Get Ready for Fall!

Hello and Happy Sunday Everyone!

Another month arrives, and with it a new theme. This months’ theme here on the One Crazy Stamper blog is Fall. Come visit daily for new inspiration from the talented Design Team.

My first fall card for you uses one of my favorite stamps in the High Hopes Rubber Stamps inventory. I just can’t resist a sunflower! This great image is Sunflower Smiles.

Have a perfectly lovely Sunday and we'll see you again next week with more great inspiration from the talented team at One Crazy Stamper.

Nuts About You

We have a ton of squirrels that live in my neighbourhood. Each morning there are about 10 - 15 babies that I watch play in my neighbours back yard racing up and around the tree trunks. 
Later in the day I see these babies and the adults busy collecting and packing their food for winter hibernation. 
Little Nutty Buddy reminds me of these squirrels and I wanted to use him on a card that I can put in my stash for just the right moment when I would like to let someone know in a fun way how important they are to me. 

I coloured up this cutie with alcohol markers, added some shading with Prisma pencils and cut him out using a circle die. The tip of his tail had to be cut a little to slide the die in under it to cut it the size I wanted it. 
Next I grabbed some paper from Carta Bella and cut it to fit my design. All of the paper edges including the leaves have a touch of umber ink on them to make them pop a little. 
Twine from my stash, skeleton leaves and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp:Little Nutty Buddy- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Nuts About You - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Hello Fall - Carta Bella 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, umber ink - Versa Mark, twine, fish tail banner die - YNS, banners #3 die - Sizzix, circle die - Spellbinders, skeleton leaves - Tim Holtz, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs, wood acorn - stash

Spectrum Noir Markers: CG1 DG2 YG3 EB1 RB1 RB2 RB3

Copics: E31 E34 E37 

Prismacolor pencils: dark brown, burnt ochre, putty beige, moss green, yellowed charteuse, sepia, sienna brown

The High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper Design teams post daily inspiration on Facebook and the blog. Inspiration can also be found on Instagram and Pinterest! 

                                                               

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Phew! Happy Harvest!

I have one more Fall/Halloween inspired card to share with you today. I can't believe it's the last day of August already! 

"Harvest Harry" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps sure seems happy about harvest being started. He is exhausted! Guarding crops is a tough job! I think he already has his bags packed for vacation!

After colouring the stamp with alcohol markers I fussy cut Harry leaving a thin white border. I added some blue paper behind him after running it through an embossing folder. Paper from Echo Park was perfect for this card. I added some fun wheat and bobbles as an embellishment for something different and fun. The sentiment was created on my computer. A few of my favourite - gumdrops - finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Harvest Harry (S032), - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Misti, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic Xpress It Cardstock, 

Sentiment: Calibri font - computer

Patterned Paper: The Story of Fall by Lori Whitlock - Echo Park

Stitched Rectangle Die and Fish Tail Banner Dies - Your Next Stamp, Florals - Ashland, Trim - Island Time, Sizzix Embossing Folder, Love Me Some Latte Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp, Silver gel pen (buttons and nail)

Spectrum Noir Markers: LY1 CT2 CT4 GB11 TN1 EB1 EB2 TB8 BT9 TB9 OR1 OR2 CR8 TN3 TN6 TN7 1G2 1G3 1G5 

Be sure to pop back tomorrow - we have a New Release blog hop that is full of cuteness overload! 

There is still time top play along in our August Fall/Halloween challenge. Click this link and come play along. I can't wait to see your creations!

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

Fresh Apple Pie

I hope you are enjoying all the fun Fall/Halloween stamps the design team is sharing this month. 

This is "Milton's Fall Harvest". He looks so proud of all his apples! For me this stamp reminded me of all of the fresh, warm apple pie and apple crisp my mom made when we were growing up. She sometimes made apple dumplings too but not too often so they were a special treat for us. 

Close Up

After colouring the stamp with alcohol markers I cut him out using a stitched rectangle die. I added some paper from Jillibean, Carta Bella and some from my stash. I added some texture by running some plain cardstock through an embossing folder and using some burlap ribbon. The sentiment was created on my computer. Milton is popped up with pop dots as there are lots of layers of paper underneath him. A quilled apple from my stash finishes off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Milton's Fall Harvest (S214), - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Misti, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic Xpress It Cardstock, 

Sentiment: Calibri font - computer

Patterned Paper: Dots and Stripes - Carta Bella, Jillibean, stash

Stitched Rectangle Die - Your Next Stamp, Forever in Time 3D Pop Dots, burlap ribbon - dollar store, quilled apple - stash, Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Spectrum Noir Markers: TN1 EB1 EB2 EB6 EB3 EB5 TN3 TN6 TN7 GB8 GB10 CR7 CR11 DR6 LG1 LG3 LG5 JG2 JG3

There is still time top play along in our August Fall/Halloween challenge. Click this link and come play along. I can't wait to see your creations!

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

Happy Anniversary

Hello there, and welcome back.  I am so glad you came back to check out what I am creating for the challenge we have here at 

One Crazy Stamper, the design team out did themselves yet again and Lora has great prizes.  

Supplies: Heart Felt Creations Paper, Sunflowers, Word dies, 

Paper pieced the High Hopes Rubber Stamps image 

and colored using Copic Markers too.  

Let's Do Lunch?

It's Wednesday and my turn to share some Fall/Halloween inspiration with you. 

A sure sign of fall being just around the corner is that sweet corn is in season so I chose to make my card using "We're All Ears and Cawnie and Cawrls Lunch" stamps from High Hopes. 

Close Up 1

Close Up 2

After colouring the stamp with alcohol markers I fussy cut them out. I used a Cricut cartridge to cut out my cornstalks and ink blending to create my sky background. I wanted the stamp used in the circle to look like you are in the middle of a corn field....great place for lunch don't you think? lol

The sentiment was created on my computer and buttons from my stash and some twine finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamps: We're All Ears (K034), Cawnie and Cawrls Lunch (H153) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Misti, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic Xpress It Cardstock, 

Sentiment: Calibri font - computer

Patterned Paper: Pumpkin Patch- American Crafts, I Heart Summer - Simple Stories, It's A Boy Dots and Stripes - Carta Bella

Ink: Bashful Blue - StampinUp!, Baby Blue - Memories

Dies: Fish Tail Banners - Your Next Stamp, Classic Circles - Spellbinders

Just Because Cards Cricut Cartridge, American Craft Twine, Buttons - stash

Spectrum Noir Markers: CT4 GB5 OR1 BG5 BG7 BG10 CG1 DG2 DG4 LY1 CT2 TN1 EB1 EB2

Our challenge for August is Fall/Halloween. Click this link and come play along. I can't wait to see your creations!

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!