Picking the Perfect Pumpkin

     I love fall, I love autumn colors, I love Halloween color combos, and mostly I love that purple has become one of the Halloween colors.  :-D   And today, I get to combine all those things into a card which I've done as the Guest Designer for the October challenge on the Ching Chou-Kuik blog.

There's also a huge Blog Birthday celebration and you don't want to miss out on the festivities.


     This image is called "Pick a Pumpkin" and it's one-half of a lovely Halloween set available in the Etsy store here.   Since October is underway, we have a theme of "Halloween."

     The image is colored with ProMarkers, then cut with a Stitched Rectangle die by Die-namics.  The embossed background was made using a Sizzix folder.  Doesn't it look like a slab of chocolate?  Mmmm.  Both ribbons were remnants in my stash.

     Challenges:
Colour Your World
Crafty Boots
Di's Digi Designs
Dream Valley
Incy Wincy
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Pencil Case
Pile It On
Robyn's Fetish
SUYP Cats

     Come join us this month!  Halloween, birthday, and fun images -- how can you lose?  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Unworried Turkey

     We have a new challenge starting at QKR Stampede this morning and our theme is "Cut It Up" so do a project with die cuts, or punched pieces, or even something fussy cut, and come enter it.

     I took the opportunity to do another Thanksgiving card using Digi 16711 "Fat Turkey" for my image.

     I colored with my ProMarkers, then die cut the image with one of my Scalloped, Stitched Circle dies (Memory Box.)  I cut the lower sentiment with a smaller die from that same set.  Then I cut the mats with plain circle dies from QuicKutz.  The upper sentiment is hand cut and layered onto a dark brown mat.

     Both ribbons cames from my stash as did the wrapped twine bow.  I have another dozen of those in the stash and then have to resupply.  I've really gone a bit crazy with them this fall.  They just work so well with everything fall themed.  :-D

     Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Cardmakers
Craft Your Passion
Crazy Challenge
Inky Chicks
Lemon Shortbread
Melonheadz Friends
Outlawz Greetings
Tuesday Throwdown
WordArt Weds.

     I hope we're going to see you playing along this week.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Barrel of Fall Blossoms

   
     This card uses a sweet image from A Day for Daisies and I'm finally using it to enter their monthly challenge.  Nothing like waiting until the end of the month, right?  I love those darling little birds flitting around.

      Fall is definitely my favorite season so I colored the image in autumn colors using my ProMarkers, then die cut it.  I used one of my Sizzix embossing folders on the water-colored background paper to give it some woodgrain.  I actually embossed it while the paper was still a bit damp.  It really made the embossing stand out.  I used another of the dies from that set to cut that piece after the paper completely dried.

     I used a Fiskars punch to cut the small leaves from scraps on my desk and layered them so they seem to have a dark shadow around them.  The strip of dp was a tiny scrap which I decided to mat and use rather than throw away.  The sentiment is hand cut and matted three times, again using up snippits.

     Finally, I did the satin ribbon bow.  At first, I was going to dye it a fall color, but when I dropped it onto the card while reaching for the marker, it seemed to echo the white in the sentiment and in the image so I left it as it was.

     Challenges:
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Gals Corner
Crafty Sentiments
Creative Moments
Die Cuttin' Divas
I {heart} ProMarkers
Kraftin' Kimmie
Pixie's Snippits Playground
Sisterhood of Crafters
Through the Craft Room Door
Tuesday Throwdown

     The weather people have promised that by this weekend our temperatures will fall into the more seasonal mid- to low-80s.  Not to be ungrateful, but I'm still waiting for the low-70s days and into the really low-50s at night.  That's when I'll know for sure that fall is here to stay until well into December when winter finally arrives.  After all, these weather people are the same ones who promised us about 3 weeks ago that there would be no more 100 degree days.  Yeah, right!  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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In Your Cups

     I've been working very hard at getting something done for the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop but each time, this was the kind of thing I found!  Obviously, I share my home with (two) too many felines.  :-D

I based this card on the sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday

but I did take a couple of small liberties.

     The image came from Sami Stamps but the silly sentiment is my own.  I colored that image with my ProMarkers, then die cut it with a Stitched Rectangle die from Die-namics.  I cut another, larger piece for the mat.  All the polka dot papers were leftovers found in my stash and I tied the striped bow with a snippet of ribbon.

     I decided to keep it relatively CAS so it could be used for a masculine card.

     Challenges:
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Boots
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Di's Digi Designs
Lemon Shortbread
Passion for ProMarkers
SUYP Cats

     That's all I have for today. Thanks for visiting.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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