Four Seasons - Anything Goes Fall Challenge

 Hi!  I hope your week has been going well. 

Today I'm sharing a card for the Four Seasons Anything Goes Fall Challenge.

This was the Inspiration/Mood Board for the challenge:

I actually had some of this card just laying around on my desk as I had previously thought to use them for another challenge but went a different route.  Instead of just putting them away I decided to see if I could create a card with them.  I think they match the colors in this mood board and of course the Fall theme.

I'll also be sharing with NBUS#67 since the Embossing Folder is new to me and also the tree dies.  I received those as a gift from another stamping friend (Leslie Miller - Running With Scissors). She had made some cards using these dies and was so kind to send me some.  I put them away in a storage container and finally decided to use one.  

So here is my card:

So the parts I had laying around were the Card Base (Cajun Craze) and Hello die (Unity), The Black circle and the embossed leaves.  The embossing folder is one I purchased from JoAnn's.

I took out the tree die (Poppy Stamps - retired die) and used Distress Inks to blend various fall colors on them.  After that was done I assembled everything, I popped up the Hello with foam tape and added some sequins to complete the card.

There you have it.  I hope you enjoy my anything goes card.

Color Throwdown#766 and NBUS #55 (Embrace Autumns Magic)

 

 

Welcome!

Today's card  was created for the Color Throwdown #766 

 

I went a little bit out of the box for me on this card.

 

 

 

I wanted to use some of my new stamps from Unity Stamps ( a favorite company of mine) so I chose to use the 3 Circles and the sentiment from the October KOM (Golden glow) and the Wheat image from the September KOM (Harvest Hues) along with the October Background of the Month (Woodgrain Whisper)

Click to enlarge image.  For some reason the screen is giving off a more turquoise look to the blue but it's really not turquoise.

 

 

 Details: Card Base - Only Orange (retired SU) then a layer of Balmy Blue card stock stamped with the background stamp in Balmy Blue.

The Wheat was stamped on Very Vanilla card stock with Crumb Cake Ink.  Then I stamped the circles over it with Only Orange & Balmy Blue inks.  I distressed the edges with the Only Orange ink and a distressing tool.  The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I added 3 light blue gems and mounted the panel on an angle with foam mounting tape to complete the card.

I'm not sure what style of card you'd call this, Grunge, Distressed, Eclectic?  - What would you say the style is?

Anyway I really like how it turned out and hope you do as well.

Since several of the stamps were brand new I'll be posting this on NBUS#55 as well.

 

Color Throwdown #714

 

 Hello & Welcome!

 

Today I'm joining the Color Throwdown #714 challenge and also NBUS#43:

 

Here is the Throwdown inspiration photo & colors:

 

 

 

 

I was inspired by the colors and the photo.  I went through a bunch of fall themed stamps and found one that belonged to my mom that I had never used before so that is my "NBUS" stuff for this card as well as the designer paper that I used.

 

Here is my card:

 

 Details: Card Stock: Early Espresso, Night of Navy, Basic White and More Mustard*(retired) - Designer Paper (Plaid print from DCWV - Pumpkin Patch Stack.

 Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso, More Mustard*

Stamps: Have a Festive Fall - Stampa Rosa, Acorn/Leaves -Studio112 which was purchased at JoAnns many years ago and never used.

Other: Fishtail Dies - MFT Stamps, Circle Nestability Dies, Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Distress Tool, Sponge, Masking Paper.

For this card I stamped the image on the white card stock and again on masking paper.  Then I cut out the image from the masking paper and laid it over the image on the card stock and sponged the Night of Navy ink over it.  I took the mask off and colored the rest of the image adding in some of the navy with a q-tip in places where I missed the ink from sponging.

The sentiment and the leaf image were mounted on the card with foam tape for dimension.  I distressed the edges of the mustard card stock with a distressing tool and also brushed some More Mustard ink around the edges.

 Links to NBUS#43  and Color Throwdown #714

Fusion Color Palette - Autumn Leaves

 Welcome! - It's been a bit (again) since I've stamped.  Have been dealing with some family issues and a nasty cold which has drained me of much energy. - I did finally get this card finished that I started for the current Fusion challenge.

 

 

 

Fall or Autumn is one of my favorite seasons.  I love the leaves as they change color.  - Speaking of color....just look at all the beautiful colors in the inspiration photo and sketch.

 

I decided to use both the sketch and the colors for my card.

 

 

 So many different stamp sets were used to make this card come together.  -  Plus I'm not totally sure on the colors of card stock I used but I'm going to give it my best shot.

I'm thinking the base layer is Cajun Craze  The yellow layer is a retired SU color, Barely Banana.  The wood grain stamped layer is Pumpkin Pie and the Blue Leaf border is Coastal Cabana or Bermuda bay. - Hey I said I wasn't totally sure but they looked as close to the colors as I could find.

 

Stamps used:  SU - Woodgrain background, Petite Patterns*(retired),Give Thanks (bucket of Leaves) also *, Hero Arts - Hero Greetings (tiny Hello) and Inkadinkado - Autumn sentiment.  This was part of a Halloween mini set purchased at JoAnn's several years ago.

 

Ink used: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cajun Craze, So Saffron

Other: Stylish Dies & Nestabilitie Circle die - Colored Pencils, Leaf border punch (EK Success).

 

I think it turned out pretty cute for mixing so many different stamps sets to create one card. - I hope you enjoy it too. 

Paper Players Theme Challenge #607 & Global Design Project

Wow cutting this under the wire for sure. - Our computer has been acting up and I had this card ready to post yesterday but just could not get the darn thing to work right.

 

Anyway the Paper Players theme challenge PP607 this week was,

Fall Fun.

 

I've also decided to enter this in the Global Design Project

 

 

Here is the card I created for the challenge:

 

 Card Stock used: Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Mint Macaron and Basic White.

Desinger Paper, Carta Bella (Welcome Autumn)

Stamp Sets: Nuts About Squirrels (SU) and Hey Foxy (Amuse Studio) Woodgrain Background (SU)

Ink:  Cajun Craze, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Early Espresso (SU)

Dies:  Stylish Dies (SU) and Circle Nestabilitie Dies. 

Other: Gold Gems and Foam Tape.

The squirrel was fussy cut.

I really liked how this turned out so I wanted to make sure I got it posted for the challenge.  - Our computer sucks right now!

 

 

Fushion Challenge - Pumpkin Mugs and NBUS#31

 Hello and Welcome!

Today's cards are going for,  NBUS#31  and

 

Fushion Challenge Pumpkin Mugs. - UPDATE:  Somehow I missed the deadline for the challenge but am sharing these cards none the less.

I had bought a magazine, (Simply Cards and papercraft) that came with a stamp set, Autumn Blessings.  When I saw the Fushion challenge I knew it would be the perfect set to use for the challenge.

 

Here is my card:

 

 I decided to use both the Sketch and the Inspiration Photo for this card.

I stamped the pumpkins twice on white card stock and colored them with water color pencils.  Then I stamped the speckles (Itty Bitty Backgrounds-SU) in Pumpkin Pie & Pool Party inks. Then I fussy cut them.

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie & Bermuda Bay and White (SU).

The designer paper I bought at Hobby Lobby and it's from Paper Studio.  I bought it prior to purchasing the stamp set but it coordinated so well with the inspiration photo I had to use it.  Across the bottom teal colored panel I used a piece of Washi Tape that also matched beautifully to the color scheme.

I stamped some leaves from Petite Patterns (SU) on the white rectangle panel, mounted it to another rectangle panel of Bermuda bay.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I foam mounted the teal pumpkin to complete the card.

Since I had extra paper left over I created another card.

Same color scheme except I used a panel of a retired SU card stock  that I believe was called, Naturals Ivory.  I also used some of the leaves from the stamp set and another of the sentiments.  I distressed the edges of the Bermuda bay strip.  Pumpkin, Leaves and Sentiment mounted with foam tape.

Rectangle and Circle dies are Nestabilitie Dies.

 

So there you go, 2 different cards using the same colors & stamp set.

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #496 and NBUS#28

 Hello again.  -  This week I'm actually "on-time" for the newest sketch challenge on Freshly Made Sketches #496!

Here is the sketch:

 

Below is my card that I made using it. 

Since I'm entering this for NBUS#28 I am listing the new items that I used for this card.

New Die - Carta Bella (Thankful Autumn Word Die Set)

Crisp Leaves Paper - Carta Bella, Orange and Mint Paper-Carta Bella.

 

I love, love, love this entire collection but for my budget's sake I only bought a couple of pieces of the paper.

 

Other:  SU - Cajun Craze, Early Espresso card stock.

SU Early Espresso Ink Pad

Leaf Die - Cuttlebug (I believe these are no longer available).

Foam Mounting Tape.

That's it,  Simple & Easy but very pretty.

Inside of card: Sentiment is an old (2005) Woodblock stamp from,

Serendipity. 

Now be sure to stop by the challenge blog and check out all the Design Teams cards & the other participants cards.  You won't be disappointed.