12 Kits of Occasions October '20: Fall Splendor

Hey everyone, thanks for visiting today. You're in for a treat! It's time for

the 12 Kits of Occasions October Hop.

Our hostess this month is Birgit Norton (@craftingwhileiwait), and she sent

the most delightful kit full of leaves and pumpkins, and gorgeous papers, called

Fall Splendor. Well just have a look...

These were a trio of stamped pumpkins I fussy cut and colored with copics. Then I 

mounted them onto a PTI leafy die cut I had in my stash. In the center is a

sentiment Birgit included in the kit.

The sweet apple basket came die cut and ready for red and green apples (also in the kit).

Don't you love the red truck and apple basket paper? Paired it with the Greetery's

Ship Lap dies, and blessed sentiment.

I wanted Birgit's gorgeous leaf die cut to shine, so paired it with a 

Spellbinders lacy die set. 

the orange background paper was the reverse side of one of the papers included in

the kit. Can you see the tiny dots? 

Love this sweet little pumpkin! The stitched leaves, papers and tag came together 

in a snap!

And finally, this stamped and die cut solo pumpkin was colored with copics,

and added to one of the gorgeous leafy designer papers. 

Thank you, Birgit! My autumn cards grew by 5, and even have some 

adorable die cuts and papers for more!

Be sure and see what the other disigners have done.

They're sure to surprise and delight. Can't wait to

see what they did with Birgit's kit!

Fall Splendor ~ October 2020

Card Concept Challenge: Bountiful Blessings

There's a new challenge at the Card Concept: Bountiful Blessings.

Hello, and welcome to my post celebrating all things beautiful about

this season; Thankfulness, our wonderful country's abundance and

family! And don't forget the best friends through this passion called 

papercrafting!

Our inspiration photo is full of warm reminders of this season of 

blessings. My card tried to capture some of this feeling of warmth.

I'm calling it's style a mixture of layers and mixed media.

1st off, a layer of colored gel medium through a stencil of leaves by PTI. 

When dry, some sponged inking on the edges. 

Next a die cut of PTI's Mix & Mat: Flourishes, also edge inked, and stamped 

with Year of the Psalms: August.

The ink used for the sentiment is Altenew's Lava Rock. 

Final layers are the pumpkins and gourds from PTI's Simply Gourdeous, and leaves from

Poppystamps' Autumn Leaf set, and Maple Trio. The one red leaf on the bottom of the 

trio is also from Poppystamps and is a 'Whittle Leaf'.

Come join the fun, you have 2 weeks to play along, and we love to see

how you're inspired. 

Hope your season is full of crafty goodness!

Give Thanks

Hi there! Hope it's a lovely autumn day you're enjoying!

I'm playing along with the gals at Just Us Girls today, with 

this photo inspiration:

Fall is everywhere in this dreamy photo. Leaves of color, and

a truck on a journey left to the imagination.

I couldn't wait to ink up the new Glorious Globes: August, with the encircling fall

leaves, and pair with Seasonal Borders: August, both from PTI. 

I kept it close to the colors of the photo, all traditional and warm.

Also cut into the card base with the Seasonal Border die.

The challenge runs through Saturday and there's lots of inspiration on

their blog!

Just Us Girls #459

PTI Sept. '18 Blog Hop

Hi! It's time for Papertrey's September Blog Hop!

Fall is finally here, and we are given a photo inspiration of pure autumn splendor!

Lots of pumpkins for my fall scene, made with Fence Line: Autumn

Play along on PTI's blog!

 September 2018 Blog Hop 

If you look closely at the scarecrow's shirt, I hand drew the plaid.

Supplies Listed are direct link to PTI's store

Fence Line: Autumn Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Fence Line: Autumn Die

Papertrey Ink - Pierced Feature Frames Die

Text & Texture: Leaves Stamp Set

Give Thanks

Good Monday Morning, hope your week is off to a crafty start.

Playing along with Color Throwdown, and these colors.

Decided to give them a leafy look like the photo, and chose PTI's 

Bold Borders: Foliage as a starting point.

I sponge inked a few Catherine Pooler inks onto watercolor paper, spritzed it with water and ran my brush through the colors to blend a bit before cutting out my image.

Also cut my image 4 times with aqua mist to build it up more like a frame.

Sentiment: New Every Morning (PTI)