Autumn Leaves

Yesterday was such a beautiful fall day here in Virginia and today is suppose to be the same.  I love this time of the year.  The leaves still have not peaked but they are turning and you see color everywhere.  I hope you enjoy this fall card.  The stamp is by Heartfelt Creations and they also have a leaf die set to match but I don't have that yet, just hand cut the leaves.  I stamped this onto ivory cardstock two times.  I then fuzzy cut the leaves from the second stamped images.  I colored everything with Prismacolor pencils blended with stumps and gamsol.  I used pop-up dots to raise up the cut leaves.

I made easel card from one of the new SparkleNSprinkle stamp sets that were just released.  These are smaller sets than previously and are just so sweet!  There are three different snowmen sets which can be found here http://sparklensprinkle.com/o/index.php?cPath=82_207.  There are three other small sets also and all of them can be found at the above link.  The above easel card was shown on the SNS newsletter which went out yesterday.  I was really surprised and pleased that my card was in the newsletter.  To find out how the card was made you can visit http://sparklensprinkle.com/g/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Christmas-New-Year&id=ayp.  It is a rainy cold day here in Virginia today and that makes me want to get in my room and work on more stamping projects.  Hope you enjoy this card!

Wrinkled Pooch

What do you think of this winkled pooch?  I think he is so sweet!  Plus the sentiment is great!  This stamp set is from http://www.sparklensprinkle.com/ and also the glitter tinsel.  This is a 5x5 card made from a medium brown cardstock.  I used pattern paper to layer and cut it in triangles.  I then ran the double sided tear-ific tape from http://www.sparklensprinkle/ down the middle of the triangle and sprinkled on the tinsel.  I used the Grand Caliber from Spellbinders with the scalloped rectangle to die cut the sentiment.  I colored the pooch with Copic markers.  Have a beautiful fall day!  I am going to visit a fall craft show and hopefully the back and knee allows me to walk the whole show!

Tweet Tweet

I love the stamps and dies (made by Spellbinders) that are by Heartfelt Creations.  They ae so versatil and, of course, any flower made by hand is so neat!  I stamped this flower and  leaf on vellum paper, heat embossed with whtie embossing powder and then die dut.  The birdhouse and bird are from Stamps by Judith.  What are your opinions on this card? 

Fall butterfly

I am anxious to get back to blogging and cardmaking!  It seems like I lost most of the month of September.  I had to go to the ER and found out my appendix was about to rupture.  Had surgery and came home in two days.  Then I was on a strong antibiotic and couldn't get my body to co-operate so ended up back in the hospital.  Finally I am feeling much better and need to get back to my crafting!!  The above card was made for SparkleNSprinkle and it is on their web site in case you want the directions on how to make the card at http://sparklensprinkle.com/g/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Animals-Insects&id=atg.  I used my Grand Calibur to cut the Spellbinder dies.  Enjoy and I will be back soon!

Dyed Handmade Flower and Ribbon

 Since today is such a rainy cool day, I thought I would brighten things up with this card.  I used Papertrey Ink new stamp set, stamped on avocado cardstock with white ink and then used the Cuttlebug to die cut the leaves.  The sentiment is stamped in brown ink and is astamp from Papertrey Ink.  I used spun sugar distress ink to color the ribbon and all of the flower petals.  The flower was cut out using Sizzix tattered flowers die with burlap, crinolinie, and net.  I used a fabric brad to hold the flower together.  Back to my creative room to make some cards for SparkleNSprinkle!

Vellum Daisy

My friend and I were playing around one day the other week and decided to try using vellum for some flowers. She had her set of daisies and the matching dies from Heartfelt Creations so I started stamping in white ink and heat embossing with white embossing powder.  I used pink and light green vellum.  Sonnie did the labor part by using the Grand Calibur from Spellbinderspaperarts and die cutting all of the flowers and leaves.  We then shared what we had and later that n ight I made this cute card.  I colored the vellum flowers with a marker to get a deeper pink. The background is embossed using the Cuttlebug and the larger dot folder.  I'm not sure what company makes the sentiment -- have had it for ages!  I also used Tim Holtz Sizzix die for the flourish.  Enjoy.