Hello Pumpkin!

Happy fall! I love this time of year and look forward to cooler days. I also love autumn colors and creating with them. This cute card is for this week's Team O board at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge.

 

I played the left column down - Harvest, Plaid and Twine but also used other elements - Orange, Die Cut and Metallic.

I love how this little pumpkin owl turned out and since I'm not sure who I would send it to, I think I will leave it out as a fall decoration. This is a "fold-it" card from The Stamps of Life. They have many different themes of these dies and they do make for adorable decor. There are two different reindeer and a sleigh dies which I plan to make for Christmas.

This owl took a bit longer than anticipated because while trying to unclog my liquid glue it suddenly gave way and I had a huge puddle on my desk! Fortunately I have a glass mat  so it cleaned up fairly easily but not before some of the glue got on the wrong side of the paper. And so I have a metal leaf on the top of the pumpkin - to cover the paper that ripped when I was trying to remove excess glue. As it turns out I think it was a great addition and I'm glad a had that embellishment.

For the sentiment I used my label maker; something I have started to do when I want a custom sentiment. I also used Distress Oxide inks to shade the edges of the die cuts.

Products used:

• Dies: The Stamps of Life Pumpkin Owl Fold-It
• Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Delightful Dijon, Echo Park Celebrate Autumn
• Ink: Distress Oxide, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Forest Moss 
• Accessories: Stampin' Up! Linen Thread, Copper Clay Ribbon and retired leaf

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Birthday Cupcake

I haven't been card making in quite a while. Lot's of things going on in my life right now. But I did want to join in this week's Team O challenge at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge. And it felt very good to be back creating!

I chose the middle column - birthday, rectangle and die cuts.

My card is fairly simple. It is an A1 size Fold-It card from The Stamps of Life that was part of their April 2024 card kit. I love the shaped cards. They are easy to make and fast if you keep them fairly simple like I did here. But they can also be very elaborate and embellished making them super special. The fun enamel sentiment is also from the kit as is the patterned paper.

Products used:

• Dies: TSOL A1 Cupcake Fold-It
• Paper/Cardstock: TSOL Guave, Candy, You're Special Patterned Paper; Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla
• Ink: Candy, Distress Oxide Scattered Straw
• Embellishments: The Stamps of Life

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Shell-a-brate

I'm the featured designer this week at the Tic Tac Toe Challenge - so if you don't like the board you can blame me!  Haha! I wanted to make a board that was summer oriented and could also be used for a masculine or gender neutral card. Beach to me is about as neutral as it gets.

 

My card uses the middle row across - beach, yellow, fun-fold.

I went for a softer look and shaded the shell using Distress Oxide inks. In my new craft room set-up they are hidden in a drawer and I now often forget about them. They really are my favorite for ink blending and shading on cards! I tried a using a wax seal in the corner but didn't have quite the right color so I decided the wood palm tree medallion would work just as well and maybe even better.

I hope you will join us for the challenge!

Products used:

• Dies: The Stamps of Life Shell Fold-It
• Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla, Marina Mist
• Ink: Distress Oxide - Scattered Straw, Stormy Sky, Vintage Photo
• Embellishments: TSOL Enamel Dots and Wood Palm
  

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Color Challenge Parrot

I've been absent from cardmaking for most of June. Sometimes life just gets in the way. I'm back now for the CAS Colours & Sketches color challenge for July. Suzy gave us some very fresh summer colors. They remind me of sherbet.

I have been itching to use this Spellbinders die since I received it in May as one of my monthly clubs. I have seen so many people use it and I think it is just adorable. So for this challenge what could be better than a sherbet colored parrot?!

It was tempting to use all the flowers and greenery that came with this set but I needed to keep it CAS and I couldn't use green - so......we have this card which I really love. To add some interest I used an embossed panel using the Embossing Folder of the Month for May.

The sentiment is cut from a package of sentiment strips from Simon Says Stamp (I LOVE these they are so easy) and I added some glitter dots in the challenge colors. We have some great colors - we would love to have you join us!

Products used:

• Dies: Spellbinders DOM May24 Tropical Friends
• Embossing Folder: SB EOM May24 Lattice Work
• Cardstock: Summer Splash, Pretty in Pink, Petunia Pop, Black, Gray
• Embellishments: Stampin' Up! In-Color Glitter dots, Simon Says Stamp sentiment strips
  

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Pop of Color Flower Card

These are super easy to make cards. I made these for Mother's Day using this month's Team O Tic Tac Toe Challenge board. (Yes, we know the boards in advance!)

 

These cards fit a few categories but officially I chose the left column down.

I used a Flower fold-it from The Stamps of Life. This is an older one that I've had quite a while.  I think with cards like this, it is best to keep the colors and patterns bold and simple. And by bold color, I mean solid or monochromatic rather than using a pattern with a whole lot of color. Here I am trying to look like a flower not show off a pretty floral paper. I could use a floral paper if it were tonal.

Originally I was going to put the plaid in the background and use the solid colors on top, but then you couldn't really see the plaid. Because it is tone-on-tone it works well as the main color for the flower petals. I love dots with stripes or plaid so I chose those for the leaves,

I picked a fun floral embellishment for the center - one I've had for years, probably as long as I've had this die!

Products used:

• The Stamps of Life Flower with Stem Fold-it and various paper for the plaid and dots
• Stampin' Up! retired flower embellishments

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