SSSC34 - Cheep Talk

Happy Labor Day!!! Today marks the last day of summer for our family because tomorrow is the first day of school for my two older kids. It's back to waking up super early, lunches, backpacks, homework and a much busier schedule for all of us. My oldest son starts high school tomorrow and has to be at the bus stop at 6:25am {I'm going to need an extra cup of coffee in the morning for sure}. What's weird is that I think I'm more nervous about his first day of high school than he is.

The card that I have for today is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch #34 over at Karen's blog The Sweetest Thing. I wanted to use the stamp set Cheep Talk and wanted a card with fall colors so I stamped the bird in Ruby Red and half the tree branch in Pumpkin Pie then used a Chocolate Chip marker to color the main branch. This is such a fun stamp set and I've missed using it.

Supplies: Cheep Talk, Fundamental Phrases, Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Large & small oval punches, Scallop edge punch, Brads, Ribbon, Piercer, SU markers in Chocolate Chip & Pumpkin Pie, Pop dots. Colors: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie.

Hope your enjoying your three day weekend!

WSC96 - Goblin Greetings

Before I get to writing about my projects for today I wanted to write about the new Stampin' Up news that was announced this week to all SU demonstrators. Stampin' Up is asking all of their demos to sign a new contract as of the end of this month and the long and short of it is - either your with Stampin' Up or your not! Stampin' Up has asked that all demos with an online presence who Blog, Twitter or Facebook be completely Stampin' Up. After hearing about this new demo agreement I wasn't all that happy at first because one of the main reasons I opted for a personal blog instead of an SU site was so that I would have creative licence to create what I like. For the most part I love creating with SU products or I never would have signed up to become a demo in the first place but every once in a great while I do like to experiment with other products. I can see Stampin' Up's point that they are trying to convey to their demos, why would you link to another store that sells competitive stamps or design for another stamp company when your selling Stampin' Up. So by the end of this month you may see some small changes to my blog with regards to linking to sites that sell competitive merchandise.

On to the projects, the card for today was created using Beate's Weekend Sketch #96 which I not only flipped but didn't tuck in or cut my circle (see sketch below). I used the stamp set Pumpkin Patch and some retired SU Halloween paper that I still have scraps of to create this card and matchbox.

Supplies: Pumpkin Patch, Grateful Greetings, Retired SU Halloween paper, Circle Nesties, SU Sizzix Matchbox die, Ribbon, Brads, 1/4" circle punch, Piercer, Pop dots. Colors: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White.

SC244 - Gifts of the Earth

Today's card is for the sketch challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers, I used the stamp set Gifts of the Earth which is from the Holiday Mini (see my side bar to download). The colors in this picture seem washed out compared to real life, I guess it's because I took this picture using my photo tent instead of natural day light like I usually do. Someone recently left me a comment and asked how I take photos of my cards, I try and take pictures of my cards/projects using two sheets of 12"x12" white paper with one on the table and one propped up behind it and use the light coming into our dinning room, I set my camera for no flash. The best time of day is mid morning or mid afternoon, other wise the natural lighting is either not bright enough or to harsh. If I have a chance I'll probably re-shoot this picture tomorrow.

Supplies: Gifts of the Earth, Grateful Greetings, Weathered BG, Autumn Traditions DSP, Ribbon, Brads, Nestie, Aqua brush, Pop dots. Colors: Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa, Summer Sun, Ruby Red, So Saffron.

Thanks for stopping by!

SSSC33 - Halloween Hoot

Happy first day of September! Our weather here in Michigan has certainly felt like were going into fall, most of this week our temperature is suppose to be 40's for the low and 70's for the high. Fall is my favorite time of year its when our family goes to the cider mill for apple picking, hay rides, warm donuts and cold cider and we get to see all of the beautiful colors of the fall leaves.

For today's project I have a card that I made using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch and a witches broom filled with Halloween treats. The card was created using the stamp set Halloween Hoot and the Cast-A-Spell designer paper. The witches broom is a small brown paper bag with long thin cuts on all sides that was gathered up around a clear treat bag filled with Halloween candy and a cut branch from one of our trees outside.


Supplies: Halloween Hoot, Cast-A-Spell DSP, Grateful Greetings, Nesties, Ribbon, Brads, Large & small oval punches, Large & small tag punches, Aqua brush, Sponge, Pop dots. Colors: Basic Black, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie.

Thank you all for your wonderful comments on my Pillow Box Bucket, I truly appreciate it.