World Card Making Day

Today is World Card Making Day and so my friend, Kim, invited several of us over to make cards for the soldiers.  These will be sent to the troops so they have cards they can send home to family members.  To make these easier to send, I tried to keep them simpler. 

My first card is using one of those precious House Mouse Designs stamps.  I had actually set out one to take with me with the perfect Autumn theme, but moved a few things around in my craftroom and misplaced it.  Kim let me dig through her stamps and I found this cute It's My Party Happy Hopper stamp.  It is really a birthday image but I decided to get creative and make it fit my needs. 

After coloring the image, I cut it out and added it inside the pumpkin shaped window created with a Spellbinders’ die.  I die cut smaller pumpkins, added some color and dimension, and added a cute face to the larger one that I tucked under the Hopper’s arms.  I added some Fall leaves, cut and embossed with another Spellbinders die from some white cardstock colored with Memento Inks using the direct to paper technique.  The sentiment is stamped on a little green sign created with a die from Marianne’s Designs called Lamp & Sign Dies.  The orange, green, and purple cardstock are all from Basic Grey. 

I will be back with more cards. 

E. Marie

This card is entered in the following challenges:

HM&F Challenge #129 (#HMFMC129) - Autumn and or Harvest

Marianne’s Design Divas Challenge #14 – Stamp Something

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge:  Leaf-spiration

AllSorts Challenge Week 175 – Autumn Leaves and Trees

Anything Goes Challenge 77 - Animals

Catch The Bug October Challenge – Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge R#92 – Lots of Leaves

Crafty Catz Challenge #153 – Autumn

Crafty Creations Challenge #190 - Colors of Fall

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #139 – Colors of Autumn

Stamp With Fun Challenge #181 – Autumn
DYSU #92 - Warm Colors
MAWTT Challenge #162 - In The Dark
Paper Play Challenge Week 40 - Shine On
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge PPMC59 - Fall
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #152 - Anything Goes