Tuesday, October 13, 2009

It's A Warm Fuzzy Day!



No doubt that fall has arrived in Northern California... Today we had our first major storm of the season and for once, the weather forecasters weren't kidding! Lots and lots of rain fell here at Rancho Durenberger: I have cranky horses, wet and stinky dogs and a bumper crop-o-mud! On the upside, we still have power and I've managed to keep my lil' wood burning stove quietly generating consistent heat, but not the kind that sucks down the wood like popcorn! We're warm and dry and thankful. Here's a lil' card to celebrate...



I popped out some Earth Love from Cosmo Cricket that was given to me by my lovely friend, Dana! {Nothin' like spreading Earth Love around to make the WORLD a better place, eh!?! She's the best!} In addition to their FANTASTIC sketch, the girls from Get Sketchy were also asking for some Water Color work, this week, so I tried not to disappoint! I owe them a HUGE SHOUT OUT! I had the fabulous honor of being in their TOP 5, again! And this time, I was "in the money!" Yep, friends - I WON a fabulous paper pack from Pebbles, that the D/T gals made FANTASTIC samples with, so I'm still pretty giddy over that!!! If you want to check out the bounty, please, please visit Get Sketchy {and do tell 'em I sent ya! hee hee}... Just wait until you see their super samples!

Here's their latest sketch:



Oh, this was FUN! Here's a close up of some of my Water Color work!


Such a CA-UUUTE sqirrel image by Hero Arts! I guess I'm really in to creating little "scenes"... I just had such fun with these ingredients! Here's one more shot of my card, just because:


So, my darling friends ~ that's the long and short of my warm and fuzzy day! May you all be warm and dry and with your loviest loved ones! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Cosmo Cricket
Stamps - Hero Arts
Ink - Stampin' Up! & Staz On
Suede Paper - (?)
Oval & Corner punch - Stampin' Up!
Scallop Edge - Traced from pre-cut paper and then hand cut

16 comments:

Kelley Eubanks said...

I love this Elise!! You are awesome at water coloring!! I stink at it!! Sweet of Dana to spread some Earth Love! Love that paper!! Such a cute card!! Congrats on the top 5 win!! Woo Hoo!! You are hot girl!

Andi (RrlScrapGal) said...

Congratulations on the top 5!!!!

Adorable card... You just can't not smile looking at it:)

Anonymous said...

This is so warm and cozy! Just like you said! :-) I love the sentiment, and the coloring... I wish I could color! Lol... Fab job sweety pie! :-)

Rosemary said...

Good golly Miss Molly!! What a cute card!!! You seriously rocked the Get Sketchy sketch my friend! Cranky horsies, stinky dogs and mud sure work magic for you!!! I really need to break out my Earth Love and get to work!

~amy~ said...

Oh-so-CUTE!!!! I love it! I've been really lovin' Earth Love...

Vanessa said...

You rocked that challenge again! The Hero Arts squirrel is one of my faves and you presented him so well! Love your card!

Hugs,
Vanessa

Dotty Jo said...

Hi Sweetness, love your card - truly a warm and fuzzy one! Congrats on your latest win: you are a totally talented girly! Sorry to hear about the storm. I now feel doubly grateful for the beautiful autumn sunshine that we are enjoying this week here in the UK. Stay safe my dear friend, Jo x

Beth said...

You ARE rockin' with the water colors! I hope to have a chance to "play" with some this weekend when I'm scrappin' with Steph....she just got hers :-)

Audrey said...

what an absolutely stunning card! you are very talented!

Ellen said...

Congrats on winning the contest last week. Your new card is also very pretty.....do you wanna win again? ;-)

Ellen

diane said...

Miss E,
you sure know how to get a girl to smile (even on these gloomy northern california days)! I love evrything you do but...this lil guy is so stinkin cuute!

xxxooodiane o.

Dana Gustafson said...

I love your sweet wishes! I knew you would know what to do with "wisher" paper! :) More cloud paper goodness from my sweet friend!

JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...

Super duper cute! Love it!

Where in NorCal are you? I'm in the East Bay. So funny how when we get a few inches of rain we all freak out! *lol*

LeAnne said...

Cute! I had dandelions on one of my cards today too! Hope you are staying dry & warm out there---it is headed this way, big rain & COLD coming tomorrow!

sam said...

beautiful card! lovely paper!

Dora said...

Love the sentiment you used and the colors!
thnx for playing!