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:

A Batty Halloween

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Halloween card. I don't send many Halloween cards, but I love the stamp sets and images related to the holiday. I resolved to buy only one Halloween stamp set and ended up with three. Okay, that's a bit of a lie. The three Halloween stamps sets that I bought aren't just for Halloween. All three include images or sayings that can be used for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

For this card, I am using two of the stamp sets and some unusually card elements. I love Project Life, so I had to buy the PL Seasonal Snapshot 2015 bundler. While making a Halloween card, I thought some of the PL cards would be perfect as a layering piece. The card came with the gray bats and moon already printed. I took the Seasonal Snapshot stamp set and added more bats to fill out the card. I also cut out a bat from another PL card to add as embellishment. From there, I added the sentiment from the hostess set: Six Sayings. To finish off the card, I added some washi tape from the Happy Hauntings pack. The card ended up being nontraditional, but I love it!

• Stamps: Six Sayings; Seasonal Snapshot 2015
• Inks: Blackberry Bliss
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Seasonal Snapshot
• Accessories: Happy Haunting Washi Tape
• Tools:

SSINKIC26: Spooky Spooky

Today's card is featured over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration and features a fun photo inspiration challenge! This photo screams Halloween to me, so I had to make a card that matched!

I took my cues from the color scheme of the apples: purple, green, and brown. From there, I decided to make a jack-o-lantern card, but one that incorporated a lot of color. I pulled out my Happy Patterns mask and had some fun with color! From there, I added a simple pumpkin globe. The card still felt too plain. So I finished it off with a sparkly sentiment. Perfect!

• Stamps: Sparkly Seasons
• Inks: Basic Black; Tangelo Twist; Mossy Meadow; Blackberry Bliss
• Cardstock: Blackberry Bliss; Whisper White; Black Glimmer Paper
• Accessories: Happy Patterns Decorative Mask
• Tools: Seasonal Frames Framelits

Eat, Drink, and Be Scary

Today's card is another in my line of PL card inspired greeting cards. I wanted to make a simple Halloween card and what better to use than some fun DSP and a nice spooky saying. Love it!

• Stamps:
• Inks:
• Cardstock: Tangelo Twist; Motley Monsters DSP (retired); Seasonal Snapshot
• Accessories: 2014-2016 In Color Washi Tape; Seasonal Snapshot Accessory Pack
• Tools:

SSINK October 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 5 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop -  Literally My Joy. 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.

For the blog hop, I wanted to highlight some of my fun Halloween stamps. Instead of using some DSP, I made my own. Jack-o-lantern faces and bats make a perfect background paper. From there, I added some cute washi tape and a fun pumpkin embellishment. Overall, it's a simple card, but full of images.

• Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015; Sparkly Seasons
• Inks: Basic Black; Mossy Meadow
• Cardstock: Basic Black; Whisper White; Tangelo Twist; Mossy Meadow
• Accessories: Happy Haunting Washi Tape
• Tools: Seasonal Frames Framelits

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Kathy at Kathy's Stamping World
2. Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
3. Kim at Stamping with Kim
4. Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma
5. Leanne at Literally My Joy
6. Tobe at The Craft Sea

FaBOOlous

Today's card was inspired by one that I made for a SSINK challenge featured later this month. I wanted to create a few Halloween cards for our fall social, but didn't want them to use too many new materials. (I seriously need to focus on destashing or just using my old supplies) To that end, I paired my new PL Seasonal Snapshot stamp set, Six Sayings stamp set, and Happy Haunting washi tape with some old DSP. Perfect combination!

• Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015; Six Sayings
• Inks: Blackberry Bliss; Basic Black
• Cardstock: Tangerine Tango; Frightful Sight DSP (retired)
• Accessories: Happy Haunting washi tape
• Tools:

Spooky Jack-O-Lantern

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Halloween card. I don't make many Halloween cards, but I love the holiday. Thankfully I bought the great Sparkly Seasons stamp set and Seasonal Frames die that includes Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas images.

I also bought the beautiful new black glimmer paper. I had to include that paper into my card somehow. I stamped and die cut this cute jack-o-lantern and adhered it to a little rectangle of black glimmer paper. I thought it looked a little plain on the piece of Tangerine Tango, so I added some newly bought Timeless Elegance DSP. It still looked a little plain, so I added some washi tape on top of the Very Vanilla stripes. Much better! Now this is a Halloween card!

• Stamps: Sparkly Seasons
• Inks: Tangerine Tango, Mossy Meadow, Basic Black
• Cardstock: Timeless Elegance DSP, Black Glimmer Paper, Tangering Tango, Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss
• Accessories: Happy Haunting Wasi Tape
• Tools: Seasonal Frames Thinlits

SSINKMC25: Drip Dry Pumpkin

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our Mystery Challenge Rules. What to do? I decided to include a pumpkin, watercolor, and a framelit.

I saw a new watercolor technique on Pinterest a few weeks back. I had to try is out! Basically you wet your watercolor paper, squirt some ink onto the top of the paper, and hold it up to let it drip down. This was my first attempt at the technique, but I'm sure I'll be trying it again soon! After adding the pumpkin, I layered some DSP and a stamped image. I finished the card with some burlap twine.

• Stamps: Seasonal Snapshot 2015; Sparkly Seasons
• Inks: Tangerine Tango, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey
• Cardstock: Watercolor paper; Crumb Cake; Into the Woods DSP; Whisper White
• Accessories: 1 1/4" Burlap Ribbon
• Tools: Seasonal Frames Framelits; Ovals Framelits

Holiday Catalog Swaps

My local demo group does a swap for each new catalog. I just received my swap cards for the Holiday Catalog. They were so pretty, I just had to share!

Sara Grafton @ Craft Break

Heather Green 

Pamela Wu @ Stinky Tofu

Monica Van Tassel

Fun n' Crafty Blog Hop: Easter Edition

Welcome to the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop for April. Oh wait! It's not April yet. But we wanted to make sure you could take advantage of the last week of Sale-a-Bration and get your Easter cards in order early. So this "month's" blog hop will be featuring awesome Easter cards. And I bet most of them will be using items from Sale-a-Bration and/or the Occasions catalog.

I decided on a super colorful card to celebrate Easter. I love this polka dot pattern from the Painted Blooms DSP pack, but couldn't find the right card to use it. I originally was going to make eggs, but realized that I just didn't want to cut all those. Instead, I went with the polka dots as a fun and colorful background focus. I added in the stamped sentiment using my Sophisticated Serifs set. The card was looking a bit plain, so I went a little crazy adding lots of flowers. I took cues from the colors in the DSP, but didn't match them exactly. Instead, I picked colors that feel like spring. I love this super simple but fun card.

This week is your last chance to earn free Sale-a-Bration products. Would you like your own free product? Just spend $50 in the annual and/or Occasions catalog and pick one free SAB item. Here's some help:

• Sophisticated Serifs Stamp Set  $45.95 137161
• Painted Blooms DSP $10.95 137784
• Total $56.90
• Free: Choose a product from here or here

Full product list:

• Stamps: Sophisticated Serifs; Petite Petals; Flower Shop
• Inks: Coastal Cabana; Perfect Plum; Melon Mambo; Daffodil Delight
• Cardstock: Coastal Cabana; Perfect Plum; Melon Mambo; Daffodil Delight; Whisper White; Painted Blooms DSP
• Accessories:
• Tools: Petite Petal Punch; Pansy Punch; Large Scallop Edgelit

Fun & Crafty Blog Hop

• Tobe B. of The Craft Sea
• Sarah G. of 1200 Some Miles
• Jennifer B. of Northwest Stamper
• Pam W. of Stinky Tofu