The Colors of Fall

I love the colors of fall.  This card makes me smile a big silly grin.  I used my new Fiscars stamp press to help me line up the stamps onto the precut leaf shapes. It will take a little more practice but I like the result.  Hope you like my card.

Connie

Paper Napkin Background

I recently read a tutorial about making background paper with paper napkins and cling wrap.  Shortly after that one of my friends brought a snack to my house accompanied by these colorful napkins.  I just had to give the technique a try!  I think they came out pretty good!  For this card I used a 4 x 4 piece of Whisper White card stock.  I put a small piece of cling wrap over that, with the pretty paper napkin on top.  Cover with a piece of scrap and press it with a medium iron.  The cling wrap melts and holds the layers together.  Then I trimmed the excess about 1/2 inch from the Whisper White, added some snail adhesive and wrapped the excess to the back side!  Background done!

Sweater Weather Thanks

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 191 was my inspiration for this card.  I knew right away that I wanted to use the leaf from Wonderfall so I started from there.  I cut the circle with the Circles Collection Framelits. I tested the Washi Tape directly to the Sweater Weather DSP but you could see through it, so I decided to mount the Washi tape onto a strip of Whisper White card stock first.  Even then, the beige Washi was too blah so I added some doodling.  Then while the Chocolate Chip marker was still out I decided to add doodling to the circle also.  Various colored Candy Dots completed the accessories.  I stamped sentiments from Lots of Thanks to the front and inside as well.  I hope you like my card!

Connie

Gratitude

I used {Freshly Made} Sketches #1 as the inspiration for this card.  I don't have the Deco Label Framelits yet so I had to cut this out by hand.  Hope you like my card!

Connie

Being Thankful

This card is based on a sketch by Connie and Mary called CCMC263.  I used this sketch as an opportunity to express my gratitude for the seasons, especially fall, which is my favorite time of year.

I hope you like my card.

Connie

Manly card

I think manly cards are difficult sometimes.  Usually if I keep to a monochromatic color scheme in browns it turns out looking more masculine.  I used a couple of new products from the Holiday catalog:  Season of Style DSP Stack and Magnificent Maple stamp.  The sentiment is from Four You and I used Baked Brown Sugar as my card base with accents of Early Espresso Candy Dots.  I hope you like my card!

Connie

Dahlia Thank You

This card is based upon SCS Sketch SC316.  I combined Pool Party and Old Olive for this two-toned look.  The dahlia was inked in Island Indigo ink but colored in with Pool Party and a blender pen.  I used the trick I learned at convention to tie the ribbon.  ( Retired two-tone ribbon that I loved!). I hope you like my card.

Connie