Tree challenge Card 1

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019 | Lisa K

I have been making tree cards today. Here is the first one:

I used SU Thoughtful Branches for the trees, ground, and birds. The sentiment came from The Stamps of Life, lights4Christmas set. I had to perform stamp surgery on the sentiment as I needed it stacked.

http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/2019/10/challenge-211-theme-as-lovely-as-tree.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AsYouSeeItChallenge+%28As+You+See+It+Challenge%29

Halloween 2019

October 12, 2019 | Gayle Chrvala

Hampton Art Zombies and Stencil. Beware of Zombies is the inside of the card.

Cute gate fold card with designer paper and Inkadinkadoo stamp.

Wreath Builder card using a combination of GKD and other small stamps. (this is a miss to me-not a fav)

Halloween cards finished except for the inside greeting and addressing the envelopes. It’s been fun creating these without time restraints. Retirement is a wonderful thing!

Enjoy — BOO!!

October ABC’s

October 12, 2019 | Gayle Chrvala

My ABC’s in life are our three grandchildren Alexandra, Brooke and Chase. Today’s cards are for these three “just because”. Alexandra’s card is the Farm Fun using SU’s Very Punny stamp set, Brooke’s card is the Llama card from Sizzix which included a stamp set and dies and Chase is receiving the Tim Holtz SSS Stamptember halloween set. He’s 9 years old this month and will appreciate the character and inside message of “candy made me do it”. Brooke and I sing ‘fa la la la la la la llama’ whenever we see a llama and Alexandra is our 22 month old that is still not sure what she thinks of her Gigi since we only see her monthly. We did have fun at the Apple Orchard and she loved the farm animals.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend!!

October Tree Challenge

October 11, 2019 | Gayle Chrvala

This card was made for the As You See It Challenge Challenge #211 -A theme as lovely as a tree. Since it’s a tree challenge, I pulled out my favorite tree stamp set and one of my first Stampin Up sets “Lovely As A Tree”. Using the Joseph’s Coat stamping technique, I inked the image layer with GKD Crushed Coral, Distress Oxides twisted citron and Distress ink scattered straw. After stamping the image with versamark, I added Distress Vintage photo and topped with walnut stain to make the background darker. Added some die cut leaves from Momenta, a sentiment from GKD’s Autumn Splendor stamp set, layering on ivory cardstock and cranberry tart. To give a little more dimension, used the Cuttlebug Forest Branches embossing folder.
Thanks for looking.

Golden Christmas

October 11, 2019 | Lisa K

I created a card that will be posted to Simon Says Stamp: https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/__trashed-2/

I used the Festive Frame and Noel stamp sets, both from Gina K Designs. This card is very sparkly as I sprayed gold sparkle to give it a extra shine. The flowers are watercolored on Ranger Watercolor Paper. I like all of the gold.

WCMD 2019 with Joy Clair Challenge 3

October 10, 2019 | Lisa K

This is my final entry for the Joy Clair challenges. Here is the challenge: https://joyclair.typepad.com/blog/2019/10/world-card-making-day-2019-with-joy-clair-challenge-3.html

Basically, I covered a box, decorating it for a birthday. I used patterned paper, cardstock pieces, and a stamp set all from Gina K Designs. This is all from the Birthday Hoot set and matching papers.

You can see two of the sides that have added items. The other two sides have the ribbon and nothing else. I do not remember covering a box before, so this is new. Rather than do much to the box itself, I placed the decorations where it wouldn’t interfere with the lid closing. This was fun and different.

World Card Making Day with Joy Clair

October 8, 2019 | Lisa K

This is for Challenge #1, Share your Creative Space. https://joyclair.typepad.com/blog/2019/10/world-card-making-day-2019-with-joy-clair.html

Basically I have the small bedroom in our house. I use this desk and move things in and out. It works for me.

World Card Making Day Card

October 8, 2019November 1, 2019 | Lisa K

I did complete a card on World Card Making Day. The stamp set used is Martha’s Flowers from Joy Clair.

I have used this maybe one time and had quite a few pieces ready to watercolor. I chose one and began coloring. I used Stampin Up watercolor pencils. This will be linked to the Joy Clair challenge #2: https://joyclair.typepad.com/blog/2019/10/world-card-making-day-2019-with-joy-clair-challenge-2.html

This was the only card I created on World Card Making Day. It was enough for me.

Update on November 1…this card won a prize in the World Card Making Day challenge with Joy Clair. https://joyclair.typepad.com/blog/2019/10/time-for-winners.html

Repeating Sentiment – October 2019

October 6, 2019 | Gayle Chrvala

This card will be entered into the Gina K Designs Monthly Mix Challenge for October to have repeating sentiments. Try as I may, with the use of a misti and without the use of a misti, my sentiments just would not line up in straight lines. So instead of giving up and moving on, I remembered an older GKD stamp set by Debbie Let’s Talk. I used all of the speech bubbles and stamped the sentiment “thinking of you” from the same stamp set. I then proceeded to fill in the background with stamps from the Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set. Still not satisfied, I wanted to add a fall animal but found this tree from Friends Til The End stamp set. Added a bow, some glitter for sparkle, all GKD cardstock and inks.

The main image is stamped on kraft which is out of my comfort zone. Do you think less is more and I should have stopped a few steps ago??

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