Happy Wednesday!
Wanted to stop in and make a short post for a card I made today.  I've sort of been in a slump...all sorts of ideas in my head but can't seem to put them into paper...so my cards haven't been loaded with details lately.  I'm okay with that.  I'm finding that sometimes the simple cards are cuter than the decked out crazy ones.  But I do like a good over the top card once in a while :)

See, pretty simple :)  I followed the sketch at Sketch Sunday for this cute card.  The images are both from Meljen's Designs.  They are Cat O Lantern and Quilted Boo.  I've colored them both in with my colored pencils.  Cut out the scallop frame from the Lacy Labels cartridge.  Then added some spider webs from a Martha Stewart punch under the middle panel.  Kind of hard to tell they are spider webs...maybe I should have exposed a little bit more of them...hmmm

Anyhow...that's pretty much it!  I was super excited to go to the new Michael's store that just opened up down the road from me!  Spent way too much...but could have spent much much more!  I found the spider web paper there, which was awesome because I haven't been able to find any!  All I wanted was plain black and white webs, but the paper was always a different color, or had other patterns on it that I didn't want.  So I was overjoyed to find this paper and snatched up a handful :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
    One Stitch at a Time #131-Autumn
    Pattie's Creations #52-Embossing
    Scrappy Moms Stamps-Halloween
    Sweet Sunday Sketch #167

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Happy Monday!
I know it's been a bit quiet around here lately...I was busy all last week with a large order and it took up so much more time than I expected it to!  But, it's done and out the door and now I can get back to other projects!
I will be busy the rest of today finishing a wedding card for a family member (which turned out so fab I can't stop looking at it!!!) and then taking pics and finally getting stuff posted in my shop!  I'm so far behind....my little ribbon line of finished cards keeps getting more and more full...need to clear it off!

But today is the start of a new challenge at Paper Makeup!!!  Woot woot!  Our challenge is Welcome Autumn, and who isn't ready for fall?  It's been so delightful here in Montreal the last few days!  I love the crisp feel of the air in the morning and feeling the cool breeze blow in through my front window is fantastic!  So yes, I am ready :)
Here is my card:

Yeah...not too elaborate here...I had this awesome idea with the patterned paper I used, it was all going to be great and then it just sort of..fell apart...not sure what happened.  But I tried my best to salvage it :)

I used the Moody for Fall image from Paper Makeup and colored her in with my pencils.  I also used a few of the images from the Color it Autumn set.  Cut around them and added them to the bottom.  Then I made up one of my favorite layered bows and stuck it under the image.  It actually visited several places on the card before finding a resting spot.  Wasn't real sure where it would look best so had to test it a little :)

I hope you will join us this week in our Welcome Autumn challenge!  Be sure to stop by and check out the rest of the design teams amazing fall creations!  So much inspiration!  And a warm welcome to our guest makeup artist this week: Tina Keller! 

Bye for now! <3

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Happy Sunday!
I hope you have had a fabulous weekend!  I've stayed busy but also found time to relax :)  I got to snuggle in bed for awhile this morning with my hubby and our kitties!  So cozy! :)

I've been working on this card for a few days now...mostly because I kept getting distracted doing other things around the house, or for my Etsy shop...but I finally finished it and it is so fabulous!

I used the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches...I was a little skeptical about it at first...wasn't sure if I could pull it off.  But the more I looked at the DT's inspiration, the more I mulled it over and sketched it out, things finally started the form in my mind.
I wanted to stick to the fall/Halloween type of card style, but lighten it up and not have it be so creepy and dark.  I found a few patterned papers in my stash/scraps that matched what I wanted to do, and set to work.
The frame behind the image is cut from the cricut Lacy Labels cartridge.  I embossed the solid blue frame with the Swiss Dots folder and then embossed the patterned paper with the D'vine Swirls folder.  It adds great dimension and character behind the image.

Of course, Miss Cinders is from none other than Saturated Canary!  I remember as a child always watching the Disney movies...mostly Beauty and the Beast, but Cinderella was always in the mix and I LOVE Krista's interpretation of her :)
I kept the coloring on her simple with teal streaked through her dress and blondish colored hair.  I added some of my new Star Dust Stickles to her shoes, dress hem, sash, and hair bow.

The flowers are files cut with my cricut, inked around the edges, and layered together with a pearl in the center.  I matched the orange on the smaller flowers to the orange used in the circle die cut above the image to pull that color throughout the card.
Then I just added the ribbon and bow, printed off the sentiment and scallop cut around the edge!
So cute!  I just love it!

This card is entered in the following challenges:
    Tuesday Morning Sketches #159
    The Pretty Little Ribbon #13-Add Some Bling and Sparkle
    V's Sweet Ideas #2-Use a Digi
    Critter Sketch #128-Use a Digi
    Love to Create #28-Sparkle
    Tammy's Scrapin Corner #23-Add Some Flowers
    Whimsy Stamps #50-Lots of Layers
    Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #19-Emboss It

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TGIF!!
I hope everyone is having a fabulous Friday!  It's been pretty quiet for me.  I was able to finish up a few cards that I started yesterday, even with it being our Anniversary (see post here).
It seems lately I have been obsessed with using images from Meljen's Designs.  I bought a bunch of her images recently with a 50% off sale she just had, and they are just so darn cute!  So many ideas run through my head as I scan the images that I just can't help but make a few cards with them :)

This is my first card.  I am in such a Halloween/Fall kick right now!  Maybe I'm just done with this heat and humidity and I'm ready for cooler weather :)  So a lot of what I have been working on has centered around fall and Halloween...which honestly is okay with me since it is my favorite season.
For this card, I followed the sketch at Mojo Monday.  Such a fun sketch!  While we were in MI I bought a large DCWV fall paper pack from JoAnn's, so that is where all these papers are from.  The image is Cat O Lantern from Meljen's Designs.  I've colored it in with my colored pencils.  I also printed off the Cute Corner Spider, cut around the edges and stuck him in the corner.  I thought that was a fun addition to the card :)

The sentiment is printed on my computer and then flagged and tucked behind the image.  I cut the scallop frame from my Lacy Labels cartridge, and then cut the image out with my Spellbinders Oval.  Added a ribbon and bow, and some silver glitter to the web and image to finish everything off!

This card is entered in the following challenges:
    Mojo Monday Sketch #253
    Love to Create #27-Punches and Dies
    Paper Pretties #51-Use Scallops
    Sentimental Sundays #114-Fall
    Craft Your Passion #122-Anything Goes
    Deep Ocean #31-Anything Goes

This next card is not fall, but still Meljens :)

I have had this blue paper in my stash forever!  It was one of those papers I grabbed because it caught my eye, and I love blue...but it's so bold that I shy away from it when I'm looking for papers to use.  But when this card idea popped into my head, and I passed this paper while thumbing through my stash I knew it would be perfect!  And it matched perfect with the red dotted paper!

The image is I Love You This Much from Meljen's, colored with pencils and mounted on a frame cut from Lacy Labels.  I inked around the image frame so that it stood out a little, since it has a white frame...I wanted there to be a distinction between the image and it's frame.

I used my heart border punch at the bottom and then used the little hearts that were punched out as the embellishments on the side.
I completed the image sentiment on the inside:

Sorry for the bad pictures.  I seem to be having a bit of trouble with lighting in my craft room...and it's resulting in very dark, grainy pictures...

This card is entered in the following challenges:
    Die Cuttin Divas #77-A Sketch
    Crafting for all Seasons #33-Bright Colors
    Paper Crafting Journey-Anything Goes
    2 Sisters Challenge #103-Anything Goes

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Happy 1 Week to my blog!  Can't believe it has been a week already...I know, that's not very long, but it's exciting for me :)  I really love my blog and I hope everyone else does as well!
Another fall card to show today!  I absolutely love this card and the way it turned out. 

This card was so much fun to make!  I never really have a plan set in place when I sit down to make a card.  Sometimes I do, but most of the time it seems I just take a desired image I want to use and build elements around it.  That's sort of what I did for this card.  The pumpkins are from the Cricut Holiday Cakes cartridge.  That was one of my favorite images when I purchased the cartridge, but I have never used it for a card!  So I wanted that to be my focus today.  I started searching blogs for challenges (since I'm new to all the blogging stuff, I'm still trying to explore and find new challenges) and I found a sketch challenge at Party Time Tuesdays.  I really enjoy working with sketches because even though I don't plan my cards, I like to have an idea of where my elements are going to go, so a sketch is perfect!
So I drew out my sketch and then started deciding what I was going to use.  A couple of challenges I discovered were for multiple layers, fun borders, and leaves.  So I figured, why not put them all together?
I used my Martha Stewart Double Arches punch to make a backdrop border, glued that to a leaf patterned paper, and attached them both to my card front.

Then I cut out a scalloped border, the pumpkins and a frame with my cricut.  I inked the pumpkins slightly so they had some detail since I didn't like just the plain paper.  I attached a brown ribbon and bow and mounted that onto the card.

The leaves are just a blackout image on the Holiday Cakes cartridge.  I didn't want to cut out the details as I thought it would pull away from the pumpkins.  So I did the blackout and just drew in some minor details with a brown gel pen.  I cut out a small sentiment tag with a pair of scallop scissors and wrote in the sentiment with the same brown gel pen.
I am realizing more and more that I am in desperate need of sentiment stamps...while my handwriting is okay, stamps are just so much nicer!  Something else for me to work on :)
This card has been entered into the following challenges:

    Party Time Tuesday Challenge #34-Sketch and/or Monochromatic
    Critter Sketch Challenge #83-Recipe Challenge
    The Kraft Journal: Welcome Fall Challenge
    Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #85-Lots of Layers
    Raise the Bar Challenge #75-"Leave" Summer

I'm so excited!  This is the first card I have entered into multiple challenges!  And it fits all of them!  So proud of myself :)
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Happy Saturday!
Today I am showing you a card I am entering into My Craft Spots: Monday Challenge #25: Happy Harvest.  I was introduced to this blog by looking at a new followers blog (Cindy P.) and seeing all the wonderful creations she has made and entered into challenges.  Welcome to my blog Cindy and thank you for your comments!

I was super excited about creating this card after I read the challenge information because I love fall!  The cooler weather, the crispness in the air, all the spicy scents from baking apples!  That was the inspiration for my card, since my house still smells like the applesauce I made yesterday!

I started with a plain red card stock base and then added a patterned red/yellow paper on top.  I realized I don't seem to have many fall papers in my collection...I'll have to work on that!  Next I took a creamish colored card stock and inked around the edges with a chestnut colored ink pad, and then added that on top of the patterned paper.

What I was originally thinking of doing was 3 bushels of apples on the front of the card, so I was searching through my Cricut cartridges to see what other apple images I had, and I came across a cartridge I had purchased quite awhile ago and only used once...Speaking of Fall.  I remember being really excited about this cartridge because it was based around my favorite season!  As I was searching through it once again, I came across the image for E and it was a pie rack!  Definitely the image I was going to use, but I didn't want it to look like an E.
So I cut out both the regular and shadow images twice, and then I started cutting and gluing it all back together to make it look more like a wall rack.

I traced and cut out the pie tins in silver and then inked them in black to give them a "burnt" look, and I inked the pie tops with straw mat and barn brown ink pads to give them that baked golden look.  I think they turned out fabulous!

I put together the basket using the same ink pads as I had used on the pies and tins.  The apples I had cut out in a pale green and then inked with a cranberry color so that they still had a little green to them (the way they are when picked at the orchard).  I arranged the apples in the basket so that it had an overflowing look to it.

Then I put everything together!  The rack came out a little bigger than I had planned, so I had to rearrange the layout a little bit.  But it all worked out in the end.  I added a few 3D paint dots at the top and covered them in red glitter, and then wrote "Happy Harvest" in brown at the bottom.  Fabulous!  I love the way this card turned out!

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