Colors of Fall

I’ve always loved the floral images offered by Power Poppy, so appreciated their blogs World Cardmaking Day Challenge that encouraged us to create a card with fall in mind, uses a sentiment of gratitude AND uses a Power Poppy stamp! I knew just which of their stamps I would use- Autumns Opulence!

I used a digital stamp, printing it on vellum, coloring from the backside with shades of fall using my Spectrum Noir markers. I then added highlights on the top of the vellum with a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. The sentiments are both freebies from Decosses Dynamite Doodles (I cut the vellum that is below the front sentiment and used it to add some color to the middle of the card. Didn’t want to cover up all that opulence!)

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Power Poppy- World Cardmaking Day

Outlawz Challenges- Songs and Rhymes- Nothing Gold Can Stay

We Craft Cards Monday Challenge- Thankful! 

Incy Wincy Designs-Autumn (Fall) Colours                                          

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #408-409 Anything Goes                   

Let’s Craft and Create- Anything Goes (October option- Colors of Fall)

The current challenge at Di’s Digital Stamps is to “Include a Pumpkin.” I looked through my Di’s Digi collection and pulled out an adorable image named “Doodle House 1” and set out to make it festive for Halloween. I colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen, fussy-cut and attached it to a starry sky background. To meet the challenge requirements I added a few hand-drawn and colored pumpkins and set them beside two of the doors. I drew spiderwebs with a white gel pen on a few of the door frames and added torn vellum clouds over the moon to provide a bit of a spooky mood! (The  close-up pic shows the pumpkins and spider web details.) The moon is from a Di’s Digi image named Love You To The Moon and Back (Which is now on sale for just $2!) I also lightly sponged white craft ink around the moon to add a bit more of a hazy feeling to the scene. 
The pumpkins on the inside of the card are from a Cute As A Button Digi named "Thankful." 

 

 

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Di’s Digi Stamps- Include a Pumpkin                                                    

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #603 Halloween

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

A2zscrapbooking Monthly Challenge- October- Final challenge Holidays                            

Cute As A Button-#49 Anything Goes   

Since I have two sisters, and we loved to dress up when we were little, I love this sweet digi from All Dressed Up named “Three Little Party Girls.”  For this card I just used one of the little cuties, creating a "shades of orange" card that I could enter into a few other challenges (Double D’s Orange and White Challenge and Outlawz Tuesday Monochromatic Color Challenge) The sentiment on the front of the card is computer generated. I cannot locate the inside sentiment in my digi files right now. (I currently have nearly 500 folders that contain nearly 7000 digis… so sometimes the individual sentiments aren’t easy to locate. I try to print the source next to them when I print them off… but forgot to do that this time. Sorry!)

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Double D’s Challenge- Orange & White                   

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge (Monochrome)

All Dressed Up- Anything Goes- #97 Anything Goes                             

Bugaboo Stamps- Oct Anything Goes      

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Oct   

Mid-week fun

It's Wednesday! So time for another challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog where challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded from one or more sponsors.  Stop by the blog to check it out! The sponsor this week is Oddball Arts I used a digi set  named "Get Well Sally." I colored the feverish little miss with and Band-Aids printed off in a few sizes with Spectrum Noir markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. The inside sentiment is from QKR Stampede. (We have an outbreak of flu and whooping cough in our area. So I am hoping that I don’t need to use this card anytime soon!)

 

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Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #115 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge- #477 Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge- Anything Goes #104

The October Progressive Challenge this month features a spooky-cute image from Polkadoodles named “Winnie Wednesday Bat Dog.“ I colored her with Spectrum Noir markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen and perched her atop a background made with a Halloween Napkin adhered to my card with double stick tape. (Added the spiderwebs and spiders with white and black gel pens. Boo!) The inside sentiment is made with a freebie from birdscards.com

 

 

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Outlawz Challenges- Progressive Freebie- October

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week 40 Anything Goes 
Fabrika Fantasy Challenge- #35 Halloween

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #602 Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Challenge- #163 Autumn/Halloween

A2zscrapbooking Monthly Challenge- October- Final challenge Holidays  

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays

My final card this posting is made with an adorable image from Bugaboo named “Banana Monkey.” She is colored her with Spectrum Noir markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. The sentiment is computer generated.

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Bugaboo Stamp- Stella Says Sketch Challenge #716                              

Bugaboo Stamps- Oct Anything Goes      

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #408-409 Anything Goes                   

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Oct                                   

Fall and Winter II

It’s Friday, so time for another challenge at QKR Stampede!  Stop by the challenge, which is always “Anything Goes” and several prizes are awarded. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself? My DT card features a QKR digi image (Q-digi13004 Winter Friends) colored with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. The sentiments are computer-generated, and the snowflakes are made with a Lawn Fawn die set.

 

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The Sisterhood of Crafters- Friendship is the Greatest Gift

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #405-407 Anything Goes                   

Outlawz Challenge- Saturday Paper Ala Mode- Dry Embossing            

This weeks sponsor for the  Colour Crazy Challenge is Bugaboo and my DT card features their sweet image named “Little Penguin Reindeer. I fussy cut the image and traced the little guys body onto scraps of black and white mulberry paper. After tearing the mulberry paper and adhering it to the digi, a pair of google eyes and free sheet music (found HERE) finished off the fun card. The inside sentiment is a freebie from Love SVG that you can find HERE.

 

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Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #602 Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #457 Anything Goes                 

A2zscrapbooking Monthly Challenge- October- Final challenge Holidays    

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- #31                                                      

My final card for this post is a fun digi from Little Scraps of Heaven named “Little Frank with Candy Corn” colored with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen.  The background is a wonderfully detailed scene from Decosses Dynamite Doodles.  The Happy Halloween sentiment is a freebie from Birdscards. The inside sentiment is from an Imagine That digi set named Jars of Cheer. The snowflakes are made with a Lawn Fawn die set.

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Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge – Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Fabrika Fantasy Challenge- #35 Halloween

Fall and Winter

Hello! It’s the first Thursday of the month, so time for a new challenge at Imagine That Digi Stamps. For my DT card, I used a digi from two Imagine That sets: Lorie's Mocha for all Seasons and Coffee Sentiments.  The sweet image is colored with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. Patterned papers and some wooden leaf cutouts that I picked up at Hobby Lobby decorate the festive card.

One added note- The designer/owner of Imagine That, Kris Breach, provides her DTs with a coupon code that allows any friends a discount on their next digi order. If you stop by the shop I know that you'll find lots of digis you'll want to add to your collection. Then, make sure to enter your card into this months challenge with an "Anything Goes" theme for a chance to win a $12 coupon to the Imagine That Digistamp shop, or a Top 3 award which includes 2 free digi sets of your choice and an invite to be our Guest Designer in the next challenge!  You can find the full rules HERE.

 

 

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Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge – Anything Goes

Sheepski Designs- #31 Autumn

Di’s Digi Stamps- Two or More Patterned Papers                                  

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Oct                                   

Cute As A Button-#49 Anything Goes  (Optional Twist- The Colors of Fall)

The current challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters is named “Friendship is the Greatest Gift” and requires the word friend to be featured on the card. I’ve always loved this sweet digi set from Beccy’s Place named “New Friends” so used the image, plus two sentiments on my colorful winter card. The image is colored with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. The snowflakes are made with a Lawn Fawn die set.

 

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The Sisterhood of Crafters- Friendship is the Greatest Gift

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #405-407 Anything Goes                   

Beccy’s Place Challenge- Oct                                                                   

My final card for this post features the same freebie from a Dearie Dolls card that I posted yesterday. Once again, I colored the image with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen.  However, for this card, I also printed the image on vellum, and attached it atop the colored image. The result is a beautiful muted scene. A silver star sticker adds a bit of bling to the front of the card, and to the inside sentiment. (I’m not sure the source of the inside sentiment. I found it in my stash and can’t locate it in my digi, clear or wood-mount stamps. It might be upcycled from an old card? If anyone recognizes it’s source… please let me know!)

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The Paper Shelter- #400 Let’s Celebrate!

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #457 Anything Goes                 

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Christmas Crafts All Year Round- Angels, Fairies or Nativity

Mid-week fun

It's Wednesday! So time for another challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog where challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded from one or more sponsors.  Stop by the blog to check it out! The sponsor this week is All Dressed Up and I used a digi named "Love to Shop." I used a simplified Spotlight Technique. Instead of printing off two copies of the image, I printed just one. I then used a die to cut the circle out of the image and used a slightly larger circle die to cut one from black cardstock. After coloring the sections inside of the circle with Spectrum Noir markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen, I layered it back on the card atop the black circle. I did print an extra copy of the sentiment, which I made into a small tag.  

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All Dressed Up- Anything Goes- #97 Anything Goes                             

We Craft Cards Monday Challenge- Tag, You’re It!  

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #601 Sentimental

I love these two owls from a Beccy’s Place digi set named “You’re a Hoot” and they even have names! Ophelia, on the card front, is so sweet while Augusta, on the inside, is the king of grumpy! I colored them with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen. The sentiments are computer-generated. (Oh, and the yummy cupcake behind the vellum is from a Beccy's Place digi set named "Celebrations.")

 

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Bugaboo Stamp- Stella Says Sketch Challenge #716                              

Pink Gem Challenge- Week 19 Anything Goes

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- #31                                                      

Beccy’s Place Challenge- Oct                                                                   

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Oct                                   

My final card for this post features a freebie from Dearie Dolls that you can find HERE. I printed the image on tan parchment cardstock and colored it with Spectrum Noir Coloring System alcohol markers, a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen and pink chalk. The inside sentiment is upcycled from an old Christmas card.

 

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Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #405-407 Anything Goes                   

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #457 Anything Goes                 

A2zscrapbooking Monthly Challenge- October- Final challenge Holidays  (Logo) 

Christmas Crafts All Year Round- Angels, Fairies or Nativity