Be Your Beautiful Self

It is Photo/Moodboard week at Just Us Girls Challenge #749 and I took the Jack O' Lantern Halloween theme for my card, but in non-traditional colors. The moodboard has a lot of fun elements for your inspiration that you can take in many directions. I can't wait to see the gallery this week! Check out all of the team's creative ideas as well as the darling card by our guest Kerry Parkinson.

My sweet tooth is overreacting to the yummy treats on this moodboard. My favorites are the sugary gummy pumpkins. I wanted this pumpkin die set, Edison, last year when all of the fabulous card ideas first came on the cardmaking scene. I caved this year and am so happy that I did. He is an easy-to-construct Colorize die set from Tim Holtz and Sizzix.

I chose my colors and papers first. The patterned paper is like a dictionary page of Halloween words and definitions. Next, I did all of the die cutting and assembling, then added some bling. Since she is pretty pumpkin I chose a sentiment that becomes her.

Products I used:

Tim Holtz/Sizzix: Edison dies

Spellbinders: Halloween Add-ons Stamp and Die set, Notched Corner Frames Etched dies

Sugar Pea Designs: Card front Element Builder die

Tim Holtz: Idea-ology cardstock sentiments

Rhinestones and sequins

Stampin' Up!: Ribbon and trim, designer series paper (older)

What inspiration will you take this week from our moodboard? Does it make you ready for fall treats and/or Halloween? See you in our gallery!

Carol

The Power of Two

You can take my blog post title today as two cups of coffee (for yourself) or two friends having coffee together. I am playing along with Time Out Challenges #274 for their Photo challenge. I took the sidewalk café route for my card from the picture.

Products I used:

The Greetery: Cozy Cup stamp and die sets, Coaster die

PinkFresh Studio: Slim diagonal Stitched Plaid die

Stampin' Up!: Yippee Skippee stamp set

Hero Arts: Core Ink pad

Concord and 9th: mini ink pads

Silver cardstock for the spoon

Who wouldn't like to sit with a friend (or alone having more than one cup) to relax and chat? The placemats and the tablecloth are fall inspired as are the cups of hot beverages. (I am not a coffee drinker but chai is practically my middle name!) What is your favorite fall beverage? 

Hope you are starting to get cooler temperatures,

Carol

Happy Fall Y'all

For our Just Us Girls Challenge #748 Word Week, Stephanie has chosen a great word: Leaves. I went on a scavenger hunt on Pinterest to get ideas and I just loved this idea (actually both of her ideas) on the I'm in Haven blog. Here is my version.

Products I used:

Spellbinders: Delicious Decorations dies

Pink and Main: Large Sentiment Strip dies

Lawn Fawn: Woodgrain cardstock

Ranger: Distress Ink pads

Aqua painter 

Computer generated sentiment

I "watercolored" my leaf colors with the aqua painter on white cardstock, then dried the ink with my heat gun. 

Then I die cut lots of the little leaves. 

I cut a an A2 panel of woodgrain cardstock, then cut out a piece on the diagonal from top to bottom. 

I made a kraft, speckled card base and drew a faint pencil line where the opening would be between the two woodgrain pieces. I adhered the leaves in that "channel" on the card base. When that step was complete, I popped up the woodgrain pieces on foam tape. 

Since I don't really have fall sentiments, I created one on the computer and die cut it into a banner. I popped it up on foam tape to complete the card. This card looks to me like I am peeking through a white fence at the falling leaves.

We sure hope you will join us this week using leaves as your focal point! See you in the gallery!

Carol

World Card Making Day & Craft Roulette

Today I spent my day watching Craft Roulette: World Cardmaking day, and making a card for it. The parameters are:

Project: Not Single Fold A2

Colors: Moodboard

Element: World

Random: Star

When I saw world and star I thought: Christmas. I forgot how I thought of a tent/teepee card, but I love making them. Here is my result.

I looked for a tutorial on Pinterest to make a tent card (this one by Debbie Chronister) since I haven't made one in a while. It takes scraps really. I used red cardstock for the base and a printed lightweight cardstock to mat the base. I use velcro to make the closure.

Then I stamped the images and used Copics and watercolor paints to add the color.

Next, I fussy cut the images and added twine "scarves" around their necks for a festive feel.

After stamping and fussy cutting the sentiments, I punched stars and added them to the images and to the base. I popped up the images on foam tape on the base.

I love these cards because they are decorated on all sides and you can write on the inside. It also folds flat into an A2 envelope.

Did you watch or participate in a World Card Making Day activity? My local stamping buddy is out of town or we would have at least Facetimed while making cards. Craft Roulette was a good one with  a different crafter every half hour such as Gina K, May May, Karen Burniston and many more. They followed the parameters and made a variety of cards using the Craft Roulette paramenters as well.

Products I used:

Colorado Craft Company: Christmas Hats

Copic markers

Kids' watercolor set

Versafine: Black Onyx ink pad

Prismacolor pencils

Twine

Silver glitter cardstock

Stampin' Up!: Star border punch

Happy weekend to you!

Carol

Let's Catch Up

Lisa is our lovely hostess this week at Just Us Girls Challenge Color Week #747 and she has chosen Chartrese, Light Blue and Gray. I love this combination! I created a little coffee shop scene for the challenge. What will you make?

Products I used: 

My Favorite Things - Coffee Shop dies, Floor to Ceiling paper pad

Sentiment (I think I used a friend's stamp set)

Holographic card stock (for the light)

All I did was die cut and create a scene. I had two friends over to stamp for a couple of days and I borrowed all the products you see on this card. Boy did we "catch up!"

This is one of those weeks where the gallery is going to be such a pretty one using these colors! Please join us!

Thanks for coming by!

Carol

Hello

Friday night the Craft Roulette wheel was rather easy on us! Episode #234 left us with these parameters:

Project: 6" x 6" card

Colors: Rainbow

Element: Single flower

Random: Cloth

I made a 6" x 6" card base using an embossed heart cardstock in white. (I had to cut a 6 x 6 piece of the embossed cardstock for the card front, and a plain white 6" x 6 1/4" cardstock for the back of the card base. I scored the plain cardstock at 1/4" on the 6 1/4" edge, then used tear tape to attach the front and back pieces of my card base. Then I folded along the score line to end up with a 6" x 6" folded card base)  I die cut a circle out of the front of my completed card base.

Next I cut narrow strips of pastel rainbow colored cardstock (loosely ROYGBIV) and adhered them to a circle die cut, then trimmed around the circle's edge to get rid of the excess strips hanging over the edge. I used scraps to die cut my girl's plaid cloth sleeve, her hand and her single flower. I assembled her arm and popped it up on foam tape on the striped circle.  I adhered the decorated circle to the center of he inside of the card. Last, I stamped Hello on the circle for a greeting. 

Products I used:

Concord and 9th: Weekend Market dies

Simon Says Stamp: Circle die

My Favorite Things: Mini Messages stamp set, plaid patterned paper

Altenew: Obisidian black ink pad

JoAnn Fabrics: White embossed heart cardstock

This was sort of an easy card to make and I may make more of this design. I like how she is handing the flower to someone.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Carol

Happy Fall

I'm back with a fall card for our Anything with a Stencil challenge this week at Just Us Girls #746. I am embracing the fall colors even though where I live the leaves don't change much. My background is stenciled and I added die cut leaves and a stamped sentiment. I kind of think that my stencil gives the look of a nine-pane window with fall colors reflected on it.

Products I used:

Pretty Pink Posh: Square grid stencil, Giving Thanks stamp set

Concord and 9th: Mini ink pads

Simon Says Stamp: Etched Laurel Leaves dies

Hero Arts: Core ink

Won't you join us with a stenciled card? We can't wait to see your stenciled creations in our gallery this week. See you there!

Carol