Celebrating Color Challenge 500!!!

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Today marks 500 Color Challenges that has spanned over 9 years! I played along with quite a few of them over the years. It is one of my favorite challenges!

So the ladies of the Color Challenge have given out 4 color challenges and I played along with each one.

Let's get to them.....

Stamping thru the Seasons

Spring Colors:

So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe & Soft Sky

Summer Colors

Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive & Pear Pizzazz

 

Fall/Autumn Colors

Baked Brown Sugar, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry & Cajun Craze

 

Winter Colors

Cherry Cobbler, Lost Lagoon, Island Indigo & Old Olive

 

My season of cards are little 3 X 3 cards that I will use to write a quick Thank You when I have card orders. I'm pleased with these!

Stamping thru the Seasons Color Challenge #500:

Stamps: A Flower for all Seasons, Season by Season

Ink: Memento Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, Copic Markers

Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe, Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, Neenah White

Accessories: Decorative Dots EF, Honeycomb EF, Square Lattice EF, Poinsettia EF, Variety of Ribbons, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Liquid Mono Adhesive

Well, that is all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge #130

Hello & Happy Monday, Everyone!

Hope everyone had a nice relaxing weekend!

Today we have a new challenge from over at Merry Monday! LeAnne is our hostess and she is asking for Silent Night on our cards! Christmas is not too far off so we hope you will play along with us this week!

I pulled out the perfect set for this challenge called, Silent Night. I love the peace of the little church with snow on the ground. I stamped my church in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla cardstock and added glitter to the snow with a glue pen. My DSP is from a paper pad called Festival of Prints. I'm trying hard to use up alot of my papers. My sentiment is punched out with the Wide Oval Punch and popped up with a dimensional. Quick & easy! I love the glitter!

Merry Monday Challenge #130 Card:

Stamps: Silent Night

Ink: Early Espresso

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Festive of Prints DSP

Accessories: Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle Mats, Wide Oval Punch, Glue Pen, Glitter, Dimensionals, Liquid Mono Adhesive

Hope you will stop by the Merry Monday blog to see what the other ladies have created this week! Many different idea's!

Well, that's all for me today!
Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Halloween Coffee Cups- Frankie Style

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend! I spent most of the afternoon downstairs working on craft show things. It was nice to be able to stamp & watch the football game at the same time! Hubby made barbeque chicken on the grill for supper and it was quite yummy! So today I wanted to share a few more coffee cups that I made up for Halloween. These are so adorable and they are filled with Hershey's Minatures! Yum!

Halloween Coffee Cups:

Stamps: Stampin Up! Batty For You, 

Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Green Galore

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Patterned Paper fromThe Paper Studio-Hobby Lobby

Accessories: Circle Punches, Tangerine Tango Twine, Variety of Halloween Buttons, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Liquid Mono Adhesive

Well, that's all from me tonight!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge 157

Hello & Happy Saturday!

Just a quick post this morning before heading out with my stamp girls to the York Heirloom Stamp Show and the York Fairgrounds. We've been attending this for many years and always have a great time! Afterwards we usually meet Miss Emily at Chili's for a nice lunch then we all go our separate ways. I have a few things on my list that i'm looking for at the show plus stamp cleaner. I'm sure it will be a good day!

So, before I go I wanted to share my card I made for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. Another awesome sketch this week! Thanks ladies!

Halloween is not that far off so i'm trying to get a few cards made to send out to friends & family.

Hope you like my adorable little ghost!

Freshly Made Sketches #157 Card:

Stamps: Fun Fest, Sentiment from Hero Arts

Ink: Versamark, Tangerine Tango

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Motley Monsters DSP

Accessories: Fall Fun Framelits, Hexagon Punch, Winter White EP, Heat Gun, Googly Eyes, Liquid Mono Adhesive

Well, that's all for me today!
Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Pumpkin Treats for the Sweet

Hello & Happy Friday!

Sorry for a late post today. Was a busy day around the Aungst Pad.

I did finally make my way downstairs to finish working on some Halloween Treats and my little Creative Memories Paper Trimmer broke! That is enough to upset the apple cart as far as i'm concerned. I use that thing very hard. I went on Ebay and bought myself another one ASAP! Hopefully by Wednesday of next week i'll be back in business! LOL

Anyways, here are the treats I finished up today....

I got the Pumpkin digi from my dear friend, Vicki, so I have no idea who the creator is. I printed my Pumpkin image out, colored it with my Copic Markers then cut it out with my Circle Nestibilities. I layered it on top of a Black Scallop Circle Nestibilities. My topper itself is Black cardstock with a piece of patterned paper from Hobby Lobby. I think it is made by The Paper Studio. I added a bow made of 1/8 Black & Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon and called them done. I made 40 of these! Some of my treat bags have Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins in and some have Russell Stovers Chocolate Marshmellow Pumpkins in. Yum!

Well, that's all for today!

Off to watch the last episode of Bering Sea Gold then off to bed.

Tomorrow is the York Heirloom Stamp Show and i'm looking forward to hanging out with my stamp girls.....except for Deb K.....she's in Florida visiting her son. Boo!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Wendy

Tiny Treat Boxes

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Today i'm sharing something that I seen my Merry Monday team mate, Debbie Henderson, make. A few weeks ago she made an adorable little Halloween box that grabbed my eye! Here is the link to her project. It was so cute!!! So last night I was up late playing around at my stamp table and this is what I walked away with!

She used 2 of the Tiny Treat Boxes from the Stampin Up Holiday Mini catalog. Glued them together, back to back and then decorated. Those boxes might be tiny but they are ohh so cute all decorated up! I did a boatload of them for my Christmas craft shows! Once I had my boxes decorated, I added 2 small cello bags filled with Hershey Caramel Kisses. Mmmm! I snuck 2 and put the bag away!

I decorated my little box with Color Me Autumn DSP and then stamped a wreath from the Wondrous Wreath stamp set in matching colors. I think with the wreath & papers being the same colors, the wreath gets a bit lost on there. I do like the look of it anyways. I popped up my wreath with dimensionals, added a bow with Mossy Meadow Ribbon and a flag banner with Hello Fall from the For All Things stamp set. This is a very cute project that does not take much time at all to put together. I'm excited now to show you the ones I did for Christmas but it will have to wait a few more weeks until I can find some Christmas candies to put in them.

I hope you like my little treat box and again I thank Debbie Henderson for sharing her adorable little Halloween box with us! She rocks!

Happy Fall Box:

Stamps: Wondrous Wreath, For All Things

Ink: Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze

Cardstock: Whisper White, Color Me Autumn DSP

Accessories: Tiny Treat Boxes, Mossy Meadows Ribbon, Crished Curry 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon, Small Cello Bags, Glue Dot, Dimensionals, Liquid Mono Adhesive

Well that is all for me today!
Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Sketch Challenge 509

Hello & Happy Wednesday!

Today is Sketch Challenge day at SCS and of course, I wanted to join in!

Yesterday I was playing with my Merry Everything set and it was still laying on my table and I used it again for today's card.

As you can see I flipped the sketch to be able to use this Grateful for You tag that is in the Merry Everything set. I love this set with matching Note Tag Punch.

Sketch Challenge #509 Card:

Stamps: Merry Everything

Ink: Soft Suede & Cajun Craze SU Markers

Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Color Me Autumn DSP

Accessories: Note Tag Punch, Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Gold Button, Soft Suede Ribbon, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that's all for today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Color Challenge 499

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Today is Color Challenge day over at SCS.

Here are the colors and my card....

So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie & Mossy Meadow

w/ the dessert option of using gold on your card....

Another week of beautiful Fall colors so why not make another Fall card!

I also went with dessert today! Love those gold buttons from Stampin Up! 

Color Challenge #499 Card:

Stamps: For All Things

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Cardstock: Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie & So Saffron DSP Stacks (retired)

Accessories: Gold Button, Lg Oval Punch, Dimensional, 2 Sided Tape

Hope you liked my card today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge #129

Hello & Happy Monday!

Today we have a new challenge over at Merry Monday!

Kristie is our hostess this week and she would like us to use neon colors on our Christmas cards!

Let's get to it!

My card is a different size than the normal A2 cards. This is 3 X 6 which fits in the Open End Envelopes that Stampin Up use to sell. I pulled out an old set called Weather or Not because I really like these cute mittens in it plus I thought they'd look adorable in neon colors. I used Tempting Turquoise & Green Galore SU Markers to color my stamp. I used a piece of Tempting Turquoise DSP from the old Designer Series 12 X 12 Paper Stacks. My sentiment was cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits and popped up. I added 2 small rhinestones on the 2 mittens that had snowflakes on them. I'm all about the bling!

Hope you will stop by the Merry Monday blog to see what the other ladies have created this week! Always lots of inspiration!! We also hope you will play along with us! Christmas is not that far off!!

Merry Monday Challenge #129 Card:

Stamps: Weather or Not, More Merry Messages

Ink: Tempting Turquoise & Green Galore SU Markers

Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise DSP

Accessories: Bitty Banners Framelits, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

That is all for me today!
Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy

Halloween Hershey Bar Wrappers

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend! I spent the day in my pj's crafting away! I had a bag of these new Hershey Candy Corn Mini Bars that I felt needed some love. I sat and made a template the same as the bigger Hershey Bars but smaller and I loved how cute they are! The Hershey's Candy Corn Mini candy bars I found at a Giant grocery store here in Red Lion. I looked at our local Walmart and did not find them. Kelsey & I had to taste test one and they are quite yummy!

Here is all the treats I made today!

Halloween Candy Bars:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Merry Everything, Halloween Hello

Ink: Memento Black, Tangelo Twist

Cardstock: Basic Black, Tangelo Twist, Whisper White, Motley Monsters DSP

Accessories: Crimper, Circle Punches, Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Note Tag Punch, Bitty Banners Framelits, Scallop Circle Punch, Basic Black & Crushed Curry 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestones, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Liquid Multi Mono

Well, that's all for me today!

Time to relax and enjoy some time with my hubby!

Hope you'll come back again tomorrow for a new Merry Monday Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy the rest of your weekend!
~Wendy

World Card Making Day 2014

Hello & Happy Saturday!

It was a busy day in my stamp room today! I spend most of the day stamping and once again working on craft show things. After supper I went in search of a challenge to participate in so I could make another Christmas card for my upcoming craft shows. I went to the Freshly Made Sketches blog for inspiration! It's been quite awhile since I played along with that challenge and think I just may need to get back to it on a weekly basis! They have some awesome sketches each week and the design team always has some pretty inspiring cards!

So here is the sketch....

I just love the Festive Flurries stamp set & matching Framelits from last year so I decided to break out some Winter's Frost DSP to go with them. I'm so drawn to the colors in this DSP! I also love this sketch too!

Freshly Made Sketches #156 Card:

Stamps: Festive Flurry, Cute Converse 2006

Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party

Cardstock: Whisper White, Winter's Frost DSP

Accessories: Festive Flurries Framelits, SU Embellishment, Rhinestones, 3/4 Circle Punch, 7/8 Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

I'm so happy to have been able to make a card today for World Card Making Day! Hope you had a chance to make a card today, as well!

Well, that's all for today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Color Challenge 498 & Sketch Challenge 508

Hello & Happy Wednesday!

Also a very happy October 1st! Where has the year gone??!!

Anyways, today I sat to craft a bit before I head out for Ryan's doctor appointment this afternoon. I wanted to play along with the SCS Color Challenge yesterday but I worked on Christmas craft show things & my Halloween Tissue Box. After I saw the SCS Sketch Challenge today, I decided to combine the 2 challenges on one card.

Here are this week's colors & the sketch:

Elegant Eggplant, Crushed Curry & Garden Green

These colors reminded me of Fall and i'm loving the fact that the ladies from the Color Challenge used Elegant Eggplant. It is a very unused color but one I really love!

I used an embossing folder that I picked up last year at the York Heirloom Stamp Show from Darice. I was drawn to the pretty variety of leaves. I embossed my 3 very pretty Fall colored cardstock with it and layered it onto a pc of Very Vanilla. My piece of designer seris paper is from last year's Fall paper called Sweater Weather. I used a retired border punch from Stampin Up called Eyelet Border Punch. My sentiment is from the For All Things stamp set out of the Holiday Mini.

Hope you like!

CC498 & SC508 Card:

Stamps: For All Things

Ink: Elegant Eggplant

Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Sweater Weather DSP

Accessories: Darice Leaves Embossing Folder, Eyelet Border Punch, Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain Ribbon, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that's all for today!

Thanks for popping in today & have a great day!
~Wendy

Halloween Tissue Box

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

I spent the day working on things for my upcoming craft shows! Boy, i'm tired! 

Anyways, before I head off to bed I wanted to share my Halloween Tissue Box that I finished up after supper tonight. I used a new stamp set from Stampin Up called Fall Fest. I had some issues using it being that it is a polymer set and I have never had any luck using that type of stamp. I put a HELP call out on Facebook and got quite a few suggestions, one being to take an eraser over the stamp image to take off the goop that is on it from the manufacturer. Worked like a charm and I had much better results! Thanks ladies!

So here is my tissue box.....

This fits over top of a cube box of tissues and this will sit proudly in my living room on the coffee table! I'm quite pleased with it!

Halloween Tissue Box:

Stamps: Fall Fest, SU Sentiment

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Garden Green SU Marker, Black Stazon

Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Motley Monsters DSP

Accessories: Fall Fun Framelits, Oval Nestibilities (opening on top of tissues), Circle Nestibilities, Bitty Banners Framelits, Candy Corn Glitter Buttons, White & Tangerine Two Toned Twine, Dimensionals, Liquid Multi Mono Adhesive

ETA: Here is the link to making the Tissue Boxes:
Tissue Box Directions


Hope that helps!

Well, that is all for today!

Off to bed I take my sleepy butt now!
Thanks for stopping by & have a great day! 

~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge Week #128

Hello & Happy Monday!

Today we have a new challenge from over at Merry Monday! 

Katie is our hostess so let's get to it!

Once I seen the challenge I went in search of either striped or polka dot designer paper. I pulled out this paper pad from last year called Season of Styles and seen the polka dots on one side & the stripes on the other. I cut the sheet in half and layered it on to Crumb Cake cardstock. Then I added some yummy Cherry Cobbler ribbon and a beautiful bow under the sentiment. Layered all that on top on my Cherry Cobbler cardbase and called it done. Simple, quick & easy!

Hope you will stop by the Merry Monday blog to what the other Merry Makers have created this week! We also hope you will play along!

Merry Monday Challenge #128 Card:

Stamps: Joy to the World

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Season of Styles DSP

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Ribbon, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that is all for me today!

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy