LNS FALL CHALLENGE!

I was working on some cards the other day & decided to do the 

LNS Challenge 189 for Fall! This one was to create an item for fall! 

I decided to make a card using some punch art! That's a little out of the box for me! I like punches & use them all the time, but I'm not a big punch art person! 

This idea just jumped into my head tho & I'm very happy with how it came out!!!!

I made a sunflower!!! This was so much fun to do & so easy!!!!

 Ok, here are the deets!!!

Cardstock-More Mustard, Early Espresso

DSP-Orchard Harvest from Holiday Mini

Inks-Early Espresso, More Mustard

Stamp set-Sassy Salutations

Embellies-1/8 mini brads, 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon in Old Olive, Big Shot Square Lattice Folder

Punches-Blossom Petals Builder Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch!

Simply Scored scoring tool! 

Here's a close up of the sunflower!

This card just makes me happy!

Happy Stampin'!

MOJO MONDAY 257

Hello all! It's been awhile since I've posted a Mojo Monday sketch! I've been busy with swaps & regionals & everything!  But I think it was worth the wait as this is my favorite so far!!! 

What do you think??

Here's the sketch:

 

Now here's my take on it!

I LOVE how this card came out!!! 

I never was attracted to this stamp set-Postage Due (#126397 clear, $16.95)-until I went to convention in Salt Lake City & saw all the amazing creations with it! Now it's one of my favorites!!! I thought it worked well with this sketch, albeit a bit unique to the sketch!

The card base is Cajun Craze run through the Big Shot with the Houndstooth Folder!

 I used Island Indigo and Early Espresso as the complimentary colors.  How did I choose the colors you ask? I simply took my cue from the beautiful Orchard Harvest Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Mini! All the DSP is designed to be used with our solid cardstocks! 

The big image is stamped on Natural Ivory cardstock with Island Indigo ink then distressed with a bit of Early Espresso & a Stampin' Sponge! 

The ribbon is my 1 retired embellishment on here! It's from last year's holiday catalog. Too bad. It's nice ribbon! But it was the only Early Espresso I had on hand!  

The 3 stamp images were stamped using Island Indigo, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso inks then cut out using the 1"Square punch and the Postage Stamp punch.  Add a little distressing & this is it!

I know it's a bit unconventional to the sketch, but I like the way it turned out anyway!Need more details? Just ask!

There'll be a new Mojo Monday sketch tomorrow! 

Happy Stampin'!

PERFECTLY PRESERVED!

So here is Day 2 of my demonstrator group "Donna's Daubers" posts!!!  We recently had a demonstrator luncheon at my friend Donna's house! There was a fun shoebox swap, where we all designed a card & brought supplies to create them together! So much fun!!! 

Here's the card Barbara designed!!!

 

I've been back & forth with this stamp set-Perfectly Preserved!!! I like it alot! I especially like that is has the Cannery Set Framelits Dies to go with it!!! 

But I wasn't sure how I would use it! Now I do some canning, so it jumped out at me. But how to use on a card? Well, Barbara schooled me on this one!  

How pretty is this?? She combined patterns from Orchard Harvest DSP with embossing from the Lacy Brocade and Stripes embossing folders!  I love the textures here!!!! 

Throw in a cute Fashionable Hearts Embosslit, a new Window Frames Collection Framelit, a Scallop & Circle punch, & you have a beautiful card!!!!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!!

Happy Stampin'!