Pumpkin Joy

Mornin' y'all, how goes the week?  I told Ryan we have to go run some errands today and he's not too happy about it, but we're going anyway : )  That's what he gets for being on fall break, I can't do grocery shopping when he's at school.  Ha!

Anyway, I got some time in my craft room yesterday to play along with some challenges.

I've got a mix of stamp sets happening today to go with the fun sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

And I love this week's palette from The Color Throwdown:

I used Summer Splash, Pumpkin Pie, and Mossy Meadow for my colors, with some Crumb Cake for a neutral background.  For the three panels, I was able to scrounge up some scraps in each of the challenge colors and put them on white die cut from the Perennial Postage dies.  I ended up with the sentiment from Merriest Trees because it fit in the die cut I wanted to use : )

Well, my cuppa tea is almost empty so I think I shall go brew another one.  And then my hubs just sent me a request for a card for someone at his work, so I'll be working on that.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Warms My Heart, Merriest Trees, Playful Ghosts
Ink:  Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends in Pumpkin Pie, Summer Splash, Mossy Meadow, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink
Paper:  Summer Splash, Thick Basic White, DSP scraps in Pumpkin Pie, Summer Splash, Mossy Meadow
Accessories:  Perennial Postage dies, Dimensionals, Candy Dots (retired)

SUO Challenges: Christmas in July

Mornin' y'all and welcome to a new SUO Challenge!

And heeeere we go:

As it happens, I only have one current Christmas stamp set, so that made my stamp set choice pretty easy.  So here's what I made:

I CASE'd a sample from a new Online Exclusives stamp bundle called Sophisticated Sled, which I am looking forward to adding to my personal stamp hoard.  I just wanted to wait until I could see alllll the new stuff in the Holiday Catalog before I started buying Christmas stuff, but I do love that sled set and I don't have anything similar. 

Anyway!  I digress.  Merriest Trees is still current, and don't let the new stuff distract you from how awesome this stamp set is.  I love how there's one tree stamp but multiple dies so you can choose how big your tree turns out.  I stamped off my tree with Garden Green ink, added some stars in Blueberry Bushel (my Blueberry Bushel ink pad is so juicy that it almost looks like Night of Navy), and then coated the entire thing with Wink of Stella for an easy way to step up the card.  I liked the new Basic Beige with the Winter Meadow DSP even though it's not listed in the colors for that paper pack.

Your turn!  Let's see your Christmas creations on the SUO Challenges blog.  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Merriest Trees
Ink:  Garden Green, Blueberry Bushel
Paper:  Basic Beige, Thick Basic White, Winter Meadow DSP
Accessories:  Merriest Trees dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Wink of Stella, Tinsel Gems, Dimensionals

O Christmas Tree

Hey y'all, did you have a good Thanksgiving?  Ours was GREAT!  We had so much food that I totally forgot to get out the cranberry sauce that I made yesterday morning when we set everything out for the feast!  I also made way too many pies and we were all stuffed.  Very, very stuffed.  It was great.

And now that Thanksgiving is over, I will start looking towards Christmas...yeah I'm one of those people who doesn't want to do anything Christmasy before Thanksgiving because I love fall.  Wait your turn, Santa!  Okay, now I'm ready.

A simple card for today for the Paper Players CAS challenge this week:

And the maiden voyage for a new stamp set, Merriest Trees.  I still had all the bear-riffic papers out on my craft table from the cards for SUO Challenges, so I decided to use the tree pattern for this card.  Lucky me that the Merriest Trees dies include a tag shape, easy peasy!  I embossed my greeting in white on a scrap of Mossy Meadow, cut out my tree and tag bits, added the ribbon and enamel dots and done.  I like the twine bow wrapped around the ribbon, the linen thread gives it a more rustic look with the trees.

I had leftover sweet potato casserole for breakfast and I think it's going to feature in my lunch and dinner options as well.  Love it!  Have a great day, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Merriest Trees
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Misty Moonlight, Mossy Meadow, A Walk in the Forest DSP
Accessories:  Merriest Trees dies, white EP, Tinsel Gems, Night of Navy Bordered Ribbon, linen thread