Fall Anniversary

 Today I'm sharing a card that I will be adding to Muse Challenge #87.  Here is the muse card for this challenge...

I liked the colors and design so I used an interpretation of both for my card. 

My leafy sprig wasn't very long so I had to do some selective stamping to make it a little longer. Since I wasn't to sure how well I would do I didn't stretch to far into the middle. Once I was done with the left side I thought the right was to bare so I added a few on that side as well. I also wanted to use an embossing folder to since I hadn't in a while. 

The leafy sprigs (CTMH) and sentiment (Hero Arts) were stamped in Pistachio (Memento Luxe), while the berries (CTMH) were stamped using Morocco (Memento Luxe) then I added some orange stickles to make them sparkle. I'm loving the stamp set the sprigs and berries are from, I've used another from the same set in my Thankful for you card. 

Oh and I decided to try my hand at adding this to Virginia's View challenge. I thought it would be a nice addition the Clean and Simple challenge she is having this month. I've been wanting to play along and this card seemed like a good first try!

Thanks for stopping by!

Monica

* The Close to my Heart (CTMH) stamps I used came from this Workshop on the go kit. 

Sept CCC

 Just a quick little post to share my card for this month CCC from Society of Stampoholics. This month I chose to follow along with the theme of Halloween and the sketch provided. 

I just used some scraps of my halloween paper stash, added some twine for the banners to "hang" from and attached 3 purple brads that I've had for ages. I'm trying to use more of the items that I've had for a while. Sometimes I do that and think, "Why haven't I used this more often?" I sometimes get caught up with all of the new trends and products I leave the "older" items to collect dust! Anyone else feel they do this as well?!? 

Thanks for stopping by!

Monica

Thankful for you

Hello and happy Friday! Hope this finds everyone getting ready for the weekend. My weekend will be spent at work, so goes the life of working retail! :-)  My card today was inspired by a technique I saw Catherine Pooler do in combination with a sketch and the challenge on Simon Says Stamp.

I have seen CP (Catherine Pooler) recently use a stencil to selectivly add color on a card, where the color is more intense in the middle and fading out to the sides. I thought I'd give it try since I like the look and makes great background for a simple card. I used the sketch from CASE this sketch.

Once I was done with the back ground and added my sentiment, I felt that the card needed a little some thing else. I had some little wooden butterflies that I hadn't used in awhile. I colored one with some orange stickles and will include this on the CASology blog as well.

I used a mini Heidi Swapp stencil with Spiced Marmalade distress. The sentiment is from on of the new Close to my Heart Card Kits and I stamped it using Memento Luxe in Rich Cocoa. 

Thanks as always for stopping by! Have a great weekend everyone!

Monica

Boo Crew

 Just a quick post with another card for the Lawnscaping challenge

I love these little critters form Critters in Costume! The super owl is great. I usually use distress inks to make a background, but was being a little lazy and didn't want to make a mask for the critters that I had stamped and colored already. ( I was thinking of leaving the background white too, but didn't like the look) I had been watching the very talented Sandy Allnock color her backgrounds with Copics and thought I'd try it out myself. I'm still learning all the things Copic related, but they are fun to color with.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Joy to the World

 I had a card pop into my head, so I sat down to make it before bed. This card will be added to the Merry Monday challenge blog. The theme over there this week is the words have it.

I wanted to keep it simple so my words would stand out. I think I succeeded since it's the only thing on my card! ;-)

I used Missing you by Lawn Fawn for the earth and the twine is Lawn Fawn as well. The letters are MFT's peek a boo letter dies. The glitter tape I used was found at Target. I used Neenah Desert storm cardstock for the card.

Thanks as always for stopping by. Have a great day and weekend!

Monica

Critters lawnscaping Challenge

 Wow, I can not believe it's been almost two weeks since my last post! Have I been asleep? Anyway... I'm here to show a card that I made for the Lawnscaping challenge. The challenge this week is...

I didn't use to many critters (only two) this time since I was using a sketch again that I had used before. My mojo is feeling a dried up this week, but I wanted to make a card using some of the adorable critters from Lawn Fawn. Here is the card I came up with...

All the cardstock I used is from Recollections. I used memento inks in Tuxedo black and Gray flannel to stamp all of the images.Colored the critters and the bag with Copics. To finish I added a little clear Wink of Stella on the candy and the parts colored green.

 I like the way it turned out, so hopefully the mojo will kick in again before the week is over and I can make some more.

The last item I'm showing is a tag that I made for the current Simon says Stamp Monday challenge. I don't usually make just a tag unless I have a specific gift going out for someone. So I thought I'd try stepping out of the comfort zone and make a tag. They are showcasing Tim Holtz products so I was happy to pull out some mine to use!

I used a new stencil and went over it with Black soot. Then for the colors I used Seedless Preserves and Ripe Persimmon, I just love those colors together for Halloween. The white images are some Tim Holts rub ons that I recently picked up at Tuesday Morning.

Not sure how much crafting I'll get done the rest of the week. Tomorrow night is Fallapalooza at the boys school, it's a fun fundraising night, the kids love to go. Then after we are done there we are heading to my parents for our birthday weekend! The hubs and I are both celebrating one this week. :-)

If this is the last post of the week, have a great weekend! 

Thanks for stopping by.

Monica

 I've got two cards to share today! I feel like I've been extra crafty the past few days!!! I've decorated some wooden letters for a friend who is leaving, painted my plaster Halloween house from Michaels and have made a few cards.  Phew, wish I was this motivated more often! 

This first card is based of the Freshly Made Sketch 

I flipped it for a vertical card. The pattern paper was a scrap on my desk so I just used it as my color scheme. The cardstock and stamp are from Recollections and stamped in VersaFine. The pattern paper is from Stampin' Up. Added some black embellishments and sponged the edges with Daffodil Delight (Stampin' Up) to give them some definition.
I will also add this card to Simon Says StampWednesday challenge.

Now on to card number two. This card will be added to the Simon says stamp Monday challenge. The challenge was go bold! So with that in mind I used a recently purchased stencil that I think is very pretty! Used some bright gold Modeling Cream and it turned out to like a little yellow with the flash, but I thought the two items combined made for a bold background.  Usually I don't use gold(I prefer silver any day) and boy is this a vivid gold! I didn't want to cover to much up so I went with black embossing a larger sentiment on vellum and called it a day.

Products: 

Recollections- cardstock and embossing powder

Viva- modeling cream

Hero Arts- stencil and sentiment

Etc.- VersaMark ink and Queen & Co bling

 As always thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

Monica