Wow, there's a gorgeous inspiration pic to go along with the sketch over at this week's Fusion "Dragonfly" challenge!
I think, though, that this week I'll stick to just the sketch.  It occurred to me that I haven't yet inked up my new Tidings All Around set - and it has some awesome dies to go with!  I did a pretty wreath in Mossy Meadow, added a few Real Red berries, and laid over this simple sentiment also in Red.  I'm trying to heat emboss more, so I did a little of the new Shimmer White EP, too.  My sentiment isn't quite in the right place for the sketch, but I like it like this.  Such a pretty wreath!
Tidings All Around Stamp Set; Whisper White, Mossy Meadow & Real Red CS; Mossy Meadow, Real Red & Versamark Inks; Shimmer White EP; Scripty EF; All Around Wreath & Stitched Shapes Dies; Silver Pearls; #FusionDragonfly.

Time to brighten things up at this week's Fab Friday #174!
First I went hunting for a vehicle for my fun colors - Butterfly Gala seemed like a perfect fit!  Who doesn't love orange and pink butterflies?  I found some Basic Black DSP scraps in my scrap folder, and added a bright sash of Melon Mambo ribbon, too - I also tried a stamped and stamped-off butterfly in the Pumpkin Pie - I just got a new pad for that one, and I think it's pretty saturated, lol.  Anyway, I'm always cheered by my gala of wings!
So what will YOU create for us?  I can't wait to see, over at the challenge!
Butterfly Gala Stamp Set; Botanical Butterflies DSP (retired); Whisper White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie & Melon Mambo Inks; Butterfly Duet Punch; Melon Mambo Cotton Ribbon; Orange Sequins; #FabFri174.

Hm, after making us pull out the embellies last time, The Male Room #121 is about-facing and asking for clean and simple! 
I decided to go back and pull my beloved Guy Greetings for this one - so many good guy images, and perfect funny little sayings to go with!  Today was all about the shoes for me, and I couldn't resist putting them in a tone-on-tone Crumb Cake layer of their own - hopefully still CAS enough, lol.  I turned the shoes every which way in their little column and added this fun saying - with a birthday greeting inside.  Another super quick and fun one!
Guy Greetings Stamp Set (retired 2018); Crumb Cake CS; Early Espresso Ink; #TMR121.

Ahh, I love a wide-open layered field for stampin', like at this week's Inspire Create Challenge #053!  Let's make a scene!
What a perfect chance to pull out my Frosted Foliage suite again - I'm going for a different color scheme this time.  I thought these pretty pine needles would look good with Shaded Spruce, and I added a few sparkly rhinestones, too.  Such pretty papers - it was hard to choose!  This suite a super quick and easy, too!
Frosted Foliage Stamp Set; Feels Like Frost DSP; Whisper White & Shaded Spruce CS; Shaded Spruce Ink; Frosted Frames Dies; Basic Jewel Rhinestones; #ICC053.

 Yum - check out our cool sketch at this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday #429!  We have an optional purple-green-orange color challenge, too - hmmm...
I don't know why, but I decided to go for a pastel version of our colors, today - I thionk I thought I'd go in a baby card direction, but then wound up with some coloring time on Above the Clouds - I haven't used it in a bit, so I figured it needed to come play!  I did our basic layout, though I've just noticed I'm missong the "circle" at the inside corner - sigh.  Oh well - this is how it goes today!  I'm still pleased with my pastels!
So, what will YOU create?  I can't wait to see, over at the challenge!
Above the Clouds Stamp Set; Purple Posy, Soft Sea Foam, Grapefruit Grove & Whisper White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Purple Posy & Soft Sea Foam Blends Markers; Grapefruit Grove Stamp-n-Write Marker; Polka Dot Basics EF; Rectangle Stitched Dies; Hot Air Balloon Punch; Green Faceted Dots; #TSOT429.

VERY nice - this week's challenge from The Library Challenge #43 is The Secret Garden - one of my all-time childhood faves!  I still have my copy - it's very different from this cover, which I've not seen before  - pretty!
With such a cool cover remake, I had to try some color-on-black embossing - I don't heat emboss a lot, but I love the drama when I do, lol.  I tried to go with some garden motifs similar to this cover, and keep things fairly translucent, rather than super opague.  I like the effect, though I'm not sure how cherry this came out, lol.  This sentiment is from 2010's Plant Hope set - and the whole reason I have kept it all this time, lol.
Swirly Bird (retired 2019) & Plant Hope (retired 2010) Stamp Sets; Whisper White, Basic Black & Mossy Meadow CS; Versamark Ink; White EP; Woodland EF; Stitched Shapes & Frosted Bouquet Dies; Champagne Mist Shimmer Dye; #TLC043.

I'm loving our crisp Fall colors this week at Sunday Stamps #215!  They so remind me of the big bin of crazy gourds at our Trader Joe's, lol.
Anyway, I knew I wanted to go Fall with these, and I just kept coming back to our sweet new Beauty & Joy set - I love that I can mix and match my own pot, stem and leaf styles for this one, and these pretty oak leaves seemed just the thing!  I really set them on fire by stamping off some Mango Melody over Pumpkin Pie - a regular burning bush, lol.  A few Cajun Craze-colored pearls finish things off.
So, what will YOU do with our colors?  I can't wait to see, over at the challenge!
Beauty & Joy Stamp Set; Whisper White, Basic Gray & Sahara Sand CS; Basic Gray, Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody & Cajun Craze Inks; Cajun Craze Blend Marker; Rectangle Stitched Dies; Basic Jewel Pearls; Layered Leaves EF; #SSC215.

Here's an interesting challenge over at Less Is More #405 - add sparkle, and one other element, gloss, matte, pearl or chalk.  Hm!
I think I'll go with sparkle and matte - I don't really trust myself to stay in the clean and simple zone with any of the others, lol.  All the sparkle made me think Christmas, of course, and since I haven't played with it much, I decided to pull out Christmas Gleaming.  Such pretty ornaments!  I got to looking at this one, and wondered if I could combine some light coloring with tiny points of glitter - this is the result.  There are awesome dies to go with this set, but I ended up fussy cutting this one - I did all my coloring and glittering first, and I didn't want to risk a mess by running it through the die cutting machine, lol.  Well, a bigger mess, anyway.  Let's just say as usual when I even touch glitter, I'll have an extra sparkle for the rest of the day!
Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set; Whisper White & Soft Sea Foam CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Old Olive Inks; Real Red Blends Markers; Silver Glitter; Stitched Shapes Dies; #LIM405.

Oh, good times - As You See It #210 has a "get well" recipe for us this week - cool idea!
Looking over my "ingredients," I decided the time was finally NOW to break out Daisy Lane - woot!  This is a lovely companion set to Daisy Delight, complete with its own punch, sized a bit smaller - yay!  I created a simple card using the fern-ish leaf from the set in the background, and then made a tag with a Stitched Oval.  My get well is from the July 2015 Thanks A Latte Paper Pumpkin - loved this one for the cute cups, but the sentiments were awesome, too, lol. 
Daisy Lane & Thanks a Latte Paper Pumpkin Stamp Sets; Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz & Soft Sea Foam CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Pear Pizzazz Inks; Mango Melody Blends Marker; Medium Daisy Punch; Stitched Shapes Dies; Stitched White Grosgrain Ribbon; White Baker's Twine; Basic Jewel Pearls; #AYSI210.

I am LOVING this cool columnar sketch at In{k}spire Me #402 - so cool to play with shapes like that!
I thought at first I'd do something with a pretty DSP, but then I got to looking at the doe in our gorgeous charity set Nature's Beauty - she's tall and slender, and I could float a sentiment overhead - let's try it!  I just so happened on this perfect phrase in Merry Moose, which is sitting on my desk talking about what it wants to do for class next month - how perfect!  I kept everything else fairly simple and spare, to o along with this quiet interlude.  Love it!
Nature's Beauty & Merry Moose Stamp Sets; Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand & Gold Foil CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Pear Pizzazz & Crumb Cake Inks; Aqua-Painter; Stitched Shapes & Rectangle Stitched Dies; Banner Triple Punch; Gold Pearls; #IM402.