Owl "For You" Card

Daring Cardmakers has a new bird challenge. They have a nice prize donated by The Ribbon Reel too. :) Butterflies and birds are two of my favorite themes so I had to "play." :) I used the sketch at Card Patterns for my inspiration. My cute little "purple" owl is by Hampton Art. The patterned papers are by Bo Bunny (along with the brad). The circle and scalloped circle were done with Sizzix Framelits (love, love those!). :) The jewels are by KaiserCraft and the flower is by Prima Marketing. To create the "stem" on the flower, I rolled the paper and then "mushed" it. :) I used my "new" Fine Colour markers to color the stamped image. Do you like to read before going to sleep? I love it (if I can stay awake). :) I'm heading to bed now to read "Night Circus." I'm half way through and can't wait to see what happens. Night Circus received a lot of publicity and promotion before it was released. I'm not sure it is everyone's taste but I'm enjoying it. :) Hoping the weather will be another beautiful autumn day tomorrow so I can head outside with my good book. Enjoy your weekend!

Howdy Cowgirl Card

With such a beautiful fall day, how can you resist a challenge to use the "colours of autumn?" :) This is the current challenge at Stampin'For The Weekend. I decided to use the colors of autumn on a stamp set I recently got by Hero Arts.
Really Reasonable Ribbon also has a "fun for fall" challenge going on. (I used natural jute.) The patterned paper, jewel, and leaf stick pins are by Little Yellow Bicycle. I used Copic markers plus Fine Colour markers. (The Fine Colour markers came last week directly from China. I received a shipment of 192 colors in them! They were in China Sunday and I had them by Wednesday! I was sooooo excited I kept telling my husband that I was having "Christmas" in October!) :) We had a great Saturday! I even got around to washing off my front porch. Then we enjoyed watching the Alabama/Ole Miss football game (Roll Tide...wink!). :) I think fall is my favorite time of year, what's yours? :)

Get Well Soon Card

Have you seen the new Hero Arts stamps that have matching Sizzix dies to cut out the stamped images? They are FUN. Today's card features one of these sets. You can see it here. I used one of my favorite color combinations of pink and green which makes this card fit the challenge at Paper Sundaes (#90 Favorite Colour Combination). I used my Sizzix eClips to cut the large pink frame. This card also fits the new ShinHan Touch Twin Challenge of "Florals."

My youngest daughter came home from a school field trip exhausted. They left yesterday so they could attend the State Fair today. She had a great time but headed straight to bed when she got home. I smiled at that cause I can only imagine how late they stayed up last night. :) Glad she had fun but glad they are back safe and sound too.....you know how "moms" are. Wink. :) Heading to bed to read "Night Circus" which I'm enjoying....it's different! :)

Touch Twin Color Challeng/Thank You Card

Today is my last card for the ShinHan Touch Twin Color Challenge. (I got four cards out of the cardstock colors...yea!) If I did that more often, it might eliminate all those boxes of "scraps" that seem to be piling up (and I can't throw away!) :)
The large stamp is by Hero Arts and the embossing folder is by Sizzix. The pretty braid is from a multi-package found at Hobby Lobby (their Paper Studio brand). Do you have fun plans for this Saturday? My youngest and I are going to a giant flea market and then shopping for jeans (you know growing kids never have clothes). :) The best part of the trip though will be me getting to go in Hobby Lobby! Yep, I'm armed with 40% off coupons, so watch out! Wink, wink. :)

Feel Better Card

Sharing another card I did for the ShinHan Touch Twin Color Challenge. After I got out the correct colors of cardstock for my first card, I decided to keep going. I tried to use every bit of the cardstock and ended up making four cards. I'll post the last one tomorrow. I rarely do this (using the same colors several times in a row) but I liked these four colors together (not sure I had ever used them before).
The stamps are by Hero Arts and the embossing folder is by Sizzix. I used some Diamond Glaze on the butterfly's wings (hope you can see it on my photo).
Well, it's TGIF day. I've been busy with "life" things and have not gotten to "hide out" in my craft room much this week. Hoping that changes today. :) Here's hoping you find time to do something you want today too. :)

Good Friend Card

This is a card I did for the ShinHan Touch Twin Color Challenge. This is a new challenge site and it's all about using the above four colors this time around. I used stamps by Hero Arts while the embossing folder is by Sizzix. I colored the tree with the four required colors for this challenge (the ink is Memento/Rich Cocoa). It's a beautiful autumn Thursday in my neck of the woods. I have lots of errands to run but at least I'll be enjoying lovely weather. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy YOUR day. :)

The {Stamps} Of Life October Release

Who's ready for some cute new penguin stamps? The {Stamps} of Life's October release is a fun one called "penguins2love." Check out four different cards I made with it. (Note I created one card with a "hula" penguin just to show how to get more "bang" for your bucks. Wink. ) Hope you are enjoying a fabulous fall day and thanks for stopping by.