Thank you card

I made some pink flowers for Thursday's ways to use it challenge. I used my LAYERS OF COLOR art stencil to stencil the vine to the plaid dp. I glued the flowers in the corner and added a butterfly from Mark's Finest Papers set called Daffodil and Anise. Sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers set called Thankful for you.

Secret Garden

The Friday Free For All Challenge at SCS was to make a garden card. The first thought that came to my mind was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was one of my favorite books when I was young. My gate to my secret garden was made of cardboard. I wanted to use cardboard so the gate would be sturdy. I used prisma colored pencils to make the wood grain. I added hardware and a brad as a closer for the gate. I sewed the panels to the card base.

A peek inside my secret garden. The flowers are from GREET THE DAY WITH GERBER from Mark's Finest Papers. The butterfly is from a Martha Stewart Butterfly set. I colored the daisies and the butterfly with prisma colored pencils. I used an embossing pen and gold ep to add that little extra to the butterfly. The dp that is the background was a piece of blue marble that was in a bulk buy of paper. It made me think of clouds. I also stamped the wheat stalks from the Mark's Finest Papers set called THANKFUL FOR YOU. I stamped it with green ink and then put blue colored pencils to the stalk to make it look like flowers.

Close up of the Butterfly.

Learners for Life try their hands at W.I.S.H.ing

This is one of the girls in my learners for life group. At our Tuesday meeting we made Thanksgiving cards using Mark's Finest Papers Thankful for you set. We also used the W.I.S.H. technique. Can you tell how much fun we had?

Autumn Days

I took a piece of gold cardstock and I stamped sentiments and images from several Mark's Finest Papers sets. I used : Thankful for you, Thankful mums and pumpkins, and Autumn Fun.

I then cut the gold paper in a leaf shape. I got my template by photocopying a leaf and using that as my pattern. After I cut the leaf shape out, I took a ruler and a black marker and doodled on the leaf. I finished the card by using a sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers Thankful for you set and a leaf punch on more gold paper.

The inspiration challenge on Splitcoast, today, took us to a website called Poster Cabaret. I was inspired by this poster.

Thankful for you

Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country
For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!

10/14 THURSDAY Thankful for You

Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/
Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/
Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/
Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com/
Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/
Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/
Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/
Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/
Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/
Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/
Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/
Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/
Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/
Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/
Nicole - http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/
Marilynn- http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/
Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/

I paper pieced the dress on the little girl. I love the vintage feel that she has.

I made a CAS gift tag using a piece of cardboard and twine.