AYSI210 Fall Get Well

Happy Friday, peeps!  Yay, it's the end of the week and I will be stamping with some friends tomorrow!  But today, it's time for another As You See It challenge....I love these combo challenges!  So here we go:

I used lots of diecuts and an assortment of prints for my card today!!  I just started cutting some things out, laid them out on a background and here's what I came up with: 

My papers are from Authentique's Pleasant collection, and I diecut some Lawn Fawn stitched leaves (my absolute favorite set of leaf dies!) in Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake.  I used the Stitched Rectangle dies to make the frame and sentiment panel, and a tag punch to create the tag.  I added some Lost Lagoon twine, tied with  Linen Thread, and if you can see on the tag as well as the bottom portion of the background panel, I stamped a couple of wheat stalks from a (really) old SU set called Autumn Days:

For a final embellishment, to coordinated with the dots on the tag, I added three Candy Dots to match the plaid frame.  On the inside of my Crumb Cake card, I stamped a sentiment from Close to My Heart, and I added a few more leaves:

The design team has come up with some amazing samples as well, so be sure to check them out and get some inspiration, so you can play along too!  Share your goodies with us at As You See It!

Cassidy made Dana "dessert"....which consisted of a bowl of Cool Whip and one strawberry, LOL!  I guess it's the thought that counts!  Eden thought it looked good too!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Days (ret), So Grateful (Technique Tuesday), God is Good (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze
Ink	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Linen Thread, Candy Dots (ret), Lost Lagoon Thick Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Tag Punch, 1/8" Hole Punch, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Leaves Dies (awn Fawn)

IB35 Graphic Noel

Happy Thursday, everyone!  It is still HOT HOT HOT here!  It's hard to think about fall and winter, but that's just what I did for today's Inspired By challenge!  I went gold and graphic:

This is such a departure from my usual style, but I really like!  I had a chance to use a bunch of older stamps, too!  Before I tell you which ones, here's Laurel's prompt:

I can't say why I chose to do a Christmas card, but I was looking through some of my old stamps and saw a couple of graphic/silhouette style images and thought I would go with that!  The "berries" were stamped in Basic Black, and are from an old set called Autumn Days, and are embellished with some gold sequins:

The square panel is SU's Brushed Gold (ret), on which I stamped and embossed a wreath in Versamark ink and black embossing powder, and it is from Concord & 9th's Joyful Noel. The  square Noel sentiment is from an old Paper Pumpkin kit, also stamped and embossed in black.  There's a tiny bit of gold ribbon at the bottom and some gold thread at the top!

Finally, on the inside, a background and sentiment from the same Concord & 9th set:

I feel like I am channeling my inner Michele with this card...she always has such fun graphics!  I hope you can play along with our challenge this week...can't wait to see what you create!

It's so hot here, I thought I would share some pix from the last day at the pool:

Enjoying a snack in preparation for battle!

Kids!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Autumn Days (ret), Joyful Noel (Concord & 9th)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Brushed Gold (ret)
Ink	Basic Black, Versamark, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Gold Sequins (ret), Gold Thread, Gold Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

MTS199 Pastor Appreciation

Hi everyone!  Happy Monday, and I hope you had a good weekend!  It was a good one at our household!  The "I Do" barbecue wedding was fun, although it was cold in the tent for the reception,  but it was even colder outside!  Brrr!  Once the sun goes down, the chill is on!  But it was a lovely event! 

Today's card is for our pastor and his wife; he is our interim pastor, as we look for a full-time pastor, and he and his wife have been a tremendous blessing and encouragement to us during this time!  I can't remember when I last used Basket of Wishes, but I thought it would be a timely image to use for their card:

I used the Match the Sketch sketch for this week:

I am also linking this to the Inkspirational Challenge, which is this pretty autumn photo:

I stamped the image in Basic Black ink on watercolor paper, then colored them in with inks and an aquapainter:

I added a couple strips of miscellaneous papers for the horizontal pieces, and added a sentiment from Beautiful Bouquet.  On the inside, I added a sentiment from the Basket of Wishes set, and added some wheat from an older retired set called Autumn Days:

I am really enjoying "visiting" my older stamps and giving them some love!  Thanks so much for visiting me today!

Cassidy can entertain herself with just about anything!  Here, she made use of John's homemade creeper (for sliding under cars), propelling herself down the little incline out of the garage:

Of course, she has no way to steer it, so she is at the mercy of the driveway...she almost ran into the gas grill, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Basket of Wishes, Beautiful Bouquet, Paper Pumpkin (crackle image, ret), Autumn Days (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Watercolor, Wild Wasabi, Cajun Craze, Hello Honey (ret), Kraft Christmas print from a couple of years ago (ret)
Ink	Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz, Hello Honey, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Peekaboo Peach, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, So Saffron, Versamark, Sahara Sand
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Circle Dies, Layering Circle Dies, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Dimensionals