Happy Little Stamper October Sketch Challenge

It is time for a new challenge at Happy Little Stampers Sketch Challenge.  Here is the sketch we have for you this month:

I was in a holiday frame of mind, so I pulled out PTI Holiday Home and used my Misti to stamp a few houses in nontraditional holiday colors--WPlus9 Sweet Nectar, Blossomsberry and Hero Arts Cornflower.

Please visit the Happy Little Stampers Sketch Challenge blog for more ideas and inspiration for this sketch.  I hope you will play along.  You have the entire month of October.

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Hugs and Notes

I've been playing around with my new Big Hugs stamp set and came up with a couple of cards.  I am entering this first card at Colour Me One because I used Colour Scheme #31 and Virginia's View Challenge #11:  Clean Slate because of all the white space.  I used Background Basics Super Stripes to create the plaid in my upper corner, and the Camouflage Die technique with my Hugs die.

I was just playing around with my Distress Inks and CASED this card from Laura Bassen.

My last card is for this week's Inkspirational Challenge #73:  Note.  I used NBUS--SU Holiday Home on this card, so I am entering over at Darnell's NBUS Challenge #3.  Lots of fussy cutting on this card, and I did all the coloring with Inktense Pencils (without water).  Not too sure about this card--my little village might be just a tad too busy.

That's it for me today.  Sort of guiltily looking forward to tomorrow when school starts back up...

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PTI November 2014 Blog Hop

This month's blog hop is all about snow.  Living in San Diego, stamped snow is about all I can get.  I had some crazy idea about pulling all my PTI holiday and snow related stamps and dies and trying to use all of them for this blog hop.  I didn't quite make it through even half, but I did have a good time trying.

I think my favorite of the bunch is this little Whoville-like village I created with Wonderfully Whimsical--one of my favorite stamp sets that doesn't get nearly enough love.  I drew the snow with a paint pen onto my Distress Inked sky 

City Scene, another favorite stamp set that I haven't used in a long time.  I used the sketch at Wanna Sketch #22 for this card,

I used the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #101 for my next 3 cards.

Edited to add that I am also linking this snowflake card up at Stampin' Celebration SC92 (Thanks Kimberly) in their It's a Little Holiday Inspiration Challenge, where the inspiration is this gorgeous photo.

 

My next card uses the sketch at Clean & Simple Stamping #313.

I pulled out Holiday Home and some embossing past for my next card.

This card uses a birch tree stencil and some stamps and dies from In the Meadow.

And, finally--a sweater to warm you on a snowy day...

That's it for me.  I think next year, I will try to make something with all of my Christmas and holiday stamps, but I will need to give myself more time.

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5 Cards for Challenges

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Hi there and happy Wednesday.  I've got a card for this week's Make it Monday #180:  Stamping Ombre Backgrounds.  I loved Laura's background so much that I decided to try to make it myself.  I pulled out the same stamp set and inks and set to work.  I don't think mine came out as nicely as hers, but I am still pleased.

I was inspired by this card by Taheerah and wanted to try embossing in gold using embossing paste.  Honestly, I don't know why it never occurred to me that one could emboss with embossing paste.  You would have thought that I would have clued in when I heard the word ...'emboss'.  Anyway, I loved Taheerah's card and used my SSS Falling Snow Stencil with gold embossing powder to make my card.  I am entering this card at Virginia's View Challenge #9:  All Things Metallic.

When I saw Cristina's tag this morning on Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags, I knew I wanted to do something just like it for The Card Concept #23:  Krafty Christmas challenge.  I will put my card in the Clean and Layered category.

Last up are two cards that use the fabulous sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #99 and the fall colors at ColourQ #267.  I made a plaid strip using WMS Offbeat Backgrounds and then die cut and stamped the leaves and acorns from Autumn Acorns.

Well, that's it for me today.  Need to dash off to pick up my girls at school.

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Four Cards for Wednesday

Happy Wednesday my friends.  I've got four cards to post today for a variety of challenges.  First up is a card for this week's Festive Friday FFC #23, The Card Concept #2 and Addicted to CAS--NEW.  

For Festive Friday, I took my inspiration from the red barn, the snowy scene, and the trees.  I am pretty sure that this is my first time playing at Festive Friday.  

The texture for the Card Concept challenge is provided by the bumpy rows of faux stitching on the edges of the snowy hills.  I am especially excited to be playing at The Card Concept because one of my besties, Cathy, has recently joined the team.  I am putting this card into the Clean and Layered category.  What do you think?  

My new supplies on this card are the ME Landscape Trio dies and the Holiday Home stamp set. I used houses from Holiday Home and trees from City Scene.

Next up is a card for this week's Fusion #2, where I took my inspiration from the photo--the colors, flowers and wood plank background.   The challenge at A Blog Named Hero #36 is 'New year, new stash'.  The Hero Arts Hydrangea stamp is practically brand new, since I have only used it one other time.  I am also entering this card at Addicted to CAS--NEW.  Lastly, the challenge at Simon Says Monday is 'A is for...' and I am using the word ANGLE because my design features patterned paper cut at an angle.

My last two cards are for the color challenge over at Reverse Confetti.  Given that I only have one die and one stamp set from Reverse Confetti, I was a bit stumped.  But, sometimes having less forces more creativity, and I actually ended up with two ideas for this challenge.

So, lucky me--I now have two more birthday cards for my stash, and I think these could be used for either gender.  And, because they are both textured using the PTI Numbers impression plate, I'm going to link them both up at this week's Card Concept #2.  And, I'm calling both of these clean and layered.

That's it for me today.  I am going to my first official meeting with my daughter's college counselor.  Wish me luck.  Where the years have gone is a mystery to me.  I am not ready for all of this.

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