Make-a-Card Monday: Fall

Seeing as it's now well into fall (Can you feel it in the air? Yeah, me neither.), I am finally getting all the fall card ideas out of my head and into production.

For this card, I used SU's Basket of Fun (retired) again. Love it. I used the basket this time with the apples. Coloring the basket is a touch more difficult then the pail but it's a cool look when complete. The sentiment is from a clear set that I don't have the packaged for any longer. I thought it was perfectly simple to go with my apples. And I love the sentiment inside as well, Happy Everything. Kept it super simple. Makes me happy. The card front was attached to my card base of Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip with pop dots.

Using most of the same supplies as the card above, I did change the apples to leaves and used a masking technique to create an overflow. I really like how it turned out. I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and Copic markers. The sentiments (inside and out) were stamped with Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip ink. The leaves on the inside are stamped in the *old* Earth Element family of SU inks; Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Garden Green, and Close to Cocoa.

 

This card uses a stamp set form Paper Smooches, Hot Concoctions. I love this set, maybe because I like my coffee beverages. Or as Husband says, my dessert coffee. :) Simply stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with my Copic markers. The inside image is stamped in SU Elegant Eggplant. They were then attached to a Elegant Eggplant card base. Couldn't resist adding Stickles to the whipped cream. :)

I used the Little Pumpkin set by My Style Stamps for this card. Nicole has a great line of stamps and I have enjoyed playing with them. I created this card for my darling goddaughter. :) I colored my image with my Copic markers and added SU Tempting Turquoise clouds and a sweet little bow with ribbon from my stash. The inside sentiment was stamped using SU Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa, and Ruby Red. Added Stickles to the clouds for a little *something*.

Thanks for looking. Hope this finds you happy and healthy!

Simple Thank You's for a Cause

My mom's dear friend, "T", has just started her battle with cancer and, since I am not close to where she lives and there's not a lot of hands-on things I can do for her, I made her cards that she can send to those helping her out. I needed CAS (clean and simple) cards that were easy to mass produce. These are the ones I came up with. I was able to make twenty-ish cards in about 20 minutes. There are 3 or 4 of each. Added stamps and envelopes. I labeled the cards and all the info will be at the bottom.

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I wish there was more I could do in this situation but other than pray, support my mom, and keep T supplied with thank you cards, I'm feeling pretty helpless.

You will see more cards coming for T. I want to send her one a week for however long she goes through this. It's the least I can do.

Thanks for looking. I hope this finds you happy and healthy.

#1 - Stamp set inked in VersaFine: Paper Smooches Chit Chat; colored with Prismacolor pencils
#2 - Stamp set inked in VersaFine: Paper Smooches Many Thanks; Little Heart is from Simon Says Stamp set Card-Exchanging Friends inked in Stampin' Up Real Red
#3 - Stamp set inked in VersaFine: Paper Smooches Many Thanks; Little Heart is from Simon Says Stamp set Card-Exchanging Friends inked in Stampin' Up Real Red
#4 - Stamp set inked in VersaFine: Paper Smooches Many Thanks; Heart is from Stampin' Up Happy Hearts set inked in Stampin' Up Real Red
#5 - Stamp set inked in VersaFine: Clear Arts Stamps Support the Girls; colored with Prismacolor pencils
#6 - Stamp set inked in VersaFine: Stampin' Up Note of Thanks; colored with Prismacolor pencils