Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #725

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

Here is the sketch for this week:

 

 

And here's my card based on the sketch...

 

Don't you just love the colors of fall?
 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

Change of Plans

Once again, what I envision at 3am (instead of sleeping) often doesn't work when I get to my craft table later in the day.    

Don't get me wrong, I like the final result but needed to make a few changes along the way. 

My goal was to make a card for the current 

Double Trouble Challenge Oh My Gourd Color Challenge. 

First I made a sample card to see if my idea would work.

Using strips of papers in fall colors, I made the background.  Actually, I made 2 so I had one to use as a sample.  Then I die cut a leaf, popped it up with foam tape and put it back in the space.

 

That was pretty much the look I wanted, only with a pumpkin die cut from the center. 

 Then I discover my pumpkin die was too big and too intricate to use like this.

But wait.  

I knew I had another pumpkin die, but where was it?  After quite a bit of searching, I found it tucked in an envelope with another die.  I know not why!

Problem was, this die was too small.

 

 

After a few changes, below is my card for

Double Trouble Challenge Challenge # 147

and the partner challenge

Inspiration Station September Challenge, Prompt #53.

 How could I not make a card with a pumpkin, after seeing this!

 
And this is what happened to the ornate pumpkin die cut.

 I could spend hours making backgrounds with little paper strips.

They are so much fun.

Now that I think about it, I already spend hours doing just that!

 

 Thanks for visiting.

The party is over!

The Anniversary/Birthday fun at Scribbles Designs is over.  I really enjoyed doing their  jigsaw puzzles online.   Even though the festivities have ended, the challenges have not.  The current challenge theme is Anything Goes. 

I've combined two of the Scribbles Designs digi stamps, egg truck and acorn, to make this fun fall card.

Then I used a cute Whimsy Stamps squirrel, balancing 3 acorns on his head and juggling 3 wood acorns at the same time.  I used an oval punch for the sentiment, a CTMH stamp.  

This card is being submitted to the following challenges:

Scribbles Designs Challenge #112 - AG

Double Trouble Challenge #121 - Punch it out (The sentiment was punched; The 3 acorns the squirrel is juggling are made of wood; also entering UYS challenge.)

 

Use Your Stuff Challenge # 467 - Wood (3 acorns)

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge, week of Sept. 27 - AG

Dare 2B Artsy September Challenge - Animals

 

Thanks for visiting!

September Progressive Challenges

Today I am sharing the cards I made for two progressive challenges.  Each month you play, using their digi, you receive a new digi for the following month. 

My first 2 cards are for the September DOTM Challenge at Imagine That!.  The Meerkat digis are so cute I just couldn't make meerly one card! 

I am also entering this second card in the Something, Anything, Everything Challenge #93 at Double Trouble. I've included a pumpkin as my harvest element and am also entering the Dies R Us Challenge #177.  The scalloped circle dies are from Spellbinders, the brown circle die is from Sizzix, and the foliage dies are from Impression Obsession.

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The second progressive challenge in which I always like to participate is at The Outlawz.  This month Hettie Clare Art has gifted us with a really cute image called The Little Ballerina.

 Here is my submission for the September Progressive Challenge:

 

Candlewick Ovals by Spellbinders frame the digi image, which is partially colored and also paper pieced.  I know my niece will love receiving this for her birthday.

Thanks so much for visiting!

 

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #576

 

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

Here's the sketch for this week and my card.

 

The pumpkin stamps are from Newton's Nook 

and the sentiment is by CTMH.
 

I hope you'll play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

Challenges I am entering: Mod Squad Challenge - Hello Pumpkin; Creative Knockouts Challenge #371 - Clean and Simple; Di's Digi Challenge - Add a pumpkin; Through the Craft Room Door week of Oct 13th - AG; Paperminutes Challenge #662 - Pumpkins; Shopping Our Stash Challenge #431 - Fall; Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge - AG

Happy Fall

 Just a quick blog post to share this Happy Fall card.

The digi image is from Bugaboo Stamps and colored with markers.  The sentiment is from Inky Antics, heat embossed with a mixture of copper and gold embossing powder.  The leaves were cut on the cricut, sponged in various colors, and then colored with clear Wink of Stella to make them sparkle.

 

 

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make It Sparkle; Stinkin Inkers Challenge - Shades of Fall; Craft Rocket Challenge #75 - Add Sparkle; Aud Sentiments Challenge #261 - Fall or Halloween Sentiment; Polkkadoodles Challenge Week #41 - AG; My Time to Craft Challenge #442 - Autumnal Colors; Inkspirational Challenge #223 - Angle It; Catch the Bug Challenge - Hello Fall; Gem of a Challenge Week 21 - AG

 

Thank you for visiting.  Wishing you all a beautiful fall day. 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #575

 

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

Here's the sketch for this week and my card.

 

 

 I hope you'll play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

Challenges I am entering:

Funky Junkie Boutique Challenge - Fall Foliage; Stinkin Inkers Challenge - Shades of Fall; Love to Scrap Challenge #138 - Fall back; Crafty Hazelnut's October Patterned Paper Challenge - AG; Pattie's Creations October Challenge - Autumn/Fall; My Time to Craft Challenge #442 - Autumnal Colors; Dare 2B Artzy October Challenge - Fall

Send A Smile 4 Kids September Challenge & Catch the Bug Anything Goes Challenge

 The theme for the September Challenge at 

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is Cute Fall or Halloween Cards 4 Kids

or Anything Goes 4 Kids.

 

It just so happens that I was asked to be a guest this month at

  Catch the Bug Challenge, 

which means this post is doing double duty. 

 

I love using Bugaboo digi images for the kid friendly cards I send to my SAS4K volunteer.  They are so fun and well received by the children who are patients in children's hospitals.  In fact, I think everyone smiles when they see these cute digis.

This image is called Bobblehead Witch Fly By.

 

The witch was colored with markers.  I used a punch on the corners.  The orange enamel dots were originally light pink, but an orange marker fixed that.

 

 It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids September Challenge

and

Catch the Bug Saturday Challenge. 

You could use the same card for both!

 

 

Challenges I am entering: 

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge - Times 3 (3 enamel dots); Cute Card Thursday Challenge #650 - AG; Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #129 - Just Saying Hello

Fall Sunflowers

While my DH is busy playing in the fall leaves, 

I thought I'd share a fall card.

 

  

When I picked up this sunflower paper, I wish I had picked up more than one sheet because I just love it. 

I had just enough left for the top and bottom panels of this horizontal gate fold card. 

Using CTMH stamps, I stamped, colored and fussy cut a sunflower and three leaves*.  I popped them on the lower panel positioned so that the sentiment (also a CTMH stamp) can be tucked under it to keep the card closed. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Fall/Autumn Colors

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #109 - Rich Autumn Colors

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #108 - Something beginning with "s"  (Sunflowers, sequins, stamps)

Use Your Stuff Challenge #380 - Fall Project with 3 leaves*

Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

Artsy Stamper Challenge #2 - Patterned Paper

 

Send a Smile 4 Kids September Challenge

There is a new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

The September theme is  Cute Fall or Halloween Card 4 Kids

or Anything Goes 4 Kids .

It's been almost 2 years since Doodle Pantry Digital Doodles closed.  They had some really fabulous digi stamps.  Today I'm using one of their colored images from the DP Pumpkin Peeps set for a fall card.

I printed the image twice and then fussy cut just the top of the pumpkin from one image.  Then I popped it on the pig's head for more dimension.  I also popped the sentiment.  The three wood leaves were sponged to match the colors in the paper.

This card will go to a SAS4K volunteer who will send it on to a children's hospital for patient use.  If you are interested in making and donating cards to SAS4K, you can find all the information you need right here.

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Week 536 - Autumn 

Fabrika Fantasy Challenge #34 - Autumn 

Creative with Stamps Challenge #42 - Autumn

CCC Digi Creations Challenge #107- For a Child 

Crafty Hazelnuts September Patterned Paper Challenge - AG 

Crafty Animals Challenge #30 - AG 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #30 - AG 

Aud Sentiments Challenge #235 - Fall/Autumn with a Sentiment 

 

Double Trouble Challenge #37

Today I used the inspiration from Double Trouble Challenge, The Paper Girls Challenge, and Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge to make a birthday card for my older brother.

When I think of my older brother, 

there are several things that make me happy. 

I am happy I am not as old as he is!

I am happy I am not allergic to nuts, like he is!

I am really happy I do not have as many whiskers on my chin as he does! 

He's an okay older brother and I wish him the best on his upcoming birthday.

The theme at Double Trouble Challenge #37 is fall things with an option of including a sweet treat.  Yes, the stores are full of pumpkin this and pumpkin that, most of which are sweet and delicious.  But, for me, fall means apples.  I have some awesome apple recipes, and it's time to pull them out and get baking! 

 

DTC has partnered with The Paper Girls for Challenge #37.

 The Paper Girls Challenge #183 is about the things you love about fall.

And finally, here is this week's Mojo Monday Sketch. 

Before I head out to the local orchard, here are a few more challenges I am entering:

The Library Challenge #41 - Reader's Choice (Cider House Rules)

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Happy Birthday 

A Gem of a Challenge Week #17 - AG 

Crafty Gals Challenge #198 - Emboss It (The sentiment is heat embossed.) 

Aud Sentiments Challenge #234 - Masculine + a sentiment 

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #411 with Bugaboo Stamps

 The theme for Tueday Throwdown Challenge # 411 is Complimentary Colors.  Our wonderful sponsor this week, Bugaboo Digi Stamps,

has such a variety of wonderful digi images that the Tuesday Throwdown Design Team has been able to give you a lot of inspiration.  Please check out their projects.  You will be amazed.

I've used a digi image called Fall Pumpkin Trio

and the Complimentary Colors, Orange and Blue

 

I've printed the image three times and layered the pumpkins, bird, leaf and flowers as you can see in this photo. 

 

We'd love to have you join us at

 Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog 

for this week's challenge 

and a chance to win some Bugaboo Stamps images.   

 

Challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #218 - Autumn Colors

Make My Monday Challenge #80 - Autumn Colors

Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #127 - Fall Festival of Colors

Crafters Castle Challenge #9 - AG; option Fall/Halloween

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Thankful or Fall Cards 4 Kids

Crafty Friends Challenge #93 - Autumn Colors

Fall Happy Thoughts

This card is a conglomeration of worktable leftovers, a speech bubble that was too small for another card, a little black cricut cat, and a Bugaboo digi image.   I really just wanted to use the new washi tape I didn't need but couldn't resist.

 

 Oh my, this photo is a bit crooked. 

Challenges:

Use Your Stuff Challenge #284 - Tis the Season for Pumpkin Spice 

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #41 - Fall Colors 

Double "D" Challenge - Leaves 

Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge #275 - 

  

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Leaves 

Moving Along With The Times Challenge #56 - Fall/Autumn

Creative Knockout Challenge #216 - Fall 

More purple leaves

Back in August I made a card for a challenge that required masking.  (You can see it here.)  I cut out 3 maple leaves in 3 different sizes on my cricut and used them as masks.  Since that time, those 3 maple leaves have been floating here and there on my work table.  After a bit of embossing, they have been permanently relocated to this fall card.

 That piece of purple tuille, another table top loiterer, also found a home in the cricut cut tags.  And the piece of leftover baker's twine was just long enough to wrap across the front of the card.

The papers, stamp, and gold puffies are from CTMH.

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's October Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes 

Cards Galore Encore October Challenge - Anything Goes 

Little Red Wagon Challenge #414 - Leftovers

Creative Moments Challenge #128 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations Challenge #352 - Anything Goes 

Have a Happy Day! 

 

 

Fall colors

Here is another card that was 'in progress' and cluttering up my work space.

 The image is one of my fall favorites from Bugaboo Stamps.

Challenges: 

Always Fun Challenge # 27 - Lots of Layers 

Cards in Envy Challenge - Fall Leaves 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #178 - Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #7 - Anything  Goes with a critter

Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge #141 - Anything Goes + Happy Birthday

Dare2BArtsy October Challenge - Fall Colors

A Gem of a Challenge #204 - Birthday Cards 

Catch the Bug October Challenge - Anything Goes 

Coming up on my blog....

Joyful Stars CTMH Blog Hop 10/10

Hope you'll stop by.

 

Bugaboo Owl & CTMH Card Class 9/19/17

Normally when I take pictures to share with you, I try very hard to hold the camera steady and straight.  Then I take multiple pictures to make sure I get a good one.  And this afternoon it dawned on me that if I intentionally put the card on an angle, all that is totally unnecessary.  

 Works for me!

Challenges:

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Fall Colors 4 Kids 

Make My Monday Challenge #55 - Autumn Colors 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #196 - Autumn

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #175 - Anything Goes 

Always Fun Challenge #24 - Fall Colors 

Paper Minutes Challenge #504 - Autumn Magic 

Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Golden Harvest 
Do-Al(1) Kreatives Challenge #9 - Autumn Equinox

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Here are the cards we made at Joyce's CTMH card class yesterday.

The last card (3 photos) is actually from the From the Heart card kit that CTMH has as a special this month.    There are several variations you can make with this 12 card kit.  Click the link above to see more pictures.

TTFN!