The Forest

I like to keep a stash of sympathy cards so one is available when the need arises.

The tree image is by Judi Kins and was purchased at Hobby Lobby. I did the forest in Basic Grey, Certainly Celery, and Old Olive all from SU. I stamped off one time first to give the more subtle effect. The sentiment is also SU stamped with the Certainly Celery. I stamped the tops of the trees on each end for a little more interest.
The inspiration is from the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches

2 Trucks

I have a twofer. (errrr make that a threefer) for Darnell's Twofer Challenge.

I had 2 cards made (get well and Christmas) and ready to post and then what? that says Harvest. Back to the craft table to do another one with the harvest theme.
So here are 2. One for harvest and one for Christmas.

And here is the original which started this process, because I needed a masculine get well card.

SU images: truck, tire tracks, tree, sunshine, snowflakes. falling leaves. SU Blender Pens for coloring.
LaLa Land: pumpkins and bale of straw which was cut down to fit truck.
Morning Star Stamps: get well sentiment.

Joy

Making progress on my holiday cards.  Cards come together so quickly when using a sketch.

Supplies are all from Stampin" Up! The letter dies are Tim Holtz.
Inside I did a greeting on the computer and glued a strip of the DP along the side.

The design is a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

And while I have the idea in my head, a couple more:

Tropical

Tropical Escape paper pack from Stampin' Up! has so many pretty patterns

The flowers are die cuts from SU Botanical Blooms. The sentiment is an old unlabled one.
The design is from the sketch for Tuesday Morning Sketches

Fall Card

It is photo week at Just Us Girls and they have a gorgeous fall photo to use for inspiration.

I love the colors of fall. I had a beautiful piece of paper from JoAnns that has colorful leaves. I used that as a base for my card

The straw and pumpkins are from La-La Land Crafts, all stamped, colored with SU Blender Pens, and fussy cut. The scarecrow is from SU stamped, colored, and punched. The sentiment and label punches are also from SU.

The Tropics

Starting out today with this message I found on Pinterest:


It is so my craft room today--LOTS of ideas waiting to be created! LOL!

So it is amazing that I could come up with these cards for Darnell's Twofer challenge using leaves. I am using palm leaves.

The Santa image is a digi I purchased on Etsy here. But there is a similar one in the SU new Holiday Catalog. Santa is colored with SU blender pens. I think he ran off from the North Pole without his sunscreen and is getting a bit pink surfing in Hawaii. The palm trees are from My Favorite Things. I stamped then colored with SU Blender Pens and fussy cut them. I attached the palm trees only by the trunk so the tops are swaying in the wind.  There are 3 punched yellow circles in the upper right to add a little sunshine. You know, how you squint your eyes in the sun and see yellow dots.

The Flamingo is from Stampabilities also colored with SU blenders. The DSP behind the flamingo is SU Tropical Escapes paper pack. I accentedt his one with 3 pearls.
I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches for inspiration.

Now I think I must do a little cleaning, straightening, and organizing.  A messy desk is a sign of a creative mind but too much mess stifles creativity!

Daisies

I won a bag of paper flowers. There were a lot of daisies in it. Here is one way I used them.

The polka dot paper is some from a bunch of paper a friend gave me when she cleaned out her closet. The sentiment is a die from SU. I loved this one so much I decided to do another.

This die is from DieVersions.
The sketch if from Freshly Made Sketches

It is a cool rainy day here so I should be able to get a lot of crafting done.

Spectacular Birthday

Now the card for the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches

The fun image is a From The Heart digi colored with Stampin' Blends. The DP is from a 6x6 pad that long ago lost its cover so I don't know who made it. The sentiment is from SU popped up with foam tape. Inside I did a computer sentiment "Have a Spectacular Birthday.

Non Card Project

Looking for a quick easy gift for co-workers, hostess, teacher? I made a few of these to sell at my church's Holiday Bazaar.
Female version:

Male version:

These are 4x6 acrylic picture frames. Picked them up at the Dollar store for $1.00 each. Slip a piece of designer paper in the picture slot. Tie a ribbon around the center. Slip the back of an post it note pad through the ribbon. I secured the back of the pad with a couple of glue dots. I will probably also include a pen--tucked behind the ribbon or clipped to the side.
After I made these, I found this sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches and though it looks a lot like my project if you flip the sketch 180.

Witch's Brew

First day of September. Where did the summer go? Halloween will be here before we blink. Send A Smile 4 Kids is having a "Cute Fall or Halloween Cards" challenge the next 2 weeks. I have already made and sent Halloween cards to my contact so this one is for one of my adult children. They like Starbuck's coffees.

I totally CASed this idea from Cheryl at Paper Panacea. She also has a Christmas version you need to check out.
The papers are from the scrap box. The cute witch colored with Stampin" blends is from Stampendous. I think the bat and spider are from 2 different SU sets. Computer generated sentiment.