Squeal !!

A short post tonight, but an extremely fun card to show you.  The digital stamp and sentiment are from From the Heart Stamps as part of the Free Stamp of the Month Challenge.  

I just love the PigWit series and this set is called "Pumpkin PigWit." There are 3 additional sentiments in the set.

I found a pumpkin stamp in my stash, so I used it for the inside since I thought it tied in with the digi image.

There's still time to play along (click here for the details).  I can't wait to see what Faith has in store for us next month.

I love Fall

I love the Fall season. Living in Central Florida I still get to see a few Fall colors, just not like when we lived in Michigan. So I relive those Fall days and colors in the cards I make.

 

 

This card is for From The Heart Stamps' monthly challenge. It's a progressive challenge; enter the challenge once using the monthly digital image, and you'll receive a free digital image to use the following month. Harvest Medley is the free image I received for playing along in September.

 

 

The digital stamp has a set of 3 images in a square. I decided to cut them apart and put the sentiment on the front with additional die-cuts and use the other two images for the inside.

 

 

I colored the B&W digis using Copics. I sponged the edges and white paper using Memento Brown. The DP is from the Amber Autumn Matstack by DCWV. The cornstalks are from Die-namics and I'm not sure where I picked up the leaf punch.

 

    

 

I'm also entering this card in their weekly I {heart} Card Sketch Challenge #39 

 

Another Fall Card

From the Heart Stamps has a "Stamp of the Month" Challenge.  Since I played along in August, I received this lovely digistamp ~ "Bobbing for Apples" ~ for free so I could play along in September.

 

I used Die-namics' Double Dot Border ~ I thought the rounded border resembled apples.  The DP is from SU!  Not sure why I chose blue cardstock . . . I just liked the way it looked when I put it with the red.  Besides, green made the card look too "Christmas-y."

 

I used Copics to color the image and decided to make her dress peachy in color. The red in the DP is more of an orange-red, so the peach doesn't look too "off" in person.  OK, truth be told, I only have one red Copic, but I have 3 peach ~ it's easier to shade/blend with 3 similar colors than with just one which is why I used the peach {smile}.

 

Back to laundry and cleaning, but be sure to check out the stamps and challenges over at From the Heart Stamps.

 

Keep Crafting,

 

It's Autumn Time

  Working on Christmas cards didn't help to cool things down here in FL, so I thought if I switched to Fall/Autumn cards, maybe the weather would start to cool down. . . after all, it's a huge jump to go from the 90's to 60's, so I'll happily accept 70-ish or even the low 80's.  I can at least wish.

 

 

I love Fall colors. The oranges, yellows and greens just seem so calming to me.  The pumpkins are from Doodle Pantry. It's a free gift this month if you buy something . . . wow, these stores have my number {smile}.  The best part about Doodle Pantry digistamps is you also get a color image (on most) ~ so for us Copic newbies, it helps us see how to color/shade an image. Or, you can always just print out the color version and skip the coloring part (I like to color, though).

 

 

 I know Halloween and Thanksgiving are the typical "Fall" cards, but I wanted to use the colors and images of Fall without the card being a Halloween card. So I computer-generated the sentiment to create a "thank you" card.

 

 

I'll let you know in a few days if this ploy works, but I think the temps are still supposed to be near or above 90 for the next few days. At least the sun is shining and Fall/Winter will get to us soon enough.

Keep Crafting,

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 ~ Aud Sentiments Challenge #89: Use a sentiment suitable for Autumn, but not Halloween

~ Craft Your Passion #180: Autumn/Fall Colors

~ Crafty Sentiments: Fall/Autumn Colors

 ~ Doodle Pantry Monthly Challenge: Use a DP image

 ~ Great Impressions September Challenge: Fall Colors

 ~ Nutcrafter's #52: Your Favorite Color Combination (Oranges, Greens, Yellows)

 ~ Our Daily Bread Designs #171: Fall Colors

 ~ 4Krafty Girls #2: ATG

 

Card Recipe:

 ~ Ivory and brown cardstock

 ~ Ribbon Stitched Poly Peach Parfait by SU!

 ~ Digistamp by Doodle Pantry

 ~ Green DP by DCWV: The Bewitched Stack

 ~ Orange DP by DCWV: Amber Autumn Fall Stack Collection

 ~ Memento Rich Cocoa for accenting edges

 ~ Sentiment: computer-generated in brown ink