The Joy of Fall

Fall is my favorite season.  The leaves turning beautiful shades of orange, green, and red. An early morning chill and leaving the doors and windows open all day just energizes me.

This little guy expresses how I feel today.

This is a QKR Stampede image which I colored with Copics. I fussy cut some of the leaves and the shoes then popped them up with foam dots. oN the leaves I used Wink of Stella.  The bow in the corner is from Paper Studio, but I don't remember where I got the little wood bird in the top corner. I used Memory Box Stitched Square Layers to cut and layer the image with dark green cardstock.  I think the DP is Graphic 45.

I'm entering my card in  QKR-Stampede-challenge #160-scarecrows. 

It's On!

I made a Christmas card.  There's no stopping me now.  I want to do Christmas cards all day, every day.  

While looking through Pinterest, I came across a beautiful print by Janet Stever.  It reminded me of this Stampendous stamp, but it didn't have any background. You can check my inspiration out here.

This is the stamp

I added my own background.

I love this guy and his pals.  I used my new favorite die Memory Box Stitched Square Layers, then mounted with paper from K&Company then again with some dark brown card stock.

The corners were done with a Cheery Lynn die and the bow in the corner is from Paper Studio.

Merry Christmas!

For the Love of Sunflowers

I just love sunflowers.  Leave the roses with the florist and bring me a sunflower.

Now I resisted this pretty stamp, until Power Poppy had a 24 hr. sale.  And of course, I fell in love and their pretty cone flower jumped in my cart with the sunflower.

I opened the digi in MS word and used the sepia format to print it.  I then scanned the word document and imported into my Silhouette Cameo to make a perfect cut file.  I know that's a few too many steps for most, but it's now in my library for future use.  And I will definitely use it again!

The sunflower was colored with Copics and Prisma Brush markers. I also cut and colored one petal to fall away from the bloom.  The image is mounted on paper from K&Company which was die cut with Memory Box's Stitched Square Layers. The gingham is from Simple Stories. The card is framed with a Martha Stewart punch.

I am entering this card in Passionate Paper Creations and Friends weekend challenge for a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to Power Poppy Shop!! There are going to be 2 lucky winners!!! I just looked and the competition has overwhelming beauties.

Now I leaving to clean up the mess I've made.

Lion Love

Couldn't you just squeeze this QKR image?

This is a digi that I cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

I was able to trace it, then copy and flip the outline to make the shaped card.

It was luck that I had black pearls for his eyes.  I ran his body and ears thru a Stampin Up embossing folder. The "Love" tag was cut separately and popped up with dimensional foam. I trimmed his mane out with Stickles.

Colored with:
Prisma Brush Makers:  PB201 Cinnamon Toast, PB72 Eggshell, PB90 Walnut
Copic Sketch Maker: R32 Peach

Challenge: qkr-stampede-challenge-151-anything-goe

Happy Tuesday!

Fussy Chic

Those of you that know me, know I rarely use those pretty papers and I don't layer very well.
I hope this (barely) qualifies as "Shabby Chic".  I really wanted to enter the Power Poppy Shabby Chic challenge.  I have the lace, the pearls, the flowers and butterflies.  I don't have the layers of pretty papers or ribbon, but I do really like how this turned out.

My new printer allows me to print on thin watercolor paper and I've rediscover how fun it is to paint.  I fussed over this for a couple of hours and decided I needed to quit before I ruined it.

Challenge:  Power Poppy a-little-shabby-little-chic

Stamps: Power Poppy digi, Verve (Sentiment)
Die:  Sue Wilson
Accessories:  Pearls, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Brag a Little

I've had this Mo Manning image for quite some time now.  The image was colored with Copics. I drew in the ticking with a blue Micron 05 pen. The background was shaded with Prisma Pencils.  I used a Memory Box die to frame the image and mounted it with some pretty gingham paper from Authientique. I am entering my card in Mos Digital Challenge-Anything-Goes,

This guy is a more recent and the digi captured him perfectly. Yup, I  pretty proud Grandma.  I have two granddaughters and one grandson and I am super proud of them all.

Is he not squeezable?

Reinking

This was for a Splitcoast challenge using reinkers. This is my second attempt using Tim Holt's ink pads.  I haven't done too much water coloring lately, but I think I prefer watercolor products.

The Stamp I used was Stampendous Trop Garden. The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.
I love different shaped cards so I used a Spellbinder Grand die.

Happy Thursday!