Leafy Hello

Today's post is an autumn card made with primarily retired products. I have officially run out of Painted Autumn DSP (this year's fall paper), but I do have some random DSP from previous years. So I grabbed this piece of Into the Woods DSP and made a base for my stamped leaves. The only current item I used was the Stitched Shapes Framelits to create my sentiment. I feel great about using some random scraps and fighting the urge to just buy more new stuff!

Stamps: For All Things (retired)
Inks: Blackberry Bliss (retired); Cajun Craze; Mossy Meadow (retired); Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Into the Woods DSP (retired); Delightful Dijon (retired); Very Vanilla
Accessories: Blackberry Bliss Ribbon
Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Falling Leaves

Today's post features the last of our September stamp club projects. I wanted to make a autumn inspired card, but hadn't bought any of the fall themed stamp sets from the Holiday Catalog and had run out of Painted Autumn DSP. So what to do? Pull out a favorite retired stamp set and create my own background! I added some Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango to a piece of Whisper White using a brayer. I love how the brayer gives the pieces a textured look without the physical texture. From there I stamped on some leaves using Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I love this look so much! From there, I added some great accessories and a great sentiment.

Stamps: For All Things (retired)
Inks: Cajun Craze; Crushed Curry; Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Cajun Craze; Very Vanilla
Accessories: Crushed Curry Ribbon; Natural Elements; Copper Thread
Tools: White Embossing Powder

SSINKIC27: Fall Bouquet

Today's card is featured over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and features a fun photo inspiration challenge!

I played off of the colors and acorns in the inspiration picture. The colors look a bit muddled in this picture, but I promise they look much better in person. I love the strip of burlap on the left hand side. The thin strip down the middle is actually leftover Early Espresso card stock. (Getting useful with my scraps! Look at me go!)

Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015; For All Things
Inks: Cajun Craze; Soft Suede; Old Olive; Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Early Espresso; Very Vanilla
Accessories: Seasons of Cheer Washi Tape; Burlap; Into the Woods Elements
Tools:

SSINKCC27: Cherry Cobbler, Blackberry Bliss, Old Olive

Today's card is featured over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and features a fun color challenge:

I adore these colors together. I decided to keep my card in the fall/Thanksgiving arena instead of Christmas. Although now I have a ton of Christmas designs using these colors floating around my head. I saw a few cute grid cards online and decided to make my own featuring some great DSP and stamped images. (Note: the purple vines from Into the Woods are technically Rich Razzleberry, but I love their slightly muted look in the card combination. I kept them there but made sure to add my Blackberry Bliss in card stock and stamped images.)

Stamps: For All Things; Thankful Forrest Friends
Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Blackberry Bliss; Old Olive
Cardstock: Into the Woods DSP; Merry Moments DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Blackberry Bliss; Old Olive; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools: Squares Framelits

For All Things Quick and Easy

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the For All Things stamp set. I actually won this set at a Stampin' Up Demonstrator event in September 2014. It's been my favorite fall/Thanksgiving stamp set since. It was nice to pull it back out for this season!

I went with a very simple design with a lot of white space. I think the little acorn and burlap pieces really complete the card.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Crumb Cake; Blackberry Bliss; Mossy Meadow
Cardstock: Blackberry Bliss; Very Vanilla
Accessories: Into the Woods Elements; Burlap; Seasons of Cheer Washi Tape; 2014-2016 In Color Washi Tape
Tools:

SSINK September 2015 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog hop! This month we are welcoming fall! As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 7 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Bree @ Craft-somnia Momma. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

This month's theme was welcoming fall and what better way to welcome fall than with a bit of inspired card candy. Never made card candy? It's easy. Create a few embellishments to add to a card. The best card candy pieces are 3D with multiple layers and embellishments. I well simple this time by adhering some stamped images to a layer of Typeset DSP and heavier vanilla cardstock underneath. For packing purposes, I attached the card candy to a piece of window sheet with a glue dot. Stays put, but easy to remove and adhere to an actual card.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Wild Wasabi; Mossy Meadow; Pumpkin Pie; Tip Top Taupe; Blackberry Bliss; Delightful Dijon
Cardstock: Typset DSP; Very Vanilla
Accessories:
Tools: Ovals Framelits; Circles Framelits

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For All Things Cards

Two pretty Thanksgiving themed cards for you today.

Card #1

I really wanted a Thanksgiving card, but no turkeys or pumpkins. The Four Feathers stamp was a great substitute!

Stamps: Four Feathers; For All Things
Inks: Chocolate Chip; Baked Brown Sugar; Mossy Meadow; Real Rust (retired -- I don't have Cajun Craze, but this is close enough)
Cardstock: Kraft; Mossy Meadow; Very Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories: Gold Metallic Buttons; Brown Twine (not SU)
Tools: Feathers Framelits

Card #2

I loved the patterned design of this specific sheet of DSP. I wanted to play off of it, so I went to Pinterest. And I found the perfect design concept to modify.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Mossy Meadow; Summer Starfruit (retired - I don't have Crushed Curry, but this is close)
Cardstock: Crushed Curry; Very Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories: Color Me Autumn Washi Tape
Tools: Circles Framelits

October Month of Cards Week 2 - Part 2

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday. Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards. Apparently this week was all about Halloween and Thanksgiving cards. Next week I'm going to break out into non-holiday cards.

Day #8

I love the monochromatic look of this card.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Blackberry Bliss; Mossy Meadow; Really Rust (retired)
Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla; Mossy Meadow
Accessories:
Tools:

Day #9

A fun pattern play card for fall.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Mossy Meadow
Cardstock: Mossy Meadow; Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories:
Tools: Ovals Framelits

Day #10

I love the this simple card. Not much to it, but very nice in person.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Hello Honey; Blackberry Bliss
Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla
Accessories: Metallic Buttons; Brown twine (non-SU); Color Me Autumn washi tape
Tools:

Day #11

Another card using just stamping. I love the layered effect!

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Mossy Meadow; Hello Honey; Really Rust (retired); Close to Cocoa (retired)
Cardstock: Hello Honey; Vanilla
Accessories:
Tools:

Day #12

A repeat design from Day #9, but I liked it so much I wanted to make a variation.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Hello Honey; Mossy Meadow
Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories:
Tools:

Holiday Catalog Swap Cards

My local demo group did a card swap featuring holiday catalog products. And my goodness! What a beautiful bunch of cards I received back. Let's take a look at them...

Angela McCormack