Showing posts with label Fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall. Show all posts

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Warm and rich looking colors!!

Morning! Happy Saturday... :) Last night I "got creative"! I sure hit a dry patch the past couple weeks. But when I checked out Gina K. Organize it Card Sketch at Stamp TV using these BEAUTIFUL Basic Gray Indian Summer DP's... I just had to play along.

I decided to use SU! Pocket Silhouettes, Upsy Daisy and Great Friend to create the images. CS is SU! Baroque Burgundy (yes, I still have it!), Creamy Carmel, Basic Black and Whisper White. Then for the ribbon treatment I use SU! Taupe Grosgrain ribbon and a smaller piece of stitched ribbon over lapping. I did my own border by hand... my days in Graphic Arts kicked in... LOL! :)

I just LOVE this DP, did I say that already... ha! Take a peek at Gina's beautiful cards. She has many more combo's to enjoy!!






If you are getting snow with this big winter storm be safe! Blizzard conditions in some area's... but great "creative crafting" weather, RIGHT!! Enjoy your weekend and the Super Bowl! The commercials are the best part for me... :) Thanks for your sweet comments!!


Edited to add: Check out Ruby 2 Shoes for some "GREAT BLOG CANDY" girls!!! She has such fabulous cards... pop in and take a look... and sign up!

SMILES...

Michelle :)

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Thanks SO much... Masculine Card!

How was your Thanksgiving weekend?? Now back to reality, RIGHT! After the food, football, shopping, travel, and getting the laundry done now we can get in the mode for Christmas. I did get our tree up and decorations... and today we worked on taking a Christmas photo... now when you have a golden retriever that has a 1 second attention span... it's very HARD! All he wanted to do is play and with the temp between 28-35 degrees it as COLD! :)
OK on to the card! This card was inspired by thinking Masculine!! I made this card at the scrap retreat weekend and only had Christmas DP's with me... so I worked my magic on using colors that were warm, and different patterns. I used the SU! square punch and stamped an image on the sold squares... from Peaceful Wishes! Also using the SU! Trendy Tree set and So Many Sayings. Added a bit of paper piercing and layers... there you have it! :)

Enjoy your evening! Thanks for the visit as I ALWAYS appreciate the comments... still replying to everyone! Keep stamping... SMILES!

Michelle :)

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Jolly Snowman and Get Well Card... :)

Happy Sunday!! Here is one of my Snowman cards I made this weekend and a 2nd card from Julie's card class. It was perfect, Friday with the snow coming down made me think of a bright "JOLLY" card! I used my Nesties, bright DP's and using my Martha Stewart snowflake punches with buttons. I CuttleBug embossed the background and sponged the edges and high spots with SU! Whisper White. The stamp is from Provo Crafts... to cute! :)

Being the snow has come early this year and we still have leaves on the trees we made this fun fall card. Julie had us make a 4x4 card and making a 2nd fold at the 2" mark. Such a quick and easy card to make. When I came home I used my blender pen to fill in the leaves more with Close to Cocoa. And that fantastic Modern Label Punch rocks with the brads!! The stamp set is Autumn Splendor... in the SU! Holiday Mini Catty and Thoughts and Prayers.


Click on the photo's for a closer look! I'm watching football "Boarder Battle"... Vikings and Green Bay Packers... So far so good for us! I also made a large pot of Chicken Wild Rice soup and Pumpkin Mousse for dessert!!!! Yummmm... :) Enjoy your evening and thanks for stopping in for a visit. I always love it when you do... I'm catching up on comments!!

SMILES... Michelle :)

Friday, October 23, 2009

Thinking Fall... and it's Friday!

Morning everyone! Well, it's Friday and fall is in the air here in Minnesota. And what perfect card to share with pumpkins and fall colors... :)

I decided to pull out my Nesties and DP that I haven't used in ages! The pumpkins were SO fun to make using SU! oval punches, SU! Swirls die, and Gelly Roll pen for some sparkles around the edges. I also did some "Doodling" around the lower Nestie shape. The paper piercing adds so much too.

Take a look at my close up and click on the photo's to enlarge. Enjoy!

Any big plans for the weekend? I have a girls stamping retreat weekend coming up in 3 weeks that I need to get my ideas going on what I want to work on... before you know it I'll be out of time to plan. Yikes!


I'm planning on being home most of this weekend and a blog surfing I go.... YES! I so miss everyone! So the keyboard will be smoking and can't WAIT to see all the fun and creative creations you have.


Thanks for the visit, taking a peek and your time! Have a super weekend... STAMP!

SMILES... Michelle :)

Friday, October 9, 2009

Autumn Days... and Happy Firday! :)


Hi everyone... are you ready for the weekend? It sure is autumn in Minnesota. The leaves have bright colors, especially the maples, and we had our first killing frost last night. I said my final good-bye's to my flowers and gardens. Tomorrows high is 37 degrees... burr!

The two cards I have to share tonight are from SU! workshops and Julie's card class. The first card was for my hubby's birthday... he LOVES to hunt! To get the effect on the Top Note we took sponges and daubers to add the colorful background. Then stamped the images over. I embossed "Happy Birthday" and "Wish Big".

On the second card we stamped the turkey 3 times in 3 different colors and cut sections out to layer over the main image. It's hard to see in the photo, but it does give some depth. And I just received my Modern Label Punch... O' what fun! :)

Have a super evening! And enjoy the fall air, fuzzy slippers, apple cider, pumpkin bread, warm chili, caramel apples.... notice I LOVE this time of year! Now to find the time to enjoy it!

SMILES... Michelle :)

Friday, September 25, 2009

Happy Friday!!

Hi! Happy Friday to you and I'm so happy the weekend is here... Woo, hoo! :) Fall is in the air and the leaves sure are changing colors. We have rain here tonight and just before dark I was looking out my kitchen window at the fall colors and the rain gives them such a bold look!

I have two more Archiver's ScrapFest cards to share with you. The first card is by BasicGrey and the 2nd card is by American Crafts. I just LOVE the fun fall colors on the Autumn Memories card. The DP is very pretty!

American Craft has such bright modern colors I enjoy. So styling and just so simple! That's perfect for the on the go stamper... like me lately!

Are you all watching Dancing with the Stars? I just love watching people professionally dance ... it will be an interesting season!

Enjoy your evening! I have a SU! Christmas card to share... stay tune! SMILES

Michelle :)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Time to share from Card Club... :)

I want to share a card from Julie's Card Club Monday night... I just LOVE it! I didn't assemble the card completely at class because I wanted to add the Divine Swirls to my background and sponge the edges of the letters! It really gives more contrast and the swirls give the feel of a fall day of colorful leaves and wind. Which I'm ready for!! :)

A pretty easy card which Julie always has cute, simple and stunning in mind! :) We have 90's here and high humidity for the next few days. Summer is starting now... LOL! Well, I better think up something for supper and see what Cooper is up to! Enjoy everyone and thanks for stopping in to say "HI"! I'm catching up on my blog comments... :) Plus I'll be posting a couple more cards that Julie had for us.

SMILES... Michelle :)


Stamps: SU! Forest Friends Paper: SU! Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry Ink: SU! Close to Cocoa and Markers Other: SU! Ticket Corner Punch, CuttleBug Divine Swirls folder, scallop edge punch, sponge, Jumbo Eyelet, etc.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Clean & Simple... Ten Minute Monday!

A couple Clean & Simple cards to share!! I seen the Ten Minute Monday post and just fell in love with this card... so I decided to give it a try with my DP's that are so unloved lately! Do you ever have that issue? I have a lot of single sheets that don't have coordinating paper, because I think I have to HAVE them! :)

The first card is for fall that's around the corner. I followed the double button idea and embossed a row of dots with my CuttleBug. Then embossed my sentiment.

My second card I used chipboard flowers, added a gold pearl next to my sentiment and LOVE the DP with the rich chocolate in the background. Very easy peassy cards!! :)

Tonight I have Julie's Card Club and she just got back from convention! Can't wait to see her swaps... FUN!

Enjoy and have a super Monday!
SMILES... Michelle :)

Card #1
Stamps: Studio G Paper: SU! Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, DP (K&I Memories) Ink: SU! Whisper White Craft Other: Buttons, twine, CB With Love embossing folder, ribbon (Target Club Wed), SU! Detail White EP, glue dots, etc.

Card #2
Stamps: SU! Trendy Trees Paper: SU! Regal Rose, Marigold Morning, DP (DCWV) Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip Other: SU! white ribbon, K & Company Chip board flowers, glue dots, gold pearl (Michael's), etc.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

A couple cute cards to share... :)

Hello stampin' friends! I have 2 cards to share from Julie's SU! Open House on Monday night to kick off the new catty... we had such a fun time! :) The first card has warm fun fall colors... and we used the Autumn Days set. I added the paper piercing and sponged the edges. Such a fun layout and I know in the new catty there is a card similar to this one.

The second card we used Melon Mambo and Razzle Dazzle set. In my photo it's are to see the embossing which we use SU! Elegant Bouquet embossing folder. IRL it's just darling. So simple but yet such WOW... love the CAS style!

Late yesterday afternoon we had some bad storms go through the area. We lost power for 1 1/2 hours, hail that took down lots of my garden plants and flowers, and some of my shrubs look beat up! No house damage and we ended up with over 4" of rain in that short time! Some areas had over 6" and flooding. No water in the basement, but the pump is running! Better get moving, and THANKS for poppin' in! Enjoy...

Smiles... Michelle :)


Thinking of you
Stamps: Autumn Days and Sincere Salutations Paper: SU! Kraft, old olive, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango Ink: SU! Chocolate CHip, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Old Olive, Creamy Carmel Other: SU! square punch, paper piercing, sponge, dimensionals, SU! ribbon Kraft Taffeta, etc.

It's Good to Dream
Stamps: Razzle Dazzle Paper: SU! Whisper White, Melon Mambo Ink: SU! Basic Black & Melon Mambo Other: SU! scallop oval punch, large oval punch, SU!
Elegant Bouquet embossing folder, SU! Black Gingham ribbon, dimensionals, etc.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #26

Hi Everyone!! Blogger was giving me troubles earlier trying to upload my photo... so here I am now! Today's card is inspired by Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #26. I haven't used my Thoughts & Prayers set in a while and decided to use fall colors for this card. Karen's sketch layout is for a square card, but I decided to use the standard size instead. Change it up a little!! :) This is the first time I used my Nestie Labels Four dies also.

Autumn is stamped in Craft Chocolate Chip and clear embossed. Then I did some sponging, embossed the heads of my LARGE gold brads with Classy Cooper EP. The Vintage Cream cardstock (which is what the image is stamped on.) is from Papertrey Ink and the Ocean Tides Twill ribbon is also. Thanks to Diane "who is such a sweetie" for letting me sample some of PTI cardstock and ribbon!! (Wink) ;)

Hope you enjoy! I'm getting in to the fall colors and not sure why I'm pushing it.. LOL! Have a fabulous day and take sometime out of your day to stamp. Tonight I have Julie's Open House to kick off the NEW SU! catty... can't wait!! Thanks for popin' in... LOVE it when you do!

Smiles... Michelle :)

Stamps: SU! Thoughts & Prayers, Season by Season Paper: SU! More Mustard, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Vintage Cream (PTI), DP (Cosmo Cricket) Ink: SU! Markers Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, Really Rust, More Mustard, SU! Craft Chocolate Chip, Creamy Carmel Other: Nesties Labels Four, sponge, SU! Classy Copper EP, (PTI) Ocean Tides Twill ribbon, large brads (OfficeMax), dimensionals, SU! Clear Embossing Powder, etc.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

2 More... Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #23

I couldn't resist making two more cards using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #23!! This is a first for me, making 4 cards on one sketch!!! In my last post I mentioned I wanted to try this sketch using the Trendy Tree set. Here it is! Very simple, no extra frills, but has some punch! (Size 6 1/2"x 3 1/4")

On my second card... the size is 7 x 3 1/2" so I could fit the smallest Nestie Label One die, 5 times! I started picking through my scraps of DP to put this card together and that's how I came up with the colors. I took my SU! White Gel pen to doodle around my sentiment, added white pearls in the flower centers, and added a button to my bow. Not sure if I like this card, but sure is GIRLY!! :)

This is the first I have been on the computer since my last post... LOL! I have LOTS of e-mails to surf through tonight. The hubby's playing soft ball, so I can relax and have a cup of chai tea!! Have a super evening my stamping friends!! Thanks for poppin' in for a visit... :)

SMILES... Michelle :)

Autumn
Stamps: SU! Trendy Trees & Season by Season Paper: SU! Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Textured Rust CS (?), Kraft (PTI) Ink: SU! Ruby Red, More Mustard, Old Olive, Creamy Carmel, Chocolate Chip, VersaMark Other: gold pearls (Michael's), twill ribbon (?), paper piercing, stamp positioner, glue dots, EP (Enchanted Creations), etc.

You Make Me Smile
Stamps: Hero Arts Paper: SU! Kraft, Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss, DP's (A-Muse, Anchor, Gartner Studios) Ink: SU! Craft Whisper White Other: Nesties Label One, CB Swiss Dots, Ribbon (?), button, pearls (Michael's), dimensionals, Pink flowers (Doodlebug Designs - Paper Frills), SU! Trio Flower, SU! Lots of Tags, Signo White Gel Pen, silver brads (SU!), etc.