Leafy Tree Birthday Card & more Holiday Cheer!

Hi everyone - I hope you're enjoying your week! The leaves in the yard continue to pile up but I'm back with another couple of cards! First up, a fall birthday card for my sister-in-law using a new Sunny Studio Autumn Tree die set. Just came in the mail yesterday - yay, perfect timing!! 

Supplies: Paper - Hero Arts Orange (from some MMH kit) Paper Studio green;

Neenah white; various scraps including upcycled orange from a Hallmark card; 

Embossing folders - Darice Clouds & Grass

Dies - Sunny Studio Autumn Tree; Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders;

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop

Other - Creative Expressions Wordies Sentiment Sheets Birthday;

Hero Arts inks; B000 Copic Marker

Both embossing folders were still upopened in the ef drawer until today. I estimate having had them for over 6 years - oops! I die cut a white stitched rectangle & then a green one. I inked the cloud ef with blue ink so I could get a sky behind the cloud. Where it didn't "take", I filled in with a blue Copic. I trimmed the green panel with a Lawn Fawn hill border and then embossed with the grass ef. Die cut the tree from brown and from a scrap of variegated kraft paper, plus a bunch of leave from more scraps. Assembled the scene & added a Wordies sentiment strip cut into two pieces.

This makes my second card for the October Let's Squash It! Challenge where Gail & Jo with guest Joanne have the theme of Trees and Leaves. I'll also add it to Darnell's October NBUS challenge. I think this is a record for using something new so quickly (I die cut the tree right away last night)!

And yes, I have another card for the HeroFest Holiday Cheer Card Drive!! This makes 15 cards since the challenge was announced on the 6th. I'm on track to make at least one card per day until I need to mail them. Cards need to reach Hero Arts by November 18th & will go to the Bay Area Rescue Mission. I'll enter this card in the Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero's October Challenge Merry Everything.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah white; Hero Art glitter card;

Bo Bunny Altitude 6x6

Stamp/Die Bundle - Cozy Penguin

Stamps - Hero Arts Holiday Sentiment Strips

Dies - Hero Arts Sentiment Strips &

Nesting Oval Infinity Dies
Other - Copic Markers; shaker mix from Sunny Studio (I think)

I used a new Hero Arts stamp/die bundle called Cozy Penguin. Didn't I just buy a stand-alone penguin die, you ask? Yes, but the stamp set has cute accessories - hats, a sweater, a scarf - couldn't resist it! I stamped everything on white except the sweater (scrap of Penny Black paper) and colored with Copics. The snowflake was stamped in pink ink and added to the sweater. I cut a frame using 2 HA ovals and a back layer too. Added my penguin to the back layer along with a snow hill. Put acetate behind the frame and created the shaker. Added the sentiment - done! I also stamped & cut more penguins and accessories for future cards. Oh & by the way, I finished a second gingerbread house yesterday for my own stash. The second one took a lot less time since I knew what I was doing!

Thanks for stopping by & happy crafting!!