Good afternoon everyone!

I thought that for todays post I would post some of the cards that I made for Thanksgiving and Christmas that I did not get a chance to post.  Just a few.  I know that the holidays are over but I was in hopes that you will be inspired by the card sketches and not the theme or holiday.

These are just the Christmas Cards.  Here's the Thanksgiving/Fall cards...

Have a great afternoon everyone!  I'll be back tomorrow with a little project to share Ü

Giving Thanks

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope that today finds you well.  As I sit here typing this it is rainy and gloomy outside.  It's been so nice the past few days.  I've been outside a lot with the puppy the past few days and it's been very nice.  Just yesterday I was sitting out back on the deck watching her, reading my book and it was nice to look up and see all the different colors on the trees and bushes.  The lady bugs flying thru the air all around me and the nice breeze.  It was a truly wonderful fall day.  Now there is today, ugh.  Rainy, gloomy.  It's a great night for soup!!

Enough of that ~ wanna see a card?

Now this card looked a whole lot better in my head.  I had plans for it, but it just did not come out like I expected.  That's been happening a lot lately.

I stamped the image from Great Impressions and colored it in with my pencils and gamsol then cut it out with my CB and Large Label nestie and adhered it on to a piece of rust cs that I punched out with my Small Scallop Rectangle nestie.  The base card is Close to Cocoa that I added a piece of ivory cs that I ran thru the CB with my Autumn Type folder.  I also took my sponge and added some Ruby Red ink to the word 'thankfulness' at the top of the ivory panel.  Before I adhered the image panel to the card I added the leaf brad in the top corner - I wanted to cover up the back of the brad, I don't like to see things on the inside of my cards.  Once that was all adhered I added the sentiment from Paper Impressions (very old) that I stamped with my Big & Juicy Foliage stamp pad and I was complete.

Like I said, not what I had wanted but it's what I got.

I hope to be back tomorrow to show you some more.  With it being rainy outside I think that Dixie will not want to be out all day and play.  Have a great afternoon!!

My Bountiful Harvest

You know when you see a stamp and think "oh that will look nice" and it takes time to color it ~ then to just hack it away with your punch or die cut?  Yup, that's what I did with this stamp.  I was working on my Thanksgiving cards and I have this stamp by D.O.T.S. that is really cute.  I use it a lot.  It's a cornucopia filled with a harvest bounty and I colored it in with my pencils and gamsol.  Being careful to shade everything just right for Fall colors only to hack most of it away with one of my nesties...  Grrrr...

You cant even tell it's a cornucopia...  Oh well.  The thought was there. 

I stamped the cornacopia from D.O.T.S. and colored it in with my pencils and gamsol then I cut it out with my Standard Circles small nestie and layered it on to a piece of More Mustard that I punched out with my Marvy Giga scalloped circle punch.  I set that aside and started to layer the card.  The base card is Ruby Red that I layered with Close to Cocoa and a piece of DP from Creative Imaginations Debbie Mumm Harvest collection.  I took a piece of rust colored ribbon and layered it on the left side of the card.  I then stamped the saying 'thanksgiving blessings' from Printworks in black ink and layered that on to a piece of Ruby Red cs.  I also stamped the leaf image by Alextamping with my Big and Juicy Foliage ink pad on to white cs and layered it on to a piece of Ruby Red cs.  I then took both of those layers and added them on top of the ribbon at the left.  I then pierced the holes around the scallop circle on my main image and used pop dots to add it to the card and I was complete.

I've got something else that I'm working on today that is Fall also.  I am having trouble getting to work on things with Dixie around.  She is in the exploring stage right now and wants out every 5 minutes.  I can't ignore her just in case she wants out to do her business.  We get outside and she just wants to play and explore.  She's really funny too!  She loves weeds.  Not to eat or anything, just to play with.  I told Ricky that we should get one of those cat toy's with the feather on the end of the stick to play with her, that's almost like the weeds.

Anyway ~ I hope to be back tomorrow to show you some more Fall inspiration!  Have a great day!

I want to share with you

I want to share with you some pictures of the cards we made last weekend at the SCS shoebox swap we went to.  The theme was to make a Fall/Halloween card (my favorite!!).  I should of shared these sooner but I've been busy cleaning the craft room and moving things around a bit.  When I get in a moving and re-arranging mood it always ends up with everything in the middle of the room and me saying "no that wont work" quite a few times.

Here is some of the pictures.  The cards are just so cool!  It's so neat to see how many different styles come together .  Everyone had their own way of doing things - it's really fun to gather like this and make the cards.  So many ideas flowing, it's great!!

I love all of the cards, but there was one in particular that grabbed my fancy.  Only because I don't use my Cricut hardly at all.  Mostly just for letters, but this is great!  Now I need the cartridge!!

That tree!  I LOVE that tree.  It is one of the paper dolls cartridges I believe. 

All the cards are wonderful!  I hope that they inspire you in some way.  I know they have for me.  I'll be back later with more to look at!  Have a great afternoon!

Good Afternoon!

Today is a beautiful day!  Hubby brought the car home so I could take Danielle to take her driving test again.  Let's just say we will not talk about that.  But running around town, it's just so nice out.  The leaves on the trees are changing and there is a crispness in the air.  It is just wonderful!  I think this weekend I need to break out the fall and Halloween decorations ~ and it's time to pick out the pumpkins!!

Are you ready for a card?  Well - here goes...

This card was made with my SU! set called Frosty.  I love snowmen, and this is one of my favorite all time sets.

The base card is Pacific Point that I layered with a piece of white cs that I stamped with Ballet Blue and Bashful Blue inks.  I used my large label and my small scallop rectangle nesties to cut out the layers.  The large label was cut out with some miscellaneous dark blue card stock that I had.  I added a little piece of organdy ribbon and the from was complete.  Inside I layered a piece of dark blue card stock with a piece of white and stamped the sentiment from an old foam D.O.T.S. set in Real Red ink and I was complete.

I think that I need to start getting in the holiday mode.  Last year I was not in the mood too much ~ but seeing those trees with the changing colors I think may of did it for me.  Time for scented pinecones and apple cider.

Have a great afternoon!

I'm still here...

Howdy everyone. Talk about late - I never post at night! But this morning we had to help my SIL take her dog to the vet. Here dog's got arthritis too - and he's an old guy so she needed some help with him. I guess I can understand, when the weather starts to turn nasty I know that my old bones creak ~ so I'm sure theirs do too!!

I had a minute to work on a card that I thought that I'd show you. It's the last of my Fall/Thanksgiving cards. I promise!!

The base card is Chocolate Chip (what elseÜ) and I layered it with DP, that darn designer paper that is not labeled - and Really Rust. I stamped the image by Judith and colored it in with my watercolor crayons. I punched a scallop square out of some orange cs that was run thru the cuttlebug and attached the image behind it. I then punched a slot on each side at the bottom of the orange panel and threaded some gold ribbon thru it and tied it in a knot. The sentiment is also from Judith and I stamped that with Really Rust ink and sponged it around that panel before I layered it on to the Really Rust and orange scraps. I attached that to the card with pop dots.

See, simple. And the last Fall card ~ promise!!

Tomorrow I am going to try to sit in the craft room all day and create something for you to look at. Hopefully.....

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Joani