Autumn Wreath

 Created the wreath by using two nesting circle dies to create a circular frame in brown card stock. Placed the wreath form on paper with a splatter design. Decorated the wreath with stickers showing vines, berries and flowers. The sentiment is white-embossed on same colored paper as the wreath form was made from.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double D -- autumn wreath

Simon Say Stamp Monday -- thinking of you

Word Art Wednesday #724 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2545  -- anything goes

Paper Funday #82-- anything goes

We love to Create -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge -- anything goes

PolkaDoodles -- anything goes

 

 

Goofy fall greeting

 

Well, it finally looks and feels like fall where I live, so I made a fall card. The images come from a fall set from The Alley Way Stamps,  and I used the sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday. Since the turkey looks pretty goofy, I went with  some fun colors, which are reflected in the background paper as well.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double Trouble #203 (3+ circles, two images, 1+ ribbon/twine) plus bird, plus TSOT

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #682

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2543 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #722  -- anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge  -- anything goes

Polkadoodles Challenges  -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday Challenges  -- anything goes  

A little trick or treat

 I'm sometimes amazed at what I find when I go looking. In this instance it was Halloween crafting supplies. I rarely make Halloween cards, but I knew I had a folder where a few items were stored. "A few items" turned out to include images, patterned paper, and even chipboard embellishments. 

The image was colored with pencils, then fussy-cut. I chose three coordinating patterned papers and two chipboard pieces to finish off the card.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2539 -- Halloween/fall

Double D -- trick or treat

Double Trouble #201 --  3-2-1 from your stash challenge (3 patterned papers, two chipboard embellies, one image)

The Paper Funday #81 -- Cute or creepy (cute, obviously)

Creative Inspiration -- Autumn/spooky

Gem of a Challenge -- anything goes

Polkadoodles challenge  -- anything goes

DigiChooseday -- anything goes 

Word Art Wednesday #718 -- anything goes 

Can't resist fall leaf

"Can't resist" in the title is word play -- I used two different resist techniques on this mini slimline card. To create the background, I used emboss resist -- stamping and white-embossing the hatched design, then sponging color over the panel for a colorful background -- the embossed area resists the sponged ink and stays white. For the leaf, I used waxed paper resist, which involves crumpling wax paper, ironing it on glossy card stock, then sponging on colored inks. The wax resists the color.

Both the tag and leaf were cut with stitched dies. 

This card is entered in these challenges

Double D -- make your own background

Inspiration Station -- Inspired by photo of fall leaves/trees; fall is my favorite season and colorful leaves are a symbol of the beauty of the season

Die-cut Divas -- anything with die cuts

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2537 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #717 -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes

Polkadoodles -- anything goes 

 

 

A little gold for Christmas

 

I found this bit of gold-toned polished stone background in my stash, where I suspect it has been hiding for like a decade. I decided it would make a lovely Christmas ornament, so I die-cut it and added a bit of bold metallic string through the handy-dandy little hole the die provides. I matted it on a a stitched rectangle I cut from dark green card stock and splattered with metallic gold paint. The green panel is popped up on foam take. The sentiment is embossed with a gold metallic EP. 

This card is entered in these Challenges:

Jingle Belles -- Baby it's GOLD outside

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- Add some metal 

Creative Inspirations -- Christmas

Die-Cut Divas -- anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #716 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2537 -- anything goes

A Cut Above -- use diecuts 

Gem of a Challenge #10 -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday 9 -- anything goes

Polkadoodles challenge  10 -- anything goes

The Paper Funday #80 -- anything goes 

Fun with flowers and folds

 I describe myself as fun-fold challenged, but sometimes I feel up to a challenge, like with this corner fold card. This particular fold was a bit of a struggle, because you have to flip it over at a certain point to get a vertical orientation -- I missed the flip and ended up with a horizontal card, which doesn't really bother me -- and the paper works in any direction.

I used a few scraps of leftover patterned paper to die-cut the stitched flowers and added a bit of ribbon and some acrylic dots as additional embellishment.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Crafters Cafe #322 -- use patterned paper

Pammie's INky Pinkies #2534 -- anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #714 -- anything goes

Creative Crease #106 -- use a fun fold

A Cut Above -- use a diecut

Digi Chooseday #9 -- anything goes

 

Quick Christmas Card

I may have set a land speed record for card-making with this card. I had the embossed panel in my stash. I die-cut it with a stitched die, added a silver-embossed sentiment, and highlighted the moon and stars with Wink of Stella. Attached it to a white top-folded card and it was done. CAS for the win.

This card is entered in these challenges:

ABC Christmas -- Q is for quick

Word Art Wednesday # 712 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2532  -- anything goes

The Paper Funday #79 -- anything goes

Gem of a Craft Challenge #9 -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday #8 -- anything goes

Polkadoodles #9 -- anything goes