Rudy's Happy Harvest

 It is time for crops to be harvested and that means my daily commute usually includes a tractor or two. Crops are coming off the fields and the farmers are working hard to feed their families and animals. One of the places I drive by has a garden at the front of a corn field and for awhile they had a homemade scarecrow "standing" at the edge of the garden. It made me smile to see the aluminum pie plates blowing in the breeze and inspired my card featuring "Lg. On Guard Rudy" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. He is going to be happy to rest after the crops are off the fields and the produce is out of the garden! 

After stamping Rudy on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge to help him stand out on my background. I found a piece of blue paper in my stash for the sky and added that to a piece of  card stock and patterned paper from Echo Park. 

To create my scene, I die cut some grass, clouds and a fence and added them to the blue paper.  I used the cut off piece of patterned paper to add a few pieces to the side to help tie the card together. A stamped sentiment cut with a fish tail banner and some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Lg. On Guard Rudy (T048)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Bold Happy Harvest (G085)

Patterned Paper - Fall - Echo Park, stash 

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, fence die - Dies To Die For, grass die - Your Next Stamp, cloud die - Die'sires, fish tail die - Whimsy Stamps

Copic Markers

Pants/Bandana - B91 B93 B95 B97 B99

Straw - Y11 Y19 YT24 E17

Shirt/Patches  - YR15 YR16 YR68 E09

Crow/Nose - N4 N5 N8 N10

Beak/Feet  - Y11 Y15 Y17

Face/Rope - E40 E41 E42 E43

Post - E23 E35 E37 E87

Hat/Boots - E55 E43 E47

Flower - YG 17 YG67 G28 B39 Y11 Y15 Y17 YR15 YR16 YR68 E09

    

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Happy Harvest

  I live in a rural area and one of the reasons fall is my favourite time of year is that around where I live and on my drive to work, I pass many fresh farm produce stands at the end of farm lane ways. I don't always get a chance to stop but when I do, I enjoy fresh corn, peas, squash, flowers - I've seen some huge sunflowers this year, eggs and beans to name a few. "Happy Harvesting" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps reminds me of these stands because I think it looks like he is taking his fresh produce out to put on his stand. It all looks very yummy!

I stamped this adorable gnome on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. I set him aside and gathered the dies and patterned paper from Echo Park and Craft Consortium that I wanted to use on my card. I cut my paper pieces to fit my 5.5" x 5.5" card base and then cut the fence, grass, trees and clouds for my scene. I cut and glued down each piece, added the stamp to the middle section and popped the section up with foam pop dots. To finish my card I stamped the sentiment and added it to matching card stock, added some ribbon and a bow and enamel dots. 

Card Details

Stamps - Happy Harvesting (SLF023), - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Bold Happy Harvest (G085) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Fall - Echo Park, Grunge Light Tones - Craft Consortium

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, grass die - Dress My Craft, fence die - Gina Marie Designs, cloud die - Your Next Stamp, ribbon - Stampin' Up, pop dots, enamel dots  

Skin - E00 E21 E11 

Carrots - Y38 YR16 YR18

Watermelon - YG01 YG03 YG17 G28

Tomatoes - R24 R27 R37 R59

Egg Plant - V15 V17 V09

Squash- Y21 Y23 Y26

Turnip - V05 V06 E30 E31

Leaves - YG01 YG03 YG17 G28

Boots - E23 E25 E27

Flower -  Y21 Y26

Clothes - B91 B93 B95 B97 B39

Wheelbarrow - E34 E35 E57 E27

Beard - W1 W2 W3 W5

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Carrot Express

Welcome to another card inspiration,

I can't believe Summer is over and we are already in the second week of Autumn. Can't wait for the weather to get nice and cool!

For this card I'm using "Carrot Express" and "Bold Happy Harvest" both images from High Hopes Stamps. I stamped my image with Memento black ink and colored with alcohol markers. I die cut my image after was colored with a circle die then layered with some gold cardstock. The paper is "Spiced Pumpkin" from Craft Smart love this paper pad. To finish I added crystal stickles and white pearls.

Copic List; bunny W1 W3 W5

pants BG11 BG13 Bg15
carrots YR02 YR04 YG07
green YG11 YG13 YG17
wagon Y13 Y15 Y17
wheels C4 

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Nutty Harvest

Hello and Happy Sunday Everyone!

Today's card uses the adorable Little Nutty Buddy. This adorable image is one of my favorites, and his happy harvest of acorns is perfect for your fall greetings.

I have paired Little Nutty Buddy with the Bold Happy Harvest sentiment.

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Carrot Harvest Express

Fall is my favourite season. I love the cooler temperatures and snuggling up in my cozy sweaters. It is also my favourite time because the fresh produce stands start popping up at the end of the farm lane ways and at the farm markets where I live. 

"Carrot Express"  is "technically" a spring themed stamp but I wanted to challenge myself to use it in a different way. I created a scene where he is sitting in front of his carrot patch waiting for people to come purchase his carrots. And truthfully, his little red carrot express wagon just makes me smile! 

I coloured up this cutie with alcohol markers, added some shading with Prisma pencils and hand fussy cut him. After setting him aside, I started building my scene. Carrot tops from the Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge were perfect to help create his carrot field. Some blue paper for the sky and some stitched clouds helped finish off my scene. I cut a circle with my fiskars circle cutter and then used a circle Spellbinders die to cut out the middle. This gave me the circle to put in the background. I added the stamp using pop dots and the happy harvest sentiment, some fishtail flags and gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp:Carrot Express- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Bold Happy Harvest - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Tiny Check - MFT, Piggy Tails 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, Just Because Cards cartridge - Cricut, My Creative Time Dies, Circle die - Spellbinders, Fiskars circle cutter, stitched cloud die - YNS, fishtail banner die - YNS, gumdrops - YNS, Forever In Time Pop Dots

Spectrum Noir Markers:IG1 IG3 IG5 CR7 CR11 DR7 BG5 BG7 BG10 TB8 BT9 TB9 OR1 OR2 OR3

Copics: RV11 RV32 RV34

Prismacolor pencils: moss green, kelp green, yellow charteuse, cadmium orange hue, scarlet lake, orange, dark purple, 10% 30% 70% cool grey.

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