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,

The Loveliest Day

Happy Thursday peeps,

I have a fun Fall card for you today, but not in traditional Fall colors. Yesterday afternoon I was going through my box of Fall stamp sets looking for one to use for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I picked an older SU set called Hello Harvest. I remembered that I liked coloring these images and they seemed perfect for Linda's sketch.

I also remembered that the new Color Throwdown challenge started so I went to see what the colors were for this week. Not really a fall palette, but I decided to use it anyway and I really like how these colors worked out with the fall stamp set.

The background is made with two embossing folders, one from Spellbinders and the other from GKD.

On the inside of the card I used a couple of the other images from the same SU set, then cut and matted using the GKD Master Layouts 2 dies.

Have a wonderful day all!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Hello Harvest set from Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Gorgeous Grape, Parakeet Party, and Thick Basic White card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black and Copics

Other: Spellbinders Cascading Leaves & Stripes embossing folder, Gina K Designs Falling Leaves embossing folder and Master Layouts 2 die set, purple candy dots, SU Dimensionals, Connect glue

Warm Wishes

 Happy Sunday peeps,

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. 

As far as my weekend, yesterday, I made a really cute crossbody belt bag for my friend's birthday coming next month. She put in her order that she wanted one for a European trip she's taking with another friend, also next month. It turned out really nice, if I do say so myself. Since it won't be sent to her for a couple of weeks, I can't post the pictures yet. 

I also did a bunch of laundry while sewing. I wanted to change to the fall bedding, which meant washing both what had been on the bed and what I wanted to put on it, including the down comforter.

Today, it's stamping time until late in the afternoon when we are headed to friends for dinner. My card is for this week's Freshly Made Sketches. A seasonal card to send out with Halloween cards in a week or so.

Front:

Inside:

Thanks for looking, and have a great week ahead.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Pumpkin Spice set with dies from Stamps Of Life (Sept 2023 Let's Stamp Together kit), Harvest Silhouettes Set by Gina K Designs (for inside greeting and image)

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

Ink: Gina K Designs, Copics

Other: Lots of Circles dies by GKD, Stitched Leaves card front die by Concord & 9th, SU gold gems, SU Dimensionals, Connect glue, Misti, Big Shot Switch

Boo & Thanks

 TGIF Peeps,

Here's my card for LeAnne's Paper Players sketch challenge for this week. I made my card way back on Tuesday, but never got around to taking a picture and writing my post until this morning. It's been another warm week, but I like the sunny days of August. Our May, June and much of July are foggy and we can go weeks without seeing the sun, so I'm not complaining about a few warm-ish days, LOL.

I made a Halloween card using July release sets from Concord & 9th. The background is made using a Turnabout stamp and the rest of the images are from it's coordinating stamp set and dies. The pattern paper, card stock and inks are also all C&9th.

Instead of a square for the focal panel I used  hexagon dies from Spellbinders and a cover plate from Concord & 9th for the Pumpkin's background. The twine has a gold sparkle running through it although it's hard to see in the picture.

On the inside, I used the piece of the background on the front that I trimmed off and more images from the pumpkin stamp set.

I'm also sharing this card made with one of the new C&9th Layering  Stencil, stamp and die sets.  This is made with C&9th inks as well. Their fall colors  are so pretty, especially the dark rust color which is called Cayenne. The stamp set has two large and 3 small sentiments with coordinating dies to cut them out. 

Here is then inside of this card using a coordinating flower die from the suite. Again, paper and inks are all C&9th.

That's it for me. I just received some new stamps and dies from Gina K.'s August release yesterday so I think I'll play with some of those today. I hope you all have a super weekend. 

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Pumpkin Patch Turnabout set, Playful Pumpkins stamp and die set and Cottage Garden Layering Stencils, Stamp and die set all from Concord & 9th

Paper: Concord & 9th white, Nutmeg, Cayenne, Juniper, and Buttercup card stock and Fall 2023 patterned papers

Ink: Concord & 9th Spiced Cider, Cayenne, Buttercup, Peacock, and Nutmeg. Gina K Designs White craft ink

Other: WOW white embossing powder, heat tool, Spellbinders Nested Hexagon dies, Concord & 9th Stitched Leaves Card Front die, blending brushes, foam tape, white and gold twine, SU mini glue dots and Dimensionals, Doodlebug enamel dots, Connect liquid glue, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1 dies, Misti and Big Shot

Give Thanks

 Hi again,

I have one more quick post for this morning. I made this card last night using Jen's sketch for the "just about to end" Freshly Made Sketches challenge, and the theme challenge from the new Paper Players Challenge. Claire is this week's hostess with a Thankful theme. 

I started by ink blending a square card panel with four ink colors then spraying some water over the panel to get the water reactive effect. Using the GKD stamp set called Painted Autumn, I stamped the layering flowers and leaves in fall colors then cut them out using the set dies. The sentiment is part of the stamp set. After stamping it in black ink, I cut it out using a double stitched circle die and cut a single stitched circle for the layering. After cutting the ink blended panel per Jen's sketch I glued it to a black mat and put them onto a white card base. The images are glued with liquid glue and some are popped up with dimensionals. All in all, pretty simple.

I made a second card, even easier, using GKD patterned paper and pre-printed images. The sentiment is also from the Painted Autumn stamp set. This time I layered the circle onto a scalloped circle die from Spellbinders.The size of this card is much smaller, 4.2 5 x 4.25 inches.

Enjoy your afternoon, and thanks again.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Painted Autumn stamp set by Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs Layering Weight White, Black Onyx, Fresh Asparagus card stock and patterned papers from the Autumn Splendor Card Kit

Ink: Gina K Designs Sweet Tomato, Prickly Pear, Fresh Asparagus, Tranquil Teal and Black Onyx

Other:Gina K designs Double and Single Stitched Circle dies, Spellbinders Scalloped circle Nestie die, GKD black and gold gems, GKD pre-printed fall images from the Autumn Splendor kit, Connect liquid glue, SU Dimensionals

Happy Fall Y'All

 Hello,

The inspiration photo for the new Fusion Card Challenge is so pretty that I had to play along. I pulled out some pretty old Stampin' Up fall stamp sets and embossing folders to make my card. From the photo, I used the colors, pumpkin clusters and leaves for my inspiration. I also used the sketch.

Because I used all older stamps, I'm also linking up to the current Retro Rubber Challenge.

I hope you are enjoying the weekend! Thanks for checking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Stampin' Up sets Pick a Pumpkin and Happy Fall Y'all

Paper: SU Basic White, Bumble Bee, and Only Orange card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Honey Mustard, Prickly Pear, Tangerine Twist, Tomato Soup and Amalgam White

Stampin' Up Soft Succulent

Other: Pick a Pumpkin set dies, SU Greenery Embossing Folders, MFT Fish Tail Flag Banner die, yellow Stickles, SU Dimensionals, Misti, Big Shot Switch Plus

Pumpkin Spice

 TGIF Peeps,

This week has been overcast and misty, bordering on rainy, which is perfect for staying in and watching playoff baseball games and making a few cards. 

Yesterday I used this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge to make a card for my nephew, who's also my BB buddy. He lives in Minneapolis, but as a Pacific Northwest transplant, he roots for the Seattle Mariners. My team is the San Diego Padres. Both are total underdogs, but are in the Division Playoffs, and we have been having fun texting each other during the games.

I made this fall themed card using stamps, papers and an embossing folder from Gina K Designs. The background is a fun technique where  Gina uses an embossing folder combined with her woodgraining technique. It really does make a fun and striking background. For the inks, I used a warm cocoa, dark chocolate and a dark orange.

The patterned paper is from Gina's new fall paper pack. I used a blending brush and Honey Mustard ink to change the color for my card.

The sentiment is from a new mini stamp set and the pumpkin is from a fall stamp set from last year. I changed the square to an oval as it fit the sentiment much better.

I used greetings from the older stamp set on the inside.

Enjoy your weekend! 

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Haunts and Harvest and Everything Nice sets by Gina K Designs

Paper: Honey Mustard,  Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Layering Weight White card stock and Autumn Splendor 6x6 paper pack by Gina K Designs

Ink: Tomato Soup, Warm Cocoa, Charcoal Brown, Honey Mustard, Copic Markers

Other: Gingham embossing folder, Master Layouts 1 dies, blending brush, God Gems,Misti, Big Shot Switch Plus, SU Dimensionals, Connect liquid glue

Hey, There and Some Purple Pumpkins

Hello,

I have two cards made using this week's sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  It's a classic sketch this week that warranted more than one card.

In addition to the sketch, my first card uses Joanne's theme of Changing Seasons for the Paper Players Challenge. 

This cute little squirrel gathering up acorns for his winter stash is a good representation of the changing season. My latest SU order arrived this morning and it just happened to include this stamp set, perfect timing for an afternoon crafting session. I pulled out some fall themed DSP to go along with.

Here's the inside. I didn't add a greeting, just the image of the squirrel's buddy. More room for a personal message.

The second card uses the same FMS sketch with the current color theme from Color Hues Challenge. The colors for this challenge are Orange and Purple.

The stamp set is an older SU set called Gourd Goodness. The leaves are stamped in orange shades on a basic white panel. I used Gina K.'s woodgrain technique on the panel to make a background for the purple pumpkins. 

Here's the inside of this card.

TGIF tomorrow! Have a great Friday, and thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Nuts About Squirrels set and Gourd Goodness set both by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Basic White, Evening Evergreen, Rings Of Love DSP and Gina K Designs Kraft, Wild Lilac, SU Evening Evergreen Glimmer paper

Ink: GKD Charcoal Brown, Sandy Beach, Faded Brick, Tomato Soup, Dark Sage, Prickly Pear, Warm Cocoa, Kraft, Sweet Mango, Tangerine Twist, Lovely Lavender, Wild Lilac, Black Onyx, SU Evening Evergreen, 

Other: Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 dies, Double stitched and Single stitched circle dies, SU enamel dots, Avery Elle purple Baker's Twine, foam tape, SU dimensionals

 

Autumn Wishes

 TGIF Peeps,

I'm having so much fun using the SU Hello Harvest and Fond of Autumn Bundles. Yesterday's post had two cards made with these sets and today's post continues with them.

Today's card is for this week's Paper Players Sketch Challenge brought to us by Jaydee. Here's what I came up with.

Much like yesterday's cards I began by stamping the oak leaf from the Hello Harvest set randomly with fall shades. I cut that panel and a mat from Early Espresso using the GKD Master Layouts 1 die set. The stamped focal image is from the Fond of Autumn set and is placed across a panel cut from the SU Gingham Cottage DSP. The focal image is colored with Copics and popped up with SU Dimensionals. I added some SU gold gems for embellishments.

The inside uses a greeting and images are from the Fond of Autumn set. The card base and images are stamped on Vanilla card stock.

One of my favorite crafting projects is to make seasonal banners from felt. I've made many for myself and friends. I decided to make a set of fall wall hangings for a friend who has a new vacation home on Long Island (they live here in So. Cal.,) and they happen to be there for the next few weeks for her birthday, which is Sunday. I'll be sending these today, probably via FedEx so they arrive close to her birthday.

I use felt mostly from Taylored Expressions. It is easy to work with, especially with dies. I use many dies from my stash to make the projects. For the larger die cuts, I use fusible and iron them onto the background fabric. For small pieces, I use hot glue. 

These are in some very in-expensive faux wood embroidery hoops from Michaels. I wanted to use traditional wooden hoops with the screw tightener at the top, but two of my local stores were out of them, so I got these. 

Have a great Friday and weekend, and thanks for looking in!

Colleen

Card Supplies

 Stamps: SU Fond Of Autumn and Hello Harvest bundles

Paper: SU vanilla, early espresso, gingham cottage DSP

Ink: SU Mint Macaron, Pumpkin Pie, Calypso Coral, Garden Green, So Saffron, GKD Charcoal Brown, Copic Markers

Other: Bundle dies, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1 dies, Simon Says Stamp Nested Domed Arches, Misti, Big Shot Switch Plus, SU Dimensionals, SU gold Gems, Connect Glue

Wishing You the Loveliest Day

Hello,

I needed to make a couple of birthday cards for two friends who's birthdays are October 1 and October 2. I decided to make fall themed cards for them and I really had fun using the Hello Harvest stamp and die set.

 

This first card uses the new Fusion Card Challenge. I managed to use the sketch and the Fall theme, as well as the colors.

No challenges used for the second card. Like on the first card, the leaf is randomly stamped around a white panel, but this time I used darker shades. Using the postage stamp die from the GKD Master Layouts 4 die set, I cut out sections of the stamped panel. On the kraft panel, I stamped the leaf using kraft ink and the "stamping off" technique.

Using the same greeting on both, it's is heat embossed using white EP on black card stock and cut out with the set die.

TGIF tomorrow! Have a great day, and many thanks for looking in.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Hello Harvest set with dies from Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Basic White, Black and Gingham Cottage DSP, Gina K Designs Kraft card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Cherry Red, Blue Denim, Tranquil Teal, Honey Mustard, Kraft, Fresh Asparagus, Tomato Soup, Faded Brick, Prickly Pear, Sea Glass, Applemint, GKD Embossing Ink Pad

Other: Hello Harvest dies, SU Stitched Rectangle die, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1 and 4, WOW white embossing powder, Gemini Big Shot Switch Plus, Misti, heat tool, SU gold gems, SU Dimensionals, Connect glue

So Very Grateful

Hello to all,

I'm posting my card for this week's Paper Players Challenge. Claire is our hostess for this week's theme challenge, a timely Thanksgiving theme. 

My card is somewhat of a CASE of a card I saw in the Concord & 9th Instagram gallery. I loved the non-traditional fall colors in pastels on their card and since I have the stamp sets, card stock and inks, I decided to play around to see if I could make something that I liked just as much. For my card, I added the pop of orange and the sparkle of sequin, as well as a center image. I'm pretty happy with the result.

To add the Marmalade dots, I used one of the background leaf stamps from the C&9th Triple-step Autumn Leaf set. I used the ink cube to ink only the dots in the stamp and stamped them randomly around the panel. After the stamping was done, the panel was cut out using the scalloped die from the Gina K Designs  Master Layouts 4 die set. The stamped panel is glued to a Sea Glass top folding card base. I stamped a few extra leaves in green and blue, cut them out with the dies, and popped them over the stamped images with foam dots for a little dimension. 

The pumpkin pie image is from a newer C&9th set. I colored the image with Copics, cut it out with the set die and popped it up in the center. I added the gold rim to the plate using a gold gel pen because Thanksgiving pie should be served on the "good" dishes. The greeting is stamped on Marmalade card stock with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white EP, then cut out with the sentiment strip die from the same stamp set.

For the inside, I couldn't find a "Happy Thanksgiving" stamp among my C&9th sets, so I pulled out the Lawn Fawn Cutie Pie mini stamp set and used it. After stamping and coloring the images, I cut the panel and the mat using the Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 die set.

I'm off to continue making more Holiday cards today. Thanks for looking in, and have a fab day!

Colleen

Supplies

Concord & 9th sets and dies: Triple-Step Autumn Leaf, Simple Seasons, and Harvest Wreath Turnabout. Lawn Fawn Cutie Pie stamp set. Concord & 9th White, Sea Glass, Buttercup and Marmalade card stock and ink cubes, Gina K Designs Black Onyx ink and Master Layouts 2 & 4 die sets, VersaMark ink, GKD white detail EP, heat tool, Misti, Gemini Jr, SSS sequins, Gold Gel Pen, Copic markers, SU mini Dimensionals, Connect liquid glue

Happy Harvest Blessings

Hello and Happy Thursday,

Last night I made a couple of Fall/Thanksgiving cards while watching the Olympics on TV. I've watched just a few nights for these Olympics. I guess mostly because we were on vacation when they started.

This first card uses the colors of Kraft, Gray and White from this week's Color Throwdown Challenge, and the sketch from this week's Freshly Made Sketches. Since the stamp set is over a year old, I'm also entering it into the Retro Rubber Challenge where it's "anything goes" this week.

The stamp set is from Stampin' Up and it's called Country Home. I stamped the water can using GKD Soft Stone ink and colored it with colored pencils. I cut a mask for the can then stamped the fall arrangement using GKD Kraft ink and shaded some of the images with a Kraft colored pencil. While the mask was still in place, I stamped the tile image in a darker gray shade using a block. I was very pleased with how well I was able to get it to line up perfectly with each stamping. The panel is cut out with the dies from the GKD Master Layouts 2. I used Stormy Skies card stock for the mat and Kraft card stock for the card base. I thought the twine added to the "country" theme and the sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I made the second card using the GKD Wreath Builder System. All of the stamped images are from the GKD Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set, and all of the inks and card stock are from GKD as well.

After stamping the images, I used the GKD Master Layouts 3 dies to cut the panel and the mat. The circle dies are from the Master Layouts 5 die set. I added some bling in the form of coper sequins around the card. This is a 4.5 x 4.5 inch square card.

I hope you all have a lovely Thursday. Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Country Home set by Stampin' Up, Autumn Wreath Builder Set by Gina K Designs, GKD card stock in Kraft, Layering Weight White, Storm Skies, Tangerine Twist, Fresh Asparagus, GKD inks in Kraft, Soft Stone, Stormy Skies, Dark Sage, Fresh Asparagus, Honey Mustard, Prickly Pear, Faded Brick, Tomato Soup, Tangerine Twist, Faber Castel Polychromos Colored Pencils, GKD Master Layouts dies, twine, sequins, Misti, Gemini Jr, GKD Wreath Builder System, SU Dimensionals