Happy Fall

 Hello Everyone

Thanks for stopping in today. 

It's November 1 and WOW!! we are halfway thru fall already and winter will soon be here. And after that its Christmas and......LOL Well you know how that goes!!

And since it's November 1, its time for the next Love To Scrap Challenge. We'd love to see your project submitted. Recently I came across a card design that really caught my eye. And I figured it would look great as a fall card. 

I made a leaf stencil. Actually I made 2. One stencil for the left side of the leaf and a stencil for the right side of the leaf. I used an ink blending tool to apply the colors and decided to show 2 leaves.

Of course I used some green and some orange/yellow colors. I still have green leaves on some of the trees here in my area.

After the leaves were stenciled on to my CS top layer, I stamped the image of a tree with no leaves over the stenciled leaves, perfect for that fall look. I have some Outline Stickers that contained some small leaves in a copper color. And that sheet also had a acorn as well..... perfect for under the tree. 

I added Outline Stickers swirls to the top corners and the sentiment and then mounted to a copper CS layer and then mounted to the card base.

This was a fun card to make and I will have to get my other stencils out to see what else I can come up with.

Products used:

Stamp - B-Line Designs Tree Silhouette (Old and B-Line is gone now- sadly)

Outline Stickers - Stamp On It

Inks - Distress Oxides - Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade

Cardstock- DP's, white CS

Stencil - Leaf Shape

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It Mouse Be Your Birthday

 Welcome to November!!!   

Just want to let you know the new Birthstone Challenge has started.  The featured birthstone colors in this challenge are Turquoise and Topaz.

The theme is always anything goes with the featured birthstone colors, and you may use one or both of the colors in your project. The color(s) you choose should be prominent on your project. The optional theme has been added for inspiration and is not required to play. 

For this challenge, Polkadoodles will be sponsoring our Nov/Dec challenge! And who doesn't love Polkadoodles. So how cool is that. 

Let me share my DT inspiration project with you.

Products used:

Mouse  and sentiment - Polkadoodles - Birthday Mouse

Dies - Cheese Background and small mice - Gina Marie Dies

Borders Stickers - Stamp On It

Paper - Turquoise, Topaz, White  CS

Markers - Spectrum Noir

Well, this mouse made the cutest birthday card, didn't it!! I bet you know someone who would love to get this card for their birthday.

Remember to join in the fun and enter your projects in our Birthstone Challenge . We would love to see your creations.

Thanks for stopping in today.

I will be back soon.

Merry Little Christmas Challenge for November

 Welcome to November!!!

I can't believe we are 2 months away from 2025. 

November 1 brings the latest over at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge.

Have you started making your Christmas cards???  Well I have a great idea for a really unique card. (Well it's unique to me, LOL)

Here is a 3 picture collage of my card.  The card is a 5X7 folded so it will fit in a A7 envelope.

The first picture in the collage shows the card closed. 

2nd pic - Card opened

3rd pic -  just a pic of the main piece of the inside of the card with the sentiment

I love cards that have different folds and this really fit the bill. 

Products used:

DP

Navy Blue CS

Image and sentiments - Your Next Stamp (Closed)

Ink - Distress Oxide - Chipped Sapphire

Markers - Various Spectrum Noir alcohol marker colors

I hope my card inspires you for your Christmas Card

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The Cincinnati Waterfront

Hello there!!!

Have you tried AI (Artificial Intelligence). Well I have been dabbling into AI and thought I'd share some cards from time to time made using AI. My AI card design posts will be interspersed with my cards that I have made using stamps, dies and the like.

I hope you get some enjoyment from my projects. 

So this image is a scene of Ohio river with Cincinnati as background looking from the Kentucky riverbank. 

I know, I know,  you're thinking  "I have loads of stamps and use them on an ongoing basis, and don't need another thing to learn."  I hear ya. I have lots of stamps as well.  However I thought I'd try something new. This AI stuff has peeked my interest LOL. So I thought I'd add the image to a card and see what this looks like. 

I hope you like this card and maybe it will inspire you. And I will continue to use stamps and dies and the like but every now and then you will probably see some AI cards pop up in my posts.

The AI image on my card was inspired by me going to the Ohio river bank and kind of daydreaming for a few minutes. 

I printed the image on 65# CS and trimmed it . Next I decided to frame it with a Martha Stewart border punch using a navy blue CS. Just received a embossing folder from Spellbinders so I used that on the tan layered piece. The sentiment is from me and I thought going to different places in life (even if they are in your area) is an adventure of sorts. 

Thanks for stopping in today and checking out my latest.

I will be back soon.