Fresh Squeezed Stamps - Great Coach

We have more SPRING CLEANING for you today from Fresh Squeezed Stamps!

I whipped up this masculine-themed card using Say Anything...the cool background builder and fun sentiment worked well together to create a card from my daughter's basketball coach.

I used the new sketch over at Unscripted Sketches, #242....love the fun geometric panels...and Casology #81: AND works with the big ampersand!

Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed Stamps Blog to see what the other designers dusted off for Spring Cleaning week!

Stamps:  Say Anything (Fresh Squeezed Stamps)
Ink:  Golden Glitz (Delicata), Espresso Truffle (Momento), Glimmer Mist
Paper:  Rustic Cream (PTI), Persimmon (Basic Grey)
Other:  Stitched Circle Dies (LID), Hemp Cord (Hemptique), Chalk Studio 2 Ephemera (MME), Tiny Attacher (Tim Holtz)

My Take On Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Sweet Snowflakes & Cardabilities #89

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!  This time, we have some Sweet Snowflakes to get your mojo flowing!

photo credit:  akeptlife.blogspot.com

Uniko Studio is our fabulous sponsor for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:  Sweet Snowflakes challenge!

The LEAD of this challenge will receive a gift certificate to use at Uniko Studio!

You won't want to miss what the special guests and crew have whipped up using Uniko Studio's Stunning Snowflakes stamp set!

Sweet Snowflakes Designers

Beverley Brown, Uniko Studio

Amy Wanford, Guest Designer

Amber Kroening

Barb Murphy

Christina MacLaren

Gayatri Murali

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison

Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stacey Schafer

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely

Head on over to the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and join us for the Sweet Snowflakes!

For a little extra inspiration, take a look at the new sketch, #89, at Cardabilities!  It is fantastic for a few snowflake layers!  Make sure you stop in and see what the talented gals at Cardabilities created with the new sketch today!

I'm linking up to these two fantastic challenges, also...Friday Mashup #139: It's Getting Chilly! and CAS-ology Cue Card #74: Snowflake.

I had a ball creating this card!  I used the envelope punch board to create a fun panel for the front of my card.  After stamping Uniko Studio's Stunning Snowflakes in a scattered fashion with distress inks, I added a couple of Uniko Studio's Snowflakes Dies, some sequins, a sentiment tag with button and twine treatment!



Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Stunning Snowflakes (Uniko Studio)
Ink:  Tumbled  Glass, Picked Raspberry Distress (Ranger)
Paper:  White (PTI), Color Wash (Pink Paislee)
Other:  Snowflakes Die Set (Uniko Studio), Button (PTI), Pink Baker's Twine (Hemptique), Sequins (Avery Elle), Envelope Punch Board (We R Memory Keepers)

My Take on the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Gorgeous Gourds & Cardabilities 85

Good morning, friends!  It's time for a brand-new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge, Gorgeous Gourds!

photo credit:  pinkpeonystyle.com

Our wonderful sponsor for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Gorgeous Gourds is Paper Sweeties!   The LEAD of Gorgeous Gourds challenge will receive a $20 Paper Sweeties gift certificate!

You won't want to miss seeing what Paper Sweeties owner/designer and the Curtain Call Crew has created for today's challenge!

Gorgeous Gourds Designers

Debbie Marcinkiewicz, Paper Sweeties owner/designer
Amber Kroening

Barb Murphy

Christina MacLaren

Gayatri Murali

Jessica Kephart

Kim Singdahlsen

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stacey Schafer - That's Me!

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely

It's the 15th of the month, which means it's double fun day!  There's a new Cardabilities Sketch, #85, for you to try, too!  Karan's sketches are AMAZING and I'm honored to be able to share them with you!  You'll definitely want to stop by Cardabilities and see the gorgeous creations that the team has whipped up, too!

Cardabilities Design Team

Adriana Bolzon

Agata Senko

Ganna Gruden

Irina Jelagina

Linda Dudziak

Lynn Darda

Marzena Ziusiakowska

Olga Jewell

Rose Miller

 Stacey Schafer - That's me!

Zhanna Ahtyamova

Zuzanna Gulaj

The CAS-ology Cue Card: Pumpkin challenge is up and running today, too!  I like to think my cards are clean, but maybe not so simple!  One of these days, maybe I won't be so afraid of white space:)

There are some fun Paper Sweeties products on my card today...

Paper Sweeties Stand Add-On 3, Sweeties Wagon, and Paradise Aqua Mist Tea-Dyed Seam Binding.  Love all of the shades of blue!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  (Paper Sweeties)
Ink:  Crushed Toffee, Rich Cocoa (Momento), Midnight Muse (SU)
Paper:  White CS (PTI), Cut & Paste Presh (My Mind's Eye)
Other:  Doily Die (PTI), Little Leaves Sizzlet (SU), Tea Dyed Seam Binding (Paper Sweeties), Twine (Hemptique), Button (MFT), Sequins (Avery Elle), Doily

Thinking of You

What a beautiful day!  The weather here in the midwest has been absolutely AMAZING... the beautiful fall color is emerging with yellows, reds, and oranges and full of inspiration for card-making!  The ColourQ Challenge #210 lends itself nicely to the fall color scheme that I'm seeing outside!

I'm also playing along with the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #145 and broke out some MFT stamps and dies by the ultra-fabulous designer Mona Pendleton, MPD Winged Beauties!

I'm linking this card up to the CAS-ology Cue Card: Crisp, too!  Lots of WHITE and "crisp" leaves here, don't you think?

I grabbed a new paper pad at Archiver's when I was out in Denver last weekend...it's My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste Charm!  What gorgeous colors and trendy patterns it has!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps: MPD Winged Beauties (My Favorite Things)
Ink:  Black Tuxedo (Momento), Cajun Craze (SU)
Paper:  White (PTI), Cut & Paste Charm (My Mind's Eye)
Other:  MPD Winged Beauties, Leaf-Filled Flourish Dienamics (MFT), Spiral Punch (SU), Sewing Machine, Thread, Sequins (Neat & Tangled), Gold Stickles (Ranger), Scor-Pal

Good Neighbor Day...happy FALL

 Happy fall, ya'll!  I'm a few days behind in getting my 'welcome fall' card ready for you...but, better late than never, right?!  Also, I learned that today is Good Neighbor Day, so it was a great time to celebrate!  I am fortunate enough to have the best neighbors, my in-laws...that's right...they are wonderful people and I'm frequently borrowing that cup of sugar or stick of butter!  This card is going right over to my sweet mother-in-law, Marilyn, along with a beautiful Candy Corn Mum that I bought from a local farmer!  

The beautiful inspiration photo at Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger just makes me melt with the subtle fall color, and Jen's sketch, deconstructed sketch #120 was perfect to ink up those adorable acorns from Reverse Confetti.  The new 'Fetti Find is up and running, which I was over the moon to win last week!  The CAS-ology Cue Card: Autumn was just the right  challenge, too, even though my cards aren't exactly CAS.

A whole bunch of the ingredients on my card are from my favorite online store, i {heart} papers... Reverse Confetti Forever Fall stamp set, Webster's Pages Recorded papers, Hemptique Dark Brown Hemp Cord twine, Momento Rich Cocoa Dye and Luxe inks!  If you haven't stopped by IHP lately, you're missing out on lots of new holiday goodies!

I heat embossed the acorns and sentiment, fussy cut the acorns, and added a little burlap cut with some leaf dies!  After adding a touch of twine and a trio of wooden chevron pieces, my card is ready to pass along to my neighbor! 

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Forever Fall (Reverse Confetti)
Ink:  Rich Cocoa Dye and Luxe (Momento)
Paper:  Kraft (PTI), Recorded (Webster's Pages)
Other:  Leaves Die (SU), Twine (Hemptique), Wood Veneer Chevron, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder (SU), Burlap

In the Hearts They Touch

It's Friday...yippee!  There's a new Fusion Card Challenge to get your weekend started off right!  For Hypothesis #17, Leslie chose a cool quadrant of flair-looking icons with a fabulous versatile sketch!  Each time I looked at the inspiration photo, I couldn't get past the pop of red and the classic book print backgrounds.

After I chose my Simple Stories Say Cheese paper pad with the eye-popping red and book printed papers, I went right to one of my all-time favorite Verve Stamps sets, Teachers Count and Verve's A Cut Above Apple Die Set. 

Anything Goes over at Word Art Wednesday is always a fun one to visit when you need an uplifting read!  Of course, if it's Back to School related....it TOTALLY fits our new challenge over at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge, Little Red Wagon,  Really Reasonable Ribbon #79!  The CAS-ology Cue Card: Apple ties in perfectly, too, with all of the back to school inspiration!

There's a fun prize up for grabs at the Curtain Call, The Alley Way Stamps Learning Curve stamp set, to the LEAD...stop in and play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Teachers Count (Verve)
Ink:  Black Tuxedo (Momento), Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive (SU!)
Paper:  Kraft (PTI), (Simple Stories)
Other:  Apple Die Set, Scalloped Trim Trio (Verve - A Cut Above), Labels Framelets (SU!), Black Twine (Hemptique), Sequins (Avery Elle), Stickles

Be-YOU-tiful - Fusion

I'm loving all of the nautical inspiration that I'm seeing lately...today, we have a brand-new Fusion Challenge #14...and have you noticed the new look of Fusion?!   We love the "Zen" approach that Leslie was inspired to change to:)

I threw a bit of gold in for my take on Fusion #14, which works for the Papercraft Star #154,  CAS-ology Cue Card: Gold, too!  My card may not be very clean & simple, but I still love being inspired and challenged...a splash of gold is always fun!

I thought I'd try out for the 'Fetti Find again this week, too...that is, since I'm totally in love with the Reverse Confetti stamps!  This fabulous Peacock Pretties stamp set is one that I ordered with their debut May release!  I love how versatile Jen's designs are...you can go CAS or totally layered with a bit of "collage-ing" if you wish!  It all works!  

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Peacock Pretties (Reverse Confetti)
Ink:  Rich Cocoa (Momento), Broken China Distressed Ink (Ranger)
Paper:  Rustic Cream (PTI), Uncharted Waters (Glitz)
Other:  Uncharted Waters Journaling Stickers (Glitz), Postage Stamp Punch (SU), Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), White Hemp Twine (Hemptique), Sequins, Sewing Machine, Thread