WINTER WONDERLAND

Time for something a little different. I have been making a lot of Halloween projects. This is not like me. But, there have been so many challenges for Halloween and Fall colors that I just could not resist. But, I am glad that it is starting to come to an end. This card is different. It is a winter scene. I am not ready for the cold, but on paper it is not bad. I did nto do any coloring for this image. The winter covered tree is from Jolie, it is one of those things that I caught on clearance and figuered I would probably find a use for it. I did lots of embossing, using the snowflake folder and the swirls folder from Cuttlebug. The swirl and snowflakes on the side are from recollections and the bling is from my stash. All of the papers are from my stash. The sketch is from Midnight Madness:

I do love the sketches from them. This is the fancy one. There are always 2 different sketches, one fancy with lots of embellishments and one plain and simple. But, you know how I love the bling and extras.

It looks like a winter wonderland. I tried to add a snowman to this scene, but it just did not work. There are a couple of challenges that I am entering this card into.

Fussy and Fancy Friday Winter Wonderland

2 Sisters Challenge Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time Anything Goes
Christmas Card Challenges Christmas card challenge
Delightful Challenges It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (I think snow is a good sign for Christmas)

Ok, this is it for this card. I need to start on my Christmas cards and this is only number 2. I think that I am going to keep it really simple this year.

 

FALL IS IN THE AIR

Can you fill it? The change in the air. A week ago it was still close to 100 degrees. Now the temp is going down to 40 degrees at night. An even here in Alabama the leaves are starting to fall. The only thing is that there is not a lot of red, orange, yellow colors on the trees. They just seem to drop off. But, the air is cooler and my hayfever is in full force.

I had a busy and productive weekend and came up with the following card. This is  one that I did not have to color but a very little and that was my owl. I loved the embellisments that I used. I think they were perfect for this card.

The leaves and fibers and the word Fall is a Jolie embellishment set that I bought from AC Moore a while ago. Before they closed the store in Montgomery, AL. I got a lot of Jolies for $1. So I bought all I could. The card stock is Bazzill. The bling is and sparkly is a set I bought at Walmart last week for $3 . They don't have a lot of scrapbooking products anymore. But, I did like the bling.  The owl is a digi image that I paper pieced. I printed it a couple of times colored it with my copics and used moving eyes.

The papers are My Minds Eye Home. I did not finish the inside because I wasn't sure how I wanted to use it. I will probably just use it as a thinking of you card for one of my grandkids.

I have several challenges that I am entering this card into.

Basic Grey Sparkle (papers sparkle, bling)

A Crafty Little Place Autumn

Simon Says Stamp Inspiration Picture (fall)

Really Reasonable Ribbons Ramblings Fall

Crafty Creations Owls

Cooking it up with Katie Enjoy a sparkly yellow dig (I think I am covered)

Integrity Design Team Challenge Fall Colors

Raise the Bar Fibers- Lots of leaves- Fall

Alphabet Challenge W is for Wings

Crazy 4 Challenges Color Challenge

Our Creative Corner Beautiful Fall Colors

Well, this is it for now. I hope that you like this card. I would love to hear from you.

A Day at the Beach Tellen's Place Challenge #19

Wow, it is Wednesday, and if that is so it must mean it is time for another Tellen's Place challenge. This week, lets go to the beach. SUN, FUN AND SAND. The images that we used this week were drawn by Terry's son Markus. He is a very talented artist and you can check out more of his images at Tellen's Place Designs . Also, while you are checking things out, don't forget to go by and check out the Tellen's Place DIVA'S at their blogs. You can get there by clicking on their names on my side bar.

Well, why don't we talk about my card. It is a scene of the beach. It has 2 young boys enjoying their time building a sand castle. The surf is behind them and all they can see is the sand. I colored this with my copics. E25, E13, E02, E52, E51, E42, E40, B000, BG72, BG78, BG75. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with this image. And after looking at them build a sand castle, I thought, how can they build a sand castle with lots of sand? So I started blending until it looked like the beach. and then I figured they were at the beach they had to have some water. So once again I started to blend colors. (not a clue what I was doing). I can't wait until I can get into a Copics class. When I finished this I thought that it looked like a picture. So I just added some words (summertime) is from my stash. Fun in the Sand, I typed on the computer and the beach chairs are from Jolie, that I got in the clearance ilse at Hobby Lobby. they seem perfect for this image. I plan to use this on a scrapbook page. Since I am planning a trip to the beach really soon. I hope to have some pictures to use with this. I hope that you like my scene.

I also plan to enter this into a challenge at  Crafty Calendar Challenge the great outdoors.