Southern Girls #38

Hello again blogging friends! I told you I would be back again...tho I'm a bit late I'm afraid :( Had to run some errand and then apparently my son had soccer sign ups today and they didn't send anything home about them, so with no paper I'd forgotten they were coming. At any rate i'm here now and this weeks challenge is: So distressing

We have some fabulous sponsors for you this week:

LOTV for NZ/ Aus participants and 

Kenny K and Little Claires Designs for our Int participants

Here is what I've come up with...

using DANDELION CLOCK from LOTV.  I've distressed the edges of the papers with my Tim Holtz Distresser  and then inked them with distress inks.  I've colored her up with copics and left it pretty simple(for now)...I tried putting something in that upper right corner, but nothing made me happy. However it still looks plain to me so don't be suprissed if I update this :)

Well, that's all for me today. Make sure you stop by the Southern Girls blog to see the rest of the DT creations and see if you can win!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

xxAutumn

Creative Inspirations #52

Hey All! It's time again for another challenge over at Creative Inspirations. This week we have the theme of Love, just in time for Valentines Day! This weeks sponsors are Quixotic Paperie and Di's Digi Downloads . I actually made this weeks card to enter a couple of challenges and so it took me forever, but I think it turned out pretty good. I've got a few pics to share, so I'll get one with it...

.... this is 'Love Grows' from LOTV's latest release. Aren't they just the cutest, so love them! Ok, so firstly my card follows the sketch at Papertake Weekly and secondly LOTV's challenge of 'Anything but a Square'. I was gonna try and go for three and do another challenge out there that wanted Valentine's with no pink or red, but it was not happening and I had to scrub it...hate it when that happens!

Here's a close-up. The background is a mix of copics and chalk, the grass is chalk, and the rest is copics. Would you look at how much pink ended up being on this card,lol

I don't usually get my inside done, but I made this extra little fold I wanted to show you. I cut my main pieces with my circut and I didn't want the bent when the card opened so I took a strip of coordinating paper, scored it, folded it, then glued it all down....Now, no bending, Yay!


Here's a close-up of the flowers. These were all colored in some form with copics so they would match.

Almost done, but I wanted to share with you this label I made. I was thinking about buying me one of these stamps, but I thought I'd have one last go at it and I'm quite happy with the end result. Now I can resize it if needed and easily print out a sheet of them. So, if you'd like one you may just be able to do it yourself and save $20, you got nothing to loose if you don't try:)

Lastly, my copics! Boy, is that a list or what! Now I'm pretty sure I used most of these but a couple from the one I scrubbed may have made their way in there, so if it seems really out of place I probably didn't use it, sorry.

That's finally everything I have to say and show. I hope you've enjoyed my card. Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the DT have come up with. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly:Sketch
LOTV: Anything but a Square

Creative Inspirations#49

Hello everyone! Seems like ages since I've made a DT post but my vacation home was much needed and I loved seeing my family! Anyway, it's time for another challenge at Creative Inspirations and this week the theme is Anything Goes Chrstmas. I don't know about you all, but I still have so many christmas cards left to be made and the kids teachers gifts, I bet you'll find something you can enter. So, here's my card...

I've used the adorable James the Bear from LOTV and he was sent to me by my dear friend Loz, thanks hun! I also followed the LOTV sketch as I thought is was a nice simple one and I quite like it. The sentiment is a freebie from Bizy Becs, isn' t it fantastic!

Here's a close-up...don't know why the background looks green, but it's not, only the edges. He is of course colored with copics C7-1 and can I say I'm loving this shade of blueB39,26,&24 if your're interested. I decided to go with white flower soft and stickles for the garland.

Our sponsors this week are Stamp and create with a $10 voucher to their store and secondly Soft Pencil who is also giving away a $10 voucher.

Well, I think that about does it. Hope you all have a fabulous Sunday! I'll be baking and getting those teacher gifs done myself.

Thanks for stopping by,

xxAutumn

Challenges:

LOTV: Sketch

Bizzy Becs: Christmas

Commissioned Wedding Card

My first commissioned card! I was soooo afraid it was going to be a let down! I wanted to call and ask her so many questions, do any of you feel that way? I felt though that I needed to be able to figure it out for myself if I'm going try and make a habit of this.

So, here is what I came up with...

I got this adorable LOTV stamp from my dear friend Loz. Thanks again Loz, you are such a sweetheart! Anyway, I didn't have much to go on for this card just that it was to be a traditional wedding and the couple had brown hair. EEEEkkkk! Where to begin!!! I scoured my papers...there are many...then I remembered this stack(g.c.d. Ella Blue) that may be perfect!! I saw this particular paper and fell in love!! However, IMP they're weren't any other papers in the stack that REALLY went with it so I had to work something out! Luckily I had some pewter cardstock that was perfect and I could just layer the one DP, YAY!

Here's a little closer look at the couple. He is colored in copics w:7,5,3,1 then all over that with C1. W was a might too brown and C was just a bit too gray I found this combo perfect!! I out lined her dress in v91 and the flowers were colored with v99,95,93,&91. I used Frosted lace stickles on the back of her dress and around the flowers. I could've blinged it out a bit more, but I liked this one a bit understated...I think it's a nice simply elegant card.

Well that's it for now. I've got more in the works and DT posts coming up in the coming days so check back soon.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy crafting!

Have a great day!
xxAutumn

Challenges:
Delightful Challenges: Metal Mania
Paper Sundaes: Change of Season/ Life
Papertake Weekly: Three of Something(used DP 3 times, pearls)
S.S.Stamp & Show: Metal