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Friday, October 7, 2011

Giving Thanks


Today over at Blogger's Challenge our theme is "Falling for You".  You can interpret this theme any way you would like and since I was already creating lots of fall cards as fall is in the air, I went with that.
I used the October Sketch for you to Try.  I was *trying* to be diligent in playing along in all of them this year, but missed a few :-( -no chance for me at the end of year goodies, but I still have fun playing along.


I pulled out this great tree from the Happy Fall set from Clear & Simple Stamps which is perfect at creating some wonderful fall scenes.  Notice the cute little squirrel with the tiny acorn sitting on the park bench?  My dog is going crazy this time of the year with all the squirrels outside.


I colored all the leaves with my Copics and stamped the leaf background onto my marigold for my patterned paper.  As much as I'm addicted to patterned paper (5 new 6 x 6 pads arrived this week), I also LOVE to make my own background papers.

Hope that you will join us at Blogger's Challenge and show us your "Falling for you" creation.  
You can link up here.

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Card details:
Stamps: Happy Fall from Clear & Simple Stamps
Cardstock: Glamazon Green, Dish all the Dirt Brown, Golden Tiara, Orange You Fabulous, Kraft Like a Rockstar Ivory
Inks: Dish all the Dirt Brown, Copics E08, E23, G28, YR23, E25, E27
Embellishments: Gold brads, Janome Sewing, tab unknown

15 comments:

Susie said...

Wonderful card. Love that design - saving it to use myself.

BarbaraW said...

Love that image. Great layout.

Ida said...

Fabulous Fall card. Love the images (especially the cute squirrel). Great sketch too.
My mom's dog goes wacko over squirrels too and I have a feeder out back.

whoistracy said...

I've always loved that CSS set- I need to buy it!! LOL

Gayle Page-Robak said...

Your card is gorgeous. Beautifully created.

Monika/Buzsy said...

What a pretty card Kim. Love that tree image and the lovely fall colors. The stitching looks great. :o)

Suzanne C said...

Adorable fall scene. that squirrel is super cute!

Lori said...

Love your fall color scheme--and how you placed that little squirrel on the bench. Chloe's crazy about squirrels, too (and rabbits, and people, and pretty much anything that moves--LOL!).

Colleen Dietrich said...

Aww, what a cute fall card!

Kimberly Gajewski said...

Wonderful fall card Kim! Great mix of images! You did a terrific job with Jen's sketch! :D

Lisa Somerville said...

Wonderful fall inspired card, fab use of the sketch!

Shelly Schmidt said...

Love the cute stamp and the great fall colors! My dog is the same way- the squirrels are teasing him!!!

Stampin in the suburbs said...

Really cute.

Chrissy D said...

Kim, this is a great image, sketch and card! Great work!

Gez Butterworth said...

Gorgeous tree! Wonderful card.

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