It's Pumpkin Time

I have been having alot of fun using up some of my fall/halloween/thanksgiving stamps lately.  Usually, fall passes right by, for me, and I don't get the chance to create some FUN fall/halloween cards. 

Not this year!!  :-)

I used the PTI Stamp Sets: Friendship Jar and Friendship Jar Fall Fillers to make this eeeeeasy CAS card.  I just used a PTI White cardstock base, stamped the images right onto the cardstock and colored with Copic markers. 

I finished the card with photo corners (punched from the photo corners punch from SU!) made from Echo Park Halloween paper, and the label is punched from the PTI Friendship Jar label die on Orange Zest cardstock....and there you have it!!

Here is a close-up of the pumpkin pops! 

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!

Leave No Words Unspoken

 

Hello friends!! Here is a fun CAS card I made using Verve's new release called, Dream Big.  I love the HUGE flowers in this set and the awesome sentiments included as well.  This sentiment is quite important to me: "Leave No Words Unspoken."  

That is how I try to live my life, leaving no words unspoken.  My family and friends KNOW how much I love, enjoy and adore them, and how thankful I am, that they are a part of my life.  It also works the other way- if I'm uncomfortable or disagree with something, I leave no words unspoken.  Otherwise.....thats what we call BAGGAGE, and with two kids to carry, now, I don't have room for any extra bags.  :-) 

So, very easy today, I stamped the flower stems in Memento Cottage Ivy ink, right onto the white cardstock.  Then, I inked the flowers with memento dandelion ink, and rolled the edges in a darker ink, tangelo (orange), used here.  I then placed some PTI buttons as flower centers, tied with bakers twine. The orange border is cut from the eyelet border die from PTI and the sentiment is stamped onto a Spellbinders Labels 14 die and sponged with dandelion ink. 

Thanks for stoppping by, have a wonderful day!!

MMMMM, Apples

 

Happy Saturday, Paper Maniacs!!  Here is a super easy, CAS card for you, using the new Flourishes Apples set.  Ummmm, yeah, I just **LOVE** this set!!  Its perfect for this time of year- back to school and apple picking time.  It can also be used for any occasion throughout the year. AND....I just spied the Paper Maniac store and it is 20% off this week, along with a ton of other autumn goodies!!!

Thanks for stopping by, have a GREAT weekend!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Flourishes- Apples

Paper: Neenah Solar White CS

Ink: Memento

Accessories: Copic Markers, Red Bakers Twine

Miss U

 

Hey peeps, I have some cooool news to share.  I have been asked to be a part of the Inktegrity Design Team!! I am so excited, I love Joni's digital stamps, they are so adorable. The image above is called "Tire Swing," and is available on the Inktegrity site. 

Inktegrity also has a brand new challenge site- Inktegrity DT Challenges.  On Wednesdays, the new challenges will be posted, and for participating, you could win 3 digital images from the Inktegrity store! Show us your cards today!! (If you have Inktegrity images then we'd love to see them. If not, please join us reagardless and maybe you could win some for your own collection!)

The Inktegrity blog can be found...here...visit, and follow, for some fun, inspirational projects each week!

Hope to see you there.

Supplies:

Stamps: Inktegrity- Tire Swing Digi Stamp, Unity Stamp Co- FEB 2010 KOM (Birds)

Paper: PTI- Chocolate, White.

Ink: Memento (for stippling sky and grass)

Accessories: Copics, Spellbinders- Lacey Squares, Red Bakers Twine. Echo Park alpha stickers (Life is Good collection).

Happy Fall

Hey peeps!  Here is a super duper CAS card for you today,
to welcome the first day of FALL!!
Wow, I seriously cannot believe how fast time is flying. 
Although, I must admit, I am very happy to see fall arrive,
it is one of my favorite times of the year. 
Changing colors.  Apple Picking. Pumpkin Picking.
Hayrides. Thanksgiving. Family. Friends.
LOVE all that this season brings!!!

This is just a PTI white cardstock base.  I stamped the images from PTI's Falling Leaves right onto the card.  I used the rock-and-roll technique here- which is basically inking your stamp with a lighter color then rolling the edges of the stamp in a darker color. I used orange and red memento ink here, to resemble the changing leaf colors.  The frame and sentiment are from Fillable Frames 7, again stamped right onto the cardstock.  AND, of course whats a card without some sparkle??  I added some glittery stickles to a few of the leaves.  I tied some chocolate bakers twine across the top of the card as well.  I LOVE bakers twine and LOVE to use it on my projects lately. Can you tell? LOL.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great day!
HAPPY FALL!!

FWF: All You Need is LOVE

Happy Friday Unity Peeeeeeeeps!!

Seriously? It's FRIDAY, already?? wow, this week seems to have flown by!

I have a super easy card to share with you today for FWF,

with a simple, yet strong message:

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE.

Im a big believer in that- if you have love, you can get through, and do anything.

I kept the card to one layer- I LOVE making simple, one-layer cards lately.

Its PTI Rustic Cream cardstock with the images from the Unity August 2010 KOM stamped right onto the cardstock and colored with Copic markers.

Then, I finished off the card by tying some red baker's twine around the middle.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

HUGS!!

Happy Birthday PAPER MANIAC

Can you believe it?? Paper Maniac is a year old today!!

Time surely flies by when you're having fun!! I remember when Patti, the owner, asked me to be a part of her team, and that still feels like yesterday. Well, its been an exciting year of growth, learning, friendships and inspiration. We are all so glad that you have joined our celebration today!!

The BLOG HOP starts at the Paper Maniac Blog, so if you have been hopping along, you should be arriving from Cassie's amazing blog. If not, head to the Paper Maniac blog so you dont miss any awesome projects, or your chance to win some prizes.

Check out this HUGE PRIZE PACKAGE:

One random blog hopper will win a deluxe prize package that includes:
a. Flourishes Fuschia stamp (donated by Flourishes)
b. Creative Inspiration Paints (donated by Creative Inspirations)
c. Unity – Pixielicious Blooms
d. Artistic Outpost stamp set
e. JustRite Stamper monogram set
f. Xyron animal print creat-a-sticker
g. Melissa Francis Kitschy Kitchen paper pad & stickers
h. Spellbinders Playtime Shapeabilities
i. Tim Holtz ticket sizzlits
j. Girls’ Paperie – Tinsel & Toil papers
k. Girls’ Paperie - Toil & Trouble papers
l. Cosmo Cricket – Pixielicious paper pad & Chipboard stickers
To win this prize, leave a comment on each of the participating blogs by Sunday evening. (Random drawing will be held on Sunday night, September 12, 8:00 PM central)

There will be more prizes as well- they are posted on the Paper Maniac Blog, and Patti's Blog.

Don't forget to become a Paper Maniac blog follower and our Friend on Facebook!!!

***Your next stop is***

Julie's beautiful, crafty blog!

Thanks so much for hopping by, have a super-fun day!!

Supplies: Stamps: Flourishes- Kids at Play. Papers: Bazzill. Ink: Memento. Accessories: Chocolate bakers twine, chartreuse stitched ribbon, copics, stipple brushes, dimensionals.

I'm Here for You, Always

When PTI released the Year Of Flowers: Gladiolus set last month, I knew it was a must-have. I love these flowers and was so happy to add these gorgeous stamps to my collection. The stamp set also includes some beautiful sentiments as well. On this card, I used the "I'm Here for You, Always" sentiment.

I stamped the image on white cardstock with Memento Black ink. I then colored the image with Copics and added some stickles accents to the flower centers for some sparkle. If you know me, you know I need sparkles on my cards. :-)

Next, and this is my new favorite technique, I stippled in some sky and grass- because, well, the white background just wasn't doing it for me today!! LOL. I used two large stipple brushes, one for the sky and one for my grass. I used Memento Bahama Blue for the sky and Pear Tart for the grass, and just gently inked up the stipple brushes and brushed the white cardstock to create a sky background and grass.

I tied some PTI New Leaf Bakers Twine around the bottom of the card and rounded two opposing corners and adhered the image to a PTI Hawaiian Shores card base.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Fall

Here's another card I made using the super cool Sunflowers stamp set from Flourishes. I really LOVE these stamps, the sunflowers are so fun to color and decorate.

I wanted to go for a really rustic, fall feel on this card, so I used the PTI woodgrain impression plate on my card base after stamping and coloring the images. The images were stamped in Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers. I used distress stickles in the flower centers. The large flower is popped up on dimensionals.

The sentiment is from PTI Friendship Jar Fall Fillers and is cut using the Friendship Jar Label die. I tied a few rows of Chocolate bakers twine around the top of the card to finish it off.

Don't forget to join us later this week on the Paper Maniac blog. We are having a HUGE BIRTHDAY Celebration with lots of blog candy and prizes throughout the whole weekend. Stop by the blog today and become a follower so you don't miss a thing!!

The PARTY starts on the 10th, with a huge blog hop.

AND....we are now on FACEBOOK!! Stop by and become our "friend." Tell all of your friends about it too, we will be giving away prizes on there as well!

FUN FUN FUN

Hope to see you there!!

Start Each Day With Whee

Here's a card I made using MFT Pure Innocence stamp called, Start Each Day With Whee! I just love that sentiment, and I am going to need to start doing that more often. LOL.

I stamped the image right onto the Kraft cardstock with memento black ink. I colored it with Copic markers and added some glittery accents to her shoes and barrette. I sponged a little desert sand ink on the bottom to resemble a mulchy/dirt area under the swing.

The tree "leaves" are cut from the jumbo scallop border die from MFT.

thanks for stopping by today.

Start your day with Whee tomorrow!! :-)

HUGS!!

You are my Sunshine

Happy Saturday Paper Maniacs!!

Have you been enjoying all the awesome ideas and inspiring projects on the PaperManiac BLOG this week? I know that I have been enjoying them all. Stop by to check out the projects, and, while you are there, be sure to become a follower. We are having a HUGE, and I mean HUGE 1st birthday celebration starting on the 10th!! You won't want to miss this party! :-)

Here's a card made with the new Flourishes Sunflowers stamps! Oh how I adore these huge sunflower stamps!! They are so much fun to color.

This is really a C-A-S card, one layer-stamped right onto the base. I used a small patch of Core'dinations Cosmo Cricket basics for the grass. I sanded the embossed area and that seemed to give this piece some nice details. I tied some vanilla stitched ribbon around the bottom and cut tiny grass strips across the top. I then scrunched them in different directions to give it a more realistic feel. The sunflowers are colored with Copics and I used Sassafrass buttons on the centers. The sentiment also comes from the Sunflower stamp set.

Hope you all have a very safe holiday weekend!!

Back to School- Backpack Tag

Here's a cute little backpack tag I made for Amanda's backpack- she started kindergarten today!! I cannot get over how fast 5 years has gone by! Anyway, she was super-excited and happy to head off this morning. She was even more excited when I picked her up, and had so many fun and amazing stories to tell us about her day. She can't wait to go back again tomorrow.

The image on the front of the tag is from Pink Cat Studios Back to School collection and is a digi stamp. I colored it with Copic markers and added glittery accents with Stickles on the dress and lunchbox. The ribbon is PTI raspberry fizz stitched.

The tag is cut using the Spellbinders Labels 10 die. I sponged around the edges with Memento Angel Pink ink. The back of the tag is raspberry fizz cardstock from PTI. I stamped the sentiment from MFT- Emma and Her Backpack inside the frame from PTI's Fillable Frames 7.

It doesnt show here, but at the bottom of the tag, I wrote: This backpack belongs to Amanda, Grade: Kindergarten, Teacher: Ms. Clark.

Here's to a fun school year for all of my friends and their kiddos!!

SUPER SALE at Paper Maniac

Have you seen it??

Stop by Paper Maniac to see the latest sale.

HUGE clearance

we have to make room for all the new FALL product releases.

Increasing discounts daily until Tuesday.

HUGE 1st Birthday celebration coming up starting September 10th

YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS CELEBRATION-

become a follower on the Paper Maniac BLOG today!!

Hooray!!

HI Adorable Owl

Happy Wednesday Peeeeeeeeps!! Hope everyone is having a fan-tab-u-lous day! Here's a card I made using another adorable digi stamp from Pink Cat Studio. This owl cutie is called, Patches. This card follows Taylor's sketch for the DTGD challenges. I wanted to go woodsy theme on this card, since the owl was such a cutie and kinda reminds me of Woodsy Owl. Anyone remember him from back in the day??? Lol. You know, "Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute!!" The card is 5X5 square, on a PTI white base- immpresssed with the sunshine impression plate. I used Echo Park pattern papers- Walk in the Park collection. The image is colored with Copics, and die cut using Spellbinders Classic Circles LG and SM. I sponged new sprout Memento ink around the image. The letter stickers are from Echo Park's Life is Good collection. I used PTI twine to tie around the card. Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful day!!

I just spied an awesome sale at Paper Maniac!!! Did you see it yet???

All Jenni Bowlin and Kaisercraft Papers - 25% off
All American Crafts and All Pebbles - 35% off
All Making Memories and All Single Sheet 12 x 12 Papers - 40% Off

Woooooooooot!!!