Sketchy Control Freaks ~ Controls Freaks Blog Hop

 

Hello and welcome to Septembers Control Freaks Blog Hop!  You may have arrive here from Melissa Davies of Rubber Funatics or you may just be starting.  Either way, make sure you hop your way all the way through!

This month we have a fun sketch that we are all playing along with.  It is so much fun seeing all of the different creations with the same sketch!

Fall is here and I am loving all of the rich fall colors that are all around!  I was drawn to the Harvest Meadow suite again for my first card.  I love the Harvest Meadow DSP and I broke out the Cork DSP for the first time too.  This paper is AMAZING!

I colored the cone flowers in shades of Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze, which were actually inspired by some Mums that I just recently planted.  I used the Diamond Weave Ribbon as part of the sketch, weaving some Linen Thread through the diamonds for a pretty added touch.   The Happy Birthday sentiment from Peaceful Moments was heat embossed on Cajun Craze and die cut with the Tasteful Labels Dies.  This card will certainly make for a wonderFALL birthday card!

With fall comes the excitement of Halloween and the fun of creating cute Halloween cards!  The Cute Halloween DSP is so stinking cute and perfect for some adorable Halloween cards for the littles.  I love the cute little bats and fussy cut a few to incorporate into the sketch.

I layered up some fun patterns of DSP and added a heat embossed sentiment from the Cutest Halloween stamp set.  A few of the Cute Stars were added and this card is ready to send out next month!

Next up on the hop is my friend Wendy Weixler of Wickedly Wonderful Creations.  You're going to love what she has to share with you today!

Happy Stamping!

Harvest Meadow Card Products:

Cute Halloween Card Products:

Meadow of Fall Flowers

Happy September friends!  It's beginning to feel a bit like fall around here.  The evenings and mornings are cool, but the afternoons are still sunny and warm.  I am all about summer, but I love this transition into fall.

The Harvest Meadow suit is one of my favorites in the latest Mini Catalog. I love everything about it!  

I can almost feel fall in these beautiful Harvest Meadow DSP patterns.  They are so warm and inviting!  And don't you just love it when the DSP can totally steal the show?!?!  All this beautiful paper needed was just a beautiful sentiment stamped.

I die-cut each of the floral images in different patterns and arranged them on a couple more beautiful patterns.  This is such a great way to showcase your favorite pack of DSP!

All these pretty flowers needed were a sentiment, a little bow and a bit of bling.  I always love how a simple card can come together and turn out so beautifully!  This sentiment just warms my heart and I hope it does the same for who ever this card gets sent out to.

I hope you are enjoying the beginning of fall in your area and falling back into routine after the summer.

Happy Stamping!

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Meadows of Thanks ~ #HSSIC370

Hello stampers and welcome to an all new Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge!  These inspiration photos make me think of all the fun my family has had this summer!

We've spent the past week wrapping up the end of my summer break at the Oregon Coast.  We are headed home today, back to the 100+ degree weather.  Leaving the cool ocean air was NOT easy, nor will going back to work next week! 

My inspiration was drawn from the sunflowers.  Seeing the sunflowers bloom in my garden is always a bitter sweet reminder that summer break is coming to an end.  Thankfully, I'll get to continue to enjoy these cheerful flowers in my garden for a bit long and in my craft room for as long as I want!

The flowers in Nature's Harvest are, what I believe, are Cone Flowers.  They are often found in the same colors as sunflowers and are another one of my favorites!  I stamped the bunch of flowers in Memento, then colored them in shades of Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Soft Suede.  

I cut strips of the beautiful Misty Moonlight pattern of DSP as well as a die-cut circle from a Bumble Bee DSP pattern.  I popped up the strips of Misty Moonlight to give them a floating effect and added the circle with the bunch of flowers layered on top.  A sweet Thank You sentiment with some bits of ribbon and twine and a few Metallic Dots completed the card.  

While I am far from ready for summer to be over, I love these warm fall colors!  

Thank you for stopping by today!  I do hope you will join us over at Hand Stamped Sentiments and share what you were inspired to create!

Happy Stamping!

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Harvest Meadows Thank You

 We are gearing up for another week of triple digit weather, but this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge has me thinking of fall!

I love these rich, warm earth-tone colors!  They were perfect for the soon-to-be available Harvest Dies!

I created a background using the Stampin' Blend and rubbing alcohol technique on a piece of Vellum...I still need some practice, but it was fun! I die cut some of the harvest blooms in shades of Old Olive, Cinnamon Cider and Rich Razzleberry to adhere to the Vellum layer, which was then layered on a piece of Basic White, embossed with the beautiful Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder.

I wrapped it all up with the gorgeous Diamond Weave Ribbon, with some white Bakers Twine weaved it, and a pretty little Thank You tag.  A little touch of Gold Metallic Specialty Paper and Brushed Metallic Dots were the perfect final touches.

I am far from being ready for summer to end, but I am LOVING these colors of fall! I hope you will join along in this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge!

Happy Stamping!

Products Used:

Mini Catalog Items:  Stamp Set - Nature's Harvest, Paper - Gold & Rose Metallic Specialty Paper, Other Supplies - Diamond Weave Ribbon, Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots