MEOW YOU'RE MINE

Hi, There!

I came across these great images at MoMannings and I love them all - could not decide which to color up first.  I posted a card made with the Zombies image on Facebook over at Bella and Bronte's Clubhouse as you can only post one card per challenge on the monthly card challenge.  But I had so much fun making both.  For this card I used Nosferatmew - the vampire cat!!!  Love that image!!!  My cat definitely owns me so I am his - without the fangs;)  So this is for all our halloween kitties - thanks for stopping by and till next time Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Mos digital challenge #256 - anything goes w/Mo Image/optional fall colors

This is an easel card 

Copic Colors Used:

Cat E70 C00

Eyes R26 with lots of glossy accent so they are 3-D from the page

Cape C3 C5 C8 and Spectrum Black Pencil #120

Image is mounted onto stash paper lime green and a sparkle black cardstock from stash

Cutouts are also from my Halloween stash

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU!!!

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I just received a new birthday present - Brushos!!!!  I have the day off so guess what I did - played with my Brushos!  These are amazing and I first noticed these awesome backgrounds on other cards and just had to do some research.  And of course, it was "I Just Have To Have That"!! impluse!!!  I got the 12 color sample and the product is made in the UK.  They are crystal powders - very rich pigment - and just a sprinkle does it on wet watercolor paper - POW!!!  It never looks the same twice - unpredictable and just awesome and so much fun to play with.  Possibilities are endless!!  I put a couple of my first time samples at bottom of this post.

Image I used is from East Wind called Lucy Loo Spellbound.  I love all the Lucy Loo images so this was a no brainer for me.  I colored her up with my Copic markers!!  So much fun making this card.  Thanks for stopping by, have a great evening and I hope you get to play some too!!!  Soooo good for the soul:)  Hugs ~  CaroleAnn

Challenges for this card:

East Wind Challenge #40 - Add Texture (my second entry)

613 Avenue Create Challenge #144 Anything Goes or Use Pink

Card Recipe:
Image is from East Wind - Lucy Loo Spellbound colored with the following Copics:
Skin  E000 E00 E01 E70 YG0000
Eyes YG0000 YG01 YG21 YG25
Hair B41 B39 C3 C5 C7 C8 YG01
Book BG000 BG01 B04
Outfit - R27 R39 R59   BV000 BV00 BV01 BV02
Yarn from my crafty stash and background is Brushos - Scarlet  Red  Yellow  Turquoise
Touch of stardust here and there.

Samples of first attempt at Brushos on watercolor paper

This is only using black Brushos as you can see if I added more water it spread more - but look at the colors in this black crystal!!

AURORA MAPLE

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We are having some beautiful weather here today - very fall like.  So I am caught up in a creative mood of fall colors. East Wind has some awesome images to color and to get those creative juices flowing!  Naturally I had to get me some of those images and here is one I colored up today.  Thanks for stopping by, till my next post, have a fabulous fall day!!

East Wind Challenge #40 - Texture

The texture part you cannot see so good in the photo but I used a piece of craft cardstock and an embossing folder called Texture/Wood Grain from Crafters Companion.  Image is colored with Copic Markers (listed below) and cutout with a SpellBinders Nestabilities die cut and popped out with foam darts.  I used a scrap of paper from Graphic 45's A Place In Time and the orange background is from Recollections.  Some natural cording around the card and 3D Stickers from Paper House - I love stickers!!!

Colors:  Skin  E000 E00 E01 E11 E93 E95

Hair and Eyes E53 E35 E37

Glossy Accent  on her eyes

Leaves  Y04 Y08 Y38 YR09 YR68 G24

Stardust here and there

LEAF'IN AROUND SCARECROW STYLE

Hi, There! - QKR WINNER !!!  Thanks so much

Like my earlier post of today mentioned I am really in a very autumn creative mode so here is a card that I made from an image over at QKRStampede - so cute - called Scarecrow and Leaves.  He really reminds me of the times my kids would help with the raking of the leaves and then everyone jumped into all the piles!!!  Guess we didn't worry about ticks etc. back then;) - just had fun!

I used a sketch from My Favorite Things to jump start the style of my card.  I turned the sketch around and kind of got loss so I hope it is still acceptable!!  So here it is for the following challenges:

QKR STAMPEDE Challenge #159 Anything Goes

MFT Challenge & Inspiration - Wednesday's Sketch Challenge #248

Colored Up with Copic Markers:

E00 E11 E95

Outfit  Hat and Gloves E30 E31 E34  

Jeans B00 B01 B02  

Shirt BV000 BV00 BV01 BV04

Boots C1 C2 C4 C5

Leaves G82 YG13 YR21 YR27 YR23 Y08 Y26 YR68

Stardust here and there

Corner die used on image.  Background paper is from Chickaniddy/Scrumptious

Paper House 3D Stickers used for the sentiment and leaves.

HARVEST TIME

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It is a little early for harvest time but we are getting there.  The trees are changing colors here ever so slightly, pumkins are beginning to make their appearance on front steps of homes and there are plenty of great apples for the pickings!  So I just had to use this image from Saturated Canary/Harvest Girl.  This is my fave time of year - autumn so I think a lot of my cards will be caught up in all the glorious colors of fall!  This is also going out to my blog friend, Vicki - Happy Birthday to You!!  Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great week.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create Challenge #143 Anything Goes/ Color is Sapphire
MFT Card Challenge both the Color Challenge
and MFT Card Challenge Sketch Challenge

Card Recipe
Skin  E00 E01 E11 E93 E95
Hair Y0000 Y000 Y21 Y32 B00 B02 B04
Outfit  E31 E34 E35 E29 E37 E39
YG13 YG25 G05
R00 R46 R89
Diesire edgeables is the die cut for the HB part of the card.  I used glossy accents on her eyes (sapphire color) and on the apples.  The frame around the digital image is from IO shaded with different Versa Magic chalk.  DP is from Garden Collage/K&C used for the background.  And the feathers were cut from vellum and cardstock with IO Feathers diecut.
Stardust in her feathers and liquid pearls in her hair!

FRIENDS & SECRETS

Hi, There!
I hope my little post finds you well.  I loved the challenge at 613 Avenue Create and the sentiment give away that is being offered is fabulous - so very generous!  The friendship sentiments are from My Creative Therapy and I just had to play along with this one!  Check it out!

So without further a-do here is my card to honor Women's Friendship Day and my friendship of over 38 years with a woman that knows plenty about me!!:)  It is wonderful to be so blessed with a friendship such as ours - I am lucky - and thank you my friend, Betty!!  Thanks for stopping by, till next time ~ Hugs, CaroleAnn

613 Avenue Create Challenge #142 - Anything Goes with a twist for Women's Friendship Day

This is an easel card which will really put a smile on your face once you open it up and see the sentiment inside!!

Digital image is from Make It Crafty/Girls Secret Swing

Copic Markers

E0000 E000 E00 E01 E02 E11

C00 C5 C8

Y13 Y18 Y19

R20 R21 R22

DP - KaiserCraft/Tigerlilly

Used stardust here and there, a little glossy accents in their eyes & Wink of Stella in the hair

LOVE BOOKS!!

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I hope you enjoyed your summer and in families that have school or college age kids - all have settled into a routine.  We have here.  My daughter has to be in work by 7 am so I am getting the kids off to school and so far they have all been getting downstairs on time!!  There is no driving to school here as I have to be out to work after they climb those bus steps!

Now about my card - it is all about books for me - well sometimes, when I am not catching up on TV shows with my Kindle.  But reading does relax me more and I do enjoy a good book.  So this card is dedicated to all our librarians and libraries and all the wonderful worlds they open up to us!

I would like to enter this card for the following challenge:
613 Avenue Create Challenge #141 - Anything Goes/Love Me Do

INSIDE VIEW:

Card Recipe:
Digital Image from Saturated Canary "What the Librarian Reads" 
Used Copic Markers:

E000 E01 E02 E011

E30 E31 E33 E35

G24 G85 YR00 YR01 YR02 Y23

C3 C4

DP - Stitched/Amy Tangerine by American Crafts

I folded the front of the card back and decorated with the papers, used a die cut frame for the image.  Fussy cut the cup and popped out with foam.  Used some glitter here and there and put a little Glossy Accents on her eye glasses - which BTW I love!!  I decorated the inside with some little books that I made up from Kraft paper and white copy paper.  

Accents Added:

pearls, wooden "love" word, chipboard tag from Graphics 45 Bohemian which I applied the little paper letters on and those are from BoBunny/Vicki B.  Tied a string to the tag.  

Papers have been distressed and shaded with Distress Inks.  I have a small place inside of the card to write my sentiment to my fave library!!