No Time To Stamp?

Keyword ssnotime59 - 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.

For today’s challenge we are going to Button up for Winter!  I don’t know about most of you, but where I live there are a lot of things that need to be done before winter hits, and that’s what we’re doing with our cards today — buttoning up for winter — BUT, it is still fall, not winter, so today’s challenge is to make a fall card and incorporate a button on it — that’s it – oh, I’m seeing lots of cozy, warm, homey cards in my mind, but I can’t WAIT to see how you all interpret this challenge!!!  Remember to try to keep it simple, quick and most importantly, HAVE FUN!!!  (Oh, and  a button can be real, faux, sticker, stamped — whatever, we’re easy!)   

Please bear with us as we are all uploading this evening - all samples should be here and up by morning. 

Check out Darlene Pavlick’s sample here.

Check out Julie Koerber’s sample here. 

Check out Dee Jackson’s sample  here.

Check out Jennifer Buck’s sample here.

Check out Janine Orchard’s sample here.

Check out Tammy Hershberger’s sample here.

Check out Becky Oehlers’ sample here.

You can see all Gallery Submissions here.

Are those great samples or what!!!!  Thank you girls!!!  Much appreciated!!!  

Here’s my project for today’s challenge:

Kind of different colors for autumn, but I like it!  I used the last piece of the One Sheet Wonder  I did a month or so ago using First Fruits by Papertrey Ink and a retired SU Spectrum pad called Late November.  A pretty simple and straight forward card.  I used a little leaf stamp in First Fruits to stamp a background and I used SU’s Aida Cloth for the background on the Eggplant and I sponged all edges.  Buttons are sewn on.  They are from Wal-Mart.  I recently stocked up on Wal-Mart buttons.  They have little bags in tons of color schemes and they are really inexpensive.  I can usually find colors to match what I need.  Works for me!!!

Stamps:  First Fruits by Papertrey Ink, Aida Cloth by SU

Paper:  SU:  Very Vanilla, Pale Plum, Elegant Eggplant

Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black, SU retired Spectrum in Late November, SU retired Marigold Morning, SU Pale Plum and Elegant Eggplant.

Accessories:  May Arts Ribbon, Wal-Mart Buttons, Thread, Sponges.          

Thanks so much again for stopping in!  Hope you can play sometime if you are so inclined.  I do have a request for prayers and cards –  please check it out.  Hope you all have a wonderful fall weekend!!!  See you soon!

Today’s Sketch Challenge at SCS was perfect to use up another piece of the One Sheet Wonder I made a few days ago, using the leaf image from First Fruits by Papertrey Ink.  I kept the sketch in tact, but added a few pieces.  Here is my card:

Thankful ….. for you.  I love the various words included in this set.  To the sketch I added the …..for you strip, the sentiment oval and the leaf. I also added a bit of red for a change up from the previous cards done.  You can see the OSW here, and more cards done with it here.

Stamps:  First Fruits by PTI; Cheesecloth by SU.

Paper:  SU: Very Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, More Mustard.  Prism:  Blush Red Dark.

Ink:  SU:  Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, retired Spectrum Late November.  Versa Fine Onyx Black.

Accessories:  Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Piercer and Mat Pack, Vintage Brads by SU, Leaf from Michaels, Sponges.

I’ve had so much fun with this old Spectrum pad that I just orderd 2 more that I hope to use on holiday cards — can’t wait for them to come!  Also, I had a little shopping spree at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.  I was lucky enough to be the 3rd place winner in the Inka Contest Lindsey was running last month.  Huge Congrats to the 1st and 2nd place winners — Heather Lee Reppen and Cindy Haffner.  You can see all 3 cards here.  Thank you so much, Lindsey!!!  And guess what, Lindsey is giving away BLOG CANDY right now, so check it out here.  And what did I order from Jacksonbelle Embellishments?  A couple packs of Christmas papers, a Basic Grey Christmas stamp set and some Christmas chipboard — can’t WAIT to get it!!!

Thank you all so much for stopping in.  My company is now gone, but I managed to get a really bad cold in the process, so I guess there isn’t much I CAN do, except REST at my STAMP TABLE — LOL!!!  Truly, that is just what I plan to do!!!  Again, many thanks for stopping in!!!

I made 4 more cards using the One  Sheet Wonder and First Fruits by Papertrey Ink, sticking with the theme of paper and ink only, and I still have enough paper left to make at least 2 more.  So that’s 7 made so far, and a couple more coming!  Really rushed tonight, so if you missed yesterday’s post, please refer to it.  It also includes all the supplies and more detail.  Here are today’s new cards:

All the same supplies as yesterday, only I added some More Mustard Paper and 2 of the cards used a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

This is one of those narrow embossing folders that come about 5 in a pack.  This actually has flowers in the center.  I only wanted the swirlies on the edges, so I covered the flowers in the center and no one will ever know the difference (except YOU - LOL!).

This card is my personal favorite from today’s cards.  Again, if you want the list of supplies and more detail, see yesterday’s post.  Sorry to be so brief, but maybe you actually like that better — LOL!!! Got to run!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING IN!!!  I’ll move on to something different for tomorrow!!!  Oh, and before I go, I just want to share that I really love these Papertrey stamps. They are clear stamps and the finest quality I have used.  They accept ink wonderfully, all the time, and are an absolute pleasure to work with!  Have a great day everyone!!!

Editing:  I’ve been getting a lot of questions on how I got my One Sheet Wonder stamped so uniformly — wondering if I’m using a ruler or drawing lines, etc., etc.  No, nothing, just eye-balling it.  I started in the lower left corner and stamped in a line across the diagonal towards the upper right corner, rotating my stamp each time.  I then came down and did the row beneath it, stamping my image kind of between the images in the row above.  When I got to the bottom, I just flipped the paper and did the other half.  HOWEVER, I have made many mistakes - the pattern truly is not uniform.  On several occasions I forgot to flip my stamp and my rows are not as straight as you all seem to think they are — LOL!!! The point is, it looks nice because the color is so stunning and the images are spaced apart in a FAIRLY uniform fashion — it is far from perfect, but the eye sees the overall project, it does not focus on each stamped image.  So just have fun with it — don’t strive for perfection because it’ll never happen — at least not in MY house — LOL!!! So happy that you all liked it so well!!!  Truthfully, I had a blast with it and can’t wait to do more!!!

A One Sheet Wonder.  Paper, ink and nothing more on this set of cards — and I like them!  It truly can’t get much more basic than this!!! I haven’t done a One Sheet Wonder in probably 6 - 8 years.  I needed to make several thank you notes today and I wanted to use the leaf stamp from First Fruits by Papertrey Ink, so I just thought I’d try a One Sheet Wonder.  Here’s the sheet I stamped — it’s a full 8.5 x 11, though it appears to be square, it isn’t.

See that leaf in the lower left with more yellowish tones?  That was the first leaf I stamped.  I determined I didn’t like that much yellow, so I changed course.  But it’ll work into something just fine!  To stamp these leaves I used a Spectrum Pad that was from SU, long since retired, called Late November.  Love these colors in this pad.  I pull it out every fall.  I just started stamping in one corner and stamped across the diagonal, repeating my rows until done.  It was so pretty I hated to cut into it!!!  Here’s the cards I made with it:

Only 3 cards tonight.  I’ll finish off the sheet tomorrow, so we can have Part II.  Using this amount of the OSW on each card will give me 8 cards from the one full sheet.  Not bad!!!  And I must say, it was VERY relaxing to sit and stamp that repeated pattern, so much so that I think I may be doing more One Sheet Wonders in the future!!!  I especially love stamping with the Spectrum pad — so fun!!!  And another thing I love about this set of cards is that they are paper and ink ONLY, nothing more — nothing!!!! That doesn’t happen too often, but I am very pleased with these simple little cards.  They were truly fun, and quick, to put together.  Here’s a close-up of the oval sentiment, which was done using the Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders:

That leaf image is beautiful to begin with, but isn’t it just so gogeous done with the Spectrum pad?  I love it!!!  That’s it for tonight — more with my One Sheet Wonder tomorrow!!!

• Supply List 

  • Stamps:  First Fruits by Papertrey Ink

  • Paper:  SU Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant

  • Ink:  Versa Fine Onyx Black, SU retired Spectrum Pad in Late November

  • Accessories:  Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders

Thanks so much for checking in again — I truly DO appreciate it so much!!!  Thank you!!!

NOTICE:  THE LIST which is one post down (scroll down) has been edited and is current as to all active Blog Candy posts — have fun!!! There are still many running!!!

This card uses the Scor-It Mini to dry emboss the lines.  I have a Scor-It Mini Blog Candy still active — click here.  And if any of you saw the Journal I did in that post, I was so pleased to see that a friend of mine, Joan, took my instructions, put her own spin on it, and made this adorable Journal with a country elegance I LOVE.  Check it out here.  To me, there is no greater pleasure than to see that someone has taken a project of mine as their starting point and then created a beautiful project of their own!!!  That ALWAYS makes me smile!!! 

And it has also become very apparent to me that many of you don’t know the difference between a Scor-It and a Scor-Pal.  If you are interested, I would urge you to check out this article I wrote quite some time ago which compares the two products.  Click here.

Now, for today’s project, I did a quick card today for the Color Challenge at SCS — the colors were Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray and Always Artichoke.    It was quick because I used the Cuttlebug to dry emboss the focal image and my Scor-It Mini to add embossed lines for interest.  Here it is:

To make this I first embossed a 1/4 sheet of white with the Bird Call folder in the Cuttlebug.  Then I just cut off what I didn’t want on the bottom.  I was left with 3.5″ of my embossed image.  I also cut it a bit narrower so more red card base would show.  Now, I took the cut down piece and first scored a line  1/4″ from the top on my Scor-It Mini.  I then adhered this piece to another piece of white cut to the size I wanted for my card.  Then I put it back on the Scor-It Mini and scored lines every 1/4″ inch, filling up the bottom white space.  Here’s a pic:

Can you see the seam line where the embossed image was cut and adhered to the base?  I started scoring right there and kept moving down 1/4″ for each score line — only takes a few seconds.  I love using an embossing folder to make quick cards, and personally I just think adding these scored lines kicks it up a notch, yielding a very professional result.    And you get beautiful raised score lines when using either of the boards by Scor-It, the full sized board or the Mini. 

Ok, then I just matted my embossed main image onto Basic Gray, wrapped with a scrap of ribbon (always great when that last scrap works! - and this was my Artichoke for the Color Challenge), adhered to the Riding Hood Red base, added my tag, and DONE. 

• Stamps:  Out on a Limb Sentiments by Papertrey Ink

• Paper:  PTI White, SU Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray

• Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black, SU  Basic Gray

• Accessories: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Embossing Folder, Scor-It, Tag Die by Spellbinders, Dimensionals

A quick project — now back to the MAJOR project for the day — trying to clean my stamp room — LOL!!  Now THAT’S a job!!!  Thank you all so much for stopping in and remember, there are still many Blog Candy posts to check out, see above.  Wishing you all wonderful fall weather, storm-free and sunny!

I made this set of three simple thank you notes for one of my sons to use, and when I make cards for my boys I always have strict orders to keep them very simple and plain.  I hope these fit that bill!  We’ll see if the buttons evoke any comments — LOL!!!  Once again I used my new autumn set from Papertrey Ink called First Fruits.  I can certainly vouch for the versatility of this set — I have been so pleased with it!!!  Here are the cards I made, hoping they are simple and masculine:

The top card was made earlier in the week for one of the challenges at SCS and I just made the bottom two.  Very simple stamping, machine zigzag stitching around the main image, White Craft ink DTP’d on the edges for a wintery, frosty feel.  (DTP means direct to paper — apply the ink directly to the paper with the pad).  We definitely have had autumn in the air, but now today we are back to hot summer, so it felt good to make these frosty, cool cards!!!

• Stamps:  First Fruits by Papertrey Ink
• Paper:  PTI White, SU Cranberry Crisp, Confetti Tan, Always Artichoke
• Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black, SU Close to Cocoa, Always Artichoke and Craft White
• Accessories:  Vintage Buttons, Sewing Machine, Thread, SU Photo Corner Punch, Zots

Hope you are all enjoying this long holiday weekend!!!  Summer’s last hurrah!!!  Thanks so much for stopping in!!! See you soon –

Still playing with First Fruits by Papertrey Ink.  This is my 3rd day of uploads using this autumn set.  Today’s card features the acorn image — fun!!  I will have another post using the pinecones and boughs, but that’ll have to wait for a few days.  I made this card specifically for a man, and I think these papers work great for a masculine card — still using the Fall Harvest Mat Pack by K & Co. from Michaels.  I’m really enjoying these rich autumn papers.  They are heavy and almost have a feeling of being coated — just a small pad, but it’ll easily get me through this autumn season.

• Stamps:  First Fruits by Papertrey Ink
• Paper:  PTI White,  SU Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Fall Harvest Mat Pack by K & Co.
• Ink:  Versa Fine Onyx Black, SU Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Ruby Red.
• Accessories:  Leaf Punch by McGill, SU Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware, Corner Rounder, Ticket Corner Punch, Dimensional.

Again, a simple card.  The acorn is stamped on the white, and the acorn cap is then stamped on another sheet, cut out and popped up.  I enjoy the options with all the words offered in this set — and a simple “Thankful for you” is just what I needed here.  My leaves are punched, and I get a lot of questions every time I use this punch.  Here’s a close-up:

I first stamp the paper with a bit of background stamping, tone on tone, and really, just about any stamp will do, just to get a bit of visual texture on the paper.  Then punch out the leaves, then I quickly draw in some vein lines — nothing fancy — just some quick lines, then I sponge the edges of the leaves, again tone on tone.  Finally, I curl up the ends a bit with my fingers before adhering to the card.  And WHERE to find this punch is always the question — it is made by McGill.  I purchased it years ago in a small LSS in Wisconsin.  I recently did a Google search and couldn’t find it, but they do have a leaf in another shape, which is equally as nice.  If anyone else searches and does happen to find this punch, I’d sure appreciate knowing where — thanks!!!

Editing:  Oh my gosh — you guys are TOO great!!! Susan Roberts (rainy) found this leaf punch here, and Judy Walsh found some FABULOUS leaf punches by Marvy that both cut AND emboss the veins at the same time — to die for!!! But they are a bit pricey as you need to buy them in a set of 3 for $60 - ouch!!!!  But they look wonderful — see them here.  THANK YOU LADIES — YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!  OK, here’s one of those alone for $22, and another and the third!  OR, check out this set of  Harvest dies by Spellbinders, and this page has more Spellbinder dies.  Thanks, Jerri Kay, for pointing out the Spellbinder dies — fabulous!!!

And tomorrow we have our regular Friday Stamp Simply Challenge — but we’ve added a fun twist to it for the next 6 weeks — so be sure to stop in and see what we all have up our sleeeves — it’ll be super fun to play along!!!  Again, I’m so glad you took the time to stop in — thank you so much!!!  We are still enjoying beautiful fall weather, mildly warm with beautiful breezes — can’t get much better!!!  Hope you are having a great week as well!!!

It is certainly that time of year when our baskets are filled to overflowing with garden veggies, whether we grow them ourselves or purchase them.  I LOVE the abundance of fresh fruits and veggies at this time of year.  And although we do grow some, we are also given a lot.  It seems every time someone stops in, their arms are heavily laden with bags of produce — I love it!!!  I gathered a few things from my counter last evening, arranged them in a basket and hung on the tag I just made, a tag that I will use when we go bearing gifts!!!

Above is a full view of the tag as well as a close-up of the pineapple image.  Gee, am I loving this set — more and more each time I use it.  I used the wheat yesterday, now the pineapple, and the acorn and pinecone will be for tomorrow’s project!!!  I need to properly break this set  in — LOL!!!  Here’s a little info on what I did:

• The chocolate tag base is cut 6.5 x 4.  Used a corner rounder on bottom, a deco corner punch on top. 

• The loop hanger through which you run ribbon to tie onto the basket handle is cut 1.5 x 5.5, scored in the center, tab ends corner rounded and attached to tag with brads.

• I used regular SU inks on my pineapple, first covering the pineapple in More Mustard, then carefully apply Really Rust around the perimeter, direct to rubber from the pad.  The top leaves were done the same way, with first Certainly Celery and then Old Olive.  And on the close-up you can see how I used a Chocolate Chip SU marker (fine point) and made tiny dots in the little white dots — just thought it looked like it needed it!

I think the rest is rather self-explanatory.  LOVE that little leafy stamp I used for the background!

• Stamps:  First Fruits by Papertrey

• Paper:  PTI White.  SU Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Certainly Celery, Really Rust.  DP from Fall Harvest pack by K & Co. from Michaels.

• Ink:  Above plus Old Olive.

• Accessories:  Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders, SU Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware, Corner Rounder, Deco Corner Punch, Mounting Squares, Wide Wired Ribbon.

Have you checked out the Teapot Tuesday Challenge over at Mothermark’s Blog?  It’s a fun one — I love this challenge idea and though I didn’t get a card made yet, I WILL get one done, if not this week, then next!!! Fun challenge!!!

Now, off to do something with the acorns or pinecones from this set for tomorrow’s post!!!  I’m going for a more masculine look, not that these first 2 attempts have been particularly feminine!!!  Truly beautiful weather here today — hope you are all enjoying the same!!!  Thanks so much for stopping in!!!

I got to play with new stamps today - how fun!!!  And for as long as I’ve been stamping I’ve only had odds and ends of stamps for autumn, never a full coordinated set.  The moment I saw Papertrey’s new fall set, First Fruits, I knew it was just what I was wishing for — beautiful, yet simple, images along with a fabulous combination of words to take me through the fall and Thanksgiving season.  I don’t have the designer paper that so beautifully coordinates with this set, but I found a small Fall Harvest pad by K & Co. in Michaels that I think works well.  Here’s my first project with First Fruits:

I made a simple card using Petite Oval Nestabilities to frame the sheaf of grain as well as a label attached to a band running around the bottle of Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette.  I also stamped an envelope to match as well as the inside of the card.

This really was quite the easy project.  The Blessings  sentiment is cut and embossed using a label die, also by Spellbinders.  My ribbon is an old scrap, and my original plan was to make more pieces to this little gift,  but I ran out of this ribbon, so this is it!!!  I’m sure I’ll be making many more little gift type items with this set, so I’ll be sure I have enough ribbon next time before I start — LOL!!!

• Stamps:  First Fruits by Papertrey Ink
• Paper:  SU Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Morning Marigold, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive.  Fall Harvest Mat Pad by K & Co.
• Ink:  Versa Fine Onyx Black, Morning Marigold, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive.
• Accessories:  Ribbon, Petite Circle, Petite Oval and Labels Trio all by Spellbinders, Mounting Tape, Glue Dots.

And today is Monday, so you know what THAT means — it’s the Every Monday Sale over at Joan’s Garden — check it out — I think she has Scor-It’s this week — both full sized and Mini!!!!  I’ll have to pop on over and see what else she has, too!!!

Thanks so much for stopping in!!!  I do so appreciate it!!!  Hope you enjoy your week – it sounds like good weather for us — and today it IS beautiful!!!  Hope to see you soon — thank you so much!!!