Thursday, October 17, 2024

Just Us Girls #749 - Mood Board Week

Vicki is the host for Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls and she has chosen a very fun and appropriate board to inspire us.

I made a card last Halloween that I never posted so I CASEd myself with this fun card. 


The background is Mica Spray - believe me there's plenty of shine - and the letters are from PFS.  I added some eyes from Doodlebug Designs just for the creepiness of it.  

Which one of those photos will you base your card on?  Which one did the Design Team members and our guest Kerry choose?  It should be a fun gallery.  I hope you play along.







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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

The Flower Challenge #96

There's still time for you to make a card for the stencil challenge at The Flower Challenge.

I was filing away the cards I had with me at the lake back into my regular boxes and saw one made with Altenew's Dancing Sunflowers.  I had forgotten about that set and was anxious to use it for this challenge.


I'm not very fond of the second and third layers of floral stencils, preferring to shade them myself on the first layer like I did here using Distress Inks in Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey and just a touch of Aged Mahogany.  The center is Brushed Corduroy which is also what I used to stamp the image and the leaves are Peeled Paint and Forest Moss.   After die cutting, the sunflower was layered onto a panel of Warm Cocoa from GinaK, embossed with the Tasteful Texture folder from SU.

There are more cards from the Design Team over on the blog.  We hope they inspire you to make a stenciled card featuring flowers for our challenge. 






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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Freshly Made Sketches #657

I'm way behind on getting my Christmas cards made so I decided to use the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches to get a couple done.


The patterned paper and Smoky Shadow cardstock were cut together and pieced onto the card base.  The vellum tag has a heat embossed sentiment from PB and is decorated with boughs and a pine cone from The Greetery.  I also have a duplicate of this to add to my stash. 

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Color Hues #96

I've been working on Halloween cards and thought the colors at Color Hues warranted another one.


I cut a circle to mask the moon before blending the background with Distress Inks.  A background stamp from Penny Black and some bats from Winnie and Walter made my spooky scene.  

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