Autumn Leaves Are Falling

Hello. Do you love colouring? I seem to have rekindled my love for copics, and I had fun colouring this pretty, wreath with some autumn shades.

I'm not the best at colouring. I have no real idea of where to put shadows, or highlights, but I'm learning to just let go and enjoy it. Easy to do when you have such a pretty image to work with. After colouring I added some white dots (went a bit crazy with them!), some little gems,  and, at the last minute, I squeezed in that little blue bird.

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Inkspirational

clearly besotted - ring around autimn, coloured with copics
wow  - metallic gold embossing powder
pink fresh studio - diagonal stitch rectangle

Happy Pawlidays

Hello. The theme over at Inspired By, this week is scrappy! That's perfect for us crafters that never throw anything away. Which is ALL of us, right?

My scrappy hoard not only contains things from card making, but also odd bits of packaging, pieces of string or wool, fabric cut offs, buttons and bows, and those annoying pieces of ribbon they sew into all your clothes.Tell me I'm not the only one!

So, for this challenge I had a rummage, and came up with a couple of brown paper bags. These came from my Gousto box. Gousto has helped keep me sane through lockdown. For those of you not familiar, it's a recipe box, where they deliver everything you need to make your meals. They use these paper bags to put the garlic in, and, of course, I keep them. I even found one with the white snow already on it, that must have been from a Christmas delivery.

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I was inspired by the brown paper bags, with some red stripes and green 

mft - happy pawlidays, star from oh christmas tree
coloured with copics.

lawn fawn stitched hillside border die

Autumn Leaves and Pumpkins Please

Yay! It's Autumn. My favourite time of year. I'm looking forward to wrapping up for our woodland walks, pumpkin spiced lattes, slow cooker casseroles, and curling up on the sofa with a good book. What are you looking forward to?

I'm so happy I bought this cute autumn set. My daughter is an autumn lover too, so I thought it would be perfect for her wedding anniversary card. Five years already !! Where does the time go?

I fussy cut the wreath and critters and coloured them with copics. Then I  tried them on various coloured backgrounds, finally settling on that dark green.

I admit. I am a born again Clearly Besotted lover. I avoided their stamps for ages, because of the lack of dies. Crazy, right? Don't be scared of fussy cutting people! ;o)

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Time Out Challenges

clearly besotted - ring around autumn, coloured with copics and a few gems
mama elephant - labeled messages