Hm, As You See It # 189 is using an awfully big word this week - "quadriptych" - yikes!  Let's just say that the sketch is stripey, OK?
With those pretty stripes I went straight to my paper stash for something pretty - and Frosted Floral DSP wins that one hands down, lol.  I pulled out my two fave petals pages, and did some columns mixed with Soft Sea Foam - loving THAT color a lot, too!  For my sentiment, I pulled out Another Wonderful Year, which has this gorgeous hand-lettered-looking Thank You.  Cutting it with a Stitched Oval gave me plenty of room for a few more First Frost flowers - yay!
First Frost & Another Wonderful Year Stamp Sets; Frosted Floral DSP; Whisper White, Vellum, Soft Suede & Soft Sea Foam CS; Soft Suede, Merry Merlot & Soft Seam Foam Inks; Stitched Shapes & Frosted Bouquet Framelits; Basic Jewel Pearls; #AYSI189.

We have such a fun little holiday sketch for you this week at Fab Friday #151!
In spite of how festive our sketch is this week, I did a 180, and decided to ink up my new Sea of Textures stamp set - I sat on the fence for SO long about this one, but once again, the framelits really sold me, lol.  Anyway, I decided to go straight for the big octopus straight away, lol, and then set him up in a pretty under-water scene - so easy with all the lovely fronds and corals to play with!  I also pulled in a bit of the pretty Tranquil Textures DSP to highlight the scene - I'm so digging all the patterns!
So, what will YOU come up with??  I can't wait to see you at the challenge!
Sea of Textures Stamp Set; Tranquil Textures DSP; Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White, Night of Navy & Balmy Blue CS; Tranquil Tide, Soft Sea Foam, Night of Navy & Early Espresso Inks; Under the Sea & Stitched Shapes Framelits; Banner Triple Punch; White Classic Weave Ribbon; #FabFri151.

Pumpkin Club Dec 1!
Did you get your November Pumpkin kit yet?  I can smell the pine trees!  Check out the video HERE!
I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, Dec 1, 3 pm, chez Heroldt - RSVP to let me know you are coming!  I pushed back one week so that we can all enjoy our Thanksgiving weekend with family!
Club is free for my subscribers, and includes any extra supplies you might need, drinks and snacks!
Remember to subscribe here if you haven't already - sign up by December 10 and you can join us in time for next month!

Love our marquee sketch at Sunday Stamps #192 this week!  I'm adding these lovely bright colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments #302, too!
To get started on this sketch, I went hunting for a nice big sentiment to take up that large floating space - All Things Thanks fit the bill perfectly!  Then I went hunting for some DSP to cover the colors - luckily, there was this gorgeous Crushed Curry sheet in the Country Lane pack - very pretty!  All I needed to do was fit in some Pumpkin Pie details and I was all set!  Gotta love a great big Merlot Thanks, lol.
All Things Thanks Stamp Set; Country Lane DSP; Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie & Merry Merlot CS; Merry Merlot Ink; Basic Jewel Rhinestones; #SSC192; #HSS302.

Oh goody - another speed challenge at As You See It #188 - a la rouge!  Start your clocks!
One of the things I do miss here in the Sonoran desert is watching the leaves change in fall.  We do have other perks:  gorgeous and amazing cacti, warm winters, year-round swimming - you get the idea.  But hey, I'm from Virginia - I miss those Fall colors!  I decided to do a quick scene with Sheltering Tree all in reds - sort of my changing leaves substitute, lol.  I did all my backgrounds in my darkest red - Cherry Cobbler, and filled in the rest with touches of Poppy Parade, Real Red and Lovely Lipstick.  Red enough for me!  I even had time to squeeze in a tiny bit of fussy cutting - I finished at 7 minutes!  Woo!
Sheltering Tree Stamp Set; Cherry Cobbler & Whisper White CS; Cherry Cobbler, Poppy Parade, Real Red & Lovey Lipstick Inks; Red Sequins; #AYSI188.

2018 Mountainview Presbyterian Holiday Craft Boutique
Is that cinnamon rolls I smell?  Why, yes it is!  Come on out to the best Holiday Craft & Gift show, at Mountainview Presbyterian - a crafters heaven, with awesome food available, as well as baked goods galore made just for you!  I'll be there with lots of treats, cards and gifts as well - I'd love to see you!

8050 E Mountainview Rd, Friday Nov 16, 9-4 and Saturday Nov 17, 9-3.



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Kindness is the lovely theme we have at this week's AAA #127, In honor of World Kindness Day on November 13!
When I went hunting through my sets for a likely "kindness" set, I came across the gorgeous Enjoy Life - I love the silhouette images and details in this one, and the sentiments are just lovely to go with.  For this one, I had some fun with my sponge brayer and a few blue-green colors to make a pretty background for this gentle field scene - with a perfectly "kind" sentiment.  A few sparkly dots finishes us off for this quick and simple card...
Enjoy Life Stamp Set; Whisper White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Mint Macaron, Balmy Blue & Soft Seafoam Inks; Olive Glimmer Dots; #AAA127.

Holiday Gifts & Packaging Class Nov 10!
We're keeping the jingle bells ringing with our 7th Annual Holiday Gifts & Packaging Class!  This is where you get all the last minute details squared away, for treat packaging, little gifts for hostesses, helpers and friends, and any other sparkle we can jam in there - I went a little crazy and we have 8 projects this year!!  It is always my pleasure to express my sincere appreciation for all of you at my most popular event of the year!  All supplies provided and prepped (bring your own snips and fave basic adhesive) plus special holiday treats and nog, of course!  This class is $25, or can be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  RSVP today to make sure I have a your spot reserved!   Class is still on for Saturday, Nov 10, 3 pm - see you there!

OK, I'm SUPER excited about this week's Library Challenge #19 - The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe!  I've been reading this book since grade school, always a favorite!
I hadn't seen this cover image for the book before - very cool, and it gave me a little idea, lol.  I still have 2005's Fashion Statements tucked away, and that set has a FABULOUS wardrobe, lol.  Now it might not be obvious why this fine piece of furniture is out in the snowy woods, but it was too perfect to pass by, lol.  I thought the angel wings appropriate to the story as well, though I never realized there were Christian themes in these stories til I hit college, lol.  Such a fun afternoon reminiscing about the story!  Remember, he's not a TAME lion...
Fashion Statements (retired-2005) & Sitting Pretty Stamp Sets; Whisper White, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Sahara Sand CS; Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper; Memento Tuxedo Black & Real Red Inks; Frost Fantast/x Ink; Woodland EF; Pretty Park Framelits; #TLC019.

Holiday Gifts & Packaging Class Nov 8 & 10!
We're keeping the jingle bells ringing with our 7th Annual Holiday Gifts & Packaging Class!  This is where you get all the last minute details squared away, for treat packaging, little gifts for hostesses, helpers and friends, and any other sparkle we can jam in there - I went a little crazy and we have 8 projects this year!!  It is always my pleasure to express my sincere appreciation for all of you at my most popular event of the year!  All supplies provided and prepped (bring your own snips and fave basic adhesive) plus special holiday treats and nog, of course!  This class is $25, or can be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  RSVP today to make sure I have a your spot reserved!   Class is announced for Thursday, Nov 8 at 630 pm, or Saturday, Nov 10, 3 pm - see you there!

With the usual impeccable timing, Retro Rubber #98 is bringing on the harvest celebration - yay!  I can smell the pumpkin pie!  I'm excited, too, that I can have a little help from Global Design Project #162 for my layout!
So after a quick browse through the Shelves of Retirement, I grabbed Acorny Thank you from 2015 - LOVE this set!  I love all the different acorns and hats to mix and match, and the awesome punch that makes it a snap to really crank them out.  I pulled my little banner strip from Country Lane DSP, so I set the rest of my colors from there as well - don't you wish acorns really grew in all these colors??  I sure do, lol...
Acorny Thank You (retired 2015); Crumb Cake & Whisper White CS; Early Espresso, Mint Macaron, Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake & Cajun Craze Inks; Pinewood Planks DEF; Acorn Builder Punch (retired); Bitty Banners Framelits (retired); Gold Sequins; #RR98; #GDP162.

Holiday Gifts & Packaging Class Nov 8 & 10!
We're keeping the jingle bells ringing with our 7th Annual Holiday Gifts & Packaging Class!  This is where you get all the last minute details squared away, for treat packaging, little gifts for hostesses, helpers and friends, and any other sparkle we can jam in there - I went a little crazy and we have 8 projects this year!!  It is always my pleasure to express my sincere appreciation for all of you at my most popular event of the year!  All supplies provided and prepped (bring your own snips and fave basic adhesive) plus special holiday treats and nog, of course!  This class is $25, or can be FREE with your order of $30 or more!  RSVP today to make sure I have a your spot reserved!   Class is announced for Thursday, Nov 8 at 630 pm, or Saturday, Nov 10, 3 pm - see you there!

We're all angled layers this week at Sunday Stamps #190!  I'm adding in CAS-ual Friday #210's pink and grey challenge, too - pretty!
My first impulse with pink and gray was elephants, but I wanted to do something else!  I don't think I use Pop of Petals enough, so a pretty flower won out, and this set is so fun to pair with all the choices in Itty Bitty Greetings - I even had a pretty paper combo to show off!  I always find these tilty challenges so hard to photograph - they look crooked to me, lol.  I think I managed this one ok!
I can't wait to see what YOU come up with - see you over at the challenge!
Pop of Petals & Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Sets; Twinkle Twinkle DSP; Whisper White CS; Basic Gray Ink; Dk Petal Pink & Lt Flirty Flamingo Blends Markers; Stitched Shapes Framelits; 4-Petal Flower Punch; Iridescent Sequins; #SSC190; #CFC210.

Very cool - look at all these pretty flags to play with at this week's As You See It #186!  I think I can also make this work for CAS on Friday #143's "thank you" challenge - can never have too many of those!
Clean and simple is always a challenge for me, sigh, I tried REAL hard this time, lol!  I started with my All Things Thanks stamp set - I got this set right away when it came out because I'm a huge thank you card maker.  Somehow, though, now that I've graduated out of PTO, I don't seem to make as many as I used to - argh!  So I haven't actually used this set much.  I went for the biggest stamp in the set, and then for my fave new bright colors for the flags.  I just think they look so good together!  I even ran the zig-zag stitching across the top - I almost never stay this literal for a sketch, lol.  I tried to resist the glimmer dots, but, alas, they won, lol.
All Things Thanks Stamp Set; Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody & Poppy Parade CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Banner Triple Punch; Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry, Gorgeous Grape & Lovely Lipstick Glimmer Dots; Machine Zig-zag in Black thread; #AYSI186; #CASOF143.

Christmas Cards Part 2 2018, Oct 11 & 13!
Hooray!  You KNOW how much I love Christmas, we celebrate around here all year long!  Christmas Cards 2018 Part 2 will feature 6 gorgeous holiday cards, all from the 2018 Holiday Idea Book & Catalog, just in time to give you a jump on your "special" cards, or help you make some decisions about your "house" card, lol.  We must give to receive, right!  All supplies provided and prepped (bring your own snips and fave basic adhesive) plus snacks, drinks and a special gift from me!  Class is still on for Saturday, October 13 at 3 pm, and we also have a make-up class already shaping up for Saturday, October 20 at 3 pm!  Class is $25 or can be FREE with your order of $30 or more.  RSVP today to save your spot!

So excited to be able to play again at What Will You Stamp #186 this week - it's been a while!  And I LOVE the Waterfront stamp set - yay!
It's been some time since I played with this fun set - I decided on a simple tropical scene  I don't use the palm trees that much - I think this is only the second time, lol, but they sure take me straight back to Maui - complete with a Coastal Cabana cabana, lol.  Simple and bright today - all it needs is the breeze, too!
Waterfront Stamp Set; Whisper White & Granny Apple Green CS; Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Coastal Cabana & Pacific Point Inks; Glitter Enamel Dots; #WWYS186.