Blame it on Michele

LOL, do you like the name of my post?  It's all because my friend Michele posted cards made with this adorable stamp set called Clever Sausage...and I just had to get it!  Here we go:

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday, and I am also entering it in the Time Out Birthday challenge:

         

I started by stamping my little pup in Memento ink on some Soft Suede cardstock and shaded him with some blends.  You can get matching dies with the set, but the images fairly easy to fussy cut, so I passed on the dies!  I also gave him a polka dotted sweater:

I added a polka dotted balloon, and a sentiment diecut with a Stitched Rectangle die.  Before adhering everything, I stamped a few little confetti on my Stitched So Sweetly panel!  His little bow and tie around his tummy were hand-drawn!

Finally, on the inside of the Daffodil Delight, I added the sentiment:

All the printed papers are from Honey Bee's The Bee's Knees 6x6 pad!  Thanks for popping in today!

I must admit, that socially distancing myself has made me very, very lazy.  All I did on Sunday, after watching our church service on FB, was to work on a puzzle, oh and I did sew two DIY masks which I will be mailing to my niece.  There is NO 1/4" elastic to be found anywhere, so that's the extent of my mask-making.  I am keeping up on my Bible study, walking, and making a few cards, but mostly just....working on my puzzle!  Hopefully it will be done today and I can move forward!  How are you keeping busy?  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Sentimental (confetti), Clever Sausage (Essentials By Ellen Hutson)
Card stock & Papers	Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Basic Black, Bee's Knees DSP (Honey Bee)
Ink	Memento Black, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Black Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Blends, Basic Black Marker

CAS Sympathy

Happy Saturday, peeps!  My friend Michele shared two beautiful cards recently using this gorgeous board from Ellen Hutson as her inspiration:

Such a pretty color, I had to play along!  Unfortunately, I needed another sympathy card so I thought I would do some "florals" using Swirly Bird, which has been neglected lately:

My large circular image doesn't seem to accept the ink very well...not sure if it is the Pool Party ink or the stamp itself.  I'll have to play with it some more to see!  Anyway, I used Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise and Bermuda Bay for my flowers, masking them with a post-it note, and the leaves are Wild Wasabi; the sentiment is from an older Paper Pumpkin kit:

I stamped another flower on top of the sentiment from Thoughts and Prayers on the inside.

I am hoping I don't have to make too many more of these!  Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge where I am the hostess!  Have a great day!

It has been crazy warm here in PA, so Cassidy and Grampy went out before school to do some chalk artwork on the driveway!  Cassidy drew a cardinal:

Grampy chose a more manly image of a tractor trailer, LOL!

Be blessed!

Project Details--All Supplies Stampin Up Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Swirly Bird, Paper Pumpkin (sympathy), Thoughts and Prayers
Card stock & Papers	Thick White Cardstock
Ink	Soft Sky, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Bermuda Bay, Palette Noir, Wild Wasabi
Accessories
Tools	Post-it Notes

TSOT241 for Pastor Appreciation Month

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Wow, there has been some weird weather this week….floods and mudslides in California, snow in Canada and northern New York, and frosty temps here in Pennsylvania!  I hunkered down in my wooly sweater and fuzzy socks to make a fall-like card for my pastor, since October is Pastor Appreciation Month:

This uses the sweet sketch from Try Stampin’ On Tuesday for this week…even though it’s not my team’s week, I just couldn’t pass up making a card with it! 

I used a plethora of retired DSPs and even some of the bark-like paper from the holiday catalog a few years ago!  Remember that?  And this verse is from one of the very first SU stamps I ever purchased, Say it with Scriptures!  It’s pretty worn out but I won’t part with it!  I stamped it in Cajun Craze on Crumb Cake cardstock, then added some leaves and dots from the September Paper Pumpkin set:

It was punched with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch, then trimmed with a retired Edgelit (whose name I can’t remember!) in Early Espresso!  I pulled out some more retired stuff….a corduroy button and stitched ribbon….to finish it off!  I also got some inspiration from the Essentials by Ellen Pin-Sight Challenge, courtesy of Michele, shown here:

My pastor is an interim, and after a very rough time in our church, is filling in and trying to help us all heal and move forward with great anticipation as to what the Lord will be doing.  He’s doing a wonderful job, so I want to let him know! 

A little MegaBlock action!

A home for an elephant…..

and a dinosaur!

Enjoy your day!