Autumn Wishes Card

Happy Wednesday! In honor of it being the first day of Autumn, I thought I would share a fall themed card. It also corresponds with a great challenge taking place over at The Paper Players where they've asked participants to "Create a Fall Scene." 

I absolutely love this time of year! The colors, the smells, the cooler weather...well not in Florida yet, but hopefully just around the corner. I recently purchased some pumpkin dies from Simon Says Stamp and I was dying to try them out. So here's my take on Autumn:

I started by die cutting a few of the pumpkins and using my ink blending tool to apply distress inks in oranges, yellows, greens and browns. I then found a nice neutral printed paper with a scripty background in my paper stash and used a stitched rectangle die to cut it out. It was a thin piece so I mounted tan fun foam on the back to give it more weight and dimension. I had picked up the plaid ribbon from a Michael's sale a few years ago and finally got to use it. It fit my color palette perfectly. I adhered it across my card base and then added my printed paper rectangle on top. Next I mounted the pumpkins using some foam dimensionals to give some depth.

For my sentiment, I die cut two small penants in both green and khaki paper layering them so that the green peeked out just a little bit. I stamped my sentiment in Dark Chocolate ink from Simon Says Stamp. I then used my Crop-o-dile to add an eyelet from my stash. The finishing piece was a bit of neutral twine. Once applied to my card I picked out some sequins in fall colors to scatter around.

Here's a look at the inside. I used more of the khaki card stock and  I didn't want to waste those other pumpkins I had colored so I gathered a couple in the corner. I think it turned out very fall!

Be sure to head over to The Paper Players and check out all of the lovely autumn and Halloween cards. I can't wait to make more! Such a wonderful time of year! See you next time!

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The Kraft Journal - Challenge #171

Good evening crafters!

Today I received my Reverse Confetti order and I couldn't wait to play with the Let's Chill set. I love the little dies and all of the sentiments are adorable. It's so cute and perfect for summer!

Here's what I came up with:

I stamped the Popsicle outline in Strawberry Slush ink on some Crisp Cantaloupe paper. After I die cut the shape, I cut some Strawberry Slush paper for the background, trimming it a little smaller than the front. I then grabbed some Neat and Tangled sequins in peachy tones and glued them behind the lines of the Popsicle. I had recently ordered a bunch of sequins from Neat and Tangled and these were my free gift! To complete the Popsicle, I die cut the stick from a piece of scrap kraft paper and stamped the wood markings on it in Baked Brown Sugar ink. Everything is pop dotted for dimension.

For my layout, I was inspired by this Kraft Journal Challenge #171 sketch.

I first picked a fun summery print for my background. After trying several different pieces of card stock for the horizontal block, I kept thinking that ribbon would work best. So I selected a yellow American Crafts ribbon and then used a little bit of twine to cinch the ribbon and give it a little more interest. To finish the card, I used Diamond Stickles to outline the Popsicle and to highlight the word "chill."

Here's a close up:

 

It was an easy little card to put together. I'm looking forward to playing around with this stamp set and see what else I can come up. Do I sense a shaker card coming on???

Thank you for checking out my card and be sure to see what others have created over at The Kraft Journal. Until next time!

 

Supplies

Paper: Stampin' Up! - Strawberry Slush and Crisp Cantaloupe solid paper; American Crafts - Hip Hip Hooray pattern paper; Kraft paper for the card base

Stamps & Dies: Reverse Confetti - Let's Chill

Other: Stampin' Up! - Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe and Baked Brown Sugar ink; Stickles - Diamond; American Crafts - yellow grosgrain ribbon; Twinery - Buttercream twine; Neat and Tangled sequins (a freebie!)

 

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Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge

Hiya Crafters! For today's post, I'm sharing a card that I created for the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge. This week's challenge theme is:

 

 

So I've been obsessed with making shaker cards ever since the Pretty Pink Posh blog hop. They are just a neat way to add a bit of movement and bling to cards. I keep looking at my dies and getting shaker ideas! One of my friends was recently was in the hospital so I was inspired to make this card for them.

 

I love both of the Paper Smooches health themed sets, Healthy Vibes and First Aid Kit. They make super cute get well cards that just make me smile. For this card, I was first inspired by the little jar in the Crystal Clear set. I thought it would be a great container for the little pills. I stamped the jar on an acetate sheet using StazOn jet black ink. After I decided where I wanted it to be placed on the card, I die cut the jar and the border from craft card stock. It was hard to tell what the line was without the other half so I separated them a little bit and attached a piece of the red paper to the back to make it look more like a heart monitor line.

 

For the contents of my jar, I stamped the pills on red card stock and used clear embossing powder to give them a little shine. I decided to mix in some clear and red sequins because it looked a little plain with just the pills. The last touch on the jar was to cut out the lid and again I stamped and clear embossed it. To finish up the whole look, I made a little sentiment tag and tied on some twine.

I hope you enjoyed my card and be sure to check out the other amazing cards at the Paper Smooches SPARKS blog here! Until next time!

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Paper Smooches - First Aid Kit & Crystal Clear stamp sets
Dies: Paper Smooches - Crystal Clear 1 & Borders Dies 1; Spellbinder - Reverse Wonky Rectangles
Paper: Nikki Sivels - Get Well Soon (Red Crosses and Skinned Knees)
Other: Avery Elle - Berry Blend sequins; Twine; StazOn Jet Black ink; Ranger - Super Fine Detail Clear embossing powder

 

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Poppy Sketches Challenge - Sketch #3

For today's blog I chose to participate in the Poppy Sketches Challenge. I was inspired by the color scheme and stumped by the layout. I couldn't figure out how to incorporate the little angles.

After playing around with a few ideas, I finally came up with this little card:

I love the Simon Says Stamp Air Vent die and those angles kept reminded me of the sketch. After I figured out how to incorporate it, I focused on the main angles and tied on some ribbon. The initial knot I tied made "leaves" pop in my head. Voila! I pulled out my Papertrey Ink Notched Flowers die and went to work. I added a little bit of gold ink on the edges to make them pop out more. Overall a fun color scheme to work with and an easy little thank you card to have on hand.

Check out the other great entries at Poppy Sketches.

Thanks for visting! Until next time!

Supplies

Paper: Recollections - Purple Paper Pack

Dies: Simon Says Stamp - Air Vent; Papertrey Ink - Notched Flowers; Clearly Besotted Stamps - Tag Along Die Collection

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Fillable Frames #1

Other: American Crafts Ribbon; Brillance Dew Drop Ink - Galaxy Gold; My Minds Eye - The Sweetest Thing Decorative Button Collection; Plain Twine

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Pretty Pink Posh Sequin Shaker Part 2

I had such a great time making my first shaker card for the Pretty Pink Posh Sequin Shaker Blog Hop that I had to make one more! I've had these cute little bee dies for sometime time and finally was inspired to use them! Instead of just being part of the stamped background I wanted them to take center stage and "fly" around the scene.

For the bees, I used vellum for their wings and inked black around the edges so that they would show up better against the polka dot background. To make them sparkle, I added a tiny bit of yellow Stickles to their backs. Once I added the sequins with them, I think the effect worked really well. Here's a close up:

Thank you for checking out my second entry and please make sure to check out all the other great cards at the Pretty Pink Posh Sequin Shaker Blog Hop! 

 

Supplies:
Paper: Echo Park Country Drive (honeycomb); MME Breeze (polka dots)
 Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs Bees; Spellbinders Nestibilities Hexagons
 Stamps: Memory Box Happy Bee-Day 
Other: Avery Elle Lemonade Blend Sequins; Stickles Yellow; Doodle Twine Black; Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

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