The Double D’s Challenge
has been a favorite of mine for several years. The current challenge theme is “Things
that Fall” and the inspiration photo provide a lot of options. I used an old wood mount leaf stamp from Embossing Arts and
the upcycled front from a “Thank You” note card. I had fun creating unusual variegated
leaves by sprinkling small amounts of two different embossing powders after
stamping the leaves with pigment inks (gold ink with copper and gold EP. green
ink with copper and green EP.) After finishing with the embossing, I fussy-cut and
attached the pretty leaves.
I’m entering this card into other challenges including Colorful Options September Inspiration Board “Browns” (I wasn’t
sure if the color “copper” is considered brown. So I googled it and learned
that it is often referred to as reddish-brown. So hope this care fits in the
challenge?)
Supplies:
· Leaf Stamp-Embossing Arts (no longer in business),
· Front
Sentiment- on an upcycled card front.
· Inside Sentiment- freebie from Papercrafts
Magazine/craftworld.com (No
longer available
·
Pigment inks, embossing powders, and other items from my stash.
Entered into:
I had fun making a card using this sweet little kitty and sentiment from
an All Dressed Up Digital Stamp set, plus a beautiful vintage sentiment tag (a
freebie TLC Creations.) Supplies:
·
Cat Digi- from All Dressed Up Digital Stamp set (Boo I Can See You)
·
Colored with Spectrum
Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
· Front Sentiment- Freebie from TlcCreations (There's Mischief Brewing)
·
Inside Sentiment- from All Dressed Up Digital Stamp set (Boo I Can See You)
·
Pioneer Black Photo corners-
available from several sources
·
All other items from my stash.
Entered into:
Show Us Your Pussycats
Challenge- Furry Thing Goes (#81 September)
One of my favorite
challenges is named Pixie's Snippets, because the sponsor and hosts are so
sweet, plus I love that it encourages
me to use the many scraps, i.e. snippets, that I just can’t stand to toss! This card includes so many little bits and
pieces of treasures from my stash. First, the shiny origami heart is made from
a small square of upcycled wrapping paper. Although they are a little tedious
to fold, I do love the results. (I did find a much easier fold that even
children can make and posted links to both versions in my supplies list.)
The
patterned papers on the card front and inside are all from my scrap box! The B&W
swirly paper on the inside, plus the B&W striped paper, and the B&W
filigree that hold a square scrap of red vellum and rhinestones are all upcycled
from packaging (I like to challenge myself to try to always find at least one
thing I can salvage from most packages of items that I find.) The heart is mounted on a small chipboard
frame that I wrapped with the last strips of B&W washi tape. (It didn’t have
quite enough to cover the entire frame, so I had to do a bit of creative
wrapping. Small strips of chipboard frame showed on the side, which I colored with a permanent black Sharpie maker. Whew! You can see
this repair work in the close-up photo.)
I’m
entering this card into several challenges including
Outlawz Tuesday Color “B&W&One
Color” (I also added stripes for the twist),
Supplies:
·
Origami Heart folding Tutorials- Version I used HERE (and Simpler version HERE)
· Inside Sentiment-
Gingerhouse.blogspot.com 7-19-17 (Keep pressing forward)
·
Pioneer black Photo corners-
available from several sources
·
All other items from my stash.
Entered into:
Crafty
Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- September
Your Halloween card is so adorable! Thanks for playing along with The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Thank you card! Love the leaves!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining Festive Fridays Challenge.
Val -DT Leader
A super collection of cards, many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge this week.
ReplyDeleteB x
Lovely cards Kathy.
ReplyDeleteI'm here to comment on your Snippets Playground entry - which is just FABULOUS. Love the red, black and cream colour scheme. Getting very autumnal here . . . . who's up for a hot chocolate with marshmallows on top? xxx
All are such wonderful cards with beautiful designs! Thank you for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Fall Thank You card Kathy! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!
ReplyDeleteDarlene
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P.S. Thanks for also sharing this beauty with us over on the Colorful Options challenge. Good Luck!
Hi Kathy, your leaf cards are beautiful and the colours are so rich. However it doesn't appear that you used any markers on your cards so on this occasion you will not be eligible for our prize draw (please correct me if I am wrong). Thanks for sharing with us at Passion for Markers challenge. Hugs, Denise x
ReplyDeleteDenise, you are correct! Sorry about that. I am so used to using markers that it's my default, even when I don't! Please remove my card from the prize draw. (And thanks for offering such a great challenge!)
DeleteThat little kitty is so sweet! I love every bit of this faboolous card! The sentiment is great! Thanks for playing with us at The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge this time! Nan, DT
ReplyDeleteAll fun cards! Your leafy thank you card is very dignified and pretty. I'm glad you shared with us at Double D!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards, thanks for playing at The Outlawz CYS challenge!
ReplyDeleteA lovely selection of cards. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts this week in our 'Spots and Stripes' challenge.
ReplyDeleteLorraine
Beautiful leaf thank you card
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for joining us on the Polkadoodles Wk 38 Digi Choosday challenge….
Love and crafty hugs from
Wendy (DT)
its so nice card!
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing at SUYP-cats only challenge!
Hope to see you again!
Good luck!
Fiki
🤎🤎🤎 this! Your little kitten is too adorable! Thank you for sharing with us at the Colorful Options Challenge. Cheers, Makira
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy, a fun set of cards and love your Halloween card with the kitten in the pumpkin. Thank you for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends and good luck in the prize draw.. Megan DT LPoCF
ReplyDeleteLove the cat in the pumpkin, it is adorable. Thanks for joining the CYS at the Outlawz.
ReplyDeleteI do get confused when you enter a load of cards in one post - they're all really great! The snippets one is very 'glamorous'. Great work - as i said.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Di xx
Di, I was actually considering this very issue recently so I appreciate your comment!. (And I appreciate YOU, dear friend.)
DeleteSuper cute care and image! Thanks so much for entering our Monday Greeting Challenge at The Outlawz Challenges
ReplyDeleteCara, The Monday Greetings Design Team
My Creative Chaos {My Personal Blog}
Lovely selection of card and thanks for sharing at All Dressed Up
ReplyDeleteLove your sentiment and the googlie eye are your cute little kitty are perfect! Thanks so much for entering our Crash your Stash Challenge
ReplyDeleteCara, The Crash your Stash Design Team
My Creative Chaos {My Personal Blog}
Beautiful and pretty card. Love the combination of colours and pretty design! Thanks for joining us at All Dressed Up Stamps Challenge. Hugs Neva
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