Autumn House

Hello! The weather has been so beautiful here lately, I haven't had the air on for a week. I love the breeze blowing through the house and the sound of the birds, it makes me happy : ) It's really put me in the mood to make my cards for Thanksgiving. It is my absolute favorite time of year as well as one of my fav holidays, my birthday is Nov 27th so it's fallen on Thanksgiving many times to add to the festivities : ) I've done a Christmas card workshop in the past where I provide all the supplies to make 10 Christmas cards. This year a few people have asked me to make sets of cards to sell, and I've decided to take the challenge a little further and make a couple Thanksgiving sets as well. This is the first card I've made for the set. I used Card Patterns Sketch # 81 as my starting point. The "brads" in the corners are actually "bullets" from a T-shirt my brother bought at a Brooks & Dunn concert. He was over for supper one night and was picking them off his shirt, he said they looked girly. After teasing him about buying a girly shirt (he is my little brother after all) I made him put them all in a baggy for me to use someday! Thanks for looking!

Paper: CTMH Abudance

Image: Plum Purdy Designs

Copics: E25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37; YR12, 15; Y19, 35; YR09; G24; YG63; C1

CTMH buttons, misc ribbon, twine

This is also the first card I've made using my new Gina K Designs cardstock as a base... I LUV IT! It holds up so well!

Halloween Cow

Hello! I have a Halloween card to show today. It's hard to believe that it will be October before we know it! I am so happy with how my card turned out : ) I used Taylored Expressions Sketch #127. There were so many pretty samples from the Design Team, I loved playing along! Thanks for looking!

Paper: CTMH Days to Cherish

Image: Stamping up, Boo: CTMH

Copics: E000, 00, 11, 33; C1, 3; G94, 99; G 93, 95; Y17, 23, 38; YR 15; B91; V12; BV00

CTMH brads, Stickles, Spica pen, misc ribbon

Live, Laugh, Love

Hello! I hope everyone had a safe Labor Day weekend! I had to work Monday (yay for time and a half!) so I had yesterday off and was able to make a card. It seems to take me forever to make a card anymore! I had these grand plans to make a bunch of cards and I got *one* done : ) One's better than none, and I do like it. I used The Sweet Stop Sketch #72 for my card, except I added the photo corner to cover up a mess up in my sewing. I was at war with my sewing machine yesterday, and of course, since I know NOTHING about sewing the machine won! Oh well, I have at least figured out how to thread the thing so dear husband doesn't have to do it for me anymore, lol! Thanks for looking!

Paper: CTMH (sorry for the life of me I can't remember it's name...its so long retired!)

Image: Bugaboo, Sentiment is an Ippity stamp

Copics: 0, C1, 5, 7, BG000, G82, 94, E33, 37, RV19, 23, Y08, 15

Prima Flower, CTMH button, misc ribbon, twine

Rejoice and Be Glad

Happy Hump Day! For my Grandma's birthday last Sunday I gave her a set of 3 cards I had made. This is my absolute favorite of the 3, its simple but I LOVE it : ) I used Card Patterns Sketch #79 again. I also used Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #54 to use metal embellies on your card. Thanks for taking a look!

Paper: CTMH Key To My Heart

Stamp is from Hobby Lobby

CTMH embellies, ribbon, buttons

Prima flowers, misc twine

Distressed Birthday

Hello! Today I have another card I was able to make last weekend. My Grandma's birthday was Sunday and I made this card for my parents to give her. My cousin and her fiance came back from Florida and my sister and her boyfriend came from Chicago to celebrate. It was fabulous to have everyone together, it's been since Christmas since thats happened! I used Taylored Expressions Sketch #126. I loved how Taylor used her Scor-Buddy to emboss the border around her card and thought I'd give it a try. I used black embossing powder on the sentiment to add a little more interest to the card. With the embossing and distressing, this card is also my submission for Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge #27: Texture it!

Paper: CTMH Emporium

Stamps: Bugaboo, Mom: Verve, Happy Birthday unknown

Copics: R39, 85, RV19, G94,99, B93, 97, N0, 0

CTMH buttons, misc embroidery thread