Autumnal Birthday Card

Oh, how the weather has changed! One minute I was barefoot and rolling around in the grass with my little one, next thing I know I am desperately craving gloves and a hat on the bike this morning! Change of season also dictates a change of crafty style for me this week. Over at the Pinspirational Challenge Blog, we have the following inspirational picture:

Again, lots to take from this picture! I took the colour scheme, the plaid/tartan pattern, the leaves and the country feel. I used all of that for a birthday card.

Sponsor this fortnight is Fred She Said, prize is a 10 dollar certificate for their shop.Check out the challenge blog for more inspiration from my fellow teamies and all the crafters that will be playing along!  Hope to see you all there!

Challenges:
- Animal Friends Challenge (Fall/Halloween with an animal)
- Let's Craft and Create (Halloween/Autumn/Fall)
- Pink & Main Challenges (Fall/Halloween)
- Scribbles Designs (Woodland Creatures)
- Crafty Cardmakers (Birthdays)
- Critters and Creatures (AG with a critter or creature)

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Thanksgiving gift card

Hi everyone!

At PCD, we are already getting in the Thanksgiving mood with the new release this month. The set consists of a pilgrim boy and girl as well as the cute little turkey I've used for my make today. Have a look on the blog to see the set and more lovely examples from my fellow teamies!

I decided on a gift card I guess you could use for just about any gift. I wanted to use some leaves on the card and found some chipboard ones in my stash, but they were bright blue and pink and therefore not really that suitable. However, I just covered them with some orange & red scraps I still had, making them fit the theme perfectly. I then used Distress Ink and glossy varnish to give them some interest. Leaves aren't perfect after all :)

Materials:
* Platypus Creek Digi Thanksgiving Turkey, coloured with Spectrum Noirs
* Sakura Clear Glitter Pen on the turkey feathers and body
* Chipboard leaves + scraps
* Distress Ink Vintage Photo
* Clear Varnish
* Personal Impressions Sentiment stamp
* Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* Scrapalicious USA (Welcoming Fall)
* Raise the Bar (Celebrate Fall)
* 2 Sisters (Fall)
* The Crafty Pad (It's Scraptastic)
* Polka Doodles (What's the Word Bird?)
* Creative Belli (Autumn)
* Clearly I Stamp (Leaves)
* Just Keep On Crafting (Anything Goes)
* Tammy's Scrapping Corner (Fall Inspiration)
* Gingerloft (Birds of a Feather)

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Fall into Autumn

Hello Everyone!

I've been mega busy this week finishing up some crafty projects and trying to use up a glut of apples from our apple tree, so far I've made Apple Crumble cupcakes and I am planning an Apple Pie and an Apple Crumble to freeze, but if anyone has any other suggestions I wouldn't mind hearing them!

This week we have the theme of "FALL DAYS" at Delightful Challenges, we want you to look ahead to the next season and share your autumnal creations with us!

Here is my take on it:

I'm especially happy about the layered flower, it really gives the card a lot of dimension IRL.

Sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen, the winner will win a 10 pound store voucher. I love Joanna's online store and have ordered there several times. Great products, great service and best of all: no p&p worldwide!  I can't be any more positive about her store if I tried :) You might find something to your liking as well!

Materials: 
* DD Pumpkin Lara and Fall sentiments set, coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs
* Studio Light & DCWV Photo Stack 2 DPs
* Pumice Stone Distress Ink
* My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow Flower Decoupage pad, distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, embossed, shaped and layered
* Gems, pearl, peel off and scraps from my stash

Right, back to the kitchen I go, wish me luck! :)

Challenges
* Sweet 'n Sassy (Fall Inspiration)
* Natalie & Amy (Anything Goes)
* Whoopsi Daisy (Use 2 Patterned Papers)
* Come and Get It (3D Flowers)
* Craft Your Passion (Emboss It, I've embossed the flower)
* Eureka Stamps (Anything Goes)
* Crazy Challenge (Anything Goes)
* By the Cute and Girly (Fruity; Apparently pumpkins are technically a fruit! Who knew!)
* Srapalicious USA (Anything Goes)
* I love Promarkers (Anything Goes, you have to use Promarkers though)

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Autumnal Colours & Leaves

Good morning everyone!

It's time for another challenge at Friendship's Garden, the theme this time is AUTUMN COLOURS AND LEAVES. We would thus like to see some leaves on your project and you making use of autumnal colours, such as orange, yellow and red. Remember, our challenges focus on projects made WITHOUT stamps. You can however enter any paper craft project. Why don't you give it a try?

Here is my card:

I think it turned out quite nice, the cardstock is so lovely that I decided to show some of it on the front. Hope to see you all joining the challenge!

That's it from me for now, I am off to our new house to start the cleaning :( Oh well, it's for a good cause :) See you later!

Materials:
* Cream and coated base card
* 3D image & additonal images, sentiment, and DPs on the front of the card: Studio Light
* Echo Park For the Record DP
* Scalloped circle punch
* Silver border peeloffs from stash

Challenges:
* Birthday Sundaes (Happy Birthday)
* Celebrate the Occasion (Fall + pumpkin)
* Craft Your Days Away (Autumn/Fall)
* Cupcake Craft (Take a Leaf Out of My Book)
* Paper Cutz (Turning Over a New Leaf)
* Make My Monday (Autumn Leaves)
* Unstampables (Autumn/Fall)
* Lollipop Crafts (Anything Goes)
* Papertake Weekly (Anything Goes)
* Through the Craftroom Door (Fall + Leaves)

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Pumpkins Galore

As hubby was busy watching Celtic football, I got to play a little in my craftroom today. As it is autumn, I wanted to use pumpkins and have a little play with a Studio Light sheet. This is not my usual crafting style, but I found it a challenge to achieve something nice outside my comfort zone. Hope you guys like it, I am entering it into the following challenges: 3D Card Challenge (Autumn; http://3dcardschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/10/challenge-10-herfstautumn-sponsored.html), CES Challenge (Male Birthday Card; http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/2010/10/challenge-8-male-birthday-card.html) and Crafty Calendar (Autumn Birthdays; http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-birthday-challenge-autumn.html).

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