Taking some inspiration from Buddy Gerry’s recent black and white card, I decided to go that route too. So my background is a little “chilling”for Christmas. The patterned paper is from Whimsy Chilling Christmas patterned paper pack. Not really sure if I like this pack or not…..it is a little dark but I’ll keep working at it. The die cut letters are Taylored Expressions Folk Joy die. I did try adding a red “O” to the card but that definitely didn’t work for me so black and white it is.

My card today will be shared with: Word Power #11 Challenge

I was very surprised that my BOO card was the Top Winner in Word Power’s Challenge #10. I was thrilled and honored.

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My warning to my children and grandchildren is usually if I don’t receive a list it’s socks and underwear for them under the Christmas tree. This Unity Stamp Co’s Hold on Santa stamp and sentiment was a perfect set for me to use. The background was made using SimonSaysStamps Poinsettia background stamp in Gina K Designs Cherry Red ink. Each panel was layered with red cardstock.

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Colorful Options: November 2024 challenge and their color of the month is RED

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Three pieces of patterned paper, stacked together, cut apart and shuffled so a different pattern is on all three cards. Thanks to Lisa Freeman, SU and her recent YouTube video for this idea. After assembling the background, I stamped and colored the bird from Gina K Designs Vintage Summer card kit. Patterned paper is also a GKD product.

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Love those Pretty Papers November Challenge — Theme is Brown and Yellow this month

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The final friend 70th birthday is this upcoming week so I thought it would be appropriate to include leaves on her card. A leaf die cut was used as my stencil for my background layer and then used the same inks to ink blend another piece of cardstock to cut out the leaf die. Vellum is sandwiched inbetween the layers to soften the look. Some gold cord and a Taylored Expressions sentiment stamp and die as well as their postage stamp dies were used to complete my card.

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The Four Seasons Challenge: Fall Season November 2024

Leaves have peaked in my neighborhood and have started falling and I do believe that all of the neighborhood leaves have blown to our yard. Let the clean up begin! Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take card and stay safe.

A little different look for me and it’s just OK. The designer card I CASEd from Whimsy Stamps looked so much better. I am loving Whimsy Stamps and their designer paper packs. Using a Recollections pumpkin die, I die cut my scene from the Pink Autumn paper pad, patterned paper from my stash that was embossed with a leaf background embossing folder and sentiment from a SSS stamp set with the addition of a few die cut leaves and flower to top off the pumpkin. It’s ok and maybe better than horrible to use Gina K’s words.

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Cardz 4 Galz #236 Showcase your Patterned Paper

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One more Halloween-ish card. My card began with a circle die cut that was used as my stencil for my night sky which was ink blended with several Distress Oxide inks. The second stencil was one from SimonSaysStamp which has a combination of stars and snow. I stenciled the stars using white pigment ink. The Inkadinkadoo Halloween Trails stamp set features my birds. And lastly, Tim Holtz/Sizzix Tall Pines die was layered in grey and black cardstock. I kind of really like this card.

My card today will be shared with the following challenges:

Triple B: October 2024 Challenge to use Birds, Butterflies or Blooms

Crazy is our fame – STENCILS are our game. October Stencil Fun Challenge – Anything Halloween.

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Still no orange! LOL. My pumpkins from Gina K Designs Haunts and Harvest stamp set were colored in teal with GKD’s Harvest florish stencil sponged in a light teal and the focal panel a bit darker. Sentiment from same GKD stamp set.

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Double D Challenges: Pumpkin, Pumpkin Who’s Got the Pumpkin? theme challenge

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I was trying very hard to NOT make a Halloween card but somehow I don’t think I achieve that target!!! The Cardz 4 Galz challenge is to pick at least 3 of these colors — Purple, Orange, Black or Green. I chose purple, green and black…..no orange. My Gina K Designs Forever Flowers stamp and die was colored with a Bic Polnyesian Purple marker and tipped with a green Ohuhu marker. After die cutting, I filled in the white outline with black marker. Next up was my background which uses SimonSaysStamp Mix and Match Circles stencil in GKD Lovely Lavender ink and a combination of Taylored Expressions green inks, the outside edge was sponged with Tim Holtz Distress Black Soot. A little splatter in black and purple, a sentiment strip in black and Martha Stewart trio butterfly punch. Still looks like Halloween to me….???

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Cardz 4 Galz #235 Pick at least 3 of these Purple, Orange, Black or Green

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and stay safe. Looks like Indian Summer will happen this week for us with temps close to 80 degrees. It’s heat in the morning and a/c in the afternoon in my car! LOL!!

Orange, Black, Purple!! Using a rectangle masking stencil, I blended Gina K Designs Wild Lilac and Sweet Mango inks trying not to overlap the colors as they really wanted to create a more muddied color. A black layer for the focal panel and SimonSaysStamp Leafy Branch die for the “B” portion of my card. Sentiments are Taylored Expressions All Together Happy Occasions stamp and die set. The purple note card was swiped with the Wild Lilac ink pad for a little texture look.

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The Sisterhood of Crafters: October 9 – Orange, Black, Purple color theme

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