Variety of Cards

October is almost over, so gotta get these cards entered into the challenges.  I'll try to keep the explanations brief.  I admit to focusing on the pictures when I read blogs, unless there's something I have questions about.

First up is another CAS card using PTI Splits: 'Tis the Season.  This time I embossed in silver & stamped in Enchanted Evening.  

The silver frame is PTI Pierced Feature Rectangle.  There's Stickles on the dripping wax & berries.  I'm entering Rudolph Days.

The rest of my cards are for Fall/Thanksgiving.  First is my entry for the Altenew October challenge.  A sweet friend shared her gc with me, so I was able to get the Leafy Border die that had been on my wishlist since I first saw it.

I inked cardstock with DO fossilized amber & die cut it twice to layer.  The background was done by smooshing 3 green DIs on wc paper.  The fancy hello was stacked, inked with DO peeled paint & covered in Nuvo Glaze.  Love the brown sequins for a subtle touch of bling.  

Next is my entry for ITP/PTI Leaves in Fall inspiration challenge.  I pulled out the extra dies that go with Fancy Foliage & inked them with about all the PTI green inks.  

The sparkle on the ends was done with a Quickie Glue pen & Vintage Platinum Glitter Dust.  The panel is Cover Up: Diamonds stamped in Fine Linen on a Fine Linen panel.  Instead of a bird, I used Butterfly Hope die with MFT Orange Zest felt.  

I attached the 2 die cuts in the center only & added brown pearls down the body.  The sentiment is from ITP Bold Blooms.  I'm also entering The Snippets Playground with lots of white snippets used for the leaves.

Last is my entry for the October Gina K Monthly Mix.  My newest GK stamp set is A Big Hello.  The dies for the set were sent to me in error when I placed an order from a store that carries a lot of brands.  They sent me what I'd ordered & told me to just keep the dies.  Tricky, tricky--haha!  Of course, I wanted the stamp set which I had on my wishlist.  Didn't want to spend that much money, but the next time there was a sale you know what happened!  

It is a beautiful set I'm glad to have.  I made my color block panel by swiping DI cubes in carved pumpkin, twisted citron & fossilized amber.  The image was stamped in Versafine Clair Acorn & I splattered a dark brown Zig.  The sentiment from the set was popped up & I decided against bling this time.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday & WAW.

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Fun Making Cards

Hope you're all staying home & staying safe.  We're staying out of buildings & so far I've done 2 grocery pick ups.  Neither order had everything I ordered, but we're not going to starve.  Seriously, we are more grateful than ever to be in a fairly unpopulated area.  Our neighborhood is quiet even with kids out of school.  Guess the parents really are making them study at home during school hours.  We're also grateful our Governor ordered everyone to stay home 3 weeks ago, except for essential services.  Hopefully it will pay off here.  I'm just sorry so many people in this country continue to behave irresponsibly.  OK--off my soapbox & onto cards!
The MFT Cross Stitch tag I showed you here did indeed make it onto a card.  I dry embossed a blue panel & added the cute bunny from Spellbinders March Small Die of the Month.

I was lucky to win a gift certificate last month at Stamplorations.  Usually it takes me forever to spend a gc, but I knew immediately what I wanted.  I loved every card made with the Layered Vase stamp set during the February release.  Here's my first card using VersaMagic Pink Grapefruit & Oasis Green along with Delicata Golden Glitz.

  

The sentiment is from an old TPC Studio set.  I love overstamping in the gold which has a beautiful shimmer in real life.  I added splatters & decided against any embellishments.  As you can see in the close up, the image & sentiment are gold embossed.  Most of the time I use white cardstock, but this time I used cream.  Think it was a good choice with these colors.

I'm entering Stamplorations Theme, Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes & SSS Wednesday.

Next is a notecard I'm sending to Darnell's 95 year old friend, Verna.  I made one last entry for the Gina K March Monthly Mix challenge where the theme is rainbow.

The design is one of my favorites--simple & effective, I think.  After masking the strip in the center of the card, I brushed on DI festive berries, dried marigold, squeezed lemonade, mowed lawn & salty ocean.  Then I stamped the Gina K/Hero Arts Friendship Blooms image in Versafine Clair Nocturne.  I decided against a sentiment & just added some black Pico Embellisher dots.  I'll write a note inside & include a picture of Darnell & me.  Thought Verna might get a kick out of that.  I'm also entering WAW.

Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.  If your blog address is in your profile or comment, I will visit you.