Lexi's Challenge #18 Stitching

Hey, all! It's Monday, and time for another challenge at Lexi's! This week we wanna see stitching...faux or real...it doesn't matter, just show us what you got! The sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and the winner gets a 10 voucher to her store!

I used Lexi's Easter Egg Lillie and you can find her here. I know this is supposed to be an Easter image, but I'm going to use this for a 'new baby' card...I'm working on a 'Just Hatched' sentiment to put on the front.

Here is a close-up so you can see the faux stitching around Lillie. All the pieces for the card were were cut with my cricut(create a critter and storybook cart.) and the image was colored with copics. The pink is RV00 and the yellow is Y000. The bow was made with a bowdabra and the flower is prima. Well, that's it for me, make sure you check out what the rest of the DT has for you and join in on the challenge! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

xxAutumn

Challenges:
Fab 'n' Funky: Get into shape
Stamp Something: 1 paper, 1 ribbon, & 1 image
Craftalicious: Cute

Card and frame

Hey all! It's been a while, but I have been working on a little something and I"m finally ready to show it to you.

This is a picture frame and a wedding card I've made for my SIL and her husband. I've got a lot of pictures for this, so I'm just gonna post them and do any long explanations at the end.

Full view of the frame. The colors are terrible cause the paper was shimmery and I just could not get it to photograph well. The first photo is the closest I could get to the actual colors...hate it when that happens!

Flowers close -up. This is actually about right with the colors. All those flowers have been inked on the edges. You can find the template for the larger part here, and the centers are from Wild Orchid.

Criss cross card

Made my opening a little different

Pulled out

The inside stands alone. People like to display their cards and I wanted to give that option with this, so I added a little piece on the back that will allow this card to do that.

This is the little stand I made for the back.

Lastly I have a close-up of this adorable wedding couple. This image is so perfect for the card as my SIL and her husband had a small intimate wedding.

Ok, so that's it. Sorry for the load of pics, but I wasn't sure which ones to post. The papers are DCWV Luxury stack. The punch on the card is fiskers and the shapes around the couple were cut with my circut. Pearls are from my stash. Please forgive my terrible handwriting...this paper is slick and I couldn't print out on it.

The papers on the frame are from the same paper stack and the corners were cut with my cricut, storybook cartridge. The swirly pearl is prima and the ribbony stuff is from JoAnn's.

That's it for me today. Hope you have enjoyed my project! I will hopefully have something more for you in a couple of days. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

xxAutumn

Challenges:

Just Magnolia: criss cross card

The Creative Cottage: No cards (my frame part of this)

Creative Card Crew: To Die for-use die cuts

Butterflylove

It's me again! Today's card is features Butterflylove from Stitchy Bear Stamps this weeks sponsor for SMC. This is a little step out of the box for me as I don't normally do these types of images, but I really enjoyed coloring her. I knew that I wanted to try a darker card with her and when I sat down to color her I thought these papers would be perfect, so I tried to pick colors that would match well.

Here is a close-up. Those wings took me forever! They are a mixture of the lightests purples and grays and it took a long time to get them a way I liked them. I don't know if you can tell, but I have her placed with the lower backside of her dress in the frame, so it looks like she's walking out of it.

Would you believe I actually got the idea to put an open frame around her from my 6yr old son. He wanted to help me with my card, so I had him helping me go through my scraps to find something grayish and I found a couple of frames that made their way in there. I put the frames on my desk to put away later. After I was satisified with my findings I was just looking at everything and DS goes "I know, where's the girl?" then rifled through the papers to find her. Upon finding her he grabbed the frame and said"you can put her on...oh nope, she's too big." However he was on to something so I played around with the idea.

Well, I kept the card pretty simple since she has so much sparkle on her wings, so that about covers it. The frame and the words were cut with my circut...Storybook cart. I think the bling is Basic Gray and the papers are Glitz. Punch is MS. Hope you have enjoyed my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!
xxAutumn

Challenges:
Creative Card Crew: Easel card

Vintage Tilda

Well, I guess it's technically Tuesday now...took me a little longer than I thought to finish this, but it's my 1st vintage card, so it needed a little extra care.

Here she is in all her glory! This is Romantic Tilda from the new wedding collection, and I just love her! The moment I saw this I knew I had to have it! No, I'm not like that with all of them, lol! Isn't she just darling though!

I'm not for sure about the embellies here, but I don't think it's too bad. I frayed the edges of the papers with my scissors, then inked them with a mixture of brown and green...after that, I stitched around them. I didn't have any matching thread, so I used white and chalked over it in a light olive green. This card also follows the sketch at Just Magnolia this week.

Here is a close-up of the adorable Miss Tilda! I had soooo much fun coloring her! I know she's a little monochromatic, but I really wanted to use that color for her dress, and I couldn't think of a color I'd like to go with it. It's not very often I use pink, so I'm allowed to indulge on occasion! Tilda's background and shadow have been made using chalks in a light and dark green. The chalks were set with hairspray.

In case you're interested, a close-up of the flowers. The centers of these flowers are roses from Wild Orchid and I've inked up the edges and sprayed them with glimmer mist. The bottom of the flowers are from here. That awesome little butterfly is something I got from my dear friend Loz...Thanks Loz, you're a sweetheart!

Copics used

Let's see, I think I've covered most of it. The papers are K&Company, the pink velvet ribbon is from MME and the lace is from Hobby Lobby. Pearls are some cheapies also from Hobby Lobby. Well, that should do it. Hope you have enjoyed my card today. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful Day!
xxAutumn

Challenges:
Just Magnolia: Sketch
Stamp Something: Vintage with flowers
Oh Alice: Twinkle, Twinkle(my flowers are sparkly)
Pollycraft: Pinkalicious
Magnolia Down Under: Something Sweet(I think she is super sweet)

Lexi's Creations #17- 3D

Happy Monday!!! It's time again for another challenge over at Lexi's and as you may have read in my title we wanna see some 3D. Easy, peasy...Buttons, flower, raised images, whatever sticks out on your card! The sponsor this week is One Stop Card Crafts and the winner gets a 10 voucher for their store! So, without further delay, here is my card

I used acetate for the front of my card and it's a little difficult to photograph, so I apologize for the poor photo. Anyway, I've used one of Lexi's new images called Splashin and you can get that here.

Here's my 3D view...there's 3layers there!

Close-up of Splashin image

Here's the Inside. Not much, but I thought the sentiment on the front would make more sense if I showed you the inside. Well, that's it for me for now. Make sure to stop by and see what the rest of the DT is has in store for you.

Have a great day!

xxAutumn

p.s. I should be back this afternoon with another Tilda for you...Oh, she's so cute I can't wait to show you! Just gotta make a few finishing touches!

Challenges:

Simple Doodles: Fun in the sun

Whimsical wednesdays: Inspiration photo

Kenny K's DT Call

Hey, everybody! Have you heard about the new artist in town??

Kenny K is his name, and he's having a DT call! OMGosh, these images are soooo cute, I just love them! I'm posting this towards the end of the call, but there's still a little time if your interested...you can find the info here. So, Kenny wants us to link up some of what we think is our best stuff. This was tough for me as I like so many for different reasons. However, Kenny's qualifications include that coloring must be a strong suit, so I've tried to pick cards that best show my coloring skills.

First up is a card I made for a TGF challenge

This is a side-step card, my first, and I love it!

You can see more pics and get more info on this card here.

Second, the pop-up card I made for SMC.

I loved making this card, it was so much fun to create that scene...and have it turn out!

You can find more pics here.

Lastly, a couple of Magnolia's.

I couldn't decide which of these I like better, so here they both are.

You can find out more about these here, and here.
If you wanna see some of Kenny's awesome digi's go here.

Have a great day!

xxAutumn

Lasting Memories-New scrapbooking Challenge

Hey everyone. There's a new scrapbooking challenge starting up! The challenge is called Lasting Memories and you can get all the details here. The owner is having a DT call right now, so I thought I'd give it a go. I really want/need to get more scrapping done and lately all I've been doing is making cards. So, what better to get me in gear than to be on a DT...gotta get it done then, lol! Anyway, were supposed to post some samples of our work for this, so here are mine.

Sorry these pics are not that great...it was late when I took them, but I didn't want to wait as I would most likely forget(Friday is a busy day for me) and I def didn't want to do that. For me, scrapbooking is all about the pictures! I want to get as many in there as I can, with some embellies, but not an overwhelming amount. So I guess I am a CAS scrapbooker...what do ya know, that's how I make my cards too, lol! I also prefer two-page layouts. I take a lot of pics so it usually takes that much to get in all the photos I want. If I did one photo per page like some people I'd have hundreds of pages in my books! So, those are layouts I've come up with myself here and here are some examples of what I've done following sketches