The Flower with a Stencil

It's interesting to me how I can visualize something and it actually turns out!  That was what happened with this Flower Challenge.   The stencil is a chrysanthemum design, so it was an obvious choice.  The the darling 3 daisies were stamped over the bi-colored stencil. 

 

Spook and Pink for the Month of October

To Spook or Not
either Halloween or
October Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Pink)

The Challenge on Double D just seemed to require a double response. The sentiment on the pink card is especially appropriate for those who fight breast cancer.  As a survivor, I am well aware of the need to be strong. I was one of the lucky ones. 

Back in a Groove with Freshly Made Sketch

I've been "absent" for an entire month...life really got in the way this summer.  Getting back in the craft room was on the list today. I started with the latest Freshly Made Sketch   I rarely use a tag as an embellishment, but it was a good challenge today.  Accents are gold. 

 

Sunday Stamps with fall colors

I chose a Unity set to feature the color palette in the current Sunday Stamps challenge.   It turned out to be my first "fall" card of the year.  

 

Oh those Sunflowers!

 I live in a rural area where there are acres and acres of farmland growing a variety of crops.  For the past several years, there have been several giant fields of sunflowers ....this year, none!  It was such a shock when I went on one of my photo trips and couldn't find any sunflower fields.   However, I enjoyed this challenge, enough that I made two cards.   The big sunflower is a "double" image...the image is fussy cut and popped onto an underlying sunflower.  

                                                                        

Hello Double D fans,
it's time for a new challenge theme and it is 

SUNFLOWERS

Double D Challenges: Sunflowers Challenge (daranddiane.blogspot.com)

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Unity Image and Sentiment

A Twist of Leaves

 Can You Handle The Pressure

Anything Goes with a Twist of Leaves

Can You Handle The Pressure?: Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of LEAVES (cyhtp.blogspot.com)

Playing with Coordinating Papers

I am a paper collector...probably more honestly, I'm a paper hoarder.  I have so many stacks of it and I still love to find more.  If I used it regularly, I wouldn't feel so guilty, but that's just not me. For this Freshly Made Sketch, I picked up Unity's "Mousin' Mix-Up.'