Freshly Made Sketches #761

I knew the minute I saw Cecile's sketch on Freshly Made Sketches that I had the perfect stamp for it.  

It's Festive Christmas Greetings from Memory Box and it gave me a chance to practice my alcohol marker coloring with my Altenew artist markers.   The sentiment is an old one from Catherine Pooler and the PTI Pine Feather background panel was embossed with SSS Holiday Greenery. 

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Just Us Girls #848 - Die Week

Lisa is the host for Die Week at Just Us Girls and she wants to see an acorn die on your card.  

We are welcoming Jane Delen ( Jane's Creative Chaos) as our guest designer for the month of November. She and the design team have some wonderful cards to inspire you but remember: to be in the running for a Winner/Shout Out, we must see evidence of an ACORN DIE on your card. 

I didn't have any acorn dies so it gave me the opportunity to get this Concord and 9th Autumn Inlay die.  There were several steps to this card.  First the die was cut from yellow taking out the images.  The panel was embossed with the HB Burlap folder, an Altenew double sided sticky sheet was added to the back, and the panel attached to the card base. The leaves and acorns were colored with a variety of ink in autumn colors on the yellow cardstock and inlaid into the panel onto the sticky surface.  A sentiment from HB Sweater Weather was embossed on vellum in Expresso ink and run through the Xyron to attach it. 

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CAS Mix-Up November 2026

If you haven't stenciled with powdered inks, this month's challenge at CAS Mix-Up is the perfect time to give it a try.  Loll has a couple of videos on the blog to help you along.

I know I have never done this technique and found it fun and fascinating.  

I don't have a ton of stencils with large openings that would make a good card but I did find this one from Taylored Expressions called Zinnia.  I think of orange when I think of Zinnias so I got out my orange Brusho and had a go.  It is recommended to put your watercolor (or mixed media) panel on an acrylic block to make it easier to remove the stencil.  This was my third try at getting the right amount of powder with the right amount of water but it turned out great.  Ivory cardstock was cut with Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Circle. I had a boo boo where I stamped the Altenew sentiment so I stamped another one and cut it with an oval die to put over the top.  

I even got a reverse stencil panel with the leftovers.  You can see the card I made with it here.

I hope you'll join us at CAS Mix-Up this month.  The design team has some wonderful cards made with powders and stencils to inspire you.  

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The Paper Players #810 and Color Hues #144

While almost everyone else is making Christmas cards, I'm still in golf mode.  Today's card is for The Paper Players theme 'Plaid' and Color Hues colors of red and green as chosen by Bonnie. 

That cute little golf cart is from Taylored Expressions.  I found the great plaid in a pack from Photo Play and trimmed it down so a little white card base would show.  To make the cart stand out, I cut a circle from Spellbinders Fern which was a perfect match to the green in the plaid.  The sentiment was computer generated.  

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Inkspirational #379

I'm getting quite a collection of Autumn cards because I never send any out.  I have another one today for the visual prompt at Inkspirational.

The pumpkins are an oldie from Penny Black, stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  The panel was cut with the Double Stitched Fancy Frame from Pinkfresh Studio and added to a panel of Spellbinder's Saffron cardstock embossed with Honey Bee's Burlap folder.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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