Monday, September 12, 2011

Fred She Said-Pumpkin With Sunflowers

Hello blogging friends. This is an image from Fred She Said called Pumpkins and Sunflowers. One of my all time favorite go-to images for the fall. You can find it right here. I swear you can't make a bad card with this image-it just takes over and your creative juices start flowing.

I cut the background with Spellbinders nestablities, used my Martha Stewart Laurel Leaf punch around the page, made some punched sunflowers with microbead centers and added some pearls. Quick and simple. Sure needed that tonight. Want to know why????

Well it has been awful exciting in my craft room the last two weeks. First I had a good size lizard in my craft room-the kind with a blue strip down it's back.....yuck. Then not to many days after that I had a big juicy centipede. Well my son picked him up and threw him out the door. Two days later he showed back up-I begged him not to squish him on my pretty floor. He was the size of a New England night crawler.....LARGE. Anyway tonight I am talking with my husband and am walking up the steps and there is a SNAKE.....yes.....I said SNAKE. He had his head over the step looking at me. I think he was a pygmy rattlesnake but my husband said no. Either way it un-nerved me and I am a little shakened here. At least my husband said he was proud of me for not screaming bloody murder. Can't wait to see what shows up tomorrow night....lol

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed this card. I am back with more the rest of the week with a tutorial tomorrow.

Challenges Entered
Craft Your Passion - Craft with the "F" word (Flowers and Flourishes)
Crafty Boots - anything goes
Die Cut Dreams - Flower Power- At least 5 Flowers
Happileigh Scrappin - Autumn
Lexi's Creations - Autumn
My Craft Spot - Happy Harvest
Critter Sketch - Photo Inspiration

21 comments:

Emily Keaton said...

Be-YOO-ti-FULL, Carol!! Oh, pumpkins make me so happy. I love all the fall leaves and produce!! Makes me want to stock my pantry for the long winter ahead. OK, sounds like you've been having just WAY too much excitement in your craft room. I hope you receive NO MORE uninvited guests!! I would have screamed bloody murder with that last one. Ugh!!!!

Dr Sonia S V said...

So beautiful Carol- once again a stunning creation. I just love dropping in to your blog!

Cheers
Sonia
http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

Marisa said...

Gorgeous pumpkin image and beautifully layered on the nestie. Your sunflowers are amazing too. Another fabulous fall card :)

Your creepy crawly stories bring back many memories of the years we lived in Costa Rica. Took a friend down there for a vacation many years ago and the first night there was a crawly thing of some sort in the shower, a centipede in the sink and a lizard somehow got stuck in the fridge and lept over my shoulder when I opened the door. I do draw the line at snakes though! We used to fumigate our house twice a year when we lived there to keep them at bay. Keep us posted on your adventures!

KarinsArtScrap said...

wonderfull card carol, beautiful made.
love your papers you always use.

greetings karin

CraftygasheadZo said...

Gorgeous! Thanks for joining us over at Crafty Boots. Zo x

jennyplace2 said...

Such a gorgeous card, the colour combo is just amazing, just stunning. As far as your animal friends in your scraproom, they send chills right down my spine. I think I would be scared to death to go down there again. LOL! Thanks for joining the challenge at My Craft Spot.

Unknown said...

Thanks for joining us at DCD your card is gorgeous, luv the colours.
Chris x

Amy Tidd said...

What a fab card - love the organza bow! Thankyou for taking part in the first Crafty Boots Challenge! Amyxx

Georgia Ehrmann said...

very stunning! I love the pumpkins with those yummy sunflowers and your pearl accents are wonderful!Thank you for playing with us at HLSC this week and good luck!
Hugs,
Georgia
HLSC DT

Lucianna Dilsaver said...

Wow, gorgeous card with such fabulous details, really beautiful! Thanks so much for joining us this week @ Critter Sketch :)

Joy said...

Gorgeous fall card !! Love the sunflowers and pumpkins ! Thanks for playing along with us this week, at My Craft Spot !
Joy

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful talents with us at Lexi's Creations! Sure hope you join us again soon!

Jacki Daniels said...

this is beautiful thanks for joining us at Critters this time
Jacki xx

Paddington fan said...

Great Autumn card and such a fabulous image! Thanks for joining us at Lexi's Creations this time and hope to see you again soon! Love Jacky x

Anonymous said...

Your colouring is stunning.Beautiful flowers too.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion. Hope to see you again next week :D
Lisa x

Dee's Craft Room said...

Great card Carol, love your use of textures.

Thank you for entering the first Crafty Boots challenge.

Dionne

Kate said...

This is gorgeous! The stitching is wonderful! What a fabulous fall card!
Thanks so much for playing along at My Craft Spot!
Kate
Small Bits of Paper

Amy C said...

This is so very pretty!! Your coloring is wonderful. Thanks for linking up with us at My Craft Spot this week!!

Hugs,
Amy
Scrapping Mommy

Star said...

This is absolutely gorgeous!! Beautiful coloring, and lovely design. I love all of the embellishments.

Thanks for playing with us at Happileigh Scrappin'!

xx Star

Shirley said...

What an inspiration! Too too beautiful for words!

Whimcees said...

Hello!

What a beautiful card! I love the colors!

I hope that all is well with you! I have been looking at all of your wonderful creations since I was here last to visit you. Awesome as always! Wishing you a great week!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane