Fall Celebration!

The One Stop Craft challenge this week is "Celebration"...I've used the "it's time to celebrate!" sentiment from Stampin' Up's A Little Birdie Told Me set.

A Spoon Full of Sugar #68 & Color Throwdown #59

This sketch and this color combination were the most fun to work with! I had a blast making this card. When I saw the sketch at A Spoon Full of Sugar I thought to myself "too busy", and just wasn't quite sure how to approach it. But the Color Throwdown of Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa & Ruby Red didn't cause me to bat an eye...even tho' orange is not at the top of my favorite color list I seem to work with it a lot, and have grown to love it for card making purposes. The patterned paper is from Fancy Pants, Delight Spice. The sentiment is Stampin' Up A Little Birdie Told Me. And I am absolutely in love with these Friendly Forest foil rub-ons from Colorbok!! Oh, if you're wondering "whooo" is the best...this card is for my daughter Whitney, she's got a thing for owls. She's just begun her second year of Vet School and might need an encouraging word in the form of a card from Mom. (Be sure to be on the lookout in the next few days...I have another darling daughter, so I'll have to be creating another "best" card!)

One Stop Craft Challenge #45

I had so much fun making this card! It's based on Nikki's sketch over at One Stop Craft Challenge. Probably the reason the card was so much fun is because it's a shower card for my TAC Angel, who is anxiously awaiting Baby Lily's arrival! I bet you can't guess what Lily's room look like...brown & pink with a bird painted on the wall. I always love it when I have the perfect stamp set for someone's card! I used two Stampin' Up sets, A Little Birdie Told Me and Baby Talk. For the background flowers I used a fun TAC set called Blooming Builders. Other supplies I used include the pink patterned papers & dotted ribbon, which came from Jane in a CardMaker magazine Card Swaps message board kit swap. And probably my favorite element is the pink, flocked flower ribbon from Prima. I don't normally choose flocked stuff, but this was in a bargain package and when I got to thinking about this card for Lily I figured "what the heck"...and lo & behold, I fell in love with it!!