Black Dogs are the GREATEST!

 Did you know that black dogs end up in shelters longer than any other color dog? For some reason adopters shy away from black pups. Personally, I think that is ridiculous because black dogs (labs, in particular) are WONDERFUL! I have my super great buddy, Wyatt (along with my chocolate lab, Morgan), and he is a great big ball of love. He's also a 100 lb. lap dog, but, alas....

The Newton's Nook and Simon Says Stamp Stamptember collaboration stamp set had this absolutely perfect little Turkey Day pup and I could not resist using him to create a fun Thanksgiving card! I colored him, black of course, with Copic markers and simply stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.

The background is Simon Says Stamp Fractured stamped in grey ink. Nice and simple. While this particular Thanksgiving stamp set is no longer available as it was a limited edition for Stamptember, don't you worry your little puppy loving head... you can check out the Newton's Nook collection at Simon Says Stamp and find ALL KINDS of cute critter stamps that you will just love!

Since this is such a simple card, I only took the one shot. Also... Wyatt was literally hunting me down because I got caught steeling treats for the photo. So... I will share a photo of Mr. Wyatt, since he inspired my card! YAY!

Two Cards for the Price of One!

 Well, 'price' probably isn't the right word, but basically, I started out creating one card and ended up with two very different designs from the work I put into it. I kind of love them and how very different they turned out even though they use the very same basic supplies all around.

Here are the supplies I used:

Simon Says Stamp Leafy Leaves Background Stamp

CZ Designs Chunky Thankful Die

Prima Watercolors, Decadent Pies

And a Neat and Tangled Maple Leaf stamp that is no longer available, but you can find a similar one in this Simon Says Stamp set

Oh... and some cardstock, bristol, and May Arts twine. 

Fir this one, I stamped the background on bristol and watercolored it to create a nice fall background look. I then die cut the sentiment, saving the middle pieces, adhered the painted panel to a card base and then adhered the sentiment pieces back into the 'Thankful' to make a cool outline look. This let the background be the star of the show for this card.  A simple wrap and bow with twine finished it off nicely.

Now, as you know, I don't normally just jump into a supply list. BUT... for this one, I had to because... CHECK IT OUT! After making this card, I realized I had the perfect makings for a beautiful clean and simple design with the leftovers!

There is a slight chance I like this one even better. Even though the painting took a bit of time and effort and you can't really tell that as much here, BUT, alas...I still LOVE the way that die cut sentiment looks cut from the stamped and watercolored background. It's like.... perfect. So, I used the outline that was left over on a simple white panel and then just stamped a few maple leaves to finish it off in a nice deep red tone. 

Two cards from one set of work! LOVE IT! And I hope you do, too. Never forget to check out what your 'scraps' are giving you! You may just find some treasures in there!

Gobble! Gobble!

Hello, friends! It's time for another awesome Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! This week want to see your Thanks and Thanksgiving cards! U.S. Thanksgiving is coming up, so if you live here, this is a great time to make a card for someone special. If you are outside of the U.S., it's totes cool, yo. We all need fabulous Thank You cards in our stash! The Design Team is showcasing Simon Says Stamp Exclusives today, so you are in for a TREAT!



I decided to have a little fun with this one. I created my own turkey using the leaves from the Simon Says Stamp One With Nature Set and then added a fun sentiment from the Thanksgiving Table set. I used all Simon inks for this one, too. I absolutely LOVE my Simon inks! For reals.



Now it's YOUR turn! One lucky challenge participant will win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! WHAT?! Yup. I know you want to GOBBLE up that prize! (Heh-heh... see what I did there?....yeah...okay, moving on....)

I can't wait to see your creative Thanksgiving and Thank You cards! 

Have a Happy!

Thanksgiving Blessings

Hello, folks! I have a little quick tutorial up over on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog! I combined an older favorite with a new favorite for this super fun card!



I colored the flowers using copics, you can find the colors I used over on the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog. I love how these turned into gorgeous fall flowers using some warm tones!



Be sure to head on over there to check out my tutorial and LOTS of other awesome inspiration!

Have a Happy!

So Incredibly Grateful

Have you SEEN the November Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp? Have you SEEN IT? Well, it is fabulous. For reals fabulous.

Actually, I'm not even going to say too much, I'm just going to show you this card that I made with it. Because... THESE STAMPS, YOU GUYS!



I used the gorgeous leaf stamps with several different embossing powders to create a layered, embossed design on the Kona Coffee cardstock and layered that over one of the pretty patterned papers. I am in love with those leaves. Lots. Lots of love for leaves. And such.



AMIRIGHT? I am. You don't even have to answer that. Those leaves are awesome. Those stamps are awesome. This kit is awesome. Basically...

Everything is Awesome.

And I'll just leave that right there. *wink*

Have a Happy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to pop in with a quick card to let you all know that I am thankful for YOU today! Thanks for your support, thanks for reading, for laughing at my dumb jokes, and for making me feel awesome about my work. You guys are seriously awesome and I appreciate you. So... thanks!



Happy Thanksgiving, my friends! I hope it is awesome!

Supplies:

Stamp: Stampendous!
Die: Spellbinders
Markers: Chameleon
Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are Giving THANKS with the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Team this week! That's right, the brand new challenge is to create a Thank you or a Thanksgiving themed project. The design team is using Simon Says Stamp exclusives this week. You don't have to use them to enter, but we would LOVE to see how you rock them if you've got them!



I have been absolutely LOVING these gorgeous new dies from Spellbinders and thought these tassels would be a fun thing to play with for a Thanksgiving card. I decided to cut several of them and turn them into a sort of floral medallion thingy. I kind of love that floral medallion thingy. For reals, though. It's kinda sorta awesome. I stamped the sentiment using the Simon Says Stamp Essential Greetings set, overlapping the words to create a unique look. This is super easy to do and offers a fun new way to play with your sentiment stamps.



Now it's YOUR turn! Create something AWESOME inspired by the Thank You/Thanksgiving theme and link it on up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. For reals, you guys... you could win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store. Just enter. Do it, dude.

You can find my complete supply list below. 

Have a Happy!

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Essential Greetings

Dies: Spellbinders® Victorian Tassels Die Set

Cardstock: Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White

Enamel Dot: Studio Calico Gold Enamel Dots

String: May Arts Gold Metallic String

Ink: Momento Rich Cocoa, VersaMark Clear

Embossing Powder: Stampendous Detail Gold

Tool: Spellbinders Tool 'N One (P.S. If you don't own one of these yet, it's pretty much a TAKE MY MONEY kind of tool Seriously. I use it every time I craft now. I can't live without this thing. For reals. I wouldn't lie about something so very important. HA!)

Winnie & Walter: Premiere of Stampets: Penguin + Stampets: The Gift + Stampets: Turkey

Wow! This has been an awesome Premiere week with Winnie & Walter, hasn't it? Today we have three stamp sets to show off! They are super fun!



I used the Stampets: Turkey set for this card. The turkey is SUPER cute, but I wanted to showcase one of the awesome little stamps, so I choose this super cute pie. I combined it with one of the new cutaways for a fun Thanksgiving card!



I used the Stampets: Penguin and the Stampets: The Gift sets together to create the little mini scene on this tag. It's a fun little holiday tag, I think.

Be sure to head over to the Winnie & Walter blog for LOTS of inspiration AND a chance to win these great sets! You won't want to miss out on the cuteness you will see! These sets have LOTS of images, so there will be some variety for SURE! Also, the products go live tonight around 8pm Eastern, so keep an eye on the Winnie and Walter store to fulfill that wish list!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving and Anything Goes!

***This is my second post for today! To check out Day 2 of the Winnie & Walter Premiere, be sure to click HERE or scroll down!

Happy Wednesday, folks! We have an ANYTHING GOES challenge for you today over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog! The design team is featuring Spectrum Noir products this week! If you have them we would LOVE to see you use them, but if not, feel free to use whatever you want for this challenge. I super duper LOVE Spectrum Noir markers and colored pencils, so I was excited to have an excuse to pull them out and play!



I created a pretty Thankgiving card using the Simon Says Stamp Feast of Thanksgiving stamp set. I love this stamp set so much! I used a bit of masking magic to layer my elements before coloring them and I really like how it all came together.

Now it's your turn! Create something...ANYTHING....and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store! Your project MUST be new and you can enter up to FIVE times! Happy Crafting, folks!

In addition to the usual Simon Says Stamp prize, Spectrum Noir is giving away TWO tins of their totally awesome colored pencils to one lucky winner!!! Dude. I have them. You want them. Trust me on this one. They are the BEST!!! For reals. I had Prismacolors and I use these way more often now. Love them! Go. Enter. Win. Glad we had this talk.

Have a Happy!

It's CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Release Time!!!

YAY!!! We took a bit of a release break and I know I, for one, am SUPER excited to be celebrating another AWESOME new release from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!  And, let me tell you, folks, I think you are going to really LOVE this one! I have certainly been having a blast with it, that's for sure!



See what I mean?!?! Yup. This is the first of the new sets and it is called Wheat Wreath and it is so pretty! I love it. Love.



I heat embossed the wreath in gold and cut it out to layer it over the vellum overlayed over the patterned paper from the Lawn Fawn Sweather Weather collection. I stamped and embossed the sentiment directly on the vellum and then finished the wreath with some wood dots from My Mind's Eye. It's a warm and cozy kind of card.

Be sure to head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog to check out even MORE awesome inspiration from the Design Team and also for your chance to WIN this gorgeous new stamp set! What?! Yup. Totes, you guys. For reals.

Have a Happy!

Thankful

Hello, folks!  Well...I'm a bit late getting my post up today due to a minor rear-ending incident on my way into work this morning.  Yup.  That happened.  *sigh*  Fortunately all parties are fine and Geico is amazing, so, it is what it is and all will be well with the world.

As for today's post, well, I think it is quite well suited for this kind of day!  Thankful!  There was a lot of traffic in the area where I was hit and the entire thing turned out to be rather minor and easy to handle and I am so VERY thankful for that!



I pulled out my Kaleidacolor ink pad for this one along with some great stamps from Kelly Purkey!  I love the bright, warm color tones of fall!



You can see the full tutorial for my card over on the Imagine Crafts Blog today!  I have the products I used linked below.

Have a Happy!

(And don't get rear-ended.  That makes it just a tad more challenging to have a happy.  BUT... if the guys who hit you are super nice, it helps bunches.  Just sayin'.)

*Simon Says Clear Stamps THANKFUL Kelly Purkey Exclusive *Tsukineko KALEIDACOLOR Spectrum Ink Pad AUTUMN LEAVES *DCWV Cardstock Stack 4.5 x 6.5 THE NATURAL Paper *Neenah Environment 80 LB SMOOTH DESERT STORM Paper Pack 25 Sheets *EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors EKCB01 *EK Success 1/16"" SQUARES 3-D Foam Dots Adhesive SPAF-THS *Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 02958 *Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro 1/4 x 58 HighTac REFILL Adhesive Applicator *Glue Arts CARTRIDGE HANDLE Glider Pro 00211

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And the Wood Shone With Gold

***This is my THIRD post of the day!  Yikes!  It's busy around here!  Please click HERE to check out my CAS-ual Fridays Stamps release post (it's AWESOME!) and click HERE to check out my Newton's Nook Designs release post (it's ADORABLE).  Or simply click on my blog banner and scroll down to see them all!***

Yup. That blog post title makes precisely ZERO sense. Whatevs. It's what popped into my head. You get what you get around here, folks. 'Cause that, my dear friends, is how I roll! HOWVER, sense or no sense, we have a brand new Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for you this week! YAY!!!

This week we are all about THANKS and THANKSGIVING! We want to see your best thanks and thanksgiving related projects. The design team is using Hero Arts goodies this week, so if you have those, we'd love to see you use them, but you don't have to in order to enter the challenge. I had a LOT of fun with the challenge this week! Here is the card I came up with!


Ummm... yes, that wood journaling card from Studio Calico IS awesome and yes I DID cover it entirely in rich, glorious, Tsukineko Delicata Golden Glitz ink. Yes. It's awesome. That bears repeating.


I used lots of other fun stuff, too, all of which you can find in the links at the bottom of this awesome post. Yup. The post is awesome now, too. For reals, you guys. It's just a day of AWESOME! Wicked awesome, dude. Wicked awesome.

And, of course, the fabulous Heidi is offering one lucky participant a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! Woot! Woot! Christmas shopping, anyone? (For yourself, anyone? HAHAHAHA!)

Have you checked out the new Simon Says Stamp blog yet, guys? 'Cause it rocks. You should. The Monday and Wednesday Challenges are both easily found through the SSS blog, too. And they are giving stuff away CONSTANTLY over there. I mean, for reals, you guys, it's like it's goin' outta style or somethin'.

Have a Happy, folks!

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