GUI Week - Day 1- Fall Blessings & Four Seasons Fall Challenge.

 Hello and Welcome!

Today is my first day as this weeks (Growing In Unity) featured stamper.  This is my 2nd year of doing this and I am excited to share my card creations with you this week.

Be sure to leave a comment (no anonymous comments) with a name as 2 lucky people will be chosen at the end of my week to receive a $20 Gift Voucher at Unity Stamps!  

Without further ado here is my first card for this week: (Click to enlarge) I'll also be sharing this for the Four seasons Fall Season challenge:   I think it meets the Mood Board theme (bottom right) with the wonderful pumpkin and colors.

 This card came together quickly thanks in part to the amazing pumpkin stamp found in the September KOM (Harvest to Holiday).

I started out by using a piece of designer paper from Unity's, Haunted Hues paper pack.  I cut out a piece using one of the dies from Unity's,  Scallop and Rectangles. Then using my Stamparatus*retired SU I stamped the pumpin in the corner using Memento Tuxedo black ink. - After I had the pumpkin stamped I distressed the edges of the piece using Ripe Persimmon and Rusty Hinge inks adding some depth of color.  Next I colored the stem with a Pale Olive (YG95) Copic Marker and highlighted the pumpkin curves with Honey (Y38) Copic Marker.  Next I spritzed the piece with Antique Bronze Distress Spray (Tim Holtz - Ranger) which added a really cool shimmer to the piece.

On the (Old Olive) piece I stamped a Unity Background, (Woodgrain Whisper) with a Versa mark ink pad.  You don't see much of the background but it does add some subtle detail to the olive portion of the card.

The sentiment is from the same KOM and was stamped on Very Vanilla card stock with Memento Tuxedo black ink and distressed the same way as the pumpkin background.  I also curled the edges with my fingernail.

I wrapped some twine around 2 corners, mounted the focal piece with foam tape as well as the sentiment.  These main card background is Basic Black cs.  To complete the card I added a few sequins.

Here is a close up of the shimmer created from the Distress Mica Spray:

You can also see the background that was stamped on the olive piece as well.

Lots of steps but a super fun card to make. - Be sure to leave a comment (with name or a way to contact you) for your chance to win that $20 gift voucher from Unity Stamp Company.

Come back tomorrow to see my next creation & Happy Stamping.

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.

Four Seasons Challenge - Anything Goes Fall

 Hello everyone.  Welcome to my blog.

Today I'm participating in a (new to me) challenge blog:

FOUR SEASONS - for their ANYTHING GOES - FALL challenge.

They include an mood board for you to use for inspiration:

Fall is one of my two favorite seasons (spring being the other one). 

For my card I wanted to used warm colors and fall leaves.  Plus I couldn't resist using my squirrel stamp again!

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:

I started with a card base: Basic Black

Next I added a layer of Pumpkin Pie along with 2 patterns of designer paper (Carta Bella - Welcome Autumn series) Those leaves are just so pretty on that paper.  

Next I stamped my sentiment (which took me forever to locate in my stamp drawers) - With Memento Tuxedo Ink - The sentiment is one I've had forever and is from, Hero Arts.

I cut a circle of More Mustard*retired SU card stock and added 3 small gold colored gems.

I stamped my squirrel (Nuts About Squirrels - SU) with Memento Tuxedo black ink, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Crumb Cake inks and fussy cut it out.  I mounted the squirrel over the circle with foam tape.

Hope you have enjoyed your visit & have a great day.