Thankful Fox Card

Good day! It's gloomy outside today with overcast skies and scattered showers. So, I've been working on my Thanksgiving cards. I need to mail them on Saturday which means time is running out.

This Thankful Fox Card was made using the sketch from the Inky Paws Challenge. The fox image is from the Harvest Tails stamp set by Newton's Nook and was colored with Copic markers. Patterned papers are from the Fall Market paper pad by Carta Bella with cardstock colors in Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz and Soft Suede by Stampin' Up!. I liked the way Becky Noelle added the die cut sentiment on her card, so I found a thankful die and followed her lead. Everything was adhered flat for easy shipping and that's it. Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges entered:

• DL.ART: Thankful
• Inky Paws: Sketch
• Shopping Our Stash: So Thankful
• Through The Craft Room Door: Anything Goes 

Sketch:

Autumn Greetings Card - TMS #522

Hello and happy Tuesday! This week at Tuesday Morning Sketches we have a sketch that could easily be a one layered card. To create this Autumn Greetings Card I decided to used a retired stamp set by Stampin' Up! called Fall Fest. I stamped several leaves directly onto a piece of woodgrain paper that was sprayed with white Dylusions ink. Then added a few die cuts before matting it to a piece of olive green cardstock. A few drops of Honey Gold Nuvo drops were added and that's it. The design team created a variety of inspiration using the sketch designed by Melissa Craig. Click HERE for all the details and inspiration. We would love for you to join the challenge this week! You have until 8 pm EST on Sunday to link your creation. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Sketch #522:

 

Autumn Mice Fall Card

Hello! There are 11 days left until the arrival of Fall. That means I need to make a few more cards for my family. This card features the Autumn Mice stamp set by Newton's Nook along with patterned papers from the Fall Market paper pad by Carta Bella. To add more stamped detail I used a Hero Arts stamp with Memento rich cocoa ink to make a background for the little mouse. Copic markers were used to color the images and the coordinating die cuts to cut them out. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered: Cardz 4 Galz (Welcome Autumn/Fall), Crafty Gals Corner (Fall Colors), Cute Card Thursday (Autumn!), Southern Girls (Anything Goes) and Watercooler Wednesday (All About Occasions).

Harvest Happiness Card

Well... the cooler weather has officially arrived. Yesterday it was sunny and nice and today it's rainy and cold. When I ran errands this afternoon I didn't bring a jacket and regretted it each time I got out of the car. The root beer freeze I was drinking definitely didn't help me stay warm. So, when I got home my spare jacket went in the back seat of the car. Now I'm prepared!

This Harvest Happiness Card will be one of my Thanksgiving Cards I sent to family and friends. The images are from the Harvest Tails stamp set by Newton's Nook. Copic markers were used to color the images and then they were die cut with the coordinating dies. The patterned paper is from the Fall Friends paper pad by Doodlebug Design Inc. and it was matted to Cherry Cobbler cardstock by Stampin' Up!. To add an interesting border, I tore the patterned paper in half and adhered the reverse side to peek out of the torn edges. Distress inks in Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint were used on mixed media paper for the focal area. Once everything was adhered together the linen twine was added. That's it! So glad you stopped by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• Cardz 4 Galz: Pumpkins
• City Crafter: Woodland Animals
• Creative Knockouts: Border Time
• Inky Paws: Use Burlap or Twine
• Unicorn Challenge: Use a Sentiment 

Halloween Card with a Cat

A big welcome to the month of October!!! I love making Halloween cards and especially Halloween Cards with a Cat. It may be traditional to use black cats at Halloween but I decided to color this cat as a gray tabby. The image and sentiment are from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set by Newton's Nook. It was stamped with Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers. The coordinating die was used to cut out the image. On the focal area Wilted Violet distress ink was applied with a sponge dauber and then some green grass was added. All papers are from the Not Too Spooky paper pad by Pink & Main. The colors were selected to play along with the Inky Paws color challenge to use: Lime Green, Yellow, Orange and Purple. This is definitely my favorite Halloween color combination! To add a little sparkle three silver sequins were added and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• Cute N Crafty: Fall/Halloween 
• Dragonfly's Journey: Happy Halloween!
• Inky Paws: Colors
• Just Us Girls: Stripes
• Make My Monday: Animals

Another version using the same layout:

Bountiful Owl Cards

This year I didn't make as many Thanksgiving cards as usual. It seems crafty mojo and time were both issues. Last night I realized just how few cards I had, so I quickly made these two Bountiful Owl Cards to get in the mail this morning. The image is one I recently bought from Unity Stamps called Bountiful Owl and it was colored with Copic markers. The stamp set comes with thirteen different sentiments to choose from. With time being a factor I went with simple layouts and paper scraps from the Woodland Forest paper pad by Pebbles. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

This Bountiful Owl Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Cute Card Thursday: Birds/Animals
• Addicted to Stamps: Holiday
• 2 Crafty Critters: Feature a Creature
• The Crafty Addicts: Autumn Colours

CAS Thanksgiving Card

Hello and Happy Friday! It's hard to believe that November has already arrived and Thanksgiving will be here in three weeks. Time really does seem to go faster as each year passes by. Speaking of time, it's time to start a new challenge at Simply Create Too and this month the them is Clean and Simple. This type of card is always a challenge for me... it's the simple part that I have an issue with. For this CAS Thanksgiving Card I left lots of white space but the focal area has several die cuts and three sequins for sparkle. In my world this is a CAS card. What does CAS look like in your world? We would love for you to join us this month! Click HERE for all the challenge details and design team inspiration. Challenge closes on November 24th, 2017.

Card supplies include:

• Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango Cardstock along with wood dsp from the Wood Textures paper stack all by Stampin' Up!.
• Stamps: Pick a Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! and Thanksgiving sentiment by Inkadinkado.
• Inks: Crumb Cake and Pear Pizzazz by Stampin' Up!
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits by Stampin' Up! and sequins.

Challenges entered:

1. CCEE Stampers: Thanksgiving or Thank You
2. Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
3. Crafty Gals Corner: Harvest Colours
4. Pause Dream Enjoy: Thanksgiving

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

Fall Thanks Card

There are numerous reasons to send thank you cards and with Fall quickly arriving I wanted to make a Fall Thanks Card. All supplies used on this card are by Stampin' Up!. The supplies used are a mix of current and retired. Retired supplies include: pumpkin stamp from the retired Fall Fest stamp set, thanks sentiment from Watercolor Wishes, Hello Honey ink pad, candy dots and sequins. Current supplies include: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Early Espresso cardstock, Painted Autumn dsp, Falling Flowers stamp set, May Flowers framelits, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze ink pads and Early Espresso marker. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.


This card is entered into the following challenges:

• SU! Only: Autumn Colors!
• Craftaholics R Us: Pumpkins
• Use Your Stuff: Fall is in the Air

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing all my crafty friends living in the United States a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are blessed with yummy food and the company of family and friends today. My hubby counts down the days until he gets to enjoy his mother's homemade turkey dumplings. I have a hard time picking a favorite, but it's probably the sweet potatoes... although I never pass up a good apple pie! I would love to hear your favorite dish, just leave a comment.

Last week I posted a card using this same image and layout (scroll down or click here) but with different colors. One thing I love to do is change the colors to see the difference. In total I made five of these cards to send to family and friends but they were all different patterned papers and colors. The image is called Pumpkin Bouquet by Taylored Expressions and it was die cut using the coordinating die. It was then layered onto a die cut pierced oval and scalloped frame from Avery Elle. Cardstock colors include: Cajun Craze, Soft Suede and Whisper White by Stampin' Up!. The green patterned paper is from The Paper Studio along with a retired strip of Cajun Craze dsp in the center. Copic markers were used to color the image and the sentiment was stamped with Early Espresso ink. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Many Blessings Card

Happy Tuesday! The last two weeks I was busy sewing and now I find myself behind on making Thanksgiving cards. That is my goal this week... to get as many Thanksgiving cards made as possible. This Many Blessings Card was made using stamps by Taylored Expressions called Pumpkin Bouquet. The image was colored with Copic markers and then die cut with the coordinating Pumpkin Bouquet die. It was then layered onto a die cut pierced oval and scalloped frame from Avery Elle. The damask paper is from the Fall Is In The Air paper pad by Echo Park with a strip of scrap paper down the middle. Since the image is so pretty, I decided not to add any embellishments and just left it simple. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Many Blessings Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Card in Envy: Just Pumpkins
• Simon Says Stamp: Thanks/Thanksgiving
• Sunny Day Crafting: Anything Goes
• Fashionable Stamping: 'Tis the Season' Autumn or Winter

Feather Nap Fall Card

Happy Tuesday! Today is the start of a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and the theme is Fall Feathers. Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Sami Stamps and they generously provided the design team with our choice of image. Since I love cats, I selected the Feather Nap image. The design team has created some fantastic inspiration and we would love for you to play along with the challenge this week. Click here for all the details and you have until mid-day on Monday, Oct. 3rd to link your creation. Hope to see your card in the gallery!

Supplies for this Feather Nap Fall Card include:

• Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso and Pumpkin Pie cardstock by Stampin' Up!, along with patterned paper from Doodlebug Designs Flea Market paper pad. 
• Stamps: Feather Naps digital image by Sami Stamps, pumpkins from Graphic 45/Hampton Art and Hello Fall sentiment from Simon Says Stamp exclusive Hello Fall stamp set by Newton's Nook. 
• Inks & Coloring: Memento black ink and Copic markers.
• Other Stuff: Photo frame die by Stamps of Life, grass punch by Fiskars and dimensionals.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

• Cards in Envy: Goodbye Summer, Hello FALL!
• Crafty Boots: Autumn is in the Air
• Show Us Your Pussies: Anything with a Cat Goes
• Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
• Sunny Day Crafting: Anything Goes

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

Sunflowers Hello Fall Card

This time of year in Oklahoma you can see sunflowers in the fields as you're driving by. I think they are happy flowers and I've always wanted to plant some in my backyard, but alas I never have. Maybe next year!

The image on this Sunflowers Hello Fall Card is by Bugaboo Digi Stamps and it's called Autumn Owl. Copic markers were used to color the image and then it was die cut with a circle stitched die by My Favorite Things. The sunflower patterned paper is from the new Flea Market paper pad by Doodlebug Designs and the brown dot is from Bo Bunny's Enchanted Harvest collection. A scrap piece of striped Pumpkin Pie paper was added for additional color. Since I added a pop of blue on the flower vase I decided to add some denim blue twine from The Twinery. The Hello Fall sentiment is from the retired For All Things stamp set by Stampin' Up! and three pumpkin colored sequins were added for sparkle. That's it!

This Sunflowers Hello Fall Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Cards in Envy: Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall!
• Crafty Cardmakers: Autumn
• Make My Monday: Autumn (Fall) Colours
• Love to Scrap: Anything Goes
• Sunny Day Crafting: Anything Goes

Same supplies different layout:

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

Purple Brentwood Halloween Card

Happy Sunday! Yesterday was the launch of a new stamp set at Jessica Lynn Original called Trick or Treat in the Pumpkin Patch and the design team had a lot of fun creating inspiration for the launch. I was inspired by several creations with Brentwood in different colors. So, I decided to "dress" Brentwood in a purple feather Halloween costume. I'm so used to coloring him in gray or brown tones it was nice to break the routine and try something different.

To make this Purple Brentwood Halloween Card I used the sketch at Sketch Saturday. All patterned papers are from Doodlebug Designs and the image was colored with Copic markers. The smaller front pumpkin was stamped twice, fussy-cut and adhered with dimensionals. To add a little more "spook" the spider and web from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set by Newton's Nook was stamped in the corner. The sentiment was added along with two glimmer dot stickers by Jolee's and that was it. Thanks for stopping by!

This Purple Brentwood Halloween Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch #430
• Crafty Awesomeness: Hand Colored Image
• Open-Minded Crafting: Halloween/Dress Up
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Anything Goes

Birdie Thankful Card

This evening I searched through my digital stamps and found this Pumpkin Birdie image by Doodle Pantry. I love the rich colors in this pre-colored image. I printed the image and sentiment on Very Vanilla cardstock and then decided a woodgrain background would give it a nice rustic feel. To add texture to the card I added some burlap with a brown twine accent. The final touch were the punched leaves and this Birdie Thankful Card was done. Thanks for stopping by!

My Birdie Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Doodle Pantry: Use Digital Image
• Alphabet Challenge: T for Twine
• Digi Haven: Fall
• QKR Stampede: Anything Goes/Harvest
• Card Makin' Mamas: Thankful Tidings
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Things with Wings 

Pumpkin Photo Inspiration Challenge

Welcome back to another photo inspiration challenge. I took this photo at a local garden center called Under the Sun. The pumpkins, mums, and pansies are arranged on a few bales of straw. The sky was nice and blue the day I took the photo.  You can use this photo for color or object inspiration and we hope you will play along in the challenge. We can't wait to see your creations.

 

We have a guest designer, Dora, providing you with some extra inspiration for this challenge. Her blog is called Especially For You Cards and she was the winner of our Monkey Business theme challenge last month.

Inspirational Card Designs:

 

Dora's Card

 

Erin's Card

 

Andrea's Card

 

 

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!

Entries not meeting the challenge theme and guidelines will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

 

Challenge Prize, Reason to Smile stamp set and 6 x 6 papers.

 

 The challenge will run for 12 days, 11/8/2013 - 11/19/2013.



Halloween Photo Inspiration Challenge

Halloween is only twenty days away! If you're needing some different inspiration to inspire your creative juices, I may have just what your looking for. This week I went searching for something unique and I found this fun hand painted Jack-O-Lantern at a local garden center called Under the Sun. Immediately I knew it would make for an interesting challenge. There are so many different ways to get inspired from this photo and I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!

For my card I chose to use patterned paper for my Jack-O-Lanterns. I used paper from American Crafts and Stampin' Up!. The outline of the pumpkins were heat embossed and then I stamped the faces using Jet Black StazOn ink. The stamp set is by Hampton Art and the Happy Halloween borders are by My Mind's Eye. It was a lot of fun to create this card and I hope it inspires you to play along.

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!



Challenge Prize

The challenge will run for 12 days, 10/11/2013 - 10/22/2013.

Halloween Happiness Sneak Peek

Hello! I hope you are enjoying your day. Yesterday afternoon UPS delivered a box of Stampin' Up! goodies and I couldn't wait to dig in. The first thing I wanted to ink up was the Halloween Happiness stamp and cut into the new Witches' Brew Designer Series Paper. Both will be available beginning August 1st in the new Holiday Happiness Catalog.

To create this Halloween Happiness Card I used the sketch from the A.R.T. Card Challenge . The colors in this card are Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla. To ink up the stamp I masked the leaves and sentiment while I used my classic stampin' pad in Pumpkin Pie. Then I removed the tape and used stampin' write markers in Basic Black and Summer Starfruit. The final touch was the addition of pumpkin pie candy dots. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

My Halloween Happiness Card is entered into the following challenges:

• A.R.T. Card: Sketch
• Rhedd and Rosie: Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes

All supplies by Stampin' Up!.

 

Falling for Fall Challenge

Good morning! Are you ready for another challenge? This weeks theme at Created With Love Challenges is Falling for Fall. Our sponsor is Shelly's Images and they provided the beautiful Pumpkins digital stamp featured on my card. I coloured the image with a mix of Copic and Stampin' Write markers. The sentiment was heat embossed and the woodgrain embossed panel was sanded to enhance the texture. For the final details I used a decorative corner punch on the image panel, added a brown glitter leaf brad, and adhered the image panel with stampin' dimensionals. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a FABulous day!

Falling for Fall Challenge Card Supplies:

• Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, pumpkin pie, and sandable Early Espresso card stock by Stampin' Up! and Samantha Walker patterned paper by Creative Imaginations.
• Stamps: Pumpkins digital stamp by Shelly's Images, and Autumn Greetings sentiment stamp by Inkadinkado (98549).
• Inks & Colouring: Copic and Stampin' Write markers, and Early Espresso embossing powder by Stampin' Up!
• Other Stuff: Corner punch by Creative Memories, Woodgrain embossing folder by Stampin' Up!, leaf brad from Harvest seasonal collection at Hobby Lobby, and stampin' dimensionals.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

1. Make It Monday: Anything Goes
2. The Squirrel and The Fox: Anything Goes

Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card

Hello! I hope your Saturday is wonderful. It's very windy today in the Tulsa, OK area. A great day to stay inside and work on handmade Thanksgiving cards. This Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card was made to be easy to recreate. I have procrastinated and have only made six Thanksgiving cards and I need sixteen. So, I wanted a card that I didn't have to spend a lot of time on and it still looked nice. I purchased the colored pumpkin pie digi stamp from Meljen's Designs to make this a quick and easy card. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card Supplies:

• Paper: Shimmer brown folded card by Recollections, Thanksgiving Words and Green Country Crackle patterned papers by The Paper Studio, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, and More Mustard card stock by Stampin' Up!
• Stamps: Pumpkin Pie Color digital stamp by Meljen's Designs and Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin' Up!
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in Soft Suede.
• Other Stuff: Computer, printer, corner punch, word window punch, modern label punch, brown rhinestones, and stampin' dimensionals.

This Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card is linked to the following challenges:

1. Card Makin Mamas: Thanksgiving / Thank You
2. Lady Anne's: Use a Sentiment
3. DL.ART: Thanksgiving
4. Make It Monday: Anything Goes

Thankful Card

Good afternoon! I've spent the morning doing a little laundry and creating this Thankful Card for the Mojo Monday and The Pink Elephant challenges. I used Bo Bunny patterned paper and stamps from the Apple Cider collection. The stamped images are heat embossed and then fussy cut. The colors of card stock used is by Stampin' Up!, early espresso, cajun craze, very vanilla, old olive and more mustard. I really love the beautiful Autumn colors in the Apple Cider collection.

If you're not in the Autumn mood yet, check out the photo of some pumpkin oatmeal muffins I made yesterday and pretend you can smell the cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Mmmm!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog and enjoy your day!