Thursday, October 1, 2009

Happy Fall

I could feel the cool crispness in the air this morning and it felt soooo good. I love this time of the year when you don't have to wear heavy coats and just a sweater or sweatshirt will do. It is also a time of the year when there are many family and friend gatherings within a short time. Not to forget the starting of the baking season and soups and stews. Now that my Greeting Farm Gardener position is done I have been working on a posting schedule to help keep me organized and using my stamps. I have sooo many stamps that have not seen ink and I do want to change that. Some of those uninked stamps have been my Hannas. Expect to see at least one Hanna a week. For this card I used Fall Time from Hanna Stamps and Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #41(MTSC41). This is also for the Hanna weekly challenge HSC88 being hosted by Frances aka StampOwl. This week's challenge is to make a card/project using fall colors. Then on Copic Creations #13 the challenge is to use pumpkins. Three challenges in one! Woohoo!So I went to some very neglected Stampin Up designer papers and knew this Hanna would be perfect with them. I colored her up with copics and sponged the edges of the dp with vintage photo distress ink. I punched a leaf border with a Martha Stewart edge punch and added a button and a ribbon. Thanks for visiting today.

17 comments:

Unknown said...

mary...this is great! love how you flipped the sketch! what a wonderful fall card!

thanks for playing along with my sketch for this week...you've done such an amazing job! :)

{{{hugs}}}
mercy

Jessica Diedrich said...

WOWZA woman your coloring is AWESOME! That vest totally comes to life! Thanks for playing along with the MTSC too! We are so glad to have you!

Anonymous said...

Hi Mary! thanks for playing w/us in the CC challenge! woohoo!!! awesome fall card and pumpkin coloring! Sweet!
Pam Going Postal

Claireabelle said...

Wow fab card, love the colours!!
xx

Kim said...

This made me want to head out to the pumpkin farm and start picking out big one. You also made me very hungry with your stew talk. Beautiful coloring and I love that punch along the side.

Cindy Haffner said...

Oh sweet, awesome job.

Sparkplug17 said...

I love your Hanna! Such a lovely card.

Diana said...

This is gorgeous!! I really love the orange and turquoise-y combo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lorie said...

Wow, Mary! Such gorgeous colors, and I LOVE what you've done with the leaf border punch. The button and ribbon, and the zig-zag stitching are perfect!! This is just beautiful!!

kadie said...

Mary, this image is amazingly colored! Wow! And I love all these colors together! This paper was just calling to me from my stash last week...looks like yours was calling to you too! Love it SO much!

Tammi said...

Mary your card is wonderful! Love that pretty leaf border and the button with the bow. I love this time of year too, always in the mood to bake when it's cooler outside. :)

Lauri said...

A beautiful card!! I love that paper too...I am almost out of it....sniff sniff!!

MiamiKel said...

Ditto, ditto ..... it's just perfect in every way - a terrificly fun and festive fall card. I can smell that pumpkin from here it's so visual! Happy October!

Jane Wetzel said...

wow Mary..love the papers you used here and your coloring is superb!

Randi said...

Gorgeous card Mary! Your coloring is stunning! I love those beautiful fall colors and DP! Great layout! The ribbon on the button is so cute!

*Susan* said...

Mary what a fantastic card! I can almost smell the crisp fall air just looking at it. I love all the rich papers you used and that ribbon is just yummy! :-)

asela said...

Love it! Great coloring

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