A Sweet Twofer

Hello there.  How are you this fine Fall day?

I have a twofer to share with you today.

These cards have been repurposed from this card my dear friend Nance gave me a year or
maybe two ago.  I had tucked it away but never forgotten it.  So I asked her if she would
mind if I used some elements from it to repurpose it.  She told me to go for it.

When I saw Darnell's Twofer Challenge this month, these candy apples
popped into my mind.

First I have a Halloween card.

I was able to pop the front two apples off without destroying them.

I moved one over a bit and found a piece of cardstock that matched the teal dots

in that dotty apple.  The gold foil really looks like caramel.  Yum!

The third apple works as a toadstool for this sweet gnome to rest under

as he thinks of his favorite thoughts.

Can  you see the glitter in the polka dots?

I stamped this little guy, trying not to stamp his hands and the swing

he was sitting on.  After several tries, I decided that wasn't going to happen.

I used my new Arteza Twimakers to add some watercolor to the gnome and fussy cut him out.

Nance gave me this gnome stamp too.

The background was a watercolor piece from my stash.

I added some darker green to the bottom and stamped a bit of grass.

I think I'll send at least one of these back to Nance.

It's the card that keeps on giving.

The Twofer Challenge #21

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Spooky Sentiments (Amy R)

Ink:   Whisper White (oops)

Paper:   Neenah, Textured Teal (?)

Other:  Apple Die Cut (Paper Sweeties), Goo Die (Your Next Stamp), Oxford EF (Cuttlebug), Gold EP

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Gnome on a Swing (Stamping Bella), Friendship Messages (SSS), Foliage Set (Art Imp.)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media

Other:  Black EP, Stitched Arch STAX Die (MFT), Apple Die (Paper Sweeties), Goo Die (Your Next Stamp), Arteza Twimarkers (A207 Forest Green, A221 Moss Green, A219 Cloudy Gray, A239 Ballerina Pink)  Loving these markers !!!

Candy Canes for Merry Monday

Good Merry Monday morning.

We're down to the wire.

Are your Christmas cards done?

Mine are, but it's never too early to start on next year's cards.

Or have one on hand for that someone you forgot!

This week Linda is our hostess.

I find that I don't have a lot of candy cane stamps so I started looking

for stamps that had a candy cane on them.

This Paper Sweeties set was a NBUS and I thought a CAS card 

would work really well seeing as Christmas is almost upon us.

And it has a tiny candy cane peeking out of the stocking.

I stamped some stockings and colored with Copics.

A little Polar White Flower Soft made a fluffy cuff.

Quick and easy!

And since I used snippets, I'm off to

Pixie's Snippet Playground.

I hope you'll put a candy cane on your Christmas card and join us at

Merry Monday.

Debbie invited me to enter this at the Paper Sweeties December Challenge

Thanks, Debbie.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Dear Santa (Paper Sweeties), Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red (SU)

Paper:   Solar White (Neena 110 lb.), Snippets of Whisper White and Real Red (SU)

Other:  Stitched Shapes Framelit (SU), Snowflake Swirl EF (Darice), Polar White Flower Soft