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All Wrapped Up — Since Christmas is just around the corner and many use the Thanksgiving weekend to get a head start on wrapping their gifts, today let’s share gift wrapping ideas.  You may wrap ANYTHING for ANY OCCASION in any way, any form or fashion — just show us some of your wrapping ideas.  Examples:  Wrap a card in a handmade envelope, wrap a gift of food in a handmade box or decorated bag, wrap a box with beautiful ribbon and tag, make wrappers for tiny food treats (bars, gum, candies, cookies).  The sky is the limit on this one — just wrap something so it’s ready to give as a gift.  Fun!!!

Keyword ssnotime114 - 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.

And I have GOOD NEWS to announce today!  Jennifer Buck is back with us!!! Yea for that!!! We missed you Jenn — WELCOME BACK!!!    AND, Barb Schram who was filling in during Jenn’s absence will be staying with us as well.  WELCOME Barb as a regular designer — so HAPPY to have you!!!

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

• Bethany, November Guest Designer
• Jennifer 
• Janine   
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy 
• Deb  
• Barbara
• Jenny
• Barb Schram 

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 wrap job for this week:

I’ll be the first to admit that I love, love, LOVE fiddling with this type of project.  I could sit and do these type of boxes all day long, putting together different paper and ribbon combinations.  They are so quick and easy you have SUCH a feeling of accomplishment in short order — and I like that!

These boxes are 2″ cubes - 2×2x2.  They are made from 2 sheets of 6 x 6 DP.  I used the new DP I have listed for sale by Kaiser — Dear Santa and Belle.  I used Dear Santa on this box.

I used the Belle DP pad for this box.  All my monograms are tiny, done with the 1 3/16″  Monogram Kit which contains my favorite Damask borders, just in a smaller size.  I LOVE this tiny little size for fun projects.  SO quick - and to aid in speed, these monograms are a perfect fit for the SU punches.  On all 3 boxes today I used SU’s 1 1/4 and 1 3/8″ punches and SU’s Scallop Punch. 

I just got 3 new types of Velvet Ribbon in LOTS of yummy colors. Soon as I’m done here, I’m going to photo it and load it into my Ribbon Store, so check it out if you like velvet!  I LOVE velvet for rich, lush holiday projects!!!  Even using just a little velvet on a project adds so much!

Here’s the small 1 3/16″ Stamper/Monogram Kit by JustRite.  It sells for $19.95 and makes a wonderful addition to your existing monogram collection OR a wonderful gift for someone this Christmas.  It’s complete and ready to use with the Stamper, Font and Damask Borders.  I have plenty in stock.

Now, for the how-to on the boxes:

Box Base:  Using a 6 x 6 sheet of DP, score 2″ in from all 4 edges.  Cut slits for tabs, fold and tape.

Box Top:  Using a coordinating sheet of DP, cut it to 4 1/16 x 4 1/16.  Score 1″ in from all 4 edges.  Cut slits for tabs, fold and tape.  Your top will fit perfectly!

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The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries the following items to make these boxes:

Velvet Ribbon, Kaiser Paper, 1 3/16″ Damask Monogram Kit, Scor-It Score Board.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store has a number of sales running at this time:

15% off all Ribbon by the Spool (not cut yardage).

30% off the original boxed Monogram Sets by JustRite

20% off all Christmas Sets by JustRite

Reduced prices on buttons by Basic Grey and Rusty Pickle

20% off both the Full Sized and Mini Scor-It Score Boards

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Thanks much for stopping in today.  I’ve been so incredibly busy I haven’t had a lot of time to create, and I surely miss it.  It felt so good to sit and make these little boxes tonight.  I have more box ideas to share with you as well, so hope to get to them next week.  Thank you so much — wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Matchbook Folds — I’m on a fold kick latey, and today it is a matchbook fold.  With this fold you have one small fold and one large fold so it kind of looks like and opens like a matchbook.  Check out all the DT samples today for some fun ideas and great inspiration with this fun fold!

Keyword ssnotime113 - 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:

• Bethany, November Guest Designer
• Janine   
• Julie 
• AJ
• Tammy 
• Deb  
• Barbara
• Jenny
• Barb Schram  - project will post at 12 noon on Friday

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 matchbook creation for this week,

I haven’t done a matchbook fold in years and forgot how FUN they were.  I kept it simple, using Raspberry Tart DP and Cameo Coral (SU) for my color and some of the NEW product by JustRite for my Miss You Sentiment from JUST A NOTE  and my 2″ WIDE Border — links at end of post.  I have a piece of 3/8″ Black Velvet glued onto the bottom portion, and it’s just cut on the ends. (NOTE:  3 new types of Velvet are being added to the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store this weekend!)

Here’s the open view so you can see how it functions.  The top flap slides under the bottom flap, just like a matchbook.  I have the very bottom portion of the small flap glued down, way inside the fold, allowing room for the top flap to enter.  (When you click on Bethany’s link above, she shows a photo of exactly what I did — she did it just the same.)  My sentiment is attached to the bottom flap with SU Dimensionals.  It is cut with my Petite Circle Nesties and decorated with Kaiser Pearls in Snow.  Here’s the how-to:

• Cut your paper the long way, to 11 x 4 25.

• Score in 1.25″ from one short edge, score again 5.25″ down from your first score.

Two NEW sets available on preorder were used to make this sentiment.  JUST A NOTE BORDER AND CENTERS to fit the 1 5/8 and 2″ Stampers was used for the sentiment and the 2″ ROUND WIDE BORDERS was used for my pretty, wide border.

If you scroll to the bottom of this post you can see some of the NEW product and click on links to take you to the other sets in the November Release lineup. 

The above link also provides you with a comprehensive list and links to all items currently sale priced at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store – briefly:

Ribbon Spools (15% off) (not cut yardage)

Scor-It Full Sized and Scor-It Mini (20% off)

JustRite Christmas Sets (20% off)

JustRite Monogram Sets (30% off)

Buttons reduced

Check out the BIGGER BOW EASY here.

I am still accepting preorders on the NEW JustRite Product, due to arrive soon!  Email me at ssj@up.net to reserve your favorite sets!

Also my 6 x 6 Pads of Kaiser Paper have shipped so I should have them next week!

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Thanks much for stopping in to check out our challenge!  I can’t wait to see what the DT girls have done and I hope you can give a matchbook fold a try as well!!! Have a wonderful weekend, everyone.  Hope to see you soon! 

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!