Thursday, September 17, 2009

Crow Trees and Freebies!

Fall is certainly in the air way up here in Maine. The leaves are beginning to change and we may have a frost on our hands (well, on the grass) this morning. When the sun comes up, I'll go check and see! I had asked Lindsay to create a crow stamp for me because I'm in a ATC swap at The Stamp Shack. Well, being the overachiever that she is, she made a whole set of crow stamps! Here's a preview of the set: (I'm not sure why the pic is so small. Maybe someone can help?)
I just love it! If you love it, you can buy it at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff for just $5.00 You can also get an awesome FREEBIE if you stop by her blog, thefrugalcrafter's weblog. I can't tell you what it is, just that it coordinates with the Creepy Crow Set and you won't want to miss it...
Even though I originally asked for a crow to use for the ATC swap, I decided to do another sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches. Makes sense, right? :) I am really loving sketches lately! They take all of the "thinking" out of making a card. I used black bazzill for my card base. I layered a panel of the the striped side of a sheet of bo bunny paper onto the base and cut two small strips of purple bazzill and emobssed them with a border folder. I layered a panel of the polka dotted side of the bo bunny paper onto that and printed the Crow Tree onto a scrap of orange DCWV, inked up the edges with Black StazOn ink. I used pop dots to adhere the top two layers and I finished up with a couple of Prima Flowers (also pop dotted) and some Stickles~ Ta DA! I can see I'm going to have a lot of fun with my new stamp set! Thanks, Lindsay!
Make sure you hop on over to the rest of the Design Team's Blogs this week and check out all their fantabulous creations! Click HERE for the link, and until next time, Happy Stamping!
...weather update! The fog is clearing, and there is no frost here in my neck of the woods. Safe for one more day!

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tracey this totally ROCKS! I love the fun Halloween colors! Great card layout!

Melissa Craig said...

Positively gorgeous! The paper is awesome, the image perfect for it! Great job!!

Unknown said...

I love how you just printed it on orange paper and left it alone! What a statement! It looks perfect! You should enter this one for the http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ challenge. It is for a clean and simple fall card!

tamara

Kim said...

The tree looks so cool on that bright orange background, great card!

Lindsay Weirich said...

I agree with Tamera, it is striking, I think this is one of my favorites!

Leanne said...

Ooooo I love the image printed on that orange paper! Very, very nice! Love all your color choices!

Margie said...

This is gorgeous and spooky! Lovely job!

Karen said...

Looks great, Tracey!! I love the sillouhette of the tree & crow....black on orange..perfect! And you paired it with some fantastic pp! :>

I wish we had leaves changing colors here! We are approaching the oncoming heat wave here....triple digits.....ugh.

Anonymous said...

LOVE this card! the simplicity of the stamped image catches your eye and the layers make it stand out it really looks great!

Janet said...

wow amazing card! great job!
hugs

Vicky said...

oh wow, fab take on the ICSketch, thanks for taking part. :)x

Cindi said...

love love love your card!!!
:)

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

These colors are GORGEOUS!!! I love your card! Thanks for playing along with is over on ICS. Have a wonderful weekend!!!

wendipooh13 said...

oh wow great halloween card, love the added bling too!! way to go on the IC sketch this week!!! great job..

Judy said...

What great fun colors for a Halloween card. Great card.

Fink said...

Just love it! Thanks for joining us again!

Regina said...

love it! love the image and the colors! thanks for playing along at ICS

Dawn♥ said...

Oh my goodness Tracey it's absolutely STUNNING. Lovely job! Thanks for joining Inspirational Card Sketches!
♥Dawn♥
Owner of ICS