Monday, September 10, 2012

Pick a peck

     "Autumn Colors" is our theme this week at The Kraft Journal.  For my card I've chosen to use a couple of freebie digital images from Birdie Brown aka Torico.  I am so blessed to be able to work with Torico's amazing clear stamps for There She Goes and her digis are just as cute.
     I've used a base of Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock and layered it with panels of Buff Ivory Cover Weight cardstock and fall colored designer papers.  My image was colored with Copics and white gel pen highlights on the apples.  It's mounted on a Nestie die cut that I cut from both chipboard and Brown Kraft.  Two corner pieces of E-Flute Corrugated Kraft paper and some Natural Twill Tape were used to embellish and the sentiment was printed out and cut from more Brown Kraft.
  We'd love to have you come join in the challenge for your chance at a Top 3 Spot, Friday Feature spot, and a $15.00 monthly gift voucher from Kraft Outlet.
     From the comments Saturday it seems I once again managed to get a song stuck in many of your heads.  LOL  Sorry about that.  I'll cut you a break today and not use any song titles or lyrics.  :-)  (I didn't say anything about tongue twisters  hee hee)
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday--anything goes
Allsorts--layers
Divas By Design--friendship
Fab 'n' Funky--autumn colors
Birdie Brown's September Freebie Challenge--use the freebies

     Happy Monday!


Supplies
  • Paper:  The Paper Studio, Making Memories, Copic XPress-it Blending card
  • Stamp:  Birdie Brown, Annabelle Stamps sentiment
  • Ink:  Copics, Sakura white gel pen, Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles and Lacey Circles

40 comments:

loz said...

Gorgeous card and image Tracy..Loz

Ros Crawford said...

Gorgeous ... I love the juicy apples

Lisa Minckler said...

Couldn't figure out what you were talking about in the post... I'd read the sentiment and read it again and nothing. Scroll up..read post title...HAHAHAHA...dangit!

What a gorgeous bundle of apples..LOL..I'm refusing to give into that rhyme. I love the 11 layers that I counted too. :) So nice to start my morning on your blog. Even when you mess with my head like that! LOL ;)
Have a great week Hick,
hugs,
Twang

Pauline said...

Gorgeous! Your colouring is beautiful, love the white hightlight on the apples. With the white background on the image and your darker colours of paper behind it really makes this pop! Just beautiful!

Hanna said...

Oh wow, Tracey, I'm so in love with this amazingly sweet card!! It's sooo cute! Fabulous design as always, you're so talented! Your creations are all masterpieces!

hugs
Hanna

Unknown said...

Now here's a perfect apple tree, such wonderful layering of papers, a superb card Tracy! Hugs, Ira
irascreacorner.blogspot.nl

sue w. said...

Hi Tracy, this is fabulous, those apples look good enough to eat, so real, great layout and papers.
Hugs Sue W.

Kim said...

gorgeous card and fab colouring as always - such shiny apples lol!
love it!
Kim x

Dawn @ LilyPinkScraps said...

So yummy! Love all the elements here, especially that scrummy twill tape :) Cute, cute, cute image and gorgeous colouring!

Alyce Kit and Clowder said...

hehehe LOVE the bear!!! How cute is he...a great card tracy. The reds are so pretty and i love the touches of corrugated card...great work! :)

Audrey Pettit said...

OMGosh, how gorgeous! And LOOK at all those layers! I actually counted them! :) WOW, Tracy!

Sue said...

This is sooooo beautiful Tracy. I love that image and the colours and textures are wonderful.

hugs Sue

heidy said...

Gorgeous card Tracy and great sentiment too!!
XXX Heidy

Dana said...

Look at all those yummy borders not to mention those luscious apples!! What a happy, fun card!!

Dilyana said...

Tracy, this card is adorable! I absolutely love it and the sentiment is great :-) Thank you so much for the link with these gorgeous stamps! I can't believe I've never seen them before :-) Wish you a lovely day :-)

Tracey T said...

A beautiful autumn card in stunning colours - I love the rich tones in your DP and the "shine" on the apples in your image. Hugs, Tracey x

Kjersti said...

Beutiful autumn card Tracy - and a gorgeous image too:)
Have a nice week!
Hugs Kjersti:)

Geri said...

Golly, this is a cutie! Even my little thumbnail picture showed how shiny those apple are!!! Sweet, Tracy!!!

Laura said...

Love this Tracy! Such a cute image and the design is gorgeous.
Laura xx

Marlies said...

A gorgeous card in lovely warm autum colours, beautiful design and a sweet image! hugs, Marlies

Wendy said...

This is gorgeous, love the sweet image and fab papers...Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky & Divas by Design this week.
Wendy xx

Faye said...

Hi Tracy. Your card is Fantastic. Stopped by from MIM for a closer look. Faye

Carla S. said...

Wonderful card, Tracy! Love the layout and adorable images! Such a great scene! Fabulous coloring, as always!

Unknown said...

This is so beautiful! I LOVE that you combined my image with these warm autumn colors!! Your coloring is fabulous.
I'd like you to enter this card to this month's freebie challenge. You can find the inlinkz HERE.;)

Sue said...

Hi again Tracy. It's so nice to pop back for another look at your gorgeous card and to say thank you for taking part in the Fab n Funky Challenge

Hugs Sue

Grenouille Greetings said...

Beautiful shiny apples and striking colourwork and I love the texture on this super pretty card! Hugs, Lesley

Nancy said...

Beautiful card, Tracy! So many wonderful layers, and I really like the great corners! As you know, I'm a huge fan of Torico's fabulous images! You did great things with these ones! Thank you! :o)

Sharron aka Sharrahug said...

Pick a peck of pickled peppers! LOL Love your card & all the fall colors (wish it was Fall here.....boohoo.....it's in the 100's....ugh). Love the kraft cs & corrugated paper. And a super cute image ta boot. Darling! And a freebie. Doesn't get much better than that. You polished up those apples real well with that white pen. Nicely done, GF!
Happy Huggies on this Fab Monday ~
Sharron♥

Anja said...

Love those autumn colors, Tracy! The image is colored beautifully and I like the corrugated kraft paper and the natural twill ribbon.
And I'd like to choose the sentiment of your card (and transform it just a little bit) to tell you: «Happiness is to have a bloggie friend like you!» - thank you so much for your lovely comments on my blog!
Big hugs, Anja

Unknown said...

This is lovely Tracy and a sweet image Hugs Elaine

Shirley-Anne said...

Fabulous multi layered card .Beautiful colouring of sweet image .
Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday .

Unknown said...

Super duper cute my friend. Such a cute image.

Hugs~

Craftnut said...

Hi, this is a lovely autumnul card, thanks for playing along at allsorts this week Tracy x

Babs said...

Love the fall colours. Beautiful!
Luv, Babs xo

Jennifer said...

This is such an adorable bear and apple tree! Love how you've added shine to the apples! Wonderful layers to!

Cheryl said...

So cute! Your coloring is fabulous!

Unknown said...

The bear with the apples image on this beautifully layered card just makes my day Tracy!! :-)

~Tammy~ said...

This precious Tracy! Darling sweet little image too!

Lorraine said...

Gorgeous card! I love all the layers and that bear is just fabulous!
I saw you on MIM
Lorraine x

Safdar Ali said...

Such a lovely card. Great design. Designing is so nice job and i realize this after working for the Scratch Cards Printing and designing company. I really appreciate your inspirational work.