Be Thankful Card - TMS #479

Hello and happy Tuesday! It's time for this weeks sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. This weeks sketch was designed by Melissa Craig and features a fun diamond shape focal area. Luckily one of my Cricut cartridges had a diamond shape that was cut at 5" then I hand trimmed the mat. We would love for you to join us this week and I can't wait to see how you use the focal area. For all the challenge details and design team inspiration click HERE.

Sketch #479:

Be Thankful Card Supplies:

• Paper: Fall Friends paper pad by Doodlebug Design Inc. (2015), Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler cardstock by Stampin' Up!
• Stamps: Harvest Tails by Newton's Nook
• Ink & Coloring: Memento black ink and Copic markers
• Other Stuff: Cricut machine, Big Shot and Harvest Tails die cuts by Newton's Nook

Challenges entered:

• Always Fun: Pumpkins
• Brown Sugar: Thankful
• Cute N Crafty: Thanksgiving/Thankful
• Inkspirational: Photo Inspiration
• Simon Says: Thanks/Thanksgiving

Autumn Bunny Card

Hello and happy Wednesday! My hubby was home the last couple of days, so there was no crafting going on at my house. He is at work today, but then he will be off tomorrow through the weekend. While I had some time to myself today I made this Autumn Bunny Card using a stamp by Whimsy Stamps called Bunny in Leaves (retired). The image was colored with Copic markers and then die cut with a square alterations framelit die by Tim Holtz. Since the image is on the larger size, I opted to make a square card. The layout is from the sketch at Cheerful Sketches Challenge. The leaves and plaid patterned papers are from the Fall Blessings paper pad by Carta Bella (2015) and were matted to Shaded Spruce cardstock by Stampin' Up!. There is no added embellishments to this card, just a sentiment from the Harvest Tails stamp set by Newton's Nook. That's it and thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered:

• Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes
• Cheerful Sketches: September Sketch
• Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Fall Goes
• Simon Says: Anything Goes
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: Fall is in the Air
• Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Squirrel Happy Fall Card

Hooray for Friday! There are only 15 days until the first day of Fall and that makes me happy. The weather this week is cooler than last week and it's definitely getting darker outside earlier in the evening. All good signs of the upcoming arrival of Fall!!!

To play along with a few Autumn and animal challenges I made this Squirrel Happy Fall Card. The layout is from this weeks sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The image, sentiment and leaf/acorn die cuts are all by Sugar Pea Designs. Copic markers in light brown tones were used to color the squirrel and square Alterations framelit dies by Tim Holtz were used to cut out the squares. The patterned paper is from the Flea Market paper pad by Doodlebug Design and some enamel dots by Stampin' Up! were added for detail. That's it! So glad you stopped by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Challenges entered:

• Alphabet Challenge: L for Leaves
• Brown Sugar: All Creatures Great and Small
• Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday: Signs of Autumn
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday: Sketch
• That's Crafty!: Forever Autumn

Fall Card with Die Cuts

Good day! If you're counting down with me... it's 23 days until the start of Fall! To get a head start on my Thanksgiving cards I made this Fall Card with Die Cuts. The stamp and die cut bundle will be released on September 5th in the Stampin' Up! 2018 Holiday Catalog. The stamp set is called Falling For Leaves and it coordinates with the Detailed Leaves Thinlits Dies. Cardstock colors include: Early Espresso, Fresh Fig, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive. Woodgrain patterned paper was used for the background and it was stamped with Crumb Cake ink using a leaf stamp. To add a subtle pattern a piece of scrap orange polka dot paper was used for the bottom trio of leaves. The sentiment was stamped with Early Espresso ink and die cut with a Tim Holtz Alterations circle framelit. Three sequins were added for some sparkle and that's it. So glad you stopped by!

Challenges entered:

• Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Goes
• Mod Squad: Anything Goes
• Simon Says: Fall/Autumn
• Watercooler Wednesday: Anything Goes

Fall Need a Pug Card

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I have a fun Fall Pug Card to share with you today. It features the cute Pug Hugs stamp set and Falling Leaves stencil by Newton's Nook. The card was inspired by the following challenges:

• Inky Paws: Fall Theme
• Simon Says Stamp: It's a Dogs Life
• Stamping Sensations: Autumn Glory 

There are a few trees turning colors in our area but we probably have another week before the majority of the trees start to change. I love the colors of Fall and had a lot of fun using the stencil with distress inks. The ink colors used include: Scattered Straw, Brushed Corduroy, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Aged Mahogany and Vintage Photo. The pug and small leaves from the Autumn Newton stamp set were colored with Copic markers and then die cut with the coordinating die sets. A strip of brown patterned paper and some green grass were added to break up the leaves. I decided to add circles behind the pug for a place for the sentiment. It could be an Autumn Sun setting on the horizon. Three brown sequins were added for sparkle and that's it. Thanks again for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day! 

You Mocha Me Happy Card

Hello and Happy National Coffee Day! It's been a busy day at my house but I was determined to make another card for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. The kitty stamp and sentiment on this card are by Your Next Stamp. It was one I put on my wish list during the Spring Coffee Hop. To add a pattern to the coffee cup I paper pieced the image. The kitty was stamped onto Crumb Cake cardstock and then colored with Copic markers. Here is a quick list of supplies:

• Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango and Soft Suede cardstock along with leaves patterned paper from the Woodland Forest paper pad by Pebbles and plaid paper retired from Stampin' Up!
• Stamps: Coffee Break stamp set by Your Next Stamp.
• Inks & Coloring: Memento black and Copic markers.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Frame die cut by Taylored Expressions, Acorn & Leaves die cuts by Sugar Pea Designs, three sequins and dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This You Mocha Me Happy Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Creative Knockouts: Fall
• Creative Moments: Anything Goes/2 Pattern Papers
• Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Fall Coffee Hop

Framed Autumn Greetings Card

Hooray the first day of Autumn has arrived!!! This is my favorite time of year and although cooler weather isn't arriving until late this weekend, I'm happy Autumn is here. To celebrate the day I made this Framed Autumn Greetings Card for the following challenges:

• CASology: Frame
• 4 Crafty Chicks: Colors of Fall
• C.R.A.F.T.: Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving

This Framed Autumn Greetings Card was fun and easy to make. I liked stamping multiples of the leaves to make a leaf wreath to accent the scalloped frame. The leaves are from the Vintage Leaves stamp set by Stampin' Up! and the colors include: Hello Honey, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie. The Soft Suede scalloped frame was cut using the Frame in Frame cutting plate by Taylored Expressions and the Autumn Greetings sentiment is from Inkadinkado. For a little sparkle five sequins in matching colors were used and that's it!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!  

Vintage Leaves Sympathy Card

Today marks fifteen years since the attacks on 9/11 and eighteen years since my grandfather passed away. Although time has passed the heartache is still real for those who lost loved ones. In remembrance of this day I made this Vintage Leaves Sympathy Card.

To make this card I used the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary, CCMC423. All supplies for this card are by Stampin' Up! and at this time they are all still available. Here is the supply list:

• Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Pool Party cardstock, along with the Serene Scenery designer series paper stack.
• Stamps: Vintage Leaves and Flourishing Phrases.
• Inks & Coloring: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, VersaMark and Copper embossing powder.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Brick Wall embossing folder, Flourish Thinlits, Heat Gun, Linen Thread and dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Create with Connie and Mary: Sketch
• Addicted to Stamps: Trees/Branches and/or Leaves
• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes

Newton's Hello Fall Card

Happy Saturday! We are expecting a cooler day today thanks to a small cool front and rain that moved through overnight. The rain was really needed and will keep the hubby from having to spend the weekend watering outside. Which in turn will keep me from hearing his complaints about having to water, it's definitely a win for me!

Since Fall is my favorite time of year, I've decided to send out Fall cards to family and a few friends. Usually I create five different designs and make duplicates of each to have enough cards. This Newton's Hello Fall Card was made using an image from the Newton's Nook Hello Fall stamp set exclusive to Simon Says Stamp from last year. The image was colored with Copic markers and the patterned papers are from the Amy Tangerine Ready Set Go paper pad by American Crafts. The leaves border punch is from Fiskars and I added some twine and sequins for detail. That's it!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Newton's Hello Fall Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Just Us Girls: Use Sequins
• Let's Color: Anything Hand Colored 
• QKR Stampede: Fall Colors
• A Gem of A Challenge: Ribbon, Lace or Twine
• Simply Create Too: Fall Colors
• Sunny Day Crafting: Anything Goes

Copper Embossed Leaf Card

This time of year I'm ready for Fall to arrive! The colors on my craft desk turn to comforting warm hues and I anxiously await the cooler weather to arrive. Fall/Autumn is still a few weeks away but it's officially arrived in my craft room.

For this card I started by playing around with a Very Vanilla piece of cardstock and sponging on ink colors: Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon and Pumpkin Pie. Then I used VersaMark ink with a leaf stamp from the Vintage Leaves stamp set and heat embossed with copper embossing powder. The coordinating Leaflets Framelit Dies were used with the Big Shot to cut the leaf shape. Next a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock was embossed using the Brick Wall embossing folder. The edges of the embossed panel and the patterned paper from the Serene Scenery paper stack was inked with Antique Linen distress ink by Tim Holtz. Some ink was added to the bricks and the Many Thanks sentiment from the retired Another Thank You stamp set was stamped directly onto the panel with Soft Suede ink . The panel was matted to a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock and one edge was die cut using a stitched scalloped die by My Favorite Things. The panel was then adhered to the patterned paper and then matted to a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock. Before adhering the layers to the card base, some linen thread was wrapped around three times and secured to the back with tape. Then everything was adhered to the card base. The final touch was adding three brown sequins and that's it! Unless noted the supplies are by Stampin' Up!.

This Copper Embossed Leaf Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz: Anything Goes with Autumn Colours
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Fall Colors!
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes with Colors of Fall
• Just For Fun Rubber Stamps: All Things Fall

Be Thankful Card

Happy Sunday! I hope you're having a lovely day. This past week was spent finishing up my Thanksgiving cards. Now that they've been mailed I can play along with a couple of weekly challenges. This Be Thankful Card was made for the following challenges:

• Color Throwdown: Color (ctd369)
• Simon Says Stamp: Thanks/Thanksgiving
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Gratitude
• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes 

The color challenge includes: rusty orange, warm burgundy and pear-like green. For the green I used Pear Pizzazz and the warm burgundy is a piece or Core'dinations sandable cardstock. I cut a negative space into the burgundy cardstock, embossed it with the square lattice embossing folder by Stampin' Up! and then added a pear border inside. The image is from the Hello Fall Simon Says Stamp exclusive stamp set by Newton's Nook. I colored the images with Copic markers. A little twine was wrapped around the card for detail. The leaf bag was paper pieced using a recycled kraft shopping bag and adhered with dimensionals. That about sums it up!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Vintage Leaves Thankful Card

Good day! It's been raining all day here in Oklahoma so I seized the opportunity to play in my craft room. It's a little sad to admit but I've had these Vintage Leaves stamped and cut out on my desk for at least three weeks. I've been busy sewing and never got around to finishing the intended card. Better late than never I guess! This Vintage Leaves Thankful Card was made with all Stampin' Up! supplies. The patterned papers are retired but all the stamps and twine are currently available.

The stamp sets used include:

• Vintage Leaves (138802)
• Acorny Thank You (139718)  

For the card base a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock was used and the edges were distressed with Crumb Cake ink. A layer of Soft Suede was matted to the patterned paper that was also distressed with Crumb Cake. The stamped pieces were attached and the twine wrapped around the matted panel before the entire piece was attached to the card base. That's it! 

This Vintage Leaves Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• SU-Only: Fall Fun 
• QKR Stampede: Give Thanks
• Dragonfly Dreams: Fall Colours
• Classy Cards 'n Such: Thankful

Fall Kitty Birthday Card

Hello! It is finally starting to feel like fall here in Oklahoma and that makes me very happy. There is still plenty of green in the landscape, but some trees are starting to get their fall color and the grass has stopped growing (that makes the hubby super happy). So, today I felt inspired to make a Fall/Autumn colored card. My cousin has a birthday in a couple of weeks and she loves cats, which gave me a good reason to use a new Newton's Nook stamp set. The stamp set is called Hello Fall and it was an exclusive set to Simon Says Stamp (currently out of stock). The image was stamped with black Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. I've kept the layout casual to play along at The Paper Players Clean and Simple Leaves challenge. I used a stitched rectangle die cut by Lil' Inkers along with Scalloped Edge die cut by Avery Elle. The sentiment is from the Wetlands stamp set by Stampin' Up! and the patterned paper is from the Into The Woods dsp by Stampin' Up! That's pretty much it! This card is also linked to the following challenges: Stamping Sensations (Colours of Autumn) and Crafty Cardmakers (Autumn Colours).

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Happy Fall Leaves Card

Only two days left until the official start of Fall, hooray!!! Although it will be awhile before the leaves start to turn with color, I couldn't resist playing along in several Fall Color challenges. To create the focal panel on this Happy Fall Leaves Card I've used the emerging color technique. For step-by-step directions and photos click here for a previous post.

This Happy Fall Leaves Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Cards in Envy: Colors of Fall
• Make My Monday: Nature
• Use Your Stuff: Fall
• Fantasy Stampers: Autumn Leaves

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Happy Scarecrow Hello Card

Hello and happy Tuesday! Today is the start of a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and the theme is For A Child. Our sponsor this week is Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and they provided the design team with a selection of images to create our inspiration. I used the Happy Scarecrow digi and colored him up with Copic markers. Isn't he fun? We would love for you to join us this week by creating a card or project For A Child. Click here to see the fantastic inspiration from the design team and for all the challenge details.

The layout for this Happy Scarecrow Hello Card is from the Sketch Saturday Challenge #378. I used some hoarded patterned paper that I really love called THANKful by Bella BLVD. The HELLO sentiment is from the Crazy about You stamp set by Stampin' Up! and it's the perfect size to fit into a 1" punched circle.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Dream Valley: Autumn Colors

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a creative day!

Fall Butterfly Card

"Nature gives to every season a beauty all it's own." ~Dickens

I'm ready for the colors of fall to arrive and it's evident in my recent card creations. On my last trip to the local scrapbook store they had the new collection called Enchanted Harvest by BoBunny and I couldn't resist picking up a few sheets. This Fall Butterfly Card has three patterned papers from the Enchanted Harvest collection. Several challenges listed below influenced the direction of this card.

The layout is from this weeks sketch at Mojo Monday and it was perfect for a sentiment focused design. The sentiment stamp is called Every Season by Verve Stamps and I used the Papillon Potpourri set and Bitty Butterfly punch by Stampin' Up! A little clear Wink of Stella was added to the butterflies for some sparkle but the patterned paper did most the work on this card. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Fall Butterfly Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Mojo Monday: Sketch #414
• Papertake Weekly: Things with Wings
• Simon Says Stamp: Use a Stamp
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: Photo Inspiration
• Everybody-Art: Earth Tones
• Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes (200th Challenge)

Handmade Give Thanks Card

Hello and happy Labor Day! I hope you're lucky enough to have the day off to rest, relax and CRAFT. My hubby took a couple additional days of vacation so we've had a long weekend together and it's been nice. We didn't make any plans and have taken it one day at a time. Sometimes it's nice to just do nothing!

On Thursday I saw the color challenge at Pals Paper Arts to use: Delightful Dijon, Old Olive and Cajun Craze. These colors are perfect for a Thanksgiving card, so I made this Handmade Give Thanks Card. I've used a mix of new, current and retired supplies by Stampin' Up! along with a circle stitched die by My Favorite Things.

Handmade Give Thanks Card Supplies:

• Paper: Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, Cajun Craze and Very Vanilla cardstock. Patterned Paper from Bohemian dsp.
• Stamps: Thankful Forest Friends and For All Things.
• Inks: Stampin' pads in Delightful Dijon and Cajun Craze. Stampin' Write markers in Old Olive, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake.
• Other Stuff: Finishing Touches edgelit, circle stitched die by My Favorite Things, Vanilla/Gold Twine, wooden Autumn accent and stampin' dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Thankful Forest Friends Card

Happy Friday!!! This week my mojo has been running a little low but I finally made this Thankful Forest Friends Card from some of my new favorite Stampin' Up! products. I absolutely love the little rabbit from the new Thankful Forest Friends stamp set. I stamped him using Soft Suede ink and then used a 1-1/2" circle punch which was layered to a 1-3/4" scallop circle. The patterned paper is from the Into The Woods dsp and the cardstock colors include: Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Tangelo Twist and Mossy Meadow. To ink the sentiment stamp, I masked the foliage areas and used an Early Espresso stamp pad. Then used an Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker on the foliage areas. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

This Thankful Forest Friends Card is entered into the following challenges:

• SU-Only: Cards for Friends
• 4 Crafty Chicks: Fall
• Cute Card Thursday: Autumn Leaves
• Daring Cardmakers: Elemental Inspiration (leaves, woodgrain and colors)

Give Thanks Card for MOJO372

Good evening! I had today off and between errands I spent some time in my craft room. It's been awhile since I've played along at Cards in Envy and Mojo Monday so today I printed out the Mojo sketch and made this Give Thanks Card.  

Give Thanks Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss and Cajun Craze cardstock, patterned paper from Color Me Autumn dsp and retired Neutrals dsp.
• Stamps: For All Things stamp set.
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in Cajun Craze and Antique Linen distress ink by Tim Holtz.
• Other Stuff: Needlepoint embossing folder, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 2" circle punch, leaf brad by The Paper Studio and stampin' dimensionals.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!!!

Casual Fall Thank You Card

Happy Sunday! I hope you're having a relaxing weekend and I'm also hoping you will have time to make a card for this weeks challenge at The Paper Players. The amazing Ann has a wonderful Clean-and-Simple Thank You challenge for us this week. To start my card I chose the colors from the Pals Paper Arts Challenge to use Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie. Then I remembered a layout from a previous card I made. It was from 2012 and featured an emboss resist leaf that I really wanted to duplicate using the PPA colors. I retrieved the retired French Foliage stamp set and went to work. The Crushed Curry background paper is from the Color Me Autumn dsp and to change up the design a bit, I added three Candy Dots and used the Itty Bitty Banners Thank You sentiment. Finally, I've kept a Clean-and-Simple challenge, well... clean-and simple.

Click here to check out the designs from the rest of The Paper Players. We would love to see your card in the gallery! You have until Friday, November 21st at NOON (PST) to link up your creation. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!