Signs of Autumn

It's another dreary, cool, and rainy day here. Hey! I am OK with that.  We need the rain and I was so tired of the heat. It's a good day to hunker down and craft. AS much as I am enjoying the rain, my thoughts and prayers are with all those in Florida dealing with the effects of Ian.

You still have one more week to play along with our fun sketch challenge at Inky Paws.

It's the time of year, where you will see me crafting with kraft, paper that is. Something about kraft paper just makes me think of fall and Thanksgiving. Today's card features "Signs of Fall", Autumn paper pack, and the "Argyll" stencil. all from Newton's Nook.

The musical inspiration seems like an obvious choice for a wet rainy Monday.

You have one more week for our sketch challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday October 7, 2022 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at  Inky Paws.

 

Be thankful.

Good day folks. What a sad week. The beloved Queen Elizabeth has died. My mom was such a fan,  you might even say she was her girl crush. Minutes after I heard she died, my brother called me to tell about her passing. We both said that mom was probably at the pearly gates waiting to welcome Elizabeth.

Today we have a new challenge for you at Inky Paws. the colors we would like you to use are orange, lime green, black, and cream. getting into those fall and Halloween cards. Expect a bunch of them from me in the next month or so!

Today's card uses "Beautiful Blossoms", the sentiment is from "Autumn Newton" and the speech bubble die set. All from Newton's Nook.

Today's musical inspiration is in honor of Elizabeth II. God bless the Queen.

You have two weeks to play along at our color challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday September 23, 2022 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at  Inky Paws.

Teddy bear blessings

Happy Monday all!! This week is the husband's birthday which actually starts the holiday season. There isn't anyone else in the world, who is a bigger kid on his birthday than George. He loves his birthday and will celebrate it for weeks!  While this isn't a birthday card it will be his Thanksgiving card. The dude is a sucker for a teddy bear!

Today starts a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. We would like you to use "fall foliage" as your inspiration for your creations.

We have a wonderful sponsor this challenge: 

PJMoore Illustrations

Hi, I’m Tricia.  I have been creating digital files for a little over 10

years now.  I love getting on my ipad and doodling images.  Drawing is one of my passions.  I have recently opened a new store where you can buy my designs as digital stamps.  You can find my store on Etsy called PJMooreIllustrations.

I am a wife and mom to 3 and grandma to 3.  I also work full time as a para-educator so I keep pretty busy.  Thanks for having me as your sponsor for the challenge this week.

 

 

You have two weeks to play along at Cupcake Inspirations. I can't wait to see what you create. Be sure to check out our sponsor.

Count down

 

Halloween is over and that means we are on a slippery slope to Christmas. This is my busiest time of the year. I have just finished my Halloween cards, Thanksgiving cards need to be finished and then the biggest holiday of all- Christmas!

Right now though, I am going to focus on Thanksgiving. Normally I make about 35 Thanksgiving cards. I made a Thanksgiving card for each of my staff to tell them how grateful I was for each of them, but since I no longer and working and have a job I am down to 12! I wonder if any of them will miss their cards this year?

 

 

Today starts a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. A fun color challenge, that at first I was skeptical, but love the card I made! Brown, tangerine and sky blue.

My card today features "Fairy Tale Florals" by Altenew.

I used an easy water color technique from Therese at Lost in Paper.

In case you didn't know Cupcake Inspirations is looking for DT members. Please see this post for all the information! The Sweeties are a great group of gals to work with! Lots of fun and inspiration!

Meanwhile, join in our new color challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. You have two weeks to play along!

Fall into fall

Ohhhhhh..... there is a chill in the air this morning that tells me fall might actually be here. I think I might be able to turn off the air conditioning tonight! There is a post going around FB these days that asks what season would you give up permanently. Normally i would say winter, but this past smmer was so brutally hot, I am not sure what I would say. I can say it wouldn't be fall.

Today is a reminder week that you have one more week to play along with our sketch challenge at Inky Paws.

I stepped away from Halloween cards today, to get started on my Thanksgiving cards. This set from Newton's Nook is one of my go-to sets for the holiday. I paired it with the "falling leaves" stencil from NN.

Get your crafting on and join our sketch challenge at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.
The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, October 22, 2021 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

 

Fall Frenchies

 

You still have one more week to play along with our autumnal color challenge at Cupcake Inspirations.

This a perfect challenge to make your Thanksgiving cards. 

My card today uses a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp that I actually won!! "Fall Frenchies". These dogs are so fun to color in.

You have one more week to play along with us at Cupcake Inspirations!

Foxy Thanksgiving

 

November has brought spring back to us. Warm days in the 70s. WhileI am enjoying it, somehow it just doesn't feel right. Bring on the 50's. Shocking coming from someone who loves the hot weather the older she gets.

Today starts a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. We have a very fallish/Thanksgivingy feel color challenge. Red, orange and yellow.

I have been loving the adorable and whimsical fall critters from Penny Black and this little fox in his cap and scarf just plain make me smile! Pop him in the center of this cute wreath and voila a fun Thanksgiving card!

You have two weeks to play along at Cupcake Inspirations with our warm color challenge- actually matches the temps we are having these day!! 

Traditions

Hi everyone! Two weeks until Thanksgiving. Thanksgivings is a very big deal in my family. My brother Cliff and his wife Sandi always host. They are very generous and tell everyone that is invited if they know any "orphans" (those folk with no place to go for the holiday) to bring them. Thus we always have around 30 people.

I go over to help cook for as many days before the big day as my work schedule allows. This year I have the week off. I will be over on Monday to cook for the week.

 One tradition we have is that I always make pizza and Caesar salad and we have it with champagne on Wednesday night.

Another tradition is the signature cocktail. The Maple Leaf bourbon cocktail last year was a huge hit.

Today is a new challenge at Inky Paws. We are challenging you with a fun sketch.

My card uses a variety of pattern papers and goes against my "more white space" nature. It was fubn to pick out and coordinate the papers. My card uses one cute and whimsical image from the "Autumn mice " set from Newton's Nook. 

You have the next two weeks to play along with our sketch challenge at Inky Paws! We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is this Friday, November 29, 2019 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

Thankful

A short posting today. I have been sick with a horrid chest cold for the last several days. Today is reminder that there is still time to play along at Inky Paws for a fun sketch challenge.

It's hard to feel thankful when my nose is running like a sieve and I am hacking up my right lung, but hey life could be so much worse. I am thankful for family, friends, the changing seasons, a good book and a hot bath.

My card today uses the cute set from Newton's Nook "Autumn Mice".

There is still a week to join in this autumnal color challenge at Inky Paws! We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is this Friday, October 18, 2019 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

Give thanks

I am here with a reminder that there is still time to play along at Inky Paw's fun color challenge. Yellow, teal, orange, and brown. Fall leaves just seemed to call for these colors. 

My card today uses Newton Nook's Shades of Autumn. 

 

Head on over to Inky Paws and join in our vintagey color challenge. We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is this Friday, August 23, 2019 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.