This card evolved from the covered slide frame that I had made last year and never used. I used papers from the same  6x6 stack to make the background...a sheet of Basic Gray Eerie. The pumpkin image is from Heartfelt Creations and cut out with a Nestabilities pumpkin die. The little bat in the corner of the slide is from a piece of dimensional ribbon that I picked up at Priceless.
I was also playing with some other cute little papers and matching stamps and made up some bookmarks for my kids at school.

The images were colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol and then spritzed them with Caramel Apple Glimmer Mist.

Heartfelt Pumpkins

There are so many wonderful products out in the stamping and paper crafting world and I'd just love to own every single one, but that just isn't possible! I'm so blessed to have so many stamping buddies that have the same problem because we talk to each other about what products we are planning to purchase. If it's one of those things that you just wouldn't use everyday but just gotta have, we plan which products each of us wants to buy and don't duplicate if possible. This card is a perfect example! When I saw these beautiful pumpkin images from Heartfelt Creations that coordinate with the pumpkin Nestabilities dies, I was completely smitten. Unfortunately, the combination of products was going to be a little pricey. I have a friend who was having the same dilemma so we each purchased one part of the combination and we know where to find the other part. Since we get together regularly to stamp and create, sharing is not a problem!!! I love my stamping buddies!!
This card was created by using several Nestabilities dies to make the layers. The wood grain embossing folder is by Tim Holtz, papers are Apple Cider by Imaginisce. The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol and then spritzed with Caramel Apple Glimmer Mist. I had to fussy cut the vines for the pumpkins, but I think it was worth it!!!

Haulin' Pumpkins

This is for the Monday challenge over at the Totally Stampalicious blog. This weeks challenge was to make a masculine card using any stamp set. I used the Road Hawg set from Totally Stampalicious for my card. The sentiment is a dollar stamp from Michael's that I got years ago. I colored my hog image with Copic and Prismacolor markers. The trailer was made by piecing together a couple of pieces of Close to Cocoa cardstock that I ran through the Cuttlebug using the weathered wood embossing folder. The wheel on the trailer is from a set of Nascar stickers with a jumbo eyelet in place of the racing rim. a photo turn acts as my trailer hitch. The pumpkins are made from ribbon by May Arts that I bought at my local scrap and stamp store, Priceless Scrapbooks, I used the faux burnt edges technique to do the background and edges of the image layers.

Stamps: Totally Stampalicious
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black and Tim Holtz distress inks
Paper, Close to Cocoa, white, orange, BoBunny dotted paper and unknown striped paper from scrap pile
Accessories: Pumpkin ribbon, Copic and Prismacolor markers, sponge, jumbo eyelet, photo turn, cuttlebug folder