Happy Today!

Happy Saturday My Crafting and Blogging Friends!  I hope all is well on your end and your weekend is off to a good start.

I have for you today, my Tilda's Town Design Team inspiration make for our newest challenge and our theme for this week is YOUR FAVORITE SEASON.  My favorite season is Autumn.  When I lived in the Midwest, I didn't have a favorite and I looked forward to each new glorious season.  Now that I live in the Desert Southwest, I look forward to the temperatures dropping below 100 degrees, the approach of the Holiday Season and my mom coming for her annual visit.  After that it just gets hot again.  :p

Here is Tilda With Carrots from the 2012 Turning Leaves collection.  I've paired her up with the Spring Fence from the 2010 Happy Easter collection and colored them with Copic Markers.

What do you think of these leaves?  I was inspired to do some watercoloring after visiting all of the blogs participating in the recent SSS blog hop.  Wow, those ladies are talented!

Here is a side view to give you an idea of the depth of the leaves and such.  See that acorn in there?  That was supposed to be a focal point, but I ended up covering it for the most part.  The lace was one of those happy accidents from a while back.  I was dying it for a project and it came out way too dark so I tossed it in a drawer.  It went perfectly with this project (at least until I covered it up too).

The purpley/blue color on my clock is another happy accident.  I wanted to bring out a deeper brown and put cracks in it by embossing it with ultra thick embossing enamel.  I didn't realize that I grabbed the one that tinted blue but am happy that I did.

Copic Markers - Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E02, E11, R20  Hair: E33, E35, E37, E50  Shirt: BG0000, BG10, BG13, BG49  Pants: B32, B34, B38, W1  Boots: YR21, YR24, Y28  Gloves & Kerchief: R81, R83, R85, R89  Carrots: YR04, YR07, Y21  Beets; R56, R59, E2  Fence & Basket: E29, E31, E33, E37  Grass & Greens: YG17, YG25, YG67, YG95, E87, R14

All other supplies are listed at the bottom of this post.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment.  (I really do appreciate them).  A special Thank You to my blog followers.  I hope you have a great day and better tomorrows!

♥ Laura C.

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Challenges I am entering:

Bunny Zoe's  For The Girls
Creative Inspirations  Luscious Lace
Magnolia-licious  BINGO! - Lace, Die Cuts, Flowers - Butterfly, Die Cuts, Buttons
Papertake Weekly  Take Your Pick - Technique: Masking - Product: Kraft
Simon Says Stamp  Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday  Anything Goes
Ribbon Girl  Magnolia Only/Lace
Sweet Stampin  All or Nothing
Time For A Magnolia Challenge   Favorite Stamp & Colors
Top Tip Tuesday  Rubber Stamps Only

Supplies:

Stamps: Magnolia (Tilda With Carrots, Spring Fence) StudioG (October & Thanksgiving) CTMH (Happy Today)
Inks: Copic Markers, Memento (Tuxedo Black) Distress Inks (Aged Mahogany, Bushed Corduroy, Dusty Concord, Evergreen Bough, Faded jeans, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick)
Papers: Sweet Shoppe (Never Forget It) Recollections (Kraft) Canson (Watercolor)
Dies: Magnolia DooHickeys (Tilda's Tag) Sizzix (Tattered Leaves, Weathered Clock, Rustic Heart) Memory Box (Woodland Branch), Spellbinders (Labels Eight) QuicKutz (Fancy Corner)
Punches: Martha Stewart (3 in 1 Butterflies)
Misc From My Stash: Lace, Twine, Ribbon, Buttons, Pearls, Baby's Breath, Wooden Acorn, Paint