Believe in Magic

Hey all,

This cute little JOY-ful reindeer is from the Spellbinders October Stitching die set of the month and when I saw Jen's sketch yesterday for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge, I immediately thought of this set. I did rotate the placement from landscape to portrait view.

To make the open circle in Jen's sketch I used the circle die in the set, and a slightly bigger circle die, cut from Spellbinders gold glimmer paper to make the "O" in joy.

The bottom half of the card base is embossed with the new 3D embossing folder for October to add a little texture.  The reindeer is popped up using a small Action Wobbler device. So fun to watch him wiggle. For a little embellishments, I added a gold pearl to the center of the stitched circle and some sparkly Glossy Accents to the reindeer's horns.

I'm happy to have another holiday card completed. Enjoy the rest of your day!

Colleen

Supplies

Paper: Gina K Designs Card Stock and Spellbinders Gold Glimmer card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: Spellbinders Peppermint Prancer die set, Magic For You die set, Brick by Brick 3D Embossing folder, gold pearl, red and gold metallic threads, Concord & 9th Sparkly Glossy Accents, Action Wobbler

CHERISH, DREAM, LIVE

Hello all,

I was playing around with ink and embossing folders a few days ago and actually created a couple of panels that I liked. This card uses one of them with the ink colors for this week's Paper Players challenge. Christie is hostess and her colors are green and purple.

The embossing folder is from SSS and is called  Magnificent Mums. I used some Letterpress paper instead of basic card stock. It's a little more porous and thicker and it certainly gave good embossing results. 

To ink it up, I used small detail blending brushes over the raised areas with GKD inks. For the solid green background, I put the panel back into the embossing folder, taping it in place with a small bit of tape runner on the back of the panel then inked the smooth side of the folder with Christmas Pine ink. This took several passes. 

The sentiments on the front and inside are from Gina K Designs. I added some gold accents in the form of twine and gold pearls.

Here's the inside.

A fun time was had and I ended up with a nice birthday card and inky green fingers!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: From Gina K Designs Wonderfully Made, Blooming Sunflower and Gentle Silhouettes sets for the sentiments

Paper: Gina K Designs card stock and Spellbinders Betterpress paper

Ink: Gina K Designs Dark, Medium and Light Lilac and Spruce sets, Christmas Pine

Other: Simon Says Stamp Magnificent Mums 3D Embossing Folder, Gina K Designs gold pearls, blending brushes, gold twine from the ribbon stash

Spooky

Hello crafty friends,

It's wet, wet, wet and windy in my neck of the woods, which is a bit north of San Diego. No complaints as we certainly need the rain. I had some errands this morning and I made it home just as the rain started coming down, so good timing on my part.

The Just Us Girls word week challenge is Halloween, perfect to make one more card with the Spellbinders Small Die set and 3D embossing folder of the month for Sept. I really loved all of the club goodies last month.

This is a fairly simple card. I ran a black card base through the embossing folder, then heat embossed the sentiment, which is from an older GKD stamp set. The three pumpkins are cut from Concord & 9th patterned paper and card stock.

Here's the inside.

Happy Hump Day tomorrow!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Hey Boo set by Gina K Designs (front and inside sentiments)

Paper: Gina K Designs and Concord & 9th

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: Harvest Magic die set and Patchwork 3D Embossing Folder by Spellbinders, Gina K Designs fine detail gold embossing powder, Concord & 9th glittery Glossy Accents

Happy Holidays

Hello peeps,

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. I did lots of crafty projects. Last night I finished a poncho that I was working on while recouping from the foot surgery. I love how it turned out, too.

Today's card was one of my weekend projects. It's another Holiday card for the stash, inspired by the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge. Also, the Gina K Designs FaceBook group October Monthly Mix challenge is holiday cards in non-holiday colors, and this one fits perfectly as all of the supplies are from GKD.

The snowflake is made using the emboss resist technique. The background papers are from a GKD kit from several years ago. I like the retro feel of them. They are die cut using one of the dies from the Master Layouts 13 die set.

A simple and quick inside. Snowflakes from the same stamp set as the large front snowflake and the greeting from the GKD Joyful Season set.

My friend just texted me and has requested a poncho after I sent her a pic. She has a birthday end of next month, and this will be a good present. I'm off to Michaels to look at yarn.

Have a great day!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Blizzard andJoyful Season sets by Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: Gina K Designs white embossing powder, Master Layouts 13 die set, pastel pear embellishments

No Tricks, Just Treats

Hello all,

I have a couple more Halloween cards to share today. These are inspired by the current  Paper Players challenge. Claire is hostess and her theme this week is Halloween Costumes. I've used some older Lawn Fawn sets to make these.

First up are some four-legged Trick or Treaters. I ink blended a panel with light and dark purple shades then used a Hero Star cover plate to cut stars in the sky. For a very full moon, I simple used a die cut circle ink blended with yellows. The black silhouette trees and hills is an older die from Lawn Fawn.

Here's the inside of the first card. Images and greetings are from the same stamp set.

For the second card, I pulled out some older SU patterned papers to make the background and the trees. The trees, grass and moon dies are made using the Gina K Designs Master Layouts 6 die set. The trick or treaters and sentiments are from Lawn Fawn.

And the inside:

One of these will be sent to my little three year old Great Nephew. Enjoy your day, and thanks for stopping in.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Happy Howloween and Costume Party sets by Lawn Fawn

Paper: Gina K Designs card stock and SU DSP (retired)

Ink: Gina K Designs, Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated and Copics

Other: Hero Stars Coverplate die, Lawn Fawn Hills and trees die, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 6 dies, blending brushes, Brutus Monroe white embossing powder, SSS tiny clear rhinestones

Happy Birthday

 Hello all,

Here's an Autumn Birthday card. This card works for a couple of challenges this week. It's die week at Just Us Girls where the theme is leaves, and working well for Autumn leaves is the current Color Hues colors of rust and yellow.

I did more ink smooshing onto watercolor paper using older SU ink pads in Cajun Craze, Really Rust, Crushed Curry and More Mustard. Using the panels I die cut some leaves using dies from SSS and Taylored Expressions.

I've used a Spellbinders sentiment on the inside along with some left over leaves. (I needed to cover a large glue spot, LOL.)

Hop you have a nice Hump Day! Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Spellbinders Confetti Wishes set (inside greeting)

Paper: SU Cajun Craze, Gina K Designs Black Onyx and Ivory crd stock, stash patterned paper

Ink: Stampin' Up and Gina K Designs

Other: Hero Infinity Postage Stamp dies, Simon Says Stamp and Taylored Expressions Leaf Dies, Concord & 9th Happy Birthday die with shadow, Gina K Designs gold gems

Sending Autumn Wishes

Hi Peeps,

I've been having tons of fun making cards with the Spellbinders September club sets. Today's card is inspired by Stef's sketch for this week's Paper Players challenge. 

The focal image is made with dies from the Harvest Magic die set using some paper that I smooshed for last week's card. The background is made with the Sketchy Hexi Betterpress plate using Lisa Horton gold craft ink on dark red card stock.

Since I made this card for my little 2 year old great niece, and she loves kitties, I added the cat image to the inside of the card too.

I've been enjoying the BB wildcard playoff games this week, hoping my team makes it through.

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Spellbinders Autumn Whim set 

Paper: Spellbinders card stock, Tim Holtz water color paper

Ink: Lisa Horton Cloud 9 gold and Gina K Designs

Other: Spellbinders Sketchy Hexi Betterpress plate and sentiment, Harvest Magic Small Die set, Betterpress System,