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 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!

Card Series--Post #2

Good Afternoon Everyone! Welcome to the second video in my summer card series. I hope you enjoy the video and find it inspirational. Please feel free to leave a comment.

Materials:
blank card and envelope kit-card measures 4x5.5 inches
The Paper Company, P49740, Ivory Cardstock Value Pack, 8-1/2 by 11 (50 Sheets)
Dye Ink Value Pad: Black
Tsukineko StazOn All-Purpose Cleaner, 2-Ounce
3/8'' Double-Sided Satin Ribbon Violet By The Yard
Crayola 50ct Long Colored Pencils
Allary 5/16-Inch-by-1/4-Inch Permanent Scrapbook Tape Runner
BASIS COLORS - 8.5 x 11 CARDSTOCK PAPER - Light Purple - 80LB COVER - 100 PK
Plaid Pop Dots, Package of 104, White, 1/2-Inch
Fiskars 9698 Euro 12-Inch Portable Paper Trimmer 

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of light purple cardstock to 3 15/16x5 7/16
2. Cut a piece of light purple cardstock to 2 1/4x2 3/4
3. Cut a piece of cream cardstock to 2x2 1/2
4. Cut a piece of patterned paper to 5 3/16x3 11/16
5. Using black ink, stamp image of umbrella flowers from Stampin' Up Send a Celebration on cream cardstock. Clean stamp.
6. Using colored pencils color stamped image.
7. Adhere stamped cream cardstock on smaller light purple cardstock using tape runner, centering image.
8. Using preferred method adhere ribbon to pattern paper. (I used the "Cheater Method" with the tape runner) Tie a bow.
9. Adhere pattern paper to larger light purple cardstock using tape runner.
10. Adhere larger light purple cardstock to card base using tape runner.
11. Place pop dots on back of mounted stamped image. Place image toward top of card at a slight angle.