Gorgeous Leaves CAS card

Simple card made with new stamp and die set,

Gorgeous Leaves from Stampin'Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Wondrous Wreath Easel Card

Happy Thanksgiving !

No matter how tough things get,

there is always something to be thankful for.

No truer words can be written about

the year we've had. I am grateful every single

day that as bad as it got at times in 2019, 

it was not any worse. Events certainly

could have been much more devastating.

I hope that you have a wonderful day,

blessed with spending time with family or friends

to celebrate what you are thankful for. 

Card details: 

All supplies used came from Stampin' Up!

and are no longer available.

Wondrous Wreath stamp and die sets

Canvas background stamp

3 piece die set of words (don't recall the name)

Thanks for looking =) 

Tags and More Leaves Card

All supplies used on this card came from

Stampin' Up!,  several of which are quite old.

stamp sets:

Tags and More (leaf)

Holidays and Wishes

Garden Silhouettes 

Assorted dies

Thanks for looking =) 

Fabulous Friend Wreath Card

Last fall I found this stamp set with matching dies

at a yard sale, lucky me ! 

I found out afterwards that it was made by

Stampin' Up! and that the word dies were missing.

Oh well, it's still useful. 

I've had fun playing with it

and have a couple of cards to share.

You need to wait until December to see a 

neat (time consuming!) one I made for Christmas.

This card also uses the Banners For You

stamp and die set by Stampin' Up! for the banner.

(also found at that yard sale and missing a couple of pieces)

The neat burlap ribbon/bow was easy to make:

ink your stamp with Crumb Cake ink

then ink up the Canvas background stamp

with Baked Brown Sugar ink. Stamp that

inked Canvas stamp on top of the Crumb Cake

inked bow pieces.

Lastly stamp those "over stamped" bow/ribbon images

onto Very Vanilla card stock and cut out. 

I was quite pleased that this idea turned out

so well to make a burlap looking bow. 

Just a photo taken at a slightly different angle to try to show

 the dimension I created with curled up die cut flowers

and dimensionals under the banner as well as the bow. 

The Cajun Craze flowers have little yellow rhinestones in the centers.

The leaves were created by stamping the same flower image

with Old Olive ink then cutting them apart with scissors. 

I almost forgot to include details about the background!

I stamped the Hardwood background stamp with

Tip Top Taupe onto Naturals gray card stock (oh so old!).

It is layered onto Early Espresso textured card stock

and a Baked Brown Sugar card base. 

It was a bit time consuming, but fun to make

for a long time "pen pal"  online friend. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Fall Fest Thanksgiving

I am having the worst time getting photos of my cards.

Maybe one day I'll make a little "booth" to photograph

them with more consistency rather than rely on

whatever light is coming through the windows.

I doubt it ;)

This card has a  Kraft/Crumb Cake base.

The color in the closeup photo is way off.

The stamp images are from Stampin' Up!

Fall Fest and Holiday Home

The inks and card stocks are also from SU!

Thin twine and burlap ribbon are from

my craft supplies stash. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Die Cut Leaves and Canvas Card

I die cut leaf shapes and an acorn from a Triplits die set,

using card stocks from Stampin' Up!

I added a bit of twine then glued them all on top of a piece of

canvas craft ribbon cut into a banner shape.

The edges of the card base were lightly sponged

with ink before adhering all the pieces.

Thanks for looking =) 

Woodgrain Wondrous Wreath

A fairly simple fall card,

all supplies from Stampin' Up! :

Wondrous Wreath stamp set and matching dies

Hardwood stamp

Canvas stamp

Tin Tile embossing folder

all inks and papers

Thanks for looking =) 

Rusty Apple Truck card

I've not played along with any challenges for months

since my craft rooms became catchalls for items

to be stored during the flood.

Now that things are nearly back to normal, 

I decided to start following some of my 

favorite challenge sites again.

When I saw the color challenge at Retro Rubber today,

I just knew I had to make a card!

It is very hot and humid outside today,

so I was dreaming of cooler fall weather as I worked on it.

I know I really should have been trying to finish up

some decluttering and cleaning instead knowing that 

people are coming over on Thursday,

but I have tomorrow to work on that ;)

Long neglected craft supplies were calling!

Here is the inspiration photo for RRCB119

Obviously fall leaves, mums and pumpkins come to mind

as soon as you see the inspiration photo.

I knew right away I was going to do something

slightly different and what it would be. 
I have another card in mind, too,
with a different theme and perfect for these colors.

The image is from Stampin' Up!, Countryside (2013).

I water colored it with ink from my 

classic SU! ink pads and an aqua painter.
Tangerine Tango, Dusty Durango, Real Red, Smoky Slate,
Basic Gray, Creamy Caramel, Always Artichoke, Bliss Blue

It is mounted onto Chocolate Chip textured card stock

then Real Red card stock that I distressed the edges on. 

A few dimensionals are underneath the image panel

to adhere it over the Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain ribbon

that is on top of Crumb Cake card stock for the base.

I sponged Crumb Cake ink along the edges of the card front, too.

Pretty simple card, really ! 

Thanks for looking, have a great day =) 

EDITED TO ADD 9/23/2019
Honored to have my card chosen as a Top Pick!

I never did get that second card made as I had hoped.
It would have been images of wild horses running out West. 

ColorFALL Card from a friend

I received this pretty fall card from a 

blogging friend.

Fun, colorful paper, perfect stamp and burlap ribbon.

Thanks, Margaret ! 

Lots of Leaves Thanksgiving Card

"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." 

- Henry David Thoreau

Images, inks and papers are all oldies from Stampin' Up!

Twine is from my crafts stash.

Thanks for looking

and 

Happy Thanksgiving !

Thanksgiving Frame Cards

Old photo frame cards from a kit I bought years ago 

(I only wanted the photo storage box they came in)

turned into simple greeting cards. 

Computer generated sentiment on the bottom one, 

rubber stamp images from Stampin' Up! on the top card.

Thanks for looking 

and

Happy Thanksgiving !

Yoyo Thanksgiving Card

Leaf is a scrap leftover from the window I cut out

on another project (see Kitty's memory box urn).

Fabric yo-yo has been in my crafts stash for years.

Remember when they were all the crafting rage?

Rubber stamp images are oldies from Stampin' Up!

Since I've not mailed this one just yet,

I may add something else to it, it looks kind of "blah"....

Thanks for looking =)

Pumpkin and Leaves Card

Last pumpkin piece I made years ago for

a decorative tissue box cover that I have since

torn apart to repurpose. 

I added a few punched leaves that were

stamped with veins from a leaf stamp. 

Eyelet and organdy ribbon finish off the tag

(stamped with a stipple plaid background stamp

using a Kaleidacolor ink pad)

that is adhered to patterned paper

from Die Cuts With A View. 

Below are images of the box I made so long ago

Fall side

Christmas side.

I made a card out of the Santa piece some time ago.

Thanks for looking =) 

Simple Leaf Trio Card

Simple card:

image was stamped and heat embossed on copper card stock 

then paper punched out.

The three pieces were adhered onto a strip of

textured black card stock that was then

mounted on top of patterned paper. 

I decided to add copper eyelets to this card after I took the photos.

There is one at each end of the black strip.

Thanks for looking =)

CAS Thanksgiving Card

A quick and simple card inspired by the

 current sketch challenge at Retro Rubber. RRCB74

I used stamps from Stampin' Up! that are over a decade old:

Autumn, 2000

All Year Cheer 3, 2002

The ink (Kaleidacolor Creole Spice)

and card stock (Naturals Ivory) 

are just as old !

The edges of the top panel were distressed

before adhering to the card base.

Thanks for looking =) 

Happy Fall Card

A card made from really old scraps 

that were originally on a 

tissue box I recovered. 

I had made a seasonal themed tissue box

for a contest many years ago. 

It was dismantled after a year or so.

I kept the bits and pieces hoping that 

one day I would find a new use for them. 

The pumpkins were free hand cut

and details are with chalks.

The leaves are made with a new to me

oak leaf paper punch -

much smaller than I expected it to be.

The Stipple Plaid background was stamped with a 

kaleidacolor ink pad on the Naturals Ivory card stock tag.

Words from Everyday Flexible Phrases 

were stamped on a hand cut banner. 

Orange eyelet and orange organdy ribbon

finish off the tag. 

The tag is adhered on top of a scrap of patterned paper

from an old Die Cuts With A View stack.

The card base is Early Espresso textured card stock

from Stampin' Up! 

Thanks for looking =) 

Harvest Hello Card

It's a purple mat layer!

inside

All supplies on today's share are oldies from Stampin' Up! :

A Harvest Hello stamp set

Cajun Craze, Tangerine Tango, Eggplant Envy and Whisper White card stocks

Old Olive mulberry paper

Various inks to watercolor in the images


Thanks for looking =)


I'm entering my card in the current challenge at Use Your Stuff, Pumpkin Spice
10/23/2017: Hooray ! My card was one of the Top 5 at Use Your Stuff !

Autumn Falling Digi Kit

Autumn Falling is a bright and fun fall kit by 

JMC Designs

available at With Love Studios.

It is sold in eight seperate portions.

Note: the word art in the above sample is not in the kit,

it is something that I made myself.

The layout is based on a sketch at Stuck?! Sketches

Repurposed Items Fall Decor

UPDATE 10/11/2017

I just discovered today that the 

Making Memories blog is gone from the internet

as are anything else related to the blog owner!

There was no notice given to the design team.

No explanation whatsoever at this point.

For those that like entering crafty challenges,

there are many more to be found in blogland.

I happen to DT for another Anything Goes

craft challenge, Love To Craft Challenge. 

Please visit us soon ! 

The October challenge at 

Making Memories Crafting 

is to be inspired by the photo below:

Autumn/Halloween Anything Goes.

More details about my project:

I created my own png word art with a gradient

using Photoshop Elements 14 software

and the font Sprightly.

I repurposed several items for this project:

wood "frame" from the window in a door,

chipboard from craft project packaging,

"silk" leaves previously sewn onto a scarf,

scrap of wide wired fabric craft ribbon.

Supplies:

Woodgrain background stamp with Crumb Cake ink

Itty Bitty Splatters stamp with Soft Suede ink

Smoky Slate and Creamy Caramel ink pads for swiping

across the Very Vanilla card stock

Stem Silhouette stamp with Ruby Red ink

Scoring board, stylus, Smoky Slate marker

and ruler were used to create the faux planks.

Just a little dab of low melt hot glue

was used to keep the leaves in place.

I flipped the piece over once they were all

glued down then trimmed the excess off.

The frame was well weathered from being

part of an exterior door originally.

I decided to keep it as is since the

art piece is kind of weathered, messy looking.

I did paint along the exterior side edges since they

were not stained.

I had to staple the finished piece,

glued to lightweight chipboard first,

into the frame since there wasn't enough

depth to use points.

The bow was hot glued in place on the front

and I added a saw tooth hanger to the back.

I also finished the back off, after stapling

the piece in, by covering it with a piece of

paper to fit. Doing this hid all of the

unfinished wood edges and staples.

A closeup to try to show the debossed lines

and inky details.

Thanks for looking ;)