[Paperplay Challenges] Week 47 - Being Thankful

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Happy Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you are enjoying friends and family. I am currently enjoying some vacation with friends in Hong Kong, enjoying the warm, warm weather. I am getting some hiking, good food, and major relaxing! If you are looking for a good challenge PaperPlay Challenge has the right thing for ya! And in honor of Thanksgiving, the theme is Being Thankful.

Thifs is a quick card...almost a one-layer!


Stamps: (Botanical Silhouettes) Papertrey Ink
Paper: (Paper Basics Card Stock - Fine Linen) Papertrey Ink
Ink: (Memento - Tuxedo Black, London Fog) Tsukineko
Embellishments: (Saddle-stitch Ribbon - Fine Linen) Papertrey Ink; (Chip Shapes) Studio Calico

I stamped the sentiment off, since I wanted it as close to the edge as possible. The botanical silhouettes is a nice stamp set. I really love the black silhouette flower against the grey.



The butterflies from Studio Calico are super cute! They have the perfect neutral color and compliment the rest of the card. The chipboard accents helps weight the top left against the black silhouette flowers, imho. Or maybe I was just looking for an excuse to finally use them :)

Please check out what the other PPC girls have prepared for this Thanksgiving and enjoy the time with family and friends!

Our sponsors this week:

• Bunny Zoe's Craft

[DYSU] Challenge #47 - Grass

[2011.11.24 - Edited] If you read the first version of this blog post and it sounded like gibberish, I apologize. This has been fixed now :)

Hello avid DYSU-ers and lovely readers! How are you today? This blog post is pre-scheduled, so here is hoping that it goes off without a hitch. This week I'll be showcasing how to take a Grass theme, make it into a lovey-dovey fall card. As cheerful as the inspiration picture is, I could not get myself to do something summery...

Grass is easy to incorporate when the digi I get to play with has grass! Dearie Dolls made these really adorable digis. This one is called "Windy, Windy Day."


Stamps: (Windy, Windy Day) Dearie Dolls Digis; (Out on a Limb Revised) Papertrey Ink; (Falling For You) My Favorite Things
Paper: (Paper Basics Card Stock - Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink; (Basic Card Stock - Cream) Recollection; (Earth Love) Cosmo Cricket
Ink: (Jenni Bowlin - No. 3 Chili Powder, No. 5 Chicken Feed, No. 6 Stick Candy, No. 8 Soap Powder, No. 11 Brown Sugar) Ranger
Embellishments: (Soft-core Color Pencils) Prismacolor; (Stickles - Diamond) Ranger; (Nestabilities - Label One) Spellbinders; (Leeza Gibbons Legacies - Decorative Ribbon) Xyron

I decided to extrapolate the grass and windy leaves onto the card. The ribbon is actually velvety, which is perfect for a fall touch...and it had the perfect fall colors! And I could not resist the punny sentiment from a MFT set. Here an up-close look of the lil digi...



Anyways, I am keeping this short and sweet. Go hang out and see the other grassy creations from the DYSU girls. If you have a cute grass border punch, green markers, pencils or inks, or any fun pattern paper, it's easy peasy. So come play :)

Our sponsors this week:

Dearie Dolls Winner’s Choice of 4 Digis

Love To Stamp Winner’s Choice of 1 Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Stitchy Bear $10 Gift Voucher

[Scrap Our Stash] November Challenge - Recipe Challenge

Lots of things have been going on at the office, including one of the co-workers becoming a new parent. So in honor of the new daddy role, I madde a couple of baby cards. For inspiration I used the Scrap Our Stash's November Challenge where we are using a Recipe. Kathy has challenged us with:

5 embellishments
4 words or letters
3 pictures
2 pattern paper
1 solid papers

This card is to welcome a little baby into the world and give the parents three cheers!


Stamps: (Sewing Box Hugs) Waltzingmouse Stamps; (Mega Mixed Messages, Just for You) Papertrey Ink; (Snag 'em Stamps - Baby Powder Collection: Giraffe)
Paper: (Paper Basics Card Stock - Lemon Tart) Papertrey Ink; (Basic Card Stock - Cream) Recollections; (Hometown Summer) Pink Paislee
Ink: (Jenni Bowlin - No. 6 Candy Stick, No. 8 Soap Powder, No. 11 Brown Sugar) Ranger; (Pigment Ink - Gold) Recollections
Embellishments: (Inkssentials - Glossy Accents; Stickles - Diamond) Ranger; (Rhinestones) Recollections; (Double-tipped Marker) Prismacolor; (Value Ribbon) Target; (Yellow Rope) Recycled

I managed to cramp the whole recipe onto this little card ;) Yep - go ahead and check :D



This giraffe is so cute, isn't it? I thought the Glossy Accents would be able to give the little guy a little special something to "shine" without sparkling light a Christmas tree. The blue & green color scheme is a great palette to make the yellow really stand out. This card has a recycled element from a bag that I saved (the yellow rope). And the blue rhinestone is a great accent, and so are the clear, sparkly Stickles...

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Check out the Scrap Our Stash's November Challenge. You have until the end of the month to finish up. Perhaps some time over Thanksgiving, while the other are out shopping in madness ;)

[Mami Doodles] Challenge #38 - Fairy Tales are Realmam

Happy Friday, Everyone! I've been busy packing and preparing for my vacation. So I kinda forgot to post about our Mami Doodle challenge: Fairy Tales are Real. Speaking of which, I better start pre-posting all my entries up here :)

For this challenge I am showing an oldie but goodie digi Mr. Mouse's Christmas. Aren't they super adorable?


Stamps: (Mr. Mouse's Christmas) Mami Doodles; (Season's Of Love, Frame-It) Waltzingmouse Stamps
Paper: (Paper Basics Card Stock - White) Papertrey Ink
Ink: (Memento - Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko; (Jenni Bowlin - No. 2 Cough Syrup) Ranger
Embellishments: (Soft-core Color Pencils) Prismacolor; (Stickles - Red, Gold) Ranger

Christmas to me is a magical time! Growing up we had many white Christmases, and it was a time when I had imagined a bunch of magical, extra mice picking up the slack to clean, dust, prep and make it all perfect for the Christkindl to come. All the extra baking and cooking must have been done by many, little secret helpers! I think somewhere along my childhood I watched the Disney version of Cinderella one too many times ;) 



I wanted to off-set the sentiments differently in each card. With this Mr. Mouse I didn't realize where I stamped the frame until it was too late. Since he was already colored so nicely, I didn't want to re-do it! This next little Mr. Mouse is a cutey...



My favorite is this little guy. Isn't this little Christmas tree just adorable? The star is made out of puffy gold glitter. It's quite a perfect reminder to "Keep Christmas in your heart..."



Anyways, go check out the rest of the DT's inspiration and give it your best twist in incorporating something magical! Prizes are to be had, and the Christmas season is just around the corner. So, come play along :) 

[Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz] Celebrating Christmas

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Hello Waltzingmouse Fans! This is my favorite part of the month, and since I can't play along consistently in all the challenges, I try to make it for the waltz. If you're new to the Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz, you can read all about it here. Come check out the amazing creations and come waltz along for endless fun & inspiration, and make a new friend or two along the way.

This waltz's theme is Christmas and if you know anything about Claire's work, you know she really does Christmas designs so well! It's one of her favorite holidays and she really makes fantastic stamps!


Stamps: (Twas the Night Before Christmas, Flourishes - Scallops & Dots, Very Vintage Christmas) Waltzingmouse Stamps
Paper: (Paper Basics Card Stock - Fine Linen) Papertrey Ink; (Peppermint Collection) Crate Paper; (Life Stories - Collection 1) My Mind's Eye
Ink: (Perfect Match Pigment Ink - Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink; (Jenni Bowlin - No. 9 Brown Sugar) Ranger; (Brilliance - Moonlight White) Tsukineko
Embellishments: (Peppermint Collection - Stand Outs, Chipboard Accents) Crate Paper; (Topnotch Twill Tape 3/8" - Fine Linen) Papertrey Ink

I really have been wanting to stamp the entire Christmas poem for a long time now. I also saw some of My Mind's Eye paper lying around that I had unpacked from my last Two Pea's order. Life's Stories was a promotional gift, for buying 20$ worth of MME products, and I decided the Blue Damask was the perfect pattern paper for it. This card is an interpretation on this week's sketch. If you squint hard enough, you can see all elements on the card, just flipped, transposed or rotated ;)

I added a cute little chipboard component onto the little rosette, created a little tag, and added a piece of ribbon along the card. This Fine Linen color is starting to become my go-to color.



Anyways, I hope this card adds a little inspiration to get going on the Christmas creations. Thanks for taking the time to visit and make sure to hop along and see the other girl's creations!

[DYSU] Challenge #46 - Splash of Blue

Hello girls! It's almost the end of the week and I'm a few more days closer to my vacation! Yay! But today we have a challenge to use a Splash of Blue on your cards, paper projects or anything else...

I am using one of my favorite The Craft's Meow stamps from Nina B Designs and created a card that fits almost all occasions, be it for a wedding congrats, a quick hello, or a way to thank someone.


Stamps: (Nina B Designs - Simply Delightful) The Craft's Meow
Paper: (Paper Basics Card Stock - Kraft) Papertrey Ink; (Sweetbay) Memory Box Co
Ink: (Memento - London Fog, Tuxedo Black; Versamark) Tsukineko; (Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Antique Linen) Ranger
Embellishments: (Very Vintage Buttons - White; Saddle Stitch Ribbon - True Black) Papertrey Inks; (Embossing Powder - Ebony) Martha Stewart

It has a quirky vintage but also modern feel. Vintage modern! Does that even exist? I took some blue pattern paper from Memory Box Co and stamped the doily flower on it. I wanted one black one to stand out and decided to anchor it on the corner.



A nice elegant black embossing for the sentiment and a thick, elegant saddle stitch ribbon to make a nice statement. I also inked up the edges with some Antique Linen to soften the pattern paper.



I found this shimmery button in my mix of White buttons from my Very Vintage Papertrey stash, and it reminded me like mother of pearl. It's quite divine and decided it makes a great finishing touch. What do you think?

Don't forget to visit the other DYSU girls and see how they added their version of a splash of blue. Then come and play along, since prizes are are stake, as well as bragging rights :) Since it's time for holiday cards production, there is plenty of way to make this inspiration fit, such as blue snowflakes, blue skies, some non-traditional Christmas colors, Hanukkah...you name it!

Our sponsors this week:

Robyn's Fetish Winner’s Choice of EITHER 5 digital stamps OR 4 digital stamps and 1 paper pack

Mami Doodles 4 Digital Images

Raindrop Echo Drops Winner’s Choice of 4 Digi Sentiment Sets

Winner for TCM's Little Frieda & Lulu

I promised to draw a winner last Friday. Unfortunately my internet has been out since Friday morning and only came back on Monday night. To top it off, I've been sick, down with a fever and sore throat. Yick!

Anyways, I'm here to announce the winner for Little Frieda & Lulu - Mischief

Marlena M. said...
Such a sweet card! ;)

I think the set TCM set Fly Free is amazing. ;)
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 3:17 AM

Congrats! Marlena, please send me your address by emailing me (check the left side bar for my email address).