Fall Favorite

The challenge this week at Meljen's Designs is to use Orange and/or Brown.  There are so many adorable fall images in the shop.  I used one of my favorites.

I colored Pumpkin Bumpkin with Prismacolor pencils.  I will probably add a sentiment, but wasn't sure what I wanted to use.  I added some flowers, ribbon and punched borders.

Card measres 5.5" x 4.25"
Martha Stewart Doily Lace border punch
ribbon and flowers from my stash

TGIF! (Thank Goodness It's Fall)

It's time for the DeNami Design October blog hop.  The theme for this month is fall.  I am so thankful that fall has arrived.  The temperatures had cooled, but we were back up into the 80's this week.  Still better than our summer temperatures this year!

You should have arrived at my blog from Vera's blog.  I am sure she had some wonderful inspiration for you.  If you didn't come here from Vera's blog, you can always pop back to the DeNami Design blog to start at the beginning if you have gotten lost along the way. 

Now on to my project for the hop!

I used a stamp positioner and stamped the Pumpkin Patch Border twice at the top and the bottom.  I used a mask to cover the the first image so I could line them up next to one another and colored the pumpkins using Copic markers.  I stamped the Pumpkin Chickie, colored it with Copics, and punched it out with a circle punch.  I sponged some Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake ink to warm up the white.  I stamped the Double Circle and used a circle die to cut it out, then cut a larger circle and embossed it.  The scalloped circle was cut at 3" using my Cricut and the Lacy Labels cartridge.  The green panel is also embossed.  I added som pearls and raffia to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to comment on each of the blogs along the way.  DeNami Design will give away three $20 gift certificates.  Two lucky commenters will each receive a gift certificate and one gift certificate will be given to a random participant (design team members are ineligible).  You have until October 10, 2011 at 11:59 PST to comment to be eligible to win.

The next stop on your journey of fall inspiration is Pattie.  From what I have seen on her blog, I am sure she has something fabulous whipped up for you!

Card measures 5.5" x 4.25"
Cardstock-Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, More Mustard, Old Olive
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing folder
Stampin' Up! Stripes Textured Impressions folder
Stampin' Up! Scallop Trim border punch
1.25" circle punch
Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circle dies at 1.75" and 2.25"
Pearls-Recollections
raffia from my stash

Trick or Treat!

I finally got my card done for the DeNami challenge this month.  The theme for the challenge is:

Look at how adorable those animals are!  And that is just a few...you should hop over to the shop and look at them all!

I love DeNami Designs animals so I had a really hard time choosing which stamps to use.  But as soon as I saw my Trick or Treat Chickies, I knew that was the stamp I had to use.

 I also used the Halloween Stamp Set to create the border, background and sentiment.  I used the Double Circle stamp to create the layer behind the sentiment.  The sentiment is raised with some foam for dimension, but you can't really tell from the picture.

Card measures 4.25" x 5.5"
Lifestyle Crafts nesting scallop circle dies
1" circle punch
Stampin' Up! Whisper White craft ink
ribbon, lace, buttons from my stash