STAMPtember® blog hop

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Stamptember-Blog-Hop-600x150Today I am very excited to be joining Simon Says Stamp for their STAMPtember® blog hop! September has always been my favorite month of the year, but now that we have a “STAMPtember®“, I love it even more. If you are following the hop, then you should have arrived here from the lovely Nichol Magouirk’s blog. I have a couple of project to share today featuring the new Thanksgiving Table stamp set.
SSS~Thanksgiving Table Stamp SetThis card is super simple, with a bit of rock n’ roll technique on the wheat grass. I used one of the new inks called Goldenlocks on the wheat before rolling it in some Sunshine ink.
SSS~Thanksgiving Table Stamp SetThis next card features the new Leaf Background stamp. I embossed it in clear and then I blended some Olive and Beanstalk into it.
SSS~Thanksgiving Table Stamp Set & Thanksgiving Feast Dies & Leaf Background StampI used the Thanksgiving Table stamp set as well as the coordinating dies for the pumpkins.
SSS~Thanksgiving Table Stamp Set & Thanksgiving Feast Dies & Leaf Background StampSo, did you see the six new yummy ink colors??? Oh happy day:) Here they are in all their glory:
1_308116_ZMThat brings the entire ink collection up to 32…wow! At this point, I realized that I needed some ink organization to wrap my brain around the colors and how they related to one another. Here’s a little video to show you what I came up with.

So, here’s my ink chart, almost filled up. Don’t ask me why I have no idea why Doll Pink and Leaf Green are not stamped in there. I’m assuming that the doorbell rang or the pasta over-boiled and I completely got distracted, but then right on ahead and took the photo anyways. Mom-nesia strikes again:)
SSS Ink ChartHere’s a blank chart, if you feel so inclined to print it out and fill it in with your own inks. It’s not the best looking chart, but it does the job for a quick ink reference.
SSS Ink ChartSimon Says Stamp is giving away a prize pack of a selection of items from our STAMPtember® giveaway stash at each stop on the hop! That’s 19 chances to win!!
The giveaways for the prize pack will close at 6:00pm EST on Thursday September 11, 2014. A complete winners list will be posted on the Simon blog on Friday September 12, 2014.
Stamptember-Giveaway-600x450Your next stop on the hop is one of my all-time favorites…Debby Hughes or as I like to call her, Miss Debby Doodle♥
Thanks so much for hopping by! Happy STAMPtember® to you and yours!

What I used:

New stamps:

New dies:

New stencils:

New sequins, embossing pastes & cleaners:

New inks:

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  12. I love the simplicity yet serenity of your cards. They seemed easy, but in real they hold so much detailings and work. Thats what makes your cards stand out in my point of view. Love love love this card, obviously!! Thanks for sharing.
    Dija

  21. Beauties, both of them!! Love the bold wheat leaves and lettering of the first card. Pumpkins look so perfect on the soft shaded background.

  28. Love the Leaf background stamp its definitely a must have after I see this resist technique. Thanks for sharing

  42. I was not sure what to do with that set, but you did a fabulous job. I love those leaves. So pretty. The background is gorgeous.

  47. Love the wheat card! Thanks so much for the ink reference sheet….love being able to see it all right in front of me!

  48. Love the wheat card! Thanks so much for the ink reference sheet….love being able to see it all right in front of me!

  51. Lovely cards- I keep going back and forth deciding which I liked best- then threw in the towel and called it a draw!

  55. Pumpkins! I’m a a fall holiday fanatic and I couldn’t be happier to see the pumpkins and falls colors starting to appear.

  57. Beautiful card! I wasn’t sure about that background stamp when I saw the product release. It is so wonderful to see the products in use to get ideas on how to use them.

  59. Two beautiful cards. I was curious about the stamp set you used for the wheat when I saw it on the Simon Blog. It’s really great!

  61. Fabulous cards! I so loved the fall pumpkin card! The background is wonderful and I like the two tones of green. New colors are AWESOME *insert singy voice here*

  71. Wow, that background stamp with the green just really looks great, especially for fall! Love the combination of it with the bright orange pumpkin! I love a good organizational tool like your ink swatch page! Thanks for sharing!

  72. Those cards are gorgeous! I have liked every card you ever post, you are one of my favorite blogs to visit! I like your sense of humor too! The names of the colors are too cute! Happy day for us stampers!

  76. Thanks so much for the chart! I was just thinking about how I have to start collecting these inks now, after watching Jennifer McGuire’s videos using bold stamp designs. I love those designs, but I usually get splotchy ink, so I’m gonna order a few of these and try ’em out!

  80. Your cards are adorable. Love how you created that wheat stock. And OMG that new background stamp is awesome. Thankyou for the Iink reference sheet.

  87. Really nice video and can’t wait to try the pumpkin card with the dies…I like the clean and simple look…Thank you.

  100. I like your color chart, very simple design. I used the idea that Jennifer McGuire had on her blog, but ran into the problem of not getting a true ink color after a while. I cleaned and cleaned my stamp throughout but still had problems.

    Love the card designs you shared. Simple, yet elegant. 🙂

  106. Laura,

    First, I love both cards. They are simple and elegant, and just perfect for Fall and Thanksgiving! But as if they weren’t inspiration enough, then you were kind enough to share your ideas for ink storage and your chart with us! Thank you for your generous spirit!

    Hugs,
    Maureen

  130. The leaf background is stunning behind those pumpkins, the green is wonderful. Looks somewhat metallic in the picture.

  136. Oh, I love your card with the new leaf background and the pumpkins! And thank you for the chart with the color comparisons…I’d been wondering how the new blues fit in! I love ink!!!

  139. Beautiful cards, Laura, from a great SSS release. Loving those new colors.Thanks for all the tips on organization. I’m glad to see someone else storing ink pads sideways. haven’t had the courage to do that yet but the need to maximize space is coming soon.

  140. I love the pumpcin card. Since here in Germany Halloween is not that big of a thing and we don’t celebrate thanksgiving I would use this for a fall themed birthday or thank you card, it is so versitlie!

  145. You know I love everything you make, but that second card? Wooowheeeee! No one does it better than you, my dear. (Thanks for your comment yesterday, too. Ain’t no comment like a Laura Bassen comment coz a Laura Bassen comment don’t stop.)

  150. These are both fabulous Laura! I have already shopped, but now I’m wishing I had gotten the set with the pumpkins too! You do such beautiful work!!

  158. love your cards.. the pumpkins are my favorite.. and the embossed background stamping is awesome . Just brings those pumpkins alive

  169. Love, love, love your cards! The CAS look of the “rock ‘n roll” feathers to the stunning background on the pumpkins… you are amazing! Now I really feel the need to shop…

  191. I love, love, love the new leaf background you made for your card!! Gorgeous!! I do a similar ink swatch…but I do color pages…all the companies together but one page for blue, red etc. TFS your method!!

  194. Your card style is simply lovely. Thanks for the color chart. My you do have a ton of inks. Does Simon says make reinkers?

  196. I love that leaf background stamp. You made a gorgeous card with it. The rock and roll technique makes a pretty outline on the image.

  199. Thanksgiving is sometimes often overlooked, so I love the cards that you have made to highlight this special holiday!

  200. The first card is so clean & just PERFECT!! The embossing on the second one is such a pretty touch!! Love the chart!! Thanx for sharing it with all of us!! 😉

  204. Laura, beautiful cards.. Love the bold sentiment on the first one and the background on the second.. Thanks for all that you share with us..

  209. Great cards. I especially like the one with the wheat; your colors are dead on. This is a great release that is going to put a serious dent in my wallet! I love the way you keep your color charts & will be downloading the one for the Simon inks. Thank you for sharing it.

  213. Laura Laura Laura…. Your cards are so gorgeous it’s hard to comment on them at all! Love your use of the Simon inks. You always do such beautiful and colorful work. I can’t get enough.

  214. I love your cards. The simplicity of the first is just perfect. Thank you for the video. I’ll need to collect a few more colors before I’d need to chart them, but it was kind of you to share your efforts.

  215. I have some of the SSS inks, but wasn’t sure about the new ones. You have converted me. They are gorgeous, and your cards have put me in the mood to work on my holiday projects! Thank you for sharing your lovely work.

  221. Oh both of these are lovely! Love the simplicity of the sheafs of wheat and the stunning effect created by first embossing the leaves background then colouring it. Fabulous.

  226. Here in my country we dont have that season (fall) but I love those types of cards and love sending them to my sister en the USA! Very nice and helpful!

  232. Laura, Beautiful cards, especially the Thanksgiving with pumpkins….like the background. Thanks for sharing SS color chart.

  277. Love these new ink colors, they look like they blend very nicely with some of the other SSS ink colors. Currently, I use the fabulous ink swatch downloads from Jen to keep all of my inks organized.

  284. Lovely cards. I love the simplicity of the first card. It is not easy to do a simple card and have it look complete. Well done!

  286. You’re pumpkin card is absolutely adorable. I just love the background. What a great background look that stamp makes. Beautiful coloring.

  315. I couldn’t be happier that Autumn is just around the corner!!! All of these beautiful cards are making me even more anxious (in the best way possible) for the season to arrive!! Thank you so much for sharing and I love your cards!!!

  318. While both cards are great, I really liked the Thanksgiving card with the background white embossed leaves and the darker green background and the two orange pumpkins!

  328. Just started making cards last October. I’m still a newbie and don’t have a lot of fall stamps. You have given me some great ideas. Thank you.

  332. What fabulous cards! I am not usually a big “Fall” card person, but all the wonderful inspiration I am seeing lately, may have me loving them more and more! I am in LOVE the pretty much all of the new “STAMPtemeber” release, but have a budget, so I shopped early today to make sure what I can afford will be in stock and ship right out! Thanks for your awesome inspiration and for sharing your wonderful ink chart! Perfect for me! 🙂

  355. I too, am totally impressed with the new color inks!!! Over the weekend, I had to add inks to one of my “items that I must have a lot of”. I just had an ink pad shelf made for my craft room that has 100 slots for ink pads. Each slot holds 2-3 ink pads. Needless to say, I have them almost full. Sad I know, but there is room for more of the SSS inks!!!!!

  362. I love your cards, but I really love the card with the pumpkins on it. Thank you for showing the color chart very helpful.

  369. Those wheat stalks are the bomb (yes, I know that’s a dated term). Make a perfect CAS card. And the other Thanksgiving card is lovely. That chart will help me immeasurably. Thanks.

  381. Thanks for the SSS ink chart, that is cool. How did they get up to 32 inks already? LOL! Time flies when you’re having fun 🙂

  398. Thank you! Thank you! for the great idea for the inks. I love the notion of having a cheat sheet to see how colors fit together. Your cards are beautiful! I so enjoy seeing your blog every day and drooling over your creations. I think that leaf background is a must have for me!

  404. Great idea for ink organization! And I love the second card (okay I love both cards) with that background! I need to get that. So versatile!

  406. The pumpkins look like they are real. I have struggled using a wheat stamp that I have so I am anxious to try your technique. I can’t imagine how difficult it is to be on design teams where you have to keep the product in order. Your ink chart is a good idea.

  413. That embossed background is amazing! I always forget about techniques like fading out to the edges of cards, will have to check out more posts so and gather more techniques!

  419. Awesome cards, Laura! I am loving the new ink colors and they will hopefully be on their way to my hot, little hands soon! The olive and beanstalk colors look so beautiful together! Thank you so much for the color chart! I’ll be using it for sure! ♥

  424. Wow! Would love to win that amazing prize pack! Just discovered your blog Laura and I love it! You crack me up with your video comments.. Thanks for the laughter:)

  434. Gorgeous cards! Pumpkin one is my fave … love the background & the pumpkins. You did a great job with the color chart … it is very helpful to see the colors side by side. You are simply the best!!!

  436. Here are my biggest favorites-

    1 Reason for the Season stamp & die set
    2 Scripts of the Season die set
    3 Treesome die set
    4 the Fairytale ink set

    Can’t WAIT to see all the cool stuff everyone is going to make!

    Very nice cards, TFI-also thanks for the ink chart!

  453. I really like both of your cards…so clean and simple, yet elegant and effective. I especially like the embossed background on the second card. Just lovely! Thanks so much for sharing your ink system. I, too, use the Distress Ink chart and appreciate your sharing of a Simon Says chart.

  462. Love your cards. Love how you enhanced the details of the leaf background stamp on your second card. Beautiful. I’m loving all the new goodies. Thanks so much.

  466. I love your cards, especially the pumpkins and new leave background. Thank you for the color chart. I have already printed it out and ready to fill it in. I love the new fall colors.

  467. You used the leaf stamp to create a lovely background. I really liked your technique. And it contrasted nicely to the colorful pumpkings. Very nice!

  496. Great cards!! Thanks for the inspiration!! Love your ink storage and thanks for sharing your chart! Very helpful!

  505. Fantastic cards, love the simplicity and elegance in the first one and the texture-color background in the second one. And the pumpkins are so pretty! Thanks for sharing Laura, love yours cards! About the blog hop prize, If I would, I purchase everything in the release, because I know the quality of the products and all are stunning! But my next order, (already purchase the Reason for the Season Stamp and Die Set with a Christmas Blessing Dies), will be the Sentiments Stamp Set, the inks and maybe the Thanksgiving and Christmas sets!

  508. Laura, Love the fall cards, especially the leaf background stamp. Thank you for sharing your talent and color charts!

  511. Lovely cards both. I really like the pumpkin card, tho’. Love that faded background. Thanks for the ink chart as well!

  524. Thank you very much for the chart, it’s really useful. As you, I love to have all my ink colors together in a chart. And those cards are just lovely, as usually.
    eva

  535. Well being the 520 something thought on this post, what can say that hasn’t been said before – the cards are awsome, I love the ink color chart video as I do all your videos because I just think they are the best! Thank you for sharing this with us!

  551. Love the background on the pumpkin card. Thanks for the reference sheet, it’s great to see all the ink colors together.

  553. Oh my, I so love the leaf background stamp. I want it so much. I really love what you have done with these to cards. I really love the second one. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

  561. Love the cards and the color chart. I was just thinking that I need to make one for all my dye ink – so I can pick colors for multi-step stamping. You gave me the push I needed!

  563. Gorgeous creations and use of products. I love card #1 which is easy to reproduce. I also love your hysterical, cheery take on the world around you!

  572. Oh, I LOVE the chart! So handy for all the different inks! This release is awesome…such great new stuff! Your cards are beautiful! I love the two-toned wheat, gives such a nice depth. 🙂

  596. Pretty cards Laura! ‘Mom-nesia,’ LOL, that’s precious! Thanks for taking the time to create that chart for us too! It will come in handy (when I am able to purchase some SSS inks of course). 😉

  603. Love your cards, espcially the Thanksgiving themed. Thanks for sharing the SSS ink chart, and also to you “Happy STAMPtember”

  612. Great cards. Will have to try the rock & roll technique for sure. Love the honesty of your videos. Thanks for sharing the ink color chart.

  621. Great Thanksgiving Cards! Really like the blending you did on the second one. That green really complements the orange pumpkins! Thanks so much for the video explaining how you created your ink swatches and the download itself! Much appreciated!! I’m a fan of the way Tim Holtz does it so that all the colors are on one sheet! It’ll be a major bummer when new colors come out though!

  679. Your Thanksgiving cards are beautifully done. I love the new Leaf background stamp! Thanks for showing the new inks and your organization. Wow!

  683. Beautiful cards. I started charting some of my inks and watching your video reminded me I need to add new colors.

  688. Hi Laura!! I love your Fall cards in these beautiful colors. Thanks for showing me all of the SSS inks. I just got my first copics and I need to start on some different inks. I began with various pigments, then SU inks. Happy Stamptember!!

  689. I love both of these cards in there own way! The first one i like because it’s simple but still pretty. The second card i like because it has a lot more to it but yet not to much! I love both of the cards and the colors too!

  691. Thanks so much for the ink chart. Your cards are always amazing and clean (meaning not pasta sauce that I can see 🙂 )

  699. Love the cards, especially love the background and your videos are always so much fun to watch. What a great release this is. Many thanks.

  709. Can I say that you’re my favorite clean and simple paper artist? There, I just did! Two fantastic Thanksgiving cards that show off the new stamps beautifully. Thanks so much for the color chart. I see you’ve left room for additional colors. Woohoo!

  721. Love your cards! I don’t see Thanksgiving cards very often. Thanks for the inspiration! I might need to make them this year!

  727. Your Fall cards are just lovely, Laura. I especially like the card with the pumpkins. The background is so cool. Thanks for the ink chart too!

  731. Absolutely LOVE what you did with the leaf background stamp! Thanks for the printout, I’m off to do some stamping.

  741. I am printing out this new ink chart immediately! Loving the cards, and you always make me giggle with your funny comments in the voiceover 🙂

  763. Love the look of the card with the pumpkins. My husband grows pumpkins for all the neighbour children and our grandchildren – so I showed him your card and he thought it was great!

  772. totally love your cards! but I really like seeing all of your cards. I think my fav is the leaf background! That stamp is on my wish list!!
    and thanks for the ink template – it’s very helpful!

  781. Great cards Laura, and as always, I love your videos. You always make me laugh!! And thanks so much for sharing your color chart, I will definitely be making use of that!

  789. Both of your cards are so beautiful I love the Fall and your cards so depict the beauty for this time of year!! I’m referring to the changes of the leaves and pumpkin patch pickin’ you sure did one fab stamping job. Great ways you used all the goodies to create your cards.
    YOU so ROCK!!

  810. Like your sweet yet simple card. Love so many of these new sets! Think Trick or Treat, Sweet Things and the Snowflakes are my favorites so far. Adore the winter flurries too 😀

  826. Oh my i just love that background stamp! It’s so pretty embossed, and i love the new colors! Very excited! Thank you.

  828. With you on the mom-nesia bit! And despite it, your cards absolutely rock. Living the cute pumpkins, and the ombré background.

  835. I love the SSS inks I still need to get the last release too, maybe at Christmas 🙂
    I love your card with the leaf background, green is my favorite color

  838. Thanks for sharing the ink comparison chart!! It’s so helpful to be able to see them all together. Love the new inks!

  868. Always love your cards and projects, Laura!! The new release is great fun!! Fall is my favorite, so I am in 7th heaven!!

  872. The background stamp is so awesome on your card. Love the way you blended the colors and used the pumpkins. So simple and so gorgeous.

  873. Happy Stamptember Laura! Thank you for the PDF for SSS inks. I ordered the new inks and can’t wait to play. Your card is beautiful. Love the CAS look and colors you used.

  880. I wasn’t impressed with the new background stamp, BUT it is looking gorgeous on your card. I love your videos, too.

  893. I love both cards and techniques, but the background stamp just glows! I didn’t get that stamp, I guess I’ll have to do another shopping “trip”.
    By the way, that is so nice of you to share your color chart. And, hey, if they bring out new colors that fit into the open spots, you’ll only have to write in the names! 🙂

  895. These are such lovely and CAS cards… Don’t know how you come up with such creative ideas for cards – it’s great! Thanks for sharing your ink chart… you’ve made me want to buy all these colours now! lol

  924. Gorgeous card, Laura! Love what you did with the background stamp… so many possibilities!
    Thanks for all your inspiration!

  930. I love, love, love your cards, your ink system is awesome, and your voice and sense of humour always lift me up and make my day better! You’re AMAZINGLY talented and fun!

  945. Wonderful cards, Laura! I love the the way you created the wheat and got the two toned colours by rolling the image in another stamp pad! The bg on your second card is so pretty and I love your colouring of the pumpkins! Thanks for the ink chart:)

  947. Your cards are lovely, as always! The leaf background has so much depth in it with your amazing ink blending around the pumpkins. I can’t wait to try this stamp set!

  956. I’ve decided “awesome” and “Laura” are synonymous. Especially love how you inked up the background on your pumpkin card. And thanks for the chart! I love all the new inks out, but I feel like I need a reference, too. Thanks for pretty much taking all the work out of it for me. 🙂

  967. Nice, clean and simple cards yet really beautiful, I do love that background stamp, it totally makes a difference seeing it used, it’s really lovely

  992. Loving both of these cards, although the leaf card is very simple I think your design is great, so crisp and clean looking and the 2nd card is just adorable. I love how you graded the ink out from dark in the centre to light at the edges, thanks for the inspiration!

  996. The colors are gorgeous. Goldenlocks is similar to paint colors I chose for my house to make it feel like sunshine during long, northern winters.

  998. Love the simplicity of the sheaves and pumpkins. Thanks, too, for the ink organizer blank. Helps to remember what you have and a quick look at what you need!

  1000. Love your cards as always! I love the pumpkin card – looks like my wish list just got a little longer 🙂 Thanks for sharing your ink chart.

  1007. Always love your videos and projects! Thanks for the ink swatch information. In fact, this is what I am doing right now! Woo hoo!!

  1014. I am so excited about this release and your use of the leaf stencil is superb. All the work you put into your makes me want to stop complaining when I have simple projects.
    Hugs
    Rasheeda

  1015. These are both great! I really like the pop up white on white background of the first one. So simple and yet it really adds something to the card.

  1024. Thanks for the ink swatch video, it’s so great to see the ink stamped out and see how they compare with the rest of the line.

  1036. Great fall cards. I’m really liking that background stencil. Oh, and of course the rest of the new release as well 😀

  1040. Love both cards!!..going to have to check out the ink storage…needing something badly…LOL…or maybe I should quit buying ink…ummm…NOT!!…LOL

  1042. Wow. you made great Thanksgiving cards.
    What a great Blog HoP. And thanks for the chance to win one of the fun giveaways.

  1048. Love the cards and your colour charts. I have my SSSinks in a container that fits all the old colours perfectly, I am now going to have a problem! Thanks for the inspiration.

  1050. loving your work – I just completed making my color charts for all my inks, it is very helpful when trying to find just the right color for a project.
    Sandra ltb

  1054. I find it interesting that you call that first stamp wheat, someone else called it leaf and it looks like a feather to me. versatile stamp. Love how you used the leaf background stamp…awesome

  1057. Dear Laura,
    I love how you used the Stamps to create feathers – so lovely!

    I love bloghoping! I’s a nice idea to get inspired.
    My favorites out of the new Simon Says Stamp release is the christmas blessing die and all these sweet snowflake dies. The dies make me wish for Christmas xD

    ** http://bamo-arts.weebly.com/

  1068. Love your pumpkins and the background on that card. Liked the video on your color storage and the chart is great. Thanks.

  1077. I love the pumpkin card. The embossed background looks awesome. I really like your clean and simple style. Thanks for sharing

  1084. Laura…in my mind, you are “the” color expert. Love your use of color on all your projects. I am adding SS inks to my wish list now!

  1086. Awesome cards! I especially love the pumpkin card. It’s coloured to perfection! Thank you also for showing us how you keep track of your inks…love the swatch samples!

  1100. You can’t possibly have time to read all these comments AND take care of 5 kids AND do all the designing you do but if you ever get this far down in the comments list you are my absolutely favorite person to listen to while watching your videos…..because, although your designs are delightful and clever and good your commentary is the best comedy act going. Anywhere.

  1108. Ugh, Laura, I hadn’t even noticed that wheat grass stamp. Then I saw your uber-fantabulous card with it. Now I need it! Love the ink storage you have! I too counted the inks with the release. 32! And I am so sad that I only have 6. Guess I better start working on my collection.

  1116. I live in Belgium, so we don’t celebrate thanksgiving. But I do love what you did with that background. The embossed leaves and then the fading green, verry pretty.
    Your overview of inks is also verry smart and handy. Thanks for sharing 🙂

  1117. Love both cards; the wheat card it simple but cute. The new background stamp on the card with the pumpkins is great as well.

  1125. Love the cards Laura! And I always love visiting your blog, you seem like such a fun and really nice person! Hugs /Joanna

  1129. Love the simplicity of the card. And your ink storage is awesome. I hope to get some dye inks soon, as I am just beginning stamping. In my retirement years!

  1133. Lovely cards Laura. You may love September, but here in Australia it’s Hay Fever season… Grrr. Thank goodness for Stamptember. It brightens up my September

  1139. Like you, I love colors and need to organize what I have. Thanks so much for making your chart accessible. I will definitely download and print out because I must have these new colors. They are absolutely beautiful!

  1144. I just love pumpkins; something about the happy plumpness and gorgeous color…so of course your card with pumpkins totally speaks to me! And thanks bunches for the download!!

  1150. I love that leaf background too! It’s gorgeous with the new olive! Your cards are stunners — the wheat stalks are very cute for kids, I’m already seeing First Communion cards with those!

  1174. September is one of my favorite months too. I love autumn. I’m glad to see you showcasing Thanksgiving. sometimes I think it gets a bit overshadowed by Christmas. Thanksgiving is also a favorite holiday of mine, so I’m happy to see how you used some new techniques and colors on your projects. Thanks also for sharing the ink chart.

  1182. Beautiful cards Laura.I especially like the pumpkin card. I love background leaf stamp and how you embossed it then added the Olive and Beanstalk ink colors.

  1187. Both cards are beautiful, very simple and elegant. Also easy to make for a nice detail for someone dear. The blending of Olive and Beanstalk is lovely.
    I love, envy and want your super masive collection of inks!!! omg! I haven’t seen that many stamp pads on a drawer that’s not from a store. Love it!

  1190. Two lovely thanksgiving cards. I love the way the chalk stamps give such a lovely colour blend, I would love to win some!

  1193. Love your cards today and what draws me to them is the simplicity but yet very clean and crisp presentation. The second one really is a show stopper with it’s embossed texture but softly muted around the green edges. Very clever indeed. Thanks for sharing.

  1198. Thanks so much for the ink chart – it is SOOO helpful to see the inks actually stamped out next to each other like this. I appreciate the chart so very much! Great idea and lovely card too.

  1203. I’d love to make place cards with the wheat stamps and the pumpkin field looks so inviting to pick those cute pumpkins!! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.

  1210. Such beautiful cards, Laura! Thank you for the inspiration! Thank you for the chart and video as well, your videos are always so fun!

  1226. 😀 Wow! I love the modern feel of the wheat grass stamped with the rock and roll method.. But embossed backgrounds are quickly becoming a weakness! I love the new inks, and thank you for the chart!

  1227. I love the look of the stamping with the rock and roll on those feathers! I guess that’s one I should really try! I’ve also had it in my head to do some clear heat embossing and then some distressing – I think maybe you sent that inspiration through the airwaves…Thanks so much for sharing! I’m definitely inspired!

  1230. I love these cards and love these stamp sets. I never know what to do for thanksgiving. These are great ideas. Thank you for sharing!

  1246. I am feeling so motivated to go make some Thanksgiving/fall cards right now! I love the leaf background and all the new ink colors are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

  1254. Love your two cards, especially love the leaf background and pumpkins! I know what you mean about momnesia–I have learned to use my phone calender to leave myself “reminders” of things I have to do–otherwise I never get anything done!

  1255. Love your cards! So CAS and AWESOME! Thanks for the chart, too! So jealous of you ink drawer. How come you’re missing Doll Pink and Leaf Green being stamped? I’m almost positive I’ve seen you use Doll Pink before…

  1259. Such beautiful cards. I love the way you’ve done the leaf background and the pumpkins in the second one. The first one is so cute:)
    Darbaby on SCS

  1260. Hi Laura!
    Always LOVE your BEAUTIFUL cards! Your ombré background is so GORGEOUS! Thanks for sharing your ink chart comparison….it is so helpful to see the actual ink colors in front of you when creating any project! Have a wonderful day! 🙂

  1263. Don’t you just love having these type of reference sheets?? I have them for everything inky in my craft room and I refer to them on almost daily! Thanks so much for sharing yours! And I agree with your daughter, Audrey Blue is my favourite too!
    Blessings,
    Melitta

  1270. Wow. over a thousand comments! I’ve never seen a blog with so many! Those new SSS dye ink colors look SO tempting! But I have no place to put them!

  1286. Great cards. Love the CAS style, great color shading for your pumpkins, looks great against the white and green background. Great color chart idea too. Thanks for sharing the template.

  1298. SSS has some gorgeous new colors!! I’m so excited. Thanks so much for showing them to us and for the handy dandy chart template and idea. I love the cards you made, they are really great demonstrations of the new stamps and die cuts as well as colors.

  1305. So excited to see someone featuring the new Thanksgiving sets, Laura. It seems to be an overlooked holiday! Love both of your designs.

  1311. Love your cards Lauren! That background leaves stamp is beautiful. Love how you inked only the center. Really really nice. and thanks for the ink organization video and template.

    (By the way, there are soo many comments, that I feel I had to roll my mouse down for 10 miles before I got to the end of it…. So funny….)

    Happy Stampember!

    Louise C.

  1312. DELIGHTFUL cards Laura!!!
    LOVE the ELEGANT design of your 1st card, the inking of your feathers really gives it dimension!!! As for your 2nd card – WOW – LOVE the leaves and inking, it really makes your pumpkin & sentiment POP!!!
    THANK YOU for sharing your AWESOME & CREATIVE INSPIRATION!!!
    WOW – what an amazing ink stash – you are definitely an Ink-a-holic!!! THANK YOU for sharing your ink chart – a brilliant idea – so far I only have 2 Simon Inks but I think I will create an ink chart from the mix of inks I have in my stash because I know it will come in super handy 🙂 Now you have me thinking, I am going to do one for my glitters too!!!

  1314. Awesome ink color chart! Another technique that I use for my stamp pads is labeling with a thin label sticker. (Even a small pack from any office supply store will seemingly last forever.) I smudge ink across the top, like you did on the 1st piece of paper. Then on the bottom, I write in the name. I saw you use a label printer for yours. That’s smart too because my handwriting isn’t always neat, lol.

  1323. Beautiful cards! I really loved the second card. That stencil is so beautiful and the pumpkins are really popping! My favourite product in the release is the fantastic line up of inks! Such gorgeous colours!

  1341. Love the simplicity of your first card – so clean, and graphic. The second card is also simple but is so warm too. Loved seeing how you created your ink swatch. Thanks for sharing your system, and for keeping it real with the little smudge (as I do things like that all the time and it is nice to see I’m not alone! lol).

  1343. Love the ink over the clear embossed leaf background – looks incredible!! And I love the mix of fonts in the thanksgiving card. Just awesome!

  1345. Great cards! I especially like the pumpkin card – that background is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing the ink chart, too!

  1353. I love the embossed leaf background along with how the green fades on the outside! Also thank you for the ink chart! It’s really helpful!

  1355. I love the leaves background stamp you used. My collection of background stamps have been growing. I will be adding this one to the list as well. Great use of color palate. I’m new to stamp-tember and think this is so awesome.

  1363. oh my goodness, you have 1300 comments!!! I missed these posts from having a few crazy days and I come to find you totally swamped in Stamptember madness! And you have done your job well because now I can’t wait to get my hands on some! I LOVE your samples from today. So adorable! (Just wanted to put in my two cents. Comment #1301+ delivered!)
    xoxo
    k

  1364. The way the shading was done on the pumpkins were on point. Also really liked how the background was done. Great job. >_<

  1379. Thank you so much for the SSS blank color chart. I am going to print it when I’m done hopping. Love the cards you made!

  1390. I must remember to use “Mom-nesia!” the next time I forget to finish something! So funny. I love this new release from Simon Says Stamp. So much wonderful stuff!

  1414. Lovely cards, Laura! I especially love the second, particularly the background. Just the way the greens are blended over the embossed leaves draws my eye. Thanks so much for sharing these!

  1427. I love your terrific cards! Thanks for showing where the inks fit in to SS existing line. Someone better come up with a 12-step program for inks. I just bought a second organizer and am already outgrowing it!

  1431. Wow! I like the simplicity of this cards, their essential lines! My favourite from the new SSS release is the Essential Greetings Stamps because it is so versatile. Thank you for sharing this blank chart, it is a simple way to find all the inks in just one sight!

  1435. Other than the ink pads, which I’ve been drooling over, you just used the few items from this month’s release that I *thought* I could live without… don’t get me wrong, they’re nice, but I’m more of a Halloween/Christmas type of Holiday Girl. You have just changed my mind… good for you & SSS, bad for my wallet! 😉 Nice work!

  1442. Omg I’m sooo jealous of your ink pad collection xD. I’m new to crafting and I can’t get them in shops where I live – but I have found an online store in Spain which sells all kinds of stuff made by all the big names, so it’d be great to have a practice with ink and stamps before I start ordering. Thanks so much for the tips on organization, and I absolutely love your card. Oh and thanks for the chance to win some craft items on this blog hop!

  1444. Love the ink chart, thanks for sharing it with us. Also I really love both of your cards, especially the one with the leaf background…I need to get that stamp now! =)

  1445. I really like the ink swatch. I am forever forgetting what colors I already have and what the colors will look like on paper. This is a great tool. Thank you.

  1446. That Thanksgiving Table stamp set is fun! Nice cards Laura. I especially like the pumpkins over the leaf background. Thanks so much for the ink chart. I have done that somewhat with some of my inks. It sure helps.

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