Halloween Happiness — FMS 102

Posted on September 4, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Look at this fun sketch that the wildly talented Cindy Hall has for us at the Freshly Made Sketches site this week:

I decided to turn the sketch on its side and use a fun Halloween-themed stamp called Halloween Happiness.

You can check out what the other designers made with the sketch at the Freshly Made Sketches site. We hope you’ll join us and play along this week!

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Halloween Happiness
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Basic Black
Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Witches’ Brew dsp
Embellishments: Ovals Collection framelits, Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack, Pumpkin Pie 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon

One More Fall Card

Posted on September 3, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I think I’ve seriously been hoping that by making Fall-themed cards that I could hurry Fall along here. It’s not happening! We are still in the throes of Summer. But here’s one more for you today. I wanted to play along with Sandy’s theme challenge at the Paper Players this week:

I decided to pull out the Magnificent Maple stamp. I just love the detail and the size of this stamp. I also pulled out my Tape It stamp set, which I just got recently. I love how the stamps in this set look like washi tape, which you can make in any color you want. The top and bottom strips are stamps, while the middle strip is dsp.

This really was a simple card to make, even though I used four different stamp sets to make it. lol!

Enjoy your Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Magnificent Maple, Gorgeous Grunge, Tape It, A Dozen Thoughts
Ink: Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Paper: Very Vanilla, Sweater Weather dsp
Embellishments: Neutrals Designer Buttons, Early Espresso Baker’s Twine

Fall Elements

Posted on September 2, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Here’s another Fall card for you today. I used various Fall-themed elements and colors. I pulled out my sewing machine to stitch the ribbon onto the card base.

Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Wonderfall
Ink: Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Natural Composition Specialty dsp
Embellishments: Naturals Designer Buttons, Early Espresso Baker’s Twine, Chocolate Chip 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon, Regals Candy Dots

Autumn Sequins and Circles

Posted on September 1, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Here’s another Fall-themed card for you today. I love this new burlap ribbon, and I love the Sweater Weather dsp. Oh, I just love Fall!

Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Truly Grateful
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Sahara Sand
Paper: Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Sweater Weather dsp
Embellishments: 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon, Brights Designer Buttons, Chocolate Chip Bakers’ Twine, Circles framelits, Pearl Basic Jewels, sequins (non-SU)

Autumn Leaves and a Dog

Posted on August 31, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Even though it has been HOT and miserable here, I have been drawn to the Sweater Weather dsp lately. I love Autumn, and I am so ready for it to arrive here in north Texas.

In other news here, I would like to introduce you to the newest member of our family, Maggie, who is a two-year old Pug.

While I was on my way to convention last month (I was in the car on the way to the airport, mind you), I got a text from my husband saying that he had found a dog to adopt. Now we had talked about getting a dog (it has been two years since our previous beloved dog passed away) off and on over the past month, but I thought we were agreed that we’d revisit the topic after I got back home. However, when I got home I had an extra family member to welcome me back.

Maggie is very sweet and is definitely my youngest child’s dog. She waits outside her bedroom door for my youngest to get up each morning. This week, Maggie has looked like this a lot:

My kids went back to school on Monday, and Maggie and I have been a little depressed. She sticks very near to me, and sleeps by my feet while I stamp. It is nice to have company while the kids are at school.

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Wonderfall, Four You
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke
Paper: Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Sweater Weather dsp
Embellishments: Regals Designer Buttons, Chocolate Chip Baker’s Twine, Autumn Accents Bigz die

Don’t Miss Out

Posted on August 30, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Have you signed up for My Paper Pumpkin yet? If you haven’t, you should hurry and sign up because Stampin’ Up! has a great deal that expires tomorrow.

If you go to mypaperpumpkin.com and click on “Join Now” you can get your first two months of My Paper Pumpkin for only $10 per month. After the first two months, the price for each monthly kit will change to the regular price of $19.95 per month. You can always cancel at any time.

Make sure you select “1” as the quantity for kits (unless you want extras) and enter the coupon code PUMPKINDEAL in the promo code box which is located just below the kit quantity. You will then finish with payment information and click “Submit.” You will receive a confirmation and a request to set up a password, which you can return and do at any time.

It really is so much fun to get a stamping surprise every month. And it contains stamps and papers that you can’t get in any other way. I love it!

While we’re talking about great promotions, here’s one more —

Dates: August 29-September 30, 2013

Offer: Get 15 percent off when you buy this bundled butterfly stamp set and punch!

Bundle Item	Page in Catalog	Description	Retail Price	15% Savings Price	Amount Saved!
135311	90 183	Butterfly Bundle (Clear-Mount) Papillon Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set Bitty Butterfly Punch	$30.90	$26.27	$4.63
135312	90 183	Butterfly Bundle (Wood-Mount) Papillon Potpourri Wood-Mount Stamp Set Bitty Butterfly Punch	$34.90	$29.67	$5.23

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Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

A Bicycle Hello — PP160

Posted on August 29, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It has been far too long since I’ve been able to play with my friends at the Paper Players challenge site, so I made it a priority to play this week.

I love this dsp from the Birthday Basics dsp collection, but I never know quite how to use it. This sketch seemed to lend itself to a bigger dsp pattern, so I grabbed it.

I also used some of the silver glimmer paper for the chevrons and used a sponge dauber to add some Basic Gray ink.

Enjoy your Thursday! Go check out the Paper Players’ design team’s projects and play along. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Four You
Ink: Raspberry Ripple
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple, Birthday Basics dsp, Silver Glimmer Paper
Embellishments: Floral Fusion Sizzlits, Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, In Color Dahlias, 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle punch, Chevron Border punch

Creepy Crawly — FMS101

Posted on August 28, 2013 by amyoneillblog

This week we have a fun sketch for you at Freshly Made Sketches from the supremely talented Linda Callahan. She is not only talented at paper crafting, but I so enjoy her sense of humor.

When I saw the long panel on this sketch, I knew I wanted to use this fun Halloween stamp from the Halloween Bash stamp set. I colored it with my markers. I swear I use my markers to ink stamps just as much as I do my ink pads. I love my markers!

Did you notice the tiny black scallops along the long panel? I made them with the new Small Scallop Stampin’ Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade (say that five times really fast :)). It is so easy to use, and I love the effect — it’s very subtle and adds just a little extra something-something.

I hope you can make the time to join us at Freshly Made Sketches this week! The design team has some great inspiration for you at the website here.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Halloween Bash
Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Witches Brew dsp
Embellishments: Small Scallop Stampin’ Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade, Pumpkin Pie 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon, Neutrals Candy Dots

Eastern Elegance Dahlia

Posted on August 27, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I’m not quite ready to fully move on to Fall and Christmas themed projects yet. It could be because the temps are still around 100 degrees here, or it could be that I just haven’t had enough of Summer’s fun colors. So I’ll probably be dabbling with a little bit of both for a while.

This card was super simple and quick to make. That ruffled ribbon makes everything look good!

Enjoy your Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Regarding Dahlias, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate
Paper: Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Eastern Elegance dsp
Embellishments: Boutique Details, White Baker’s Twine, Coastal Cabana 3/8″ Ruffle Stretch Trim

Merry in Gold — Monday Montage #1

Posted on August 25, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Welcome to our first Monday Montage! We had so much fun doing the Artisan Finalist Blog Hop that we decided we should get together a couple times a month and do more blog hops. So the ten of us who were finalists for Stampin’ Up’s Artisan Award, but not chosen for the design team, will be showing you various projects together.

One of the products in the Holiday catalog that I couldn’t wait to try was the Expressions Thinlits Dies. So I used them to make this Christmas card:

I also used the new Gold Foil Sheets to cut out the “Merry”. Isn’t that stuff beautiful!

I hope you’ll continue on the blog hop and go check out Breelin Renwick’s beautiful creation. You can also work your way backwards by starting with the talented Wendy Weixler’s blog. Either way, just make sure you work your way fully around the blog hop circle.

Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Paper: Crumb Cake, Season of Style dsp
Embellishments: Whisper White 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Regals Designer Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Expressions Thinlits Dies