13th Birthday

My great nephew has turned 13, thought this was a fun image.  It is from a Mary Englebreit  daily Calendar.

Martha Stewart punch around the page punch
October Afternoon- Seaside paper pack
Spellbinder Back to basics tags die
Hero Arts Fabulous Birthday sentiment

Well that is it for me today, Hope your enjoying this Beautiful fall weather,
Have a great weekend and thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie

Window card

My cardmaking groups challenge for this month is to make a window card, I was trying to think if I had made one before but am not sure.  I saw a card using a branch with a window and as much as I searched I can not find where I saw that, to link to it, maybe it was in a magazine, I don't know.

I used the Memory Box Woodland branch die
Spellbinder Square die for the opening

Inkadinkado Silhouesttes stamp set for the bird, stamped his feet on the branch and then stamped the body onto white paper and colored him in with Tim Holtz marker, and used dimension adhesive to pop him up.

The leaves are from a fall foliage garland

Martha Stewart fence border punch
Hero Arts Birthday Messages stamps for sentiment

Here is another picture, I tried to hold it closed with a paper clip so you can see how the branch is cut apart in three sections, so when it is closed it looks like one continous branch but didn't succeed to well, but I think you can get the idea :)

As simple as this is it ended up being one of my favorite cards.

Thanks so much for taking the time out to stop by,
Connie

RainydaySCSep2012

Susan has offered up another sketch this month and the candy she is offering is the set she used in her card using the sketch, you can find the sketch and info on her blog.  Check out the following post too she also used stamps from the set.

Adam Pescott You're so sweet stamp set, colored with distress and copic markers
Spellbinders Marvelous squares and back to basic tags dies
Basic Grey Porcelain papers
Fiskar Cameo Ovations sentiment stamp
Diamond brad (sorry forgot the maker of these and I didn't save the packaging)

You have until Sept. 30th to play along with the sketch.

It has been crazy busy around here and I am hoping to get a baby quilt done for my nephew who is having his first baby and I need it done by October 9th.  I am trying a simple pattern hoping that will help me get it done on time, wish me luck :)

Hope the start of your week is going well,
Thank so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!
Connie

Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge

I needed a masculine Birthday card and Our Creative Corner is doing a sketch challenge, I meant to post this yesterday when I finished the card but forgot, you have until tonight to participate.  You can find the challenge Here on their blog .

I tried to keep it kind of monochromatic, that was the extra challenge you can do.

Stampers Annoymous -- Tim Holtz -- Birdsong stamp
Sizzix -- Tim Holtz -- Woodgrain Embossing folder, put distress ink on the folder
Spellbinders Classic Rectangles Lg and Labels Trio dies
Hero Arts All Occasion Messages sentiment stamp
Spare parts Square brads (on dark brown strips, kind of hard to see)

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and letting me know what you think of my creation,
Hope you have a Wonderful weekend,
Connie

Thinking of you

A girl at church was cleaning out her craft room and gave me a gallon size Ziploc bag of stamps, vellum sticker sentiment packs, leaves, markers and charms.  She said if I wanted to thank her instead of giving her a thank you card she was wondering if I would make her a couple cards to give to people, so this is the first one I made.

Creative Imagination paper
Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls Embossing Folder (raised areas colored with chalks)
Tulip Fashion Pink Bead Paint
Spellbinder Labels Nine and Ribbon Tags Trio
Stampendous Orchid Greetings stamp set for Sentiment
Mellisa Frances Ribbon
Lace from stash

Our Church is redoing the whole Childrens wing of our church, moving classrooms and the nursery around and today my hubby and I are going in to lay carpet squares and do touch up painting, it is coming along so neat and the people of the church are doing as much of the work as we can to save money so that has worked out very good.

Hope your week is going well,
Thanks so much for stopping by,
Connie