SFYTT October | We R Fiesta

I know that most card makers are working on fall, Halloween and Christmas cards right now, but if you make cards for Operation Write Home, those deadlines have all nearly passed (Christmas is due by October 31).  So, I'm trying to get in the frame of mind to make Love and Valentine's cards already.  It's hard...I'm still in the Christmas mood!  But, here's a Love card (generic love are more useful for OWH than specific Valentine's cards) I made using the We R Memory Keepers Fiesta line of paper and a jewel from Bazzill.

I've done really well keeping up with the Sketch For You To Try Challenge at i{heart}2stamp all year - so glad that it's a monthly challenge!  This is my entry following the October sketch.

Doodle Pantry - WOW Wednesday

It's WOW Wednesday again at the Cat's Creations Scrapbooks blog.  My card today is a thank you I mailed to my dad last month after he came for a visit and took us to dinner for my and my husband's birthdays (both in September) at our favorite restaurant - Texas de Brazil.

I colored the sunflower from Doodle Pantry's Topiary Seasons with my Copic markers (this is available pre-colored or outline), used the sentiment from Rounded Wishes and digi paper from Four Seasons Digi Paper Pack.  I love how everything works together across the Doodle Pantry sets - it makes card making a breeze!

Don't forget - TODAY is the deadline to participate in the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge.  Make any card using a Doodle Pantry image and you will receive a free digi stamp set just for entering!  If you want to shop, today is also the last day to get Pumpkin Ants free with a purchase.

And, I'm still working through the OWH Sketches - this is sketch #38!

Ribbon Scraps Ornament Card

Here is another card that inspired me from the Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop!  This one is by Donna Inks LA, and she has even provided a tutorial.

Donna's Card that I CASE'd

My First Attempt - Tip: Start at the top of your ornament to ensure no white shows through!

My Second Attempt - Much Better!

My first card uses Bo Bunny papers, a SU! sentiment in Cherry Cobbler ink with Word Window punch and Modern Label Punch, scrap ribbons and silver elastic cord from SU!

The second card uses patterned papers and ribbons from We R Memory Keepers, card stock and a brad from Bazzill, and a rub-on from my stash.

A CASE'd Christmas Card

I belong to a Stampin' Up Stamp Club and bought these ornament stamps and the matching dies for them.  I hadn't inked them up yet when I saw this card by Deborah Robb in the Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop.  I instantly knew that I wanted to CASE her lovely card!  Thanks for the inspiration Deborah.

Deborah Robb's Card

My version of the card
Everything is SU! except the patterned paper is Bo Bunny.

I thought this would be a quick and easy card, but it wasn't.  Maybe because I decided to do 6 at one time.  I figured if I was stamping and die cutting I might as well make a few!  I had to stamp all of the ornaments in black and die cut them, then stamp them in red, die cut them and cut the toppers off before glueing them to the black bases.  Then I stamped the round ornaments in green, used the 3/4" circle punch to punch out the center and pop them up on the red ornaments.  That was the most time-consuming part of the project.  After that, it's all just assembly.  I used Cherry Cobbler and Lucky Limeade for my red and green.  I also decided that since my background was green, I would use all red ornaments so they would stand out against the background paper.

CHALLENGES:
ABC Christmas Challenge - U is for Up to You (any Christmas theme)

Doodle Pantry - Poppies

It's Wednesday which means I'm participating in WOW Wednesday over at Cat's Creations Scrapbooks blog!  Today I have a card that uses one of the newly released Doodle Pantry images called Poppies.  If you play along with this month's Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge, you can receive this image FREE.  Just make any card using a Doodle Pantry image (freebies can be found HERE to get you started) before the October 24 deadline!

I paired this image with Graphic 45 paper with a Wizard of Oz theme that I bought at Cat's Creations Scrapbooks (probably a year ago because I'm a paper hoarder!).  I colored the image with my Copic markers, but it also comes pre-colored in two different colors if you don't enjoy coloring your images.  Doodle Pantry has something for everyone!  I also followed the OWH Stars & Stamps sketch #65.

Tissue Box Covers

Last weekend I made Christmas gifts for all the fourth grade teachers - the one with the name on it is for my daughter's teacher.  They started making these at my LSS using a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers. When I saw them, I thought they would be the perfect teacher gift, especially if I made them using paper that was not for a particular season.  I dragged out all of my Basic Grey papers from when I was doing kits-of-the-month with my LSS a few years back.  You can make these tissue box covers using two pieces of 8-1/2 x 11 card stock for the base and two pieces of 12 x 12 paper to cover them and then whatever you want to embellish - pretty inexpensive little gift, right?

My Fall Wreath

I don't make wreaths, but I bought this one at our school's annual "Pumpkin Patch" that sells decorated and painted pumpkins along with a whole slew of other decorative items that parents make.  I knew my mom would want to see it - she follows my blog!  LOL  This way she can tell me if I should hang it differently.  I'm sure she will make a suggestion because now that I look at the photos I'm thinking the decorated part should not go straight across the bottom.  What do you think?

Edited to Add:  My mom called me and said definitely NOT Choice A.  Do you like Choice B or Choice C better?!

Choice A

Choice B

Choice C