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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The Paper Players #805

Jaydee's sketch at The Paper Players gives you a chance to break out some of those patterned papers you've been hoarding.  

Actually mine are new since I took advantage of a sale on Honey Bee paper packs.  I was looking for a specific one but couldn't resist a few others.  Like I need more paper.  LOL   This pack is called Spooktacular and I used three pieces from it to show off my little bird ghost from Unity Stamps. The sentiment is from the same set.  

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Krafty Chicks #839

It's a masculine challenge at Krafty Chicks and I finally made a card I've been wanting to do for a while.

I picked a light teal color and cut six of MFT's Hooray die from it, then stacked them with another cut, before arranging them on the same color card front.  The sentiment from Altenew was stamped in black, trimmed and stacked.  

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Freshly Made Sketches #755

Donna's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches had me thinking and going through my stamps/dies until I landed on one I thought would work best.

It may be a little out of proportion and there is no sentiment but the rest is what the sketch calls for.  The background is embossed with Crackle Paint from SB on the top and Honey Bee's Rustic Brick Wall on the bottom which gave me a great place to hang my Altenew Houseplants. 

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Double D Challenge - Pretty in Pink

Double D has a Pretty in Pink challenge and I wanted to play with some new products and used their challenge as inspiration. 

It started with Pinkfresh Studio's Beautiful Branch, stamped in light gray ink and stenciled with Gina K Light Carnation, adding it darker in the center.  Altenew Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades colored the leaves. I cut a panel with PFS Blanket Stitch Ovals but wanted to pop it up so a piece of cardstock was folded to make the mechanism.  To frame it all, pink cardstock was embossed with SSS Flower Frame.  The sentiment is a BetterPress. 

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Just Us Girls #842 - Stencil Week

Your favorite Stencil Week is back at Just Us Girls and it's Anything Goes hosted by Sue.

I would like to thank Julia Aston for all the wonderful cards she created to inspire our followers this month. 

I gold heat embossed the Lovely Camellias set from Altenew and stenciled with their Spring Bouquet inks.  The trimmed navy panel was embossed with Altenew's Dotty Circles and a gold embossed sentiment from their One-Go Birthday was added. 

Now it's your turn.  Which stencil will you choose to use to make a card for our challenge?  We'd love to see yours in our gallery.

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Color Hues #141

It's so much easier to use most of my stamps when Color Hues has green in the mix.  This challenge has Sheri's choice of purple and artichoke. 

I've been watching Jennifer McGuire videos and loving the ideas she has for making cards with a twist. I made a Zfold card with a flower overhang.  The stenciled flowers are Amazing Things from Pinkfresh Studio, colored with Altenew inks.  The embossing is the Sparkling Facets folder from SSS and the sentiment is a BetterPress. 

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Krafty Chicks #838

Time is running out on the Krafty Chicks challenge and because my card for their last challenge received a shout out I feel compelled to enter this week's CAS challenge.  I was making a card yesterday for fun and think it works.

There are varying opinions on what makes a CAS card so I hope my Burlap embossed background from Honey Bee is okay with the Chicks.  The little trees are from SSS, cut from a paper pack from Craft Consortium.  The mantel is from Simon Hurley's Mantle Decorations and the white heat embossed sentiment is Hero Arts. 

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The Paper Players #804 and CAS Christmas 9.26

It's a clean and simple challenge at The Paper Players this week with the theme "Bears".  

This bear is from Spellbinders Festive Friends.  He's dressed in a winter sweater made from a Honey Bee's Make It Merry paper pack.  The lights were already made in the folder with Glossy Accents on them.  The sentiment is from PFS.  

I thought about making him a brown bear but resisted.  Then I realized I didn't have anything to use for the CAS Christmas Challenge and a brown bear would have worked.  A little research told me that there are white woodland bears called Kermode, a subspecies of the black bear so off this goes to CAS Christmas.

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Inkspirational #376

The challenge at Inkspirational is Furry Friends.  Except for a Christmas bear, I didn't bring any animal stamps with me but I do have a card I made last March for my son's birthday.

This Conga line is from the Anita Jeram collection at Colorado Craft Company and was stamped and given to me by my friend Michele quite a while ago.  I can't find it on their web site. Sorry.  They are colored with Zigs and I added them to a full card shaker filled with a variety of dots cut with an MFT die.  The sentiment is from Penny Black.    

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Freshly Made Sketches #754

The sketch for Freshly Made Sketches is wide open and ready for any half panel you want to design.  I had one already made and in the package.

Jesus is the focal point of Simon Hurley's Nativity Scene, cutting him in color while Mary and Joseph are silhouettes.  The background was colored with Distress Inks and splattered with Hero Arts Unicorn Spray.  The sentiment is from Spellbinder's The Three Magi.  

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