September Blog Hop

Welcome to our September Blog Hop. If you arrived here from Bev G.’s Blog, then you are on the right path. If you are just starting here, simply follow the trail until you have visited all of the blogs in the hop. You will know you reached the end when you wind up back here. This month we have decided to go with the Consultant’s Choice. When you are done viewing my project, I encourage you to hop on over to Carol’s Blog and check out what she has created this month!

For my project this month, I chose to showcase the September Stamp of the Month: Fall Favorites! I colored the cute little scarecrow with our new alcohol-based markers, and I used the Clementine paper pack. The pattern is #25 from the Make it From Your Heart book. Here is my card, and under it you will find a list of all the products I used and their numbers, in case you want to purchase any of them on my website. sarahstone.ctmh.com.

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy 1388, Goldrush 1243
Paper Pack: Clementine X7156B
Stamps: Fall Favorites S1209A
Ink: VersaMark Z891
Embossing Powder: Black z670
Markers: Cranberry Z2419, Autumn Terracotta Z2427, Honey Z2415, Olive Z2425, Ponderosa Pine Z2423, Indian Corn Blue Z2422, Chocolate Z2434, Black Z2430

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to become a follower and leave me a comment! Now hop on over to Carol's blog to see her beautiful creation!

Purple sympathy card

I thought the sketch at Retro Sketches was perfect for a sympathy card. I used the colors from Dynamic Duos - monochromatic this week. Also perfect for a sympathy card. So here it is:

I'm also entering this card at For Your Inspiration (I was inspired by the purple sky) and Pink Elephant (sympathy).

Materials used:
Cardstock: Vanilla Cream, Pansy Purple, Petal
Stamps: Flirty WOTG, Words of Comfort
Ink: Pansy Purple, Vanilla Cream
Other: Colonial White Ribbon

Belated birthday

My Grandpa's birthday was last week and I didn't send him anything. He's a punny guy, so I thought he'd like a card made with my new stamp set, Pun Fun. I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch, and I used the colors from Sentimental Sundays - I also included the faux stitching for their challenge.

I still feel like it needs something... I might put some string on it or some pearls or color in the turtle... some paper piecing might be nice. But I know my grandpa will like it as it is. I should just hurry up and get it mailed, eh? BTW, I do like that it's mailable as it is. :)

Here's the inside of the card:

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Pacifica, Cranberry, Grey Flannel, Pear
B&Ts: Believe, Elemental, Dotty for You
Stamps: Pun Fun, Card Chatter - Birthday
Ink: Pear
Other: CM Journaling Pen (not CTMH)

Color Dare #13

Hello. Here is my card for Color Dare #13 over at Color My Heart. I am also entering this into CAS-ual Friday's challenge: Banners and Flags.

Pattern: Make It From Your Heart - Pattern 19
Materials used:
Cardstock: Saddle, Cashmere
B&T's: Clementine
Stamps: Trinity and Keepsake Alphas
Ink: Saddle
Other: Hemp

Some cards I made this week

I was so excited about the inspiration photo from Inspired By! I had the perfect texture paper to match that cute pillow! It is from Scholastic and I love it!!!!! I decided to find all the red paper I had and stamp my apple stamp on the back and cut them out. I ended up using paper from: Let's Get Together, Superhero, Believe, Stella, and Roxie! This sketch is from Freshly Made. And I did a back-to-school theme for Simon Says.

Materials used:

Card: White card base

B&Ts: Scholastic, Let's Get Together, Superhero, Believe, Stella, Roxie

Stamps: Classmate Alphabet, Mayberry WOTG stamp set

Ink: Cocoa, Cranberry

Marker: Black

Other: CM journaling pen (for the stitching - not CTMH)

 

This next card is for CR84FN Color Challenge. Beautiful color scheme this week!!!! The sketch is from Sweet Sketch Wednesdays. I'm also entering this card into the challenge at Craft-a-Scene.

Materials used:

Cardstock: Bamboo, Lagoon, Colonial White

B&Ts: Footloose

Stamps: Perfect Day, Quick Cards - Shell

Ink: Chocolate

Markers: Honey, Desert Sand, Olive, Cranberry

Other: Colonial White Ribbon, Buttons, & Bigger Brads; Spring Blossom Paper Shapes,

 

The final card is for CASE Study. The challenge is to CASE a player at CASE Study and I chose BeckyTE. She had this beautiful bird card, which the style is very different for me. But I liked it and I chose to color my cardinal with some of the new alcohol-based markers. I chose the colors from Play Date Cafe: black and white with a splash of lime. The sketch is from the Deconstructed Sketch.

Materials used:

Cardstock: Black, Vanilla Cream

B&Ts: Recollections Union Square (not CTMH)

Stamps: You and Yours, Scroll

Ink: Tuxedo Black (not CTMH), Desert Sand

Marker Sets: Sweet Leaf, Olive, Ponderosa Pine

Other: Black Ribbon Assortment, Harvest Charms, Floret  Paper Shapes

Cricut Cartridge: Art Philosophy



Fun Layout

I had a lot of fun making this layout from my daughter's zoo trip. She had a lot of fun at the zoo, but I wasn't able to go with her. So I'm taking her word for it. :)

The colors at ColourQ were perfect, and I made it CAS, based on the inspiration photo from Runway Inspired. I used this sketch from Frosted Designs. BTW, my layout was in the top 3 at Frosted Designs last week!!! Yay! I was so surprised they chose mine!

I made the layout exactly like the sketch, but I rotated it 90 degrees.


Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Black, Slate
B&T's: Dotty for You
Stamps: Trinity Alphabet, Classmate Alphabet, It's Your Day
Other: Paradise Paper Flowers, Paradise Baker's Twine, Black Ribbon Assortment, and Sparkles - Black & Grey Assortment

My lips will shout for joy

I like how this card turned out. I found a new sketch challenge that looks like fun. It's called I Spy. I used this week's sketch for this card. I also used the word art from Word Art Wednesday. The colors are from Color Throwdown - I used the B&T's from different paper packs to achieve the look. I used chipboard for the embellishment per the requirements of Frosted Designs. I made it myself, so I'm entering this into the create-your-own embellishment challenge at the Pink Elephant! I did this by coloring chipboard shapes, stacking them on top of each other, adding a flower and finishing it off with a sparkle!

Materials used:
Paper: White cardstock (not CTMH); Stella, Clementine, and Lucy B&T's
Word Art: from Word Art Wednesday
Other: Irresistables chipboard shapes, Paradise flowers, and Sweet Leaf Sparkles