It's PUMPKIN PICKIN' time at All Dressed Up Stamps!!!

It's Pumpkin Pickin' Time in Illinois right now and we are knee deep in those gorgeous orange Globes!  Over at All Dressed Up Stamps, I got the privilege of using the digital image, Tractor Boy  on my card this week!  It truly depicts our life right now!  

I used Copic markers, Wink of Stella-Silver, and some paint markers to create this cute design.  I matted the image and used some designer paper with pumpkins on it.  There are many Seasonal images in the ADU Shop to make your special cards "come to life".  Check them out-our Resident Artist, Wendy Burns, is amazing and is sure to make you smile!

                   

 

Down on the Farm with All Dressed Up New Release

Wow, It's already time to Welcome Spring into our lives and for this New Release over at All Dressed Up, I got to use "Spring Lamb" on my card!!  Since we live out in the country, I always get so excited to use an image I can relate to.  The original image includes the country girl perched on a wooden fence with a Lamb and Chicken in the pasture.

The rest of the "scene" was created using a combination of several stamps from my stash and lots of copic coloring. I also cut out some chickens from some Graphic 45 paper for dimension.

 On the inside (I always complete the inside with coordinating paper) I used the chicken paper along with a special sentiment block.

I hope you like it as well as I do!!!  Be sure to check out the ADU Shop with all the wonderful images and enter our Monthly Challenge coming up on the 15th--you might win some free images with your creation!  We'd love to get inspired by you!  Thanks for looking!

I'd like to enter this card in the following Challenges:

1.  A Gem of a Challenge-ATG

2. Di's Digi Stamps-use scraps=BG, Mat, Bakers

3. Polkadoodles-ATG

4. CD Sunday Plus- digital ADU 

5. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- ATC

6. FQGS Challenge- AFCG

 

St. David's Day celebration with Kenny K and Through the Purple Haze!

 I was so happy to get the chance to help out my newest DT group, Through the Purple Haze, by covering for a member that was under the weather.  Hope you're on the way to recovery Pam!
The neat thing is that I got to use an image from Kenny K Downloads called Farmers Daughter!  She's adorable~
NOW the best part of this challenge is that "across the pond" they will be celebrating St. David's Day soon.  I admit that I had to brush up on my geography and traditions to get the true grasp of what a big deal this is.  I found flags in black & gold, Welsh flags in green, white, and red with a big red dragon in the middle and gorgeous daffodils.  Now that's a whole lot of "stuff" to get worked into a card even by someone in the USA!  But now you can understand my choice of mat and background design paper and the white buttons with black & white baker's twine.  The Welsh flag colors show up
in her "Farmers" clothes and hat.  No dragon lol, but think I got everything else accounted for.  In the inside I added some complimentary paper and a pretty sentiment.  I hope you've enjoyed learning about the Welsh celebration and my card.  Be sure and go enter in our Weekly challenge at Through the Purple Haze.

I'd like to enter the following Challenges:

Your Scrapbook Place--Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers--Yellow

Crafter's Cafe Challenge--Layers

Creative Knockouts-Lots of Layers

Artbymiriam Challenge--Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart--Anything goes
Craft Your Passion Challenge--Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter--Make it Digital(some or all)
RobynsFetishChallenge--Use a Digi 
Kenny K Downloads-Anything Goes

Masculine Birthday Card Images from Doodle Pantry-Got Tractor?

 I'm always looking for unique options when it comes to making a Masculine card!  Well, part of the May Release group from Doodle Pantry was "Got Tractor" and here in the rural part of Illinois-these images will be a hit!  You not only get images and sentiments but some great coordinating papers.  The background paper I used on the front has green tractors and  yellow bulldozers on a blue background-what fun!  The solid brown I used to simulate dirt-Laurie from DP always includes a group of solid papers to match her designs.  The tracks in the set I used like ribbons across the bottom-accented with mat buttons.
In the inside, I did a pop of gold solid on top of another brown/red patterned paper.  Using the png version of the tractors, I placed them on the gold mat.  Then I hand stamped the Birthday greetings. This layout could have just as easily been for a Father's Day card.
We're just about ready for the June Release and it's packed full of fun, fun images so be watching here on June 1st for the latest!  We have challenges on a regular basis so come on and enter!  You get some free Doodle Pantry images if you're a winner!