Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween! I hope you have a safe celebration, whatever you do! 

Today I have my last Halloween card for the season! This also uses a lot of retired product, but that's okay! This cute girl is just from last year, but the DP is really old. I can't tell if it says 2008 or 2006 on the paper, but there you go. haha! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasons of Fun (2021), Good Greetings (2014)
Ink: Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Old Olive card stock, Halloween Night (2006 or 2008)
Accessories: Dimensionals
Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie, Light & Dark Rich Razzleberry, Light & Dark Basic Black, Ivory, Bronze, Light Old Olive

Cute Little Christmas Tree

That's right, I got to make a Christmas card too! Today's card uses the color combo from Global Design Project, and it fits the theme for the latest SUO Challenge. 

This is the first time I've gotten to use this cute little girl! And this set IS retiring, so if you love it, you'll want to place an order of $150 or more, or host a workshop so you can earn this one for free! You could decide to add this greeting set to your order to reach your $150 because it too is retiring! AND, today only, there is FREE SHIPPING available on orders over $50, so today is a great day to place your order! 

This time I used blender pens and ink pads to color her. Not my favorite method, but it works okay, and that's where I have the colors for this challenge, haha. I did add two colors, but I think the yellow and brown were required here, don't you? 

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasons of Fun - Hostess Only, For Unto Us (both retiring)
Ink: Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler, Mint Macaron, Garden Green, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler/Gold Ribbon, Blender Pens

Is there snow at your house?? It's plenty cold and supposed to get a lot colder but there is no snow... only over Fall Break for a minute... Even my kid who doesn't like snow is ready for a good, solid blizzard! Come on winter!! They're saying maybe tomorrow and I am sure hoping!! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving! We're off enjoying family time, but I finally got to stamp yesterday so I'm sharing that here too!

I needed two thank you cards, so I made them almost identical. I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps, along with this adorable little guy playing in the leaves. The colors were based on the Stampin' Blends I own to color him in with, haha... I wasn't sure on the ribbon, but I think it worked out really nicely. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasons of Fun (hostess!)
Ink: Memento Black, Stampin' Blends
Paper: Basic White, Night of Navy, Beauty Of the Earth DP
Accessories: Pale Papaya ribbon, circle dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot (retired) 

annnd here is the list of Blends I used, haha... 

I am thankful you visit this blog, see my work, and support my little business. I am thankful I have this little business to require me to have a creative outlet. And I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving day, whatever you do with it! 

We Create Blog Hop: Haunts & Harvest

Happy October to you! What?! I have no idea how we got here already.....
But happily, a new month means a new blog hop, so here we are! 

Since it's October, I decided to make a cute little Halloween card. *I don't send them much, but as I've mentioned in years past, my mom took on her mother's tradition of sending them out to the grandkids. And I know I'll use this little girl in upcoming scrapbook pages because I happen to have a little girl who loves Halloween possibly even more than Christmas!

Today's card uses the color challenge from Color Throwdown, along with a sketch I flipped, from Splitcoaststampers.com. My colors aren't exact because I had to use the Stampin' Blends I have, haha, but I think it worked. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Seasons of Fun (hostess only), Lovely You
Ink: Memento Black, Blackberry Bliss
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White card stock, Beauty of the Earth DP

Accessories: Gingham Ribbon

Stampin' Blends: Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie, Light & Dark Old Olive, Light & Dark Blackberry Bliss, Dark Petal Pink, Bronze

This stamp set is soo sweet, and it is hostess-only (in the July-Dec mini, page 78) so if you want it, you'll want to host a workshop, gather some friend to help place an order, or order $150 in products yourself.

Now hop on over to Jeanna's blog, using the button below, and see what she's created for you. 

Then hop thru to everyone's, we're a small group. Let us know what you think- we all love feedback! And make something yourself this weekend to pop in the mail to brighten someone's day! 

Autumn Leaf Fun!

I absolutely love this sweet Hostess-Only stamp set found in the back of the July - Dec Mini catalog. It was the perfect match for the SUO Challenge to use "people", and also for the TGIF Challenge of "fall". I used the blue and orange from the inspiration photo and of course the fall leaves.
It was fun to pull out my Stampin' Blends and use so many of them! I even know who this card is going to! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Seasons of Fun (hostess only, mini catalog), Sunny Sentiments
Ink: Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Balmy Blue, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Bark Embossing Folder 
Blends: Dark Basic Black (pants/hair) Light Basic Black (kitty), Dark Petal Pink (kitty ears/nose), Bronze (hat/shoes), Light & Dark Night of Navy (shirt), Light Petal Pink (face/hands), Dark Old Olive (grass)
Leaves: Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie, Light Old Olive, Dark Daffodil Delight