Pumpkin Pickin'

Mornin' y'all!  I think Ryan is getting back into his school routine, I got him out the door this morning without any drama.  Maybe because it's jammy day at school?  Anyway, I'll take it : )

Sooo...are you tired of pumpkins yet?  I hope not, because I have another pumpkin card to share today:

How did I make so many pumpkin and jack o' lantern cards earlier this month but I never inked up Pick of the Patch?  Well, its time came when I saw the Inkspirational challenge:

Love those warm colors.  I did have some leaves picked out, but they wouldn't fit with the Atlantic Hearts sketch that I wanted to use so I went back to pumpkins.

Yeah I didn't stray too far from the sketch, I even used pumpkins on my card.

That's it for now, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Pick of the Patch
Ink:  Cinnamon Cider, Golden Glow, Cajun Craze
Paper:  Cinnamon Cider, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  pumpkin punch, Dimensionals, Tropical Layers dies for the border

Oops, I forgot to post my WIP Wednesday picture for this week!

I did all the black first on this block (except the outside border and the ghost's eyes and nose) and just started on the lighter colors last night.  While I am absolutely loving this project, I am going to switch on November first and start a leaf mandala pattern...and then a Christmas pattern on December first...and then next year I'm going to rotate through those three projects each month because that keeps me from getting tired of one project and also I just have a zillion pattern I want to make.  But I shall enjoy working on this one for a few more days.

A Cauldron of Bats

Midnight greetings, spooky friends!  Tonight I have a cauldron of bats for you:

Did you know that a group of flying bats is called a cauldron?  I didn't either but that's what Google told me ; )  I had bats in my belfry when I saw the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

Since my sentiment is part of the bigger bat stamp, I put a little ribbon flag where the sentiment is on the sketch.  It's kind of an offbeat color combo for Halloween:  Highland Heather, Cloud Cover, and Secret Sea.

Stay spooky, friends!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Batty for You, Frightfully Cute
Ink:  Secret Sea
Paper:  Highland Heather, Cloud Cover, Basic White
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles dies, Layering Circles dies, Dimensionals, Secret Sea faux linen ribbon

A Radiant Color Combination for SUO Challenges

Mornin' y'all!  Hope your Tuesday is off to a good start...Ryan was determined to be grumpy this morning but he's now off at school and I have my cuppa tea so I'm a happy camper : )  And in other happy news, we have a color challenge for you at SUO Challenges!

As it happens, those are the exact colors in the Sunflower Fields DSP, so I thought I'd let the paper do the heavy lifting for me.  Here's what I made:

I couldn't decide between the two multicolored panels, so I decided to make two cards.  The ribbon I used is retired, but everything else is current.  Oh wait, the Textured Notes dies are retired, maybe?  I can't keep track anymore.  Anyway, a simple stamped and die cut greeting from Radiant Sunflowers, a couple gems to decorate, and now I have two cute cards to mail out.

Hope you'll join the fun at SUO Challenges!  Check out what the rest of the design team made, turns out I was the lazy one this time around ; )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Radiant Sunflowers
Ink:  Cajun Craze
Paper:  Golden Glow, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Basic White, Sunflower Fields DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Radiant Sunflowers dies, Dimensionals, Old Olive polytwill ribbon, Radiant Gems

Spooky Hippo

Midnight greetings, ghoul friends!  For tonight's card, I thought I'd revisit the spooky sweet suite from last year and I made this:

I hadn't really done much with the scene builder patterned paper, so I used an image of a window, front porch, and sidewalk as the background for my spooky hippo, which is a punch-out piece from another piece of the paper.  I made my own greeting by combining two stamps in the Spooky Halloween stamp set, which is the only stamping here.

This was my first card for the Paper Players sketch challenge:

But in the end I made my pumpkin card for that challenge and kept this one for the Hex-Travaganza.

Stay spooky, friends!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Spooky Halloween
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Petunia Pop, Basic White, Spooky Sweet Specialty DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Nested Labels dies, Dimensionals, Shimmer Star Foam stickers

Drama Leaf

Mornin' y'all!  Ryan just left for school on his bike (Daphne tried to go with him, but I made her come back inside) so now I have a quiet house and I can get some things done this morning : )  Let's start with a card I made yesterday:

I made this for the CAS Colours & Sketches color challenge:

I bought that Autumn Woodland glimmer paper when it first became available, but I kept forgetting to use it because it was under a stack of patterned paper.  I'm glad I finally pulled it out though, I got a very dramatic leaf for my troubles : )  It sparkles even more in person and I used some of the Radiant Gems in Golden Glow for even more glitz.

As soon as I finish my tea, I'm taking Daphne out for a walk because it's a beautiful fall day here so we should get outside and enjoy it.  And then I will probably be planning out the last few cards for this year's Halloween Hex-Travaganza...can't believe that we're under a week away from Halloween.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Elegant Leaves
Ink:  Golden Glow, Mossy Meadow
Paper:  Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla, Autumn Woodland Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Elegant Leaves dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Radiant Gems

Under Wraps

Midnight greetings, spooky friends!  I am once more playing with some new Halloween goodies, check out this creepy mummy!

I just had to get him inked up for the new-to-me Two Old Bats Halloween challenge:

See the mummy?  I actually have at least three other mummies I could have used, I just went on a pumpkin bender for a while this year.  Well, pretty soon I'll start making cards for next year's Hex-Travaganza, ha!

Stay spooky, friends!

Supplies:
Stamps:  The Creepy Peekies from Unity Stamps
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Basic Black, Basic Beige, Cast-a-Spell DSP
Accessories:  Colored Pencils, Textured Notes dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Matte Black Dots

A Fabulous (I Hope) Sketch for The Paper Players

Goooood morning stampy friends!  It's Sunday, which means it's Paper Players day!  I hope you enjoyed Stef's awesome autumn challenge, it's by far my favorite season so the gallery was an extra treat for my eyes : )  I am the host for this month's sketch challenge (probably my favorite type of challenge!), and here it is:

I based this sketch on a Nancy Drew card I made quite some time ago (back when I was in the single digits for the books!), so here's my new card:

Yep, I'm back to pumpkins, but this time I'm blaming it on the Just Us Girls challenge:

I only have like three sets of stencils and Painted Pumpkins is one of them, and this gave me an excuse to play with a different pattern from the coordinating paper so here we are back in the pumpkin patch.  I find it funny and ironic that none of the cards I posted yesterday had anything pumpkin-related on them, for the first time in a week, but that's the day that we went out to the pumpkin patch in real life so I was still staring at pumpkins.  Ha!

Check out the other design team creations on the Paper Players blog, and you can hop through their individual blogs to leave some comments too:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

you are here --> Christy Stanford

And then upload your card at the Paper Players blog!  Keep in mind a few simple rules:
1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL
4.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Pumpkins
Ink:  Golden Glow, Calypso Coral, Secret Sea
Paper:  Golden Glow, Basic White, Painted Patch DSP
Accessories:  Painted Pumpkins dies & stencils, Dimensionals, Painted Patch Dots