Magical Christmas

Happy day to you!   

Making that first Christmas card for the coming season is magical! Also magical is the Flourish Bear die (SSS) that has been in my stash for months, just waiting for his moment to shine. 

It's time for a new challenge at Tic Tac Toe for Team X, and I had the fun of creating the board as your host.  

I began with a top folded square card. Next I created the home base panel from white card stock and blended inks in shades of blue, aqua and violet. Two more squares were added, one of turquoise glitter paper, and the other of deep navy card stock. The Radiant Burst Wafer Die (SSS) seems like a star that the bear is gazing at. I added one gem in the center and another on the bear's flower. 

Details were added to the bear with gel pens and a marker. 

I chose the middle row across, Animal, Glitter, and Square Card. It will be wonderful to see what you choose to use on your card! I gave some fall-ish choices and for fun the polka dots or stamped silhouette. Please be sure to see the fabulous samples of the team and the ones that we hope you will be adding to our gallery HERE.  

I am so glad you've stopped by! 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies: the sentiment is from Penny Black stamps Sleigh Ride
Inks:  from Altenew -  Aqualicious, and Distress Oxides in Chipped Sapphire and Wilted Violet

Blessed Beyond Measure

 Fall is such a season of blessings! Each day of my favorite season is bringing more delights! Today the pumpkins return in a clean and simple design. 

Again, I used the 3D Pumpkin Wreath embossing folder (SSS) and added it's rich texture to kraft card stock. A light sponging of white craft ink highlights the wreath design. 

I embossed the same design on orange card stock, die cut the gourd and positioned it over the wreath for the focal point. 

I really love this wreath, and I think it too will become a favorite! 

I'm playing with the CAS theme chosen by lovely Stef at The Paper Players.  Making this was so much fun!  Time Out Challenges where they have an inspirational photo; ATG at Word Art Wednesday.

Inspiration Station Challenge has this cute prompt. 

May your day bring to mind some of your favorite things and a few smiles. It's been great spending this bit of time together!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies: 

Simon Says stamp - Pumpkin Wreath EF, Harvest Heirloom Wafer Dies

the sentiment is from Penny Black - Blessings Builder

Inking the Pumpkin Wreath

 Hi everyone! I hope you're having a lovely fall weekend. This has been a wonderful Carolina day here with cooler weather and sunshine. I still have pumpkins on my mind and today was a fun play inking up the SSS Pumpkin Wreath for a monochromatic card.

I began with a panel of burnt orange card stock and embossed with the Pumpkin Wreath folder. The design - by itself - was beautiful! Adding inking began with Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide on the pumpkins, using a small brush and repeated inking so the lighter color would show on the darker card stock. More colors were added for the leaves in Dried Marigold, Rusty Hinge and Aged Mahogany. The berries were lightly tinged with white craft ink. 

With Walnut Stain, the corners and edges of the panel were brushed for even more contrast. 

Next came the gold splatters. Maybe I got carried away. But then I usually do when it comes to splatters! unfortunately, they show up in the photo looking white. I gold embossed the sentiment from the Greetery on a white die cut. 

I do miss the brighter colors I like to use. Although the colors are darker than I prefer, I enjoyed trying for a more elegant look with the contrasting monochromatic shades. 

Thanks so much for your visit today. I always enjoy hearing from you and I'm sending hugs your way. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Challenges:
Freshly Made
NBUS - the EF is new 

Hey There Panda!

 Hello how are things going for you?

I had a lovely bit of craft time this morning. It felt so good to play around with older supplies as I was challenged to create using Ann's theme at the Paper Players of Nature's Landscape. Forest, mountains, lake, desert or sea?

How about a bamboo forest?

This cuddly panda is an oldie but goodie that seemed just right. One of my grands will probably enjoy this card sometime. I hope you enjoy it too!  

I appreciate your visit so much. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Yeah, I know it's only Thursday, but hey! I'm retired and tomorrow has some fun things planned so I have weekend mentality. Every day. Take care!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Joining  The Paper Players and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Patterned Paper. 

Supplies: Altenew - Roaming Pandas stamps and dies, Bamboo Branches EF and stencils

Distress inks. 

Postal Dies are from The Greetery

 

Autumn Leaf Frame

 Dear crafty friends, I don't know where this week has gone and how in the world it has gotten to be October already, but, well, here we are! 

I promised a week of pumpkins from the craft room and honestly, I didn't keep up with that promise, unless you count the pumpkin baked oatmeal I cooked and ate all week! With gorgeous weather outside, crafting time has become more scarce, but I have two cards to share today. 

First up is a simple card showing a fall City scene using these lovely papers from La La Land Crafts. This is alas!, the last full sheet. I used the Autumn Leaf Wafer Die Frame (SSS) which includes pretty leaf outlines and a frame in 3 different layers. 

I cut the inner frame from Gold mirror card stock, and assembled it together with the white frame. I didn't want to cover the paper, so I backed the frame with vellum and added a bit of light orange card stock as an inlay in one leaf. 

This provided just a bit of solid color as well as giving me a place to add glue for adhering it to the card. I layered gold and white in the cuts from the Hello die. Bronze colored pearls add just a bit of pizzazz to the scene. 

The next card uses the same Autumn Leaf die, but this time without the leaves, I'm using the outer two layers of the frame. Isn't that detail pretty? 

 

The Thanks, Hello, and Hugs are included with the die set. And here you have the pumpkins! The base layer and pumpkin images  (SSS - Stitched Pumpkins) were cut of colored card stock and shaded with sponged ink. 

It feels good having had this time together, I appreciate your visit!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

I am entering this at:
NBUS - The Leaf Die is new! Can you believe it's Darnell's 91st challenge!
and SSS Wednesday Challenge - ATG using LaLa Land crafts

Loving plaids for autumn!

Hello friends!  It's time for a new Challenge at Tic Tac Toe and Betty has some wonderful options for us for this go round. 

Oh yes please, plaid it is for me! I tried my new SSS Stripes and Plaid Builder Stencils and made my own plaid for today's card. Have a look.  

I chose Distress Oxide inks to create the plaid in Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Barn Door, and Mahogany. A skinny strip over the colors is White craft ink. This was so much fun, I can't wait to do it again! 

The middle row across is what I went with: Plaid, FREE, Foliage but I also included Orange, Die Cuts, and Embossing.  The leaves (Penny Black) were die cut of card stock and smooshed to include additional hues. The embossed sentiment (Gina K) was placed atop a tag embellished with a twine bow. 

I can't wait to see what you will make! Thanks for your visit, and be sure to check the great samples Team X has for you. Mostly we want you to have fun!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Loving Pumpkins!

Hi! I'm happy to welcome you to my blog today, it's the first day of fall and I'm enjoying a cool day here in the southeast. Yaay! Time to bring out new fall goodies.  I'm loving pumpkins and I'm declaring it pumpkins week in the craft room. Here's a card for you! 

This great pumpkin is made from the Layered Pumpkin Wafer Die by Simon Says Stamp. I mean GREAT, it is really big! I love the layers and added inking and stenciled patterns to individual pieces to give it even more texture. Also featured is the new Opulent HAPPY Wafer Die from SSS as well. The leaves and Thanksgiving sentiment are from other bits of craft room finds. I experimented a lot for the pumpkin pieces; sorry there aren't more details. My desk was covered with card stock, inks and stencils. 

Some challenges I'm entering: 
NBUS - the pumpkin and Happy dies are new!
Just Us Girls - have a mood board, I was inspired by the pumpkins

Happy crafting, make it a GREAT day!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!