Happy Halloween

 I don't do Halloween anymore but every year I end up making a card to send to our daughter, another excuse to let her know we are thinking of her.  When I saw this image from Graphics Fairy it reminded me so much of our cat Buttons that I just had to put it on her card. Punched out some pumpkins to go with him for a border on the card.

• Graphics Fairy - Digital image clipart
• EK Success - Pumpkin punch
• Impression Obsession - Sentiments II 
• Spellbinders - A2 Distressed edges die

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

40th Anniversary

 Hubby and I have been blessed with 40 years together, When I saw this ephemera piece that I feel was for Thanksgiving I thought it was perfect for our anniversary card. I am so thankful to God for bringing us together and blessing us with all these years, I pray he gives us many more together!

• Echo Park - Fall Frames and Tags ephemera
• 49 and Market - Vintage Artistry In the Leaves 12x12 paper, Butterfly Rub-ons and PVC Die cut leaves

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by, 

Connie

Our Home to yours

 I have been gone once again, this time hubby and I went away to celebrate our Anniversary, I was able to check out the blogs a few times while gone so I am not to far behind this time :)

Just before we left I had finished my Christmas cards for the month of October. In my cardmaking group the challenge was to use buildings on your cards, and my stamp group was to use red, green, yellow or gold or have a Sentiment as your focal of the card, so this is what I came up with.

This first one I had seen This image from Lost in Paper blog, sorry the link I have doesn't go to her blog and I can't find it on there either, but I thought that is a cute idea and I have that stamp set, I had it all colored up and realized, I don't have the die to cut the globe, now what, so I ended up cutting another piece, scored the back so that it would open up which you can see in the second picture, luckily it was a pretty easy shape to cut.

• Penny Black - Cozy nights stamp set, fussy cut and colored w/markers
• White gel pen for snow in background 
• Stickles - Crystal for snow on door and font of house

This little guy was just too cute and I liked the sentiment to go with him

• Hunkydory - Warmest Wishes, image, sentiment and background paper
• PPD - Scalloped Snowflake Frames die

• Papercraft Magazine - Papers, House image
• K&co. - Smitten paper ribbon
• Stickles - Diamond for snow on house

I watercolored  this next image.

• Taylored Expressions - Watercolor Panels Christmas, colored w/Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens and Aqua markers
• Crafters Companion - Shimmering Snowflake die
• Stickles - Diamond (snow)

This last one I forgot to write down but the stamps are from another cardmaking magazine, and I heat embossed with white embossing powder and cut it out with the Spellbinders A2 Deckled rectangle dies.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by, Hope you enjoy a fun weekend!

Connie

Birdies

 I know this looks more like a spring card but to those that I send always fall themed cards every once in awhile I try to change it up and send them something unexpected.  I had found the paper first, cut it out and applied it to my card and let it dry while I cut the birds and colored them.  Once I got it all done I thought oh no the birds just blend in with the background, I thought to just add a die cut behind them but thought it took up too much of the paper, so I ended up adding a touch of ink to darken the area so the birds stood out more and I think it worked.

• Tutti Designs - Birdies Trio die, colored w/markers
• Crafter's Companion - Advent paper
• Scalloped die - unknown
• Tim Holtz - Small talk sentiment

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Secret Garden

 I added some die cuts to this pretty paper pack to give a little more to the scene! The tag is also in the paper pack, great size for an A2 size card.

• P13 - Secret Garden Paper pack
• Impression Obsession - Cat set die
• Memory Box - Forest Neighbors  dies (Bird and Owl)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope you are having a good start to your week,

Connie