Welcome September!

Its the first day of September and I am completely in fall mode! Here in southcentral Alaska the leaves are starting to change color, birds are stocking up on seeds and we have a high of about 50 degrees and lots of rain right now.

I was looking through my card stash and I definitely dont have enough fall cards so when I sat down to stamp last night I knew I wanted to make a fall themed project. The set  Full of Blessings, which is in the SU holiday catalog, was a perfect choice. I just love this scene of pumpkins in a field! The Alaska Fair is going on right now and the winning pumpkin was over 900 lbs! It was a small one this yr because of all the rain :) Usually they are over 1000 pounds!

I hope that wherever you live, the first day of September is treating you well!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Full of Blessings

Paper: Peach Parfait, Soft Suede, Watercolor Paper, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Soft Suede, Peach Parfait, More Mustard, Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party

Accessories: Aquapainter, Photo Corners Punch, sponge

Pleated Baby Wishes

It's time for another Friday Mashup challenge! This week Amy is bringing us the challenge and it's a fun one! She wants to create a project that uses pleating, create a baby themed project OR mash it up and create a baby project that uses pleating.

I will be the first to admit that I don't particularly do well with projects for babies. Maybe its because my kids are older and I don't deal with anyone on a daily basis that has a baby but I just can never seem to get my creative juices flowing for a project like this.

After some hemming and hawing I finally decided on a neutral baby card that can be given to someone as a congratulations card. I used some retired stamps and DSP to finish the card. The pleating is in the form of some pleated Baja Breeze ribbon.

Make sure to head over to the Friday Mashup blog to see the rest of the cards from the design team, you wont be disappointed!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: A Slice of Life(retired), Itty Bitty Banners

Paper: So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Delicate Dots DSP(retired)

Ink: Black StazOn, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Real Red

Accessories: Baja Breeze ribbon, dimensionals

Frosty Friends for a Merry Monday...errrr Tuesday

I haven't played along with Merry Monday in a while so I decided to check out this weeks challenge and give it a whirl. Lesley has a nice CAS sketch for us this week and I pulled out a new stamp to use, Frosty Friends. These snowmen are just too cute!

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Frosty Friends, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Snow Festival DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Modern Label Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Dazzling Details

Christmas Bingo with Jingle Belles

This week over at the Jingle Belles blog they have a BINGO challenge for us. I immediately saw the bottom row and knew that would be the choice for me....dry or heat embossing, tree and ribbon.

I used the SU set Evergreen, which is in the holiday catalog. I just love this set! I stamped the first tree in Lucky Limeade and then took the lyrics tree stamp(the lyrics are from Silent Night, beautiful song!) and stamped them in red over the green tree. What can I say, I am a sucker for the traditional Christmas colors.

I dry embossed some Lucky Limeade with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and completed that layer with a bow, therefore completing the challenge requirements :)

Such a fun challenge, head over to their blog and check it out!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise stated):

Stamps: Evergreen

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints DSP, Be of Good Cheer DSP

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots EF, Cherry Cobbler ribbon, dimensionals

Colorful Thanks for Friday Mashup

After missing out on last weeks challenge I am back for The Friday Mashup, wooohooo! This week Liliana has a great challenge for us....you can either create a card with Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, So Saffron and Tempting Turquoise, create a thank you card or you can mash it up and create a thank you card with the colors provided!

Autumn is starting to arrive here in southcentral Alaska.....we've got leaves changing color, days are getting shorter and the mornings are much cooler. I am definitely in the mood for fall so for today's card I mashed it up with a fall theme.

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup blog to check out all the other great cards from the rest of the design team, and then make sure you play along with us!

Going "Owl" Out for Jingle Belles

Being back on my normal schedule means I have more time to play along with my favorite challenges, and do it in a timely manner! Today I played along with the Jingle Belles, using the great sketch that Stef has for us.

This sketch is a great way to highlight some DSP along with an image and that's what I did here. I used some of the busier paper from Snow Festival and then used my Owl Builder Punch to create an owl that goes along with the paper. I think the owls on the paper are super cute and its not something I would have normally thought of for Christmas,  but I do know a bunch of people who love owls so this Christmas card(I'm going to make several) will be perfect for them!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: sentiment from Chock-Full of Cheer

Paper: Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Whisper White, Snow Festival DSP

Ink: Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Soft Suede

Accessories: Big Shot, Nestabilities Standard Large Circles and Lacey Circles, Owl Builder Punch, sponge, dimensionals

Black and White Wedding Bling for Friday Mashup

It's Friday, woot woot! I'm even more excited because Wednesday was my last day working the special 10 hr shift I took on over the summer and come Monday I am back on nights, yes! This means more stamping time, which is always a good thing.

Today our Friday Mashup challenge is brought to us by Tara and its a good one. She wants us to either create a project using only the colors black and white, create a project that has some bling or combine them and create a black and white project that has some bling on it!

I knew as soon as I saw this challenge that I wanted to use the Love and Laughter set. I usually have a hard time using just black and white but I thought a wedding congratulations card would be good for that combo. For my bling I added pearl accents to the cake and in the corners of the main panel.

I was also able to play along with Freshly Made Sketches and used their great sketch for my card!

Supplies used (all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Love & Laughter

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Basic Black DSP

Ink: Black StazOn

Accessories: Big Shot, Lacy Brocade EF, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, Basic Pearls