The Simple Things In Life

Hi....I wanted to share with you today the card I have up at the
Classy Cards 'n Such blog today.
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It's September with a hint of fall in the air....
 

The cooler nights in my part of the country make me think of fall.

So I am bringing to the Classy Cards 'n such blog today a pretty fall card.

What can be better then a wheelbarrow full of pumpkins, gourds and bittersweet?

 

 

This lovely stamp is from the Flourishes set "Autumn Blessings".....

I stamped it on watercolor paper and colored it in with my TH Distress Ink Markers

You can purchase the markers HERE or join the Distress Marker Club HERE

The lovely sentiment is one I love "Give Thanks for the simple things in life".

It is part of the same Flourishes set "Autumn Blessings".
 

For the layers of my card I used a Cheery Lynn Designs Doily Die "French Pastry"

(you can also purchase this die in a tiny size...so cute!...HERE )

and Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight cut from the paper pad Authenique "Vintage Blue"

I added a ribbon under the layers for a hint of color.

 

A few other items I used to make my card

Cuttlehug Large

Cherry Lynn Designs Crafters Tools...these are wonderful to use with the intricate dies

Scor-Tape 1/2" ...I used every time to adhere the layers on my cards...it comes in several other widths

as well, you can find it HERE

 

Thank you for visiting!

 

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Howl At The Moon

 

The last two nights I have been "rudely" awoken by howling and singing coyotes

The first night around 3:30 and last night around 12:30.....

which put me in the mood to make this card for Halloween....

 

I cut out a "window" of sorts from black glossy card stock....

(which is totally black but has picked other colors in the photo taking)

and a howling "wolf" from my Cricut.....

the bat is from a SU punch...retired now I believe....

I added a chipboard Happy Halloween which is a Brenda Walton piece by K&Company...

A bit of wrapped twine tied off with a button and it was a rather quick card...

I "needed" quick to get my creativeness going after being gone for a few days!

 

I am entering this in the challenge at

 "Moxie Fab World" Ready Made Embellishments

Guest Designing Today At The Shabby Tea Room

Hello Friends,

I am so excited as today I am a guest designer at The Shabby Tea Room.

You can imagine how honored I felt when I was invited to do so

as the Design Team there is "fabulous"!!!

 

 

We were to use this photo as our inspiration piece....

and it was to have pumpkins, burlap and twine

I was a bit intimidated at first, as I knew it just had to be my very best....

So one night while in a "sleepless" state I came up with an idea to stamp a

"shabby chic" scarecrow, not realizing I only owned one scarecrow stamp....

but as it turns out I think it was perfect for what I had in mind....

The card just somewhat fell together for me...

 

 

I had ordered a wonderful Cheery Lynn Designs pumpkin die HERE....

thinking it was just "perfect" for my "idea"

my pumpkins were cut from DS paper...rather shabby, don't you think?

 

I also saw on another blog that DCWV had a burlap paper out.

It is real burlap that  is adhered to paper, so when you cut it, there isn't any fraying.

I found it in a Joann's Fabric store, and there is where my card was built from...

 

I hope you have enjoyed my post today...and YOU can join in the challenge this week

at "The Shabby Tea Room" using the inspiration photo from above....

Simple Elegance

I wanted to share with you my post up on the Classy Cards 'n Such blog today.

I would love to have you pop on over and leave some love!!

Don't forget you can get a 10% discount there by using my code

DIANE-10

 

 

Welcome to the Classy Cards 'n Such blog today....

it's Diane here with you to show you my "Simple Elegance" card I made for fall.

 

 

I love everything about this card

starting with the gorgeous Flourishes stamp set called "Autumn Blessings"

One of my favorite things about Flourishes stamps are the precise, perfect

image you get with each stamp, making them a breeze to color!

Speaking of color, I used my Tim Holtz Distress Markers and water pen on watercolor paper.

There are so many colors to work with in this set, making an easy, easy job of shading!!

You may purchase them single HERE or join the Distress Marker club HERE.

 

I mounted my piece on my newest Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight die....

I cut the die on Champaign Neenah Pearlized Metallic paper....

I love this paper, it is a nice sturdy weight and has a bit of a metallic "bling" to it!!

 

 

Underneath all this goodness, is a Designer Paper from Authenique "Tradition".

There are numerous paper pads to choose from HERE

 

Other items I used in the making of my card are:

 

Cuttlehug Large......this makes a onetime pass with the intricate dies, I use it every time!

Scor-tape 1/2"........this sticks and holds!!

Joy Foam Pads Small...to pop up my image

 

Thanks for visiting with me today!!

I am entering this card into a few challenges

Crafting By Designs is "anything goes"
and
Simon Says "anything goes"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Autumn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My computer has it's days and nights mixed up....

kind of like a baby, but the difference is, the computer is annoying!!

Right smack in the middle of the day when I want to work

"IT" wants to do a virus scan.....ugh....that takes forever

and I don't even bother to work, as it just bogs me down.....

 

Well, enough complaining and on to my 2nd post for today....

I dreamed this card up last night while wide awake when I should be sleeping....

I wanted to enter a card at "The Kraft Journal"...

I was in the Top 3 pick last week...thank you so much!!

 

This weeks challenge is to use the inspiration photo/colors below

 

 

Easy for me, as I LOVE to make fall cards almost as much as Christmas!!

I got out my neglected QuicKutz Squeeze and cut my maple leaves from

my new Doodlebug fall papers.... 

I love these papers as the prints are so tiny...perfect for small projects!

 

 

I embossed on Kraft cardstock, added a SU Very Vanilla panel

and the sentiment "Autumn" is from Just Rite...

I even finished the inside of my card.....

 

I am also entering this card in a few other challenges

 

 

CAS-ology....."Autumn"

 

and

 

Die Cut Divas...use a die cut and Fall colors
and
Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party Autumn/Fall

Love To Garden

I had great fun putting this card together using NBUS

what did you say?

What is NBUS....well I'll give you a lesson....

Over on Darnell's blog, she has created this word "NBUS"

and I  LOVE it...oh wait , you need to know what it means

 "Never Before Used Stuff"

I bet you have plenty of that don't you...come on, tell the truth!!

Isn't that a great word, I wonder if it will make it in the dictionary??
 

 

So, back to my card, I used NBUS!!

I won the "bling" stamp set (the word love) at least 4 years ago from Gina K, I think

the idea is to put "bling" in all those little circles...now that would be a lot of bling!

I liked it just like it is, plus it fit my challenge better

My other NBUS is the recently purchased Stampendous Seeds Background stamp

I love this stamp, and am so glad I got to put it to use!

And lets not leave out the Lockhart apron stamp....

I had ordered an apron stamp from somewhere and this one was sent to me by mistake...

When I contacted them, they told me to keep the "mistake" and sent me the one I ordered..

So very nice, but this was several years ago as well...NBUS again!! 

 

Now that , that is out of the way...lol...it brings us to the challenge I am entering...

I subscribe to Papercrafters Corner and have for quite sometime...

Every Monday they have a MAGAZINE MONDAY  challenge

 using a magazine cover for inspiration....

Here is this weeks cover.....

 

 

Isn't it cute??

I focused on the colors, the polka dots, and the word "love"...

If you notice Minnie's shoes, they are yellow, so I brought a splash of yellow in

with the towel hanging from the apron....

you can't tell in the photo but, the towel was stamped on a NBUS yellow velour paper....

And last, usually Minnie is wearing a bow on her head, so I added the red satin bow....

That's it .......so......head on over and give it a try!!

Shabby Apples~The Spendor of Fall

This has been a superb year in Michigan for the apple crop....

There are so many apples on the trees that even the ground is loaded with them....

A blessing, as last year we had a hard frost when the apple blossoms bloomed

making the crops not too plentiful!!

 

I have been "pinning" all sorts of apple "foodies" on Pinterest...

I have been buying bags of apples...yum!

 

So, it was a pleasure to see that this week the theme at

The Shabby Tea Room is "APPLES"

using this inspiration photo....

 

 

I made a card with some "shabby goodness"

 

 

using a paper doily or two.....an apple stamp from a "Unity kit of the month"....

adding some sequins for a bit of  "bling".....

shabby twill tape....

and the best part...

this card smells "yummy"...

I had a bit of creative goodness and I added a tiny cinnamon stick

tied with a piece of twine!

 

 

Also want to thank The Shabby Tea Room once again for choosing

my card for last week's Top 3...

so very honored!!

 

I am also entering my card into these challenges:

 

Sugar Creek Hollow.....Fall Is In The Air

 

and

 

My Creative Moments Word Play Saturday ....Seasons

 

and

 

Crafty Boots...."A" Is For Apple