Autumn themed thinking of you

Hello. Playing in the Addicted to CAS challenge #207, which is Autumn.

Pumpkin and crow stamps are from Plum Purdy (they don't make stamps any more). I stamped the pumpkin in Honey Bee intense black ink (loving this ink) so that I could color it using Copic's. The small crow was stamped in versafine clair ink, then heat embossed so that I could fussy cut him out. I did pop him up for dimension on the card. The thinking of you sentiment is from Altenew.

Neenah cardstock used as the base and it's top folding. In hindsight, I think I should have embossed the pumpkin image as well so that the crow stood out more. 

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Rustic holiday card

Hello.  Today I'm sharing a holiday card from my stash before it gets mailed out.

I went a little out of the box with the color combo on this one.

Tree stamp is from Plum Purdy. I colored it with Copic's and decided to tilt it a bit on the corrugated packing material that I saved. I did peel a bit off the top right hand corner to distress it a bit. Tied some twine around it carefully, as you can see the top right is a bit thin and wanted to bend a bit.

The white cardstock is stamped using the old Sanded back ground stamp from SU!

Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

That's it for today. Off to clean up the craft room. Thanks for stopping by.

Fall birthday card

Hi everyone! Here is a card I put together following the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players. This also works for the Friday Mashup! and Sugarpea Designs falling for you challenge. Whew!

Pumpkin/crow stamp is from Plum Purdy and colored with Copic's. I did heat set this with clear embossing powder prior to coloring.

Black and white gingham designer paper is from A*Muse Studio. I also paired it with the stitched scalloped border die from Pretty Pink Posh.

I made the frame using larger sizes of rectangle nesties so that it would just a bit different. I started with a white one and switched to black as it stood out more and framed the main image well.

Button from American Crafts and paired it with some waxed twine tied into a triple bow. All cardstock is from PTI.

 That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by!

Ho Ho Ho

Happy Monday! Here is what I did with the sketch from this weeks Sunday Stamps challenge.

This is a digi stamp from Sassy Cheryl and colored with Copic's. I used X-press it blending cardstock to print this cute little Santa up. I just love his "wink" and how flirty he is. I cute him out using the stitched die from Lil' Inkers Designs.

Red polka dot paper is from Bazzill Basics. White enamel dots are from Queen & Co. and the Ho Ho Ho sentiment is from Plum Purdy. 

Well, that is it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Santa in sleigh

Hi everyone! It's one layer time over at Less is More and the theme this time around is snow!

The Santa in the sleigh stamp comes from Plum Purdy and is colored with Copic's.

I used my snow stencil that I just got from Simon Says Stamp to layer on some molding paste for the snow. I also dusted it with glitter while it was still wet to add some sparkle.

Off to get my Christmas tree once my DH gets his act together. He's been goofing off on FB instead of paying bills and it has put us behind about two hours. I just should have left his rear end and home and did it myself! Ugh, men!!! Thanks for stopping by!

Tree in burlap

Hey everyone! I'd stamped up a few of these tree's up and had them colored and ready to be make into cards, when I saw this weeks Freshly Made Sketch.

I just had to tweak the sketch a bit to make it work!

The little tree stamp is from Plum Purdy that I've had in my Christmas stamp stash for a while now. I sure wish that she would make more of her paintings into stamps. They are sooo cute.

I stamped it in Versafine ink and heat embossed it using clear embossing powder so that I could color the sack. In my mind it's burlap and used E31, E35 and E37 Copic's to color. Added a bit of clear wink of Stella glitter to the star that I colored using Y21. 

Black scrappers floss used to tie the bow. The bottom scallop was cut out using the smallest die from Lifestyle crafts on a canvas like material. Then using E37, I colored it to match the bag. The embossing folder is from Taylored Expressions aptly named burlap. Sentiment is from PTI and was stamped prior to running the kraft cardstock through the cuttlebug. I can't believe how well it lined up on the first try!

Well, that is it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Just because

Greetings all! I made this card last week using a sketch I liked (not sure who's it is now) and forgot all about it.

The image is from Plum Purdy and stamped in Versafine - then clear embossed so that I could color it with Copics.

The flower is felt and I had to air brush it to match all the elements on the card. The button is a die from PTI that drives me batty! It doesn't have any punch holes to get it out of the die once you cut it. I tried using washi tape, tape, etc. to get it out and finally had to dig it out with my piercing tool. Grrr! Do you have any dies that are frustrating to you? What do you do to get around it?

Designer paper is from DCWV - The pumpkin patch! I just love this 6x6 pad of dp! Sentiment is from Verve. Black rhinestones are from Kaisercraft.

Thanks for stopping by!

Fall pumpkins

Hello everyone! I've been so busy the last couple of days and time just flew by! Here's my card for the CASology pumpkin challenge!

Stamp is from Yvonne Albritton and colored with Copics. The little crow is from Plum Purdy, I stamped it in black, colored it's beak and fussy cut it out. Then I popped it up with a tiny piece of foam tape.

I layered it with orange cardstock and then attached it to a dark brown card base. 

Copic's used:
G21,24,28,YG67
E30,33,35,37
C1,5
YR21,24,23,15,04,07

Thanks for stopping by!  

Another fall card

Hi everyone! Here's another fall card using stamps from Plum Purdy.

Using Memento ink, I stamped the image onto stampers select white cardstock then colored with Copic markers. I added some shadow under the pumpkin but not sure if I like the out come.

The tangerine colored paper in the back ground comes from a free paper pack I got Cornish Heritage Farms before they went out of business. Black polka dot paper is from PTI.

The satin bow started it's life out as white and I used a Copic marker in honey to color it. Love how it came out!

I linked to plum purdy in my sunflower trio post, so if you haven't checked out her stamps, please do. I bought the clear ones and they are great! My only wish is that she would add to her collection and come up with some new ones!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunflower trio

Hello everyone! Playing around with some fall stamps and this is what materialized.

Stamps are from Plum Purdy and colored with Copic markers. I decided to dust off that notch corner punch and punch all the corners of the yellow and black cardstock. I did some paper piercing to add some interest since I decided not to clutter this one up with ribbon.

What do you think? CAS enough?

Thanks for stopping by!





Supplies:
Black and white cardstock - PTI
Yellow cs - Bazzill
Stamps - Plum Purdy

Tree in a sack

This card was made for the ways to use it challenge over on SCS. The challenge was all about dimension or basically to pop it up! Here's what I created....

This cute stamp is from Plum Purdy, stamped in Memento ink and colored with Copic's. I used a yellow stardust pen to color the star.

A long rectangle nestie was used to cut out the image and then I used two strips of foam tape on top of each other to pop it up. Kraft and black card stock used along with the designer paper from Making Memories.

I decided to tie a piece of string to the top to go along with the tie on the sack. I used a single strand of DMC floss and I have to tell you it was harder than heck to get that bow tied! I ended up using some glue stick to get it placed where I wanted it.

It turned out to be a CAS card that has some character to it! I hope that you have a Happy Holiday Season with family and friends!

Mr. Willie

Greetings! Here's my card for the sketch challenge over at SCS this week!

Mr. Willie the snowman is from Plum Purdy. I stamped him in Memento and colored with Copics. Added some sparkly glitter for the snowballs and snow on his hat! Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink - Signature Christmas.

Designer paper is from K&Company. I was really disappointed in how dark this picture turned out! I bought a new OTT light bulb about a month ago and it burned out last night. I surely did not get my return on investment for that darn bulb! If I had the receipt, I would be heading back to Joann's to return it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Crow Country

Hi everyone!

I played along in the inspiration challenge over at SCS yesterday. The site that you were to visit to be inspired by is The Country Porch. There are some very nice things at this site and a lot to inspire you!

Here's what I chose to make a card around. It's these Curtains in the top left hand corner and you'll see the crow that's right under it that also caught my eye.


The designer paper is from Paper Pizazz called Stripes, Checks and Dots. I took a chipboard button and covered it with the same dp. The star is cut from a Sizzix die and colored with a Copic marker and then dots were added using a white gel pen. Added some black pine branch punches to go with the vine and popped it up on the card. I used hemp twine to make the bow on the button.

The crow stamp is from Plum Purdy and the vine is from SU. I have no idea what set it came from as I purchased the individual stamp off of Ebay years ago.

Nestabilities used to cut out the label and the long rectangle.

I had a lot of fun going country when making this card. It's almost CAS but with the dimensionals on the lower left side I think it makes it stand out a bit. What do you think?

Happy Fall

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! It rained here but it was needed, so I ended up doing house work and creating in the studio.

Here's a card I posted for the CAS challenge over at SCS last Monday. The challenge was to use polka dots.

The stamp is from Plum Purdy and is colored with Copic Markers. The sentiment is from Stampendous. I added a bit of scrappers floss (colored with Copic's) to the knot in the satin ribbon.

Spellbinders nestabilities in square and the tag were used to cut out the main stamped image and the sentiment. A black brad helps keep the tags together.

All cardstock and the polka dot paper are from Papertrey Ink.

I also did a bit of stamping and coloring on the inside of this card.
What do you think?

You can find Plum Purdy by Renee Mullins here! I wish she would take some of her new designs and make them into stamps too!

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Sketch Tuesday #152

Happy Tuesday! Here is sketch #152. Card base measures the normal A2 size.

The top panel measures 4 x 3.5 and the sentiment panel measures 4 x 1.5.



I used my oval nestabilities to emboss the top panel. Here's a close up view of the embossing.


This is a very simple sketch that can be mass produced for some Christmas cards. I like this one for it's a little bit country and masculine at the same time.

The black bird is colored with Prismacolored pencils and blended with OMS. I used a black gel pen to emphasize his eye since it got lost in the coloring.

The Christmas sentiment is stamped in versamark and then embossed with clear embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Supplies:

Stamps - Christmas sentiment - PTI. Black bird - Plum Purdy (Mr. Willie and Friends)

Kraft and dark green card stock - PTI

Versamark

Palette Noir

Green ginham ribbon

Clear embossing powder

Oval Nestabilities