Saturday, November 1, 2008

2S4U - Happy Fall

I have enjoyed a wonderful fall day with my husband and daughter. It is not very often that we are able to spend a day together at home without having to rush off here or there! We enjoyed playing outside together and I sat and relished in how blessed I am as the two of them took a nap in the family room while I sat here in my scrapbook room and played away.
Since it has been a rather peaceful day, I decided to play along with the 2 Sketches 4 U and do BOTH the challenges! When I saw the first challenge I immediately knew what embellishment I wanted to use - the new Prima bling as well as the cardstock, some scraps of Daisy D's that I have left from a chipboard album I am working on. Add these with the Long Time Friend stamp that SU! had a couple of years back and you see what I ended up with. The ribbon is from a large box of American Crafts ribbons I purchased from QVC a while back and just busted into today. The image is colored in with copic markers!

The bonus card is almost always my favorite and the only one I usually do. When I saw this bonus sketch, I knew immediately what I wanted to do. I started off with brown for my base which I often do, then built upon it with more scraps from the Daisy D's pile. The primas are part of a bottle of green that I just *had to have* and have barely used in the 2+ years I since I purchased them. Throw in a little jute and add my stamped image and you have it. By the way, my stamped image on this card is one of my favorites. A tractor from my retired SU! Tractor Time set. I saw this set on eBay for 150.00 today and it made me really appreciate already having mine! My tractors are one of my favorite sets and often times a go to when I don't know what else to use. This set lets being country at heart shine through!
Of course when I was photographing my creations, this little cutie wanted to show off!
Have a blessed day and remember to be thankful and relish in the small moments with those you love - including your most loved scrapping supplies ;)

10 comments:

  1. Very Pretty cards, Mary! I love the bling and the tractor...part country/part city!

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  2. these both turned out gorgeous - don't you just love it when you know what products fit a card - those are one of my fave moments. Thanks for playing
    :) Kazan

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  3. What a cutie pie face. I love how you did both challenges and I am so happy to hear you had such a nice family day.

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  4. Both of these cards are beautiful Mary! Love the tractor card!

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  5. These are both wonderful! Love the swirl on the first one and the tractor on the second one! :D

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  6. These are so pretty! So is your little cutie.

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  7. Sorry, forgot to answer you Pazzles question. I have a Pazzles, the difference between that and a Cricut (as far as I know) is that a Cricut requires you to purchase cartidges and can run without a computer. You need to hook the Pazzles to a computer, but I don't need cartridges, it cuts any image I want including all the fonts I have. (-: Hope that helps!

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  8. Love your blog, great cards, love that Prima bling.

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