The Paper Players #559 - CAS Challenge

 Hi Friends,

It's been quite a while since I've played in any challenges and this one from Claire over at The Paper Players is the perfect chance to get my feet wet again.  

I love fall and all the warm colors and, yes, the cooler weather!

Here are the products I used:

SU Basic White and Crumb Cake Cardstock
SU Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder (brushed with white pigment ink)
Memory Box Bubble Circles die cut from Gold Metallic Cardstock
Catherine Pooler's Front Porch Pumpkins stamps & dies
SU Stampin' Blends
SU Happy Thoughts stamp set for sentiment - gold heat embossed
SU Gold Holly Leaves

Thanks for stopping by - Happy Fall Y'all!

Annie

Happy Thanksgiving 2020

 Hi Friends!  Today I'm playing along over at The Paper Players for their warm and cozy color challenge and also over at Shopping Our Stash for the Happy Fall Y'All!

I thought I would use these challenges to get a head start on Thanksgiving cards.  Sadly, this year we won't be getting together for a big family Turkey Day. I still want everyone to know I'm thinking of them so I'll be sending a bunch of cards.

After taking my time to stencil all the little leaves in the challenge colors using Taylored Expressions Fall Foliage stencils, stamping and die cutting some leaves and the sentiment from Hero Arts Grateful Leaves, I put the card together.  When I went to open it up to do the inside, I had put everything together upside down on the card front!  Have you ever done that? Well, that was the second time in two days I did that to a project <big sigh>.  Anyhoo, I cut off the card front, trimmed the Cinnamon Cider cardstock and attached it to a Very Vanilla card base.  I actually think I like it better even though it took a while longer to get there!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Annie 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #085

 Hi Friends! Here's the new board for this week's challenge over at Tic Tac Toe:

And here's my DT card following the first row down: Pumpkins, Orange, and Fall.

I've had this great fall DSP from DCWV for a very long time and decided to let it do the work for my Thanksgiving card.  It has flecks of gold in it which were hard to photograph but I die cut gold vines for the pumpkins to coordinate.  The Pretty Pumpkins from Sunny Studio are layering stamps that give the pumpkins some fun dimension with three different shades of orange ink. The doily was die cut out of kraft cardstock and the card base is Cajun Craze from Stampin' Up.  

We hope you'll play along this week! See you in the gallery!

Hugs,

Annie

Shopping Our Stash #430: Slimline Cards

 Hi Friends! I'm playing along over at Shopping Our Stash where they are getting trendy this week and looking for slimline cards. 

 This is only the third slimline card I've made.  I did buy a slimline die set from Catherine Pooler so I didn't have to think about the measurements too much!

I used Distress Inks with a SSS Leaves stencil on watercolor card, did some splattering, and die cut into squares.  I added some SU linen thread and a SU sentiment and then finished off the card with gold confetti sequins.  Now I just need to practice how to photograph these tall cards! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by ~ hope you're having a good week.

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #082

Hi Friends! There's a new board from the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and it's time to pick three and play!

I played along with the third row across:  Die Cuts, Sentiment, & Kraft.

I die cut the Lots of Leaves Cover Up (MFT) out of watercolor cardstock.  I know I'll be using this a lot this fall - love it!  I "smooshed" the leaf frame die cut into various Distress Inks on a piece of acetate (Crackling Campfire, Mustard, Wild Honey, and Rusty Hinge).  After it dried, I added it to a Kraft card base and splattered with gold metallic paints.  The Thanks die from Altenew was die cut 3 times from Gold cardstock and layered together for a nice thick sentiment.  The gold confetti sequins from Pretty Pink Posh finished off the card.

I also want to link this card up to Shopping Our Stash #429: Make a Mess!

My fingers were completely covered with ink after "smooshing" the die cut into all that Distress Ink and water...not once but again after it dried.  So fun but oh so messy!  

Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see you in the gallery!

Hugs,

Annie 

The Paper Players #508: Color Challenge from Anne Marie

 Hello Friends!  This week over at The Paper Players, Anne Marie is hosting a Color Challenge with some great Fall colors:

Sometimes Color Challenges make my head hurt trying to think of something unique that uses the colors we are challenged with.  I only had to look out my window at the many colorful trees this time to come up with a pretty simple card:

I used Blackberry Bliss for the card base and stamped the sentiment with the same color on a piece of Very Vanilla.  The leaves on the tree were first and second generation stamping of Cajun Craze and Pretty Peacock.  I also added some Nuvo Gold Glitter to the tree and a strip of gold glitter cardstock for "jazzing" it up :)  

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you're having a good week!

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #081

 Hello Friends!  Time for a new board over at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge!  This one had me thinking about Fall:

My card is following the third row down: Orange/Rust, Leaf/Leaves, and Plaid.

It all started with a gorgeous piece of plaid DSP from Stampin' Up's Plaid Tidings.  I loved the orange and purple together!  The purple card base was embossed with Renke's Grid embossing folder.  I added the plaid strip and a strip of orange glitter cardstock.  The leaves were created using Stampin' Up's Love of Leaves stamp set and Stitched Leaves dies.  On the stitched vellum oval, I layered the Memory Box Hello die cut with orange cardstock (2) and offset it a bit with a die cut from the orange glitter cardstock.  A few Pretty Pink Posh gold confetti sequins finished off this card. 

Thanks for visiting! We hope you'll find some time to play along with us this week!

Hugs,

Annie