Color Options

Evenin' y'all!  I said in this morning's post that I had a couple of other cards I made for the new Paper Players color challenge:

So I thought I would share them both tonight.  Here's the first one:

I used Crumb Cake for the main image layer, embossed my image with Versamark + Early Espresso ink, and then I started out using watercolor pencils but they just weren't vivid enough so I watercolored with the ink pad lids.  I also tried it on Very Vanilla:

And then I decided they might not be "good enough" for my Paper Players card so I made the pheasant card I shared this morning.  I think these two cards turned out okay but I just wasn't loving them, what do you think?

Time to get Ryan started on the usual nighttime routine since he's back at school tomorrow.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Rustic Centerpieces, Sweet Blooms
Ink:  Versamark, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Pecan Pie, Whisper White
Paper:  Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Deckled Circles dies, Textured Notes dies, Potted Succulents dies, Dimensionals, Streaked Dots

Autumn Trio

Mornin' y'all.  Apparently our house was the chosen spot for a bird of prey to eat a late-night snack last night; we kept hearing noises from the chimney (we have a fireplace in our bedroom) and there's a lot of feathers in the yard this morning.  Between that and Daphne getting me up twice last night to go outside, I didn't sleep too much...but Ryan has STEM club after school today so maybe I have time for a nap!

It is supposed to get up to 81 degrees today which is just unsatisfactory for September and I am manifesting fall as hard as my little autumnal goblin heart will go.  And I finally busted out my Rustic Centerpieces stamp set, take a look:

The three images in Rustic Centerpieces are LORGE so I hope this still counts as a CAS card to enter at CAS on Fridays.  I thought it would lean more towards CAS if I stamped the outline image and didn't color it in at all, and I just added a simple greeting.  Plus that made it super fast to make two cards.

I was inspired by the Four Seasons Challenge which is new to me but LOOK HOW GORGEOUS:

I saw someone else link to this challenge but thanks to sleep deprivation I don't remember who it was and none of the cards in the gallery is jogging my memory either.  I must need more tea.

Anyway, I wasn't ready to be done with that beautiful inspiration challenge yet so I made a third card:

I finally cut into my Autumn Toile DSP and I love those foxes!  The stripes on the edge are the reverse of the fox pattern.  I slightly edited the Sunday Stamps Challenge sketch:

I didn't want to cover up the foxes so I switched the directions for the greenery behind my sentiment circle.  I used last year's Autumn Expressions because I love it and it has several extra-large greeting stamps that would be perfect for a sketch like this.

Daphne is pestering me to take her for a walk and who am I to tell her no?  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, top two cards:
Stamps:  Rustic Centerpieces, Gathering Moments
Ink:  Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze
Paper:  Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies

Supplies, bottom card:
Stamps:  Autumn Expressions
Ink:  Cajun Craze
Paper:  Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Autumn Toile DSP
Accessories:  Autumn Expressions dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Cajun Craze & Gold Dots