Falling Leaves-Stampin B's

It's Thursday and time for a new challenge at the Stampin B's. Faith challenged us to make a Fall card. I love all the awesome, fall colors and I have been wanting to make a shaker card so this is it. It was so much fun! I added a couple of pumpkin stickers and punched leaves inside the shaker. I really wish I had sponged my nestie more as it looks very white. Hope you'll come along, make a Fall creation and join us at the Stampin B's this week.

Recipe:
Stamp: Inkadinkado Fall Foliage set (sentiment)
Ink: Chocolate Chip for sentiment, Memento Desert Sand for sponging
Paper: DP unknown, SU Old Olive, PTI white cardstock, acetate for window on shaker
Accessories: Spellbinders Blossom nestabilitie, RibbonFX-Rust, The Paper Studio leaf punch, The Paper Studio pumpkin stickers called Pumpkin Patch, EK Success Journal Plate & Bracket Punch for sentiment piece, Mark Richards gold metal brads

It's All About Red, Black, and White-Stampin B's

I'm up early this morning to upload my card for the Stampin B's Blog Challenge and it is very cool. I put on a pair of socks when I went out yesterday for the first time since last winter. Oh, I hate cold weather. I'm the type person to freeze in the summer with the air conditioner on and everyone else is blazing hot.
I guess that is why I made this RED HOT card today. Joanne aka jojot on SCS
asked that we make a red, black, and white card today. That is her all favorite color combo. I love them, too..mine turned out mostly red even though I didn't intend for that to happen. You know how it is when you start making a card, you may end up with something entirely different than you had in mind.
We would love for you to join us at the Stampin B's Blog Challenge with your red, black, and white card or project.

Recipe:
Stamp: Paper Inspirations-Leafy Stems
Paper: PTI white cs, SU Real Red cardstock, black cs from Hobby Lobby, no name dp
VersaMark and Zing black embossing powder
QuicKutz embossing folder-Label
White satin ribbon

Happy Thanksgiving

It is really feeling like Fall here today in Alabama. Makes me want to go to the pumpkin patch. Won't be long until I'll be buying those gourds, pumpkins, and mums.
I was really in the mood to make a clean and simple Autumn/Thanksgiving card. It is for these challenges:

Mark's Finest Papers, Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge #22-Pumpkin on your card
Incy Wincy Designs Anything Goes, #61
Stamp Something-Fall Colors
Pollycraft #63-No Designer Paper


Recipe:
Stamp-Inkadinkado (no name)
Paper: PTI white cs
Orange sheer ribbon
Tombow and Copic Markers

Roses From My Love and An Award

Betty aka gbedwright on Splitcoaststampers asked me to sample with her today for the
Tuesday Color Challenge. I was thrilled to do it but had many problems along the way. This is one of those cards I would love to do over. Then, before I could get the photo I wanted, my camera died. I charged with no luck so I guess I need a new battery. Ugh! Have you ever had a day when nothing seemed to go right...well, I was smack in the middle of one. LOL

The colors for the challenge were: Rose Red, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, ivory or white, and for a dessert option, you could choose another color. I chose Old Olive. I had to substitute Daffodil Delight for So Saffron and inked my gray cardstock from Hobby Lobby with Versa Mark to darken a bit.

Stamp: Miss Elizabeth (no name) Found at the Dollar Tree-I think it looks like watercolor. I did Tombow marker to stamp for the color. I always watercolor with a brush and couldn't do it on my cardstock. Some of the ink needed moving around so I barely wet my brush and filled in just a tad.


Accessories: Spellbinders oval nestabilitie and Lattice Shapeabilities Pendants, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Textile), Martha Stewart French Scroll border punch, Lace trim from Jo-Ann's.

I received this lovely award from Emily Keaton.

Thanks so much Emily! I adore having it from a good stamper friend.

I am happy to pass it on to seven more stampers. Some of these may not know me really well, others do. But, I so enjoy visiting their blogs. Some have wonderful tutorials, great organizational ideas, some are friends with wonderful galleries and some just come and leave wonderful comments on my blog. Each one has inspired me in my card creations.
Lynne-Ruby-dooby-doo's stampin spot
Julie-Julie Makes Cards
Carol-Chocolate, Crafts, and Bears Oh My!
Peggy-The Nutty Cardmaker
Patter-Triple the Scraps
Bonnie-Pretties by Bonnie
Joan Ervin-Stamping With a Passion!

O.K., I'm back to Splitcoasterstampers and hoping the gallery is up and going from maintenance repairs.

Pumpkin Heads

Wow! What a beautiful Sunday...sun is shining, cooled off quite a bit, and Fall is
in the air. I think I'll change the summer wreath on my door to an Autumn one.

I've made another Halloween card today to honor the Featured Stamper on Splitcoaststampers, Sallie aka hobbydujour. I cased her beautiful summer card
but decided I was just about through making summer creations.

My card is also entered in the Stamptacular Sunday challenge #78.
They said use as many colors as you would like but only colors you would see in the Fall and be sure to STAMP. I used VersaMark Dazzle on my pumpkin , colored him inside (orange & yellow) and scattered a few bats around.

Recipe:
Stamp: Inkadinkado (no name) pumpkin
computer generated sentiment
Tombow markers
Paper: DaisyD's Gypsy Halloween, Stampin'Up! Always Artichoke, PTI white cs, black cs
Accessories: Zing black embossing powder, Martha Stewart bat punch, SU modern label punch

QFTD28, Inspiration Challenge, Crazy4Challenges

The good news I have today is it's raining at my house. We are about 12 inches behind in rainfall. My utility bill will be a large one this time for watering...have to save the grass, shrubs, and flowers.

I am really not fond of this mix of colors nor my ribbon. I made a Halloween card yesterday that I really liked and am not in the summer mood but I was doing a color challenge and it is what it is.

This is the color inspiration I used from the splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge today. I managed to include some of the colors. The handbag is from a
company called TADENBERG.




I'm also entering this card into Crazy4Challenges They want to see some bling. Mine will be the button and the sparkling Stickles on my leaves.

The card is also for Carla aka cmsuto on Splitcoaststampers. She is Queen For the Day, although she will wear the crown all week until another Queen is named

Recipe:
Stamp: Hero Arts-Long Stemmed Flowers
Paper: SU Melon Mambo cardstock, PTI white cardstock, SU Flock Together dp
Ink for sponging: SU Melon Mambo and Taken With Teal
Tim Holtz Distressed embossing powder-peeled paint
VersaMark
EK Success-Flowers and Flourish border punch
Sizzix branch with leaves
Spellbinders oval nestabilities
SU button-sherbert
SU Melon Mambo ribbon

A Scary Night-F4A31, Tuesday Taggers, Charisma Cardz, Paper Playtime

Yea, it's Friday! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend planned.
I'm in a Halloween mood today (don't know why..it is so hot here) but I wanted
to use some of my new supplies...punches, wheel, stamp, ribbon. O.K. enough! LOL
I think the card looks rather like an easel card but it is just the cut that makes it look that way. Also, I punched my spiral in different cuts..I guess to make it look spooky. ????? Funny!
My card is for these challenges:
Splitcoaststampers Free For All, F4A31- Use scallops
Paper Playtime found here AUTUMN-interpret as you like, including Halloween
Tuesday Tagger here IT TAKES ALL SORTS
Their sponsor this week is Ribbon Oasis here
Charisma Cardz here ANYTHING GOES

Recipe:
Stamp-Inkadinkado (no name) purchased at Michael's
Stampin'Up! Jumbo wheel-Frightful Fence
Tim Holtz Alterations Textured Fades Bricked and Woodgrain embossing folder set
Tombow Markers
Martha Stewart bat punch, Martha Stewart ghost corner punch, Stampin'Up! ticket corner punch, Stampin'Up! spiral punch
Spider Web Ribbon-American Craft DLR Halloween
Paper: SU Sahara Sand, PTI white cs, Black textured cs from Hobby Lobby
Versa Mark
Zing black embossing powder
Staz On jet black
Brick wall smeared in SU Soft Suede
Whew!!!! That's it!

Fall Pumpkins and Leaves/Thanksgiving-Stampin B's Design Team, WT289-SCS

Here it is the first day of Fall so I decided for the Stampin B's Design Team challenge today I would make an Autumn card. I believe pretty colored leaves and pumpkins qualify. Vicki Dutcher, our hostess this week, challenged us to do piercing on our card. I love what piercing does for a card and used a digital template from Angel's Landing to pierce the top of my card and added a few pearls given to me by my good friend on Splitcoaststampers, Pam124. Thanks, Pam! Hope you like my Fall creation to start the season off with some color.
Come and join us with your pierced project this week at the Stampin B's here.
I'm also entering my card in the Ways To Use It challenge, WT289 on Splitcoaststampers to make a holiday card whether it be Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.

Recipe:
Stamp: Stampin'Up! Fall Leaves for sentiment
Paper-The Paper Studio-All Over Pumpkins, Mark's Finest Papers Corn Husk, SU Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Marvy Craft Punch-Embossed Oak Leaf, Spellbinder's deckle nestabilitie, rust-colored raffia, orange pearls, gold leaf pen for veins of leaves
Technique: piercing

Vintage Roses

I am so in love with this vintage paper and don't know the name of it. I think I picked it up at a scrapbook store. I wanted to use it with my die-cut frame. I used a Flourishes stamp of leaves and branches (Home Tweet Home) and cut it down considerably. Several of the leaves are covered with Stickles. The flowers are punched and I put glossy accents and dazzling diamonds on them to dry overnight. I am using a sketch (shown above) from the MMSC. I lowered my image and frame and placed to the left because I couldn't stand to cover those beautiful roses.

Challenges entered: Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge
Glitterbabe's Challenge #12 'Anything Goes'
A Spoonfull of Sugar #122 'Anything Goes'
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #85 Celebrate (Guess I'm coming up with my own reason to celebrate as they said you could---guess I'm just celebrating getting to use this dp I love.) I know, 'Hello' isn't the best celebration sentiment going. LOL

Stamp: Flourishes-Home Tweet Home (cut down)
Paper: dp unknown, SU Real Red, SU Very Vanilla
Frame: K&CO embossed die-cut frame
Ribbon: Lush by My Mind's Eye (green), Ribbon FX (red)
Flowers: Martha Stewart hydrangea, Martha Stewart Stamp and Punch (flower)
Stickles: Lime Green
Glossy Accents by Ranger
Stampin'Up! Dazzling Diamonds

Holiday Hugs and Kisses With Lace Doily

Tried something new today. I saw a tutorial on Joan Ervin's blog here: on lace sponging. Joan said you can also use a punched border but I thought I would try a doily because I couldn't find one piece of lace. Ugh! I placed it over my corner and sponged with Memento Desert Sand ink. I thought it made a nice corner.

My card is for these challenges: JustRite to use dark red, black, and ivory. Also make your own embellishment, ex: diecut, crocheted flower, etc. Mine is
the doily I sponged and my die cut. Challenge #036

Just Us Girls #51 here Use green, red, and black-color challenge

Secret Crafter Saturday:This challenge is 'Anything Goes'. You have to love that.

Stamp: JustRite - A Merry Little Christmas set
Paper: SU Cherry Cobbler, SU Very Vanilla, Black cs from Hobby Lobby, unknown dp
Tombow Markers
Accessories: Spellbinders Fleur Di Lis, 2 poinsettias from a friend, rhinestone