Lighthouse

This is another stamp I picked up while in Boston, my Brother in laws birthday is in October so I just had to color the leaves with fall colors :)

Northwoods stamp, colored with Distress and copic markers, stickles on the water
October Afternoon--Seaside papers
Impression Obsession sentiment stamp
Spellbinders Labels 7  die for the sentiment tag
Twine from LSS
Charm was one in my stash, not sure the maker

My daughter didn't have to go into work today and my son in law doesn't have any classes at the University, sure hope they don't lose power in their area, I was so glad to hear they could ride out the storm at home and they wouldn't have to ride their bikes or walk in this mess.  Praying everyone makes it through the storm safely.

Hope you had a good weekend and the week ahead is filled with only good things,
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie

Spooky Challenge

Paper Crafts Blog has a challenge to do a spooky card, you can find it HERE .

I ended up doing this one for my daughter and son in law.

Inkadinkado stamp, embossed with black embossing powder
Background for the stamp was made by, coloring an Acrylic block with distress markers, misting with water and laying the piece of watercolor paper over the block to pick up the inks

Spellbinders Classic oval and Ironworks Accents for the top and bottom, the diecut was cut in half so it would accent the top and bottom, it is hard to see but I used a piece of a border die on top of the black and white polka dot paper

Echo Park Apothecary Emporium paper pack

Today has turned colder, we are only in the 50's, quite a big change when we had been in the 80's and low 70's yesterday.

Hope you all will enjoy a Fantastic weekend,
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie

Rainy Day Sketch

Susan posted her sketch for October and I needed a masculine card and thought this would work great, you can find her details here on her blog . She is also giving away a set of Tim Holtz stamps if you play along.

 

Studio G stamps (pumpkins), colored with markers, cut out and foam tape to pop them up

Recollections leaf stamped border

Hampton Art sentiment stamp

Ribbon is recycled

McGill square punch w/black enamel accents for the dots

 

Well they are telling us it is going to get up to 86 today, and I guess that will break a record if we do, and then it will be in the 50's the rest of the week, so I am going to get out there today and finish up some touches up of painting that needs to be done to the deck while my hubby puts up my new bird feeder for me.

 

I mentioned we went on a hike and picnic this past Sunday, so I thought I would share a couple pictures.

 

 

Yes that is me on our picnic and my hubby decided to get a pic of me right after I took a bite and yes my mouth is full.

This is the part of the trail that we walked and it led us down to one of the inlets on the lake and to the right of this is where the laked opened up, I just love the colors in this shot.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope your enjoying a good week, with some great weather,
Connie

Baby Quilt

Here is the baby quilt I made for my nephew's new baby girl that will be arriving soon.... I found this quilt through Pinterest and just loved it.  The girl used clothes from her child to make it, so I had to shop for new fabric but I like how it turned out.  Hers measured 50"x 50", I ended up doing a 3' x 5', just incase they wanted to use it in a crib, plus I didn't have the correct amount of backing fabric to do a square quilt.

I didn't get the binding sewn on until I was at my Dad's house and realized just before putting it in the gift bag I needed a picture of it so my sister is standing behind the quilt holding it up for me, looking at it now I had her hold it upside down, I made sure and had all the print fabric facing the same way when sewing it together.

Hope you had a good weekend, after church yesterday we took a drive to a lake that is about an hour north of us to see the fall colors, it wasn't nearly as pretty as Michigan was when I was there but being along the lake was a nice calming time, and we took a hike through a trail that took us down to the lake on the other side so that was neat, it was 76 degrees yesterday so it was like an indian summer, just love those days :)

Hope you enjoy a wonderful week,
Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie

Welcome New Baby

This was for my nephew and his girlfriend who are having their first baby soon.  I colored the hair on the baby an Auburn color because he has that coloring in his hair and I am wondering if the baby will have his color.  Yes it is going to be a girl :)

Cornish Heritage Farms-- Baby Dear stamps, colored with pencils
Spellbinders Labels nine, Circle and Lacey Circles dies
Martha Stewart Border Punch
The flower pin is from the Dollar store

I forgot to write down the paper but I think it is Mellisa Frances but not sure.

Fall has arrived, the trees are all colorful and the temperature has been quite cool.  Hope your all enjoying the season!

Have a Wonderful weekend,
Connie