FOR YOU BOOKWORM

Hi everyone! Back again with another challenge for

We have two great sponsors for this weeks challenge:

Prize: 2 digi images of winners choice

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Prize: 4 digi images of winners choice

Now onto my project. I decided to create a slimline card for the image I used so I could make her a bit bigger than I normally would. I used a really cute image from LeAnn's World 101 called SCHOOL GIRL. 

I wanted to give her the look as if she was in a library so I used a background peek-a-boo stamp image from Hero Arts and using my misti I stamped it on the upper part of my panel and then using some of the smaller images on the lower half and separating them with a strip of blue ribbon.

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HELLO FRIEND COLLABORATION

 Hi everyone! Welcome back for the second installment of the collaboration between

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Here is my project 

Supplies: 

Rinea: Mocha/Mocha starstruck foiled paper

Joy Clair: Succulent Frame digital stamps

Altenew: golden edge washi tape, gold string washi tape, artist markers

CTMH: espresso ink pad

I started out by cutting out a orange panel and using a leaf stencil with the espresso ink to create a soft background for my focal point. 

I then added the gold string washi to the bottom 1/3 of the panel and added a strip of the golden edge washi to ground the top. I adhered the panel to my card base and got working on coloring my main image. 

I did a lot of paper piecing on this card. It's not one of my most favorite things to do but I am loving how this card turned out. Using adhesive backed foam I adhered the main diamond panel to the front and then added in the different flowers and leaves as accents. 

I cut out the middle of the diamond so I could use the Mocha/Mocha starstruck foiled paper inside it. It gives a bit of shine to the card and it's not overwhelming. 

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TRICK OR TREAT SHAKER

 Hi everyone! Welcome back. I have another share for a challenge over at

The challenge: Halloween or cats

For my card I decided on a slimline shaker Halloween card. I've been really enjoying creating this new size card and with the help of some dies you can make them into multiple window shakers. 

I used a fun kit called GOT CANDY? from Close To My Heart. 

The only thing I used that wasn't part of this kit was the dies to create the front shaker panel. 

At first I wanted to stamp images and color them in and then I remembered the kit came with a sticker sheet and these pumpkins fit in great with the background paper I used. 

I took one of the sentiment strips and cut it to create the sentiment so that it would fit. To get the card base attached to the shaker I left the shaker window piece upside down and adhered the card base that way. 

 

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HELLO AWESOME FRIEND

 Hi everyone! Welcome back to another challenge over at

Today's challenge is to use PINK on your design.

Our sponsor this week is 

PRIZE: 3 digi's of the winner's choice. 

For my card today I used FLOWERING CHERRY. I enlarged my image and printed it twice. 

Using my Altenew Artist Marker's I colored the flowers in two different families of pink. I then colored the leaves. 

Once I had my images colored I fussy cut them out. I got a piece of watercolor cardstock and rose petal ink refill from Catherine Pooler and started water coloing my background. I wanted an ombre effect and am very happy with how it turned out. 

Once the background dried I started adding my flowers. I laid the back one down first and and then layered the second one on top. 

I cut the greenery off the bottom of both sets of flowers and added them in around the floral clusters. I cut the edges that were hanging off the edges and added a few around the outside of the card. 

I finished it off but cutting out the sentiment out of inked cardstock and adhered it to my card. 

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FRIEND, I MISS YOU

 Hi everyone! Welcome back for another great challenge over at

As always: ANYTHING GOES

Our sponsor for today's challenge is

Prize: 3 digi images of the winners choice.

For my card today I got to use the lovely HELLO FALL digi stamp. I've been eying her for a while so I couldn't wait to grab it for this challenge.  I've been spending a LOT of time on websites lately checking out all the new, fun, fall items that are coming out. 

When I saw this great background and stencil set from Taylored Expressions I couldn't wait to get it and use it. You stamp the background stamp and then using the three stencils in order you create a really cool leafy background. 

Below are pictures of the three stencil steps to get the amazing background. 

Once I trimmed it down to be the panel on my card it was so pretty. I will have to create another as I ended up covering most of the background with my image. 

Here are some close ups. I also used a leaf die to create three leaves to go behind the main image. 

Coloring these pumpkins was a lot of fun. I could spend all day just coloring them in. 

I usually don't add a sentiment inside the card but I thought this went well with the outside sentiment.

Here's one more look at the finished card.

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LOVE YOU MORE THAN CANDY CORN

 Hi everyone! I'm here today sharing a fun card I made using a variety of new products I've received over the last week. I am all about this time of year and seeing a fun candy corn stamp set is right up my alley!!

For this card I added two different challenges together. A sketch challenge and a color challenge. 

To be able to use all the colors (I know, there's only three lol) I decided to color my candy corn with the cajun craze as the bottom and the pumpkin pie as the middle and leave the top white. 

I did follow the sketch "loosely" to get the look I was going for. I wanted some type of shaped background so I searched through the cricut design center and found this web panel. Once I cut it out I adhered it over a piece of pumpkin pie cardstock and added it to my card base. 

I cut two 1/2" strips from cajun craze and mint macaron. One at 5 1/4" and one at 5" and lightly layered one over the other. 

Once I did that I stamped all of my images using my misti and then colored them all in. Once they were cut and colored I started creating my scene. After everything was adhered down I took my wink of stella glitter brush and added some glimmer to the spider web. 

I didn't want to use any other embellishments other than the candy corn pieces and the glitter brush. I love this card!!

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Supplies:

Lawn Fawn: how you bean? stamps/dies, how you bean? candy corn add on stamps/dies

Stampin' Up!: pumpkin pie, cajun craze, and mint macaron ink and cardstock.

Neenah 80lb solar crest white cardstock

Zig: blender brush

Wink of Stella: clear glitter brush

Cricut: Square web overlay

COFFEE + BIBLE = HAPPINESS COLLABORATION WITH JOY CLAIR

 Hi Everyone! I have a fun Collaboration between 

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 I really enjoyed using the stamps/digi stamps I received as part of this collab and couldn't wait to share with you! I chose some fallish style stamps since October was the chosen month for us. 

Supplies used: 

Rinea: ruby/ruby starstruck foiled paper

Rinea: mocha/mocha starstruck foiled paper

Joy Clair: rustic occasions stamp set

Joy Clair: Coffee and Jesus digital stamp

Altenew: Artist Markers

CTMH: espresso, scarlet, and nectarine ink pads

Pinkfresh Studios: slim ornate banner die

Neenah solar white 80lb cardstock

Michaels: orange jute

HOW TO: 

Using the slimline ornate banner dies I created a slimline card. I then cut the two layers using the remaining two dies, one in each color of Rinea foiled paper. 

In order to make it a card I cut my white cardstock to 7" x 8 1/2" and scored/folded it at 3 1/2". Placing the die so the top and side where the fold is, is not on the paper.

Once I had my card base I started stamping around the outer edges using the rustic occasions sentiment stamp set and CTMH inks. 

After I got the outer edges all stamped I then took the next two dies and cut them from the ruby/ruby and mocha/mocha starstruck foiled paper. 

I then started coloring in the images I planned to use on my card. I trimmed out the coffee cut and the sentiment to over lay on it.  I then adhered two leaves to the upper panel and then adhered the ruby/ruby panel over them. 

Using a 1 1/4" square punch I punched out three squares. Using the same ink colors I did some ink blending. I realized after I had it added onto the red panel that I didn't need the middle one. 

I realized after I had it added onto the red panel that I didn't need the middle one.

I then added some adhesive backed foam tape to the back of my coffee cup and added it to the front of my card. Then I adhered the sentiment over the center of the cup.

I'm really happy with the way this turned out being that it's my first ever slimline card. I can't wait to pull out some of my other slimline dies and get making more. Who knows, maybe that's what I'll do for my Christmas cards this year!!