Star Ornament

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a 3D Project. At every stamp club, I make sure to highlight a 3D project that can be made with SU supplies. As September's club is our last in this round, I wanted to feature something fun and Christmas. This star ornament is a perfect addition to any Christmas tree. And they are super simple to make! I can't wait to see all the variations that the stamp club ladies come up with!

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• Inks:
• Cardstock: This Christmas DSP; Soft Suede; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green
• Accessories: Acetate
• Tools: Confetti Stars Punch; Stars Framelits

SSINK September 2016 Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog hop! This month we are creating ABC 123 cards. That's 1 stamp set, 2 pattern papers, and 3 embellishments.  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 3on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration Blog Hop – Carrie @ Carrie Stamps. 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.

September's theme was mystery supplies. We've done mystery supplies in the past and always had so much fun! I'm glad we brought the idea back for the blog hop. Each participating member sent a collection of random supplies to another member. The receiver had to create a card featuring those items. These are the items I received from Darla:

I was excited to see these supplies as I don't have the Playful Palette Paper Stack. I decided to use all the pieces given, play off the colors in the DSP, and make a fun birthday card. I added the background stamp, sentiment, and enamel shapes to compliment the banner, ribbon, and balloons. I love how colorful this card turned out. Very cute!

• Stamps: Playful Backgrounds; Suite Sayings
• Inks: Peekaboo Peach; Sweet Sugarplum
• Cardstock: Playful Palette DSP; Very Vanilla; Peekaboo Peach; Sweet Sugarplum
• Accessories: In Color Enamel Shapes; Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon
• Tools: Balloon Bouquet Punch

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Darcy at Dj's Stampin' Place
2. Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana
3. Carrie at Carrie Stamps
4. Tobe at The Craft Sea
5. Jennifer at Jenny G Paper Stamps
6. Cheryl at Create with Cheryl

Banner Butterfly

Today’s card was featured at my first ever card buffet class. For the card, I dug into my retired stash to full some interesting colors and patterns. It's a super simple card to actually make, but I love how visually striking it is! And it gave me a chance to use more of favorite DSP from last year's Sale-a-Bration: Wildflower Fields.

• Stamps: Watercolor Wings; Birhday Blooms
• Inks: Basic Black; Perfect Plum; Blackberry Bliss (retired)
• Cardstock: Wildflower Fields DSP (retired); Hello Honey (retired); Blackberry Bliss (retired); Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones (non-SU)
• Tools: Polka Dot Embossing Folder (non-SU)

SSINKCS37: Trio of Beasties

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the sketch below.

One of my first purchases from the new Holiday Catalog was the Cookie Cutter Bundle including the Cookie Cutter Punch and Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set. So adorable! Of course, I had to add the coordinating Cookie Cutter Halloween stamp set to have even more fun with the bundle. I had a ton of fun stamping these three beasties and mounting them on the same card. (The set also comes with a scarecrow and some accessories.)  The beasties were cute but needed some great embellishments. Enter the shiny Halloween Night washi tape and some metallic doilies. Such a cute little Halloween themed card!

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Halloween; Labeler Alphabet
• Inks: Real Red; Basic Black
• Cardstock: Halloween Night DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
• Accessories: Halloween Night Washi Tape; Metallic Doilies
• Tools: Cookie Cutter Punch

Trio of Bears

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a celebration card. Being a part of a parent group, there's always someone having a baby. This card is perfect for the new addition to the family. I took the same basic design as my Trio of Beasties card (coming on Monday) and replaced the beasties with bears. SU doesn't have any current baby DSP, but the A Little Foxy DSP is a perfect mix of patterns to use for a card like this. Overall, a super cute little card!

I also made a variation using some retired colors and paper as a make n take for my August crop day.

• Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas; Suite Sayings
• Inks: Calypso Coral; Pool Party; Smoky Slate
• Cardstock: A Little Foxy DSP; Calypso Coral; Pool Party; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools: Cookie Cutter Punch

Layered Paisleys

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using a Holiday Catalog bundle. As soon as I got my Holiday Catalog, I knew the entire Petals and Paisleys suite would be mine. I love the shapes and colors. Thankfully, you can buy the Paisley Framelits and the Paisleys and Posies stamp set as a bundle. I always love saving a bit of money.

I saw a cute card on Pinterest that layered the paisley pieces to create a whole new look. And I immediately wanted to try the technique. After building my two paisleys, I added some fun coordinating DSP that wouldn't compete, some copper accented DSP, and a nice sentiment. The card was missing the finishing touch until I added some Mint Macaron ribbon.

• Stamps: Paisleys and Posies
• Inks: Night of Navy
• Cardstock: Petals and Paisleys DSP; Very Vanilla; Night of Night; Mint Macaron; Delightful Dijon; Rich Razzleberry
• Accessories: 3/8" Mint Macaron Ribbon
• Tools: Paisley Framelits

Currently...

Watching: J's gone still and the server's down... I have to rely on Netflix to fill my watching selection. Thankfully Netflix has three seasons of Penny Dreadful. I've been meaning to start this show since it first aired. Already five episodes in. So good!

Reading: The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio. It's our book club selection for September and I'm getting a head start I won't be able to attend book club (scheduled baby date), but it was originally my suggestion. Only about 25 pages in, but so far, so good.

Listening: Arthur's upset Netflix took off Dinosaur Train. Thankfully he can watch on the PBS app on the iPad. That theme song is seriously stuck in my head now.

Making: I put aside crafting for a bit so I could attempt to fill the freezer with meals before the baby comes. So far I've made 2 trays of baked ziti, 12 breakfast burritos, 20 pumpkin french toast sticks, 12 apple cake bars, and 12 cereal bar cookies. Hoping to get to some chicken dishes tomorrow.

Feeling: So many activities this week and I'm already so sore!

Planning: Baby is being evicted in 20 days. I have a few projects that I need to complete before he comes (Arthur's bday party, freezer meals, fall social planning, cleaning the house, crop day, stamp club, and a few other small things).

Loving: Popcorn has become the toddler and I's go-to snack lately. So yummy!

SSINKCC37: Chocolate Stripes

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the colors below.

This card is a direct case from Blythe Kipple @ Stamping with Blythe. I loved her vertical curtain fold card with flower embellishment. I just changed the colors and added a pearl to the center of the flower. Simple card using colors I don't usually gravitate to.

• Stamps: Friendly Wishes
• Inks: Garden Green
• Cardstock: Neutrals DSP; Cajun Craze; Garden Green; Chocolate Chip
• Accessories: Pearls
• Tools: Botanical Garden Framelits

White Lilies

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a thank you card. Now this card doesn't say "Thank you," but I think this could be used as a thank you card. I had fun pattern mixing and playing with shapes. I don't often use my white craft ink, but when I do, I'm always loving the result. Simple card, but oh so pretty.

• Stamps: Remarkable You
• Inks: Crumb Cake, Craft White
• Cardstock: Fruit Stand DSP, Neutrals DSP, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools:

September 2016 Crafting Goals

• Finish off Arthur's birthday crafts including Thank You cards - I only have a few things to finish.
• August PL - Of course
• Prep baby's PL album - This will happen before he arrives!
• Start The Craft Sea newsletter - New venture. We'll see how this goes.
• Finish prepping/completing cards for all September events and October's design team -- I want to be well ahead of the game before the baby arrives.

A recap of last month's goals:

• Prep the new baby’s PL album — Fail. Still didn't do this.
• July PL pages — Success
• Catch up Arthur and twins’ albums — Success. Everyone's album is completely up to date.
• Participate in a craft garage sale/post leftovers onto Craigslist —Success! I made a huge dent in my for sale pile. I'll probably leave the stuff out for September's classes and crops, but then it will just get packed away until later.
• Plan out Arthur’s birthday party crafts — Success. I made a plan, just need to complete it.