A Little Halloween Spirit with Stampin' Up and Mojo Monday

My favorite season is coming! I love the cool crisp air of fall. The trees are changing colors and painting the forests and skies. This will be the second season that my dear boyfriend and I will be able to go apple picking together. I have two favorite places; Carter Hill Orchard and Gould Orchards. Apple orchard are a great place to visit for a whole day. It's even better when they make their own apple cider donuts or have pumpkins for carving.

Do you have a favorite orchard that you and your family visit every year??

To celebrate the coming season, I decided to create a card that showcased the wonders of the fall season and my favorite holiday...Halloween. This is the sketch I used as inspiration.

 I used my Copic markers to color this image from Stampin' Up's Halloween Smiles Set (now retired). To color the image

 I used the following color combinations:
Pumpkins-YR31, YR68, YR15
Crows, Tire and Wheel-barrow -C7, C5, C3
Leaves and Grass-G99, YG95
Stems and Ground- E37
Wheel-barrow handles- E31, E33













I then used my Inkssentials Opaque Pen in white to accent the images to highlight. 

 Each Layer to the card is inked with Walnut Stain from Ranger by Tim Holtz

The lace is also distressed with the stain.

Using two buttons in different shades of orange I accented the pendent with twine.

I have put a kit with materials to create this card on eBay. You can find my eBay store by clicking the navigation tab above. Thank you so much for stopping  by and happy crafting.

Entry for Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #126

Hello Everyone!

I am so happy that it is finally starting to warm up here in New Hampshire. I think my dogs are very happy too. The other day as I was huddling in my blankets surfing the internet I stumbled upon a new blog to read. Freshly Made Sketches has a variety of fun challenges and sketches to spare my imagination.

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #126:

Here is my entry for this challenge:

The paper used in this card is from American Crafts part of the Bookshelf Collection. The image is from TPC Studio Retro Greetings and colored with Copic maker in Lionet Gold (Y28).

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Day 2 of Winter Holiday Fun

Good Morning Everyone!

Here is the second creation in my Holiday Fun blog event.

This creations is using a stamp from Stamping Bella and paper from Core'dinations and DCWV. This is an A2 card measuring 4"x5.5".

Instructions-

• Cut a piece of Core'dinations White Wash Grandpa's truck cardstock to 4x5.5" and 2.75"x2.75"
• Cut piece of pattern paper to 3.75"x5.25". (My pattern paper is from DCWV 2011 Holiday Stack.)
• Cut a piece of smooth white cardstock to 2.5"x2.5"
• Using Tuxedo Black ink from Memento ink and stamp image on white cardstock
• Color image using Copic Markers
• Use Fiskers Heritage punch to cut the corners of the image cardstock and coordinating sized Core'dinations
• Ink edges of image with Tea Dyed Distress Ink by Tim Holtz
• Adhere image to cardstock and pattern paper to card stock
• Adhere image to pattern paper
• attach ribbon and bow
• Adhere card front to base measuring 8"x5.5" folded in half
• Write "Wishing you many 'Cups of Good Cheer' this season" on the inside of card. (Lyric from "We Wish You a Merry Christmas")

Today's challenge

Use a holiday song lyric in your project. When posting your project please state the song title. Please link through the comments section.

13 Days of Halloween-Day 2

Good Morning World!

It's warm and sunny here in New Hampshire. I love warm Autumn days. Today I have a vintage looking Autumn card that is super simple to create.

I used paper from the 2011 Fall/Halloween stack by DCWV and some Core'dinations Vintage cardstock to create the card. The image is stamped using Memento Rich Cocoa ink and distressed around the edges using Tea Dye ink by Ranger. The image is called "Colonial Fall" and is made by Impression Obsession.

I love how this card turned out. It's warm tones reminds me of Autumn joys from my childhood.

There are two card kits and a set of six (6) finished cards available for purchase in my eBay store. Just click the tab above.

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Challenge: Today's challenge is to create a project that uses the vintage feel. It can be a card, scrapbook page or a piece of altered art. To enter your creation, just post your blog address where I can find the creation in the comments below by November 1st.

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Entry for Core'dinations' Online Crop Mini Challenge #4

Yesterday Core'dination posted four timed mini challenges. This is my version of the fourth challenge-sketch.

I used paper from the Chocolate Box collection. The pictures are on my two Min-Pins (Chica and Spike) and my Maine Coon cat (Cranky). They miss me very much when I'm at work. So once I get home I lay on the couch with them for a little bit. 

The title "Miss You" is cut from the Paper Pups Cricut Cartridge. 

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Entry for Core'dination Online Crop-Day 2 Challenge 14 from Kristine

On to the third day of  Core'dination's online crop! Last night I finished up my take on Kristine's sketch for Challenge #14.

Here is the sketch:

 Here is my take on the challenge:

 I decided to use paper from the Black Magic Collection. I used six different colors to complement the pattern paper. I used Protect (around vertical striped paper), Warlock is the 12x12 piece, Wizard (around the word print paper), The Alchemist (behind the eyes), and Magic (behind the dotted paper and sentiment). I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Wild Honey to soften the edges of the pattern papers and on the sentiment.

This Challenge really pushed me to not be afraid of using a large variety of papers. I used 13 different papers total on this one 12x12 page. I'm so proud of myself for [pushing beyond my conservative look on my supplies. Thanks Kristine for your challenge!

Entry for the Core'dinations Online Crop- Day One Challenge #2

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As many of my blog readers know I"m in love with Graphic 45's paper. So for the Core'dination Day One Challenge #2 by Kim, I decided to integrate some of the paper into my project. I love how the Core'dination Chocolate Box collection works with all of G45's paper. I used Chocolate Box in Blueberry, Black Cherry and Kiwi to make the banner that runs down the side of the notebook.

The inside is created using Black Cherry and Blueberry too.

 I pushed for a Steampunk kind of feel. Here is the final notebook.

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Steampunk Culture Card #1

Hey Everyone!

Lately I've been so into the Steampunk Culture. I love the Victorian dress mixed with Sci-fi mechanics. So I challenged myself to create a series of cards using a Steampunk theme. And what better way to do this than with Graphic 45's Steampunk Debutante Collection. 

The card below is my first in a series of Steampunk Cards. I Used a variety of techniques to create this card. This card measures 4x5.5 inches. I used Bazzill Cardstock to mount the Graphic 45 papers.

1st- I embossed the stamped image of the roses using VersaMark and Judi Kins' Metallic Bronze embossing powder

2nd- I used metal closures to accent the top left corner of the matted stamped image.

3rd- I used Copper thread to tie an antiqued metal bead to the base of the card. 

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