October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop . . . . Scandinavian Wishes

Welcome to the October Blog Hop this Month!!!!!! If you've hopped here from  Lori Browns' Blog you are on the right track.  This month we are featuring Scandinavian Wishes a set of 12 stamps.

 

 

Here is a close up

 

 

And my favorite of the two

 

 

For these cards I used a Fancy Fold Tri-fold pattern.  I cut my card stock 6 x 8 and scored @ 2 in 3in 5in 6in on the long side. I've used cranberry and Olive cardstock as well as inks.  For the bling I used red glitter gems and green epoxy bubbles. The B&T is Pear & Partridge from last years catalogue.  (Keep your eyes open the NEW Holiday Mini starts Oct. 15th this years Christmas paper is hard to wait for ; )

So now it is time to hop on over to Georgia Hauglid's Blog and see her creative take on these great stamps!!!!

Scandinavian Wishes with a twist . . .

For October the Stamp of the month is Scandinavian Wishes.  From the moment I saw this set I thought (while definately Christmas) it could span so many holidays.  I hope my card helps you think outside the Christmas box when you look at this set. I am an Irish girl and see Shamrocks every where even in the heart stamp here I thought it would be PERFECT and  I think this time I was right!  (it had to happen sooner or later) Color my heart this week is challenging us to use JUST Sweet Leaf & Olive on our project and that fit perfectly for my vision of this card.  So the Ink and stem are Olive the Cardstock is Sweet Leaf.  My bling is from the new mini melody accent collection (SUPER CUTE!!!!!!)

 

 

To check more Colorful creations follow this link Color Dare.

Always Grateful

This card was inspired completely by MoJo Monday sketch; but I have to admit I've been looking for an excuse to use this thumping technique on the Oak tree from the For Always Stamp set.  I love the way the tree looks!  For this technique I inked the trunk with chocolate ink and the proceeded to use the thick tip of both the light and dark shades of Autumn Terracotta, Ruby, Honey, and Olive randomly thumping them on the top.  So easy !!! On this card I've also used Goldrush and Autumn Terracotta Cardstock.  Huntington B&T and some Glitter paper from the Brown and Tan assortment.  paper.  Here is the Link to Mojo Monday to be inspired.  MOJO

Alphabet Soup

I love the challenge at H2H this week I have a bunch of Ideas bouncing around in my brain I just hope I have time to craft some of them : )  I used the Autumn Terracotta Cardstock, Babycakes B&T paper all distressed in Chocolate, the sentiment is from the You are my Happy I used honey and sunset ink, and the N is also in Chocolate from the new framework alphabet.  So what do ya think ??

Here are the links to check out the crafty ladies creations        H2H       

A treat for my Sweet

Here is a little treat I put together for my son's lunch box.  I used the alphabet from the special for national scrapbooking month.  (You get 3 Dsize stamp sets) Outdoor denim and lagoon ink,

Artbooking Made Easy (S01E04): Spooky Halloween Layouts

My layout from the Pajama Party

Happy Monday Crafters!  I just realized that I never posted my version of the layout from the summer Pajama Party.  So here it is . . . as you can see I followed my own color pallet and skipped the flowers and used pinwheels instead. 

for this layout I used the alphabet stamp from you are my happy, sunset, lagoon, chocolate, and buttercup cardstock. Babycakes B&T paper. AND my ALL 3 of my Cricut  cartridges.  If you saw the video you'll know that MOST of the layout is from Artbooking, however the title Corky is from Art Philosophy, and the pinwheels are from Artiste.  I love how perfectly these cartridges go together!!!

Happy 1st Day of Fall

This week at Color my heart the dare is to use Olive, Autumn Terracotta, and Goldrush. The Perfect colors to use on my 1sy Day of Fall Card !!!!!  I also used Mojo Mondays's Sketch to inspire the layout.

The inks are as named above the card stock is colonial white, Autumn Terracotta, and Goldrush with a tiny bit of Huntington to add interest.  The stamp set is one of my fav's Fall Harvest.

If you'd love to see the creations from the ladies that also follow these blogs here are the links. 

Color My Heart     and Mojo Monday 

National Stamping Month: September 2013

Home Decor . . . . .

CRUSH

Dare ya Outdoor Denium, Goldrush, Lagoon, Gypsy

I Dare ya . . . .Well actually Color my heart dared me . . .  to use Outdoor Denim, Goldrush, Lagoon, Gypsy all on one card.  Well since Lagoon and Gypsy are my fav's I just needed to toss in 2 more.  For this card I used a paint chip technique. I used cheap tape from the dollar store to grab my ink and transfer it to the white cardstock.  Then I mounted it on Gypsy Cardstock and Lagoon.  The sentiment is from You are my Happy (only available through the end of the month)

 

Here is another card using all the same things as the top card just different sizes and layout.

 

 

So here is the link to the colorful creations Color Dare

Gypsy & CAS(E) . . . .

So I've been playing with some of my favorites this week and I combined my favorite color gypsy with a sketch from one of my favorite inspiration blogs

So what do you think?  The sentiment is from always grateful and the flourishes are from swirls around.  Here is the link to check out more cards inspired by this sketch Cas(e)

A few of my favorite PEOPLE . . . .

Happy Monday Crafters,

Today over at H2H they are continuing with the musical challenges and this week is a few of my favorite things . . . . well can you say sweets ... I also wanted to honor some of my. book buddies so for our meeting I made up these cute little candy sacks just to say . . .  I'm thinking of them.

 

So for this card I used gypsy and Lagoon Ink (my favorites)  I used my art philosophy cartridge to cut the tag and Frame Flair and for my friend stamp sets.  To see every one's "favorite" follow this link H2H

Fall Harvest

So last week at Heart to Heart was  "brown paper packages tied up with string" yeah I know this is a line from a Christmas Carol however BROWN always brings fall to mind.  For this card I used a rock n roll technique on the focal leaf with Honey, Autumn Terracotta, and Saddle inks.  The cardstock is also saddle with a small piece of baby cakes and stripe one of my favorite accessories glitter trim.

 

I also followed the sketch for Mojo Monday this week.

 

 

To see the creations for H2H or Mojo Monday click one of the purple links.  

Artbooking Video

Art booking made easy

Mix n match with papers

Cricut collections

Color My Heart Color Dare

This weeks color dare is sky, buttercup, and sweet leaf.  As soon as I saw the colors I KNEW this card was coming together.  I love the butterfly in the You are my Happy set that you can get for the National Stamping Month 2013 with qualifying purchase. 

Here is the link to see some more Colorful Creations  Color Dare !!!!

National Stamping Month - You are my happy ....

Welcome to the National Stamping Month blog hop!!!!  If you've hoped here from Jody's Blog your in the right place! This stamp set is AWESOME you get 3 D size stamp sets. 

 

 

Here is the card that I have created for this blog hop and tomorrow I'll have a different card.  This card features a sentiment from the set; as well as Laughing Lola paper, glitter paper and trim, a small sparkle flourshes, and a teal bling.  I used the sketch from MoJo Monday.

 

Now its time to hop over to Laurie Newton's Blog to see her lovely creations

Clean and Simple - Poster Tidings

Sometimes when I'm looking at different sketches for inspiration I just totally end up in a way different place than I started or the sketch.  So this is my attempt at a clean and simple card.

On this Card I used Poster tidings,  Sweet Leaf and Colonial White cardstock, as well as glitter paper and an assortment of Inks.

Case this Sketch Meets Poster Tidings

So over at Case this Sketch this is the Layout



Am I the only one who thinks this sketch is made for Poster Tidings ????? So this is what I came up with ...

 

For this Card I have used Poster Tidings of coarse as well as Honey Cardstock and Glitter Paper and the Huntington Assortment to add that simple something ; )  Here is the link to see more cased Cards Cas(e) this Sketch!