Pick of the Patch - CCC October

 Hello my friends and Happy Monday. I hope you all had a great weekend. This has been a busy, but fun month for me. I celebrated a really BIG birthday on Saturday, but I've been celebrating with my family all month since my sister's birthday was on the 12th. 

My cards for the Creative Card Chicks was due to be posted on Saturday, the 21st, but I was busy with finishing up some school work and then dinner with family. Each month the CCC has a hostess who either sends a kit or posts a challenge for us to follow. Then we will all make at least one card from the kit or for the challenge and post it between the 21 and 23 of each month. For October , Roxie was our hostess and sent us a Fall/Halloween themed kit. She sent us a little kit with lots of embellishments to use and also a couple of images if we wanted to use them. So far I was able to create two cards out of the kit and used some of each. These are both Fall or Thanksgiving cards.

This one used the Stampin Up Apple Harvest stamp set although I colored them to look like peaches. The designer paper is Stampin Up All About Autumn. I believe the leaves and sentiments also come from Stampin Up. The image is colored with Copic Markers.

I did not do any coloring or stamping on this one. The pumpkins came already stamped. I think this one is Stampin Up, Pick of the Patch stamped with Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie. Again, the designer paper is Stampin Up, All About Autumn. 

Such a fun theme and kit. Thanks Roxie.

Carol's Card Kits

Hello my friends, and Happy Tuesday! I hope it's been a good start to your week. Yesterday was a long day. I have to have cataract surgery on my left eye. I'm hoping that will help a lot with the fuzziness I've been experiencing for some time now. I thought I'd have a quick doctor appointment, but no way. I was there for three hours!!!!  Finally got it scheduled though for the middle of November. Not much got done after that since they had to dilate my eyes and I couldn't see clearly even by the time I went to bed. 

Back to working on school work today. I hate having to think. LOL! Anyway, I do have two cards to share with you today. I belong to a card swap group. There are six of us in the group and so we each have two months of the year that we are the "hostess" or recipient of card kits from the other five members of the group. We get to pick the theme of our kits which is great so you can get the kind of cards you are wanting to make. This year I had April and October. I'm just now posting some of the cards from the kits I received back in April. Let's face it, I'm slow and I tend to procrastinate. The cards that I'm posting are from Carol aka momcgw on SCS. These were fun images.

 The images are from Art Impressions Flying High stamp set. 

Cardstock: Stampin Up Old Olive

Designer Paper: Pink Paislee - Outfitters

Copic Markers: E23, R11, YG63; YR12, and YR14

 

Card stock: Stampin Up Confetti White

Designer Paper:  Pink Paislee - Outfitters

Copic Markers: B0000, B01; E23, E25; E50, E51, E53; N0, N1, N2, N4; Y15; YR11, YR18, YR24, and YR27

Thanks for the fun card kit, Carol.

Glenda Gnome

 Hello, my friends. I hope you are having a great weekend. After a month or more of triple digit temperatures, I woke up this morning to 55* and now it's 69*. Nothing in Texas is half way. I'm sure it will warm up some over the coming days, but I hear there is another cold front heading our way next weekend. Time to get out the long pants and sweaters.

Friday was the first Friday of the month, so it was time for another Pattie's Creations card to share. It is always Anything Goes at Pattie's Creations, but this month we also had an Autumn/Fall theme to use if desired. I thought this image of Glenda Gnome was so cute. I've really taken a liking to gnome images.

 Materials Used:

• Image - Pattie's Creations - Glenda Gnome
• Sentiment - Sticker from stash
• Card stock - Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Bo Bunny Fright Delight collection
• Accessories  - Jolee's Boutique - Spider
• Copic Markers - E23, E25, E29; E40, E41; N7; V15, V17; YG93, YG95; YR02, YR04

I hope you'll take the time to pop on over to Pattie's Creations challenge and see what the rest of the design team has created. You might even want to join in the fun. Pattie always includes a free digital stamp on the website that you can download and use on your card. There is always a random winner and also a winner if you use one of Pattie's Creations images. You could win two images from her Etsy shop. Remember, you must use a stamped or digital image on your card. Have fun!

Gnome Home - CYS

 Hello friends, It's the 28th of the month and time for another Challenge Your Stash challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. This is an open group and anyone can join. Each month there is a hostess who picks the theme for the month, then everyone else makes a card following that theme and using only items that are in our stash. No new things are to be purchased. It's a lot of fun and helps me to think outside the box at time. This month I was the hostess and my theme was to do a CAS card - clean and simple which means no embellishments to clutter it up.

I thought this gnome was quite delightful. He can be used for a variety of occasions. 

Materials Used:

• Image - Colorado Craft Company - Slimline Gnome
•  Sentiment - Same
• Cardstock - Slimline cards,
  
• Designer Paper - Stash
• Copic Markers - B0000; E23, E25; E50, E51; G21, G24, G28; N0, N6; R14, R20, R27; and Y18

That's it. I'll be back soon with more cards to share.

 

Card Kits from Terry

 Hello again, my friends. It's Tuesday here and I'm back with some more cards to show you. Spent most of the day on classwork. Lots of reading to do. Glad to take a break. 

I've got two cards to share with you today. I belong to a card swap group. There are six of us in the group. Twice a year we each get to be the recipient of card kits from the other five members of the group. We each get to pick the two months we want to receive our kits and the theme of our kits which is fun. I'm really late posting these cards since my month was back in April. I just haven't had the time to sit down and play with the kits until now. My theme for April was Masculine, so all the kits sent to me had a masculine theme to them. 

This first set of cards was from Terry and her images and embellishments had a sports theme. Great cards for guys. 

For both cards, the images come from The Angel Company, who are no longer in business, but great images.  For card No. 1, I used Stampin Up Night of Navy cardstock; card No. 2 I used Stampin Up Chocolate Chip. The designer paper for both Miss Katie Sports Life.  I used enamel dots on both and a football brad on the All Star card. 

Copic markers were used to color in the images: Card No. 1 - E23, E50, E51, E53; N1, B18, and B26

Card No. 2 - E40; E50, E51, E53; G24, G46, and Y15.

More to come.

Hedgehog Birthday - Creative Card Chicks

 Hello, my friends. Happy Monday. I hope all is going well where you are. We were blessed to have rain today - twice! So happy to see it. 

It's been a crazy month so far. I was out of town for a long weekend vacation and then came back to classes starting, so I had to dive right back into learning. I'm in week 3 now, so things are moving along. One of the classes that is a requirement for my certificate is Office Procedures. Part of that class is that I have to do a typing test every week besides practice for 50 minutes every week. It's crazy. I worked in an office for over 40+ years. Well, it's going okay. I only did 43 wpm on my first test so I only have to bring that up 25% over the course of the semester.

On Friday I had facet joint injections in my low back - 3 on each side. It seems to be helping, but I'm giving it at least a week to see if it has really done some good. 

Yes, I do have a card to share with you for the Creative Card Chicks Monthly Challenge on SCS. Each month we have a hostess who sends out a kit to the rest of us and we all make at least one card from the kit to share. This month our hostess was Vikkijo and she sent the cutest kit with this adorable hedgehog image. I saw a FB post yesterday of a real-life hedgehog scooting around a garden. It was so cute. I think I'd love to have one, but I don't think my kitties would like it very much.

All the supplies were sent in the kit by Vikki Jo. I used my own cardstock which is Stampin Up So Saffron. The image was colored with Copic Markers - B0000; E30, E31, E33, and E37; Y15 and Y17.

Thanks Vikki Jo for a fun kit. I have plenty more supplies to work with.

Jelly Boots - Pattie's Creations

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 Hello my friends. Happy Sunday. I can't believe it's September already. We're told though that we will still be having higher temps and drier days. We are supposed to have some scattered showers tomorrow so perhaps we'll get some rain. 

I'm just a little late with this card for Pattie's Creations. I should have posted it on Friday since it is the first Friday of the month. The theme for this month is School Days or as always, Anything Goes. The Jelly Boots and Umbrella reminded me of my school days walking to school, rain or shine. Back in the day, we lived close enough to the school that we didn't get a bus ride, but it was still a pretty good hike. 

Materials Used:

• Image - Pattie's Creations - Jelly Boots and Umbrella
• Sentiment - Hero Arts - Spring Sayings
• Cardstock - Stampin Up Marina Mist; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Kaiser Kraft - Paradise
• Accessories - Gold metallic twine; bling drops
• Copic Markers - BG000, BG01, BG02; E08, E13, E23

I hope you'll take the time to pop on over to Pattie's Creations challenge and see what the rest of the design team has created. You might even want to join in the fun. There is always a random winner and also a winner if you use one of Pattie's Creations images. You could win two images from her Etsy shop. Remember, you must use a stamped or digital image on your card. Pattie always includes a freebie on the website that you can use for your card. Have fun.