Time Again to Pick Three

It is time to pick three at the Kraft Journal.  What are the choices?  Patterned paper, embossing, purple, leaves, tag, glitter, ribbon, die cut.

Warm Brown Kraft cardstock is so perfect for Autumn cards so that is the base and the creamy Buff Ivory Text paper (also comes in cardstock) is the next layer.  The pre-colored digital image which is already bordered with a rust border is by Diane's Daydream Designs.  The pumpkins are cut with Spellbinder dies, the vine and leaves are cut with a Cherry Lynn die.  The beautiful orange ribbon is Stampin Up which is so nice and thick -  a strip of Scoretape secures it to the front beautifully.
So do you feel challenged to pick three from the list at the Kraft Journal?  We would love to see your entries.
 Sketch:

Challenges:
Paper Takes - things with wings
Tuesday Throwdown - anything
Inspiration Destination - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything
My Favorite Thing - sketch
Crafty Creations - out on a limb
Di's Digis - Fall colors
Cuttlebug Mania - anything 
Simon Says Work It Wednesday - Fall
DLArt - anything
Crop Stop - anything

6 X 6 Scripture Piece

My Silhouette has not seen much use lately and I have quite a few Silhouette files that I have never used.  It was time to remedy that.
I'm not sure what to call these 6 X 6 pieces that I make.  I place them on a small wooden easel on my dining room hutch.   The Scripture is a digital download from Word Art Wednesday (who BTW is celebrating their 200th challenge this week)

The ballet slippers are a digital image by Diane's Daydream Design.
The circle and the borders are Silhouette cutting files.  They are two separate files but have the same design.  I usually use Spellbinder dies and Di-namics for circles but I like this shape and the matching border so will be using it again.
MFT sketch for this week:

Challenges:
MFT - sketch
Tuesday Throwdown - anything
Inspiration Destination - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Sweet Stamps- anything
Sweet Stampin - music
NBUS - anything NBUS
Stamploration - music
CASual Chic - music
DLArt - anything 

My Own Scratch Pad

Here is the other note pad I made.  You can go back to the previous post for more details on the making.

Again I used digital images, placing the hen and chicks over the wire.  The wire and chickens are both by Diane's Daydream Designs.  Sentiment is my own.

I bet I've had these printing papers a dozen years.  So great to use them up in something fun and cute.

Challenges:
Crafty Creations - out on a limb (bird)
Di's Digis - sentiment
Sweet Stamps - anything
Paper Takes - things with wings
Tuesday Throwdown - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything 
DLArt - anything
Inspiration Destination - anything

Made It Myself

One thing I tried lately and had fun doing is making note pads/ scratch pads.  I made a couple and my granddaughters thought they were so fun, I helped them make some too for school.
 I have a ton of old paper for printing that I cut up into fourths.  The padding compound (mine is from the Kraft Outlet) is easy to use - just brush on a few layers.  While it dried, I made the cover.  The musical page is a digital image that I reduced to the correct size.  "Just a note" is super imposed onto the page before printing. It measures 4 1/4" X 5 1/4
 

The black cardstock is cut 4 1/4 X 7 1/2 which gives a flap that can be glued onto the chipboard back.

Here is a side view and an inside view.

I showed this (and the other one I made) to my hubby and he immediately claimed this one as his own!
It really is a great size to keep on the desk next to the computer.
Great way to use up all the printing paper that I will never use in the printer.

Challenges:
Stamplorations - music theme
CASual Fridays - music
Sweet Stamps - anything
V's Sweet Ideas - new technique
Tuesday Throwdown - anything
Sweet Stampin - musical
Inspiration Destination - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything

Book Worm

Autumn = school.  School = books.  Thankfully most of my grandchildren are book worms.

While working on the back to school cards for my grandchildren, I ran across this digital image (printed and saved) which has been in my "to do" stash for ages.  Literally.  With the Kraft Journal Challenge of Autumn in mind, I colored it with earth colors (Copics) and added some fussy cut leaves from old scrapbook kit pieces.  All the colors of the  Baker's Twine are found at the Kraft Outlet and the card base is Brown Kraft, also found at the Outlet.
The image is cut out with MFT Rectangle Stax.  The corners are stickers. Sentiment is cut with a Spellbinder die.
Do you love Autumn?  I do.  It is my favorite season.  We would love to see some of your Autumn theme cards show up at the Kraft Journal.  This challenge starts today, Sept 7 and ends Sept 13.

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - school days
Simon Wednesday - make it colorful
Penny's Paper Crafty - use a sentiment
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Inspiration Destination - anything
Dies R Us - back to school
Time Out - use a marker
Cuttlebug Mania - anything
Sweet Stamps - anything
Simon Says Work it Wednesday - Fall
Paper Sweeties - Photo inspiration 
Stamping Boutique - back to school

In the Pink

Since the wind storm that hit last Saturday, it has been raining and the temps have dropped from 80 to 60.  Now I am in long pants, sweatshirt, sox, and have even turned on the wallboard heater in my craft room.  Crazy. So is our summer gone?  Will we get an Indian summer after this week?  I sure hope so. Even though Fall is my favorite time of year, I'm not ready to give up summer.
So many of our flowers were destroyed in the storm (up to 60 mph winds).  All the dahlia plants are broken and the gladiolas are on the ground.  I sure wasn't ready to say goodbye to all those pinks and purples.  That is probably why I took on some of the pink challenges for this card.

I used #272 sketch at Sketch Saturday

The flower is a Hero Arts digital image from the Poetic Petals Printables set and is colored with Copics.
This card gave me the opportunity to us my new Spellbinders Happy Birthday Garland Die D Lites. Thank goodness for my Silhouette Pick Me Up tool.  Those little hearts are TINY!
Also used is a circle from the Dienamics Circle Stax, a Spellbinder Scalloped Circle, and a Cuttlebug embossing folder, all cut and embossed with my Cuttlebug. 

Challenges:
Classy Cards - celebrate and photo inspiration
Stamplorations Case - cased Kim Makortoff's card with circle, poppies, and embossing
Simon Monday - 3 colors: pink, green, yellow
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Simon Wednesday - make it colorful
Time Out - use a marker
Uniko - summer and photo inspiration
Crop Stop - anything
Sweet Stamps - anything

Back to School with Bugaboo

How fun is this image by Bugaboo?  This card is one of the many back to school cards I made for my grandchildren and with so many to make (10), this simple sketch at Die Cut Diva's was perfect.

This month the Die Cut Diva's Challenge has two wonderful sponsors, Bugaboo and One Happy Cut.
The die that I used to cut out the image was a Curved Rectangle by Spellbinder.  I traced the same die onto the red cardstock and cut it free hand so I could back the image cut.  The background lined paper is from a stack of school themed patterned paper. 
Check out our challenge and then play!

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Simon Wednesday - anything
Stamping Boutique - back to school
Dies R Us - back to school
Cuttlebug Mania - anything
Di's Digidesign - sentiment
Craftin Desert Divas - for a kid
Paper Sweeties - photo inspiration
Terrific Tuesday Scrapping Moms - back to school