Fall is in the air

Even here in Florida. The air is cooler in the mornings now and the grass has stopped growing so fast. That leaves me with more time to stamp. These stamps are from Eureka stamps. I bought them 4 years ago and this week they came to mind for a swap due later this month. They are all colored with Copics. The ground and sky were made with a torn piece of paper as my guide and brushing ink over the edge. This also qualifies for the Stampin Bs challenge make a fall card.

Mojo Monday sketch

I'm getting a better start on this weeks Mojo Monday sketch than I did last week.  The little scarecrow is from SU and is colored with Copic markers. The leaves are punched out of background I had made and found in my stash. 

This one may be too late

But I'm going to enter it anyways. The Monday Mojo sketch has been sitting on my desk all week and I really liked it so I was determined to get it done. I combined it with the color challenge at The Play Date Cafe. I actually found a piece of Polished Stone in my stash that had all the colors. They don't show well in the picture. The lily was filled in with copic markers and then shaded with gamsol and markers  .

Buttons, Bows and a sketch

This is a brand new stamp to me from Su and my first time using it. I colored it with copics and shaded with gamsol and pencils. I am using it for 3 challenges and have myself one more Christmas card for this season. First the sketch is from a new challenge site. I had a post on my blog this morning inviting me so I checked it out. This sketch is for a challenge starting on Wednesday the 6th at Paper Craft Star.




I'm using it for The Speedy the Cat Challenge-use buttons and bows at Marks Finest Papers. The challenge at Pals Paper Arts is to use buttons so it works for this one also.

Red, black and white

This is the challenge for the Stampin Bs this week. I had just watched a video at Stamp TV for using your Scor-Pal to make backgrounds and I knew it would be perfect for this challenge. The poinsettias are made using a Martha Stewart leaf punch and the 5 petal flower punch. You can see the directions here. It has been a great week for us. Robin has gotten some good test scores at school and will be coming home this weekend. My test results have come back finally. I got a 91. I was so surprised!!! So now I am Food Safety Certified in Florida and my training will begin soon for Shift Supervisor. Got to keep the daughter in the college she loves.

I have a porch

 After 2 months of having tile all over my porch while my husband worked on the  bathroom I was finally able to sit out on it and enjoy the evening. Bathroom is ready to grout and all the construction stuff is gone. I was so happy. Sat out this evening and did some more water coloring. That seems to be my choice of coloring lately. I finished 2 cards. One for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas. I also tried to make use of the Cuttlebug for some different layers. All stamps are from SU. 
                                                              

After what has felt like an eternity I should know the results of my Food Safety exam tomorrow. I really don't want to have to redo it so I had better passed. This is the first weekend I have had no college kids home. It was really quiet. But I was able to get a number of things done because I didn't have any kind of a schedule. I also found out a brand new Micheals opened in the Villages. Color me excited. I never saw them working on it so I was shocked. Tuesday while hubby and I enjoy a day together I am going to find it.

I tried a new technique

I had an absolutely lovely day yesterday. I spent the afternoon and into the evening working on some new techniques. This one is called Crimped Diamonds. I saw it over at Splitcoast Stampers. I really like the look and am in love with this first card. I think it the color that makes it. The scarecrow is water colored with markers on water color paper. The leaves are cut and embossed using a Spellbinder die. They were both sponged and spritzed with color.

The second card uses the same background.  The barn scene is water colored on water color paper as were the pumpkins The sunflower has been colored and in my stash for years. I used 2 of them and layered it, popped it up with thick glue dots. The pumpkins are also all at different levels. This card I am using for The Speedy the Cat challenge which is to use a pumpkin.