Autumn again...

Oooohhh, I LOVE the cooler temperatures, the reduction in humidity, the colours...autumn is most DEFINITELY my very favourite season of the year, and I LOVE that I live in a part of thr world that enjoys all four seasons, in all their glory.

The theme for the Impression Obsession challenge this week is...you guessed it...AUTUMN! Check right here for details about how you can enter to win a $25 gift certificate to buy Impression Obsession stamps...and for more info and links to blogs of other IO designers taking part in the current challenge.

My card for this challenge uses one of the new cover-a-card designs (CC 102 Birds on Trees) , paired with an old favourite sentiment stamp from the set "Live in Thanksgiving". I stamped both over a background done with three colours of Ecoline Watercolour Inks sprayed on watercolour paper with Ranger Mini Misters.

Thank you so very much for stopping by my blog today...wishing you a day filled with creating things you LOVE!

ATC's

What a wonderful day I had yesterday...stamping supplies all over my livingroom, inky for HOURS! I'm participating in an ATC swap with the theme "autumn," which is coincidentally the theme for the current Art Journey challenge. I've been away from paper arts all summer long...it's such FUN finding all my supplies again!

Oh! Just so you know, this challenge is open to anyone! The deadline is Sept. 28th. Then one participant will be randomly selected for a 10 euro’s gift certificate to shop at Art Journey. The challenge requires participants to use MAINLY ART JOURNEY STAMPS. Put your new creation on your blog or Flickr (with a link to the challenge post on the Art Journey blog)...check over there for full details

I used stamps from a couple of Art Journey sets (right here..."Tree" and right here "Bird Boy") over a background of Ecoline Watercolour Inks mixed with Winsor and Newton Iridescent Medium for a little sparkle (which I know you can't see on the pic...siiigh). Then I edged all the ATC's with Krylon 18 Kt Gold Leafing Ink.

On a couple of the ATC's, I also used a Treble Clef image from this Art Journey set, for a couple of music lovers in the swap group. Love love LOVE this set!!

I also used this Dreamweaver stencil (LL432 Crows) with Dreamweaver Black Matte Embossing Paste.

So, here they are!

Here's a scanned close-up of a couple of them...

Thanks for stopping by today!

I'm partying with these fine bloggers this week:

Creative Card Crew...anything goes

Papertake Weekly...anything goes

Wee Memories...one layer projects

Autumn Colours

Aaaahhhh...fall! I've had an incredibly busy summer; my three little grandsons spent eight weeks with me. Now that they're back home with their parents, I can settle back in to inks and stamps and stencils and play!

The Art Journey designers'challenge for the month of September is to use autumn colours. For my card, I used stamps from several Art Journey sets. The tree on the right is from this set, called "Tree." The flowers at the bottom are from this set, called "Bird Boy," and the sentiment comes from this set, called "Summer Girl." I used a border punch from Stampin' Up, and a piece of bakers' twine.

This challenge is open to anyone! The deadline is Sept. 28th. Then one participant will be randomly selected for a 10 euro’s gift certificate to shop at Art Journey. The challenge requires participants to use MAINLY ART JOURNEY STAMPS. Put your new creation on your blog or Flickr (with a link to the challenge post on the Art Journey blog)...check over there for full details.

I'm partying with these fine bloggers this week:

Creative Card Crew...anything goes

Papertake Weekly...anything goes

Three Muses...words

Thanks so much for stopping by...wishing you a CREATIVE week!