Desktop Thursday #18

Working on some Halloween themed cards today. You can spy a just finished one at the bottom of the photo.

Halloween Tree

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a tree card. The Sheltering Tree stamp set has so many different uses! For this card, I decided to leave my tree bare and make it a Halloween tree. A bit of washi (with silver foil) adds a bit of fun and dimension to the background. And of course I had to add a pumpkin somewhere. Here the pumpkin becomes my sun.

Stamps: Sheltering Tree; My Hero; Labeler Alphabet
Inks: Perfect Plum; Pumpkin Pie; Basic Black
Cardstock: Basic Black; Basic Gray; Whisper White
Accessories: Halloween Night Washi Tape
Tools: 1 3/8" Circle Punch

Currently...

Watching: J and finished Turn S2 last night and it was amazing! We finally get an appearance by Alexander Hamilton. Benedict Arnold's treachery is revealed. Captain Simcoe gets a bit of comeuppance. And we see the eventually meeting of Andre and Talmudge. It was so good! Now we're wondering if they are going to make a third season. If they do, I imagine we would be focusing on the run-up to Yorktown. I'd be okay with that.

Reading: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. I finally dove into the third in the Outlander series. About 300 pages in and I'm liking it more than Dragonfly in Amber.

Listening: Loving the Nina Simone Pandora channel lately.

Making: Finishing up a load of freezer meals just ahead of having this baby!

Feeling: I'm 39 weeks tomorrow and feeling it. Tired and super sore all the time.

Planning: Quentin arrives in less than week and I'm trying to tie up the little loose ends before he comes.

Loving: After a cool down, the temperatures were back in the high 80s this past weekend and few days. Not excited about the heat, but it has allowed Arthur and I to visit the pool a few more times before the baby comes. As an added bonus, swimming relieves some of the pressure I'm feeling.

SSINKIC37: Bright Congrats

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

I decided to play off of the fun bright colors featured in the picture. I pulled out some bright DSP from the Festive Birthday pack and started matching it up. From there, I grabbed the coordinating ink colors to compliment the paper. These candles from the Build a Birthday stamp set were a perfect choice! The stark white background felt a little too plain so I added some circles from the Playful Backgrounds set. I finished off my card with simple sentiment.

Stamps: Playful Backgrounds; Build a Birthday; Happy Happenings
Inks: Daffodil Delight; Pumpkin Pie; Emerald Envy; Melon Mambo
Cardstock: Festive Birthday DSP; Emerald Envy; Whisper White
Accessories:
Tools:

Sunday Haul #19

I popped into Michael's for snail, but of course, I can never just buy snail. I grabbed some white and black cardstock because they were 5 for $10. On a more fun note, I snagged a pair of paper pads and elastic closures for my Happy Planner. All planners and accessories were 40% off.

For my Stampin' Up order, I got all the Holiday Catalog paper for my paper shares! Here's all the pretties laid out. A few of my stamp club ladies picked up their share packets on Thursday for club. I even have some left of each pack for myself to play with.

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!

Stamps:
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:

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