Turkeys, Turkeys, Turkeys!

     Let me start by saying, for those of you who were concerned about the fate of last week's turkey (see here), the problem has been resolved - as shown in the DT card I did for this week at QKR Stampede.  We have a new challenge today and our new theme is "Turkeys."  Any card with a turkey on it qualifies for entry.  I used Digi 13809 "Happy Turkey" and you can bet he really IS happy!  And thankful - and grateful.  :-D

I started with the sketch from Sweet Sketch Weds

(turned a quarter turn)

and used colors from Crafty Gals Corner.

  

     I colored the image with my ProMarkers and cut it into a 5 inch square.  I mounted that onto black CS and added the double ribbon and the sheer bow.  Beyond that, I left it very CAS.

     Challenges:
Classy Cards n Such
Colour Your World
Crafting by Designs
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Boots
Creative Moments
Digi Choosday
Dragonfly Dreams
Eureka Stamps
Glitter n Sparkle
Inspiration Destination
Mod Squad
Not Just Cards
Ribbon Girl
Robyn's Fetish
Simon Says Stamp
Sisterhood of Crafters
WordArt Weds.

     I hope you're going to come and join us this week.  Just find your favorite turkey stamp and use it for an entry card.  If you don't have any turkey images, check out the QKR Stampede shop.  You'll find some great ones!  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie    

Pine Cone Christmas

     I'm so enjoying the sets from MHK Designs!  I think I have almost all of  Mynn's sets but she comes up with new releases every month so I may have missed one.  :-D  But this set is so perfect for Christmas and I knew it would be best used in a very simple design.

     I used my ProMarkers to color the pine cones, then cut them out and punched the corners.  I sized the sentiment fairly large so that it would be the focus of the card, printed and punched the corners of that piece as well.  I layered everything onto forest green CS and mounted all of it onto the card front.  It looked just a bit bare in the upper corner so I added the bow.  Perfect!

     Challenges:
A Snowflakes Promise
Allsorts
Card and Scrap
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Hazelnut's Extra
Crazy 4 Challenges
Incy Wincy
Papertake Weekly
Ribbon Girl
Sweet Stampin'
Through the Craft Room Door
Time Out
Unicorn Challenge
Vintage Stamping/Flonz
Winter Wonderland

     I'm really cranking up on the Christmas cards now since it's not that many weeks away.  Have you started yet?  No???  Hey, get going!!  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Cornucopia and Turkey

     I'm almost done with my Thanksgiving cards but I don't have all the posts scheduled yet so you'll be seeing them throughout the next couple of weeks.   This one I did using one of my favorite cornucopia images which comes from Doodle Pantry.  I love that it's combined with a turkey.

I based this on the sketch from Try Stamping on Tuesday, 

but flipped and the horizontal strip (I used ribbon) is higher.

I also used scallops instead of flags.

     This is a pre-colored image which I die cut using two different curved border dies from Spellbinders.  I layered it onto some orange CS which had been run through my Linen embossing folder.  I rounded the corners with a hand punch.

     The leaf embellies were also done with a hand punch.  The ribbon is glittered and has been in my autumn stash for who-knows-how-long?  The striped background is actually fabric.  I used iron-on interfacing on the back to make it more stable. The sentiment is also from Doodle Pantry, hand cut and matted with dp from DCWV.

     Challenges:
Cards in Envy
Classy Cards n Such
Corrosive Challenge
Craft-Dee BowZ
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Boots
Di's Digi Designs
Dragonfly Dreams
Glitter n Sparkle
Graph'It
Julia Spiri
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Moving Along with the Times
Not Just Cards
Ribbon Girl
Sweet Stampin'

    Can you tell I'm actually getting back into my routine?  I did lots of crafting and cardmaking over the weekend so I finally have a chance to post each day.  Happy Stamping. NanaConnie 

Thank You Cards

     I recently made a dozen "Thank You" cards for a non-profit organization.  They use them to send a bit of gratitude to donors or for volunteers who work on their fund raising events.  I used a very CAS design, making them all similar but on different colored CS, with different stamped "Thank You" sentiments.  They are all blank inside for a hand written message.

     The 'smile...' sentiment was computer printed and hand cut and is the same for each card in the set of a dozen.  The various 'thank you' sentiments are stamped, then heat embossed with either white or black EP, depending on which shows up the best on the particular CS color.   All the CS came from my stash and I did a layer of white CS on the inside of each card.   Other colors are green, blue, purple, red, pastel pink, yellow, brown, and kraft.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
Cards in Envy
Crafty Cardmakers
Creative Fingers -
DL.ART -
Glitter n Sparkle
Hiding in My Craft Room
Incy Wincy
Jo's Scrap Shack -
Just Us Girls
Outlawz PAM
Word Art Wednesday -

     Here's to a great day and even a great week!  We had rain yesterday and we're very grateful for it.  It wan't enough to cure our 4-year drought, but every bit helps and we had a steady, light rain for about 5 hours.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Giving Thanks at Path of Positivity

     Today I'm honored to announce that I was invited to be a Guest Designer for Path of Positivity in their "Gratefulness" challenge.  There are two wonderful sponsors this month: Kitten Scraps and Scribbles Designs.  This card features a wonderful set (November Set) from Kitten Scraps.  There are actually 3 different sets for November; one with a masculine theme, one with a feminine theme and one that's neutral.  But if you buy it as the "November Set," you'll get all three sets in one!  This is my first time using Kitten Scraps products and they're fabulous!  Great for either cards or scrapbook pages.

I decided on my colors by checking the challenge at Paper Sweeties

and also found myself  inspired to include that particular background dp.

     I combined the boy and girl images before printing and then fussy cut the turkey and popped him up on dimensional dots.  The text papers are also part of the set.  I added the ribbon and tied a bow, then layered on the sentiment.  Fairly simple design but I really wanted to show off the pilgrim characters and not have a lot of distractions.

     Challenges:

Inspiration Destination

Jo's Scrap Shack

Lunagirl Moonbeams

Oddball Art Stamps

Outlawz Twisted Thursday

Simon Says Stamp

Simply Papercraft

Sisterhood of Crafters

Tinker-Dream

WordArt Wednesday

Your Scrapbook Place

     It's windy, the skies are getting dark, and there's a storm brewing so maybe we'll get a few sprinkles of rain out of it.  What a great excuse to stay indoors and get some more crafting done!  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

No Rectangles at Pile It On

     New challenge starting early in the morning at Pile It On and our theme is "No Rectangles."  Our wonderful sponsor is Sweet Pea Stamps and the prize package includes 4 images of the winner's choice.  I did this shaped card using one of my favorite SPS images, called "Cinders."  I know I've used her before but she's just so great for anything fall or autumn.  :-D

     I used my ProMarkers to color the image, then die cut it with a simple circle die (Spellbinders.)  I cut the shaped card with a hexagon die (QuicKutz) and added the dp (Perfect Prints by Forever in Time.)  I chalked the edges of the circle, added the sparkly ribbon and the sentiment, and then left it alone.  It was clearly 'done' without any further embellishment.  :-D

Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Craft Your Passion
Crafting with Friends
Crafty Cardmakers
Creative Fingers
Di's Digi Designs
Eureka Stamps
Everybody Art
Love to Scrap
Melonheadz Friends
Outlawz Greetings
Simply Papercrafts
Through the Craft Room Door

     I hope we're going to see you playing in the Pile It On challenge this fortnight.  Make something wonderful without using any rectangles and enter it into our challenge.  Remember, part of the fun is to also enter (pile on) as many challenges with that one project as you can.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Wedding White on White

     I don't do white-on-white very often but this time I was commissioned to make a wedding card and white-on-white is what seemed to be wanted so I did it.

     I did three embossed layers (Swiss Dot and Lattice by Darice) then added die cut hearts (Spellbinders) and tiny dried flowers in the peach color being worn by the bridesmaids.  The lace came from my stash and the doves are cut from sparkly CS.  I used a gem brad to attach the wing pieces to the bodies.   The "I Do" sentiment and the random pearls are stickers that I had in my stash.  Sparkly ribbon for the bow came from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

     Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks
Always Playing with Paper
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Gals Corner
Crazy Challenge
Creative Moments
Inspiration Destination
Karleigh Sue
Outlawz Twisted Thursday
Scrapy Land
Star Stampz (flowers, ribbon, stickers)

     I'll have another post late this evening for my DT spot at Pile It On.  New challenge starting there in the wee hours of the morning (for those of us in the western USA) so check back.  It's going to be a fun theme this time around.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Turkey Dinner?

     It's Friday again and that mean a new challenge at QKR Stampede.  Our theme for the challenge this week is "Harvest Colors."  I had just come in from tidying up my garden by tossing the old plants which were pretty brown and withered and I'm sure that influenced my color choices for this image -- mostly kraft and browns with splashes of red, yellow, and orange.

     The name of this image is "Turkey Dinner" (Digi 102) and I'm not sure whether that refers to the corn being the turkey's dinner or the turkey being Thanksgiving dinner.  :-D  Either way, the image name made for a great sentiment questioning that very thing.  

     I used my ProMarkers to color the scene, then die cut it and two CS mats with my newest rectangle stitching dies from Lawn Fawn.  The corner die cuts are by Spellbinders.  I added the little bow which is one of those I make by the dozens and toss into my stash for future use.  

     Challenges:

613 Avenue Create

Colour Your World

Corrosive Challenge

Crafting from the Heart

Craft Your Passion

Crafty Boots

Crafty Gals Corner

Creative Moments

Eureka Stamps

Glitter n Sparkle

Inspiration Destination

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Simon Says Stamp

Sisterhood of Crafters

Stamp & Create
Vintage Stamping/Flonz
Whimsy Inspiration
Word Art Wednesday

     Hopefully, in another week or two, I'll be back into my daily posting routine or at least more than just a couple of times a week.  The adjustment to a life as a Type 2 diabetic is taking a while and there's so much to absorb about things to do to stay healthy in the face of that.  I'm learning it all slowly but surely.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Little Cat Witch

     The image on this card (yes, another card for Halloween because I fell in love with the image) is from Sweet Pea Stamps and it was just so much fun to color!

     I decided to stick with the usual Halloween colors and used my ProMarkers.  I die cut the image with a rectangle die from Spellbinders.  The dark background dp was cut with a stitched die from Lawn Fawn and the purple dp was cut with my newest Spellbinders die.  Ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the bow was hand tied using lace.

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Allsorts
Bunny Zoe's
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards
Craft-Dee BowZ
Crafts 4 Eternity
Crafty Cardmakers
Crafty Catz
Fussy and Fancy
Get Creative
Jo's Scrap Shack
Morgan's ArtWorld
Paper Girls
Stamping Boutique

     I hope the second half of your weekend is going well.  We have a gorgeous day starting and the weather is going to be no more than 80 degrees, a lovely relief from the mid- to high-90s we've had all month long.  I'm going to play outside a bit, tidying up the garden and getting it ready for winter.  Can you believe I still have 3 watermelons on the vine?  Not as big as they were in August and September but ripe enough to cut and eat.  I feel a fruit salad will be in order for dinner.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Hauling Pumpkins to the Jack-o-Lantern Carver

     I've been playing along in the Progressive challenge over at the Outlawz for nearly a year now and I love all the freebie images we've gotten over those many months.  The image for October (Gerda Steiner Designs) was no exception.  I just know this little guy is hauling all those pumpkins off to the jack-o-lantern carver to have happy or spooky faces put on them.  Personally, if it was up to me, I'd be taking them to the pie maker for pumpkin pie!  :-D

I used the sketch from the Wednesday challenge at The Outlawz.

     I colored the image with my ProMarkers and then fussy cut it.  The dp which I cut with the circle die (QuicKuts) is a digital paper from Kitten Scraps but I used chalk to color the background on it rather than leave it white.  That helped the image to stand out from the paper a bit more, as did mounting the image on dimensional dots.

     The curved strip is dp cut with two of my new curved dies from Spellbinders.  That particular paper has been in my stash for a couple of years and I think it's from a stack by DCWV.  I know I've had the Halloween ribbon for at least 3 years and couldn't begin to tell you the manufacturer if I racked my brain for an hour.

     The leaf is cut with a die from Cheery Lynn and the little flower is handmade from the bits which fell out of the scallops on the curved dp strip.   I added a small, brown pearl to the flower center.

Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks
Artistic Inspirations
Die Cuttin' Divas
DL.ART Thankful
DRS Designs
Going Grey with Scrap Creations
Hanna & Friends
House That Stamps Built
Inky Chicks
Love to Scrap
Moving Along with the Times
Outlawz PAM
Passion for ProMarkers
Time Out

     I know I missed posting on a lot of days last week, but between classes and doctor appointments, I just didn't have any crafting time.  Next week will include some days with no posting, too, but I hope to be back to my normal routine in a couple more weeks.  It's becoming obvious that I'm going to have to cut back a little so daily posts probably won't happen for a while longer.  Hope you'll still stop by when there is something new to see.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Halloween at QKR Stampede

    QKR Stampede has some fabulous Halloween images and I could hardly wait to use this one.  Our theme this week is "Halloween" so that works perfectly.  :-D  I used Digi 16314 "Hanging" and Digi 16316 "Halloween High."

     This card was pretty simple compared to most of my QKR DT cards.  The background sky is done with watercolors and I printed the silhouette image right on top.  I printed the sentiment separately and used Lawn Fawn stitched square dies on each of them.  The bat is also a die cut; die from Impression Obsession, and I adhered only his body, lifting the wings to add a bit of dimension.  The orange ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon and that's the last of it.  Will have to order more soon.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
Colouring in Scrapland
Colour Your World
Crafter's Cafe
Crafting from the Heart
Craft Your Passion
Die Cuttin' Divas
Dies R Us
Eureka Stamps
Get Creative
Glitter n Sparkle
Inky Chicks
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Love to Scrap
Oddball Art Stamps
One Stitch at a Time
Our Crafty Corner
Paper Girls
Through the Craft Room Door

     Come play with us this week, won't you?  Remember, you are not required to use a QKR image but if you do, your card will be entered into a separate drawing just for those who use QKR images.  Your chances of winning are increased by a huge amount.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

One More Witch

     I keep telling myself I'm done with Halloween cards and then I find one more stamp or one more sentiment I just have to use... need I say more?  At least this time, I combined the image and the sentiment onto one last Halloween card.  Both of these came from a set by Sparkle n Sprinkle and I'm entering their monthly challenge with it.

     This is a single layer card and I painted the background with watercolors.  Both the image and the sentiment are done with black EP.  Fast, clean and simple.  Less than 15 minutes, including time for the watercolor to dry since I used my heat gun and then ironed it flat before doing the embossing.

     Challenges:
AAA Cards
Artistic Inspirations
Cards in Envy
Crafting by Designs
Crafty Addicts
Crafty Gals Corner
Creative Moments
Di's Digi Designs
Fan-Tastic Tuesday
Get Creative
Male Room
Melonheadz Friends
My Time to Craft
Not Just Cards
Pencil Case
Scrapper's Delights

     OK, I think this may be my last Halloween card but no promises if I see another image which calls out to me or threatens me with the flying monkeys.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Clowning Around

     I decided to try something I haven't done in many, many months and used this darling little clown which I got for playing in the Progressive challenge at Sweet Pea Stamps on their FB page.

I took my colors from Color Throwdown.

     Instead of my usual ProMarkers or chalk markers, I used a brush and watercolor paints.  Not as much shading detail but then that isn't what watercolors are meant to do.  Once the clown was painted, I cut it with a rectangle die from Spellbinders and adhered it to the card front.

     Then, I dug out one of my Cheery Lynn border dies and used it to cut border pieces from two different papers, both of which came from my scrap stash.  I had to trim some of the inside parts of the border because they overlapped the image far too much, making it look cluttered instead of bordered.

     I haven't decided if this is going to be a birthday card or something else but it was a fun image and I had fun digging out the watercolors.

     Challenges:
Inspiration Destination
Julia Spiri
Simon Says Stamp
Sisterhood of Crafters
Sweet Stamps
Through the Craft Room Door
Vintage Stamping/Flonz
WordArt Weds.

     Hey, it's a Saturday and we should all be sleeping in!  OK, for those of you who are like me and you awake early no matter what, sneak into the craft room and have some time just for you while everyone else is snoozing.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Cornucopia

     If you're looking for my QKR Stampede DT card, please scroll down or click here.

     When did the cornucopia become the traditional symbol of the harvest season?  I don't know the answer but I know it's universally recognized so this stamp from "From the Heart", given for their Progressive Challenge, is perfect this time of year.

                                  

I did use the colors from the challenge at Sketchy Colors.

     Fast description here:  colored with ProMarkers, die cut with a die from Spellbinders, dp from DCWV and that set of papers has been in my 'fall' stash for more than 3 years!  Ribbons also from my stash and they were scraps about to be thrown out but worked perfectly for this card design.

     Challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

Digitally Sweet

Graph'It

Julia Spiri

Scrap and Craft

Star Stampz

     Have a great weekend and find some time for creativity and rest.  Your soul needs it.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Holiday Shopping

     We are starting another challenge at QKR Stampede today and our theme is "Make Your Own Background."

     For more than a month now, I've been doing fall/ Halloween/ Thanksgiving theme projects and today I'm thinking about how we'll all feel after one day in the Black Friday crush of shoppers.  Here's another card for my Christmas stash.

     This image is actually called "Couch Potato" (Digi 8503) but I added the sentiment "Shop till You Drop" (Digi 11402) and suddenly it became a Christmas Card.  :-D

     The image is colored with ProMarkers and die cut.  I hand-cut the shopping bag and popped it up on dimensional dots.  The background is made from natural fiber paper (great texture!), and I chalked the red and green Christmas colors onto it.  My final touches were the ribbon bow and the little gems on the corners of the image piece.  Pretty CAS and it really showcases that fun image.

     I'm already thinking of three more themes and sentiments for this Couch Potato, one of which has to do with Super Bowl Sunday and another for "after the meal" Thanksgiving.  I may even do something with a sun lamp and a 'baked potato' sentiment.  lol  This is going to be a very versatile image!

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
A Snowflakes Promise
Chalk n Stock
Christmas Card
Colour Your World
Country View Crafts
C.R.A.F.T.
Crafting from the Heart
Crafting Musketeers
Crafting with Friends
Crafty Girls Creations
Crafty Ribbons
Craft Your Passion
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra
Digi Choosday
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Not Just Cards
Really Reasonable Ribbon
Simply Papercraft
Winter Wonderland

     Grab some materials from your craft room, make a fabulous background, and come play in our challenge this week, won't you?  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Get Well Dragon

     I have no idea why this image from The East Wind made me think of a "Get Well" card; maybe it was the potion bottle that made me think of  'a teaspoon of medicine?'  :-D  Whatever it was, I love the dragon and I know a granddaughter who will love it, too, so I'll have a get well card in the stash if she gets sick this winter.

My sketch came from Outlawz Sketch Challenge,

turned sideways.

     I colored the image (using a favorite blue and purple color combo) with a combination of ProMarkers and Copics and, although it doesn't show, I added sparkle gel ink to the bottle.  The image is cut with a framing die from Spellbinders and the polka dot blue mat is also die cut.  I layered that onto a deep purple CS, then added the sparkly striped ribbon.  I used that same ribbon to tie the bow with my Craft-Dee BowZ bow maker.  Finally, I added the sentiment.  Can you believe everything was done with scraps from my stash, including the ribbon?

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge (polka dots on the blue dp and stripes in the ribbon)
Colouring in Scrap Land
Craft-Dee BowZ
Craft Your Passion
Crafting from the Heart
Creative Fingers
East Wind FB
Hiding in My Craft Room
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Not Just Cards
Outlawz Color
Ribbon Girl
Scrapy Land
STAMPlorations
Through the Craft Room Door
Vintage Stamping/Flonz
Whoopsi Daisy

     So, this is my second post today but I won't have one again until Friday.  I'll be off line all day tomorrow and most of Friday afternoon, but will be around for a bit early Friday morning.  Then it's the weekend!  Yay, hooray!  And that means lots of Happy Stamping.  :-D  NanaConnie

Creepy, Crawly, Spooky Halloween

     Every once in a while, in the middle of all the DT creativity I do, I get to break out and do something just for me, like play with something from A Day for Daisies.   Today is one of those days.  :-D

     If you go looking for this image, don't look for the moon in it.  I added that myself by drawing around a circle die because I thought it gave more of a Halloween/harvest look.  The image is colored with my ProMarkers and I cut it out with a die from Spellbinders.

     I took all the little leaves which fell out of the die cut, colored them, and used some of them on the embossed tree in the background.  The black lace was added and I hand cut the printed sentiment, then colored the background on it, and adhered it across both the image and the lace.

     Challenges:
613 Avenue Create
Artistic Inspirations
Cards in Envy
Classy Cards 'n Such
Crafting with Friends
Crafty Catz
Crazy Challenge
Creative Corner
Cut It Up
Eureka Stamps
Get Creative
House That Stamps Built
Love to Scrap
Melonheadz Friends
Our Crafty Corner
Pencil Case
Simply Papercraft

     No post tomorrow but I'll have another post this afternoon to make up for it.  I've used nearly all the images I took with me to the conference last week (and colored in my spare time) but I have one or two others yet to post.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Student Pilot

     Yes, I know birds learn to fly at a young age and aren't required to have a license but that's only when they use their own wings to fly.  Flying a broom like a witch is a totally different thing!  Check out the example below and you'll see what I mean about being a Student Pilot.

I used the sketch at I {Heart} Sketches (turned sideways)

and also followed their "CAS with paper strips" twist.

     That silly bird is a digi I got at From the Heart Stamps and those Bird Brains are fast becoming favorites of mine.  I used my ProMarkers to color the image then added strips cut from dp scraps and three little black gems.

     Challenges:
Aud Sentiments 
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards
Crafting with an Attitude
Crafty Girls
Crazy 4 Challenges
Fairy Tale
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie
Oddball Art Stamps
Star Stampz

     I'm trying to get caught up on things after being gone last week so if I haven't made it over to visit your blog yet, be patient with me, won't you?  I have more classes this week and have to find time to get my car registered, have some lab work done, and still find some time for relaxation and fun in the craft room.

     There's so much to learn about diabetes and so many lifestyle changes that must be made and, at the moment, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed.  But a healthier life is one of the advantageous results I expect to see so I'm ready to do whatever is required by the docs and dieticians.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Carve a Smile

     I love Doodle Pantry stamps!  This one is from a couple of years ago and I don't think I've used it before.  Shame on me!   But it's just too cute to languish in the stash any longer.

I added my sentiment to the inside, wanting to keep the outside as CAS as possible.

It's also from Doodle Pantry.  This time, I guess my "white" space is black.

I took my colors primarily from House That Stamps Built.

     

     The doily is cut with a die from Cheery Lynn, from paper by Lawn Fawn.  The bow is one of those I make myself and toss in my stash for use as needed.  It was made from white satin ribbon and I used my ProMarkers to 'dye' it the shade of purple I wanted.

     Challenges:
AAA Cards
Catch the Bug
Cheery Lynn Designs
Come and Get It
C.R.A.F.T.
Crafting by Designs
Crafting for All Seasons
Crafty Addicts
Crafty Creations
Creative Corner
Creative Moments
Di's Digi Designs
DL.ART
DRS Designs
Fussy and Fancy
Little Miss Muffet
Mod Squad
My Time to Craft
Outlawz CAS
Really Reasonable Ribbon
Scrap and Craft
Stamping Boutique
That Craft Place
Time Out

     It's the start of  new week and for those of us in the US, we're celebrating Columbus Day today.  It's not a huge holiday as celebrations go but most of the city, county, state, and federal offices are closed, along with most of the banks and some of the schools.  Me?  I'll take any excuse to stay home and craft all day, especially after being gone a good share of last week.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Scarecrows at QKR Stampede

     I'm late posting this and I apologize.  I didn't get the post written and pre-scheduled before having to leave for the conferences I attended last week.  But at least I have it up today.

     The newest challenge at QKR Stampede started on Friday and our theme is "Scarecrows."   I used an image called "Scarecrow" Digi 8807 and Digi 15808 "Good  Friends" as the sentiment.

     Colored with my ProMarkers, die cut with a die from QuicKutz, and some sparkly ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon for texture.  Both the leaf embellie and the layers of flower petals were hand punched.  I added one small pearl to the center of the flower.

     Challenges:
Animal Friends
Ching-chou Kuik
Colour Your World
Come and Get It
Country View Crafts
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Creatalicious
Dies R Us
Lia Stampz
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Mod Squad
Papertake Weekly
Petal Lu
Your Scrapbook Place

     I know it's a short post but since I'm so late getting it up...   Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie