A Fall Drive

The best part of fall is a drive through the crisp air to take in all the colors of the season or make a card depicting it! 

I used a Marvy black marker to add the highway, birds and stamp the exhaust and antennae of the truck (14508 truck) image on the cardstock.  The car and landscape were colored with Prismacolor pencils and after cutting the car out it was mounted on foam squares.  The sky was created with my handmade cloud template and sponging.  Aleene’s tacky glue was the adhesive used to attach the EK Success punched tree and Flower Soft (Autumn).

    

I enjoy giving the mail person a sneak peek of what’s inside the card and recipient gets a little added treat with the punched leaves on the inside.

 

I hope you’re inspired to create some fall fun of your own!

Kristie's first Design Team post.

Hello All! This is my first posting as a new QKR Stampede Design Team member and I am thrilled to be here. I will be posting on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, as well as posting on my blog on a regular basis. I'd love for you to stop by and see what I have to share on my blog too.

I made this card using the adorable Happy Tummy stamp from QKR Stampede. When I saw this little guy I knew I would love creating a card with him. I stamped the image onto white cardstock with Onyx Black Versafine ink. I love using this ink, as it is waterproof and I can use my watercolor crayons to color the image. I then stamped it with Red Whispers ink and cut out the top and bottom of the apple, this part was adhered to the image once I had 'fussy' cut around the entire image.

I used my SCAL2 program and my Cricut Expressions to create and cut the apple shaped card, then adhered the cut out image to the front of the card with foam tape to give it a little dimension.

The 'Celebrate' that I added to the front of the card is from Forever in Time Vintage Classics Rub-Ons.

The white dash lines were done with an Ultimate Gel Pen.

For the inside of this card I cut a smaller apple on my Expressions, then printed the sentiment from my computer. This was adhered to the inside of the card with my ATG tape gun.

Thanks for stopping by today! We all hope you will make the QKR Stampede Blog a regular daily stop. Leave a comment and let me know what you think of my card.

Get ready to bundle up!

Hello Friends ~ Happy Wednesday! Todays post is brought to you by QKR Stampede!

I used a stamp called Bundled Up. Couldn't resist this cute little guy. I live in the Northern part of Minnesota and we have several occasions where we need to bundle up! 

Scary to think that winter is just around the corner. 

Here is my card:

The Let it snow stamp is also from QKR.

I used a Taylored Expressions Sketch for my layout. 

I distressed the background before stamping the image.

 I paper pieced his jacket for a different look.

 I added color with colored pencils.

Detail shot:

He reminds me of the little boy in the movie Christmas Story.

Thanks for visiting today! 

See you soon!

Barb

Scarecrow Greetings

Hello! I am a new DT member and I have a cute card to share with you today using this scarecrow. You can also get him in digi form here.

I colored him with Copics and colored pencils/gamsol. I absolutely love fall and this little guy is just too cute. I even named him "Patches". Just seemed he needed a name.

Here is the inside view. The sentiment is created on the computer using Creating Keepsakes' Ali's Hand font. You can download it for free here.

A little about me...I am wife to Bruce (married 21 yrs) and mom to Benjamin 18 (freshman in college) and Aaron 15 (sophmore). We live on a farm and right now are in apple season as well as on the last alfalfa cutting.

I am a paraeducator at the high school. I have been stamping for 14 years. Hard to believe it's been that long. I love making papercrafts of all kinds and giving as gifts. I am blessed to be a part of this team and look forward to getting to know you.

I will be posting the 1st and 3rd Tuesday every month, so stop by and say hi.

Happy Fall!

Hello to all our QKR Stampede friends and fans! I scheduled today's post a little later hoping that you had a chance to see yesterday's post about the new Design Team Members . . . another ensemble of very talented ladies from whom you are sure to be inspired. Each Design Team Member's blog is linked, so if you haven't yet done so, be sure to visit their blog, welcome them to the QKR Stampede family, and watch for their amazing projects! My project today uses the Leaf (#3901) stamp image. I created a marbled/polished stone background on glossy paper using the Ranger Alcohol Inks (Buttescotch, Meadow, and Red Pepper), then overstamped the Leaf in Rich Cocoa ink, varying the position of the leaf. The sentiment, which is a favorite of mine, was computer-generated.

Thanks for stopping by today!   ---Carol

New Design Team!!!!

Hello, and Happy October! October brings a brand new Design Team to QKR Stampede. I am soooo excited to be working with these ladies. We have some fabulous talent all around again. I know I am looking forward to seeing the great projects that the new Design Team comes up with for your inspiration. Well without further ado....

The QKR Stampede Design Team!!!!

Returning with us are:

Barb Best

Carol Lecian

Ceal Pritchett

Jerusha Borden

and Jessica Stockmeyer

and a warm welcome to:

Dawn Lotharius

Debbie Fisher

Kristie Maynard

Kristine Reynolds

Lorraine Lowe

Monika Stutzke

and Roxie Glaza

WooHoo!!! What a talented line up this is. Be sure to stop by each of the ladies blogs and see some samples of their work! Don't forget to become a follower of their blogs too. And...stop by this blog as these fabulous ladies will be bringing new projects to you almost daily!

Frosty The Snowman

My heart just melts over snowmen and this guy reminds me so much of Frosty melting away.  I made a shaped card using my spellbinders Labels 8 and the stamp Melting Snowman. The inside has the sentiment Melt Your Heart, which says be careful a snowman can melt your heart. I added some crochet ribbon and a charm to finish it off