New Challenge @ Shopping Our Stash #SOS586

 

Today begins a new challenge at...

Shopping Our Stash // #SOS586 ...A "shop your stash" challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this new challenge is SO VERY THANKFUL!! 

            

I "shopped my stash" for miscellaneous stamps that would work good for creating a collage background.  I used stamps from several retired Stampin Up stamp sets.

Now it is your turn...what do you have in your stash that would fit our SO VERY THANKFUL theme!?!  We look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery.  Hop on over to our blog for additional inspiration from the rest of the design team.  While there you will find all the details needed for playing along with this new challenge.

3 additional challenges inspired today's card...

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #20 ...An "in or from the garden" challenge!!  Flowers...yes of course!!  But also...butterflies and birds, which you will find hidden in my collage background.  Can you find them??  I tucked several birds and several butterflies into the background of today's card.

Just Us Girls // #JUG847 ...A challenge that wants us to "CASE a designer"!!  I picked Bobby's card to CASE.  Here is my inspiration from her card...I used a peach colored flower and layered it on a collage backgrounds.  Like hers but different!!

Allsorts Challenge // #AC861 ...An "anythings goes" challenge with an optional theme!!  FEMININE is the option theme for this current challenge!!  The ladies love flowers and I feel like I gave this "thank you" card a very feminine vibe!  Wouldn't you agree??  I used all Stampin Up stamps and inks on today's card...crazy but all the stamps that I used today have been retired!!  Oldies up goodies!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

With Sympathy

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Festive Friday // #FF0221 ...An "inspo list" challenge!!  From the inspo list honoring Veteran's Day, pick three out of the 10 elements to use on your card.  I picked poppies, "with sympathy" sentiment, and watercolors.

Allsorts Challenge // #AC861 ...An "anything goes" challenge with an optional theme!!  FEMININE is the optional theme for this current challenge.  I created a feminine sympathy card using a lace embossing folder and a filigree background stamp...both retired from Stampin Up.  I also used Stampin Up inks...Basic Black, Going Gray, Poppy Parade, and Garden Green.

Can You Handle The Pressure // 24OCT26 ...An embossing challenge with an optional twist!!  I didn't use the optional twist on today's card but used two different embossing folders.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #20 ...An "anything in or from the garden" challenge!!  I wish I had some poppies in my garden...sadly they don't do so well here in Florida.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Happy Thanksgiving

 5 challenges inspired today's card...

As You See It // #AYSI383 ...A "5 ingredient recipe" challenge!!  The ingredients called for in this current recipe challenge are gingham, gems, twine, die cut, and a pumpkin!!  I got all five ingredients mix into today's card.

Cupcake Inspiration // #CI642 ...A "cupcake inspired" challenge!!  For this current challenge we have a photo of fall cupcakes!  

Inspired By // #IB411 ...A "visual prompt" challenge with an optional sketch!!  Inspired by...PUMPKINS!!  I didn't use the sketch this time but let the colors and the pumpkins be my inspiration.

Inspiration Station // #IS90 ...A monthly "visual prompt" challenge!!  I made a card earlier this month that focused on the cat and had no pumpkin.  Today's card has a pumpkin and no cat!  Maybe I will make on more that has both a pumpkin and a cat?!?  Stay tuned...

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #20 ...An "anything found in or from a garden" challenge!!  PUMPKINS are in the garden right now!!  Not quite ready to be picked but they will be soon!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Thinking of You

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge // #AHSC700 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was the starting point for today's card.  It worked perfectly for combining these challenges.

Color Hues // #TCH141 ...A color challenge!!  The duo of colors called for in this current challenge: PURPLE & ARTICHOKE.  A perfect combinations for an arrangement of flowers.

A Cut Above // SEPT2026 ...A monthly "die cut" challenge!!  I used Spellbinders floral dies on today's card.  I also used the negative space from my die cut leaves to stencil in some additional leaves...I love the subtle dimension this gives.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #19 ...An "anything in or from a garden" challenge!!  Today, I picked from a flower garden!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Guest Designer @ Double Trouble #225

 

Today I am a guest designer at...

Double Trouble // #225 ...A "Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3" challenge!!  Thing 1 wants us to follow a "Sweet Surprise" recipe...3 layers (yellow mat, embossed white and images), 2 images (butterfly and mushrooms), and 1 aperture (shaker with micro beads)...CHECK!!  Thing 2 wants us to use the sketch from Try A Sketch On Tuesday #704...CHECK!!  Thing 3 wants us to fill in our aperture and create a shaker card...CHECK!!  How fun to be a "crazy cousin" added into the Double Trouble family tree.  Thanks for letting me be a guest designer for this challenge.

Try A Sketch On Tuesday // #TSOT704 ...These two challenges (Double Trouble & TSOT) always partner up.  Since this is a planned partnership on their part (not me picking and combining challenges) you always know they work perfectly together!!

3 additional challenges inspired today's card...

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #19 ...An "anything found in or from a garden" challenge!!  Butterflies and mushrooms are both found in a garden!!

Can You Handle The Pressure // 12SEPT26 ...An embossing challenge!!  They also give an optional theme but I didn't use it on today's card...just a honeycomb embossing folder.

Word Art Wednesday // #768-769 ...An "anything goes scripture inspired" challenge!!  I didn't use the scripture this time, instead I just kept the card front free of any sentiment.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

You're Awesome

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Can You Handle The Pressure // 22AUG26 ...An embossing challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this challenge is BEES!  I stamped bees (Stampin Up's Beautifully Happy stamp set) visiting my stenciled tulips along my brick embossed pathway!!

Alphabet Challenge // 21AUG26 ...An ABC challenge!!  I is for insect!!  I got four bees buzzing around on today's card.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #18 ...An "anything in or from a garden" challenge!!  Tulips and bees...both found in a spring garden!!

Just Us Girls // #JUG838 ...A stencil challenge!!  I used a brand new stencil that I won from Newton's Nook.  I love these tulips all lined up...makes for a cheery card!!

Never Before Used // #NBUS89 ...The NBUS blog doesn't give challenges but offers a great place to show off those items that have "never been used"...whether they are brand new or items that you have had for a while but haven't gotten around to using.  Today I am using a new stencil that it inked up for the very first time.  I won this stencil from Newton's Nook for a card that I entered in their Inky Paws Challenge.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Celebrate...Italian Style

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Addicted to Stamps & More // #ATS&M314 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this current challenge is BIRTHDAYS!!  How about an Italian styled birthday card with the blue tile background and the cluster of lemons...I feel like I am back on the island of Capri!!

Alphabet Challenge // 07AUG26 ...An ABC challenge!! H is for HORTICULTURE!!  The science of gardening...if you could see those terraces of lemon trees on the island of Capri you would understand there is a science to gardening!!

Cupcake Inspiration // #CI640 ...A cupcake inspired challenge!!  This cupcake photo has our focuse set on gardening.  Our garden here is Florida has not only vegatables but citrus trees as well...2 lemon, 3 orange, and 1 grapefruit.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #18 ...An "anything from or in a garden" challenge!!  LEMONS...yes, you will find them in our garden alonge with several other citrus trees, 12 blueberry bushes, and 2 pear trees, a tilled up section for veggies, two raised beds, and several trellises.

Never Before Used // #NBUS89 ...The NBUS blog doesn't give challenges but offers a great place to show off those items that have "never been used"...whether they are brand new or items that you have had for a while but haven't gotten around to using.  Today I am using a new stencil that it inked up for the very first time.  I won a Cherry On Top gift certificate from the Cut Above challenge and this stencil was one of the items that I picked...I love the Italian tile feel that it creates.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Can't "Beet"....

 

5 challenges inspired today's card...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge // #AHSC694 ...A sketch challenge!!  The sketch was the starting point for today's card.  It worked perfectly for combining these challenges.  I love the sketch challenges from the AHSC team, if you have played along with their challenges you should go check them out and play along.               

Inspire.Create.Challenge // #ICC222 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this current challenge is HIDDEN MESSAGE!!  I hid my message behind a piece of ribbon that I stapled into place.      

Cupcake Inspirations // #CI640 ...A cupcake inspired challenge!!  The cupcake photo for this current challenge has us thinking about garden items.  I picked a BEET image and a "can't BEET a friend like you" sentiment from Unity Stamps!!

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #18 ...An "anything found in or from a garden" challenge!!  Today's card has a "from the garden" elements...BEET!!  I hope my fall planting of beets does better than my spring one!!

Farm Quest Challenge // #FQCB85 ...A "farm & country" challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this current challenge is VEGETABLE GARDEN.  

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)