Fall Farm Friends

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I'm honored today to be the guest designer for Great Impressions Rubber Stamps!

For my card today I chose some autumn stamps as you know that I just love autumn!! I used Fall Farm Friends and then colored them with copics. 

For my layout I used the sketch from this week's Flutter By Wednesday Challenge~~I just love that sketch!!

On the inside I decorated it by stamping the Fall Farm Friends again in colored ink and then stamping the Handpicked Sentiment in a dark ink. A strip of patterned paper and voila' a nice inside.

A big thank you to Great Impressions Rubber Stamps for having me as a guest! Be sure to stop by their store for lots of great stamps and also check out their blog for lots of inspiration!

If all else fails-add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!

stamps~ Great Impressions-Fall Farm Friends and Handpicked Sentiment
ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Early Espresso, SU Peach Parfait,
cardstock~ Make It Crafty white, SU Early Espresso,
designer paper~ Authentique-Thankful
other goodies~ copics, nestabilities, EK Success border punch, pearls

The Sweet Stop Sketch #25

I just discovered this fun challenge blog, The Sweet Stop. I don't own any Sweet n' Sassy stamps but their sketch challenges are open to all images so I thought I'd play along.
Here's the sketch for this week~

Here's what I came up with~
I stamped the flower twice, cut out one and popped it up for dimension.

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Spring Mousy, SU Hope Happens,
paper: some from my scraps,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU More Mustard,
others: prismacolors, OMS, nestabilities, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, cappuccino bella baubles, stardust pen, Sunshine Inspirations Paint,

I also wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for stopping by. I am so grateful for you taking the time out of your day to visit me.
And no, you're not imagining it...I changed my blog again. I get bored with it easily so I change it often, guess I keep ya on your toes~it might change daily, hourly or might stay the same for a while...hehehe!
Have a happy day!!

Use matting

Think I'm still trying to find my groove after not creating last week. This is for the Christmas bingo I'm playing with a yahoo group. The challenge was to use matting.
Snowman and penguin are from Great Impressions. Sentiment is from TAC's Trendy Greetings.
Paper is also TAC.
I colored the cute guys with prismacolors and then embossed the snowman and snowdrops with stardust embossing powder. I also used my stardust pen on the ornament he's holding.
Did all the corners with the ticket corner punch.

Penguin in a box.....again

I saw this sketch on i{heart}2stamp 's blog and thought it looked fun. Another chance to use this cute penguin.
Supplies:
stamps: Penguin in a box-Great Impressions, saying from TAC and ornament from TAC Frosty Friends
ink: Palette Noir and VersaMark
extras: buttons, prismacolors, shimmer chalks, crystal lacquer, liquid pearls, stardust pen

Yet another penguin

I just love this little guy. Had fun with this card. You can't tell but the ornaments have crystal laquer on them so they shine, the spots on the box have stickles so they sparkle and his hat has white liquid pearl. So much fun to make!

Supplies:
stamps: Great Impressions
extras: prismacolors, stickles, liquid pearls, crystal lacquer, glitter pen, decorative scissors

Snowman and penguin

I just got this stamp from Great Impressions the other day. Had to use it! I also wanted to try out a technique I saw on Fat Cat Stamper's blog. She mentioned using a brayer to go over embossed images. I tried it and wow, it works great!!
Supplies:
stamps: Great Impressions
ink: Palette Noir and a retired TAC Chalk pad
extras: prismacolors, icicle stickles, cuttlebug embossing folder, ticket corner punch

Love this stamp!

A friend of mine got this cute stamp for me last year as I couldn't find her locally. I just love her! It just makes me smile when I see her. I made this for a friend that took my daughter to a fall party.
Supplies:
stamps- the little girl stamp is from Great Impressions, thanks is from TAC Mini Sampler
ink- TAC Palette Noir and Reflection Blue
ribbon--TAC Lilly Anna ribbon
paper--TAC Lilly Anna Soar With It Collection and cardstock
extras-buttons, shimmer chalk (around the edge of the white cardstock, hard to see in the photo)
technique--just colored her with my prismacolors