Have a good read

   This is a card for one of my grandsons.
   The images are from another set of Brambly Hedge stamps from Crafter's Companion, this time from their new collection 'The High Hills'. I have coloured them using Promarkers with a little from a gold gel pen on the book spines. The mouse image was cut out using a Spellbinders die and matted and layered onto a black circular mirri card and a silvery gold scalloped mirri card, both having been cut out using a Spellbinders die. The set of books was hand cut.
   The window pane backing paper was from something I printed off about a year ago and had partly used. This I matted and layered onto silver mirri card, black mirri card and white card. I then attached a strip of black mirri card horizontally across the middle.
   The sentiment was stamped using a stamp from the same set and was matted onto black mirri card which had been cut out using another Spellbinders die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lacy Sunshine - include a window  
   Nutcrafter's - B is for books
   Crafty Catz - one for the boys
   The Squirrel and the Fox - for a male
   Digi Designs - all about animals
   Sweet Pea Stampers - use lots of layers
   Craft Room - something old (window pane paper) and something new (stamp)
   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - stamp
   Creative Fingers - anything goes

Mrs Eyebright

   My daughter says if I see a mouse image I will buy it. So her birthday card had to have a mouse on it, didn't it? I hope she likes it.
   I don't often make DL cards but as soon as I saw this stamp I thought DL. It is from the Autumn set of Brambly Hedge stamps from Crafter's Companion UK. I coloured it using Promarkers but used a little of the Spectrum Noir pencils on the mouse's clothes. I also used glossy accents on her eye and the blackberries.
   I didn't want to use patterned paper as I thought that would detract from the image. I therefore framed the image with core'dinations cardstock, drawing and cutting the frames by hand and making the yellow aperture slightly smaller than the orange. I used black peel offs to edge the orange aperture. I attached the image and frames together and wrapped black ribbon round the right hand side before attaching all three layers to the base cream card.
   Using Tattered Lace dies I cut the twirled leaves and words from mirri card. I coloured two Color Me Crazy flowers using Promarkers and layered these together using a card candi for the centre. I also attached three card candi to the ribbon.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - use autumn colours
   Our Creative Corner - picture inspiration
   Animal Friends - golden autumn
   Bearly Mine - autumnal colours
   As You Like It - favourite season (autumn because it is the most colourful and both my children were born in autumn)
   Sweet Stampin' - the great outdoors
   Delicious Doodles - the colour of autumn
   Creative Moments - anything goes/fall colours
   Crafty Ribbons - birthday
   Crafter's Companion - autumn