Camp Fire Fun

I love camp fires and the cool nights of fall are my favourite time to put on a sweater and sit around a camp fire. 
My brother is the master of fires in our family and prides himself on building and creating the biggest one the space we are in allows. They are not the kind of fire that you are able to toast marshmallows on until they have burned for a couple of hours so these adorable friends from High Hopes would have to wait a bit to do their toasting on one of my brother's fires. 

After colouring these cuties with alcohol markers, I hand fussy cut them and set them aside. I mixed and matched patterned paper from four different paper pads to create my design. Some brads from my stash and a few leaf die cuts finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp:Toasting Marshmallows - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Take a Hike - Bo Bunny, Hello Fall, I Love Family and Gone Camping - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, brads - stash, mini leaves die - YNS, tree die - Memory Box

Spectrum Noir Markers:BY3 GB3 B03 MB3 CG1 DG2 YG3 BG5 BG7 BG10 TN1 CG3 CG4 JG5 CT1 CT4 GY4

Copics: E31 E77 E15 E18 E49

Prismacolor Pencils: yellowed orange, peach beige, cream

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Penguin Birthday Wishes

I have a lot of friends and family who love penguins so I always need a lot of different Birthday cards ready in my stash.  Penguin Gardener is the perfect set to help me keep my stash filled with cards. The challenge is remembering who got which stamp from year to year!

After colouring these cuties with alcohol markers, I hand fussy cut the stamp leaving a thin white edge. I set it aside and designed my card base with layers of patterned paper from Bo Bunny. Next I cut a circle and pleated circle and added them to a tag just for fun. Some ribbon and a few sparkly gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Penguin Gardener -Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment: Everyday Mini Sentiments - Whimsy Stamps

Patterned Paper: Petal Lane - Bo Bunny 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, pleated circle die - Gina Marie Designs, classic circle die - Spellbinders, stitched tag - Tutti Designs, sparkly gumdrops - YNS

Spectrum Noir Markers: GB5 CT4 CT2 BG5 BG7 BG10 CG4 DG3 JG6 TN1 EB1 CG1 DG2 YG3 AP1 AP2 AP3 CCT1 CT2 B02

                                                              

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Fall Pumpkin Patch

Fall is just around the corner and that means the pumpkin patches will soon be open to pick the perfect pumpkin or pumpkins for your fall decor, Halloween or baking your favourite fall treat...pumpkin pie - yum! 

"Pumpkin Patch" from High Hopes reminds me of the fun days ahead. 

I coloured this fun stamp with alcohol markers and Prisma pencils for some shading. I originally cut this out with rectangle die......but I messed up the clouds so........fussy cutting it was! The background is created with some inked clouds and a grass tuft die and the stamp is glued on top. The sentiment is masked off from a larger sentiment and all the edges were inked with versa mark ink.  I kept the design of this one a little more simple to keep the focus on this gorgeous stamp. Paper from Simple Stories and Echo Park were perfect for a bit of a country feel. Some enamel dots and ribbon are the finishing touches.  


Card Recipe 

Stamp:Pumpkin Patch - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Happy Fall Y'all - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Bloom and Grow - Simple Stories, Fall is In the Air - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, umber Versa Mark ink, cloud die - Quickutz, baby blue Memories ink, Stampin Up ribbon, grass tuft die - YNS, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs

Spectrum Noir Markers:BY3 GB3 B03 MB3 CG1 DG2 YG3 BG5 BG7 BG10 TN1 CG3 CG4 JG5 CT1 CT4 GY4

Copics: E31 E77 E15 E18 E49

Prismacolor Pencils: yellowed orange, peach beige, cream

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Pumpkin Friends

I have a few friends going through some tough times and I am hoping this card will make one of them feel better or smile when they receive it. 

I had some  fun making a fall themed "hug in a card" using Pumpkin Border and Chubby Pumpkins from High Hopes. This is the first card I have made using a stamped border. I find it very challenging to find a way to use them to be honest. However, this card has started the border creative juices flowing so you may see more in the future.

After colouring my stamps with alcohol markers, I hand fussy cut them leaving a thin white border around the edge of the pumpkin border. Paper from MFT gave a subtle water color wash background and to me makes the card feel like a warm hug. I cut the border piece out using a stitched rectangle die - I had to cut the leaves on the edge to slip the die in behind the border to cut it. A matching stitched fishtail banner was perfect for the sentiment. Some ribbon and heart shaped sprinkles finish off my card. 


Card Recipe 

Stamp:Pumpkin Border, Chubby Pumpkins - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: If Friends Were Pumpkins - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Water Color Washes - MFT

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, shape sprinkles - Doodlebug, stitched rectangle die - YNS, stitched fishtail banner die - YNS, ribbon - Stampin Up

Spectrum Noir Markers: OR1 OR2 OR3 CT4 GB4 GB7 CG4 DG3 JG6 EB3 EB6 EB5 

Copics: E31 E34 E37 

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Carrot Harvest Express

Fall is my favourite season. I love the cooler temperatures and snuggling up in my cozy sweaters. It is also my favourite time because the fresh produce stands start popping up at the end of the farm lane ways and at the farm markets where I live. 

"Carrot Express"  is "technically" a spring themed stamp but I wanted to challenge myself to use it in a different way. I created a scene where he is sitting in front of his carrot patch waiting for people to come purchase his carrots. And truthfully, his little red carrot express wagon just makes me smile! 

I coloured up this cutie with alcohol markers, added some shading with Prisma pencils and hand fussy cut him. After setting him aside, I started building my scene. Carrot tops from the Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge were perfect to help create his carrot field. Some blue paper for the sky and some stitched clouds helped finish off my scene. I cut a circle with my fiskars circle cutter and then used a circle Spellbinders die to cut out the middle. This gave me the circle to put in the background. I added the stamp using pop dots and the happy harvest sentiment, some fishtail flags and gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp:Carrot Express- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Bold Happy Harvest - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Tiny Check - MFT, Piggy Tails 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, Just Because Cards cartridge - Cricut, My Creative Time Dies, Circle die - Spellbinders, Fiskars circle cutter, stitched cloud die - YNS, fishtail banner die - YNS, gumdrops - YNS, Forever In Time Pop Dots

Spectrum Noir Markers:IG1 IG3 IG5 CR7 CR11 DR7 BG5 BG7 BG10 TB8 BT9 TB9 OR1 OR2 OR3

Copics: RV11 RV32 RV34

Prismacolor pencils: moss green, kelp green, yellow charteuse, cadmium orange hue, scarlet lake, orange, dark purple, 10% 30% 70% cool grey.

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Nuts About You

We have a ton of squirrels that live in my neighbourhood. Each morning there are about 10 - 15 babies that I watch play in my neighbours back yard racing up and around the tree trunks. 
Later in the day I see these babies and the adults busy collecting and packing their food for winter hibernation. 
Little Nutty Buddy reminds me of these squirrels and I wanted to use him on a card that I can put in my stash for just the right moment when I would like to let someone know in a fun way how important they are to me. 

I coloured up this cutie with alcohol markers, added some shading with Prisma pencils and cut him out using a circle die. The tip of his tail had to be cut a little to slide the die in under it to cut it the size I wanted it. 
Next I grabbed some paper from Carta Bella and cut it to fit my design. All of the paper edges including the leaves have a touch of umber ink on them to make them pop a little. 
Twine from my stash, skeleton leaves and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp:Little Nutty Buddy- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Nuts About You - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Hello Fall - Carta Bella 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, umber ink - Versa Mark, twine, fish tail banner die - YNS, banners #3 die - Sizzix, circle die - Spellbinders, skeleton leaves - Tim Holtz, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs, wood acorn - stash

Spectrum Noir Markers: CG1 DG2 YG3 EB1 RB1 RB2 RB3

Copics: E31 E34 E37 

Prismacolor pencils: dark brown, burnt ochre, putty beige, moss green, yellowed charteuse, sepia, sienna brown

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