Orange and Green

| Judy Inukai

The challenge at Color Hues is to use Orange and Green. Not colors I normally use together unless I’m getting ready to celebrate St. Paddy’s day. I used the layering sunflower stencil from the Hero Arts September kit. The brushed the first layer very lightly in Peach Bellini, then the second layer in Peach Bellini but with a slightly heavier hand. I used Sweet Mango for the center and Tangerine Twist for the highlights in the center. The leaves were brushed with Jelly Bean Green and Lucky Clover. The colors look more muted than they did when I first created the card.  I used the layered Hello die from the kit cut from scraps of orange and green, cutting two layers of each layer for a bit of dimension. The card base is Jelly Bean Green.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my card.

frightful & delightful

| Gayle Chrvala
Make the Cards Challenge #36

I’m really enjoying this green Halloween background blended with Distress Oxide Inks Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover and Black Soot. So for today’s card which will be entered into the sketch challenge at Make the Cards Challenge, I added some patterned paper strips from SSS and stamped my swirl of bats from Inkadinkadoo’s Cats & Bats clear stamp set. Sentiment is a Studio G mounted red rubber that was probably in the dollar bin at AC Moore many many years ago. Spellbinder’s inverted square die was layered for my sentiment focal point.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Even though I’m retired I still get excited for Fridays, so Happy TGIF eve! Stay safe and enjoy your Friday.

Fall fun landscape

| Lisa K

I enjoyed creating this scene card. I borrowed a set from my daughter to create this fun card.

https://blog.yournextstamp.com/challenge-169-set-the-scene-comment-for-the-chance-to-win/

This is my first time playing in a Your Next Stamp Challenge. The set used is called Scarf Weather by YNS. I wanted something to color that is full of Autumn, so this set was loaned to accomplish my goal. The patterned paper used is Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather. I am fairly sure the paper pack is no longer available as I have had it a few years. It seemed perfect to use for creating my scene. After laying items out, my daughter suggested a fence in the background. I have a Gina K Design Fence die, so it was cut from the same paper pack.

This card is also going to the Splitcoast Stampers Crafter’s of Faith group monthly challenge. This month the verse is Isaiah 44:23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Let’s show the vibrant glory of God’s handiwork in the earth when it’s autumn. The colors of the leaves on the trees as they die and let go and show us how beautiful it is to let go!

I love the set as it has so many fun characters and a lot of leaves. I used the matching dies for cutting most of the images then used my scissors on a few of the leaves.

Owl-oween

| Gayle Chrvala
Double D Challenges: Owls or Pumpkins Challenge

Another fun challenge with the Double D Challenges with a theme of Owls or Pumpkins. I opted for owls for this project which are from a Graphic 45/Hampton Art stamp set. To make my branch frame, I chose a stamp illustrated by Theresa Momber for Gina K Designs and the Celebrate the Season stamp set. If one frame wasn’t enough, I die cut an Impression Obsession frame from black glitter paper. The main image after stamped and heat embossed in clear embossing powder was ink blended using Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber ink, then got a little messy using Color Burst in Jack O-lantern, Zest and Cabbage for a little more color. I googled around for an idea on this card so it was a CASE that I forgot to save the original. Thanks to that talented maker.

Double D Challenges Mood Board

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Baseball playoffs have begun so my hubby is happy again even without our Phillies in the post season. Stay safe all!

Hey there Pumpkin

| Gayle Chrvala
As You See It Challenge #260 ModSquad Challenge

Today’s card will be entered into two different challenges:

As You See It Challenge #260 – Perpendicular Sketch

challenge #260

ModSquad Challenge: Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere which of course must include pumpkins in your project hosted by Judy. The sponsor for this challenge is Gina K Designs.

Gina’s Haunts & Harvest stamp set is such a cute set that includes some Halloween and Fall images with fun sentiments. The strip of patterned paper also is GKD and her Spooktacular You. I used a piece of vellum to stamp and clear heat emboss my sentiment to follow the AYSI sketch. I added a few sequins to finish off this card.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Have a wonderful day and stay safe.

hey pumpkin

| Judy Inukai

Halloween is not really my jam, but I do usually make a card for my husband. Since Halloween is the word of the week at Just Us Girls I decided to get his card done early to save my usual last minute scramble. The pumpkin is part of the Jack O’ Lantern Fancy Die set by Hero Arts, cut from an orange scrap and brushed with Tangerine Twist. All stamped images inside and out are from Haunts and Harvest by Gina K Designs. After working on the layout, I decided the background was too plain. The Spiral Petals stencil by Hero Arts brushed with Soft Stone ink was the closest I could come to a spider web. For the panel that will go on the inside, I stamped the ghostly trio in Soft Stone to give them an ethereal look, then stamped the sentiment in Obsidian. I’m also entering this in the Mod Squad Challenge – Pumpkins Pumpkins everywhere.

Pumpkin chair

| Lisa K

Another card using Buffalo Check background with the Make the Cards Challenge in mind.

https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-35/

I stamped the Power Poppy set So Grateful in Versafine Ink and dried it with a heat gun. I colored the image with watercolor pencils and a water brush which was very dry. This is not watercolor paper, so I didn’t want to add too much water. The buffalo check is stamped with SU Buffalo Check stamp set in SU Early Expresso ink, which matches the card base. The Kraft layer is SU Crumb Cake cardstock.

I’ll get you my pretty….

| Gayle Chrvala
The Paper Players Theme Challenge PP561

and the theme is: Spooky! When I was looking for a stamp, I came across this old red rubber mounted stamp from Great Impressions and immediately thought of The Wizard of Oz. The Wicked Witch of the West cackles at Dorothy “I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog too.” Such a classic movie that I still watch every year it’s on tv. Nichol Spohr recently made a card for Colorado Craft Company’s new release using Distress Oxide inks in Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover and Black Soot. Taking inspiration from that card, I used the same colors for my background, adding white pigment ink clouds using my “Bonnie” cloud stencil and GKD ink. The moon was made using Tim Holtz moon mask stencil and lightly adding some antique linen distress oxide ink. The sentiment is a Recollections set and at the last moment decided to stencil some stars in GKD Honey Mustard ink.

Not too spooky for this challenge and thought it funny that there is a cat in the basket instead of Toto!

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Have a wonderful week and stay safe.

Batty Boos

| Gayle Chrvala
Two Old Bats – October Anything Goes

It’s a new month and a new mood board with the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. I decided to take my inspiration from the black and white on the mood board. Using Pretty Pink Posh’s Boo stamp set, coordinating die and the Spider Web Stencil, I created my black and white Boo card. After die cutting out the letters and cutting down a transparency to size, adding foam tape, opted out on making this a shaker card. I know it would have been perfect for a shaker but I’m not always a fan of them and also not very successful either. Anyway using the stencil on black cardstock, I pounced white pigment ink from Gina K Designs over it and gave it a spray of perfect pearls/water combo. Adhered everything and the card was just a little too stark white for my liking so then stamped the spider included in the stamp set makings a spidery border. I also added some clear heat embossed spiders on black and die cut just incase I didn’t have enough spiders.

This is a great day to make some cards. I had three different events yesterday so we decided to stay home to watch the final game of a disappointing baseball season for our Phillies. Here’s to hoping they can pull out the final game with a win. Eagles already lost so it will not be a happy day for Philadelphia sports fans to have two teams lose game.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Have a great day and stay safe.