Sweet Sips

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Sketch Saturday // #SS763 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was the starting point for today's card.  Who doesn't love a card with a tag on it!?!

TGIF Challenges // #tgif497 ...A color challenge!!  The colors called for in this challenge are Cherry Cobbler, Pecan Pie, and Crushed Curry.  This trio of colors was a perfect combination for a sweet sips card.

Time Out Challenges // #TOC275 ...A theme challenge!!  SWEETS was the theme for this current challenge!!  I have a sweet cup of hot chocolate, a sweet little mouse, and several sweet little gingerbread men...SWEET indeed!!

Coffee Loving Papercrafters // NOV2024 ...A "coffee lovers" blog hop!!  This card was just perfect for the blog hop happening over at CLP!!  What is it with me, mice, and coffee?!?  Yesterday's coffee card also had mice on it...LOL!!

Verse fo the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

New Challenge @ Shopping Our Stash #SOS534

 

Today begins a new challenge at...

Shopping Our Stash // #SOS534 ...A "shop your stash" challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this new challenge is "TIME FOR A HOT DRINK"!!  I right way thought of this coffee press stamp from Colorado Craft Company...got love a hot cup of good French pressed coffee!!

Now it is your turn!!  What kind of hot drink does our new challenge make you think of...coffee, tea, cider, hot chocolate??  We can't wait to see how you are inspired and what treasures you find in your stash for creating a hot drink card.  Hop on over to our blog for additional inspiration from the rest of the design team and for all the details on this new challenge.

4 other challenges inspired today's card...

 Just Us Girls // #JUG751 ...A designer CASE challenge!!  CASE: Copy And Selectively Edit.  I am casing Stephanie's card.  My inspiration from her card...the French press and the inked background behind it.

Addicted to Stamps & More // #ATS&M480 ...A technique challenge!!  For this current challenge we are asked to use stencils and/or die cuts...I use both!!

Never Before Used Schtuff // #NBUS68 ...A "never been used" challenge!!  This is the first time I have used this stencil.  I won it during the National Coffee Day blog hop.  It seemed like the perfect backdrop for these caffeine crazed mice!!

Coffee Loving Papercrafters // NOV2024 ...A "coffee lovers" blog hop!!  This card was just perfect for the blog hop happening over at CLP!!  These cute little caffeine crazed mice and make up some bougie coffee in their French press.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Thankful!!

 

5 challenges inspired today's card...

TicTacToe Challenges // #tttc259 ...A game board challenge!!  My winning three in a row on this tic-tac-toe board: plaid, twine, and frame.  

The Paper Players // #PP714 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this challenge is "give thanks"!!  A "thanks" die seemed like the perfect sentiment for this fall themed card.

INKspirational Challenges // #IC328 ...A "designer's choice" challenge!!  Carol's choice for this challenge is for us to "layer it"!!  I made a pumpkin out of layered up ovals and my frame and tag add in some additional layers!!

Can You Handle The Pressure // 26OCT24 ...An embossing challenge!!  I embossed the lower half of my card with a distressed stripes folder and I embossed the ovals for my pumpking before assembling it.

Once Upon A Time // NOV24#28 ...A monthly storybook challenge!!  The storybooks that is our inspiration for the month of November is Arthur's Thanksgiving by Marc Brown.  

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Wooly Winter Wishes

 

Card #1 was inspired by 3 challenges...

Jingle Belles // #JB2422 ...A year round Christmas challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this current challenge is..."While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks"!!  As soon as I saw this challenge theme, I knew I wanted to ink up my Feelling Sheepish from Funky Fossil Designs.  The challenge was making these adorable little sheep into a Christmas card...but I think I pulled it off using these fantastic Wintergreen papers.

Stick It Down // NOV2024 ...A monthly FaceBook sketch challenge!!  This challenge offers both scrapbook layout sketches and a card sketch each month.  This months card sketch with it's three panels was perfect for showing off trio of fantastic papers.

Festive Friday // #FF0171 ...A "inspo list" challenge!!  From the inspo list honoring Odd Socks Day, choose 3 of the elements to include on your card.  I picked...wool, sequins, and feet!  I hope sheep feet count...WAIT!! are they hooves and not really feet?!? LOL!!

Card #2 was inspired by 3 challenges...

Cupcake Inspiration // #CI605 ...A "cupcake inspired" challenge!!  The focus of this current challenge was on the colors...the purple, green, and black!! Like I did yesterday, I decided to follow Lori & Helen lead and create a floral card using this trio of colors. 

Just Us Girls // JUG751 ...A design team CASE challenge!!  I am CASEing Bobby's card...the die cut leaves & the sentiment overlay were my inspiration from her card.

Addicted To Stamps & More // #ATS&M480 ...A technique challenge!!  For this current challenge we are to use die cuts and/or stencils.  I used both die cuts and stencils for today's card.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Every Little Thing...

 

Card #1 inspired by 2 challenges...

Cupcake Inspirations // #CI605 ...A "cupcake inspired" challenge!!  The focus of this current challenge was on the colors...the purple, green, and black!!  I made one to many Halloween cards this year so I decided to follow Lori & Helen and create a floral card using this trio of colors.

Try A Sketch On Tuesday // #TSOT657 ...A sketch challenge!!  this sketch was perfect for displaying my stamped background and showcasing this fun sentiment stamp from Verve.

Card #2 inspired by 2 challenges...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS660 ...A sketch challenge!!  I loved the filigree at the bottom of the oval and had the perfect stamp for it...Stampin Up's Sale-A-Bration Bliss set from 2011.  Card #1 one follows closely to this sketch as well...just a bow instead of a filigree!!

Color Throwdown // #ctd817 ...A color challenge!!  The trio of colors called for in this current challenge is Mustard (Stampin Up's retired More Mustard ink), Kraft (card stock base), and Terra Cotta (Stampin Up's Cajun Craze ink).

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Pretty Plaids

 4 challenges inspired today's card...

The Paper Players // #PP713 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for playing with my new Wintergreen papers that I picked up at Hobby Lobby last week.  I love the plaids that this tablet had...and while the papers is sold as a Christmas tablet, I love this duo of plaids from it as a Fall background.

Retro Rubber Challenge // #rrcb242 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this "By The Lake" challenge is the changing of leaves and the beauty of fall weather!!  Of course as with all of their challenges, we are asked to use stamps that are over a year old.  This Happy Scenes stamp set from Stampin Up came out in 2015...a goody but oldie for sure!!

Just Add Ink // #JAI726 ...An "inspiration" challenge!!  This collage of photos had me reaching for my new Wintergreen tablet of papers...the perfect coloring of greens!!

Addicted to Stamps & More // #ATS&M480 ...A technique challenge!!  The technique being showcase in this challenge...stencils and/or die cuts.  I used a stitched circle die and a sentiment die.  No stencils this time!!  Stay tunded I will be using both techniques on one card in the next couple of days.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

A Caffeinated Collage

 

2 challenges inspired today's card...

As You See It Challange // #AYSI335 ...A "recipe" challenge!!  Use all 5 ingredients given in this "Thinking of You Warmly" recipe!!  The ingredients for this current challenge are metallic (a silver charm), embossing texture (used a border embossing folder), Thinking of You sentiment (sentiment stamp from the Essential Sentiments set that I won somewhere along the way), tag (used a retired Stampin Up tag punch), and warm tones (Early Espresso, Hello Honey, and Melon Mambo inks from Stampin Up).  Check!!   All five ingredients are mixed together on my Caffeinated Collage card!!

TGIF Challenges // #tgif496 ...An "inspiration" challenge!!  We were given an "Abstract Art" piece as our inspiration!  I love a collage card...the layering up of colors, textures, and elements makes for a fun creation.

Allsorts Challenges // #AC804 ...An "anything goes" challenge with an optional theme!!  Today I decided to enter this challenge as an "anything goes" card...collage cards are kinda like that!!  Anything goes and you keep layering and adding elements until you have the perfect creation!!

Never Before Used Schtuff // #NBUS67 ...A "never been used" challenge!!  Today my "never been used" items are the coffee ben stamps!!  I won a prize gift certificate in the "National Coffe Day" blog from Miss Ink Stamps and today I am inking up those coffee beans for the very first time.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)