The Card Concept: Harvest Adventures

 

You've picked a wonderful day for a visit! The Card Concept has a new challenge, and it's 

full of Autumn inspiration!

Colors? Leaves? Truck? Fall Season? Like I said, lots of inspiration.

My style is full of layers, and it's not really clean, so I'm going with 'stamped and layered card'.

Perfectly alright to choose your own style (or make one up!).

I definitely stuck to the color swatches on the inspiration photo.

Here's a closeup of how I arranged some of the Greetery's Botanicuts under the stamped leaf.

Hope to see you in the lineup on the challenge blog, and hope you're enjoying

a wonderful autumn season!

All products used: The Greetery

Harvest Home, Botanicuts: Ginko, Curio Autumn Foliage, 

Rustic Wreath Twigs, Let's Have a Word: Autumn Die.

  The Card Concept #161 {Harvest Adventures}

WCM Day! 2021

 

Did someone say, 'World Cardmaking Day?' Like I need an excuse to make a card!

Well, I actually HAD to make this one...

Grand Analise got passed her driver's test yesterday, and is official to drive!

It's a Top Down Day for Ana with the Greetery's sweet stamp and die set!

Hard to see it, but GA'd the balloons. 

Opposites Attract sentiment 

Love you Ana!

I-Crafter October Release: Scottie Dog Die Set

Hello, and welcome!

I'm posting today as one of the new designers for I-Crafter, a company rather new on the

horizon and the brainchild of Lynda Kanase, designer, creator and extraordinary crafter! 

Products are released monthly, and lucky me gets to come in at holiday time!

This sweet Scottie dog die set is one of the newbies, and I'm featuring it with the

buffalo check stencil. 

Here's a shot of the new Scottie Die Set, and notice anything different?

I-Crafter's dies are Teal Blue! So unique and fun!

Taking you up close for a look at the foam inking on the dog, the double bow on the

present, and all the backing on the die cuts.

That fabulous scripted 'cheers' is included in the die set, and I've poised

sweet scottie on a box so he can point to the sentiment.

This cheery little sized A2 card packs a colorful and sparkly holiday greeting.

Hope you check out I-Crafter, and all the new holiday goodies!

Lots of inspiration there too!

                     222215 Scotty Holiday:  https://bit.ly/3nIEUsi

222189 Buffalo Plaid Stencil: https://bit.ly/2YR5d5g

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The Card Concept: Sunny Sunflowers

 

Welcome to a new challenge at the Card Concept, crafty friends!

Our theme is 'Sunny Sunflowers.'

Julie has picked this bright fall photo for us, complete with color swatches. 

The Greetery's Botanicuts Sunflowers are a set I fell in love with when they were released

a few years ago. There's just no missing with that set. I colored with my sponge daubers

and ranger oxide inks. 

The layering of the die cuts brings the flowers to life! 

Windowpane Plaid Background, A Side of Greens, Birthday Blooms,

 Let's Have a Word Happy, and Curio Cover dies also from the Greetery.

The Card Concept #160 {Sunny Sunflowers} 

Double D Challenge: Leaves

 

Hi there! I'm playing along with a new challenge (to me), called Double D. 

I found it while visiting my friend Birgit Norton's blog. She's on their design team. 

The theme is 'Leaves'.

Thankful for the Greetery's new release, and this awe inspired sentiment, 'Grace Upon Grace'.

I chose an oldie from the Greetery to accent my sentiment, Autumn Sketches. It's a 4 step

stamp. I wanted the actual leaves to have a watery effect, so I sponge daubed the stamp

while still in the Misti before stamping. That way I could blend my colors rather randomly.

The challenge run for 2 weeks, check it out here:

LEAVES

The Card Concept: Colorful fall

Hello! And welcome back to the Card Concept Challenges!

Just take a peek at our photo inspiration

Tossled fall leaves in bright hues. Talk about inspiration!

Colors? theme? Textures? The Leaves?

Here's a bit of inspiration from me

Well my 'leaf didn't fall far from the tree', with this card!

Leaves, textures, colors and even theme found it's way to my design.

The Fall and Holiday lineup of inspiration for the Card Concept will knock your socks off! 

Remember to tell us what inspired your creation, what style is your card, and, don't

forget the inspiration photo on your blog! 

Once again, welcome back! Can't wait to see what you create!

The Card Concept #159 {Colorful Fall}

The Greetery: Nouveau Notes Collection

Greetings friends, from a very smokey valley, this Tuesday morning. Fires north and

south, and we're in the middle... my heart is with those fighting the fires, many in

over 100 degree temperature. 

Meanwhile, joy in the craft room. 💕

I purchased the Greetery's Nouveau Notes Collection, and also a foil Glimmer Machine to

add foiling to my cards. Don't know why I resisted foiling until now, but after watching 

Lori Willison's You Tube video, I was won over!

This is how I roll... learning my tool through trying every foil color on just about every

cardstock color. Btw, Betsy's Hot Foil Deco Plate worked perfectly every time!

The first card I did was a birthday card with the use of the stencil set included in the kit.

The Greetery's Lookbook is such a help! I kept referring to the designer's color

and design choices to decide what to use.

Another birthday card using pink glimmer cardstock and copper foil.

The photo corner dies were cut from copper and navy cardstock.

The card set I did includes 6 cards, and 6 matching envelopes, which fit perfectly in the

 note card box.

The note cards are foiled with copper foil onto Pale Peony (PTI) cardstock.

The Floral Delicacy bough is a multi-stamp affair, that lines up and stamps easily. 

I added copics for further detail. The single jewel from Memory Box (Open Studio)

fits perfectly within the diamond.

The 6 notecards and envelopes fit easily inside the completed box. I love that Betsy

added the dotty detail around the cutout!

Stamped reverse side.

Watching Norine Buoys' video on constructing the card box helped immensely. She

has a few tricks, like adding a lining to hide the line between the flap and box.

I'm on a waiting list for the magnets, they're currently sold-out in the shop.

Meanwhile, I found some similar at Hobby Lobby. Not on line but in the shop. Don't 

like them as well as the Greetery's, but I hid them inside the box and behind a flower.

Well, it's back to crafting, very glad I have a few new stamps and dies to play with.

Hoping you're staying well and enjoying the last few days of summer!

Boho Banner Trio

Playing with The Greetery's Boho Banner, and made 3 cards.

I love that Betsy has a 'Lookbook' with every release!

Found this card by one of the designers, unfortunately don't know which one. 

This is the designer's card, using a stamped background with Sketchbook Roses.

Don't you just love the placement of the stamped roses and leaves? Me too!

I used a white ink on basic grey for the background.

3 cards came together quickly with the help of my Misti.

I added cutouts of Macrame Borders and Tassels on each of the 3 cards.

The birthday card is embossed with silver. All 3 sentiments from Opposites Attract.

I doubled the fringe on this card, and dipped my feathers in silver emboss.

It's been awhile since I played with this set, it's so versatile, and packs a 'wow' 

with banner sentiment!

Enjoy your week!

 

Well now, what do you do with several leftover die cuts from the previous card post?

Make another card!

I had so many pieces from the last Curio card, (told you, it took most of the day

to create the card!), that I just had to make another. This time with dark blue

cardstock for my frame. I applied clear embossing powder for a sheen.

I'm kinda obsessed with the vignettes, and love creating individual backgrounds for

each one.

The floral bouquet is stamped from the Holding Hands set, the 'greens' from

All Blessings Flow. And of course the stamped stamp from Pretty Postmarks.

Shhhhhh, don't tell anyone, but in my previous post I put the hinges on backward. 

Just had to show, they were removed and glued on proper! Honestly, I'm married to 

a builder, and my son is a woodworker... please don't tell them! All's well now and hinges 

look right.

Happy, happy creating and crafting!