Friday, October 29, 2010

Mr Straw sends a Thanksgiving Message

It's time for another Fall card and this one is for Thanksgiving.
Mr Straw is one of the cutest scarecrows I've ever seen and he was such fun to colors. I used a non Fall set of papers but I think they worked perfectly on this card.

Challenges:

Challenge Up Your Life - Easel Card
Lots To Do - Easel card
Creative Inspirations - Fall/Halloween
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Punches or Die Cuts (I used both)
Simon Says Stamp - Punch Em
ECP - Autumn/Fall
Crafty Creations - Autumn
Stamping Vacation Occasion Oasis - Thanksgiving
Stampin B's - Thanksgiving with a Pumpkin
Aud's Sentiments - Thanks
Diva Coffee Break - Poppy Parade, So Saffron and Baja Breeze
Inky Impressions - Flowers
The Paper Variety - Photo Inspiration (colors)
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Moving Along With the Times - Card For A Child


Card Recipe:
Image - Mr Straw
Paper - The Guy Stack by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Border and Corner Punches - Martha Stewart
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - O Scrap



This is a close up of the image, isn't he the cutest?


These are the Copic's used on this card.
I hope you like this and wish you a very Happy Halloween this weekend!
KAtie

41 comments:

Wendy Hall said...

This is sooo cute Katie:) Is the sentiment a removable bookmark?

Saskia said...

Oooh... so cute and so beautiful!!

Great to see your work at Crafty Creations Challenge! Thanks for joining us and good luck!!

Sweet greetings, Saskia
(guest designer)

Lisa Jane said...

Fabulous card - love the colours and the sweet little inage
Thnaks for joining us at MAWTT this week
Lisa ;)

Karen said...

Gorgeous Katie, love the colours, thanks for joinnig us at Digi Doodle Shops Best.
xx

Yara said...

Ohh!! Beautiful card!!! Love everything the image and the coloring! Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Variety!!

Katja said...

Lovely card! I really love the DP you've used! Thanks for joining our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!
Hope to see you again next week???

Greetings,
Katja (DDSB-DT)

Tere Azua said...

Super cute card and very welll designed.
thank You for playing with us this week at The Paper Variety!

crafty creations said...

beautiful card so pefectly coloured Katie

Thanks for sharing with the Lotstodo Challenge x Hilda

Julie said...

He is adorable. I love your coloring and the colors you chose for this project. Thanks for joining us at Aud sentiments
Hugs,
julie

Mark's Finest Papers said...

Super cute!!!

Unknown said...

Great easel card Katie. I love your colouring and you're right he is cute!! Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments this time.
hugs
Dawn x

Hazel (Didos) said...

WOW this is brilliant, Love the image and your colouring is brilliant as always. Thanks for joining in with us on MAWTT this week Hazelxoxo

Dorcas said...

Hi Katie! You did an excellent job on this card and it fits in perfectly with our challenge at Creative INspirations. so thanks for joining in. :-)
btw, are you the one I'm supposed to send my card pic to as GD for Pixie cottage? Its getting so close to the day and I have no idea who I send what to and when.
Thanks. :-)

Zoechaos said...

Such a cute card and beautifully coloured. thank you for sharing with us at Lots to do. xx Zoe

Lynn McAuley said...

What a sweet Thanksgiving card, Katie!

Thanks for sharing it with Speedy's Friends!

Lola said...

Oh My! This is just beautiful!

Jóna said...

Adorable card !

Thanks so much for joining us at Digi Doodle Shops Best, hop to see you again :D

I am one of the DT members and I want to tell you about group I have opened at PCP "Fan's of Digi Doodle Shop" and you are so very welcome to join us there :D
http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/fansofdigidoodleshop

All the best to you, Jóna

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Awwww Mr Straw is so cute, love him! Great colours & LO hun..
Thank you for joining us at MAWTT this week! Good Luck! Hugs Shell xx

Benzi said...

You're so right...what a cute scarecrow and he even has a carrot nose! Great easel card! So glad you joined the Stampin B's this week with your adorable creation.

dstandard said...

Your cards are fabulous Kathy!

Audrey said...

All I can say is Wow! You are an amazing artist! Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments and don't forget to enter in our October monthly drawing going on right now.

Joanne Travis said...

That is so sweet! Thanks for sharing which Copics you used, I'll have to pick up some of these that I don't have yet.
Thanks for sharing with us and for joining Speedy's Friends for our special anniversary week!

mfc.melissamade2 said...

Such a beautiful Halloween card - love the easel too! Great job and thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations!
Meliss

Suzy said...

Super cute! Thanks for playing at the Paper Variety! :)

Sara said...

So so cute! Love your papers. Thanks for playing along with DDSB!

WeirdCat said...

Love the colours you have chosen and the frame is so pretty,thank you for joining us this week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Ruth x

Joanne (jojot) said...

he just makes me grin...thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends and the Stampin B's

Tina said...

I love it when a card makes me smile! I love this image and he's beautifully colored and I love your papers and easel card! :D Thank you for taking part in this week's challenge over at Digi Doodle's Challenge Blog! Hugs

Rosemary said...

Katie your card is cute and I love the image and the colors

Diane said...

Such a cute scarecrow - a lovely Autumn card! Thank you for playing along with us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!
Diane x

Brenda Brown said...

I love your cards Katie, they are always so vibrant and extremely well made, this one is no exception.
Thankyou for sharing it with us for the 'card for a child' challenge at MAWTT.
Luv Brenda xx

Abby Beard said...

This is too adorable! Love everything about it. Thanks for playing with us at The Paper Variety! :)

skylife said...

Oh, it's so cute! The frame and the tag are awesome! Just LOVE them!

Thanks for joining us at DDSB

email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com said...

Ooh! I love those papers and the tag! As always, the coloring looks awesome too!!

Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

-Sarah

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card Katie, super cute.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp for our punch 'em challenge
hugs Mandy xx

Manuela said...

An adorable card! The image is really nice :)

Thanks for joining us at Challenge up your Life!

Hugs, Manuela

Anonymous said...

Very cute card!! Thanks for playing along with the Divas!!

Kristin Moore said...

Now that's a lot of challenges! Cute- I like the variety of texture. Thanks for playing along with the Divas!

PS- it might just be me, but I'm having a lot of trouble reading the black font on the dark background on your blog. Just thought I'd mention it.

Emily Keaton said...

I love this adorable scarecrow! What a great Thanksgiving card it makes. Thanks for playing along with the Stampin' B's DT this week for our challenge to make Thanksgiving cards featuring pumpkins :)

Anonymous said...

too cute!! Thanks for joining us at MAWTT! :)

Ruthie said...

This is such a cool card - love the image

thanks for joining in the fun at Aud Sentiments

Rx