Autumn poems

Hello

With summer becoming a distant memory, (did we have a summer? lol)

I dug out some Autumn poems to share with you. Feel free to use these on your Autumn projects, (don't forget to credit the author).

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Autumn Splendor

{Elise Natalie Brady}

There's a little twinge of sadness

When Summer disappears,

But Autumn brings new gladness

And joys this time of year.

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Leaves Are Falling

{unknown}

Leaves are falling all around-

Red, yellow, orange and brown.

Twirling, swirling to the ground-

Look how many leaves I've found.

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An Autumn Day

{Carmen Lagos Signes}

Pumpkins in the cornfields,

Gold among the brown,

Leaves of rust and scarlet

Trembling slowly down:

Birds that travel southward,

Lovely time to play:

Nothing is as pleasant

As an Autumn day!

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Apples in Autumn

{unknown}

It's hard to eat apples,

Without my front teeth,

But apples in Autumn

Are really a treat.

The apples are squooshy

Down under my feet,

But those from the tree

Are still crunchy and sweet!

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You can find more Autumnal poems HERE at the Crafts 4 Eternity blog.

Enjoy your day

Thanks for looking

Michele x

C4E Sunday Sketch Challenge #7

Hello

I am sneaking in to post this today, I am banned today from my laptop and craft table as it's my birthday!!

I have posted this weeks sketch at the Crafts 4 Eternity blog

I have made my card with one of my birthday stamps, Hamish fixing tractor, what a cute little guy he is!!

The pattern papers are from Daisy Bucket, In The Meadow. I coloured Hamish with pencils and matched the colours to the papers. I love the versatility of these stamps.

I need a little practice lining Hamish up ! I stamped him squiffy and had to cut him out and re-mount onto white card...lol

I plan to use Hamish for Alix's birthday, he loves "trac trac's" lol!!

Well I'm off to watch "Ratatouille" with the boys!

Enjoy the rest of your day

Thanks for stopping by

Take care

Michele x

PTW - challenge

Hello

The stamps have arrived!! OMG are they fab!! I love the fact that you can colour them to co-ordinate with your papers...cool!!! lol

This weeks PTW challenge was another fab sketch from Katharina. I waited for the stamps to come before doing this card and one for the Crafts 4 Eternity Sunday Sketch so I am a little behind, but so worth it, Tilda is such a cutie!!lol

Here is my take on the sketch...

Materials

Stamp: Tilda with flower

Colours: whispers brush markers, paintbrush and water!

PP: Playful Petals, Daisy Bucket

I can see Tilda appearing on alot of cards in the future. I haven't really got into stamping, I am more of a paper girl, can't resist a pretty paper!!LOL Tilda came with a few friends so I am off to play!! lol

Have a good weekend

Thanks for looking

Michele x

Hello & Tip Tuesday

Hello

nice to see you again!!

I am so excited!!LOL I ordered myself a little birthday present last night, some Magnolia and Sugar Nellie stamps. 9 in fact!! In my defence I haven't bought myself any new stash for ages and it is my birthday!!lol (well it is on Sunday anyway!!)

So I have held off cardmaking until they arrive, 2 are already dispatched so I will mug the postman when he gets here...lol before I shout at him for walking across my garden tho!!

I have finally posted the 3D Flower embellishment project on the C4E Blog

You can download the full instructions with lots of ideas and some stencils to get started too.

I have cards to make for the C4E Sunday Sketch and PTW sketch, but I am waiting for my new stamps!!

Thanks for stopping by,

don't forget to check out the C4E Blog, there's lots to see there!!

Take care

Michele x

C4E Sunday Sketch Challenge #6

Hello

Well I am still reeling from the lovely comments you left!

Busy afternoon making cards for the C4E Sunday Sketch Challenge.

...and using some scrummy papers I have bought in for the new site!!LOL

DH has been playing with the boys all afternoon, with the train set!! at one point I found Alix asleep, Mikael drawing and DH was still playing with the trains!!lol and no I wasn't quick enough with the camera.

On the subject of cameras... Alix and I went down to the beach to watch the red arrows, fantastic view and you guessed it the camera was sitting at home!!! I did put it ready to put in my bag, but was so rushed that I forgot. I have been kicking myself since, as there was some great shots to be had!!

This is C4E Sunday Sketch#6

Pop over to the C4E blog and join in!

My first card would have been good for the PTW challenge last week too. Inspired by the stitching I got out the new Bazzill In-stitchz templates. I used "bring me flowers" for this card.

The papers are the Birdie bits papers from Dream Street.

The Birdie!!

Hand stitched swirl using the Bazzill template.

I have been thinking about "white space" on cards this week. There has been alot of this technique in scrapbooking lately. I have seen a lot in the mags and on the blogs. So with this in mind I made this card with the sketch.

The sketches I have done for the next few weeks work well with this "white space" technique.

The papers are from Daisy Bucket, Wondrous world. The stamps are also from this collection.

The final card uses the 29th Street Market cardstock from My minds eye. I love the quality and texture this cardstock has.

The photo didn't show the lovely heart gems I added to the stamped flourish so here is a close up!

The stamp used was Dovecraft's Fantasy~emblems

I have used these stamps a lot since I bought them I love the fairy ones!!

So there they are. I will take a look at the PTW challenge tomorrow and try to get it in early! I shocked myself getting my card posted so quick last week.

Thank-you for looking

take care

Michele x

Lucy ATC

Hello

Wow thanks so much for all the lovely comments left. I have had a fun time visiting everyone and adding you all to my feeds.

I have seen some fantastic blogs this week lots of inspiration. Looks like I am going to have to buy some more stamps! It's my birthday next week, maybe I will treat myself, any suggestions?

I managed to find a couple of minutes to do another ATC with the lovely Daisy Bucket, Playful Petals papers....

This one is called "Lucy" again after one of the papers used.

This week seems to have flown by, the kids are back to school next week. Mikael starts Yr2 on Thursday...can't believe he will be 7 in a couple of months!!

Both the boys have grown over the summer, Alix starts pre-school in January! 3 in February! It's true what they say, you blink and they have grown up. Still I have lots of photos to scrap and some fun projects in mind, if I ever get off this computer...lol

I will be back tomorrow with the C4E Sunday sketch Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by

take care

Michele x