Inkspirational #352 and Cardz 4 Guyz #378

I got a top pick with my card for the last Inkspirational challenge and as I try to always do, I'm back with a card for the current challenge - Seasonal.

I saw a technique with a leaf embossing folder so I ordered one from Spellbinders and now I can't remember the technique.  I still love the folder so I tried my own technique which unfortunately is barely visible in the photo.  I inked the raised side with Lisa Horton Copper ink, ran the folder through with  C9 Nutmeg to embed the ink into the leaves.  Two leaves from Honey Bee's Fall Foliage were cut from copper foil and a sentiment from HB's Sweater Weather was embossed with copper to finish it off. 

Cardz 4 Guyz is looking for Autumn/Fall cards so my card will go there too.

ETA:  Lisa mentioned my card would be good for The Paper Players challenge and since it seems their definition of CAS is more lenient than mine I'll send my card there. 

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Just Us Girls #795 - Die Week

I'm the host at Just Us Girls for our Die Week challenge and I want you to use your leaf dies.

With Autumn in the US, this should be a colorful gallery but leaves of any color will be welcome. 

Speaking of welcome, I want to say 'hello' to our guest designer for October Greta Hess from GG Creations.  

Honey Bee's Fall Foliage was colored with Distress Inks, added to a panel of Spicy Yogurt cut with a Jillian Vance coverplate and layered over Gina K Warm Cocoa.  The sentiment is from HB's Sweater Weather.  

After seeing their inspiration cards, Greta and the design team are hoping you will make a card with leaves for the challenge.

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Color Hues #102

I missed the deadline for the last Color Hues.  I'm not going to let that happen again.  Here's my card in navy and lime green.

The first thing I thought of was my Honey Bee dragonflies.  I stamped one on lime vellum, heat embossed it and cut it out along with another in Gina K's Key Lime cardstock.  I was trying to figure out what coverplate to use and found the navy one already cut but none of the holes were punched out.  I must have gotten lazy and just put it aside for another time.  This was the time.  After poking them out, I attached the panel to a green one.  It looked rather plain so I added Penny Black's Ascending die.  I couldn't see a good way to add a sentiment so it's going without.  

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Freshly Made Sketches #665

Kim's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches inspired me to get out an older set and not a Christmas one either.

I need more masculine cards and this Layering Leaf by Concord & 9th was just the thing.  The bottom layer was cut from watercolor paper with light pressure from my Intri-Cut to keep all the pieces in place.  After watercoloring with Distress Inks in Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge and Brushed Corduroy, the top layer cut from PTI's Rustic Cream was added - minus all the pieces.  They are glued to more Rustic Cream that was embossed with the Subtle folder from SU, making sure that each little piece had glue on it.  The sentiment is BetterPress from Spellbinders.

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Tic Tac Toe #242 and a Prayer card

Hey there crafty friends.  I'm so glad you dropped by.

Whether we like it or not, we have a need for sympathy cards and since my supply was getting low I decided to use the challenge at Tic Tac Toe to make a couple for my stash. 

I used the left column down: CAS, metallic, foliage.   The  SSS leaf die was large enough to get two cards.  Cut from green metallic paper, half the branch was placed on a stitched panel I found in my Bits box.  The sentiment from Avery Elle was already in the package cut in this light green that I thought worked well.  Here's a close-up so you can see the metallic shine of the leaves.

And here's the card made with the other half of the leaves.  This one is on an embossed panel. 

Sometimes I don't put a sentiment on a card, either because I don't know what to put or the card looks good without one, and that worked to my advantage since I needed a couple of prayer cards for friends having health issues.  

I pulled this card from my birthday box and cut the SSS prayers die from the same Honey Bee paper that the flower was made from.  The sub-sentiment is from the same set as the die.   

What about you?  Do you ever leave sentiments off to choose one when you need it?

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Just Us Girls #705 - Word Week

Carol Mayne is our host at Just Us Girls and she chose this for Word Week.

I have a stamp from Jillian Vance that I wanted to use so I went searching for just the right stamp or die to go with it.  This is the results.

The sentiment fit perfectly inside the Chisholm Wreath from SSS that was cut from kraft.  To decorate it I used Lawn Fawn leaves cut from a smooshed panel, then added the bow from PTI.  

There are so many ways to use the word on a card so be sure to check out what the Design Team and our guest Melissa have made to inspire you.  Then it's up to you to take it from there.

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Just Us Girls #702 - Photo Week

It's time for Photo Week at Just Us Girls and Ina has this lovely one for us.

I love the changing of the leaves in the Fall.  And I love putting colorful ones on my cards.

I started by coloring a panel with Mica Sprays.  When dry, I cut leaves from Lawn Fawn.  I have used them many times so I tried to find a new way to arrange them.  I found this card by Linda Walmsley on Pinterest and CASEd it.  The sentiment is from Altenew. 

We'd love to see your cards inspired by the photo, the design team and our guest designer Bonnie Klass. If you win the challenge you could be a future guest designer. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #607 and The Card Concept 200

While making a card for another challenge I thought the sentiment would be great as a focal point on the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. 

From back layer to front: Plaid paper from Honey Bee.  Warm Cocoa cardstock from Gina K.  Leaves from Lawn Fawn cut from a panel smooshed with Distress Oxides.  A sentiment from Jillian Vance. 

I'm also sending this to The Card Concept as a clean and layered design.  I haven't played with them since they came back from their hiatus. 

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Color Throwdown #734

I have another masculine card for my stash using the colors from the Color Throwdown challenge.

The leaves are from PTI with the bottom layer cut from what I believe is a sprayed panel that was in my Bits box and the outline cut from GinaK ivory.  PTI Dark Chocolate was used for the background leaving room for an ivory border.  Some cards look better without a sentiment IMO.

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Color Throwdown #717

Just a quick post before I head off to celebrate my great grandson's first birthday.  This card is for Color Throwdown.

I found a sheet from a Honey Bee pack that had the challenge colors on it.  I added some vellum leaves from various companies and then used the leftover scrap for the die cut sentiment from Altenew. 

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Time Out #225

For a short time I kept a gratitude journal.  It really makes you appreciate the little things.  One of the things I'm thankful for is the crafting community I have found.  I've made great friends, both in real life and virtually.  Today I've made a thankful card for Time Out.

I started with Mica Sprays to make a panel to cut my Tim Holtz leaves.  Then I brought out my neglected Oxide inks to make a blended background on Fine Linen cardstock from PTI with Frayed Burlap, Ground Expresso and Walnut Stain, adding a few splatters.  I tried the word die in dark brown but didn't like it so I topped it with a rust colored cardstock.  

ETA: I just saw the challenge at Tic Tac Toe and will be sending my card to them too.  I used the first column down. 

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Addicted to CAS #210

I needed one more Thanksgiving card so I used the prompt from Addicted to CAS and made this.

The circle is cut with a Spellbinders Hemstitch die.  A sentiment from Jillian Vance was stamped inside and leaves from Lawn Fawn added at the bottom.  The leaves were cut from paper that had been colored with Distress Mica sprays.  To make color show through the die cut, I swiped dark brown ink direct to the card base.

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Inspired By #148

The photo inspiration at Inspired By really drew me in.

I'm looking for some architectural windows like that for my bedroom.  In lieu of that, I recreated one from paper.

I bought the chicken wire die from Kat Scrappiness quite a while ago and thought it was perfect to put in between layers of the WF dome die.  I cut two of the leafy branches and added some metallic paint to the edges of the leaves and on the branches to give it some pizazz although it doesn't show in the photo. The CP word die is triple layered in Canyon Clay cs.

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CAS(E) This Sketch #395

CAS(E) This Sketch gave me the opportunity to add two more cards to my Thanksgiving stash.

I say two because that piece of plaid paper, stamped with C9 gingham, was cut in half to use on identical cards.  The wreath is from SSS, the smooshed leaves from LF and the heat embossed sentiment from PTI.

Thanks for dropping by.  I love it when you do.

Inkspirational #209

Have you seen the retro photo inspiration at Inkspirational?

Isn't that wallpaper wonderful?  That being said I took my inspiration from the pillow in the chair and the vase of leaves.

I have quite the mix of companies that helped with this design.  The stencil for the background is W&W, the leaves are a combo of The Greetery and MFT, cut from green and inked with Distress Inks. The vase is a scrap of white covered with Glossy Accents and the heat embossed sentiment is from Altenew.  Both the vase and sentiment are popped up on foam.

Peace, prayers and blessings to all of you as our country faces this difficult situation.  I pray that you are all safe, healthy and following the rules to slow down the spread of the virus.