other than punches. I wanted to add more but wasn't sure where to add it on to.

ETA: DUH, this was last weeks challenge. I can't share this weeks yet as it's also my blogger's challenge card. Thanks Beate for pointing it out for me!

Weekend Sketch Challenge #18

I decided to try my hand at Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge and was pleased with the simplicity of the way my card turned out. I needed to make a few thank you cards so stuck with the same color scheme as I started with the sketch challenge, but changed the layout a little.

Stamps: Amuse Sentiment and Ribbon stamp

Cardstock: Pixie Pink, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Whisper White

Accessories: Cuttlebug, SU! Scalloped punch, Oval punch, key tag punch, white taffeta ribbon, earth elements brads, photo corner punch, circle punches.

Zoofari

I tried one of Beate's sketches this weekend so thought I would share. One of them I'm saving for a birthday party next week, the other sending to my VC_Rocks Hotel Roomie. Hope she likes it!

Stamp Sets: Zoofari, Hugs & Wishes

Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Lavendar Lace, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, non-SU Glitter Paper

Inks: Staz-on Black

Other: Scalloped punch, SU! Markers