One More Catherine Scanlon Treasure and a Fast Giveaway!

I was having such a good time creating cards 

with Catherine Scanlon's new release stamp sets a few weeks ago...
I (thought) that I was really organized...

Creating cards...taking photos...
Sharing cards every day at my blog.
The week passed so quickly.
I was happy with how the week went...and how excited so many people were about the stamps...

and especially for having discovered Catherine Scanlon Designs Stamps via my blog!

And then it happened.
I realized that I forgot to create a cards & share one stamp set with you.

So I am back today to share a card created with the forgotten stamp set!

and...

I've got a GIVEAWAY as well!
A fast..."Post a comment today...and a winner will be announced tomorrow" kind of giveaway.
**So don't forget to post a comment below..and check back tomorrow to see who the winner will be!

I'll also share a link to the July Catherine Scanlon Week re-cap blog post

in response to some inquiries I've received about that.
If you've become a lover of Catherine's designs...
You won't want to miss taking a peek at the July re-cap.

Please note: I won't be offended when you come back and tell me that I am a huge enabler!
I hear it all of the time.

But first...I'd like to share the card

The forgotten stamp set is called HELLO.

This fab stamp set comes with a large floral image with lots of fantastic detail

and an assortment of 3 sentiments.

I chose to stamp the image with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.

I colored the image with a combination of Copic Markers

with an overlay of Polychromos pencil blending on the flowers and larger leaves.
The pencil shading was blended with a colorless blender pen/marker

I brushed background color on with Clarity Stencil Brushes

and ink lifted from ink pads.

The image is matted with deep purple metallic card stock (LCI).

The larger mat layer is a print that looks like shades of purple water coloring

I stamped the sentiment then hand cut and matted the sentiment.

The image layer and the sentiment were positioned with fun foam

for added dimension and a sturdy lift.

Here's a close up...

Look at all of those fantastic details!
(A dream for card makers like me...who love to color and shade and blend)

Isn't HELLO  beautiful?
If you'd like to see more of Catherine's beautiful stamps at work..

Take a look at the July Catherine Scanlon Week Re-cap

HERE

These are just a few of many cards shared in the July re-cap blog post

Don't forget to leave a comment below

to be in on tonight's giveaway!
(I'll toss the names of those who comment into a hat...
and will pick a winner...he old fashioned way...
I'll post the winner's name... here at my blog tomorrow)

Thank for visiting today, my crafty and creative friends!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Michelle.

The Last of the Leaves

I can't make any promises

because I really do love creating Autumn themed cards...

BUT...

I'm thinking that the card that I am sharing today

may be the last of the Autumn leaf cards.


Today's leafy and Autumn-y card is about as CAS as it gets!

I used one stamp from CTMH's Autumn Splendor stamp set to create the leafy panel.

This card included using dye ink and Distress Oxide Ink(s).

I chose bronze LCI Metallic card stock for matting

and...a great quote stamp by IO (Impression Obsession)
I brushed ink onto the the sentiment piece with Clarity Stencil Brushes.

I used multiple inking layers and stamping 

to create the stamped shadowy dimensional look of this card.

So there you have it...

what is probably my last Autumn-y looking card

(with the exception...of course...of what I may whip us for Thanksgiving!)

I hope that you've enjoyed these last few days of the Autumn cards 

that I've created and shared...

and that maybe...you've also found a little bit of inspiration here at my blog!

Have a wonderful day, my crafty and creative friends

and thanks for visiting!
Michelle