Pumpkin Juice

Happy October to you! Let the holiday season begin!! Hopefully it will cool all the way down very, very soon! 

Today I have a layout. The first page was a CASE for a challenge. It took some time but it was fun to make! that circle is all stamped! Then I stamped the border of the second page to match. 
The photos are the oldest part of this layout. My husband was making pie with a fresh pumpkin, and let the kids try fresh pumpkin juice- just like Harry Potter drinks! it was not a hit, haha!! 
The pie was much tastier than the juice. I intend to add the pie recipe in the empty rectangle space.

Supplies:

Stamps: Scenic Pumpkin Patch, Seasonal Snapshot 2015, Alphabet Appeal Lower

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Peach Pie, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow, Pecan Pie
Paper: Very Vanilla card stock

Accessories: Amber Gems 

Happy Scrapping!

I am absolutely in love with this Kiddin' Around Suite! This is the most basic way to use it in a scrapbook page, but I think it turned out cute. 

I don't even know who took these pictures of my daughter laughing, or why, but I thought they were so happy and that it should be scrapped! So I added some strips of these cute kids having fun, and a couple happy phrases from the stamp set. 

The tilted layout is inspired by my Scrappy friend Cheryl. Tho I guess it was originally from pagemaps. You can see her original layout HERE. 

And side note, I use my retired products specific for scrapbooking. So even though the focus is on this brand new product suite, there are still some retired items here. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Kiddin' Around, Seasonal Snapshot 2015 (long retired)

Ink: Berry Burst

Paper: Basic White, Berry Burst card stocks, Just Kiddin' DP

Accessories: Silver Metal Edge Tags (long retired), Berry Burst baker's twine (from a PP kit), 2016-18 In Color Enamel Shapes (long retired)

Halloween again!

I've spent some time searching thru my retired stamp supplies and thought if I separated some things by topic (holidays, for example) I might get a bit more work done, haha... I started that, and came across these fun Project Life supplies that I wanted to use right now! Fortunately I have photos printed and a kiddo who is a huge fan of Halloween! haha!

This little one got to dress up three times on Halloween this year, haha, and trick-or-treat twice! The journaling explains that she was a ladybug to trick-or-treat at the mall because it was supposed to be less than 20* that day. Then she put on her witch hat and skirt to go to the grocery store, haha! Finally, someone in the community organized a very last-minute trunk-or-treat so the kiddos didn't have to walk much or be out in the cold, so she was a unicorn for that.
I used one of the Project Life cards, and both the stamp set and stickers for the title card on the second page. Then I just used a bunch of the little bits and stickers! The kit doesn't use Cajun Craze at all, but I decided I liked it best with the colors in the photos.

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015 (retired)
Ink: Memento Black
Paper: Cajun Craze, Basic Black card stock
Accessories: Seasonal Snapshot 2015 Project Life Cards & Accessory Pack (retired)\

And here are a couple close ups!

I have another page for tomorrow too!

Pretty Paper....

I have a lot of song lines as post titles this month...blame it on the Christmas music someone has had running for weeks... (my son put it on way before I did). I do mix it up with my other playlists, but I probably have it on for some of every day...

Today's cards were actually made the same time as THESE, I just wanted to mix up the design of the card. First I made this one, with the cool candy cane print:

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Mint Macaron, Very Vanilla, Real Red card stocks, November 2015 Paper Pumpkin DP (green stockings), Home for Christmas DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Festive Fireside Framelits Dies, Dimensionals

Then, I decided I liked the back of that stripe so much, it could be it's own panel, on practically the same card! I liked it simple, but both of my kids thought it was too plain, haha....

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Mint Macaron, Home for Christmas DP

Then I thought I'd go back to card #1 and try a different print- this time from the Season of Cheer DP!

Supplies:
Stamps: November 2015 Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, November 2015 Paper Pumpkin DP (green stockings), Season of Cheer DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Festive Fireside Framelits Dies, Dimensionals

Old Paper Pumpkin!

The very first Paper Pumpkin kit I ever got was November of 2013. It was a Christmas kit which I used, the same way I showed using the most recent kit- cutting the card bases apart to make lots more! hahaha! I also used it on a scrapbook page HERE.

Well, last week I was creating cards fast and furiously, but also had things set aside for my class...and I realized I was going to run out of Dimensionals! ...I use them a lot, apparently. So I went thru ALL my Paper Pumpkin boxes looking for more adhesives. I found enough, haha, but also, I found that I still had some supplies from that first kit! I think I might have intended the stripey DP for scrapbooking but I needed cards made right now, so I put these together! Clearly, I ran out of the original front panel, so I made my own variety, and kept them nice and flat and mailable! *wink!

Supplies:
Stamps: Jingle All The Way
Ink: Real Red, Smoky Slate, Garden Green, Memento Black
Paper: Very Vanilla card stock, November 2013 Paper Pumpkin DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Banners Die

Supplies:
Stamps: November 2013 Paper Pumpkin
Ink: Smoky Slate
Paper: Very Vanilla card stock, November 2013 Paper Pumpkin DP
Accessories: November 2013 Paper Pumpkin

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Delightful Dijon
Paper: Very Vanilla card stock, November 2013 Paper Pumpkin DP
Accessories: Gold Buttons, Old Olive Baker's Twine

Blog Hop: An In Color Christmas!

Happy December to you!! Oh my goodness, ready or not, it is here!
(I am decidedly not ready for the holidays, but I AM ready for Christmastime!)

Now here's a fun card, haha.... I saw THIS on Pinterest and absolutely loved it. Simple, fun, something different, yep, love it! So when I was designing for my card class, and wondering which colors to use, inspiration struck! I used the newest In Colors and kept it fun and simple! And this is how we'll make it at my class.

Supplies:
Stamps: PL Seasonal Snapshot 2015
Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe, Delightful Dijon, Cucumber Crush, Mint Macaron
Paper: Delightful Dijon, Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Lucky Stars embossing folder, Big Shot

Then I decided to step it up!! I switched out the card stock color, added another layer, and some sequins, and made 12 to send out as my swap for Cards In The Mail!! Better than that, I realized that since I stepped it up, it worked for my December Blog Hop project! HOORAY!
(Then when I linked up the original idea I noticed it had sequins too, hahaha)
*and I was done with all the stamping before I realized this is the same set I used for my last swap...ha!

Supplies:
Stamps: PL Seasonal Snapshot 2015
Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe, Delightful Dijon, Cucumber Crush, Mint Macaron
Paper: Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder & Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Seasonal Snapshot PL Accessory Pack, Lucky Stars embossing Folder, Big Shot

And since they all turned out a little differently, here's a few more for you to check out:

Now hop on over to Cheryl and see what she's created for you!
Then hop thru to everyone else and leave us your thoughts! Everybody loves comments!

Blog Hop: Simply Steppin' It Up!

Hello again! Welcome to our blog hop, which also means welcome to a new month! November is here already!!

So for today, I kept it a 100% November-y card! Leaves, and a thank you! Sounds perfect to me! I also used the latest from Freshly Made Sketches as my starting point. This is one thing I love about sketches- it makes it so easy to step it up or keep it simple!

I started by keeping it super simple, cute, sweet and totally mailable!! I just changed up the colors of the leaves and the direction they are falling!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015, Work of Art

Ink: Delightful Dijon, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze

Paper: Delightful Dijon, Very Vanilla card stocks

Then to step it up, I punched the leaves out with my Hexagon punch, inked up the edges and popped them up on Dimensionals! Still all the same cute, sweet and mailable with just a touch more personality. And you could make tons of these too! 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015, Work of Art

Ink: Delightful Dijon, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze

Paper: Delightful Dijon, Very Vanilla card stocks

Accessories: Hexagon Punch, Dimensionals

Now hop on over to Cheryl's blog and see what she's created! Then continue thru the hop for more inspiration, and leave us your thoughts too! We all love comments on our work! 

My autumny Swap!

I have shared my recently received Cards In The Mail swaps, and more are on their way. Today I have the card I sent out to my creative friends! This one evolved several different times, haha, but this is how it ended up! I like the rich autumny colors, and the outdoorsy, autumny images- sweater stitching (or mittens!), falling leaves, and beautiful wood!
I can't believe I shared a whole sheet of the wood grain pattern, haha, because I totally intended to hoard it! Fortunately, this package has two Early Espresso wood grain and two Soft Suede wood grain because yes, it is that good! Smarty-pants at Stampin' Up! knew I was going to hoard it...! And the one photo I got of my stack shows how the different sized buttons worked on the same card!

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015
Ink: Early Espresso, Cajun Craze
Paper: Hello Honey, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso card stocks, Into The Woods DP
Accessories: Gold Buttons, White Baker's Twine, Burlap Ribbon, 1 inch circle punch, Decorative Label punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

I also used the latest sketch from Mojo Monday, and a "scrapbooking" stamp set instead of a traditional "card making" stamp set, haha. The greeting might seem a little different, but a- I wanted to stick to one stamp set and b- it could be used as an invite, or simply an autumn greeting! We DO tend to gather together when it gets chilly. It's what we do! So it works. *grin.