Challenge Your Stash

 Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful day.  Mine will be relaxing at home with a turkey dinner in the evening.

Today is also reveal day for our Challenge Your Stash on Splitcoaststampers.  I just love this group because it challenges me to dig through my stash and use something I haven't used in a while.

Our challenge today comes from Lorraine and her them for us is "Think Pink".  This was the perfect challenge because I needed to make a birthday card for a friend of mine.

The image I used was from Birthday Blooms by Stampin Up.  I'm not sure what year this stamp is from but I do know I have had it for a while.  I just love florals because it gives me a chance to pull out my copics and do some coloring.  The designer paper is from Simple Vintage Meadow Flowers.  I found some pink gems in my stash along with a small piece of pink ribbon to finish up the card.

What a fun theme this month. 

PIP Challenge #2447

 Can you believe we are winding down the month of November?  Where does the time go?  Todays challenge over at Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenges is sponsored by The Cutting Cafe.  

I have decided that I cannot have too many Christmas cards so I decided to make another one for the challenge this week.  

For my card I used the set "Fun with Frosty the Snowman" set.  You get so many fun stamped images with this set.   I first printed off the blue Brrr page which fit my card perfectly.  I then printed the snowmen and colored them with my copic markers.  This was such a fun card to make.

Thanks to The Cutting Cafe for providing us with such inspiration.

Newtons Nook Inky Paws Challenge

  I decided to pull out one of my favorite Newtons Nook stamp sets and make a card.  I found inspiration at the Inky Paws Challenge with this sketch challenge.

I always love a sketch challenge because it really challenges me to use some of my scrap papers.  This makes it so easy.

For my card I used the stamp set "Sips & Stories".  When I made this card I was thinking of colder days and sitting in my chair with my kitty on my lap, drinking hot chai tea and wrapped in a warm blanket.  Sounds like the perfect winter day to me.

After stamping the image, I colored it with my copic markers.  I found some scraps of paper and used the sketch above for my design.

Thanks to Newtons Nook for giving me inspiration this week.

Creative Crew

 Since it is the 15th of the month, this means it is time for our Creative Crew bunch.  I was lucky enough to be the hostess this month.  I had looked at different celebrations in November and noticed that November 3-9 is National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week.  Since I adopted my 2 kitties 17 years ago from a local shelter, this is very special to my heart.  

Little did I know that when I selected this theme that I would lose one of my kitties.  We believe he had cancer and just had not been himself the last year.  So double whammie for me.  I lost my dad and one of my kitties the same week.  My current kitty is lost without his brother.  He walks around the house meowing.  I have had cats all my life and have loved them from the beginning.  The worst part is saying goodbye. 

So back to my theme.  November 15 is I love to Write Day so I decided to have kitties and books as my theme.

For my card I am using the following:

Newtons Nook Sips & Stories Stamp Set

Designer paper is Close to My Heart "Lovely"

The I love Book Die is by Newtons Nook Bookmark Die Set

I also asked the group to list a good book that they have read lately.  I am currently reading American Dirt and it is really good.

Be sure and check out the rest of the team to see what they came up with on this challenge.

Barb

Carol

Darlene

Jeanette 

Lorraine - SCS Gallery

Terry

Tracie - That's Me

PIP Challenge #2445

 Happy Veterans Day to all.  This seems like an extra special Veterans Day since I lost my 92 year old dad last week.  He served in the Air Force from 1950-1954 and was very proud to be called a veteran.  So thank you to all those veterans out there.

Today Challenge for Pammies Inky Pinkies is being sponsored by Polkadoodles. For my card today I am using the Happy Snowmen Couple.   

I had fun coloring the adorable image with my copic markers and then using a dotted hexagon die to cut the image out.  The designer paper is from Simple Stores Mix and a Mingle.  The sentiment is from MFT.

Thanks for stopping by and please give you favorite veteran a hug and tell them you appreciated their service.