SHOPPING OUR STASH #456 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

 

Welcome friends and happy Tuesday to you.

The new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH starts

today, and as the title suggests, we are looking for anything

Fall themed.: pumpkins or jack-o-lanterns, Autumn or Halloween,

Thanksgiving, leaves, sweater weather, pumpkin spice lattes, etc. 

There are lots of ways to interpret that!

Here's the card I created:

...here's the inside:

I used papers and the accompanying stickers that came with the collection kit

for the front, and a simple sentiment stamped on the inside.

I hope that you find some time to join the SOS Crew and play

along in our current challenge at Shopping Our Stash.

Need more idea? Simply visit the blogs of my teammates to see

what wonderful projects they came up with!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Photo Play - Mad For Plaid Fall

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Basic Grey - Persimmon

CS: Thunderbolt

Accessories: GC; Avery Elle - doubled pierced rectangle dies; Basic Grey - stickers; My Mind's Eye - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #409 - So Thankful

Good morning and happy Tuesday to you.

It's time for the next challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,  

and we are looking for your thankful projects, which could be

a thank you project, or something to do with the upcoming

 Thanksgiving holiday.

I went with the latter for my card:

I was playing with the Gina K. wreath builder template again and created this

fun Autumn wreath. (Pay no attention to the fact that I stamped the 

sentiment a bit off from the circle, even using my MISTI. Sigh.)

I used ink colors that corresponded with the plaid paper.

I hope that you have a chance to play along this fortnight at

Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your take on the

challenge in our gallery. Looking for more inspiration? Do check out

the fabulous creations that my teammies made!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Gina K. - Autumn Wreath Builder, Mini Wreath Builder

Ink: Memento - Rich cocoa, Cottage Ivy, Potter's Clay, Tangelo, Lady Bug

DP: Jen Hatfield - Warm & Cozy

CS: TE; Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; Gina K - wreath builder template; GC; SB - Std lg & sm circle Nesties

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3d foam squares

JUST US GIRLS #511 - Photo Week

It's time for the next challenge at JUST US GIRLS!

Bobby is your hostess for Photo Week and she's chosen this

gorgeous picture as your inspiration!

Here's my take on it:

and the inside:

The main panel was created with a leaf stencil and various colors of

Distress Inks. I searched my stash and found the pumpkin and rosette stickers

which went perfectly with the theme. A stamped sentiment and a couple

more stickers finish the inside.

I want to thank all the ladies at Just Us Girls for letting me

guest design with you this month! I had such a blast!

Hugs to you all!

Supplies:

Stamps Gina K. - Autumn Wreath Builder

Ink: Ranger DI - fosilized amber, aged mahogany, rusty hinge, peeled paint, gathered twigs, ripe persimmon, walnut stain; Memento - rich cocoa

CS: TE; Thunderbolt

Accessories: ARTplorations - Autumn Falling stencil; Picket Fence Studios blending brushes; American Crafts - stickers; Prima - rhinestones; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH # 375 - Giving Thanks

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH

we are giving thanks, either to celebrate Thanksgiving, or 

as a simple Thank You, your choice!

Here's what I came up with:

I used a few powder dyes spritzed with water on some mixed media

paper for a water color look. Once dry, I spritzed it again, this time with gold Glimmer Mist.

This was die cut using a leaf cover plate.

I tried to get a close up picture of all the gorgeous shimmer, but you

know it's super hard to achieve.

The single leaf on my sentiment panel is actually a 3D foam leaf from Scrapbook Adhesives.

I won a package of them many years ago, and recently came across them, the package

never opened until now. I dipped one of the sides in embossing powder and heat embossed it.

Looks really cool so now I may have to try this technique again.

We'd love to see what you create in the Shopping Our Stash gallery, and hope

you'll join us this week! For more amazing ideas, simply visit my teammies blogs to

see what they came up with!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Magazine: Take it Make it

HLS - October water color challenge/gold

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle - Merriest

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; VersaMark

CS: Taylored Expressions; Darice

Accessories: Magenta- Nuance powder dyes - red, orange, grass green; water mister; GC; SB - Leaves a Fallin' die; MFT - zig zag stitched square die; Stampendous - champagne and carnelian pearl EP; heat gun; MISTI; Tattered Angels - gold Glimmer Mist; Michael's - burlap ribbon

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Thin 3D foam squares, 3D foam leaves; Recollections - tacky tape

STAMPlorations 3rd Annual GIVING THANKS Blog Hop & Linky Party!!

Hello crafty friends!

I'm so excited to be a part of the blog hop going on at STAMPlorations today:

the 3rd annual Giving Thanks Blog Hop & Wishlist Linky Party!

There are 35 participating designers in all (8 of which are amazing

designers representing different challenge blogs), plus a linky party

that you can share your "thankful" cards and projects.

Oh, and there are prizes too!!

For my first card, I've used the Typografia- Thankful People stamp. This just

needed to be made into a chalkboard panel! After I heat embossed the 

sentiment in white, I dry brushed white ink around the panel, then doodled above

and below it with a white PrismaColor pencil.

My background was die cut using the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting die.

Here's a close up:

I used sentiments from the Blossom Overture stamp set to finish the inside.

On my second card,

I used the Typografia Thankful - Thy Goodness stamp that I

stamped onto a Luggage Tag Nesting die. I used the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting die for my background again. Some burlap ribbon, twine, and enamel dots finish my card.

Oh, and I did mention there were going to be prizes:

Prizes for commenting on the STAMPlorations blog and participating designers blogs:

• THREE (3) winners randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $25 certificate to the STAMPlorations store

Prize for liking, commenting, tagging a friend, and sharing our post on the STAMPlorations Facebook page post:

• ONE (1) randomly drawn winner will receive a grab bag consisting of new products (valued at $25 MSRP) + another grab bag of the same value to the person he/she tags

Prizes for linking up to the STAMPlorations Wishlist Linky Party:

• TWO (2) randomly drawn winners will each receive products in their wishlist (up to $40 MSRP)

Prize for commenting and re-posting our Giving Thanks Blog Hop and Wishlist Linky Party post on the STAMPlorations Instagram page:

• ONE (1) randomly drawn commenter will win her choice of Giving Thanks stamps (Thankful & Blessed; Wonderfall Time; Words of Gratitude; OR any 2 Typografia Thankful stamps)

Commenting on the blogs and linking up to the Wishlist Linky party ends on November 30 at 11:55 p.m. Pacific

Winners will be announced on December 10 in the November Challenges and Hops winners post. Winners have until December 31 to claim their prize.

You'll find the links to all of the designers below.

Don't forget about the big Thanksgiving sale!:

Thanks so much for visiting!

I hope that you have a fantastic day!

SHOPPING OUR STASH #323 - Give Thanks

Hello and happy Tuesday to you!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we are looking for your thankful creations, either as a thank you

to someone, or for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday!

I got an idea in my head and so this is what

came of it:

 and a bit of snark on the inside:

And since I have two brothers and two sisters...

I couldn't get the sentiment out of my head so I ran with it. I found a nice

big acorn image to paper piece. For something completely different,

I used my P-Touch label maker to print out my sentiments.

So now it's your turn to create something thankful/Thanksgiving related. Be 

sure to link up at Shopping Our Stash so that we can admire it!

Need more inspiration? Well then, you need to visit the blogs of my

talented teammies, and while there, leave them some love!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Cas(e) This Sketch #241

TGIF Challenge #127 - die cut (leaves)/designer paper/paper piecing

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Falling For You, Fanciful Fall, Natural Beauties; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: American Crafts - Night Fall

CS: Recollections; scraps

Accessories: Brother - P-Touch label machine; MISTI; UFO's - die cut leaves from Paper Smooches that have been sitting on my desk for over a month.

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Elmer's extra strength glue stick; Glue Dots

JUST US GIRLS #363 - Word Week

Hello crafty friends! Can you believe it's already October?!!! Where did the year go?! I swear it was just April a couple days ago. Geesh! Anyhooo, it's Word Week at JUST US GIRLS and Sharyn is your hostess this time around. She's picked the word LEAVES for you to be inspired by. You know you all have stamps/dies/DP/ribbon, etc. with leaves on them. Time to get them out and have fun making something awesome! Here are the two cards I've made:

I used some more of my hoarded stash!! Woo hoo! I bought this cutting plate earlier in the year and I finally used it. I started with two panels of white card stock, and smooshed them into various inks on my craft mat. After I dried them with the heat gun, I die cut the leaves and glued them onto their card bases. I use kraft and dark brown for my bases. After stamping the sentiments (heat embossing one of them), I used decorative scissors to trim one side. One was wrapped with twine, the other I adhered over some gold floss, both received some sequins for a bit of sparkle.

I hope you get the chance this week to play along with our leaves challenge at Just Us Girls! Need more inspiration? Simply check out what my teammies came up with to awe you! Also, since it's a new month, we have a new Guest Designer joining us! Welcome Jaydee! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with this month!

Just a note: If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our October challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of December. Hope to see you in the gallery! Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at Mod Squad Challenge - Falling Leaves
 and also Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge - ATG

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Autumn Groves, Eco Friendly
Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Versa Mark; Ranger DI - Ripe Persimmon, Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint
CS: Taylored Expressions, Darice
Accessories: GC; SB - Leaves a Fallin cutting plate; ProvoCraft/Fiskars - decorative scissors; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; spritzer; Winnie & Walter - sequins; DMC - gold floss; twine from my stash
Adhesives: Scotch - scrapbooker's glue; Ranger - multi matte medium; Glue Dots; SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

JUST US GIRLS #362 Photo Week

Hello crafty friends and welcome! It's Photo Week at JUST US GIRLS! Bobby is your hostess this week and she picked this gorgeous fall themed photo for you to be inspired by. Here's the card I came up with:

I've been challenging myself to use stamps I've had for ages, and never inked up. These pumpkins are one of a gajillion I've yet to color. I used Prisma Color pencils to color these cute pumpkins, and framed them with some punched vines. 

I hope you get a chance to play along with our Photo challenge at Just Us Girls! For more inspiration, check out what my teammies, and our guest designer, Kathy, have created, and leave them some bloggy lovin. 

Thanks for visiting! I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamps - August 2012 KOM; Paper Smooches - Jive Turkey

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Gathered Twigs

CS: Taylored Expressions; Bazzill; scraps

Accessories: Prisma Color pencils; GC; STAMPlorations - Crazy Double Running Stitch  rectangle dies; EK Success - vine punch

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Matte Medium

SHOPPING OUR STASH #228 - Thanks (US Thanksgiving)

Hello and welcome! This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH we are giving thanks, whether it be for the US Thanksgiving coming up or just a thank you to a friend or family member, we want to see it! Here's the card I made:

 and the inside:

I don't seem to have a stamp that says 'give thanks' so I used alpha stamps. (That's why it looks so wonky) I do have to admit that the papers I used are from a new collection I purchased last month, but everything else I used I've had for at least a year or more. ☺

I hope you get the chance to play along at Shopping Our Stash this week. We look forward to seeing your project in the gallery! Please do check out what my teammies created to inspire you and leave them some love on their blogs. Thanks for stopping in, and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Just Add Ink #288 and AAA Cards #52

Supplies:
Stamps: Studio G alphas; Hero Arts - Celebrated Everyday
Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa
DP: DCWV - Harvest House
CS: Darice
Accessories: GC; Lawn Fawn - leaves dies; DMC - gold floss; Nicole - sequins
Adhesives: SA by 3L - thin 3D foam squares, tape runner; Ranger - Glossy Accents; Glue Dots

JUST US GIRLS #304 - Word Week

Hello and a good Saturday to you! It's Word Week at JUST US GIRLS! Maria is your hostess this week, and she's picked the word AUTUMN for you to get creative with. Can you believe it's the first of August today?!!! Where did the summer go?!!! (Ok, so technically it's still summer, but August usually means back to school shopping and leaves start to turn colors.) With turning leaves in mind, that's what I visioned for my card:

 Here's the inside:

I started by stamping my card base with the sentiment in the lower corner, then using Versa Mark ink, I randomly stamped 4 different leaf stamps all around. I die cut two squares: the larger from DP and smaller from beige card stock. Before I took the die cut out of the die, I sponged over the edges with vintage photo DI. I inked up the largest leaf stamp from the set in a yellow ink, then going around the edges with orange and brown inks, before stamping on white card stock and fussy cutting. I went over the veins with crystal Stickles for a bit of sparkle. Once dry it was popped up on foam squares.

I hope you get the chance to play along this week at Just Us Girls! While there, please check out the amazing creations the other gals made to inspire you! Also, a big warm welcome to our August Guest Designer - Karen Bourke! I can't wait to see all the fun stuff you'll be creating with us this month! 

Just a reminder, if you are chosen as Chic of the Week for any of our August challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of October! Good luck and now go forth and get your craft on! LOL! 

Supplies: Stamps: Cloud 9 Designs - Leaves; Paper Smooches - Autumn Groves; Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday

Ink: Versa Mark; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Rich Cocoa; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo

DP: WRMK - Autumn Splendor

CS: Darice

Accessories: GC; MFT - Zig Zag Stitched Squares Die-Namics; Ranger - Crystal Stickles