Coming soon...

...today's SCS Color Challenge 183:

Riding Hood Red
Going Gray
Green Galore

I have been absent from my blog for the past few days, so I thought if I say I'm coming back with *something* I have to get it done!

Later 'gator!

Upsy Daisy Saturday Sketch

For Jen's Saturday SFYTT using my current favorite set, Upsy Daisy, in More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie and Riding Hood Red! I colored the UD stamp with reinkers and a blender pen, huffed and stamped. The lower image is UD stamped in Versamark on Pumpkin cardstock and the sentiment is one of SU!'s new rub-ons from the Chit Chat collection on acetate, framed in a RHR scalloped oval. The strip of RHR is stamped with CHF's Pretty Pattern backgrounder in Versamark as well.

Be sure to see what Jen and her September Guest Designer, Suzanne Dean, have been up to, as well as Carole, Amy S., Shannan and Susan! Here's Jen's fun sketch, so come play along and if you upload to SCS, use the keyword SFYTT, and/or post a link to your gallery or blog on Jen's blog in the comment section.

Have a great weekend!

Pocket Thanks

Pocket Silhouettes was one of the first new SU! sets to catch my eye! I'm finding it to be a great set for those 3x3's and even a 4.25" card, like today's feature. The greatest part about Pocket Silhouettes is that it's 15% off right now along with a bunch of great new sets (including my current favorite, Upsy Daisy!). You can read all about it below! Click on the picture to enlarge it so that you don't give yourself a headache trying to read it.

Supplies
Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Paper: Confetti White, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Baja Designer Series Paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Chocolate Taffeta, Scallop Edge Punch, Square Scallop Punch

Peaceful Wishes

I'd bought a few of these frames on clearance at our local ShopKo store and decided to pull one out and *do* something with it! I had Peaceful Wishes sitting on my stamp table and decided it was high time to get it inky. The pine branches are stamped in Versamark and them embossed with a mix of clear and Irridescent Ice embossing powders. The sentiment is a rub-on from SU!'s Chit Chat collection with a Real Red brad and thin strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock below and beside it. I like the simple and slightly modern look of my finished project. Although it looks quick and simple, it of course took me close to an hour to decide on the *final final*.

Thanks for stopping by...see you soon!

Upsy Daisy...again!

I have a confession to make...after I ordered Upsy Daisy, I started to regret my actions. I wasn't sure if I really liked the set, wondering if it would be one of those sets that rarely got used. Well, obviously that's NOT the case--I can't stop using it! The more I use it, the more I want to use it...uh, sounds like an addiction.

Here's my latest version of UD where I used a blender pen and reinker combo to paint the stamp, followed by a moment of *huffing* the stamp to remoisten it, and then the impression onto Whisper White cardstock. I was really pleased with the result; exactly as I'd imagined it, and all on the first try (that doesn't always happen)!

Supplies
Stamps: PTI Faux Ribbon; SU! Upsy Daisy
Paper: Pumpkin, Riding Hood Red, WW, Kiwi Kiss
Ink: same as paper, Versamark
Accessories: clear ep, RHR ribbon, round tab punch

So Thankful

Quick...think of 3 things for which you are thankful!

While making this card for Cindy's Teapot Tuesday Challenge #10 I decided I'd use my new SU! Chit Chat rub-ons, specifically So Thankful. It got me thinking about things that I'm really thankful for, and while I'm not going to divulge the details of my list, the important thing to me was that I took a minute to be thankful for those things. For me, I'm thankful to God for all things; you may thank someone or something else, doesn't matter...just be thankful for something today!

Here is Cindy's teapot from which I was inspired to create So Thankful.

U R grrreat!

I started this card a few days ago, for the Limited Supply Challenge over at SCS. My finished card doesn't meet the qualifications for *something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue* theme. I met 3 of the 4 criteria, but couldn't come up with any *borrowed*! Does that mean I own too many gadgets, stamps, paper, embellishments, etc?! Of course not!

As far as the 3 elements I did use: something new--Under the Stars stamp set; something blue--the U & R enamel letters; something old--my crimper (it's even dusty!) and the blue enamel letters. My cute and cuddly bear is paper pieced using a piece of retired DSP from SU! and SU! Kraft; the Always Artichoke grass is crimped, hand cut and hand crinkled; and the UR grreat sign is put together on a toothpick with a strip of Tangerine Tango and misc. button rounding out this card. I feel like I need some trees stamped behind my bear, but I don't have just the right tree stamp, so this is it for now!

Thanks for stopping by tonight...see you soon!