Spooky

This card is the closest I come to Halloween.  We don't, and never have celebrated that day.  Instead, we focus on Autumn and Harvest.  I do love pumpkins and my daughter loves owls.  I will have to find a reason to give this to her.  This is such a CUTE (free) image of pumpkins and owl by Faith at Designed2Delight.  I am so happy her monthly challenge is back.

The sketch is CPS 284

I colored the image with Prisma Pencils.  The night sky is SU Vintage Violet that I rubbed onto the white cardstock.  Leaves and "Harvest" are stickers.  The border around the main image and around the DP is made with strips of stickers from an OLD SU scrapbook kit.

Challenges:
CPS
Designed2Delight - use monthly image
Crafty Friends - Halloween

Up, Up and Away in My Beautiful Balloon

Wow!  That is reaching back into the archives.  1967 to be exact.

What fun it was to color this and then add the bling and dimensional flowers by Kurio.
I've had pieces of this DP for a long time.  It came in a pack and I have loved using it.
The stamp set, Adventurous,  is an ittybitty by Unity.
Sketch is : Viva la Verve Challenge

Challenges:
Unity Friends with Flair 
Love to Create -  anything
Simon Says -  anything
StampTV -  transportation
Stamptacular Sunday -  bling

Dream But Remember

  There are a lot of you, who like me, hate to use your beautiful designer papers, especially if they are double sided.  The Lost and Found pad by My Mind's Eye torments me.  So I took the plunge and used several sheets.  Yes,(gasp) using adhesive on one of the fabulous sides.  When I started this card, my plan was to use all paper, no stamping.  But I love the sentiment in the Ippity set Now and Always so I did end up stamping that. It is important to dream but not to the point of not living in the present and paying attention to what is important and memorable right now.

  I tried to keep the newsprint theme of the papers.  Should I let you in on a booboo?  I glued the black paper ribbon on the wrong side!  But it turned out okay anyway. I am glad I decided to use paper instead of ribbon.

Here is the sketch I used:

Hope you like my card.  I am trying out for a DT position so would love to know what you think.  And I would love to hear about your paper phobias. LOL

Challenges;
Sweet Stop - sketch
Love to Create - anything
Stamp and Create - anything
Party Time Tuesday - anything
Simon Says - anything
Wags n Whiskers - circles
Great Impressions - sentiment

It's Official

Yes, it's officially Fall as of today (and it feels like it).  So how about a second post for the day with another Fall card?   You know me and my love for Autumn.  I have to take advantage of the situation.  Besides,  I have made so many cards the last few days with the Fall theme, with so many cute and beautiful images, I want to share them with you.

Here is another card made with this cute scarecrow by Laurie Wilson, Doodle Pantry.  Just had to use him again because he is just soooo cute.  I used a colored version but then added some Prismas Pencil to change some of the colors a bit.  By the way, jump over to Doodle Pantry Blog and play in the challenge.  But hurry because there are only 2 days left to enter.
The sketch is CPS  283



I had fun with this sketch by using the fence die cut, the grass die cut, and by doing some fussy cuts.
Fence is by Verve and grass is by Your Next Stamp  

Challenges:
Stampin Sisters in Christ - fall, harvest
Ribbon Carousel - fall
Party Time Tuesday - 3 fall colors
Di's Digi - more than one die cut
Your Next Stamp - anything
Really Reasonable Ribbon - autumn
          

Can't Keep UP

Am I getting slower?  Am I losing my concentration?   Am I not paying attention to details?  Is my MoJo on vacation?  Maybe all of the above, but it seems as if I am playing catch up, especially with challenges.  I finish a card just to find out that I missed a challenge or more by a day, or worse yet by a few hours.  Oh, well.  Maybe this is good therapy for my challenge addiction!!  LOL
So, this card is a CASE of Lois Bak and I was going to enter it for a Speedy TV challenge.  But you guessed it - I was too late.   I love Lois' card and I love how mine turned out too.

Mine:

Here is Lois' card

For my card, I used a stamp set "Signs of Autumn" by Gina K Designs.
I was planning on putting three brads of three different colors in the lower left of the front panel but because I have not cleaned my desk for awhile, I ended up with a speck of ink right where the red brad is now.
(I am determined to clean off my desk of all clutter and wash the top of my work surface tonight.)
I used the pillow top technique for my BG paper but will use more ink next time  like Lois did. 

These are the challenges that I am still in time for (smile):
Stampin Sisters in Christ - harvest or fall
Stamptacular Sunday - clean but elegant
Kraft Journal - lavishly layer
Ribbon Carousel - fall
Really Reasonable Ribbon - autumn
Clearly i Stamp - fall
Stamp an Create - anything

Harvest Blessings

We had so much rain this spring which resulted in my pumpkins seeds rotting after I planted them.  I planted a second time but too late.  So I am disappointed not to have any pumpkins this Fall but I do have lots of corn stalks for decorating.  And still eating corn, yellow neck squash, and ......
This pre-colored digital image and sentiment are by Doodle Pantry.  Just a great image depicting harvest.  This is part of the mid- month release.

Sketch is at Sweet Stop

Originally I was going to make the card with the diagonal part folding but decided to make it a panel - so much better for the cards I send to OWH; easier to insert into an envelop and more space for writing on the inside.
Buff Ivory cardstock - Kraft Outlet
Tobacco seam binding ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon


Challenges:
Stampin Sisters in Christ - harvest
Pile it On - stitching
Kraft Journal - layers
Ribbon Carousel - fall into fall
Really Reasonable Ribbon - autumn
Party Time Tuesday - 3 specified colors
Chocolate, Coffee, Cards - down on the farm
Speedy TV - Autumn and sentiment
Word Art

Leaves Are Falling

I love Autumn.  Are you getting tired of me saying that?  Sorry.  But I just love all the colors, smells, and our nice warm temperatures.  Did you ever jump in piles of leaves when you were a kid.  So much fun !  We had a huge maple tree near our house when my kids were growing up.  Every fall they spent hours raking the leaves in a pile and jumping in. 
I also love this sentiment.  If we break our lives into seasons, I am in the Autumn.  And I can attest to this statement that God is good all the time.  Even when I go through tough times, He is still good and has my best interest in mind.  Psalm 34 verse 8 says " Oh, put God to the test and see how kind He is!  See for yourself the way His mercies shower down (my note: like Autumn leaves) on all who trust Him."

This is a sketch at Stamp TV.  The tree and sentiment are GKD stamps.  All the leaves, except for the metal one, are punched out and layered on to of each other.  DP is a scrap.  I backed the sentiment piece and the DP piece with yummy brown kraft card stock from Kraft Outlet.

Challenges:
Great Impressions - sentiment
Stampin Sisters in Christ - fall
Clearly i Stamp - leaves
Kraft Journal - layers
Word Art Wednesday
Stamp and Create - anything