The Card Concept #201 -- Fall Leaves

I'll have to admit that the leaves drew me in to The Card Concept #201. 

Check out the gorgeous inspiration photo.

 

 

Here's how I was inspired--I may have been a bit too literal.

 

Assorted leaves from Honeybee Stamps were cut from Bristol card stock and inked with

Concord & 9th inks, then spattered with black ink. 

A black panel was embossed with Altenew's Organic Linen folder and adhered to a black

card base. The leaves were adhered to mimic the photo and finished off with a gold

embossed sentiment.

The card style is definitely Clean and Layered as i tried to follow the inspiration photo

with layering of the colorful leaves.

 

 Wishing those who celebrate a very Happy Thanksgiving and hope you snag some

Black Friday deals! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the winner of the challenge!

Thank you to The Card Concept! 

 

 

A Kind and Magnificent Friend

My dear friend Michele Ferguson chose today, World Kindness Day, as our Playing Cards 

with Friends date and I accepted in a flash. 

 The "rules" for our play date is to make a card for someone who has done something 

kind. Not necessarily for me, nor does it have to be someone in our card making 

community. Just an act of kindness that deserves notice.

 

Well, duh, it was a no brainer to choose my playmate and creative card maker

as the inspiration for my card.

 

 

I'm not sure when I "met" Michele. I always wondered about this gal whose blog was called

"I Card Everyone". She would stop by and leave the sweetest comments on my blog.

 

 She has since sent me annual Christmas and birthday cards as well as "just because" cards

which are the very best kind. We managed to FaceTime just once, but it's an event 

I'll always cherish and hope to do it again!

For my card, I purchased Spellbinders Stitched Etched Alphabet Dies and didn't think I 

would be doing any stitching. But I did some for Michele. I watched Yana Smakula's video 

on Analogous Colors and found a color palette that reminds me of Michele.

 

The stamp set has matching adjectives for each alphabet and I only wish hers was

"kind hearted". But she's magnificent just the same.

 

She decided to keep photos of our cards a secret from each other so I'll join you over

at her blog to see her masterpiece. I can cross "playing cards with Michele" off of my

bucket list now. Thanks so much, kind friend--it was tons of fun!

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If you want to learn more about World Kindness Day 2023, visit this helpful link.

Personally, I think there needs to be more kindness in the world, not only today, 

but every day 💗

Inspired by Challenge #262 -- GNOMES

When I saw that this week's Inspired by Challenge #262 was all about GNOMES, I was in.

And just look at the adorable inspiration!

 

There's even a sketch by Laurel.

 Here's how I was inspired.

I assembled two gnomes with (retired) Photoplay papers and added a red heart

 on each of their hats. A woodgrain embossing folder was used on the background 

panel and the gnomes were adhered over it. The card was finished off with a red 

die cut sentiment. 

I don't know why but gnomes always make me smile. Supposedly they're not the

cleanest in terms of hygiene, and have grumpy personalities. I guess they become

as cute as we can make 'em!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the winner of the challenge!

Thank you, Laurel!

 

Hello FALL -- 2023 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 Thank goodness for Daylight Savings as I have extra time to enter the

2023 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with a few hours to spare.

 

I went with a fall theme and I mixed and matched products from four companies.

The cups are Mama Elephant's Boba Shaker Dies, cut from different colors of card stock.

I ran the band through a corrugator before adhering it to the cups. The background is

the new Basket Weave Card Front from Concord & 9th.

The leaves are from Papertrey Ink, die cut from white card stock and colored

with dye inks. I attached three leaves and a twine bow to a cup, then adhered 

all three to the card. A gold embossed sentiment finished off the card.

Thanks for stopping by--I'm off to link this up!