Happy Fall, Y'all !

2nd Post today. I enjoy making fall cards so I am back with another one with an apple tree.  Don't you think of apples with fall...smell of apple pie baking, warm apple cider?  l'll be entering this at Joan's Gardens Challenge to

Include Leaves on your card

Fall colors

Tree and/or bird

You must use a product sold at Joan's Gardens.

I printed a digi from my files from Birdie Brown on white cardstock and colored the tree with Copics and the leaves and apples with pencils and OMS. I stamped the SU Sentiment with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink and added green with Memento Bamboo Leaves Marker. The bird that landed in the tree was cut with a Marianne Die from a scrap of red cardstock. I glued the image to a mat of textured green cardstock and a base card of Pumpkin cardstock.  My leaf embellishment of Green Vellum paper was made with a PSX Maple leaf stamp  using SU reinkers as shown in my earlier post today.

Products used available at Joan's Gardens are Marianne Die, E60000 Spray Adhesive, Vellum Grafix Pad, and Memento Ink Pads.  www.atjoansgardens.com

 

Other Challenges:
613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes with a twist "Happy Fall Y'all".  First time to enter here.

Cute Card Thursday: Hip to be square.

 

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Fall Colors Are Showing

 For the Timeless Tuesday Challenge, we are asked to be inspired by the photo on the left  for our creation. I have taken inspiration from the pots of flowers and the pumpkins on display for a fall card. I stamped the Mums from Flourishes "A Year In Flowers" with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with copics and cut them out. I stamped a GKD stamp (Buds & Vases) of a pot in Memento Potter's Clay and colored with Copics....tried to give the "terra cotta" pot an aged look. The pumpkin stamp from Stampin Up was stamped 3 times with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored also with Copics and cut out. I placed an embossed mat of SU Green PP on the card base of GKD Pumpkin Spice CS. Arranged my cut out elements using pop up dots to give dimension to the flowers and pumpkins. Added sentiment from SU stamped in Potter's Clay ink and cut with Nesties Die. Finished with orange Dew Drops.
Challenges:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #138: Use photo inspiration.
WHAT IF? Wednesday: Sketch #0511
Cooking It Up With Katie: Recipe-Make it Fun, Make it Fabulous, and add your own "F Word!".My F words are Fall and Flowers. My fun was coloring the terra clay pot and the look I achieved.  You have to decide if it is fabulous.
Paperplay: Autumnal Colors

Fall colors are really showing on the trees today.
Make sure to stop and enjoy the color display.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Prayers and Wishes for a Cure

 I combined 3 challenges to create this card as a reminder that we wish and pray  for a cure for breast cancer. I am using a Sassy Cheryl digi image "Simple Prayer" that I colored with Copics and used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Challenge. The card base is cut from Pink CS with Nesties Lacey Circle die and layered with a circle of Lace PP by Teresa Collins. This was topped with the image layered on Pink CS and trimmed with Pearls, Ribbon, and a Prima Rose. Sentiment was stamped in Memento Rose Bud ink with Stampin Up.

Challenges:Tuesday Morning Sketch: Use Sketch #114 and add Pink to your card and only combine with a maximum of two other challenges.
Sassy Cheryl Challenge:  Thinking Pink.
Party Time Tuesday: Show us your shapes and /orBreast Cancer Awareness.



I gave a twist to the sketch so my image would be vertical.
I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Autumn Birthday Card

My DH's birthday is on October 14th, so this card is for him. Thought I add a calendar to the card so he'll remember the date. LOL. This is an inside joke that he will understand. I used a copy of a calendar that I had made and reduced the size to fit the card. Added some fall leaves stamped with some old Hero Arts stamps on Copper CS squares...embossed with Zing Chestnut EP. I used a base of Bronze Metallic CS with a mat of a pattern paper that I have been saving for years....just too pretty to cut, but thought the metallic look and design of leaves was perfect for this card. Added a mat of  Copper CS to the calendar and highlighted the date with the same CS. Sentiment is an old SU Birthday stamp also embossed in Chestnut. Like this card for an Autumn Birthday.

Challenges:
Card Positioning Systems: Sketch 237

Our Creative Corner:  Include number or numbers on your project.

Paper Sundaes Challenges: Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays: Anything Goes

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Black and White Plus One

Simplicity's One Layer Challenge this week is to make a black and white card with just a single spot of color.  Just keep the spot of color rather smallish, so it stands out all the more! This bear stamp was sitting on my counter and said "Use me!" So that I did. Stamped in black ink on folded white card. Colored in the balloon with red copic and added Glossy Accent ....can you see in the photo?  Added the birthday sentiment and I am done.
Other Challenge:
For Fun Challenges:  Color challenge-use black and white plus one other color.

Stamps: SU "Birthday Bears" and GKD "Candles on the Cake"
Ink: Memento Black Tuxedo
Paper: GKD PL White
Copics


Have a happy day!

Celebrate Fall Colors

Today feels very fall like with temps in the 50's this morning.. Summer has gone by so quickly and winter is not far away so it is time to enjoy the beauty of fall .  I  used these fall stamps from Mark's Finest Papers to create a card for the coming season. Stamped the large mum and colored with copics and sponged with yellow after cutting with a die. Stamped the pot of mums and colored in the same way but cut out to mount on the brown mat embossed with Cuttlebug. Also embossed the red mat that I placed under the larger mum. Assembled the card adding 5 leaves and sentiment to complete. Followed the sketch shown on the right.

Challenges to enter:

Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge: Use 5 of something on project.

Stamp TV Color Challenge: Use Kraft, Red, Yellow, Brown, and One Neutral color(optional).

Tuesday Throwdown: Celebrate Fall

Critter Sketch Challenge: Sketch By Melanie
PaperPlay Challenges:  Autumn is coming.

Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers "Thankful Mums and Pumpkins"

             SU Sentiment "Happy Fall"

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and  Rich Cocoa

        SU So Saffron

Copics: Y11,13,17,26  YG 95, R22,24,29

Nesties

Cuttlebug: EF Swiss Dots, Diamonds

Good Luck Card in Brown, Kraft, Ivory

 Yesterday I made 3 cards for Gina K's May Release party challenges. This was made for Theresa's Sketch challenge.(Shown below right)
Stamped Cattails on oval cut with nesties and sponged edges. Used Ivory CS as base and dry embossed brown and kraft mats for texture. Added some eyelets for more masculine feel. Assembled and finished with sentiment on oval cut with nesties.
Other challenges entering:
Stamping 411 Color Challenge: Use Chocolate Chip, Kraft, and Very Vanilla (a neutral).

Cards for Men: Make Good Luck Card
Just Us Girls: Use dry embossing.

Stamp: GKD "Life is Good" by Theresa
            SU "Good Luck"
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip
Card stock: GKD PL Chocolate Brown, Ivory
                   Kraft from Stash
Cuttlebug EF Argyle and Herringbone

Thanks for stopping by.
Theresa