Pair of Spades

 

I wanted to get a couple more cards done using the Spades stamp/die set by The Greetery. Our daughter is an avid gardener - living in Greenville, SC - so thought she would enjoy these cards.

Colors and flowers vary slightly between the two cards but they are close to being identical.

STAMPS: In Spades, Oopsie Daisy (The Greetery).

INK: Dark Chocolate, Cocoa Bean, Honey Nut, Fine Linen, New Leaf, Simply Chartreuse, Amethyst Allure, Royal Velvet, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Bright Buttercup, Harvest Gold, Raspberry Fizz, Berry Sorbet, True Black (dye inks by Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Share Your Heart, White (PTI); Bristol Smooth Surface.

DIES: Nordic Frames, Nordic Circles, In Spades, Oopsie Daisy (The Greetery).

 

It's a cloudy Saturday and woke up to a chilly 60 degrees. My kind of temperatures when the highs are in the 70's! Have a wonderful weekend!  ~Wanda

Fall Basket

I had some free time today to play along with a couple of challenges and created this fall basket card. The Paper Players Challenge has a "fall fun" theme and it's word week - "basket" - at the Just Us Girls challenge blog. I started with a plaid paper from Pink & Main's "Year Round Plaids" 6x6" packet.

I then die cut with the Tag Sale: Quilted Die (Papertrey Ink) using
Rustic Cream card stock. I stenciled with the small dotted stencil (Dark Chocolate) and with the script stencil (Prairie Grass) - both by PTI.  I layered the medium circle from the Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles die set.

 

I cut the Country Handbasket from Rustic Cream card stock then color blended with Honey Nut, Classic Kraft, and Cocoa Bean inks (PTI). I filled the basket with branches from the Eucalyptus Elegance stamp/die set (PTI). I added the smaller pumpkin from Fall Farmers Market set. A brad and a jute twine bow finished off the tag. The completed card is 5" square. I used a brown Prismacolor pencil to highlight the embossing on the basket. Thanks so much for stopping by...hope your Friday is a good one!   ~Wanda

Freshly Made Sketches

 

Hi crafty friends! I saw the new Freshly Made Sketches challenge and wanted to use some older - but still on my fave list of stamps/dies to use - for teacher thank yous! I took a few liberties and added a strip to the base panel plus added the diagonal stitched panel. Here's hoping the challenge police won't come after me! 😂

It's a simple card needing little explanation, so I'll just get to the list of what I used. 

STAMPS: Class Act, Posted Note Sentiments (Reverse Confetti).  

INK: Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Simply Chartreuse, Tropical Teal, True Black (dye inks by Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Very Merry 6x6" pad (Reverse Confetti); White, Green, Silver Metallic, Black (from my scrap bin).

 

DIES: Diagonal Stitches Cover Plate, Class Act, Posted Note (Reverse Confetti); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things). 

 

OTHER: Moonshine Sequins (PTI). 

 

 

 

That's it for now. Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #709

 

It's hump day and you know what that means? Another Color Throwdown challenge is up and running! I really love these cheerful colors - red, yellow and green - chosen by Vickie this week!

I haven't played with my PTI Into the Blooms II dies lately, so it was time to dust them off and get busy creating some dimensional florals. I started by die cutting them all from Bristol Smooth Surface paper then color blended and splattered with water. 

The Border Bling: Lotty Dotty is a new favorite of mine and it worked well to let the Pure Poppy paper peek through. I had pretty much filled up the card front, so the solution for a sentiment was adding a mini tag.

STAMPS: Tag It Minis (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface; Pure Poppy (PTI).

INK: Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Simply Chartreuse (dye inks by PTI).

DIES: Into the Blooms II, Tag It Minis, Border Bling: Lotty Dotty, Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical die (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: Twine, Moonshine sequins (both from PTI). 

 

That's a wrap for today. We'd love to have you join in the challenge!  ~Wanda

You're Fang-tastic!

 

I rarely ever enter one card into more than two challenges but this time it fell together for four challenges! I started with Reverse Confetti's monthly Stock Your Stash challenge with a fall/Halloween theme. I have two grands with fall birthdays and they also are a big fan of Halloween...so why not combine the two?! I wanted to use the lime green and navy color palette for the Seize the Birthday challenge and it so happens they are collaborating with Color Hues to help them celebrate their 2nd year birthday.

Last but not least, the layout for my card uses the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. It's a classic one and is such a versatile layout! I started with stamping the three borders at the bottom then added texture by using Reverse Confetti's Pointed Out stencil with some glitter paste. The images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card paper then colored with Copics. The navy Web Tag Layer die (Reverse Confetti) was layered over a print from RC's Fright Night 6x6" pad.

For some reason, Reverse Confetti's image for this challenge is not downloading for me. Hmmm...will have to try another day.

STAMPS: Elemental Stripes, Best Witches, Monsterous, Lift Me Up (Reverse Confetti).

INK: Pistachio, Navy Blue (Reverse Confetti).

PAPER: White (Papertrey Ink); Fright Night patterned paper 6x6" pad, Navy Blue (Reverse Confetti); X-Press It Blending Card.

DIES: Web Tag Layer, Best Witches, Monsterous, Lift Me Up (RC); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Crystal Stickles, Glossy Accents, Oval punch (Stampin' Up), Pointed Out stencil (RC), Glitter paste (Recollections), Copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend!  ~Wanda

Tis the Season to be Fall-y

 

TGIF everyone! This sentiment makes me chuckle every time I read it! I really love the newest Into the Blooms: Pumpkin die set and thought it would be fun to use patterned papers for the different layers. I used the small plaid and small dots from the Bitty Big Orange Zest and Harvest Gold paper packs. The stems tuck into the pumpkins so nicely and I love the dimensional details. I looped some jute twine behind the sentiment circle using glue dots. 

The card base was color blended using distress inks: Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade and Abandoned Coral. The stems were colored with Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain. The leaves were blended with Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive and Rustic Wilderness.

STAMPS: Just Sentiments: Happy Fall (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface; Bitty Big: Orange Zest, Bitty Big: Harvest Gold, White (PTI).

That's it for today! Have a great weekend!  ~Wanda

Fusion Card Challenge

 

How can it be the first day of September already?! It's time for another Fusion Card Challenge and this week's theme is all about pinwheels. I guess you could say I used a loose interpretation of the sketch on my card. I die cut then stenciled on each pinwheel and formed this colorful collage.

The sentiment was raised up with foam tape after inlaying the black words onto the white shadow background. The Postal Frame die is one of my all-time faves and you can't have a party without some celebratory moonshine sequins!

We'd love to have you play along with us! Remember, you have two weeks to get an entry posted. Happy stamping!  ~Wanda