OSAT Blog Hop - Fall/Halloween!

Hello and Happy Thursday... and yes, almost Friday!  Woo Hoo!  I'm hopping with a bunch of super creative friends today for One Stamp At A Time's Fall Halloween Blog Hop!  If you're ready for some awesome Fall and Halloween inspiration you'll want to be sure to hop all the way through!   If you've already been hopping, you should have landed here from the fabulous Kelly Acheson's Blog and thank you for continuing on!  

I decided to finally use a Stampin' Up! stamp set that has been in my collection since last year but not inked up yet.. Foxy Friends!  It has an awesome coordinating Fox Builder Punch.  Here's what I came up with for my card......

I love all of the creatures that can be made with the Foxy Friends stamp set... so many options!  I thought the sign was a great way to showcase the sentiment and it gave me a chance to add a little cardinal!  My husband and I love birds and cardinals are out favorite!  The adorable Keep Calm and Give Thanks Sentiment was from the September Paper Pumpkin Kit and I know I'll be using it a lot!  

And here is what I came up with for a coordinating project....

I picked up this adorable little 5" x 7" shadow box that can used with seasonal projects.  I loved the sentiment "gather together & give thanks" from the Painted Harvest stamp set!  It's one of my favorites!  You'll notice I snuck a couple of cardinals in this one as well! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you'll click the next button you'll land at Dena Rekow's Creativity Cave!  Dena is one of my all time favorite stampers and I LOVE her videos on You Tube!  If you don't subscribe, you should!  She is unbelievably creative!!

In case you lose your way.. here is a list of all of our bloggers...

1. Elizabeth Jeanne
2. Jenny Hall
3. Kelly Acheson -
4. Tina Riddle ... You are Here!
5. Dena Rekow
6. Maria Willis
7. Lori Mueller
8. Melissa Davies
9. Megan Thompson
10. Jennifer Hill
11. Sue Plote
12. Pam Staples
13. Jessie Holton
14. Rick Adkins
15. Marisa Gunn

SIP Challenge #116 Clean and Simple Fall Card with Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit September 2017

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I waited until the last minute to make my SIP card this week which turned out to be a good thing... Why?? Because I received my Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit when I arrived home from work on Monday.  How cool was that?  It was perfect to make a clean and simple fall card.  The color layering pumpkins and sunflowers in the September kit are gorgeous!  I love clean and simple although it's not usually my style.  It was sure fun to try to make one and believe it or not, I actually made a one layer card.. Wow!  Can you believe it??  It you have an awesome idea for a Fall theme CAS card head on over to Stamp, Ink, Paper and link it up!

Here's my card using the largest pumpkin from the My Monthly Hero Kit..

I really did keep this one simple.  I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" Card Base of 110# Neenah Classic Solar White cardstock, scored at 5 1/2".  I used Stampin' Up! Embossing Paste and Brick Wall Stencil to add the brick texture on the bottom of the card.  I considered adding some Crumb Cake reinker to make the brick wall a little darker but I decided to go with white on white.  I may make another one with the reinker to see if I like it better!  I stamped the pumpkin, stem and leaves seperately on more of the 110# Neenah Classic Solar White.  The pumpkin was stamped with Stampin' Up! Peek-A-Boo Peach for the base and then used the Hero Arts small inks in Hero Arts Pumpkin Pie and Orange Soda for the details.  The stem was stamped in Hero Arts Pumpkin Pie and the detail was added in Cup O'Joe Ink.  The leaves were stamped in SU Pear Pizzazz Ink and the detail was added in SU Old Olive Ink.  I added the pumpkin with foam squares and then added the twine at the top and twirled the tails to hang down on the left side.  The sentiments in the set were curved but since I didn't want it to go around the pumpkin, I stretched it over a ruler until straight and then picked it up with the lid of my Misti.  I then stamped the Autumn Greetings sentiment in Hero Arts Cup O'Joe Ink straight on the upper right side of the card.  That was it!  I seriously thought about adding sequins.. but then said to myself... No!  Keep it Simple!  Why is that always so hard? lol

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #75 - Color Challenge!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I cannot believe that it is almost Thanksgiving!  This month has just flown by!  This year is not going to involve a lot of cooking for me.  Jeff and I will be meeting the kids and grand kids at Cracker Barrel on Wednesday night and will enjoy a low key Thanksgiving at home with the dogs this year!  Everyone has so many places to go and it just seems a bit easier this way!  I will cook a little Thursday but not the big feast that we usually have.  I envision a lot of relaxing and maybe I'll let Jeff beat me in a few games of Sorry!  lol

This week over at Stamp, Ink, Paper we have a color challenge!  I hope you'll head over and check it out!  It a great idea to take a little break from your festivities to make a card!  (I'm sure I'll do some of that too!)  Ok, so the colors are Pool, Copper, and White.. nice combo, right??

I hope you don't mind one more fall card.. I couldn't help it!  You see I just had to have the awesome Pumpkin Spice Stamp Set from Unity!  It was a stamp of the week a few weeks ago and I thought that since I wasn't a stamp of the week member that I couldn't order it.. well I was incorrect.  My friend, Ginger, told me she thought I could and she was right!  I was so super duper excited!!!

You see I am one of the crazies that just HAS to have a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks the moment I see the sign saying PSL's are back!  So how could I possibly resist this awesome stamp????

I received the stamp set a few days ago and couldn't possibly just put it up until next fall.. it was calling my name!  lol  I stamped the image with Memento Black Ink onto Whipped Cream FSJ Cardstock that I friend Eva sent me to try out.  I used Copics to color it in and then fussy cut it.  I used a 11" x 4 1/4" Heavy Base Weight White Cardstock as my base and scored it at 5 1/2".  I added a piece of DCWV Winter in the Woods Cardstock that was cut 5 1/4" x 4" and ran a piece of White Seam Binding around it before adhering it to the cardbase.  I folded one of my White Doodlebug Mini Doilies and glued it over the seam binding on the right side of the card.  I used a Unity Stamp Co. bow maker to tie my little seam binding bow that I glued to the left side.  For the life of me I can't seem to make a bow without this little thing!  I used Versamark Ink to stamp the sentiment in the upper left side and used some SU Copper Embossing Powder to emboss my sentiment.  I used Foam Tape to Adhere The Fussy Cut image onto the front and called it a day!  I hope you love it as much as I do!  Sometimes the simplest cards turn out to be my favorites!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

PCC215 Fall into Fall with Acorny Thank You!

Hello Peeps and Happy Hump Day!  Since it's Wednesday, I'm back over with the Paper Craft Crew Design Team with a Fall into Fall Card!

When I think of Fall, I think of Leaves and Acorns.  I've made quite a few cards with Leaves recently so I went to my Acorny Thank You Stamp Set and Acorn Punch for this one!

I wanted to try something other than the usual Fall colors this time so I went a little wild.  My card base is Sweet Sugar Plum.  The 2nd layer is Rich Razzleberry, and the top layer is Dapper Denim that has been embossed with a woodgrain embossing folder.  These little acorns are super cute in those colors as well.  I added a little nest of Gold Metallic Thread before adhering the acorns with Dimensionals.  I

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Hope you'll head over to Paper Craft Crew with your own Fall into Fall card!

Blessings, Tina