Fall Text Bird Card

Well, it's goodbye to September 2015!!! If I had to pick a favorite month, it would probably be October. The crisp fall air, pumpkin bread and of course... Halloween, what's not to love? However, there are a few hours left in September and I wanted to share this Fall Text Bird Card. I dug deep into my Stampin' Up! patterned paper stash and used one of my all time favorites, Comfort Cafe. This was one of the first papers I purchased as a customer of Stampin' up! and I had a lot of fun using it on this card.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2: Sketch
• Mod Squad: Anything with Wings
• Where The HeART Is: Text
• Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs: Anything Goes

Fall Text Bird Card Supplies:

• Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede and Pool Party cardstock and Comfort Cafe dsp all by Stampin' Up!.
• Stamps: Text Bird by Hero Arts and Flower Shop by Stampin' Up!
• Inks: Cajun Craze and Summer Starfruit by Stampin' Up!
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Little Leaf Sizzix die, pansy punch and Stampin' Up!.

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

Nuts About You Card

Happy Tuesday! It's my pleasure to provide inspiration for you today for the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge. This week our theme is Clean and Simple and we are sponsored by SugarPea Designs. They are a small family operated stamp boutique specializing in some of the sweetest designs. I quickly feel in love with their Nuts About You  stamp set and couldn't wait to use it on a card.

The cute squirrel was colored with Copic markers and then die cut using a stitched circle by My Favorite Things. All paper is by Stampin' Up! and the colors include: Tangelo Twist, Mossy Meadow and Whisper White. The sentiment was stamped using Timber Brown StazOn ink. Reminding myself this is supposed to be a clean and simple card, I stopped there.

We hope you will join us this week and share your clean and simple creation with us. You have until Monday to play along.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
• Cards in Envy: Colors of Fall
• Use Your Stuff: Markers/Inks

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

Ombre Faux Patina Card

Hello! I have a quick post to share this Ombre Faux Patina Card created for the following challenges:

• Mojo Monday: Sketch
• Simon Says Stamp: Ombre
• Crafty Boots: Gold or Silver

The faux patina technique was used to create the focal panel. Here is a link to a video tutorial from Too Cool Stamping. The Zig Zag embossing folder was used along with the following ink colors: Soft Sky, Pool Party, Lost Lagoon and Island Indigo all by Stampin' Up!. Silver metallic baby rick rack was used for detail and the sentiment is from Hampton Arts. The final addition were the three Island Indigo Candy Dots. That's it! Thanks for stopping by.

Cat Couple Anniversary Card

This weekend my hubby and I are celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary. It's amazing how the years have flown by. I decided to make this Cat Couple Anniversary Card for him because our cats are the center of our lives. Before my hubby met me he never dreamed he would have a house cat, but he inherited one when we got married. Eventually we added another, and then another and ever since we've had three cats. We've been through some tough times when we lost our first and then our second kitty companions. At one point he said "NO more", it's too painful when they pass on, but I convinced him there are too many who need love to guard ourselves from the hurt. He was hesitant but now agrees with me. Here is our current kitty crew:

Waiting for dinner

To the back is our oldest, Sassy (she has pretty green eyes), in the middle is Mr. Dickens (the sweetest cat ever) and then we have Tazzy (our lovable and crazy cat). Since we were never able to have children, our kitties fill a big hole in our hearts and they provided wonderful entertainment.

This Cat Couple Anniversary Card is entered into the following challenges:

• QKR Stampede: Dogs or Cats
• Crafting with Dragonflies: Anything Goes
• Stamping Boutique: No Designer Paper
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends: Anything Goes

Card Supplies:

• Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black and Real Red cardstock by Stampin' Up!
• Stamps: Pussy Cat Luv digital image by Robyn's Fetish and Love sentiment stamp by Autumn Leaves.
• Inks & Coloring: VersaMark ink, Silver embossing powder and Copic markers.
• Other Stuff: Heat tool, white Sakura Gelly Roll pen, silver sequins, and stampin' dimensionals.

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

Happy Squirrel Fall Card

Doesn't he look happy? This is how I imagine my face looks when I'm buying new craft supplies! When I saw this new Autumn Squirrel digital stamp from Bugaboo it immediately put a smile on my face and went into my shopping cart. I think it's super cute! I colored the image with Copic markers using colors from the color challenge at Tuesday Throwdown. The layout is from this weeks Stella Says Sketch challenge at Catch The Bug. All patterned papers are from the Sweater Weather paper pad by DCWV and the cardstock colors are Bermuda Bay and Summer Starfruit by Stampin' Up! Following the sketch for details, I used Bermuda Bay twine and three Cajun Craze candy dots. The sentiment stamp is from Sugar Pea Designs and was stamped with Memento Black ink. The finished size of this Happy Squirrel Fall Card is 5.25" square. That's it! I'm glad you stopped by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This card is also entered into the following challenges:

• City Crafter: Fall has arrived!
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday: Anything Goes w/ twist Color Me Autumn

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!

Casual Fall Owl Card

Making casual cards is a nice change of pace. I didn't have to search through patterned papers or fret over selecting the right embellishments, I just stamped. Although the hubby said it is a little boring, it's exactly what I had in mind. This Casual Fall Owl Card features an adorable little Feathery Owl stamp and Branch stamp both by Impression Obsession. The Happy Fall sentiment stamp is by Sugar Pea Designs from their Nuts About You set. After stamping the owl with StazOn Timber Brown onto Very Vanilla cardstock, I used my aqua painters to give him a little color using Tim Holtz distress inks in Frayed Burlap and Brushed Corduroy. The branch was stamped with Walnut Stain distress ink and Brushed Corduroy was used again for the Happy Fall sentiment. Using a Lil' Inker stitched rectangle the entire panel was cut and then adhered to a dark kraft card. That's it! I'm glad you stopped by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Casual Fall Owl Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Clean-and-Simple Fall
• My Time to Craft: Owls