Sew Many Challenges New Release Blog Hop

Happy Friday everyone! What better way to start the day then with a blog hop to see some awesome new images from Sew Many Cards and a chance to win a prize. You have to comment to win, so if you started at Sew Many Challenges and are arriving here from Anita's blog you are on the right track, if not, go to SMC and start at the beginning. So, what's the prize, you ask.... $10 to spend at Simon Says Stamp will be the grand prize, and each DT member gets to choose someone from their comments to win the image they are showcasing...How cool is that! Now, before we continue on to my project you may want to grab a drink and a comfortable chair as I've got a lot of pictures...I think you'll appreciate them though.

Now, I introduce you to......

Kasey the Kangaroo

Isn't Kasey just darling!!! If you've been on the hop you know Kasey is only one of the many adorable images that Sew Many Cards creator, Angela, has come up with. I have showcased Kasey in my first ever pop-up card and scene card all rolled into one. I can't believe I had this vision in my head and it actually turned out, yay! You know what's even cooler, I made most of this with my scraps...Isn't it soo exciting when you find yourself using your scraps!

I said I've got a lot of pictures, so I'll try to keep the banter short. I thought I needed this one to show the whole card.

I think this one shows the dimension a little better...I was having trouble with shadows...to be expected with this type of card, I suppose. I also think the clouds showed up really well in this one and I'm quite proud of them so I wanted you to have a good view of them. I made the could myself on blue watercolor DP. I used a little puffy ball with some white ink to shape them. I let them dry a little bit then added a few accent spots and sprinkled(a little bit in between my fingers) with a winter embossing powder that had silver in it, and embossed.

You have finally reached the end and here is the card all folded up. I thought everyone might be curious to know how to give someone one of these cards...I know I was, lol. I didn't use any sort of tutorial on this so I came up with the outside on my own as well, so, I don't know how anybody else does it.

It's also Freebie Friday at SMC and challenge day. Would you like to win the entire line of new releases from Sew Many Cards AND a special discount code to use for the entire month of May for 45% off all your digital stamp purchases??Then join us for an easy peasy challenge!! All you'll need to do is submit a project using a Sew Many Cards image!! ANYTHING GOES...BUT it has to contain a Sew Many Cards image on it!!

Well, that's it for me, your next stop is Carol and don't forget to comment to win. I hope you have enjoyed my image and my card. Happy hopping, and good luck!

Have a great day!

~Autumn

Recipe:
Kraft paper and scraps for inside
Basic gray paper for outside
Sentiments and cross are from
TGF Shepherd Boy Set
Circut cart.:
Create a critter-flowers and grass
Tinkerbell-tree
The green part of the tree was cut on Neenah ivory paper and
colored with my copics in the colors below
(It had to match, you know...I have issues!)

Copics:
E: 000, 11,13,33,37,49,51,53,57
Y:21,35,38: V:12, 15, 17
R:20,32,35;
G:12,24; YG:67

Challenges:
Pollycraft: Make your own flowers
A Spoon Full of Sugar: 3D

Jayden With Butterfly Shaped Easel

Today, I bring you my first shaped easel card. The image I've used is 'Jayden With Butterfly' from Sew Many Cards.

I made this card by first cutting a circle card base with my Wild Card cart. and my cricut. Next I cut two flower shapes with the Accent Essentials. I used one flower for the top and placed the second on the bottom inside of the card. After getting this all adheared together I cut a circle and centered it on the flower.

After adding Jayden I added the flowers from my stash and adheared them with hot glue. I felt it still needed a bit more and after some thinking I came up with the buttons and glued them around the outside of the inner circle.

A little sentiment on the front of the card, a space for writing on the inside, a button to hold the easel shape and done!

Recipe:

DP from DCWV stack

Buttons from stash

Flowers from stash

Basic Gray pearls

Copics:

E:50,51,53, 11, 33, 37,57,49

Y:11,21,35; G:02,17

R:83,85; V:000,01

Hope you have enjoyed my card today!

Be sure to stop by Sew Many Challenges tomorrow for the new release blog hop and a chance to win prizes. Thanks for looking!

Have a great day!

~Autumn

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly: Something Different

Creative Cottage: Circles

Meljens: Show us your shape

Lili of the Valley: Here Comes Summer

Sew Many Challenges #12 DT Card

Hello everyone! It's Friday and it's time for a new challenge at Sew Many Challenges. This week...Anything Goes! Don't you all just love to be able to decide what you want to make! I know I do. Here is what I came up with:

I was trying to come up with a little something different this week...and, I think I did. I chose 'Girl with Heart' as my image this week. Isn't she sweet...You can get her here at Sew Many Cards. I'm not really sure what to call this, it's just something I made up, I guess.

Here is the card opened. The two pieces are held together by a brad so you can just turn the top to the side to see the sentiment. I liked the idea of giving this card to a child and writing something special for them inside. I know kids like to hold onto things...especially cute pictures, so I added a ribbon on the back so it could be hung and used as a decoration on the wall or door. This card is hanging in the first picture...neat idea, I thought.

Here is a close-up of this cute little girl.

My Recipe:

DP is Daisy Bucket 'Playful Petals'

Cardstock is DCWV

Image on Neenah classic crest solar white #80 paper

Copics:

Skin: E53,51,50, then all over with E000 to add a little pink

Dress: R35,32,&20

B00,02,05

YG03,06,09

The heart was embossed with pink embossing powder.

Well, I think that's all my info. Make sure you check and see what the rest of the DT has for you. The sponsor this week is KLM Designs and this weeks winner will receive 3 free digis....you want a shot at those, don't you. The challenge ends next Thursday the 29th, so get your thinking caps on and head on over to Sew Many Challenges and enter for your chance to win!

Thanks for looking and I look forward to seeing YOUR creations!

Have a great day!

~Autumn

Challenges:

HFOS: Use Up That Stock

Pile It On: Spring

My First Tilda

My first Tilda! It only took all day, but, I finally got more and better pics up for you to see.

Tilda has been sitting on my desk all colored up for at least a couple of weeks now and I don't know why I chose to color her dress green, but, I did. I think I had just gotten these colors and thought...Hey, that could be cute. Well, I think I was right about the cute, but I sure had a heck of a time finding the right paper and more so, embellishments, to go with her.

I'm still not sure I'm on board with the blue embellies, but there's a little bit of blue in the Basic Gray paper, so, I thought I'd go with it. What do you think, does it work?

The green cardstock is Bazzill. The cutouts were all done on my Cricut using the Storybook, Plantin Schoolbook, and Once Upon a Princess cartridges. The embossing was done with a cuttlebug...my newest toy...it's about time I got one. The punch is MS, flowers are Bobunny, and ribbon is from my stash.

Here is a close -up of Tilda

I used a new skin color combo on Tilda and I wasn't sure about it at first, but I think it's growing on me. I used E53,51,&50(darkest to lightest) then all over with E000 to add a little pink. Her cheeks were done with R20. Her dress is YG67, G24, &12 (darkest to lightest). Tilda's shoes were done with E49,29,37,&13; I used the same colors on her hair except for E49 and I added a little E33.

Last but not least, this is what it looks like when opened. Well, I think that's all the info I've got.

Oh', I almost forgot, and since were on the subject of Tilda, I wanted to give a big Thank You to the very kind and generous Suzanne Dean! I have won some awesome blog candy from her...Tilda with Spring bundle and a lovely pack of SEI paper!!! I can't believe I forgot to mention it on my blog earlier this week. Anywho, Suzanne was one of the first few people I started following and I just love her stuff! Suzanne is UBER crafty and full of helpful tips too. If you've never checked out her site go here...you won't be disappointed! Thanks bunches Suzanne!

Thanks for looking!

Have a great day!

~Autumn

Challenges:

Just Magnolia: Sketch
Pixie Dust Studio: #19 Tag It!
Fab 'N' Funky Challenges: Get it all out
Kaboodle Doodles: Embossing
Our Creative Corner: Butterflies
Simon Says: Things with Wings
The Creative Cottage: Going Green

A funny story... I was sitting here, uploading some more pics and my 4 year old comes over to me and says, "mom, please will you help me to draw Rintoo, HoHo, Tolie, Lulu, and Kai-lan." Apparently he thinks I can do anything, lol. So, since he asked so nicely I decide to give it a shot and considering I've got enough talent to copy pretty much anything I can look at they didn't turn out too bad. Anyway, I gave it to him and he brings back Lulu and say's, "Hey, she's supposed to have a balloon", well, she didn't have one in the pic I copied, but that didn't matter to him...now, she has a balloon. Aren't kids funny! Well, I just thought that was kind of funny and thought I'd share. My little Alex, makes me laugh daily....why would anyone not want kids!!! Also, I've posted some new pics. These are professional-type, as I am not a professional, of my kids. Take a peek if your curious...even if it's just wondering what my kids look like, lol.

Just Magnolia's First Birthday

Just got done going thru the Just Magnolia Birthday Blog Hop and it was amazing! There's still some time and some awesome candy up for grabs, so be sure you check it out! Click the blinkie to get there!

Sew Many Cards: Eris With Flower

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today, I have the adorable 'Eris with Flower' to show you. You can get this cute little Elephant at Sew Many Cards.

This isn't actually the card I had in mind for Eris...I was gonna follow a sketch, but I was going thru my paper and just putting Eris on top of some papers and fell in love with this look. I love how it looks like she's sitting on a bed of flowers and leaves. My Eris, here, is kind of big, so that meant I couldn't follow the sketch and had to do my own thing. Unfortunately , this made my card take a little longer as I never want to enter just ONE contest so, I had to search around for more. Don't you just hate it when nothing seems to match your card! O'well, I think the end result here is cute and I've got a couple to enter so I'll just have to live with that.

Anyway, on to the card. I've colored Eris with my copics...love those things, and put her on the Bobunny 'persuasion' line paper. The plain card stock is from a DCWV stack. I've put a random pearl, colored with copics, in the center of the flower. The buttons are from Bobunny and the sentiment is from Inkadinkado. Well, I guess that's about it. The card is pretty simple, but cute and alas, I'm not so good with lots of stuff on my cards anyways.

Don't forget, there is still time to enter the 'Sketch with a Mother's theme' going on at Sew Many Challenges and the prize for that is three free digi's from Sunshine Stamps!

Last but not least, my copics:

C: 1,3,5,7

R81

RV: 00,02,04

B: 000,02

YG: 06,09

Y35

100

Challenges:

Meljen's Designs: 3D Elements

Paper Sundaes: Anything but people