Thanksgiving in the Leaf Pile

      To answer your unasked question, "No, I don't think it's odd to be grateful for piles of leaves!"  Have you ever seen the joy of the faces of children as they jump and play in the leaf piles?  Be thankful for that joy.  :-D

     It's another first Sunday of the month and that means we have a new challenge starting at 613 Avenue Create.  Our theme is always "Anything Goes" but there's an optional theme each time and this month the option is "Embossing, wet or dry."  We have a sponsor this month, SheepSki Designs, and they provided images for the DT to use on their inspiration cards.  I chose to use "Catching Leaves."

     The image is colored with watercolors and white gel pen.  I cut the image with a Spellbinders die, and mounted it onto burlap paper from DCWV.  The dp in the background is a scrap of digital paper that was in the basket of autumn scraps.  The sentiment was printed and fussy cut.

     Challenges:

Crafty Calendar

Creative Fingers

Gem of a Challenge

Let's Craft & Create

Lil Patch of ...

Polkadoodles

  

     I hope we're going to see you playing in our challenge this month.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Autumn Thankful

      I think this is my first Thanksgiving card this year and the image is from Star Stampz, called Fall Girl Reading, which was provided by them for the Outlawz Progressive Challenge.  I reversed the image before printing it.

     I colored with water color paints, then used 2 different dies from Spellbinders to cut the image.  The larger piece was cut from golden yellow CS and placed behind the image piece itself.  I layered that onto a kraft card base.  The die cut was so detailed by itself that I didn't feel it was necessary to add any embellishments.  I printed the sentiment and cut it with an Avery Elle die, keeping the entire card as CAS as possible.

     Challenges:

613 Ave Create

Art Impressions

Colour Crazy

Craftlandia

Crafty Calendar

Crafty Gals Corner

Di's Digi Designs

Double D

Word Art Weds

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Harvest Wishes

      When pumpkins turn into jack-o-lanterns, it's a pretty sure bet that harvest celebrations are turning into Halloween celebrations.  This pumpkin/jack-o-lantern, which is the freebie this month from Stampers Delights, is covering both bases by sending everyone harvest wishes.  :-D

     I colored with my ProMarkers, then fussy cut the image using scissors.  The background is a scrap of 12" x 12" paper from Off the Press and the sentiment came with the image.  I mounted the pumpkin onto dimensional tape, added a silk leaf to the back and put it all on top of the background piece.

     Challenges:

Aud Sentiments

Colouring in Scrapland

Double D

Double Trouble  (all 3)

Inspiration Station (colors + fall)

Mod Squad

Pattie's Creations

Taylormadecards ...

Use Your Stuff

     That's it for today.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Autumn Leaves

      The DT has had such a long summer break at Jan's Digi Stamps that I'm feeling the need to share some JDS fall images with you.  Autumn is right around the corner and the leaves on my neighborhood trees are already turning bright fall colors and a few have even dropped to the ground.  In a couple more weeks, the rakes will be taken out and everyone will be making big leaf piles perfect for kids who want to jump into them.  Or for adults who just want to share the joyful memories of such times.  Sorry, I'm beyond any jumping into those piles any more but I can dream.  :-D

     I've used this fun image from a JDS set called "Autumn Friends."   I colored with ProMarkers and cut the image with a stitched Die-namics die.  All the papers are scraps left over from other projects.  They were previously cut with dies from Spellbinders and Tonic Studios.   I found a black feather which just seemed to shout "It's Fall!" and I hand-tied the little bow.

I pulled 6 colors from the chart at CMH Color Dare #460

(Smoothie/Canary/Almond/Blue Belle/Pebble/Lilac)

     Challenges:

Cardz TV

Crafty Catz

Colour Crazy

Creative Inspirations

Cute Card Thurs

Passion for Markers

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Polkadoodles

Word Art Weds

     Our challenges at Jan's Digi Stamps will begin again in November.  In the meantime, Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Autumn Greetings

     It's time for the latest Progressive Challenge at The Outlawz and this month, Jan's Digi Stamps is sponsoring that challenge.  The image I used was provided as a freebie to those who played in last month's Progressive but being on the DT for Jan's I had an advantage in that I had the entire set so I merged not only the acorns but also the sentiment which is part of the entire set called "Signs of Autumn."

CAS design -image printed onto actual card front
Colored w ProMarkers
Sheer double-loop bow, hand tied

     Challenges:
Aud Sentiments
Crafty Creations
Crafty Gals Corner
Double D
Paper Funday
Penny's Paper-Crafty
Time Out
WordArt Weds

      Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Why They Call it Fall !

     I know we're only a third of the way through August but I get tired of the miserably hot weather some time in early July each summer and I begin pining for fall leaves and changing colors that come with the cooler evenings of autumn.  Here's my salute to the end of summer this year!  :-D

     I have this adorable kitten from Mo's Digital Pencil which I don't think I've used before (shame on me!) and it seemed a perfect time to dig it out and color it.  Since we're talking fall colors, I made the kitten a calico, patterned after my own sweet Queenie (see the right-hand sidebar.)

Inspired by the sketch at Sketch Saturday,

turned 1/4 turn.

Colored w ProMarkers
Image and both frames cut w/ Tonic Studios dies
Sentiment printed & cut w/ Tutti Designs die
Mesh ribbon was a scrap on the table
Jute cord used for the triple loop bow

     Challenges:
Catch the Bug
Crafty Friends
Crafty Sentiments
I {heart} ProMarkers
Lemon Shortbread
Outlawz PAM
Penny's Paper-Crafty
SUYP Cats

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Fall Fashions

     I'm playing with another House Mouse stamp today, still hoping to encourage autumn to arrive and the hot summer temperatures to go away.  We're Day 3 into yet another heat wave (temps of 100F or more 3 or more days in a row) and I'm really tired of it.  A week ago, I had hopes that we were done with 100F temperatures until next summer but no such luck.  Ah, well, maybe by the end of this week...?

Colored with ProMarkers
Cut and framed w/ Spellbinders dies
Stitched satin ribbon
Fabric pumpkin w/ added pearl
Sentiment - printed and hand cut
Striped dp - DCWV "Basics" stack

     Challenges:
Coloring in Scrapland
Crafty Sentiments
Digi Choosday
Double Trouble (paired w/ The Paper Girls)
Get Creative
Outlawz Greetings
TTCRD
Tuesday Throwdown

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Autumn Leaves

     Well, it's definitely that time of year - the leaves are falling and covering the yard, and we must now rake them into piles and haul them off in bushel baskets.  Of course, the kids will have to jump into one or more of the piles before any such project can be finished.  Sorry, but it's one of the immutable laws of autumn.  :-D

     I'm celebrating that with a lovely image from the Autumn Beauty set by Sparkle N Sprinkle.  I wanted to give you a link to the image but I can't locate the set in the store, in either rubber or digital.  :-(

     I colored with my ProMarkers and polychromos pencils, then cut the image with a stitched, scalloped die from Memory Box.  I used another die from that same set to cut the harvest gold mat for the image.  The sentiment is from that same set, printed onto a scrap, then I cut it with the die and trimmed it into a pie shape since the scrap was too small to be a full circle.

     I used a border die from Poppy Stamps to cut the curved line in a piece of antique yellow CS.  I added a scrap of polka dot dp (SU) which had also been cut with that same border die only this time it wasn't punched along the border.

     Everything was layered onto a burgundy card base.  My final touch was to embellish it with a hand-tied bow made from sheer ribbon and 'dyed' with a ProMarker.  I added the button to the middle of the bow and called the project finished.

     Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps
Cardz TV
Crafty Calendar
Crafty Friends
Creative Fingers
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Outlawz SAR
Polkadoodles
Stamping Sensations

     I'm heading back to the craft room to see what other damage I can do to my stash of supplies.  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie