It's pumpkin season!!

Hi everyone, since it's pumpkin everything season I thought I'd join the band wagon, lol! But honestly, I don't like pumpkin anything...well, unless there's stamping involved ;)

How can I not like pumpkins when they're this darling?? I started out with a slightly larger than a standard A2 card base in chocolate cardstock and layered on the mustardish/orangish panel. Using a Pretty Pink Posh stitched border die I cut a piece of lime green and layered that on. I cut 3 tags (from Mama Elephant) and temporary adhered them to my work surface. I stamped polka dot background then stamped the pumpkin patch border in the center making sure it extended across all three tags then filled in the rest of the tag with a sentiment and images from the autumn and leaf accents petite four sets. After adding a little ribbon treatment to the tags, I popped them up on the card using foam tape/pop dots. I thought it still needed a little something more so I added some tiny 4mm clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

I'll see ya later!! :)

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING



Even fanatics need some time off...that being said, Wendy and I are concentrating on family and some yummy-licious Thanksgiving festivities so we won't be back until Monday. But never fear bloggers, we wouldn't leave you with an adorable DeNami project.....

I originally made this for the "Anything but a card" hop and nixed it. However, it does look kinda cute in the middle of my coffee table....

  
I just covered a tp tube with chocolate paper and added some Marvy scallop circles. Then just started gluing strips. To hide the ends I added more scallop circles...EASY PEASY!! Not only are the darling stamps on the strips from DeNami but the leaves are also. I stamped and cut apart the large leaf.
After I put it all together I thought it needed a little more texture. I had every intention of taking it apart and running the unstamped strips thru my cuttlebug for a little dry embossing....just not enough hours in my day so it is what it is at this point... ;)

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

monochromatic pumpkin trio

So I started out wanting to make a monochromatic (now that's a $12 word...whew!) with just the little bow bringing in the pop of color...

But as usual I was a little undecided because I thought my bow wasn't enough color...it kinda blended with the color. I was gonna change the bow to a solid orange one but I listened to hubby and colored in the pumpkins instead. I just hate when he's right....

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Me and Wendy are truly what she calls "Twinkies"

*insert Twilight Zone music* They say that everyone has a twin somewhere in the world. Yup, Wendy & I have found ours! We're like a pair of twins that were separated at birth but still like and do the same things...just makes ya wonder don't it?

I mean, heck, we even have the SAME kitty!! Check out her Squeaker and my Tabby...

  Tabby (on the right) came to us as a stray kitten about 13 years ago and Squeaker is just a young'in that showed up one day looking for a kind heart.

This isn't the first time we've caught ourselves being on the same wave length...our love for all things DeNami & there's that little flamingo issue and just a couple of weeks ago we figured out that we are using the exact same personalized sticky note design....Hmmm, that could be bad on her part, thinking like me and all ;)

So anyway, I was writing a couple of posts and decided to take a sneeky peek at what my buddy had been up to....I saw a little card that she just did a post on that was way similar to this one that was drying on my desk...

Hers turned out much cuter, but wow, still coming up with such similar cards at the same time...SPOOKY!

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Let's do the Blog Hop Again.....

Its just a click to the left.....and then a scroll to the riiiight. You take a look at the cards.....and then squeal with deliiight. You hop right alooong, until you get to the eeeeennnnd. Let's do the blog hop again.....Let's do the blog hop again! (Yes, I admit to being in the Halloween spirit and watching a little Rocky Horror Picture Show - just be glad you can't hear me sing - HA!)

So if you made it through that little intro then that means you are here from Jennifer's Blog. She has some of the cutest cards doncha think?

Ok enough fodder - get to the cards already you say? Well then, here you go (insert drumroll sound here - use your imagination....come on you can do it.....)







Once I found my mojo (he's been hiding lately), I took Tina's advice and handcuffed that little sucker to my desk in the Woman Cave....and came up with this....







Isn't that cute? Its a little Post It note holder. This could be recreated for any season. Fun right?

Now, don't forget.....leave some blog love for your chance to win a fantabulous (yes, its a word) prize from Denami! If you get lost along the way, you can always go back to the Denami Blog and start from the beginning or you can hop right over to Lisa's Blog for some more fabulousness! Let's do the blog hop again.....Let's do the blog hop again.....

So, I "borrowed" the sketch....

You know, imitation IS the sincerest form of flattery, or so they say. (on a side note, who is "they" and where are "they"?) With that in mind, I decided to "borrow", no... imitate, no... give my interpretation (yeah, that sounds good) of Tina's sketch from a few days ago. If you want to take a peek at it as well....just click HERE. Once again, I decided to play with the little Thanksgiving Chickies....they are just too cute!


(Please note that Flash has changed his position - again. He is trying to find his best angle. He is currently under contract negotiations and I am taking note of the "attitude")


Now for a closer look...



Actually, using this sketch was pretty quick and easy. So, when you are in need of a quick card and you don't have any on hand, I am sure Tina won't mind if you imitate her as well :)

Stamps used in this card: M65 Large Dot Swirl, D125 Turkey, PF21 Autumn Stamp Set, PF49 Thanksgiving Chickies Set, C64 Pumpkin Chickie


Wendy aka Cheeky who says.....yeah, I stole the idea but I have a really good excuse..hehe
Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!