Thinking of You Birdie

So I am only recently realizing how the earlier sun setting times are affecting me...I now really have to plan when I am going to photograph my artwork! I have to apologize for the poorly lit photogaphs on my blog lately. My crafting time is usually limited to the late afternoon. Once in a while I do have some morning time but not very often. This means that I usually am trying to photograph in the late afternoon/early evening...near a window to get some sun on my subject. But the sun isn't there anymore! Yikes! What's a crafter without good lighting supposed to do? Ott-lites anyone? One of these days I'll set up a better system for lighting my artwork when I want to photograph it, but for now I'll stick to being near the window and trying to plan ahead.

Anyway, on to the artwork. I, unfortunately, am in need of two sympathy cards. I always struggle with these. I usually make something and then don't think it's good enough. What I need to do is make up a bunch of one design which I like to just have on hand. Since I don't have to mail these I decided to add some 3-D roses.

Supplies used (all CTMH except Nestabilities)
Stamp sets: (A1104) A Tweet, (D1476) Card Chatter - Sympathy
Paper: Striped paper -Veranda collection(retired), the background patterned paper - (X7139B) Typeset Level 2 Paper Packet, Juniper cardstock, Buttercup cardstock, White Daisy cardstock
Stamp pads: Cocoa, Juniper, Bamboo, Brown Bag
Ribbon: (Z1616) Green Collection
Other: (Z1686) Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for roses, (Z1333) Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems, (Z1336) Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems, (Z1151) Foam Tape,Nestabilities - Lattice Rectangles

I am entering this in The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #95, Time Flies. The challenge was to use the following photo for inspiration and to use something with wings. I was inspired by the brach and the greens and yellows in the photo. In case, you haven't yet, you should take a look at The Shabby Tea Room blog. The artwork from the design team as well as that from the crafters posting their projects is amazing!
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So Grateful - Heart 2 Heart Color Challenge

Happy November everyone! The last part of October just seemed to go by at lightning speed!

I unfortunately lost most of my files from my computer due to a virus (even though I do have an anti virus program). The main files I am really missing are my lesson plans from last year so I am having to take some time to rework those. I had just bought a memory stick to back up my files but, of course, didn't! Also some pictures of a couple of projects which I had hoped to post got lost as well. Sigh...I can retake them but I decided to move on and do something new!

This week the challenge at Heart 2 Heart is a color challenge: Terra Cotta, Juniper, Bamboo.

Captured Moments is one of my favorite stamp sets but I haven't pulled it out too much so I thought I would play with it today using these colors. I also used Harvest Happiness with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge for the leaves up top. I decided to sponge the Colonial White panel, which has the main image stamped on it, in all three colors. What a nice palette for a fall themed card! 

 Supplies used: (C1423) Captured Moments stamp set, (C1463) Harvest Happiness stamp set, (X7139B) Typeset Level 2 paper pack, (Z1248) Juniper Waxy Flax, (Z1249) Sorbet Waxy Flax, (Z697) Round Sponge, (Z1686) Art Philosophy Cricut CartridgePin It

Happy Day

Wouldn't this sketch make a pretty card all on its own? I love it!

This sketch is from the Clean and Simple Stamping blog. I had a chance to stamp and make cards with Heather and Debbie today so that got me in the creative mood. It also helped that I had my stamping supplies out and that I got a new order of stamps and embellishments in the mail today! So exciting! Check out that corrugated star...it comes in the package of Milepost Shapes. I broke out my new Blue Ribbon stamp set to make my card.

My mom is so sweet and always sends cards for special days. It's not as easy as it used to be for her to go out and get cards from the store, so I try to send her a bunch of handmade cards every once in awhile. She always goes through them faster than I can make them though! Anyway, I'm hoping to make duplicates of this card to include in a package for her (along with some others).

Supplies used: (C1464) Blue Ribbon stamp set, (X7139B) Typeset paper pack, (Z2165) Juniper stamp pad, (Z2162) Honey stamp pad, (Z2114) Cocoa stamp pad, (Z1484) Milepost ShapesPin It

Woohoo!

I'm so excited! My airplane card was picked as one of the top ten for August over at the Heart 2 Heart Challenges Blog! What a nice surprise! If you haven't ever visited the blog, you should take a look...there's a lot of beautiful artwork and wonderful inspiration there. Click on the cool badge on the right!

In celebration, I made this cute little owl treat box. The October issue of Scrapbooks Etc. magazine has a section on fun Halloween projects and one was making an owl out of a pillow box (thanks Heather!). So of course, I looked through my Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge images. I knew I had the pillow box shape but I also used my cartridge to make the flowers and circles for the eyes and the cute mini scalloped banner card for the 3-D beak! What a fun and simple project! You can play around with the eyes and position the black dots to make the eyes "look" up or sideways, etc. Hee hee! Now that I'm getting the hang of using my Cricut, I am feeling great about actually using up some of my scraps. Anyway, I can just imagine this little owl saying, "Woohoo!"

Supplies used: (X7139B) Typeset Level 2 paper pack, (Z1686) Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge, Sunflower cardstock, Colonial White Cardstock, Black Cardstock, (Z1151) Foam Tape

In other news, we are having a thunderstorm as I am typing this! We have had so much rain this past week with flooded roads actually causing schools to close. I really hope this is a fast moving storm!

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