Couple of Fall Cards

Hi everyone - welcome! You know fall is fast approaching when the State Fair starts! Between that & the mood board at Just Us Girls Challenge #789, I was inspired to pull out a Spellbinders set with an apple.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Solar White;

Authentique Latest & Greatest; scraps

Stamps - Hero Arts Color Layering Fall Trees (retired)

Dies - Spellbinders Classroom Chronicles (DOM-May25)

& Gnome Drive Graduation (retired but one left as of 

today at Frantic Stamper);

MFT Stitched Alphabet (NIB but

a few HERE at Frantic Stamper);

Taylored Expressions Mini Strips - Asymmetrical (retired)

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - foam tape; Recollections star gems

I cut a stitched rectangle from a chalkboard paper and added the ABC die cut letters. Next I die cut an apple patterned paper with a larger stitched rectangle. Layered onto a white A2 card. Die cut 3 books but shortened them to fit. Die cut & assembled the apple. Added the stack to the card with foam tape. Stamped and die cut the sentiment. Finished it off with some star gems, placed strategically to hide some glue marks on the black paper!

Now for my card made during Craft Roulette Episode #281 last night:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Solar White;

Taylored Expressions Latte;

Paper Studio cardstock; Basic Grey Kneehighs

Stamps - Hero Arts Color Layering Fall Trees (retired)

Dies - Hero Arts Autumn Leaves 

"Happy" (brand unk)

Other - Teal sequins (brand unk); Copic Markers

Host Mary Gunn FUNN had Irene Smith (‪@ArtemisMade1) as her guest. Irene, known by the nickname Hat Trick (because she had Covid 3 times during the pandemic) was making her 2nd appearance. She's a CR member and does a series on her YouTube channel on Mondays making 15 minute cards. The roulette wheel was spun four times for the necessary parameters:

• Project - 4'x6" Card: Formed one from cardstock. 
• Colors - Coffee Aisle: I used colors from the Donut Shop Decaf Coffee box in my cupboard - teal, brown, kraft, white, orange. 
• Element - From a Tree: I used leaves. 
• Random - Outside the Lines: The leaves have vein lines; I colored outside them. 

I trimmed a sheet of latte cardstock down to 6"x8", then scored the long side at 4" to form a 4"x6" card. Added mat layers of chocolate brown & a teal patterned paper. Die cut 3 leaves from latte, chocolate brown and orange card stock. Found the "happy" die cut in the bits box; I'm not sure what brand. Stamped the "Happy Fall" and trimmed to a small rectangle. Assembled on the card and added a trio of teal sequins.

That's it for today, friends. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a crafty weekend!!

Happy Fall Y'all & Die Cut Stickers Galore!!

Happy Fall Y'all - I was inspired by Lisa (My Paper Tales) to create a fall card for the current Just Us Girls Challenge. Ina from their DT has chosen a gorgeous fall color palette & mood board with rich fall leaves - love it!! 

Supplies: Paper - Just Stamp on It A2 card;

scraps of white & of a rusty patterned paper (I think

 it's from a fall pad I got at Target years ago);

unk brand of vanilla cardstock

Stamps with Dies - Hero Arts Friendly Messages Bundle

Embossing Folder - Cascading Leaves and Stripes

Dies - My Favorite Things Bitty Fall Leaves'

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Inks - Various Hero Arts & Tim Holtz DOI

My Spellbinders box always comes late in the month of issue, then it takes me a while to use it. The JUGs Challenge was the perfect time to pull out the Cascading Leaves and Stripes embossing folder from September. I die cut a rectangle from a vanilla-y yellow paper to approximate the lightest of the color palette, then sponged the rest of the colors (as close as I could come to them with the inks I have with me). The sweet little leaves came from the MFT September release - just got those in my mail last week.

I'll add this card to Darnell's October NBUS Challenge since my ef and leaf dies are newly used today. I haven't played at the Snippets Playground in quite a while but they're doing anything goes and all my leaves and the sentiment were cut from snippets (I've shown my box of snippets in the past - take a look HERE if you'd like; it's even fuller now!!).

Next I'm sharing some quick and easy Christmas cards using some 3D stickers.

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 cards & Vintage Christmas;

Authentique A Magical Christmas

Dies - Hero Arts Nesting Oval Infinity Dies;

A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - Jolee's Santa stickers; 

ephemera from Spellbinders Nov 2020 card kit

Last week I ran to grab a coffee and visit the post office (OMG - the gorgeous new Christmas postage stamps!!). Michael's craft store wasn't too far from there so I popped in. I wanted to add a few quick musical note stickers to some pre-printed chorus cards and knew they'd have some (yes!). 

As I'm trudging through the meandering check-out lane (designed to tempt you with extra stuff to buy), I spotted a four bin rack of sticker packs - 99 cents each!! We're talking good Thickers, Jolee and others - wow! Besides the Santa ones I used here, I picked up some Thicker alphabet stickers and some kitties. I limited myself to 6 sets otherwise I would've pawed through the bins for hours - LOL. Maybe your store has a similar discount bin, if not - so sorry!

On card one - I just die cut a rectangle and some ovals, added to an A2 card and popped on the stickers. Found an ephemera ticket & sentiment - done! On card two - I hand cut a snowbank and added some glitter to the edge (hard to see in photo). Adhered to a patterned A2 card and applied the stickers - even quicker and easier than card one!! Yay - a couple more for the stash.

Thanks for stopping &, as always, happy crafting!!