Watercooler October Blog Hop!

The watercooler is hopping again! Busy with projects for the holidays, we hope that we can help with inspiration for your own projects.  As always our hop runs in a circle, so click on the links until you are back where you started.  If you did not start here, you may have come from Terri's blog, either way welcome!

First a Curvy Keepsake box, A Turkey for Thanksgiving, a Pilgrim turkey!

Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Tangelo Twist, Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White CS

Misc: Circles & Scallops & Artisan & Mosaic Punches, Liquid Multipurpose Glue. 

I have been making Christmas cards! I am using both current and retired stamps, bringing stamps that I have loved through the years out and inking them up again. I have seen variations of this card the last couple of years and thought I'd give it a try.

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, greeting is retired
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Pool Party, Soft Sky, Marina Mist
Paper: Marina Mist, Real Red CS and Watercolor Paper
Misc: Aqua Painter and Dazzling Details

This is a card that looks so much better in real life instead of as a photo!

And last, another Curvy Keepsake Box, this one is for my son who always sings "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"

Stamps: Good Greetings

Ink: Cherry Cobbler & Garden Green

Paper: Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Basic Black & Garden Green

Misc: Circles, Scallops & Oval Punches

Now it is time to hop on over to my friend Jean's Blog

Serene Silhouettes

These were taken last night with my phone while we were driving to visit my daughter and son in law. I thought the evening sky was so pretty last night.

I am sure you didn't come to see the evening sky so here is a card that I recently made. I have been working on cards that will be in my Card Buffet Tuesdays. This is one of them.

The card is a CASE of this card.

• The card base is Whisper White,
• I colored the stamp from Serene Silhouettes with markers, the first time with Primrose Petals and Lucky Limeade and stamped. The again with Raspberry Ripple and Old Olive, and stamped it slightly above the first stamping. The third time I just colored the grasses with Lucky Limeade and stamped to fill in. 
• I used a Sponge Dauber and Old Olive to add more color to the base.
• I stamped the phrase from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Old Olive.
• I added a butterfly from the  Beautiful Butterflies Sizzlit in Raspberry Ripple.

Serene Silhouettes Stampin' Llama Card Swap

It has been longer then I meant for it to be since I last posted. I'll add my non stamping update at the end for anyone that is interested.

The Stampin' Llamas are swapping again, this is my swap, it is a card that a photo does not do it justice.

• The card base is Naturals White CS, layered with a front of Early Espresso CS, layered again with a 3 3/4"x 5" piece of Glossy CS that I smooshed Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint on. (I wadded up a wrapper off of some new DSP, dabbed in the paint and blotted it all over the Glossy Paper) 
• I sprayed a piece of Soft Suede CS with  Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint Spray then cut it with a Label Framelit using the Big Shot. I layered it centered onto the card front.
• I inked the image from Serene Silhouettes with Crumb Cake then colored the flowers with an Early Espresso marker, huffed on it then stamped it onto the CS. I cut it with a Label Framelit using the Big Shot. I sponged the edges with Early Espresso ink. I popped it up on the first framelit with Dimensionals.
• I stamped the phrase from Itty Bitty Banners in Early Espresso onto Naturals White then cut it with the Bitty Banners Framelits. I curled it with a Bone Folder and then added a Dimensional on the back in the center, added adhesive to the ends and added it to the bottom of the image.

I hope the ladies I swap with like the card!

Now an update on the last month... I have been working at Maple Dell Scout Camp this summer (my son is the Captain on the pirate ship in the video) I get up at 5:30 am get ready for the day and head up to the mountain. I manage the Trading Post, it is open 8:30 am until 7:30 pm. I end up getting home between 9 and 11 pm I am working Monday through Saturday with a 7 pm meeting Sunday night, so pretty much I am always at Scout Camp or sleeping. I have a great staff of kids working for me this year. You may have heard that Utah is on fire this year there have been 486 fires with 359,735 acres burned so far. 3 of the fires have been close enough to rain ash on the camp and to make it smoky enough to make those with breathing conditions have difficulty breathing. Another Scout camp had to be evacuated and some of their troops ended up at our camp and will continue coming for the next week or so. So I have found little time to stamp. I will post my swaps as I can, the ladies I swap with do fine work!  Thanks for sticking with me.