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3 Panel Accordion - Accordion cards are some of my favorite things to make, and that’s just what we’ll do today.  We’re taking it easy with just 3 panels today.  Your accordion may be as large or as small as you like it.  It may serve as table decor or it may tie closed as a little gift waiting to be opened. Anything goes — just do a 3 panel accordion card. But beware — they are ADDICTING!!!  Be sure to check out all the DT girls links to get some GREAT ideas and to get your juices flowing!

Keyword ssnotime111 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Amy, October Guest Designer
• Janine   
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy 
• Deb  
• Barbara
• Jenny
• Barb Schram (Barb is kindly filling in for a bit as Jennifer Buck takes some much needed time off — enjoy your break, Jennifer — we’ll miss you!)

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

Now I must apologize for this very late post.  Today just did not go the way I had planned — it’s nearly 4 a.m. so I’m only going to post the photos of my project.  I’ll come back tomorrow morning to add the supplies and details for you — thanks for understanding.  Editing:  Added!!!  Measurements provided below as well!

Journal Notes (Christmas),  Flower Soft Vintage Envelope Sentiments, Flower Soft Polar White, Flower Soft Glue,  SU Dazzling Diamonds applied with Quickie Glue Pen, Basic Grey Buttons, May Arts White Ruffled Faux Suede Ribbon, Offray Wired Ribbon from Wal-Mart, Hairy Yarn from Wal-Mart , SU Bella Bleu DP, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets and Felt Snowflake covered with Dazzling Diamonds

There is NO stamping on this project and it is so soft and pretty, IRL, with tons of texture from the Flower Soft snow on each panel and the glitz of the Dazzling Diamonds, which is lost in the photos — so sorry.

All images are from the Christmas Journal Note pad I carry in the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  Here I’ve made my snowy border very textural with Polar White Flower Soft and added a bit of glitz to the birds and berries with Dazzling Diamonds.  Doing something on this order to a Journal Notes image would make a quick and easy card front for Christmas!

This center panel is SO sparkly and glitzy IRL.  The bottom is the Polar White snow and the trees are all Dazzling Diamonds.  The piece is a bottom half (journal portion) from the Jouranal Notes pad.  I intended this panel to be where the giver would sign the *card*.  These cute envelopes are all from the Vintage Envelope Sentiments by Flower Soft, put on with an SU Dimensional.  They add a nice touch!

This panel is the bottom half of the first bird panel from the Journal Note sheet (Christmas).  I am LOVING this 5/8″ Ruffled Faux Suede.  The pure white looks so good with a Christmasy/wintery theme.  It’s soft and easy to tie.  My buttons are all by Basic Grey.

Here’s the how-to for this sized accordion:

Cut paper 12″ x 5″.  Score at 4″ and in again 4″, or at 4 and 8.  This gives you the 3 panels.

Working on a surface with diagonal lines (I used my Scor Pad), use a ruler and pencil to mark your *peaks*.  Take to paper cutter and cut on your pencil lines.

Cut DP strips 4″ wide and adhere one strip over each panel.  Once applied, it is easy to now come with scissors and cut the DP along your *peak* lines - no measuring — super easy. 

Apply ink direct to all edges of panels for a finished look and decorate away.

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Please note the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store has several sales running right now:

30% off on the boxed JustRite Monogram Sets — Damask, Special Occasions, Curlz

15% of on ALL ribbon orders BY THE SPOOL (not cut yardgage)

Buttons at greatly reduced prices.

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Thanks for stopping in!  I hope all the great DT samples encourage you to try a fun 3 panel accordion card — I just LOVE decorating these fun little projects!  I have many more projects to share over the weekend, so hope to see you soon.  Have a wonderful weekend ahead!

Feeling Square? - Today’s challenge has to do with shape — squares.  NO rounded corners on todays card — so that means NO oval or circular punches or die cuts — only square shapes.  The card must be square, any size, as long as it’s square and all layers added must have squared corners.  Only your small embellishments can be round or oval — so you can use buttons, brads, primas, etc. as embellishements, even though they may be round. So if you’re feeling a little square, today is YOUR day!!!  You know, it’s TOTALLY HIP TO BE SQUARE!!!!  Have fun!!!

Keyword ssnotime110 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Amy, October Guest Designer
• Janine   
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy is taking the night off!  Get a good rest, Tam!
• Deb  has some great Blog Candy today!
• Barbara
• Jenny
• Barb Schram (Barb is kindly filling in for a bit as Jennifer Buck takes some much needed time off — enjoy your break, Jennifer — we’ll miss you!)

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s my Square creation for today:

A 5.5″ square card — Stamped VERY Simply.

Image is from Old Fashioned Christmas by JustRite, used on the 3 1/4″ Wood Stamper, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and it is Copic Colored — the square is 2.5″.

Sentiment is from Many Merry Messages by SU, stamped in Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink, my favorite ink for crisp and clean sentiments.

Double Embossed Lines are made with my Scor-It, spaced 1/4″ apart.  Using Perga Soft  makes your scoring tool just glide over even the heaviest of papers.

Trying to show you how deeply impressed you can get your embossed lines when using a Scor-It.  Makes for very professional looking embossed designs.

All items linked in the text above are available at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Thanks much for stopping in — it’s been an exhausting day so I’m signing off without much chit chat! 

If you are interested in any of the JustRite Monogram Kits at 30% off, please scroll down one post, or click here to read about them — thanks!  See you all real soon!!!

Gatefolds  — Today’s challenge deals with how we fold our card — we are going to do Gatefold cards today.  Fun for a change!  Gatefolds are cards that fold in from each side, meeting in the middle, so it opens like a gate.  The folds don’t have to be symmetrical, your opening can be off center if you like.  Check out all the DT samples for some great ideas with this fun fold!!!

Keyword ssnotime109 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Amy, October Guest Designer
• Janine   
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy 
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny
• Barb Schram (Barb is kindly filling in for a bit as Jennifer Buck takes some much needed time off — enjoy your break, Jennifer — we’ll miss you!)

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s my Gatefold creation for today:

A Christmas card simply made using a Winter Cotton Scrap, a Vintage Envelope Sentiment from Flower Soft, 100% Silk Ribbon (Burgundy), a die cut corner and pretty SU paper, Autumn Traditions  (a fall pack, but I love a few of the prints in it for Christmas).  My gatefold opening is off center and you can scroll down to get measurements for cutting and scoring this fold.

I’m trying to capture the glitz here.  My Cotton Scrap is sewn onto Soft Suede SU cardstock which I distressed afer sewing, using my scissor blades.  I like to sew in this meandering fashion because then you don’t have to be so careful that’s it pefect, and that’s good!  Santa’s hair and beard where dazzled up by drawing lines with my Quickie Glue Pen and sprinkling on SU Dazzling Diamonds.  SOOOO pretty IRL.  The envelope is a fun cutout from a pack called Vintage Envelope Sentiments by Flower Soft — PERFECT for that finishing touch!

Here’s the inside.  I adhered Very Vanilla cardstock, used a Cuttlebug die cut corner inside to match the one on the front, and stamped my inside sentiment with one of the centers from Christmas Treasures by JustRite, used on a 3 1/4″ Wood Stamper.  And can you see on the Cotton Scrap panel how I adhered a piece of cardstock to the back to cover up all my stitching lines and give the inside a cleaned up look?  It also served well in this instance as I could sandwich my ribbon between the layers.  This is the only place where the ribbon is attached to the card.  It merely wraps around the card and you tie your bow on the side.  The recipient then has to open the bow to open the card — FUN!!!  I think so anyway.  It gives a bit of a *present* feel to your card.

My paper is cut to a standard 1/2 sheet - -5.5 x 8.5″.  I used my Scor-It Mini to score my fold lines.  I scored 1 3/4″ from one edge and 2.5″ from the other edge.  Once folded it gives me the standard A2 size of 5 1/2 x 4 1/4″.

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Shopping:

Flower Soft carries the Vintage Envelope Sentiments as well as their full line of product.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries the following items to create this project:

• Christmas Treasures Set on the 3 1/4″ Round Stamper by JustRite

• VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink

• Scor-It Mini

• Burgundy 100% Silk Ribbon by May Arts

• Winter Cotton Scraps by Crafty Secrets

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So glad you were able to stop in again today — wishing you all a wonderful weekend ahead, and hope you can try a Gatefold card if you are so inclined.  They’re fun!  See you soon!

ABC/123– Today’s challenge has to do with making letters or numbers a focal point of our project.  Steve and I are celebrating our 25th Anniversary this week, so visions of cards in a store display with 25 or 50 on them came to mind — LOL!!!  However, we have lots of options using numbers or letters as a focal point — my first thoughts go to birthday cards or monogrammed projects — the range is wide open — so have some fun getting elementary with your ABC’s and 123’s!!! 

Keyword ssnotime107 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Today begins a brand new month, so that means we have to sadly bid farewell to Charlene.  THANK YOU so much for having played with us this past month, Charlene — we loved  your work and fun spirit and hope you continue to play with us as time permits!!!  We’ll miss you!!!

And I’m thrilled to pieces to announce October’s New Guest Designer – a friend I met several years ago over at SCS, and from my neighboring State of Wisconsin — please welcome Amy Rohl, a/k/a rohla at SCS and by her Blog, Ink About Me.  I’ve always loved Amy’s clean designs and can’t WAIT to see what she does for us here.  Welcome, Amy!!!

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Amy, October Guest Designer (Amy’s upload will be early Friday morning)
• Janine 
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy 
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s what I created for today:

A simply stamped monogrammed wedding card.  Not a lot of explaining needed — Bella Bleu SU DP with Very Vanilla and Kraft cardstock,  Taupe 100% Silk Ribbon (shirred in the center under monogram just by tying tightly with a 1/4″ piece of like ribbon), Damask Monogram Kit used for monogram that I chose to cut into a rectangular shape today rather than the traditional circle (this particular border lends itself very well to a rectangular shape), accented with Pearls.

Can you see the subtle pearly shimmer on the embossed upper portion? That is quickly done using Perfect Pearls — run over embossed image with Perfect Medium, brush with Pearl colored Perfect Pearls, wipe off excess with Swiffer cloth (YES, what you use for dusting).  Done!  Gorgeous effect!

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The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries the following items used on this card:

Damask Monogram Kit by JustRite

100% Silk Ribbon by May Arts

Perfect Pearls by Ranger, Kaiser Pearls (not shown, but I have them), Versa Fine Vintage Sepia Ink, Scor-It

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As always, thank you SO much for stopping in — I truly do appreciate it.  Hope you are all off to a wonderful weekend ahead!!!  I’m going shopping, so that’s always fun!!!  See you soon!

Rich Autumn Leaves- To me the colors of autumn are rich and earthy.  Today we will create a project with leaves, and remember we’re easy, so if you don’t have actual leaf images, trees, flowers with leaves, acorns, pinecones, etc. are all OK.  But the added element is to make the project rich in color and texture by adding sponging to create that richness and depth of color.   I can’t wait to see your gorgeously rich creations today!

Keyword ssnotime106 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Charlene, September Guest Designer
• Janine 
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy took the night off due to other committments!
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s what I created for today:

An autumn card, rich in texture and color, with NO ribbon — wonders NEVER cease!  The Antique Gold Silk actually went very nicely with this paper, and I did debate the issue, but decided to forego the ribbon today as I thought this card stood very well on its own and I really wanted the focus on the image/leaf.  A simple style I use so often, with my *piping*.  Although my focal image is clean, my edges are all sponged as well as the leaf.

The image is from Autumn Blessings by JustRite, Copic colored, cut with Petite Oval Nesties.  I like using the Petites as it allows me room on the side for *something* — usually pearls, but today brass brads.  I’ve been making these same leaves each autumn for years.  The punch is by McGill and it’s quite old.  I drew in the vein lines with a pen and sponged the leaf and edges in Soft Suede by SU.  The leaf was punched from the goldish paper in the DP pack, Autumn Traditions by SU.  I tied a bit of 100% Jute String on the leaf stem, and that was ribbon enough for this card.  The focal image and leaf are mounted on Dimensionals.

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Shopping:

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries the following items to make this card:

Autumn Blessings Set and the 2 1/4 x 3 1/16″ Oval Stamper by JustRite.

Petite Oval Nestabilites by Spellbinders and Scor-It Score Board

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink (not shown in store yet, but I have it available)

100% Jute String by MayArts.

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Thanks much for stopping in.  I hope we have inspired you today to create some beautiful, rich and earthy projects this week.  Sponging is a wonderful compliment to autumn creations!  Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.  I plan to be back tomorrow with a card for a fun sketch challenge — hope you can check it out!!!  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!! See you soon!!!

CAS/BIO — So what’s THAT mean?  Clean and Simple, Black Ink Only OR Brown Ink Only.  So clean and simple in style, with only ONE ink, black or brown, and NO coloring.  We’ve done something similar before, but this time we are adding in the clean and simple element as well and allowing either black or brown ink.  ANY papers or embellishmemts are A-OK.  The idea here is to keep our effort to a minimum by doing CAS and limiting inks and omitting coloring, but allowing our papers and embellishments to give our project the POP and pizzazz.  Have fun with this one!

Keyword ssnotime105 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Charlene, September Guest Designer
• Janine 
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s what I created for today:

First of all let me say, I think I broke my own rule.  This is Black Ink Only, but I’m not sure if it qualifies for clean and simple.  But I have an excuse — we have another funeral tomorrow and I really NEEDED this to be a sympathy card tonight as I didn’t have time to make 2 cards, so I am just being practical and made what I needed — so if you’ll forgive me for that — then I owe you one!  My card is 5.25 x 7.75″ high.  The papers are retired SU — Soft Sky and Spring Silhouettes DP — both of which I dearly love.  Soft Sky is probably my most favorite blue paper of all time.

My image is from Thinking of You by JustRite stamped in a good, crisp black ink — VersaFine Onyx Black, my favorite black.  Though this set is sized to fit the Classic Oval Nesties, I cut mine with the Petite Oval Nesties.  I’ve done this before and I’m lovin’ the space I have on the sides to use Kaiser Pearls.  This my favorite fun and flirty blow treatment using the Bow Easy.  Read here to learn how to do this ribbon treatment.

And here I wanted to show you that I used one of the other oval center stamps in Thinking of You for my inside sentiment.  Thought this was pretty for the inside.  And that’s about it!  Hope you can play along!

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Shopping:

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store offers the following items used on this card:

Thinking of You Set and the 2 1/4 x 3 1/16″ Oval Stamper by JustRite

100% Silk Ribbon by May Arts and the Bow Easy

Petite Oval Nestabilities, Scor-It and VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

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Make sure you check out all the Friday players in the JustRite Font Blog Hop.  The fun is still continuing.  Read the post linked above at the JustRite Blog to learn more about the Hop, the Candy being offered and the week long Font Sale at JustRite!  And if you didn’t see the posts for Thursday, make sure you check those out too!  All are linked at the JustRite Blog.

Thanks much for stopping in today — truly do appreciate it!  Hope you can look forward to a wonderful weekend!  See you all soon - take care!

Halloween is Almost Here! - Today’s challenge is to make a card or project for Halloween, or perhaps a bag or container for treats!  Anything goes.  And I realize some don’t care to do Halloween, and that’s just fine — then just incorporate a pumpkin into your project!  Everyone can play, and we hope you do!!!

Keyword ssnotime104 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Charlene, September Guest Designer
• Janine 
• Jennifer 
• Julie - Julie is taking the night off tonight!
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s what I created for today:

It’s a small piece of wall decor!  Actually, I like to make hanging things to hang on my cabinet knobs in the kitchen.  You know how you like to just *look at your stuff* after you make it — or am I the only one who does that — LOL!!!  I usually have something hanging on a knob in my kitchen, so this will now replace the summery floral I currently have there.  It just makes me feel good to have a created object right where I can always see it — NUTS, or what - LOL!!!  That’s OK — I’m happy!!!  For this photo it is displayed in a photo stand.  I actually picked up a couple of these photo stands at a gas station in Wisconsin on our way to Shipshewana this summer.  I thought they were the neatest things.  Anyway, not much to say about my project, so I’ll just leave you with the recipe — oh, it’s 3 3/4 x 5 3/4″ high.  The Buttery Gold Silk Ribbon is knotted so it can hang on my cabinet pull.

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Stamps and Ink:  None

Paper:  Black and Halloween Journal Notes

Accessories: Silk Ribbon, Button, String, Bow Easy, Deco Corner Punch, SU Pewter Jumbo Eyelet, Cropadile, Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue to adhere bow.

Shopping:

 The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store  carries the following items used on this project:

1.25″ Buttery Gold Silk Ribbon and Black Jute String by May Arts

Halloween Journal Notes by Crafty Secrets

Bow Easy

Button by Basic Grey

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Thank you much for stopping in!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend ahead.  See you soon!!

Overstamped Sentiment -Today’s challenge is simple.  Merely stamp your sentiment OVER your image.  I love this look and just haven’t done it in ages.  Can’t WAIT to see your cards!!! 

Keyword ssnotime103 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Waving a sad *gooodbye* to Pat. Pat, we loved having both you and your sense of humor with us for the month of August.  Your creations WOW’d us all!  Thank you SO MUCH and we DO expect you to keep on playing with us, OK?  You’ve gotta keep tickling our funny bones!!!  Thank you, Pat, a/k/a The Rubbermaid!

And I’m thrilled to pieces to announce our September Guest Designer.  Many of you already know her well from her long-time association with SCS and the Challenges over there and her blog,  Where M & M’s Gather.  Drum roll, please — for Charlene Merrick!  WELCOME, Charlene!  We are SO happy to have you this month!!!  Thank you so much for accepting the invite!

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Charlene, September Guest Designer
• Janine 
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s what I created for today:

For starters, apologies for this poor photo.  I lack in photography skills.  The layer behind the focal image is that highly polished Gold Mirricard and it truly is reflective like a mirror.  I have never yet been able to get a decent photo when I use that paper — sorry — but it does look so nice IRL.  Anyway, moving on, my sentiment is stamped over a pre-printed image from the Christmas Journal Note pad.  It is Friday, Stamp Simply day, so I’m sure you KNEW I’d take the easy way out — LOL!!!  And it worked great!

I first adhered my cut image onto a piece of cardstock for more stability as I was going to heat emboss it.  My sentiment from Christmas Treasures by JustRite was stamped in VersaMark and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder.  I then took my VersaMark pad and DTP’d (direct to paper) all the edges, then embossed them with the same gold for sort of an old world look.  Nothing too fussy, just quickly DTP’d my edges, and it comes how it may — no rocket science involved here!

See the cutout?  It was done with my 3/4″ SU punch.  I knew I wanted my bow to be over a bit more than the image would allow, so I made the cutout to allow for my bow to scootch over that much more.  The edges of my cream panel are edged with a Marvy Gold Calligraphy pen — super easy. 

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Stamps:  Christmas Treasures used on the 3 1/4″ Round Wood Stamper by JustRite

Paper:  PTI Vintage Cream, Prism Rose Light, Gold Mirricard, Christmas Journal Notes by Crafty Secrets

Ink:  VersaMark, Marvy Gold Calligraphy Pen

Accessories:  Mauve Silk Ribbon, Gold Embossing Powder, SU 3/4″ Punch

Shopping:

The following items used on this card can be purchased at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:

Christmas Treasures Set and 3 1/4″ Round Wood Stamper by JustRite

Christmas Journal Notes by Crafty Secrets

Mauve 100%  Silk Ribbon by May Arts

Scor-it Scor Board

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So glad you stopped in again today — truly do appreciate it!  Hope you can find some time to play and share your creations with us.  Wishing you a safe and wonderful Labor Day Weekend, whatever your plans!  Have fun, be safe, and see you real soon!

Let’s Leave our Comfort Zone — OK, we all know we have one and most of us don’t like to leave it, at least not for very long.  But today, that is just what we are going to do - we are going to leave our stamping style comfort zone and do a card or project in a style TOTALLY unlike what we normally do.  For example, if you always are drawn to doing cutesy things — go elegant, or masculine, or anything OTHER than cutesy.  Get the drift?  Do something that does NOT come natural to you.  THEN in your post, make sure you tell us what your usual style is and WHY this is different.  This will be fun!!!!

Keyword ssnotime102 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Pat Adam, August Guest Designer
• Janine 
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s what I created for today:

This is my attempt at creating a cutesy card!  Cutesy I am NOT!  So I used this adorably CUTE ladybug image from a set by Our Craft Lounge called Just Bugz! Is she cute, or what!!!  I really do love this clean and simple card, and what a FUN set to play with (more on that in a minute), but I do feel I rather failed at meeting the requirements of this challenge — so sorry.  I tried very hard to make this cutesy and *different* than my norm, but I think it looks pretty much like what I always do — LOL!!!!  I guess you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?   But I tried, and I had fun, so that’s what counts!

And how did I get my hands on this set?  Well, I had a visitor — an online friend all the way from Florida, and she brought a few fun sets with her for us to play with — how SWEET!!!  So WHO was here — a current SCS Dirty Girl, DebDeb, Deb Felts!  We had so much fun!  It was just a short visit one afternoon earlier this week, with a couple others,  No time to dig in and stamp, but we did Copic color for a bit and that was fun!   So glad you came, Deb!!!  Thanks!!!

Image is Copic colored, cut and matted with Classic Rectangle Nesties.  And doesn’t she look like she’s just looking at you saying “What’s New?” — LOL!!!  That sentiment is included in the Tiny Words Set by JustRite.  Again, just because the stamp is round and used on a round stamper, doesn’t mean you are tied to a round sentiment - oval suited me better today — so oval it was!  Cut with my Petite Oval Nesties.  And the 1.5″ wide Gingham Ribbon is simply knotted.  I wanted to use wide ribbon, but a bow would have overpowered this card, so a simple knot did the trick! 

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The following items used to make this card are available at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:

Tiny Words Set used on the 1 3/16 Round Stamper, both by JustRite

Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink for sentiment

1.5″ Gingham Ribbon by May Arts

Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders 

Scor-It

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Thanks so much for stopping in — hope you get time to try to leave your comfort zone, too!  Would love to see where you head!  And I do have another post popping up in the morning where I’m allowed to do my normal thing — so normal it will be, early tomorrow morning!  Hope you can stop back in and see what I have to share then!  Thanks everyone!  See you soon!

OK, the party from last week is over, but we are all still dancing!  We’re doing the polka!!!  Well, not really — but we ARE playing with POLKA DOTS today!!!  So let’s see some polka dotted creations from all of you — that’s it!!!  We’re not fussy – just get some polka dots in somewhere on your project, and the more, the merrier!!!  Have fun doing the Polka!

Keyword ssnotime101 - There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project at Splitcoast and/or your Blog, anytime at all. You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!) can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here.

Check out the great samples for the Stamp Simply Challenge today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Pat Adam, August Guest Designer
• Janine 
• Jennifer 
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy
• Deb
• Barbara
• Jenny

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s my dotted creation for today:

I *Stamped Simply* for today’s Halloween Card.  As you can see, my only stamped image is the BOO sentiment from Witch Way to the Treats by JustRite.  I used a darling image from Halloween Journal Notes by Crafty Secrets, used 1.5″ Gingham Ribbon as a background element and made a blue Silk Bow on the Bow Easy.  Just a quick and fun card to put together!   My Halloween Paper by Moxxie is something I just got and I can tell I’ll have fun with it — I am carrying it in the Halloween Section of Page 3 of the Stamp Simply Ribbon store in an easy to use 6 x 6 size.

The simply stamped sentiment was cut, matted and framed with my Petite Circle Nestabilities.

This fun and flippy little bow is made of Blue Silk and done on the Bow Easy.

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SU Product Used:  Black, White and Soft Sky cardstock.

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries all other items used to make this card:

Witch Way to the Treats Stamp Set on the 1 3/16 Round Wood Stamper by JustRite

Halloween Print Designer Paper by Moxxie

Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink

Halloween Journal Notes by Crafty Secrets

1.5″ Orange Gingham and 1.25″ Blue Silk Ribbon by May Arts and the Bow Easy

Petite Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders

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So glad you had a minute to stop in again.  I love when you come!!!   Wish we could sit and actually chat IRL — how fun would that be!!!   If it fits into your schedule, hope you can show us some of your dotted creations this week — dots are SO FUN!!!  Have a great weekend everyone — it’s very rainy here right now, but that is GOOD — much needed!!!