Freshly Made Sketches #757

When putting away stuff, both old and new, I saw just the die for Jen M's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  

The Gingerbread House from Spellbinders was a recent sale purchase.  It's cut from paper I've been hoarding just for gingerbread, and decorated with Altenew's Moonstone glitter paper and red pearl metallic from SB.  The Holiday Sentiments embossing folder is from Altenew and the polka dot paper is from my stash.  

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The Paper Players #806

The deadline for The Paper Players is fast approaching but I did squeeze in some time to make a card.  Putting everything I took to the lake this summer back where it belongs meant actually reorganizing my shelves so everything would fit and look nice.  I'm not done yet but I was anxious to do some card making and The Paper Players was first on my list of challenges. 

The Mountain stencil, which is actually the entire background, and Tree dies and stencils are from Pinkfresh Studio, something I got when I took one of their classes a while ago.  I haven't used it since but thought it fit with the nature theme perfectly.  All stenciling was done with Distress Inks and the trees are popped up.  The sentiment is an oldie from Technique Tuesday. 

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Just Us Girls #844 - Word Week

Carol Mc is hosting Word Week at Just Us Girls and she would like to see movement on your cards.

This can include shakers, pop-ups, spinners, wobblers or any other type of movement you can think of.  I made a Magic Color Slider card.

I used Lawn Fawn's Magic Color Slider dies, stamping the panel with a sentiment from Altenew.  The "Make a Wish" is from Mama Elephant.  When you 'pull", this is what you get.

The image is from Hearts Aplenty by Penny Black, colored with Altenew artist markers and the sentiment is from PB's Snippets.  I used this die to make Christmas cards for my grandkids with gift cards included back in 2017 and haven't used it since. You can find one of them here.  

Put your thinking caps on,  pull out any of your products that will add movement to your card and join us for this fun challenge.  The Design Team and our guest Carrie Sheridan have plenty of ideas for you.

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CAS Mix-Up October 2026

Linda is hosting this month's CAS Mix-Up challenge and the technique is blackout.  It's a fun one to do and if you haven't done it before there are videos on the blog to help you through.  

 
I've made several and this one was a little different since the embossed images are so small.

The embossing folder is Tiny Flora from SSS.  It was colored with Altenew inks on the debossed side with small blending brushes.  Once dry, black ink was lightly rubbed over the top until the raised part was covered.  The frame around my  panel is Double Frames from Penny Black.  

For more inspiration please check out what the Design Team and our guest Darnell have made using this technique.  We'd love to see you try it and enter a CAS card in our challenge. 

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Just Us Girls #843 - Die Week

Welcome to October!  Carol has the perfect Die Week challenge for us this week at Just Us Girls.

You need to use a Halloween die on your card, not just make a Halloween card with a die cut on it. 

 

The dies from Tim Holtz Frightful Things were cut from white and colored with Altenew artist markers, except for the web which is cut from shimmer paper.  The background was splattered with SB Lime Zest and black.  Striped paper at the bottom and a PTI sentiment finish it off.  

The Design Team will have some scary/funny/crazy Halloween cards to inspire you so please take a look and then join us for the challenge.

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Time Out #323 - Pick Two

It's October 1 and time for another Pick Two challenge at Time Out.

 

I made an interactive card using basket, apple and gingham.

 

The dies are from C9's Freshly Picked.  The apples were cut from a variety of scraps and one was stamped with "Pick Me".  The layered basket is cut from an old pack of Core'dinations cardstock which explains the texture.  The gingham was in my Bits Box, something I stamped at Michele's so many years ago I'm ashamed to admit it. 

This is what you get when you "pick me".

I hope you'll join me and the Design Team in picking two for this challenge.

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