Allison's Challenge-Shop Till You Drop

Allison at Stampin When I Can has a Sunday Challenge and this week it is a Black Friday/Boxing/Shopping card! You can read about her challenge HERE. (AFSS45)

Obviously, I chose Black Friday! I have had this sentiment stamp for a long time, I guess waiting for the perfect card! Black Friday it is.

The top typewriter key alphabet is punched out using a 1/2 inch punch and glued to the top.
This is a pretty simple card................ Snoopy always loves a good story though!

Stamps:Stampabilities A Note From Snoopy F1073, Remain Calm-Shopping by Postmodern Design BN2-111-C, Nostalgiques (The Attic Collection) alphabet set

Cardstock: SU! Grey and Black

Ink: Black, green and yellow markers

Misc: Punches, black ribbon

My Very First Stamp! Christmas Tags

I made these tags with the very first stamp I ever bought! Before I knew what company names were all about...but I guess I was drawn to Penny Black stamps from the beginning. I bought this years ago, before I really started stamping, to make quick Christmas tags for presents. It was bounced around in junk drawers etc for many years, until I found my way to STAMPING ha!
It has since been rescued and has a place of honor among my many stamps now.

These tags were inspired by Mary Jo's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #44. Her challenge this week was to make a tag. Pretty easy and quick! Lucky for me since I have been home sick part of the week and I don't have much energy to finish anything! Easy is good.... Mary Jo made an awesome tag...you must go see it!



My very first stamp: Penny Black 939C No Peeking!, Canvas Background stamp(hard to see in this pic)

Cardstock: SU! Real Red, Glorious Green, Black

Ink: Black, prisma's/oms

Misc: Sizzix tag die, nesties, star brad, stapler, SU! ribbon, dimensionals, little red crystals on the ivy

Verve Sketch VSHR1 Bushels of Blessings

I made this card for Julee's Holiday Release Sketch Blitz VSHR1. You can read about her sketch challenge HERE.
I was trying to keep this card warm and fuzzy with fall tones and the brads I had were all this pewter color...soooooooo I took one of the three copics I own (light walnut) and colored the brad...it worked really slick! It dried quickly and did not wipe off!

Stamps: Studio G $1 stamp sentiment

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, DP from K&Company mat pad...pure lovely paper...textured and richly colored( I won this in some blog candy!)

Ink: Choc Chip

Misc: Martha Stewart leaf punchies(gift from Heidi Fleetwood, thanks sissy!) Memories? brad, American Crafts fall ribbon, one copic marker LOL

FCCC and TSSC41-Medallion

Oh, I love this card but I think it is one you have to see in real life to appreciate! I used the sketch challenge from Technostamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #41 but it all started with little Courtney's outfit in From Courtney's Closet Inspiration Challenge #21. Check it out below!

Silly girl

She had some pretty flowery pants on and that's what inspired this whole card. I had some wonderful "flowery" DP that worked it's way into this card. The DP has wonderful silver flowers! I then used this wonderful silver metallic cardstock from SU! and ran a piece through my cuttlebug folder so that a couple of the little birdies showed...gotta get the birdie in there somewhere! If you have never tried SU!'s metallic cardstock, you are missing out!

The medallion was made with various layers of nestability circles and a SU! scallop punch thrown in for good measure. I used a marvy flower punch on the last circle so that some of the silver scallop would show. The brad is a misc one I had in my stash. Lots of layers here! And it also fits in the the Cuttlebug Challenge #5! I think I hit a triple with this card!

Stamps: NONE!

Cardstock: SU cranberry crisp (I think), Taken with Teal, Brushed Silver, DP is Heidi Grace shimmer foiled paper named Midnight Kisses/Mini Foil Floral (goodness what a long name for a piece of paper)

Ink: NONE

Misc: Nesties, SU! scallop punch, Marvy flower punch, misc brad (maybe Memories?), cuttlebug folder, dimensionals

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Look at the right side of my blog and see my new From Courtney's Closet Inspiration Challenge icon...you can just click on it and it will take you into Courtney's Closet! Doesn't this make you grin? Thanks Libby.

Techno Challenge #40- Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This card fits a couple challenges this week. The card design is from TechnoStamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge and the image fits the Penny Black Saturday Bump in the Night Challenge.

But...the best part of this card is the wonderful gifty that Libby from Libby's Little Addiction sent me. She sent all kinds of Halloween goodies to play with AND a Libby "original"! (I will post her card soon!) How lucky can a girl get. Libby sent this wonderful, soft spider web border type ribbon that I cut a piece off of and mounted on a circle punch and then added a bunch of the Halloween crystals she sent too! The striped DP and ribbon were part of her gift too! I have had so much fun with this stuff Libby...many thanks!

Stamps: Penny Black Apprentice 3716K

Cardstock: Black, Libby's DP gifty paper

Ink: I colored this with SU! markers and didn't like the lines so I colored over most of it with my prisma's, outlined it with one of my 3 copic markers LOL!

Misc: Fun embellishments from Libby, nestabilities

Weekend Sketch Challenge #62- PB Halloween

This was a fast and easy challenge. I have been trying to get to this PB stamp before Halloween is over and this stamp fit so well with Beate's Challenge here.

The little owl and the little peeking green bird are 3D also. I used my Martha slime and bat punches.

There is a story to this card...but in the end, the trick to this card is that it opens backwards! (it didn't start out this way LOL) I decided to change the papers around after I had already adhered them, so instead of wasting the messed up black card stock, I decided to make the card opening the wrong way and use the TRICKS sentiment.

Stamps:Penny Black night things 3714H, Studio G sentiment

Cardstock: Black, All Debbee Mumm DP

Ink: Black and Prisma pencils

Misc: Circle Nesties, Martha Punches

Techno Stamper sketch challenge-House Mouse Halloween

Love this glitter!

Some more of my wonderful Debbee Mumm DP...I just love the little bowl of glittery punkins in the DP.

This card was made for Techno Stamper's Monday Lunchtime sketch challenge #38 here., and a second one for the House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge #8 to make a Halloween card.

I used my new cuttlebug folder on this one.

Stamps: House Mouse- Punkin HMR1010, sentiment is Studio G stamp

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi Green SU, Only Orange, Debee Mumm DP

Ink: black, image colored with prisma's

Misc: SU circle punches, misc ribbon brad and ribbon, nestablities, cuttlebug folder

Vervegirls One Sheet Wonder Challenge

I used Penny Black Small Gift 2095C on this card

The sentiment on this card is from Rubber Stampede. Friend 3606C

The sentiment on this card Studio G dollar stamp from Michaels.

This card used a part of the Penny Black Stamp Labour of Love 2363K. It has a series of 3 images on the stamp and I used the last one.


I made these cards for the Verve girl's one sheet wonder challenge.

You can find the challenge HERE.

I love Julee's sketches, they are always so clean and uncomplicated (but don't you know this strained my brain anyway LOL)

This will be a nice set for a birthday gift I have coming up! woo hoo all done ahead of time...so unlike me...

Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive and the new Bella Rose DP, all from Stampin Up

Ink: Black, creamy carmel, old olive, pink, real rust, going grey, prisma pencils also.

Misc: corner punch, SU ribbon, water color brush, misc brads

From Courtney's Closet Challenge Lady Bug

I have had this card in my head for a long time! Little Courtney must have known it!
Side view
Close up
Little Courtney's Ladybug bum!

I made this card for my challenge card on the weekly From Courtney's Closet Challenge. You can see Mama Libby's challenge here.

Courtney's Grandma is getting into the swing of things by buying outfits that we can design cards around LOL...I can totally relate! (Hey Melissa...you should try some scrap pages like this with Cassidy...I know she is a spiffy little dresser too)


I had a good time making this card, although certain aspects were definitely trial and error. I won't show you how much I threw away until I got it "just right"!

I cut the black card card base with folded cardstock and a nestability using the largest plain circle in one of the sets. The red scalloped "wings" are cut from the largest scalloped nestie and then ran through the swiss dot cuttlebug folder and then cut in half. (yes, I love that folder) I had to use my SU marker to dot each embossed dot...I tried numerous times to GENTLY ink them up with a stamp pad...I just couldn't get it to look right without getting a big blotch someplace. The head is the SU 1 3/8 inch circle punch. I punched two black circle pieces and then glued the antennae in the middle of the head pieces. (I tried adding google eyes, but it looked BAD)

I made the antennae by cutting slivers of black paper with my Creative Memory small trimmer(couldn't live without this!) and then I wound the paper around the tip of my paper piercer to get the little curl.

I attached the wings with a red heart brad to the head, and then attached the head with red sticky tape to the cardbase. The wings can FLAP! I love that part...hehe...again I love cards that move!!

Cut white plain circle inside for a spot to write a message.

Oh I forgot...I stamped the black base card with a retired polka dot background stamp.

Stamps: Retired SU polka dot background stamp

Cardstock: SU black, white(inside of card) real red

Ink: Black marker

Misc: swissdot cuttlebug folder, nesties-both plain and scalloped, misc heart brad, misc Michaels polka dot ribbon, metal heart embellishment, misc tiny pink flowers, glue dots and sticky strip.


I also got a couple of other RAK's photographed and edited tonight! I will soon be posting cards from Heidi(you all know my Stamping Soul Sister) and Eileen- a long time House Mouse stamping Sister from my Yahoo House Mouse Group.

FCCC challenge with Peanuts!

Here's another From Courtney's Closet challenge card and a picture of sweet Little Courtney in her "inspiration outfit". Doesn't she look like she is a happy little thing?

This is a weekly challenge by her Mama Libby. Mama posts a pic of Courtney in her cute little outfits and the challenge is to use Courtney's clothes as inspiration for your card.

I chose to use the colors and dots and the big smile for my "inspiration".

Stamps: Snoopy (Stampabilities) I received this image in a swap with Michelle Adams (aka shellapoo on SCS), SU Everyday Flexible Phrases, Petite Posies(the small circle with no center), SU Simple Shapes.

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi and Blue Bayou

Ink: Black, Sage Shadow, Night Quite Navy, yellow marker for Woodstock!

Misc: Nestabilities, Stampamajig, ribbon, radiant pearls for shadows

Hello there little fishy FCCC

Here's my weekly FCCC challenge card. You can view this challenge on Libby's Little Addiction blog here.

Oops... look like I downloaded in the wrong order, but I am too tired to fix it.

I love this house mouse image. I think I used every toy I own to color it too! LOL

Stamps: House Mouse Stampabilities , Computer generated sentiment, Old retired SU polka dot background stamp, SU basic background stamps for pink strips

Cardstock: SU Blue and Rose Romance or something along those lines (I am with it tonight)

Ink: black, white, colored with chalks, SU markers, prisma's and shadowed with Radiant Pearls Abalone Grey...I love that glittery stuff!

Misc: SU buttons, ribbon, SU Crystal Effects on some of the fish bowl.

Make sure you go take a peek at Libby's recyle card she made yesterday...I love it! She even drew the globe.

From Courtney's Closet Weekly Challenge

Okay Libby...here is my card. Boy did I struggle with this challenge. When I started, I had a whole different plan of what I wanted...don't ask me where this came from...desperation I think LOL! I chose to use the orange gingham and the buttons for my inspiration of this weeks From Courtney's Closet Challenge (FCCC)...and the fruit...but guess what...I couldn't find my new Tart and Tangy set...finally gave up and went this direction. I used this Suzy Zoo image that my daughter had stamped for me several years ago..it was just waiting to used! I also wanted to use my baby set that had the little baby with the curl on the top of the baby head too...Little Courtney had such a cute "do" in her challenge picture.

Stamps: Suzy Zoo, SU retired background stamp and SU sentiment
Misc: Cuttlebug folder, misc ribbon, SU buttons, prisma's
Cardstock: SU Only Orange, GP White

Oh, and yes, I found my fruit set after I was done with this card! Go figure......

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #4

I made this card for my second From Courtney's Closet Challenge (#4). I chose to focus on the flower on her outfit and the fact that she is such a sweet little baby girl!

The flower, stem, leaves as well as the sentiment are on dimensionals also. After I took this picture I decided it would have been nice to have some paper piercing on it, but too late tonight! Time for this girl to head off to bed!

Stamps: Stampin' Up So Much (the background flower), Very Punny for the sentiment, Stampabilities House Mouse Naptime.

Cardstock: Celery,Pink and misc DP

Ink: celery and black, chalk on stem and leaves, prismas

Misc: Signo pen, Large and Small SU oval punches, Creative Memories circle cutter(so I could let the tail to "hang out" LOL), Mega scallop punch, fancy scissors to cut the curvy stem, SU 5 petal flower punch (to make the leaves) whew that's a lot of punches

I made this card for Libby's Little Addiction challenge. It is her weekly "From Courtney's Closet" challenge. (FCCC#3) It is based on her little girls outfit. I think this is such a cute idea.

I didn't manage to get in any blue...but this was my first challenge and I wanted to use green :). I used some pink grid DP and stamped cherries in Mellow Moss and Rose Romance randomly all over. I used my new Martha Stewart scallop punch for the white lace strip! Her punches work so nice!

Cardstock: Rose Romance, Mellow Moss, Wall mart white, misc grid DP
Ink: Rose Romance, Mellow Moss
Misc: Nesties, Martha Stewart Punch, mellow moss ribbon and dots and dashes ribbon from Michaels, signo pen
Stamp Sets: Retired sets Very Cherry and Fruity Phrases