Autumn Leaves

are in fact my favorite. And autumn is WAY too short! So of course we were gonna play with them for a fall card class! The only leaves I own that are current are dies, but I still used the coordinating stamp set for the greeting.

Supplies:

Stamps: Perched In A Tree 

Ink: Cajun Craze, Old Olive

Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze card stocks

Accessories: Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Timeworn Type embossing folder, Aspen Trees dies, big shot (retired)

Single Flower

I have used this set a number of times but I don't think I've ever done just one of the flowers at a time, haha. I played with a few different colors and I think my class will do the red variation. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles 

Ink: Garden Green, Gray Granite, Gorgeous Grape (today's card is sponsored by the letter G!)

Paper: Gorgeous Grape, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Brass Butterflies

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Garden Green, Gray Granite, Berry Burst

Paper: Gray Granite, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Festive Pearls 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Garden Green, Gray Granite, Real Red

Paper: Gray Granite, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Festive Pearls 

Treblemaker!

This is a stamp set I really liked in the catalog, but I struggle to make it work... As in, I have only used the "happy birthday" in the 4.5 months I have had it. I really wanted it to work for this card class, so after a lot of stewing, I finally came up with this.

It may have helped that the SUO Challenge is to make it masculine, which really does simplify things. The words make it feel more masculine to me too, ha! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Enjoy the Rhythm

Ink: Misty Moonlight

Paper: Dry Brushed Metallic DP, Pool Party & Basic White card stock 
Accessories: Tinsel Gems  

I like you!

I had this color combo in my head a few days ago, wondering if it would work as nicely as I hoped, and then I saw another demonstrator had used it, ha, so that was a YES. Her card is stunning (see it HERE). My card is quick for a class. But I think I'll use this combo again!  

This is a funny kind of phrase to me, but I also like it. The post boxes feel a bit more random than I might like, but it works for a class and people can do what they like anyway. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Stamped With Love

Ink: Moody Mauve, Early Espresso

Paper: Moody Mauve, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla card stocks

Accessories: Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon, Classic Matte Dots

Leveled up birthday!

This is a fun little birthday card. Once again I had to google what this kind of controller is supposed to look like, haha, but I think it will work for the person it's going to. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Level Complete
Ink: Gray Granite, Starry Sky, Crushed Curry
Stampin' Blends: Smoky Slate Light, Cherry Cobbler Dark, Old Olive Dark, Night of Navy Light, Daffodil Delight Dark (retired)
Paper: Basic White, Starry Sky card stocks
Accessories: Starry Sky metallic woven ribbon, 2022-24 In Color Pearls, Dimensionals

Rich with Sympathy

I needed another sympathy card, and these colors came out soo rich! I think the ink pads are a bit too juicy, ha, but at least it wasn't all bright, which I was a little concerned about. (but if it had turned out bright, I would have used other words and made it a different kind of card) I do love the versatility of making this little garden any way I need. This time the colors came from the Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Sending Smiles

Ink: Pebbled Path, Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral & Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Brass Butterflies 

Davy Crockett's Canoes!

Let's go back to sharing some Disney pages, shall we? 

This was actually one of the first layouts I made after we got home (it was the fourth page). It is SO simple and quick, but that was exactly what we needed that minute so it fit perfectly. (Disneyland can be a bit overwhelming to beginners...)

Supplies:

All MDS: Well Worn DP, Island Indigo mat, Vanilla front
Font: Playbill, Berlin Sans FB

Birthday Balloons!

This card could go to a couple different people, or it might be put in my stash for a time. But for today here it is! Today I combined the Freshly Made Sketch (flipped upside down) and the Color Throwdown, and two very old Paper Pumpkin stamp sets! Quick and happy and you just can't beat that! 

Supplies:

Stamps: very old Paper Pumpkin - words 2016

Ink: Starry Sky, Balmy Blue, Calypso Coral

Paper: Balmy Blue, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Festive Pearls

99!

Yep really, my father in law turns 99 in just a few days! So for his birthday card, I used the As You See It sketch, with the colors from Inspire.Create.Challenges.  I like the pop of red and yellow, even if half the products are now retired. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Beside Me

Ink: Pretty Peacock
Paper: Basic White, Pretty Peacock & Cherry Cobbler card stocks, Come to Gather DP (retired)

Accessories: Alphabet A La Mode dies, Crushed Curry Baker's Twine (retired), Dimensionals, big shot (retired)

Purple Camera

That moment when you ask what someone's favorite colors are so you can make a card for them, and it matches a color challenge that is live right now...! I mean, how fortuitous is that? So thank you SUO Challenges for suggesting these colors, and also thanks to Just Add Ink for the fun sketch, haha! 

I did use a retired stamp set for this card, which I don't often do for my blog, but sometimes you just have to for birthdays! 

I am loving the Blending Brush technique AND found a happy accident! If you hit the paper first with the brush, instead of the scratch paper, you get these big marks...but it gives it a bokeh kind of look, and that works nicely with a camera, ha! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Capture The Good (retired)

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Parakeet Party, Pumpkin Pie, Memento Black

Paper: Basic White card stock

Accessories: Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Blending Brushes, Lucky Limeade organdy ribbon (retired)

I hope you get to make something happy today! 

Grateful in Copper

Today's card was guided by my son. I need a stack of birthday cards over the next couple weeks and I'm a bit stumped as to what direction to go with my current inventory for any of them. My son pointed out that this image would work for one, and these words would too. I found a sketch with Global Design Project and put it together and there it is! Quick and sweet and perfectly masculine! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Beside Me

Ink: Copper Clay

Paper: Copper Clay, Very Vanilla card stocks

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots, Dimensionals, Circle dies, big shot (retired)

Are you making anything today?

Learn to Swim!

I might not have many cards at the moment, but I have scrapbooked rather a lot that hasn't been shared here.

This page was for a challenge to include water on a page in some form. Got it! This was a couple summers ago, and the papers, ink and stamp set for the title are all very long retired! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Whimsical Alpha Lower

Ink: Pacific Point

Paper: Basic White, Marina Mist card stock, Sunshine & Sprinkles DP

Journaling Font: Baguet Script

Are you making pretty things today? I am hoping to...! 

We Create Blog Hop: Haunts & Harvests

I blinked and it's already October! I haven't hopped the last two months because life was just too crazy. But for today I'm back, so let's get to it! 

I don't have anything current that is Halloweeny, and I don't have much that brings to mind "harvest", so I went for an autumn sunset with a few trees. I do love tree silhouettes in art and in real life, so this worked great. I used the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, combined with the color combination from Global Design Project. And this stamp set comes from our Online Exclusives product line, which you can find HERE. (It also comes bundled with dies, and with gorgeous coordinating DP.) Also, I'm still loving those Blending Brushes! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Horse & Sleigh

Ink: Memento Black, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry

Paper: Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry & Cajun Craze card stocks

Accessories: Gingham Ribbon, Circle Dies, Blending Brushes, Dimensionals, big shot (retired)

Now hop along over to Libby's blog, using the button below, and see what they've got created for you. And let us know what you think! We all love comments! And happy October to you! 

Kimberley Morris
Cheryl Curtis
Tanya Harvey (me!)
Libby Fens
Tricia Butts