MIM ~ Sentiment Windows

This week, Dawn is challenging us to use a sentiment stamped on the inside of our card as part of the design on the card front, by utilizing a die cut window!  You can go HERE to watch her video.

this is Dawn's card:

stamps:  Give Thanks, Autumn Pumpkins

Paper:  PTI Autumn Chicken scratch Gingham

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Heart Hugs, friends!

MIM # 296 Small Images on repeat

Lexi has a video up for a new MIM, you can watch it HERE.

She shows us how to use those smaller stamps in the sets we buy and repeat it on the card.

This little cluster of pumpkins came from Vintage Picnic!

The sentiment is from Autumn Hills.

Lexi's Card is below

 

Hope you all are having a great week...we have terrible fires here and the air quality is very poor, it looks like low clouds all day, we can't see the blue sky, still plenty hot though! 

Good time to stay indoors and out of the not so fresh air!

Heart Hugs, friends!

Third Anniversary Gift ~ Leather

Ashley has a great technique for achieving faux leather on paper!

Check it out HERE.

Trying to keep up with the SAF, since the first video came up at 5 AM and it was one that had to sit and dry, we are a bit behind, but we have watched all the videos just waiting for the papers to dry, managed to get this one dry with a little bit of heat after quite a bit of time sitting.  

I think it turned out great!

This is the kind of card I like, trying new techniques and then making a card out of it.

Heart Hugs, friends!

Just Us Girls # 367 Wild Card

We have Wild Card Week up over at Just Us Girls Challenge!

They want the sentiment to be the focal point of the card!

It is hard to see all the gold goodness from the photo above, here is another shot of it:

I thought it would be elegant to have gold berries in place of red ones, so I used my versamark pen and dotted the berries with it, then after gold embossing the berries, I decided to add some some to the tips of the leaves too.  The sentiment was gold embossed as well.  The leaves were sponged on with some orange zest and summer sunrise ink.

This was my third attempt at this card!!  And the reason fr so many sequins is to cover up bloopers!  After all this work I just couldn't trash it!

Head over to the blog as there is lots of wonderful inspiration from that design team!

Autumn Adornments

Gold Embossing Powder

MFT Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame

PPP clear sequins

Heart Hugs, friends!

PTI August Blog Hop

Hi friends!  It is August 25, so time for another PTI BLOG HOP!

Pretty fall colors for this challenge.

It is going to be a hot one here today, so I need to get my work done, just needed to post this card early!

stamps & dies:  Leave it Be, Color Pop: Autumn, Tag Sale Quilted die

colors:  melon berry terra cotta tile, enchanted evening

 

Heart Hugs, friends!

Tag You're It # 31

I just had to play along again with

Tag You're It! # 31

The inspiration was terrific by Jeanne and ALL the TEAM members!!

What I loved about Jeanne's tag was the GOLD.  When I look out on a fall day and all those golden leaves are on the ground I just think of bits of gold from heaven and how beautiful it makes the brown earth look!

I used some distress ink on the paper by sponging on various fall colors, then I used my versamark pen to go around the edges of the leaves, dipped them in the gold embossing powder and heat set them.  I love how they look.

I decided to emboss a piece of white paper with the same gold ep so I could die cut the word "blessings" to match the leaves.

 

dies:  PTI Tag It # 6, Lawn Fawn Stitched leaves, SSS "blessings"

Stamps:  Keep it Simple:  Thanksgiving 

misc  Michaels: organdy, daffodil ribbon, twine from May Arts

paper:  Recollections:  Craft It vintage Glam, Pure Poppy, PTI Kraft card

 

Here is the inspiration photo:

 

Heart hugs and have a beautiful weekend friends! 

SAF ~ Stamped & Stitched with Heather

Autumn Adornments has an almost stitched flourish in the set, so I chose that and then added the other little embellishments and stamped a second time with the fine linen ink.

I don't think I am even half way through the SAF day, so since this is Monday, I better get rolling!!

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look!

Tag you're it! # 7

Tag You're It!  Challenge # 7

is up over at the blog, here is the inspiration photo:

 

I am still making some fall/Thanksgiving cards, I pulled out an old Verve stamp set called Abundant Blessings.

Hope you all have a great day,

Heart Hugs!

Colour Q # 216

LOVE the colors this week!!

You can go HERE   and access the challenge:  here are the colors for this week:

Fun, right?

 

and the inside

Lawn Fawn dies, PTI paper, and sentiment and border stamp
oh and a little blue twine from the Twinery!

Happy Day everyone!
Heart Hugs,
Colleen