Thankful Sorta Day ( 3 panel fun fold version 1)

Hello, 

This is just a real simple accordion fold but I had never made one.  A fellow friend stamper Debbi made a similar card and it inspired me to get it done.  I love the 3 panels.   I do feel like I fell short on using the middle panel.  I wish I had companion stamp to this Fall Winnie the pooh image.   I think I need to try this same format with different stamps... stay tuned more cards coming....

Copic colors:

Winnie: YR24, YR23, YR21

pumpkins: YR18, YR16, YR14, YR12  YR02, Y15, E13

Ground: W5, W3, W1

Thankful and Grateful

 Hello all, 

Guess who is behind on blog posts again?  Well.  What can I say.. I'm human.  

We made these cards back in November.    I used the pumpkin turnbout stamp to create the background.  If you never seen these.  They are awesome. Here is a video of a different turnabout.  I love the background they create.    I did struggle picking out colors for this one.  My first attempt used four different shades of orange.  I think I could have signaled the space station with it.  It was BRIGHT.  I decided to to switch two of the oranges out for a green and brown.  These are not colors that I think of when pumpkins. In the end I think it was the right choice.  These cards capture the beautiful Fall feeling.    What do you think?  

Materials:

STAMPS and Dies:

Pumpkin Turnabout

Thankful and Grateful Die

Pumpkin Die

Paper:

paper from Stampin Up

Neenah: solar white card stock

Ink:

Taylored Expressions ink Chocolate Truffle or mini

Taylored Expressions ink Candy Corn or mini pad

Taylored Expression ink Mango or mini pad

Altenew FireFly ink

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

No copics today

Thankful Season

 Happy November!

With Thanksgiving coming up, we are reminded to be thankful for all the gifts life gives us.   Today is release day at Technique Junkies.    There are a lot of awesome stamps in this release (you can see them at the bottom of this post), however this sentiment captures what November is all about.  

Materials:

Eat, Drink and Be Thankful Stamp  (use code TJ10Chris to save 10%)

Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

 

Paper:

Neenah: Other:

Bearly Art Glue:

Check out all the cards made by other members of the design team:

Pam

Holly

Tracy F

Darlene

Judy

Pat

Here is a whole November Release.  Do you have a favorite?

No copics today

Thanks and Giving

 Welcome friends, 

This little girl has her arms full.  The image had a lot of colors, so I wanted to keep the rest of this card simple.  I hope you find her as sweet as I do.   

Image is from Stamping Bella

Copics used:

Black: N10, N8, N6, N4

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Orange: Y17, YR02, YR04, YR07

Red: R37, R35, R32

Yellow: Y35, Y32, Y13

Purple: BV04, BV02, BV01, BV00

Green: Y11, Y13, Y17

Green: G40, G43, G46

Brown: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37

Grey: W1, W3, W5, 

Hair: E21, E23, E25, E27

Leaves: R05, YR12, Y13

Turkey Die Cutting Card

 Gobble, Gobble, 

I wanted to take a break from coloring.  With the help of my wonderful husband we created used some die cuts to create this turkey face.   He looks a bit worried.  What does he have to be worried about? Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. 

No copics today

Rainbow Thanksgiving

 Hello, 

We have been having so much fun with watercolors lately, I wanted to try my hand a rainbow Thanksgiving card.  It is a little untraditional, but I really like it.  What do you think?

No copics today-- watercolors today

So Full of Thanks

 Greetings, 

This weather this weekend was wonderful!  We took full advantage of the sunshine and went to the pumpkin patch and took the dogs for long walks.   It was a wonderful combination of warm weather, pumpkin, corn mazes and donuts.  What did you do on this warm fall weekend?

I love the new creative touches companies are adding to their dies.  The dies cut out the bears hands so they can hold their Thanksgiving treats.

Copics used:

Bear: E51, E50

Orange: YR07, YR04, YR02

Red: R37, R35, R32

Turkey: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Give Thanks

Hello all, 

I love Penny Black's hedgehogs.  They are so adorable.  I was able to find this old retired stamp in a stamp sale this summer.  I was so excited to add this guy to my collection.  Just love these two little guys.    Below you can find a few photos of my little guy picking apples.  It was a beautiful fall day!

Copics used:

Brown: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Fur: E21, E23, E25, W1, W3, W5

Red: R39, R29, R24, R24

Green: YG67, YG63, YG61

Ground: W5, W3, W1

Photos of our Apple Picking adventure:

Hello pumpkin

 Greetings,

I'm back to day with my favorite pumpkin stamp.  It is a layering stamp from Strawberry Jude.   I seem to drag this stamp set out every Fall.   If you want to see the cards I've made in past years, you can click on the links below. 

Birthday Pumpkin

Pumpkin Patch

Check out how awesome this pumpkin looks!  I kept the card really simple, so the focus will be on the pumpkin.   I'd love to hear what pumpkin card is your favorite of the three times I've used this stamp. 

No copics today

Turkey -Reveal Wheel

Hello friends,

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I wanted to get a few turkey cards in before it was too late. 

I used Lawn Fawn's reveal wheel to make this card to the layout of this card.  I love this die it makes creating this type of card easy.

Supplies:

reveal wheel --interactive die
Sentiment Stamps
Speech Bubble Add on
Turkey-- Whipper Snapper (discontinued)

Copics used:

Brown: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E39-- W5, W7
Red: R37, R35, R32
Orange: YR07, YR04, YR02
Yellow: Y17,Y15, Y13
Green: G46, G43
Grass: YG67, YG63, YG61

Pie for all

Greetings,

YUM, YUM, YUM.   Thankfully, she has enough pie for all of us.   Also... I might work out more if I got to lift giant pies.  Just sayin'

😂😂😂

Copics used:

Crust: E50, E51, E53, E55, E57
Red: R39, R29, R14,
Blue: B97, B95, B93, B91
Skin: E000, E00, E11
Green: YG67,  YG63, YG61
Ground: W3, W1
Leaves: R08, R05, YR12
Hair: Y21, E31, E33
White gel pen

Pilgrim Mice

Hello friends,

I was asked to make a card with pilgrims. I'm not sure that this is what they were thinking but mice can be pilgrims, right?  I thought they were cute, so I went with it. 

If you are looking for the mice stamps they can be found here .  

The sentiment stamps can be found here

More details at the end of post.

Stamps Used

Thanksgiving Mice

Sentiments

Copics used: 

Grey: C5, C3, C1

Black: N9, N7, N5

White: E50

Green: YG67, YG63

Red: R24

Yellow: Y17

A Season of Thanksgiving

Hello,

Today is Veterans Day.  I wanted to first thank all the men and women who have and are protecting our country.  We don't say it enough, but we are thankful for all that you have sacrificed.   THANK YOU!

This is the month of the year that many of us stop and remember all the things we are thankful for.  This year, I've tried to get more cards in the mail to let the people I love know that I'm thinking of them. 

Here is the one of my first Thanksgiving cards.  

You can get the sentiment stamp here.

Copics:
Brown: E55, E53, E51, E50
Silver: C5, C3, C1
Red: R17
Shadows: W3, W1, W0

Hey Pumpkin Pie

Hello all,

I'm a bit behind on blogging.  Life has just been crazy with weddings, and family visits.   Summer has finally faded and lake season is over.    It is time to shift focus to all things fall.  Bring on the pumpkin spice! 

I've had this stamp for ages, but never had inked it up.   I was nervous about coloring pumpkin pie. I wasn't sure what to use to capture the rich orange brown color.   Then recently I was shopping for cardstock and found paper called Pumpkin Bread by (FSJ).    It was perfect.  I used the paper help me choose marker colors.  I love the final look.  This process is backwards of what I usually do.  I might need to work backwards more often. 

I hope you enjoy...

Copics used:
Mice: E30, E31, E33, E00, E000, E93, BV20, BV23
Pie: E93, E95, E97, E99, E35
Crust: E30, E31, E34, E37
Spoon" C5, C3, C1

Thanksgiving Humor

Greetings!

I found this stamp at convention this past year.   I couldn't let the holiday go by without inking it up. Hopefully it makes you chuckle.    I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday with your family.   Eat lots of delicious turkey!!

Copics used: 

Brown: E30, E31, E33, E35

Orange: YR12, YR14

Yellow: Y15, YR14

Red: R29

You Want to put Stuffing Where?

Hello,

The weather out here is still frightful, but I managed to get a few pictures during class today.   We made some turkey cards today.  I love the expression on this guy's face.  I hope he makes it through the next few days unscathed. 

 Copics used:

Brown: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37
Green: YG63, Yg67
Red: R24, R29
Yellow: Y35, Y38
Sign: E50, E51,

My Monthly Hero September 2017

Welcome friends,

Today's post is a long one.  Please grab a cup of coffee, wrap up in a warm blanket and enjoy (I hope).    I decided to participate in the "My Monthly Hero" challenge.  Each month they release a stamp set and the challenge is to make 10 cards from one stamp set.   You can use items from your "stash", but the idea is to limit it as much as possible. 

Here are my cards for the September 2017 stamp set.   I made 5 pumpkin and 5 sunflower cards. I hope you enjoy these cards and feel inspired.  I'd love to hear your thoughts.   What cards are your favorites?  If you want to watch the video click here.

Card 1:

Card 2:

 Card 3:

 Card 4:

Card 5:

 Card 6:

 Card 7:

Card 8:

 Card 9:

 Card 10:

 No copics today.

Here are the ink colors- all Stampin Up

Pumpkins:
Morning Marigold
Pumpkin Pie
Tangerine Tango
Old Olive

Small pumpkin:
Morning Marigold
Pumpkin Pie
Really Rust

Sunflower
So Saffron
Daffodil Delight
More Mustard
Crumb Cake
Chocolate chip
Old Olive

Hedgehog:
Crumb Cake
Soft Suede
Old Olive

Wreath:
Certainly Celery
Old Olive
Real Red