Pumpkin Carving Day!

Seven of the nine grandkids came over today to carve pumpkins with Uncle Timothy! The rules? He cuts the top out but they have to scoop out the "guts" with their hands! Then if they're old enough they carve their pumpkin OR mom/dad/Uncle Timothy helps carve theirs.

Before I share the FUN pictures, here is a card made for several Splitcoast challenges. Bee-lieve in a Cure by Anna Wight from Whipper Snapper Designs.

Colored with Copics, airbrushed cloud template bg, faux layers using a black Sharpie and ruler.

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Ok...sit back...
enjoy my goofy grandkids and the PUMPKINS!

   

     

Gabriel aka Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes)!

Isaac

Jorden

Leah and Gabriel shared a pumpkin...
so Leah made a "Calvin" face too!  

Toothless Preston!

 

Fall colors are starting!

Seth playing monkey  

Too fun on a gorgeous day!

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn

Splitting the Image and a Couple More =)

Today I proved several things...

1. How pretty an image can be simply stamped in colored ink.
2. And...I don't HAVE to color every time I make a card!! Today, my Copics and Prismas got a rest!

The Technique challenge on Splitcoast today was to make a card splitting the image. Missing You, ODBD, came to mind... background is Brocade Background also from ODBD. It also worked for Hope You Can Cling To challenge from yesterday, a card with no sentiment on the front.

I called it "Summer's End"...as the flowers fade, the leaves start to fall and the general "scruffiness" of how the yard looks! Hence all the distressing!! The ribbon is heat distressed and looks really cool IRL. 

As long as I'm sharing "Hope You Can Cling", which by the way is for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month... here are a couple others I made for the challenges.

Lingerie... make a card...something lacy, satiny...etc. I thought the dry embossing and the satin ribbon fit. I used Blessed Christmas and Poinsettia Die from ODBD. That's Grace's Frame embossing folder on the base.

Happy Haunting, from Whipper Snapper Designs, by Anna Wight was for a "Pink Holiday". It's colored with Prismas, clouds with my template sponged with Distress ink.

Hope you're staying toasty where ever you might be.
It's definitely flannel and hoodie weather here! Ahhh, I LOVE Fall!!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

I'm a Whipper Snapper Featured Designer!!

It only took me a nano second to reply back to Anna when I got her email asking if I'd like to be one of her featured designers! I've loved Anna's work for as long as I can remember and then she started designing for Whipper Snapper... what more could I ask for! Woohoo! So, for two months, I get to play with some awesome people! Denise Marzec Kecia Hicks  Kelly Bee Holly McMillen....and Anna! 

The set I'm sharing today is called, Bee-Lieve In A Cure. Cute huh!!

It's colored with Copics, Glossy Accents on the wings, Labels 9 sponged clouds and layered on Floral Prints DCWV.

Bee *snicker* watching for more cards as I get them done I'll share them with you!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

A Hundred and Plenty is ALL They Need to Know!

We’re getting new health insurance and today someone had to come out to take our blood pressure, “sample” in a cup, height, blood sample…and weight. Now, c’mon! That’s just plain depressing! Why couldn’t she just put down 100 and plenty and be done with it! Sheesh!

To console myself and feel better, I had to make a card and eat a box of chocolates!
Ok… so, I just made a card, no chocolates hrmmph!

My good friend Heidi, over at Pink Hedgehog, sent me some of these Oregon Raindrops…she dyes them herself! What a deal and so many colors! Plus I got some new Spellbinders (labels 9) from her…I had to play!

The Ways To Use It challenge yesterday was “quilting” in one way or another, and today’s Limited Supply challenge was to have a “girl” on the card……………….and NO pattern paper…OOPS! guess it won’t qualify for that challenge! haha

I used Melanie’s Inspiration Mosaic from Gina K as a guide on a piece of white cs and cut each piece of paper to fit the rectangles. I didn’t bother notching out pieces, just glued them over top of each other in the correlating spaces! I used a fine tip artist pen to
re-define the block lines and to make the faux stitches after piercing the holes.

The pink layer is Copic’d using the same color as Riley’s flower. Riley is from Whipper Snapper. While she was in the Nestie, I used my dauber and sponged.

Oh, and by the way…see those crooked stitches? Another reason why I don’t quilt! This is as close as I’m gonna get!

More Get Well Wishes and a Sketch

I certainly have been needing the get well cards lately! This one is for a 12 yr old daugther of dear friends who is in the hospital. Hope it brings a smile!

This is the sketch today on Splitcoast. This is my favorite challenge of the week!
here are the two cards I did today.

Isn't she cute! This is "Leah" from Whipper Snapper. She's colored with Copic markers. I wanted to give her skirt a different look, so I made it plaid! Just used several blues and light olive and scribbled them on!

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This one is "My Cuppa Joe" from Gina K Designs , also colored with Copics, then sponged with distress inks.

*here's a tip* I think I could just about single-handedly support the foam dimensionals industry! So, this is what I do to cheat when I'm running low or just want a little "lift" between my layers! I learned this little trick from my good friend Rox... glue or tape small pieces of cardstock together and attach where you would a dimensional! All of the horizontal strips you see here have 2 small pieces of cardstock just on the ends, it has just enough added dimension so the strips don't look flat and they're even going across the card! Of course you can do this for larger areas too...but you're adding weight, the USPS loves that!

I could have also put some strips under the upper portion of the main panel, but since 2/3 of it is already popped up, it's pretty much supported by the strips alone. But, it's a thought!

recipe:
stamps: whipper snapper, gina k designs
paper: georgia pacific white, prism intense kiwi/nautical blue lt/blush red lt/kraft, dcwv color block stack
ink: adirondack pitch black/espresso, distress tattered rose/worn lipstick/frayed burlap
other: copic markers, white gel pen, making memories brads, nestablilities, cuttlebug/folder, zip dry glue, foam dimensionals (on oval sentiment)

I hope it's sunny where you are today...it is here! C'mon Spring!

Thanks for stopping!

Just Painting Around....

An interesting title and an even more interesting reason for it!


Today is my Monday challenge with some friends, CCEE, on SCS, it's our CNFS challenge (Catchy Name Featured Stamper) ... we pick someone who has a catchy user name on SCS and then we create our card around that name and send our cards to them.


This week it was Tosh's turn to select the person whose name we were going to use and she selected Michelle aka JustPaintingAround. Tosh told us that Michelle has a spotlighting style that she loved, so for our card we had to use the spotlighting technique. Let me tell you, Michelle really has a very unique style and I love it! She's a very talented person!!


I've done spotlighting before, but never the way Michelle does it! Will I do it again? Darn tootin!
I started with one piece of cardstock doing the entire scene. "Megan" from Whipper Snapper is colored with Copics. The purple flowers and grass are from the set "Ground Cover" from CHF. I drew the red flowers to match Megan's. The flowers are also colored with Copics and the grass is Prismacolor pencils blended with baby oil. The sky is using my cloud template and distress ink.

Then using my Nestabilities I cut out Megan, cut a mat and layered her back over the scene!

recipe:
stamps: Megan-Whipper Snapper, ground cover-Cornish Heritage Farms
paper: georgia pacific white, prism blush red dark
ink: adirondack pitch black, distress broken china-ranger
other: copic markers, prismacolor pencils, baby oil, blending stumps, spellbinders nestabilities, distress stickles-ranger, button-jesse james & co, ribbon, dauber, cloud template, slot punch, white gel pen

To see what the other girls did you can go to our blog.

Thanks for stopping!

Another Cowboy Wanted!

After my goof up yesterday I re-did my card and did another one! That's the great thing with chalks, you can just erase!

This one, also done with Pebbles Chalks, lots of distressing and a die cut buckle from Creative Cuts and More that is gold metallic cs, a little too "bright" for this card, so I rubbed some distress inks on it to tone it down!

recipe:
stamp: wanted-whipper snapper
paper: georgia pacific white, prism sunflowers dk/island mist dk
ink: distress frayed burlap, brushed corduroy, walnut stain, vintage photo
other: cuttlebug/folder, distressing tool, die cut buckle-creative cuts and more, thick glue dot, leather strips, zip dry glue

Still very windy today, much cooler...but blue skies!

Thanks for stopping!

Wanted! Who Wouldn't!!

Be on the look out for these awesome
cowboy images from
Whipper Snapper by Anna Wight!
Dreamy, no?!
*edited* I emailed Anna the link of the finished card and mentioned that I hoped that was a horse in the background cause that's how I colored it... poor Anna....hope she didn't bust a gut laughing too hard....it's just shadows from nearby trees/bushes she informed me! LOL

*more edits* several have commented that it looks like a llama to them... actually it did to me too! this just keeps getting better! Now I'm going to have to do another "Wanted" and try to make it look like BUSHES!

This is the Sketch Challenge today on SCS. This card is slightly larger than normal, 6.5x4.25 because of the "Wanted" image and I just had to use it today!! *wink*

I stamped it with Distress Frayed Burlap then used Pebbles Chalks to color it in. It already has a border which I just made more pronounced by going over it with a marker.

All layers are "fauxed", and if you follow my blog you know it's one way I save on cardstock!

Do you ever have trouble getting a clean, clear stamped solid image like this? Here's a trick I learned and it will help tremendously if you try it! Lightly sand your rubber! Yes, sand it! Use a fine grit, I have a soft sanding block I think I got in the paint dept. Clean your stamp after to remove any dust and you're ready to go!

Quite a difference isn't there!

recipe:
stamps: wanted-whipper snapper
paper: georgia pacific white, old world-dcwv
ink: distress frayed burlap
other: pebbles chalks/applicator, metal brad-making memories, jute, ruler, sharpie marker, foam mounting tape, zip dry glue, crop a dile

It's terribly WINDY and rainy today...yuck! I hate MUD!! Hope you're having a great day where you are!

As always, thanks for stopping!