Thanksgiving and Christmas

I've had this card in mind for several weeks.  The Stamp Market Mini Autumn Leaves and some Lindy's Magicals have been sitting on my table.

The die cut leaves were simply watercolored with Lindy's Magicals Ponderosa Pines Olive, Canna Lily Burnt Orange and Poutine Gold.  You can see the beautiful shimmer in my IG post.  Love the texture from SSS Refracted embossing folder on another of my newly discovered terra cotta note cards.  I brushed brown ink on the edges.  The SSS sentiment from Full of Thanks was stamped in Versafine Clair Pinecone and clear embossed.  Embellishments are SSS Mocha Java sequins.  I'm entering Time Out Challenges #300 with the Fall Thanksgiving Celebration in the US and TTTC282 using Leaves/Free/Die Cuts from my friend Betty's board.

Christmas Kickstart Snow Alert! challenge is about to close.  Again, I finally made a card that's been in the back of my mind for weeks.

Box 12 that Your Paper Insider generously sent to me contains a beautiful shimmery light blue cardstock called Aquamarine Curious Metallics.  I thought it'd be perfect embossed with SSS Fanciful Flurries folder.  It's really gorgeous in person!  I have several snowflake dies and purposely chose the one from Uniko because it has large enough sections to show off the Holographic More Dots cardstock.  Check out the video in my IG post.  I stamped the W&W sentiment in Versafine Clair Blue Belle and used the same ink to color the edges of the mats.   I'm also entering SSS Monday, SSS Wednesday and WAW.

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Memory Box and Poppystamps

I used my favorite paper from Your Paper Insider Box 12 to make an entry for Memory Box I Can't Be- "Leaf "It Is Fall!  You can see the gold shimmer in my IG post. 

I used Memory Box Tall Frilly Leaf Stems I'd previously die cut and brushed with green metallic sprays.  I cut some more and brushed them with gold metallic watercolor.  I left the ends of the stems free for movement when I glued them to the top of the card.  Memory Box Just a Note Posh Script shadow was die cut from the panel.  The words were die cut from the same cardstock, stacked, covered with glaze and glued in place.  I added the smallest Birch Press Simple Butterfly Contour Layers die cut from vellum and some gold dots.  I'm also entering DCD and SSS Wed.

I made another notecard without a sentiment to enter Poppystamps Keep it Simple, JUGS, Time Out (Fall is my favorite season) and SSS Wed. I recently got Poppystamps Nordic Basket die and decided to make it into a basket for Fall leaves and flowers.  

I die cut it from kraft cardstock and trimmed off the handle so it wouldn't look like an Easter basket.  I added a couple extra diecuts to make it more like chipboard and inked the edges with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate.  The smallest flowers from Poppystamps Potpourri Flower Set were inked with PTI Harvest Gold and Summer Sunrise.  The bigger flowers were inked with Amethyst Allure.  The leaves from Poppystamps Orchard Leaves were inked with PTI Ripe Avocado and Simply Chartreuse.  I glued the bottom of the basket to Pinkfresh Nested Hexagons: Double Stitch.  Then I arranged and glued the leaves and flowers, gently lifting the ends.  

Decided against embellishments and just added dots of Goldenrod Stickles to the little blooms. 

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Notecard

I'm having trouble getting back into the swing of things after a short vacation.  I was determined to make a card and here it is.

I used 3 papers from Your Paper Insider's Box 12 which they generously sent to me.  The dies are from PTI, Penny Black, SSS and Poppystamps.  I decided against adding a sentiment and will just write a note inside.  I'm entering JUGS, DCD and WAW. 

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Square and Z Fold

I'm grateful Your Paper Insider sent me Box 12 to use and show you.  I'll post my first card later.  Today's card was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #700.  The first time I entered was November 2013, Challenge #111.  Here's that card:

This is really still my kind of card.  No surprise I used dry embossing for the background.  Those MFT rolled roses made from felt would be on my cards today if mailing costs weren't so high.  

Back to my current card.

I cut 4 squares of the beautiful White and Red Flowers: Yuzenshi paper and matted them with dark brown cardstock in my stash.  The little branches were die cut from the same brown paper.  To keep from covering up much of the background, I used a scrap of my vellum for the shadow of SSS Happy Autumn die.  The Gold Diamond Glitter paper in the box was perfect for the card front and letters.  You can see the sparkle and shine in my IG post.  And yes, I'm ready for Autumn's cooler weather!

Next is my first Z Fold card--yay!  I'm a slow cardmaker, so I don't usually make fun fold cards.  However, I watched a video recently and thought the simple version was something I could do.  Here's what I came up with using some favorite Altenew products.

I cut a white panel in 2 and lined the pieces back up in the Flower Bed embossing folder.  Sweet Bouquet was colored with the matching stencils using Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, Cosmic Berry, Firefly, Forest Glades, Shadow Creek and Citrus Burst.  I splattered the bouquet with SSS Splatter Medium and added yellow Stickles to all the flower centers--focal point and background.  The sentiment from the stamp set fit perfectly inside.  I did add cardstock layers to the bouquet to make it sturdy enough to have only the left side attached.  You can see details and sparkle in my IG post.  This is another card for the Altenew August Challenge and I'm entering DCD where Altenew is the sponsor.

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