Dueling Darlings Toadily Happy

It is the 15^th of the month and that means I am showing you a new Dueling Darlings card.  For the November Challenge, Suzy and Debby decided on the theme--Frogs!   Debby. is the one of the Dazzlers and Suzy is a Diva, the team that I am on!  They are sisters and had been chatting how busy everyone in the group seems to be--hopping around all the time. So, that is how the theme and challenge for our card this month was created!

Suzy sent each of the Divas a couple of cute frog images along with some matching sentiments.  Suzy also included some colorful patterned papers and wonderful matching embellishments! This sure was a fun card to make.

I hope all of the Darlings enjoy my card this month. Please be sure to stop in to see what all of the Divas as well the Dazzlers have created this month. 

There are a few members who do not have blogs:  Suzy and Terry S who both are on the Diva team, and Terry A, Paola and Debby who are Dazzlers.  You will be able to check out their creations in their SCS gallery, if you click on the link for their name.  All of the others should be found on my left sidebar.  I am sure you will enjoy all of the wonderful creations this month!

Image/Sentiment: Penny Black Toadily

Cardstock/Patterned Paper: White; Stampin' Up Always Artichoke; Paper Studio Cream; Various Patterned Papers

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Copic Markers; Gina Marie Designs Pierced Chain Rectangles; Gold Bling; Cream Flowers; Green Ribbon; SU Circle Punches

Night in Bethlehem

This is the card I made for our bi-monthly swap at my local stamp and scrapbook store called Polka Dots, in Mukwonago.  The theme this month is Christmas.  I Case'd a card that we made last month at Sarah's stamp-a-stack.  I think this card is stunning and I pretty much copied it 100%-other than she used some Stampin' Up silver cardstock and I used some shiny metallic cardstock.  Thanks Sarah for the great inspiration!  I love this new Stampin' Up stamp set and the matching dies!

Here is the inside of my card:

I hope everyone likes my card!


Image/Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Night in Bethlehem

Ink:  SU Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight

Cardstock:  Recollections 110# White, SU Night of Navy, Basic Gray; Silver Shiny Metallic

Accessories:  SU Bethlehem and Square Framelits

Tag ~ You're It

This is my card for the monthly themed swap that Terry is hosting on SCS.  Each month she will post a theme and we make cards using any stamp set we believe follows that thought. This is our 23rd month and the theme for November is "Tag-You're It".   We were to feature a tag on our card.   I decided to go with layers of embossed white cardstock and a simple snowflake image. I am sure there will be some wonderful cards this month. 

I hope Terry and the others swappers like my card this month too!  We are taking December off, so be sure to come back in January to see what we create!

Image/Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Festive Flurry and Short & Sweet Stamp Sets

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up Whisper White  

Ink: SU Pool Party

Accessories: SU Festive Flurry Dies, Rhinestones, Angled Tag Modern Label Punches; Darice Snowflake Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder; Glittery Snowflake Brad

Friday's With The Project Bin

It is Friday, so  that means that I am back with another card for The Project Bin Stamps--A Way With Words!  Every single Friday I will be posting a card made from one of their great photopolymer stamp sets.  So, please plan to come back each week to see what I have created--I think you too will love these great sentiment stamp sets.  And, remember, some of the sets come with matching steel dies! Denise is the owner, founder and creator of these wonderful stamp sets and the sentiments she has for us to ink up are just perfect for any holiday or time of year.  Please be sure to go and check them out!

If you want to check out more creations from the design team, be sure to check out The Project Bin Blog as often as you can.  Every day there is a different card posted by one of more of the design team members.  

For this card, I used a newer Christmas stamp set called Joyful Song.  This set comes with 8 great stamps--some sentiments and a few sweet images!  I think this is a wonderful set to use to make some wonderful Christmas cards.

Here is the Joyful Song stamp set:

Here is the inside of my card, with another great sentiment from the same set:

I hope you have enjoyed my card for The Project Bin. Check back on every week, any day for inspiration for the team but especially on Friday's to check out my cards. I am so excited to be on this wonderful design team!

Image/Sentiment: The Project Bin Joyful Stamp Set

Cardstock: Recollections 110# White; Stampin' Up Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Merry Music Designer Series Paper

Ink: Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Stampin' Up Apothecary Accents Framelits, Cherry Cobbler Candy Dots and Brads, 

Happy Turkey Day!

It is time for another The Three Musketeers post. We are ready to showcase the card we all created with the image that I sent this month for Card #38!   All three of us sure have enjoyed the challenges every month and we hope that it continues for a long time!  Kelly will be up next for the December challenge and I am sure it will be a fun image to play with! Be sure to come back to see what we create!

For our November card, I did send out another Whipper Snapper Designs image. I was thinking of Thanksgiving coming up in a few weeks and thought this is perfect.  We are going to be hosting Thanksgiving this year for my family for the first time, for about 20 people!  Wish us luck!  I hope Jeanette and Kelly like my card. 

Here is the inside of my card:

Please check out the other Musketeer's cards.  Here is a link to Jeanette's blog along with Kelly's blog.  I am sure you will not be disappointed and will see a couple of great cards!  They may post today, or it may be upcoming, so be sure to check out their blog for their card!  

Image/Sentiment: Whipper Snapper Designs Taggart Turkey/DRS Happy Turkey Day Sentiment

Cardstock/Patterned Paper:  Recollections 110# Ivory; Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler; Our Memories for Life Thanksgiving Patterned Paper

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Copic Markers; SU Mini Banner Punch; Gobble Brad; Sequins; Sizzix Dotted Oval Die; CottageCutz Single Stitched Oval Die

Gift of Music

Here is my November Crafters of Faith card.  This is a great group that my friend Kelly started on SCS. This is our 11th month and Jody gave us this challenge:    I originally chose November because I wanted to celebrate Gratitude or Thanksgiving, as I was searching through the scriptures for verses for those words, I came across the following scripture:
"Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving" - Psalms 147:7

…this verse spoke to me, as music and giving thanks to the Lord through song has always been an important part of my worship and study. One year I took our hymn book and studied the scriptures that went with each hymn, it was a wonderful new way to study and added much to my life. Two of my favorite hymns are "How Great Thou Art" and "Come Thou Font of Every Blessing", as the words in these hymns expresses our gratitude to the LORD.

Your challenge is to make card that represents how worship through music touches your life. It could be something that represents a favorite hymn, a song of gratitude, your favorite type of music, anything along those lines, the field is wide open. Looking forward to your creations.

I have a drawer full of musical stamps and I reached for one of my favorites--a D. Morgan image that I just love. 


Here is the inside of my card using some musical washi tape and a note brad:

I hope Jody, along the others like my card this month!  We are to post between the 7th and 10th of each month, so if you look on my sidebar, you may see other creations.  I know that there will be many posted in the COF thread on SCS too!  Imke is up for our December challenge and so be sure to check back to see what our scripture is.

Image/Sentiment: Stamps Happen ~ D. Morgan Gift Of Music


Cardstock:  Recollections 110# White; Stampin' Up Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive


Ink:  SU Early Espresso

Accessories:  SU Early Espresso 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon; Copic Markers; Corner Punch; Cuttlebug Musical Embossing Folder; Cello and musical note Brad; Musical Washi Tape on the inside

Friday's With The Project Bin!

It is Friday, so  that means that I am back with another card for The Project Bin Stamps--A Way With Words!  Every single Friday I will be posting a card made from one of their great photopolymer stamp sets.  So, please plan to come back each week to see what I have created--I think you too will love these great sentiment stamp sets.  And, remember, some of the sets come with matching steel dies! Denise is the owner, founder and creator of these wonderful stamp sets and the sentiments she has for us to ink up are just perfect for any holiday or time of year.  Please be sure to go and check them out!

If you want to check out more creations from the design team, be sure to check out The Project Bin Blog as often as you can.  Every day there is a different card posted by one of more of the design team members.  

For this card, I used a new seasonal stamp set called New Leaf.  This set comes with 10 great stamps!  I think this is a wonderful set to use to make some cute fall and Thanksgiving cards.

Here is the New Leaf stamp set:

Here is the inside of my card:

I hope you have enjoyed my card for The Project Bin. Check back on every week, any day for inspiration for the team but especially on Friday's to check out my cards. I am so excited to be on this wonderful design team!

Image/Sentiment: The Project Bin New Leaf Stamp Set

Cardstock: Recollections 110# Ivory; Stampin' Up Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso; Doodlebug Happy Harvest-Apple Orchard Patterned Paper

Ink: Stampin' Up Crushed Curry, Early Espresso

Accessories:  SU Punches, Early Espresso Candy Dots and Brads, Early Espresso 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon; Copic Markers

Halloween ~ Scary or Cute?

This is my card for the October Challenge Your Stash group on SCS.  This is our 10th month of de-stashing!

The premise is to create a card or something else that uses only items that are in your own stamp room--nothing new is to be purchased.  The hostess each month posts their challenge to the group and the card is due to be posted on the 28th. Each person in the group creates their card with their own image, their own papers, their own embellishments with their own supplies--using up items from their own stash!  The card can be for any occasion and each person is encouraged to send the card on its way to someone so it can be admired.  It is a way for us to step out of the box a bit and create something that follows a challenge--isn't that what a challenge is supposed to be.  And--no money is spent as all items are to be already available in each of own stamping spaces.

Jody posted our October challenge--Halloween--scary or cute?   Jody mentioned that she has a disagreement with her son about how to decorate for Halloween.  So--we were to create a card that represents how we decorate for Halloween in our home.  I guess you can see, I am on the Cute Side!  I do have a number of Halloween stamps, so more of a challenge was to decide which one to use--so of course I pick Whipper Snapper Designs!  There is a bit of sparkle on his nose and cheeks, along with some black sparkle on the spider!

Here is the inside of my card:

If you check some of the blogs on my sidebar, you may find others who have posted their cards today or in the next day or so.  There may be more posted in the thread on SCS, so you might want to check out the link here.  We also have a keyword for the SCS Gallery--it is CYSOCT.  You might see many cards there is you do a search.

I hope you enjoyed my card and I know I am excited to check out what my other hoarders, I mean stash reducers have made!  Thanks for stopping by today!  For November, Vickie is up and I cannot wait to see her challenge.  Be sure to check back to see what we create!

Image/Sentiment:  Whipper Snapper Designs Gilley


Cardstock: Stampin' Up Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant; Basic Grey Eerie Patterned Paper Pack

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Copic Markers; Orange and Black Dotted Satin Ribbon; Purple Brads, Witch's Hat Brad; Gina Marie Designs Stitched Squares Dies; Spectrum Noir Sparkle Clear and Black Pens

Friday's With The Project Bin

It is Friday, so  that means that I am back with another card for The Project Bin Stamps--A Way With Words!  Every single Friday I will be posting a card made from one of their great photopolymer stamp sets.  So, please plan to come back each week to see what I have created--I think you too will love these great sentiment stamp sets.  And, remember, some of the sets come with matching steel dies! Denise is the owner, founder and creator of these wonderful stamp sets and the sentiments she has for us to ink up are just perfect for any holiday or time of year.  Please be sure to go and check them out!

If you want to check out more creations from the design team, be sure to check out The Project Bin Blog as often as you can.  Every day there is a different card posted by one of more of the design team members.  

For this card, I used a wonderful seasonal stamp set called Creepy Halloween.  This set comes with 5 sentiment stamps and 4 images.  I think this is a wonderful set to use to make some cute Halloween Cards!

Here is the Creepy Halloween stamp set:

Here is the inside of my card:

I hope you have enjoyed my card for The Project Bin. Check back on every week, any day for inspiration for the team but especially on Friday's to check out my cards. I am so excited to be on this wonderful design team!

Image/Sentiment: The Project Bin Creepy Halloween Stamp Set

Cardstock: Recollections 110# Ivory; Stampin' Up Basic Black, Cajun Craze; Imaginisce Hallowhimsy Patterned Paper

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  SU Stitched Shapes Framelits, Black and Orange Thick Baker's Twine, Tag Punch, Silver Mini Brad

Spooky Cat!

This is the card I made for our bi-monthly swap at my local stamp and scrapbook store called Polka Dots, in Mukwonago.  The theme this month is Fall Holidays.  I went with another version of a card I made earlier for the Camp Stamp-in-Oga card challenge.  I love this new Stampin' Up stamp set and matching cat punch!

Here is the inside of my card:

I hope everyone likes my card!


Image/Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Spooky Cat

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock:  Recollections 110# Ivory, SU Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper

Accessories:  SU Cat Punch, Stitched Layering Circle Dies; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Orange Sequins; Black Button 

Carols of Christmas

This card is for the monthly swap that Pam hosts on SCS.  Each month we make 10 cards and include a matching envelope.  They can be any theme for any month.  All of the swappers are wonderful and I have received awesome cards each and every month.  

I inked up one of my new Stampin' Up Christmas sets--Carols of Christmas.   I love this set and used some of my favorite retired Christmas DSP--Be of Good Cheer. I think everyone can use Christmas Cards!

Here is the inside of my card:

I hope Pam and the others swappers like my card this month!

Image/Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Carols of Christmas


Cardstock:  Recollections 110# Ivory; SU Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Paper

Ink:  SU Gumball Green

Accessories:  SU Riding Hood Red Pleated Satin Ribbon; Gold Brads

Stampendous Skaters

This is card #5 is for a group that Jeanette started on SCS.  Jeanette is the Queen of Christmas and has way more trees and Christmas decorations in her house that I do---and that is quite an accomplishment!  This group is called Christmas CraZy.  This is a bi-monthly "swap" in which we are paired with someone in the group for those two months.  We are to send a kit to our partner--two identical images and two pieces of patterned paper. We can also send a matching sentiment.  That is it--no embellishments like ribbon, brads, buttons, etc., or additional cardstock--just images and two pieces of Christmas patterned paper.  We are to send the kit to our partner during the odd numbered month--like September.  We then make and post our card on the even month!  Then, next round, we are paired with another person and get to do it all again.

This time, I was matched with Jen and received a great kit with some fun Stampendous images.  Jen also die cut two sets of these cuties and that is what I used. I hope that Jen and the others like my card! 

Here is the inside of my card:

Image/Sentiment:  Stampendous Christmas Skaters 

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock:  White; Stampin' Up Smokey Slate, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry; Recollections Christmas Patterned Paper Pack

Accessories:  Copic Markers; Silver Metallic Ribbon; Sparkle Snowflakes; Stampendous matching dies

Winner!

This is one of my two cards for I made for our recent card challenges at Camp Stamp-in-Oga, held on the 14th. Sarah, our camp leader, posts the challenges about a week before the camp.  There is a color and a sketch challenge--which is what this card is for.  AND--this was the winning sketch challenge card!

Here is the inside of my card:

Image/Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Spooky Cat

Cardstock:  Recollections 110# White;  Stampin' Up Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  SU Cat Punch, Stitched Shapes Dies; Cuttlebug Spiderweb; Orange Sequins

Camp Color Challenge

This is one of my two cards for I made for our recent card challenges at Camp Stamp-in-Oga, held on the 14th. Sarah, our camp leader, posts the challenges about a week before the camp.  There is a sketch and a color challenge--which is what this card is for.  There were 5 color choices and I went with three of them--Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede and Pumpkin Pie. I went with a fall--but it was not one of the winners. Come back tomorrow to see the sketch challenge card--which was a winner!

Here is the inside of my card:

Image/Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Lovely as a Tree & Good Greetings

Cardstock:  Recollections 110# Ivory;  Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede; Pumpkin Pie Designer Series Paper

Ink: Kaleidacolor Autumn Leaves

Accessories:  Gina Marie Designs Pierced Chain Round Rectangles; Dies by Dave Tree Dies; Button with Crushed Curry Baker's Twine