Magical Halloween ~ HSSIC#349

Happy Tuesday stampers!  I hope your Tuesday is off to a terrific start!  

I am a little behind the game this year with Halloween.  I usually have all of my decorations up by now and have a costume {mostly} figured out for my youngest.  I have NONE of that done yet, but I am getting in the Halloween spirt with this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge. 

I couldn't resist the gorgeous Magic In This Night Designer Series Paper.  I love all of the patterns, especially the florals!  

Have you seen the Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder?!?!  It is the coolest!  

I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I didn't add the Hallows Night Magic stamp set to my last order, so I had to get a little creative with a sentiment.  Thankfully the September Paper Pumpkin kit arrived just in time to complete this card!

I love how the Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon and Iridescent Pearls tie everything together.  Creating this card has certainly put me in the Halloween spirit!  I can't wait to get my decorations out tonight!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Blackberry Bliss, Pretty Peacock, Whisper White, Magic In This Night DSP

Ink ~ Blackberry Bliss

Stamp Set ~ September 2020 Paper Pumpkin Hello Pumpkin

Other Supplies ~ Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder, Iridescent Pearls, Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon, Tasteful Labels Dies

Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope that you will play along with us so we can see what you are inspired to create!

Happy Stamping!

 

Autumn Birthday ~ Monday Montage

Welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop!  You won't want to miss a single creation from this amazing group of stampers!

My momma celebrated her birthday on Friday, so I can finally share her card!  I always make her a fall themed card every year and the Gilded Autumn Specialty DPS was perfect for this years fancy fold card.  I found a beautiful tutorial for this fancy fold on the amazing Stamp Your Art Out blog.  Thank you Rachel for sharing this with everyone!

The outside of the card was wrapped with a pretty belly band, which I added a few Gathered Leaves Dies and finished off with some of the beautiful Basket Weave & Metallic Ribbon.

I selected a few of my favorite DSP patterns to fill in each panel of the card, which opened up to a Tin Tile embossed inside with a beautiful birthday sentiment.  I love, love, LOVE the colors in this DSP!  

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Mint Macaron, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Gilded Autumn Speciality DSP

Ink ~ Cajun Craze

Stamp Set ~ Peaceful Moments

Other Supplies ~ Tin Tile Embossing Folder, Gathered Leaves Dies, Sunflowers Dies, Basket Weave & Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack

We always seem to get our Indian Summer right around my momma's birthday and it looks like we will again this year.  After a cooler and rainy week last week, we are heading into a warm and sunny week this week.  I am planning on soaking up as much of the sun as I can!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Now, on to the next stop on the hop!

Happy Stamping!

We've added a list of everyone's home pages so you can hop along in any order you wish!  Just make sure you don't miss any!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma <-- You are HERE

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Creating on the Run

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc

Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations

Freshly Made Furry Friends

Happy Friday friends!  I am so happy that the weekend is {almost} here and I'm even happier to play along with this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

I recently earned a bonus for reaching $100,000 in sales with Stampin' Up!  (I won't tell you how many years that took me!) and I decided to treat myself to couple suites from the Annual Catalog that I have been eyeing for a bit. Being a fur-momma to 4 crazy pups, I just had to add the Playful Pets Suite to my collection!

I selected a few super cute patterns of Playful Pets DSP, choosing a couple for the background and a couple to fussy cut a few furry friends from.  Guess what?!?!  There are even some coordinating dies that will cut some of these doggies and kitties out!  But you all know how much I love to fussy cut, so that was the route I took.

My youngest was quick to point out that this looked like Tramp from Lady and the Tramp.  Knowing the cute story behind some of the animals in this DSP, I wonder if this guy belongs to one of our amazing Stampin' Up! employees.

With that being said...I also wonder if this hilarious grumpy cat belongs to someone at Stampin' Up!?!  I absolutely LOVE this cranky kitty, especially with this sentiment.  I can not wait to send this card out to make someones day!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Basic Black, Real Red, Playful Pets DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Pampered Pets

Other Supplies ~ Playful Pets Dies, White Embossing Powder

I love the simplicity of this weeks Freshly Made Sketches design...especially since my crafty time was pretty limited this week.  Between work, Distance Learning (homeschool) and keeping up with my regular mom duties, I am wiped out!  I am hopeful that I can set aside a good chunk of time this weekend to play with more of my bonus box of goodies!

Happy Stamping!

 

Falling for Fall ~ Control Freaks Blog Hop

Welcome to the September edition of the Control Freaks Blog Hop!  This month we are falling for FALL!  You may just be starting or you may have just hopped over from the marvelous Melissa Stout.  No matter where you started, don't stop until you've made it all the way through!

If you have been following along with me for a while, you probably know that I am a summer girl and live for the warm, sunny days.  BUT...fall is the next best thing!  I love early fall when the mornings and evenings are cool, but the days are still warm and sunny.  Todays cards were so much fun to make, especially since it really felt like a fall day here.

Nothing says fall more than the beautiful changing colors of the leaves on the trees.  Colors are just beginning to change, which was the inspiration behind my first card.

Rooted in Nature is one of my favorite fall-friendly stamp sets and it was so much fun inking up leaves in shades of Pretty Peacock, Bumble Bee and Terracotta Tile.  

The leaves were cut out with the coordinating Natures Roots dies and placed on top of the wood round stamped on Soft Suede.  The Thinking of You sentiment was also stamped in Terracotta Tile, fussy cut and popped up with a few Stampin' Dimensionals.  I added a few Bumblebee Enamel Dots...because every card needs a little bling, right?  I layered the Soft Suede on top of Bumblebee and added those layers to a Pretty Peacock card base, but not before roughing up the corner of the Soft Suede and adding a few staples.  I love the added texture this gives a card!

What's another sign that fall has arrived?!?!  Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING comes out!  I love me some pumpkin!  While I am not a huge fan of pumpkin spice coffee, I do love a pumpkin spice Chai from one of our local coffee shops.  It's like a desert in a cup.  My next card was designed with that tasty treat in mind.

I love the stripes in the Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP.  The colors are so warm and cozy...perfect for a couple cups from Press On.  I stamped a Mint Macaron and Cajun Craze heart, then colored the coffee cozy in Crumb Cake.  The cute little Happy Fall Y'All sentiment is from Banner Year, stamped in Cajun Craze on Mint Macron.  If you don't have that set yet, you need it!  This set is the best for any seasonal holiday!  I wrapped it all up with some cute little leaves and acorn punched from the Gilded Autumn DSP and a simple Linen Thread Bow.  This was all laid out on a piece of Very Vanilla, embossed with the Subtle Embossing folder, then layered on a piece of Mint Macron with a Cajun Craze card base.  These are my favorite fall colors this year!

Next up on the hop is the beautifully creative Cindy Elam.  Doesn't her creation make you fall for fall even more?!?!

Thanks for hoping along with us!  I hope you have found some inspiration in our creations!

Happy Stamping!

 

Inspiring Best Wishes ~ #TGIFC282

Hello stampers and welcome to Friday! We made it through another week and it's time for an all new TGIF Challenges.  We have a beautiful inspiration challenge for you to play along with this week.

This school year is just getting started and we have all been faced with so many changes and challenges.  Sadly, one of the changes is having to say good-bye to some of our favorite staff members.  One of our amazing secretaries is moving to Texas and today will be her last day with us.  Her team is sending her off with the best wishes and lots of love.

I stamped several of the flower and leave images from Free as a Bird stamp set, coloring them in shades of Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party and Mint Macaron. Then I set to work fussy cutting each one out...this is my therapy at the end of each day.  Fussy cutting isn't for everyone, but it is a total stress reliever for me!

I loved the bold black background in the inspiration photo and thought it would be perfect for all of the fussy cut flowers and leaves.  I wanted a white card base, but it seems a little too boring, so I added a beautiful piece of Petal Pink Peony Garden DSP...it was the perfect way to tie it all together.  The Itty Bitty Greetings sentiment was just what we needed to send our coworker off with all of the best wishes on her new adventure!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Basic Black, Peony Garden DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Mint Macaron, Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party

Stamp Sets ~ Free As a Bird, Itty Bitty Greetings

Other Supplies ~ White Embossing Powder, Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Greenery Embossing Folders

I hope you will join us and play along with this weeks challenge. We always love to see what you create!

Happy Stamping!