Carbs!

TGIF and Happy Halloween Peeps,

Although I don't have a Halloween card for you today, I do have a super fun birthday card. I just couldn't resist the Buon Appetito Collection when Spellbinders released it last month. As I needed a break from making Holiday cards, I decided to work on some birthday cards that I'll need in Nov. and Dec. 

The layout is inspired by this week's Freshly Made Sketches sketch.

The tablecloth was made using a Diagonal stencil from SSS and the embossing folder is part of the Spellbinders Buon Appetito collection. I cut the pasta shapes from white card stock and colored them with ink and blending brushes. I love all the little accessories!

I used more of the pasta shapes on the inside and sentiments to make this a birthday card.

Enjoy your evening and don't get too spooked.

The daughter of one of our neighbors is getting married tomorrow in the Japanese Gardens at Balboa Park and they are having a taco truck come to the house this evening. We've been invited to the festivities tonight, but not the wedding tomorrow. I am going to be out of town any way. My bestie from Sacramento is flying into Palm Springs tomorrow morning. I'm driving out and we are staying for the weekend to visit friends that moved from Portland to PS last year.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Stay Saucy stamp set by Spellbinders

Paper: Spellbinders and Gina K Designs card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: Spellbinders Pasta Friends and Ingredients Buddies die sets, Al Dente 3D embossing folder, and Oval dies, Simon Says Stamp stencil, Gina K Designs blending brushes

Warm Cocoa Wishes

 Happy Hump Day Peeps,

I've been working on my Holiday cards this week. It's kind of been a slow process because I'm playing with mostly die cuts right now, but boy, there are some pretty cute cards in my pile.

Today's card is no exception to the die cuts, and in fact, I've added some Glimmer Hot Foiling to the mix for the snowy background. (Although, I don't recall ever seeing heart shaped snowflakes, LOL.)

The sketch is curtesy ofJoanne at the Paper Players. It's a fun one! I love embellishments, and Joanne added the little dots around the focal image in her sketch. I used three large die cut snowflakes with a wee rhinestone in the center of each.

All of the die cut images except the flags are from the Spellbinders Mugs and Mittens Large Die of the Month for this past July, including the sentiment. The flag dies are from an older MFT die set.

For the inside, I've used the Spellbinders Christmas Magic Sentiments set, also from this past July.

There will be more die cutting today. I made several backgrounds, some on acetate, which are really nice that I plan on putting to use.

Have a great day!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Christmas Magic Sentiments stamp set by Spellbinders

Paper: Gina K Designs cardstock and retired SU DSP

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: Spellbinders Mugs & Mittens die set, Magic Wonderland Glimmer plate, Glimmer system and hot foil, My Favorite Things Flag die set, Gina K Designs small rhinestones

Quiet Peace

Happy Friday Peeps,

I'm playing along with the July edition of Woodblock Wednesday today with a very simple and monochromatic card.

I started by stenciling the GKD Snowflake Mandala on the front of a Soft Stone panel, then stamped the snowy village using a darker gray ink. The greeting is heat embossed with silver EP. After cutting the panel out with the SSS A2 Lacy Point die, I adhered it to a silver mat, then onto a dark gray card base.

The inside is very simple with more stenciling and a short greeting.

The Snowy Village stamp is from Ink Blocks, the front sentiment stamp is from Artistic Stamp Exchange and the inside greeting stamp is from Hero.

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Wood mounted from Artistic Stamp Exchange, Ink Blocks, Hero

Paper: Gina K Designs

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: Simon Says Stamp A2 Lacy Point dies, Gina K Designs Snowflake Mandala stencil, blending brushes, and fine detail silver embossing powder, Spellbinders rhinestones

Grateful

 Hello all,

Since it's Thursday, I thought I'd better get busy and post my Paper Players card. Jaydee is our hostess this week with the monthly Clean and Simple challenge. The added theme is Foliage. 

I decided to use two older SU stamp sets and make this leaf silhouette Thanksgiving card. 

To make the squares, I used Gina K Designs 1/4" Masking Magic Strips and Post-It notes. I picked three fall-ish ink colors to ink blend from the center out, then stamped the leaf images with black ink. Pretty simple and quick.

The outside greeting, and here on the inside, I've used another older SU stamp set.

I made two cards, the second using an older C&9th Turnabout set that has some fun leaf dies too, which I used on the inside of the card.  I love the bright C&9th ink colors here.

Enjoy your afternoon and evening.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Gently Falling and Falling Leaves sets by Stampin' Up, Harvest Wreath Turnabout set by Concord & 9th

Paper: Gina K Designs and Concord & 9th card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs and Concord & 9th

Other: Gina K Designs Masking Magic strips, blending brushes, Hello die from Concord & 9th Tiled Turnabout set

No Kings 2025

 Happy Saturday!

Winter Wishes

 TGIF Peeps,

Here's another holiday card completed. Using inspiration from The Paper Players color challenge and the Sunday Stamps sketch challenge, I made this fun winter themed card.

The green snowy background and the large snowflake purple background in the postage stamps are both foiled with Deco hot foil. The hat, sweater and gloves are from the GKD Christmas Cheer stamp and die set. The images are stamped in embossing ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder, then colored with Copic markers.

For the inside of the card, I've used sentiments and a small snowflake from the same GKD stamp set.

Have a fun Friday!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Christmas Cheer set by Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs Card Stock

Ink: Gina K Designs and Copic Markers

Other: Gina K Designs Deco hot foil in Grass Green and Wild Wisteria, Fuze Foiling machine, Master Layouts 15 postage dies, black embossing powder 

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