Thankful!

It's hard to believe that it's already been a week since hurricane Irene blew through the east coast.  My prayers are for all of you who are still cleaning up.  I am thankful that a day without electricity was the only inconvenience we experienced and lives around here are beginning to return to normal.

I am also thankful for all of you, dear friends, who stop by and leave such  kind comments.  I'm thankful that it's Saturday once again and time for another sketch at The Sweet Stop and as usual, Korin has another great one for us!

Creative Nugget:  Autumn is probably my favorite of all the seasons.  The colors of fall are so rich and warm.  With that in mind, my card sample today was made with two new Sweet 'n Sassy stamp sets.  I just LOVE coloring the leaves from the "Autumn Leaves" set with copic markers.  It's so much fun to see how many different ways the colors can be blended to mimic fall colors and still match the designer papers.  The sentiment is from the "Many Thanks" set and was cut with a circle nestability die and popped up on a Dark Chocolate circle die.  This was then popped up on a larger circle die.  After the leaves were colored and cut out, they were arranged around the sentiment to form a wreath.  A jelly roll pen was used to trace the veins in the leaves for some shimmer.  Little branches were punched out of matching DP and filled in the spaces in the wreath.  The leaf wreath was then popped up on a card base decorated with Basic Grey designer paper.  Some piercing, button twine, and pearls colored with a copic marker were added as finishing touches.  My take on this sketch is very different from that of the other Sugar Babies so you will want to stop in to see the wonderful cards they have made and leave a little love on each of their blogs.

 

The Sugar Babies

Korin Sutherland 

Monika Davis 

Shelby Goolsby 

 Lorie Ames

Wendy Ramlakhan  

Janice Melton 

Shannon White 

Kim O' Connell

     

  

If you are looking for something to do on Monday, a few very talented online stamping buddies have put together a Fall Fun Blog Hop you won't want to miss!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe

Stamps: Autumn Leaves, Many Thanks (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Dark Chocolate (PTI), Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Ranger)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Dark Chocolate (PTI), Poppy Parade (SU!), Max and Whiskers DP (Basic Grey)

Accessories: Circle Nesties (Spellbinders), Canvas Impression Plate, Button Twine (PTI),  Kaiser Pearls, Clear Jelly Roll Pen (Sakura), Piercing Tool, Pine Branch Punch (McGill), Copic Markers R08, R24, R27, BG72, BG75, YR24, YR30, YR31, E71, E74, E93, E97, E99