Altenew November Inspiration Challenge - Take one

 

Between this gorgeous photo of leaves the likes of which I have NEVER seen [what is in the water in Minnesota, I ask you?] and the card/video from the fabulous 

Jenny Colacicco, I just had to pull out some Copics to play along with

Altenew's November Inspiration Challenge!  As my post title teases, this isn't my only card...

Jenny - I didn't have the dies you used, but I managed to make it my own, adding veins

with Copics instead of a stylus!

I loved that my Grid cover die didn't cut through on a few of those little squares - gave me the perfect spot for extra glue, and a few foam squares, too!  Plus there is plenty of my yellow card base showing through.  Oh - the sentiment is another tease about Take 2, coming soon!

=]  Michele

Thank you, Altenew!  Such an honor!

Color Hues #29 - Brown and Orange!

 

It couldn't be a more perfect time of year to pull out these colors for Color Hues!

Here is what our neck of the woods looks like at sunset this week:

No.  this is not our home - sadly we don't have these gorgeous trees in our yard - 

or I'd be out raking up, and jumping in!

My play date with Kristie was the perfect time to stamp a plethora of these Taylored Expressions' leafy backgrounds - must have been kismet that I'd choose hues of brown and orange Oxide inks for this one... and serendipitous that I had this cute bunch of corn from my friend Two Ls to add to it!

Waffle Flower Crafts' Domed dies, and PinkFresh Studio's Braided Tags

play so beautifully together.  that deep brown wood grain paper is from Altenew.

I must thank Karen from the CH team for reminding me of this little bundle of love I brought back from our visit to New York a few years ago!  OH you have to go see Karen's card - all the designers at CH really knocked it out of the park!  Don't they always?

=]  Michele

Thank you, Sheri!

Inspired By #193C

'Tis the Season, alright!  The season for making Christmas cards for all our friends, and those sweet senior citizens on my very long list!

I just love the print in our Inspired By #IB193C photo prompt - and have just the jolliest old friends to represent it well.  Reverse Confetti's Christmas duo from Jolly Holiday, has been around for a few years now, and so has their North Pole Wishes.  My packages come from a Janes Doodles set, and the fun scallops are another oldie from Papertrey Ink.  

Gosh.  It makes me wonder why I keep buying new, when the old looks fresh as new?  Okay.  We won't go there.

But we will be going to our gallery this week to see which prompt our friends have chosen - the countdown begins now! and there is a Fall, 

and Sketch option, too!

=]  Michele

A wonderful Wednesday with Marcia!

Any day of the week would be a very good day when spent with my friend Marcia!  Last week Wednesday we were hard at play from 9am to 4pm stamping, cutting, embossing, and stenciling all the bounty of craftiness we had to share - believe me, there was a lot!!

We try to pick something we both use in our own way to share with you all, but keep our finished cards secret from each other.  This time it happened to be a wonderful layering stencil set called Holiday Botanical Background from Pinkfresh Studios.   

I promise this bright pink cardstock matched before I brought in the 

Crystal Accents!!  Look at the one I missed underneath in the cluster of three!!  lol  

Pinkfresh also gets credit for this retired Joy and Cheer sentiment, and the Fancy Oval Frame.

I had a great time playing with a few of Marcia's finds from The Greetery - of course their Winterberry Bouquet was at the top of my list - since they are what I see outside of my studio window each day... here shown in all their glorious red - perfect for a Christmas card!

fa la la from The Stamp Market's 'Tis the Season stamps, and dies.

I embossed the negative again with my SU Subtle Texture EF.

The Greetery provided all the treats used for my third card - Marcia even created the wonderful wood grain card for my frame and 'shutters!'  She spoils me!

That pretty plaid is from PTI's text-style Fall Prints and Patterns that I got for $2!  I drove 750 miles to pick up the last package of SU Old Olive paper from LeAnne! lol  Used here for my card base

I have one more card made, but I cannot share as I used it for a DT card!  You'll see it soon enough!

Thank you, Marcia, for the day spent crafting away - and your wonderful bowl [and a half] of chili!!!  YUM!!  I'm on my way over - virtually - to see all the wonder of your makes!

=]  Michele

Inspired By #192 - Who's your Boo?

 

Yes, I know there is an adorable Christmas prompt this week, too!

But, since she was a tiny girl, and Monsters Inc. released, my granddaughter Lola has been called Boo!  Now, with a title like this,  how could this Grammy resist making her a Halloween card this week?  See if you can find my inspiration[s].

Yes.  I am the old bat.  Grampy is the ghost - for reasons we won't get into.  And since Boo's eyes disappear just like this when she smiles big, we'll just say

that is a very silly version of her!  

Now, will you be bewitched by Halloween, or catch that cute Christmas vibe?  We'll love either, you know that's a sure thing!

=]  Michele

Supplies: 

EH Happy Haunting stamps and dies, Pumpkin to Talk About, Snow Days [for the fences]

Waffle Flower Craft Rustic Rainbow dies for the gas clouds

Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched rectangle dies

CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Gray and Red! - take two!

By the time this hits the airwaves, I'll be on my way to spend the day with our Hostess for this month's CAS Christmas October 2021 - Gray and Red Challenge!!  Yippee for a day of play with Marcia!!

Remember the sentiment from The Stamp Market I used the other day?  It worked its charm on my card today!  But it appears to have been discontinued in their shop - how can this be?  It's so cute...

Another piece from Teresa Collins Candy Cane Lane - for the perfect candy cane sentiment!

My little Holly leaves were cut from a sheet of paper stamped with an MFT sweater-knit background

stamp - in CP Twilight ink.  I've also used another of these wonderful Waffle Flower Crafts' cover panels!

Here's another - one that's not quite CAS enough - but using another Pinkfresh goodie: Merry Little Christmas Cling pop out ... with the Holly Jolly shadow layer cut from vellum!

My photos seem to be rather dark - either the light from the time of day, or user error?  At any rate, I hope you like them just the same!  

Thanks so much for visiting!  Better get this one posted and hit the road!!

=]  Michele

Color Hues #28 Red and Kraft!

 

I may have mentioned how much I adore kraft and red at Christmas - add natural creamy paper with those little fibers in it and I'm especially happy!   

Thanks Color Hues #28!

Here is my 'everything very old is new again' card:

MFT Die-namics wreath die c. 2010?  Paper: Teresa Collins Candy Cane Lane c. 2014

a sweet little set of sentiments that was part of a gift from MFT when the Three Amigos visited them in Florida!  and a hand-me-down set from CP from my friend Kristie!

Wreath, and bows cut from Desert Storm, and stamped with CP peppermint scrub.

Altenew Red Cosmos set of enamel dots

W&W Noelle die for that sweet little panel

Isn't this paper so hoardable lovely? 

Thanks for the visit!!

=]  Michele