Child's Valentine

 While sorting through my box of pre-made "scraps" I came across this stamped image and decided it would make a cute valentine for one of 2 little boys I send cards to. I colored it with Copics and a red glitter pen then cut it with a stitched square die. I found a snippet of Lawn Fawn dsp with tiny hearts that I liked, but it was too small to cover the whole card front, so I cut it into 2 pieces and added a stamped sentiment of X's and O's at the bottom. I used a retired SU! set called "Oh Goodie" for that. Sorry it's a bit crooked - it seems as I've gotten older I stamp or place everything slightly crooked anymore - in spite of using a stamping device to avoid that problem ???

 I'll enter this into the following challenges:

The Male Room Challenge #146 - animals

Addicted to Stamps and More #396 - make your mark (use markers)

Pixie's Snippets Playground #394 - use snippets (dsp)

2 Crafty Critter Crazies January 2021 challenge - use a critter

The House that Stamps Built challenge J131 - anything goes

Thanks for joining me on my journey to sort through my craft supplies and make cards again. I seem to be doing more crafting than purging but that's OK - at least I'm being productive in some small way :)

Have yourself the best possible day!

Carol

Love & Blessings

 I recently treated myself to this Simon Says Stamp Autumn Splendor stencil and pulled out my long-neglected watercolor pencils to add color. I wasn't sure I liked how I added the autumn colors, so I added some sponged tumbled glass distress ink to the white card base to soften the look. Still unhappy with it, I tossed it aside for a while and finished it several days later with a Gerda Steiner image and sentiment, along with an unbranded die-cut that looks like woven burlap. The sentiment was stamped on a Venetian Label die (Gina Marie Designs) and I added the little red heart to the mouse's hands in keeping with the sentiment. The inside has a Thanksgiving sentiment.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge N2520

NBUS #20 - use your never before used "schtuff" - stencil

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by, and for those of you who will be celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, I wish you a wonderful day! For those who don't celebrate, I wish you all a wonderful day as well! We all have a lot to be thankful for in spite of so many bumps in the roads we travel.

Carol

Autumn Leaves

 I made this card for the Repeat Impressions challenge #N1820 with the following autumn inspiration palette

I used a snippet of torn striped dsp, along with a torn strip of gold embossed dsp, then stamped all the leaves in assorted colors on the gold-colored card base with Kitchen Sink Stamps. The sentiment is also by KSS embossed with gold on dark brown cardstock. The big leaf was die cut and embossed with a SB die with red mirror card and the final touch was a little bow made with SU! gold cord.

Wishing my US friends a wonderful Autumn weekend and for those celebrating other seasons across the globe, I wish you a wonderful weekend too! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

Happy Halloween!

Since today is the day we celebrate Halloween, I thought I'd share a few more of the treat containers I made for neighbors and friends and the guys who mow our lawn for us.

I made these mini milk cartons with assorted scraps of paper and cardstock, making each one a little different. They hold a few mini candy bars 

Here's a close up of one with bats....

 and here's one with my favorite color purple.

I used assorted stamps, dies, and designer paper along with some snippets of ribbon to create these and HERE is the tutorial I used to make them.

Sharing with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Repeat Impressions - the House that Stamps built #02820 - a/g

Little Red Wagon #573 - Halloween

Today is the last day of daylight savings time for us, so even though the darkness will come early now, it will be nice to wake up to bright sunshine again - IF it ever stops raining that is LOL

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day. 

Happy Halloween!

Carol