Fall Thank You Notes

Hi friends!  Just wanted to do another catch-up day with some thank you notes I made for my birthday, back in September.  I used lots of scraps here and the Do Me a Favor stamp set from Papertrey Ink.  I'm not sure what I was thinking on the yellow card, but the others make me happy.  I hope you enjoy, thanks so much for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Thanksgiving 2012 Picture Parade

Hi everyone!  Happy Saturday!  I'm spending the day in working on my Valentine's Day cards and tonight Chris and I are going to see Les Mis.  Not sure if the movie will live up to my standards (I've seen it on Broadway three times!), but I'm looking forward to it.

Today I want to share all of the cards I made for Thanksgiving.  I used up a lot of older papers, swapped focal pieces and bits and pieces of embellishments.  If you have any questions, just ask.  I hope you enjoy my picture parade!  I'll be back tomorrow to do the same with my Halloween cards.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Birthday Wishes

Hey there!  I wasn't kidding when I said October was a month full of birthdays- my co-worker has one on Sunday, but we're celebrating at work tomorrow.  This is the card I made for everyone to sign; I loved the Sweet Stop sketch so much, I used it again!  :)

I'm assuming the image is Penny Black, but I can't say which one because I got it from a swap years ago.  I had fun using my Copics here- I really like how the basket turned out.  I'm not crazy about the apples, but I'll keep practicing!  :D  I used some DCWV patterned papers and Papertrey Ink cardstocks.  The border is a Fiskars punch and the sentiment is Hero Arts.  I also added some orange brads from Making Memories (a little hard to see over an orange flower.. doh!)

I hope you like my cute hedgies, thanks so much for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Falling For You

Hi friends!  October is a pretty busy birthday month for me, so I thought I'd share the card I just made for one of my good friends!  I've had this Dustin Pike image for a while and decided to make her an autumn themed card.  Isn't that monkey super cute?!  He looks super excited to rake!  I wish he'd come to my house!  LOL  Anyway, I used the Sweet Spot's sketch for help with the layout:

The papers were found in my scrap stash and I believe the orange gingham ribbon is from Michaels.  Of course I used my Copics to color my little friend, and the heart brads are Making Memories.  The sentiment and cardstocks are Papertrey Ink.  I hope you like my happy little card, thanks so much for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Fall cards

Hi friends!  Just wanted to pop in to share these fall-themed thank you notes I made for the birthday gifts I received last month.  I'm sorry I don't know much about the materials I used because I dove into my stash and used up a lot of supplies that I received in a fall toss last year.  :)  It's really been feeling like fall here in NY, though I don't think the foliage is quite as vibrant as it usually is.  I do love the cooler temperatures though- it makes me want to stay in, get cozy, and craft!!  :D  Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy my cards!


-Suzanne :O )

PTT #36 Shaped Cards!

Hi everyone!  I'm struggling to get back on track with all of my design team commitments, and I'm happy to say that I got my Party Time Tuesdays card in just under the wire!  We were asked to make shaped cards- here's my take on the challenge:

I used my Grand Nestabilities to make the shaped card and colored the Stamp Insanity image with my Copics.  I didn't think I needed too many embellishments since the shape of the card added quite a bit of interest, so I just tied a piece of ribbon into a simple knot and added it to the blank space.  I hope you'll have time to play along with us this week!  Here's a bit more about our sponsors:

The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Here at Party Time Tuesdays we want to reconize the 2.5 million women who survived breast cancer!!  You all deserve a standing ovation!! 

Please take the time to get a mamogram....

About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.

The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are gender (being a woman) and age (growing older).

These statistics came from www.breastcancer.org

Thank you to our 2 fabulous sponsors!

Here is a little bit about Crafty Sentiments designs. We are a small online based company selling both digital, clear and exclusive rubber stamps to cardmarkers and scrapbookers, started in October 2009 by me (Suzette), we offer a wide range of exclusive images as well as some lovely sentiments, with some essential crafting products including punches & soon to be released exclusive die-cuts!

Winner will receive 4 digis

Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps...we started this store April 1st, No Fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha, I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...

I been creating stamps for a little less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there was much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone..stitchy xoxox"

Winner will receive:

We would like to see what kind of shaped cards are out there these days!  So this weeks challenge will be show us your shaped cards AND/OR any Breast Cancer Awareness card regardless of the shape!


Thanks for stopping by!
-Suzanne :O )

Woodware Fall Theme Card and Where I've Been!

Hi there, friends!  It sure has been a long time since my last post; September has been a crazy month!  Hurricane Irene came through at the end of August and while we didn't have much damage (just a few inches of water in the garage, which drained out once the sump pump was able to catch up with the water flow) our phone/internet was knocked out for a couple of weeks.  Once we had our internet back, I was getting myself ready to start participating in my design team challenges and then I got the flu last week!  I was out of work for an entire week (I can't remember the last time I was out sick for that long!) and didn't feel like doing anything.  I'm FINALLY feeling back to normal, but I still have a lot of catching up to do.


Above is my Woodware card, several days late.  We were asked to make a fall card, which actually stumped me, because I didn't have any obvious fall stamps from Woodware.  I did see some leaves in the Woodland Mushrooms set, so I pulled those out, along with the acorn, stamped them in various Colorbox inks, and created a pretty background.  The vellum sentiment is an old piece from a DCWV scrapbook kit, but I thought it was perfect for this card, so I layered it on a scrap of paper and made it the centerpiece.  To finish off the card, I added a felt pumpkin sticker (Target) and a shrinky dink sentiment I found in my stash.


It doesn't really feel like fall here in New York, but I am SO ready for it!  Fall is probably my favorite season and I am eagerly anticipating the change in weather- I've had enough of the high temps and humidity that have been plaguing us this week!  :)


I hope you'll forgive me for my absence and bear with me as I get my act together and catch up with my design team work, and get my mojo back for non-design team projects!  I can't wait to get back to posting regularly again, I've missed this!  :)


-Suzanne :O )

Time for fall!

I am SOOO ready for fall- the change in temperature, the turning of the leaves, long sleeve shirts, football games and hot apple cider!  Fall has always been my favorite season so I thought I'd see what I could do to incorporate it with this week's Woodware Challenge!  We were asked to use 3 PAPERS, 2 EMBELLISHMENTS and 1 IMAGE.  


I wanted to see if I could use Mary & Friends for a fall theme, rather than the spring-y colors I would normally gravitate towards.  I figured paper piecing her outfit would be a good way to incorporate some fun patterned papers and warmer colors.  I started off with some pretty new papers by DCWV (Harvest Gathering Matstack) and used those same papers to paper piece Mary's dress, hat and kitty.  (Who doesn't love an argyle cat?!)  I colored the rest of Mary with my Copics and cut her out with my Nestabilities.  


Next, I die-cut a leaf with my Cuttlebug die, roughed it up a bit and inked it around the edges with some Chestnut Colorbox ink.  I added a red button for a not-so-obvious embellishment.  For my second embellishment, I pulled out some dark sage ribbon from my stash.  It was all wrinkled but I kind of liked that- it reminds me of fallen leaves.  Instead of stopping at 2 EMBELLISHMENTS like we were supposed to, I got out of control and couldn't resist adding two brads by Basic Grey.  That turquoise panel looked lonely without them!  <>  ;)


To finish off the card, I stamped the stampingscrapping.com sentiment with more Chestnut ink.  There's a lot going on here, but hopefully this card isn't TOO busy.  I hope it inspires you to start making fall cards!  If you get a chance to play along, we'd love to see your creation!  Link up here:


Woodware Challenge #41


Thanks for stopping by!
-Suzanne :O )

Clean and Simple Trees

Hi friends- I've been really pressed for time lately, so of course my little blog has been neglected.  I only posted once in October- yikes!  I'm getting ready for two craft fairs next weekend, so things should slow down a little bit after they're over.  Here's a simple card I made to finish up these 3D stickers I had (I believe they are K&Co).  I embossed the craft cardstock, matted it with maroon cardstock, and placed the stickers down- all done in about five minutes!  :)


I missed posting my Halloween cards, but I will get my Thanksgiving cards on here this year to compensate. ;)  I hope to be back to blogging regularly very soon!


-Suzanne :O )

Happy Fall, Friend!

Hi there!  Just wanted to share these cutie pies I made for a 3x3 swap on ISC.  The theme was fall, and I knew I wanted to use this adorable squirrel from my Cricut Build-a-Critter cartridge.  Love how simple it is to layer pieces of cardstock and call it a day!

I used my Nestabilities to make the square and scalloped square base, stamped a Unity sentiment, and added punched leaves to make him look like he just dove into a big ol' pile. :)  Here's a close-up shot:

I also added a little bit of Doodlebug flock to his nose, but I'm not sure you can really tell from the picture.  Anyway, hope you like, thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Fun Fall Wishes!

Hi friends!  Just wanted to share the 8 fall-themed cards I made for some of my friends, just because!  These cards came together naturally- for years I've had this chipboard sticker set from Doodlebug (love!) which I was hesitant to use because it was just so fun to look at.  You know what I'm talkin' about, hoarders!  lol   But I've been trying to work on my stash, so I thought I should use what I love, right?  Well I had picked up some Doodlebug paper by Cricut a few months ago, and realized that the fall-themed papers in that set matched my chipboard.  I love that about Doodlebug- all of their products match. :)  Then... I went to a stamp show Saturday and came across more (but different) Doodlebug patterned paper, sold in a little pre-cut kit for $6, so of course I had to have it.  The only paper that's not Doodlebug is the brown cardstock.  

Anyway, at the stamp show, I spent way too much money at the Darcie's and Inky Antics booths.  I just LOVE their stuff, and since I can't find anything like that in Michaels or AC Moore, and since my LSS closed a few years ago, I tend to go nutty when I find a vendor that I really love at these stamp/scrapbooking conventions. I went gaga over these 2 Darcie's sets, and had to use them right away:

I tried to be lazy and stamp the stack of pumpkins instead of stamping a whole bunch of single pumpkins to make a wagon-load, but I ended up doing a ton of work anyhow.  :)  First, I colored them sloppily with my watercolor pencils and then actually added water to blend the colors.  I really like how they turned out- I think I'm getting a teensy bit (I said teensy, not much! lol) better at my coloring/shading.  Then I cut out each stack of pumpkins so I could put them in the wagon (I had previously stamped the wagon right on top of the pumpkin stack so I would know exactly where to cut).  I also cut out my teddy bear guy- isn't he adorable?!  Just marchin' along, delivering his wagon full of pumpkins!  hehe :)  After I assembled all of the paper pieces, I stamped the sentiment on various pieces of chipboard, and added brads or ribbon as necessary.  The inside of the cards read "... by the wagonload".

I figured I'd post all 8 cards so you could see how each one is just a tiny bit different.  These cards literally took me all day, but I loved every single minute of it!  These cards are so ME, I just can't even stand it.  Anyway, I hope you enjoy them too, thanks for stopping by!!

-Suzanne :O )