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

Butterfly Feel Better Card

Hello and happy day! Wherever you are, I hope your day has been lovely and I'm glad you stopped by my blog. This weekend here in Oklahoma, we are expecting cooler weather and that has put a big smile on my face. I'm so ready for FALL!

My afternoon was spent creating this Butterfly Feel Better Card, it was inspired by three challenges listed below:

• Colour Me!: Colours
• SU-Only: Get Well
• Just Add Ink: Glimmer

All supplies for this card are by Stampin' Up! and here is the list:

• Paper: Whisper White and Garden Green cardstock.
• Stamps: Sassy Salutations, Butterfly Basics and Watercolor Wings.
• Inks: Garden Green, Island Indigo, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake and clear VersaMark.
• Other Stuff: Heat tool, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter, Bold Butterfly framelit die, Big Shot, and Stampin' dimensionals.

The design is a minimized version of a previous card I made, click here. I debated about using patterned paper but decided to keep it clean.

Here is a close-up of the embossed glitter detail:

My crafty companion waking up from his nap:

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

The Best Things Card

My morning started earlier than normal today, so while the washing machine was doing it's thing... I played in my craft room. I made this The Best Things Card using the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches #318. All the supplies used on this card had never been used before today. The oldest is the sentiment stamp, it's at least over a year old. I purchased the Blossom patterned paper by Close to My Heart before summer and the Spellbinders Floral Corner die was purchased on sale last month.

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


This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Never-Before-Used-Schtuff: Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes

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!

Trio of Definitely Dahlia Cards

This Trio of Definitely Dahlia Cards was inspired by a color challenge at Create with Connie and Mary and a sketch challenge at Sweet Sunday Sketch. I also used the challenge at Use Your Stuff to use Stencils on my project. When I sat down to create a card I was debating way too hard on how to layer the colors and that's why I decided to make a Trio of Definitely Dahlia Cards. I flipped the colors three different directions using the same layout. I love seeing the difference that moving the colors around makes. The colors used include: So Saffron, Delightful Dijon and Night of Navy.

Let me know which card is your favorite arrangement of the challenge colors?

Card 1:

Card 2:

Card 3:

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

• Paper: Whisper White, So Saffron, Delightful Dijon and Night of Navy cardstock.
• Stamps: Definitely Dahlia, Kinda Eclectic (Butterflies) and Watercolor Wishes (Sentiments).
• Inks: So Saffron, Delightful Dijon and Night of Navy.
• Other Stuff: Decorative Dots embossing folder, stencil from Happy Patterns set, sponges, Butterfly punches, Basic Rhinestones and Stampin' Dimensionals. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day!!!

Yummy Cheeseburger Card

Last Saturday my hubby and I met my parents in Stillwater, Oklahoma at Eskimo Joe's for some burgers. My parents picked up the check so I made them this Yummy Cheeseburger Card. The inside was stamped with a Thank You sentiment along with a handwritten message. The burger image is by Doodle Pantry and I used the pre-colored version. I kept the layout simple and only added a few sequins for embellishment to keep it easy to mail. Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Yummy Cheeseburger Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Doodle Pantry: Any Digi Goes
• QKR Stampede: Midnite Snack
• Crafting with Friends: Anything Goes