Throwback Thursday- Seasonal Sentiments {Avery Elle}

Hello friends,

It's been a while since I had an opportunity to participate in Avery Elle's Throwback Thursday feature, but when Jamie announced that we would be showcasing Seasonal Sentiments, I knew I had to find time to play along.

The Seasonal Sentiments stamp set features images and sentiments for FIVE Autumn/Winter holidays.  With one set, you are covered from Halloween through the New Year.

I just love this little Thanksgiving acorn image, so I paired him up with the Christmas Florals stamp set and Sweet Scallops Elle-ments die to create this autumn card.

Staring with a note card from the Citrus Collection, I die cute the scalloped oval and the pierced oval from card stock, stamped the acorn and adhered the ovals to the card.  Next, I stamped some of the foliage and flowers from the Christmas Florals stamp set, die cut them with the coordinating Elle-ments dies and arranged them around the bottom of the acorn.  I love that the Christmas florals take on an autumn hue using Avery Elle's pigment ink in Papaya, Mustard Seed, Jungle and Truffle.

Be sure to stop by the Avery Elle blog for even more inspiration using this amazing set and for a chance to win a Seasonal Sentiments stamp set all of your own!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Katie

With Gratitude {Paper Smooches SPARKS}

Hello friends, 

It's time for another Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge! This week is a Designer Draft or a sketch challenge. 

Confession time:  I have to admit that this sketch got the best of me... hangs head in shame...so I simplified the sketch- a lot and here's what I came up with:

I stamped two of the large leaves from Leafy Greens onto a cream card stock panel.  These leaves are taking the place of the squares on the sketch.  Next I added the sentiment from Chit Chat in brown ink.  After I stamped it, I thought about stamping it on a banner- ala the sketch, but I decided to leave it as is. 

I felt that the card was a little too simple, so I added the stitched die lines from the Stitched die set and adhered the stamped panel onto a piece of woodgrain patterned paper before attaching it to a cream card base.  

Here's a look at this week's inspiration sketch:

Ready to play? You know the routine! You have until 11:59 PT on Saturday, November 29, 2014 to link up your take on this week's challenge to the Paper Smooches SPARKS blog for a chance to win a $30.00 gift certificate to the Paper Smooches store. Woot, woot!  

Well that's all for me today!  Be sure to check out inspiration from the awesome members of the Paper Smooches SPARKS team playing along with this week's challenge:

Larissa Heskett
Lori Tecler
Lynn Mangan
Savannah O'Gwynn

Thanks for stopping by! 

Katie

Happy Thanksgiving Card {Avery Elle}

Hey, hey everyone! 

Happy Friday!  I am up on the Avery Elle blog today with a Thanksgiving Card using the new Seasonal Sentiments and Fabulous Florals stamp sets. 

First I die cut a panel of Speckled card stock using the large Finished Frames Elle-ments die.  Next, I stamped the acorn from Seasonal Sentiments and built a wreath around him using the flowers and leaves from the Fabulous Florals stamp set. 

The branches were created by stamping some of the stems and leaf veins included in the set with brown ink.  I also got a little crazy and did a "rock and roll" technique on the yellow/orange leaf.    I finished the acorn by die-cutting Papaya card stock into a cute little bow and adhering it to the acorn top.  The bow is also included in the Finished Frames die set.  Finally, I adhered the completed panel to a kraft card base. 

Well, that's all for me today!  Thank you SOOO much for stopping by!

Katie

Thankful Feather Card {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends!

I hope you are having a great weekend!  I am popping in today to share a card I created with one of Waffle Flower Craft's newest stamp sets, Feather More.

I wanted my card to have a very luxe feel to it, so I started by stamping the feathers onto white card stock with Gold Delicata ink and again with Versamark and gold embossing powder.  After setting the powder with a heat gun, I die cut both feathers using the Feather More Die Set.  I love using open dies where I can stamp first and die cut second.  I find that my borders are much more even that way!

Next I settled upon a color scheme for the rest of the card- white with a few rustic touches.  I made a card base from white card stock and trimmed a panel of woodgrain white card stock at an angle and adhered it to the bottom of the card with foam tape.  I trimmed a white card stock strip and stamped Thankful from the Holiday Labels- Give Thanks stamp set in brown ink and affixed it to the card.  

I layered the feathers and adhered this to the card. I tied a small bow with twine and attached it to the base of the feathers.  A few glitzy gold enamel dots add a finishing touch. 

I really love the look of the gold feathers contrasted with the pristine white card stock.  Very luxe indeed! Well that's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Katie

Give Thanks {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hello friends,

Earlier this month, Waffle Flower Crafts released the Holiday Labels- Give Thanks stamp set.  With our Canadian friends celebrating Thanksgiving yesterday, I thought it was the perfect time to ink up this set and create a trio of thankful cards.

I started with a panel of white cardstock and lightly traced a swooping line with my pencil.  Next I stamped the leaves and acorns from the Holiday Labels- Give Thanks stamp set.  Once the larger shapes were in place, I stamped the small set of leaves that were a part of the 'Give Thanks' sentiment.  I performed a bit of stamp surgery to separate them from the sentiment. I also added a few dots from the Feather More stamp set.  Finally, I erased the pencil lines and stamped the sentiment in brown ink. I matted the stamped panel on a piece of patterned paper and adhered it to the card base. 

This design is super easy for mass production, so I made a few more. 

On a gray patterned paper mat with bright green leaves. 

Same ink colors as above matted with yellow patterned paper.  (And no, your eyes are not playing trick on you, I made a trimming error, so the yellow card is 4 x 5.5".  I am hoping the recipient will not notice.) ;o)

Here are the three cards- all stamped out and ready to go!  

Well, that's all for me today!  Thank you for stopping by!

Katie

I can't believe it's already November!

Seriously, where does the time go?  I have some guilt over the gross neglect of my blog of late.  My days have been consumed by this....

ghost brain veggie cups

and this....

deconstructed caramel apples with m&ms

oh and a bit of this...

the angel and the little witch belong to me :)

So you are probably not interested in my excuses... The real reason for my post today is that I am popping in today to share a card I made a few weeks back for publication call.  It was not selected, so I get to share it here. :)

Recently, I have been challenging myself to create cards using basic supplies and not looking for the perfect ______ (insert holiday here) stamp set.  This is the Thanksgiving edition of these efforts.... a Pilgrim Card!

I created the card by using cardstock and dies (pennants, circles, squares and banners.  I adhered the white collar with a bit of foam tape to give it some dimension. Notice I didn't stamp or include a sentiment of any kind.  I thought the Pilgrim collar and shirt spoke pretty well for itself. 

Before I sign off, it is fully my intent to post and share more regularly this month.  In fact, I might be back tomorrow with a little announcement.  For now it's a secret, but I can't wait to share! 

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Katie