A Thank You in Apple Orchard Colors!

Hi all - I've been busy making cards this week so haven't posted since last Saturday. I watched Craft Roulette Episode #301 live tonight and crafted along, submitting my card during the show. A technical glitch, though, only sent the non-member cards to the screen during the live. Hopefully, they'll fix things before the card slide show that appears on the next episode. Here's my 92nd entry:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Recollections A2 card; MFT Colorful Canvas;

American Crafts Spring;

scrap of blue pattern (brand unk); Paper Studio cardstock

Stamps - Hero Arts With Sympathy (retired)

Dies - AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set;

Trinity Stamps Bottle Tag Die Set

Other - Simon Says Stamp Starshine Dots;

Hero Arts ink; foam tape

Host Mary Gunn had Carrie Rhoades (‪@CarrieRhoades‬) as her guest, making her 6th appearance on the show (in addition to special events). Carrie is on the Design Team at Trinity Stamps, a frequent prize donor to Craft Roulette. The wheel was very kind to us tonight!

• Project - Appreciation Card: I used a Thank You sentiment. 
• Colors - Apple Farm: I used red (apples), green (leaves), & blue (sky). White neutral is ok. 
• Element - Silhouette: I stamped silhouette flowers.
• Random - An Old Product: My stamp is from a 2011 set.

I pulled out an old Hero Arts sympathy stamp set that I knew had a silhouette flower on it. Stamped it on a small stitched rectangle using Emerald ink. Layered it up with some other papers. Die cut a Trinity Stamps sentiment & assembled. Some SSS dots finished the card.

I will add this card to Darnell's January NBUS Challenge #82 since my sentiment die was newly used here.

Bonus:

Before some Craft Roulette episodes, one of the members Irene hosts a Tailgate Party on her YouTube Channel. She will make a card in 30 minutes using parameters from an old episode. This time she chose Episode #145 which was Carrie Rhodes' 4th CR appearance (and before I started playing at CR). The parameters were Diagonal Cut/White Background/Light(s) & Off to the Side. I decided to craft along and made this card:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio cardstock

Embossing Folder - Taylored Expressions Subway Tile (retired)

Dies - My Favorite Things Blueprints 18 (NIB);

Brass and Bliss String of Lights Edger

Other - Hero Arts sparkle lacquer; gold Stickles;

Glossy Accents; Spellbinders puffy sentiment

I die cut Neenah cardstock with the diagonal panel from an MFT Blueprints set, embossed it with tiles and added to an A2 card of Neenah. Die cut the light string, assembled and adhered to the card. Put sparkle lacquer on the red ball lights, Glossy Accents on the green lights and gold Stickles on the star lights. A Spellbinders puffy sentiment sticker finished the card.

Since I'm a CR member, I can add this card to the applicable episode's bonus gallery - the regular gallery closed a long time ago!

Hope you have a crafty weekend & thanks for visiting!!

World Card Making Day Part 2

Hi all - I'm back with a second post today, sharing a card I made while watching the online WCMD Scrapbooks and Cards Today event on YouTube (link is to full playlist). There were six wonderful presenters, each sharing cards and products. My card, though, mostly uses stuff from Simon Says Stamp.

Supplies: Paper - Recollections A2 card;

Lawn Fawn Plaid & Watercolor Wishes;

TH Distress Watercolor; scraps

Stamps with dies - Tim Holtz Festive Watercolor Bundle (sold out)

Dies - Simon Says Stamp Cute Cardinal;

Memory Box Bello Joy;

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - foam tape; SSS Starshine dots;

white gel pen

The darling cardinal was a SSS Stamptember exclusive & is out of stock. I die cut it from scraps & assembled, adding some white gel pen details. It's been sitting on the craft desk waiting for a home. I was inspired to add it to some foliage from the Tim Holtz event I did on Sunday. 

Die cut some stitched rectangles and inked the edges. Added to an A2 card. Adhered foliage arrangement on the left of the blue rectangle and popped the cardinal onto it with foam tape. Added the die cut sentiment, also with foam tape. Some SSS crystal dots left over from the TH event finished the card.

I'm sharing my card at the Simon Says Stamp World Card Making Day celebration and at Darnell's October NBUS Challenge #79 since my cardinal is newly used. Also, there's a gallery HERE for anything made for the Tim Holtz Festive Workshop event so my card will head there too.

I also participated in the Craft Roulette World Card Making Day 2025 online event. Hosts Mary & Amanda had a new guest every half hour, each making a card with the parameters I shared in my earlier post today. Since I'd already posted a CR card in the wee hours this morning, I could only post a bonus to the members section. It doesn't count toward the weekly participation cards. The bonus still uses the same parameters of "saying hi", crisp colors, sun, & pennants.

Supplies: Paper - Recollections A2 card and blue cardstock;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio orange & yellow; scraps

Dies - Hero Art Nesting Cloudy Infinity Dies;

Spellbinders Under the Sun &

Stitched Taking Notes (DOMST-Apr25)

Other - foam tape

Simple die cutting and assembly, then done! The backdrop is a stitching die but I left it unstitched. If you'd like to see it stitched, I did a card that way HERE.

Thanks for stopping by & have a crafty weekend!!