Crisp Autumn

After a long work week I couldn't wait to go through my Google Reader and look at all your postings. After a few hours - I finally settled down to make this card tonight.
This card will be entered is a few challenges
Orange Brown and green at ACLP
Cute card as well at Anything Challenge
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Stitching at Crafty Catz - my first real stitching on a card!!
Crafty Creations - falling leaves (I used my little Marvy Uchida punch love it for my fall cards.
Sketch from Cute Card Thursday
Use a critter at Paper Cutz Challenge (use the squirrel from Create a Critter cart)
Theme Autumn from Paper Playtime
Polly Craft Mondays wanted Cute and Cuddly

Inside I used a portion of the fall word Cuttlebug Folder

FB Birthday Bash! Challenge #2: Indian Summer

Well I missed the timing on Ch#2 but I wanted to partake in it anways.
On fb page of OWH - not wanting summer to end - we were asked to make a Indian Summer card.
Here is my take - using SU! stamps, ink and paper. The leaf punch is from Marvy Uchida

Happy Birthday - handmade flower

Made this card for my MIL, I followed the basic directions from Julie but I used an embossing tool to create the arch in the petals and the lift in the center. It worked great because the embossing tool has two different tips. To assist in the pressure - just use a piece of fun foam! By used the embossing tool - you can put veins in the petals.

I am entering this in a few challenges - one at Paper Pleasing ideas, at Scrappy Frog - to make flowers, at Alphabet Challenge - we are U for unused stash - which would be my old embossing tool and the 8 petal punch. At Allsorts - we are to use three punches. I actually used 4. (Border, center flower, petals and leaves.

Here is my first sample - with diff colored paper and cs so you can see the layers.
Here is the one I made for the card - I inked to bring more hues to the flower.

The embossing on the powder blue cs is Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug, the border punch is SU! The sentiment is from my stash - I think years ago from the dollar bin at M's

To make my flowers I used the 8 petal flower by Marvy Uchida which was in my stash for a puchase a few months back that I just had to have - but not used since (LOL)
the leaves are the 5 petal flower punch from SU!

BBtB2 and GS#31 Birthday Card

I love this layout from Get Sketchy that I used for the BBtB2 birthday cake challenge
The cake is cut at 3 1/2" from Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge as well as the corner sentiment at 1 1/2".
The star is punched from a large Marvy punch, the circle frame is cut using my Coluzzle

Hello. BBTB challenge

At BITTEN by the BUG Regina tempted us to a STORYBOOK....BIRD CHALLENGE
I do not have this cart - so I cut the bird out by hand.

I ran the bird through the D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder and inked him. Hand cut the branch and layered with paper flowers. The tag is a large Marvy punch inked and hand written HELLO. Added a tiny brad for the birds eye and mounted all on the fabulous Rustic DCWV card stock.