I guess it’s really turning into fall! I am not sure what has happened to this entire year, but it sure has gone by quickly!
This week’s TGIF Challenge is based on inspiration from the photo on the left … fall has always been my favorite time of year, so this one was really fun!
Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along.
I haven’t made a gatefold card with a belly band for quite some time, so creating this fun little pumpkin patch using the new Painted Pumpkins Bundle seemed the perfect opportunity to do so.
I loved layers the pumpkins with fall colors - Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Peaceful Pine and Granny Apple Green! I offstamped the Peaceful Pine to make the leaves look more dimensional.
Peaceful Pine is fast becoming one of my new favorite colors (to be fair, green IS my favorite color!). I used one of the dies from Sweet Words & Labels to make the sentiment panel … this particular die fit perfectly!
Stamps: Painted Pumpkins Paper: Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Peaceful Pine Ink: Peaceful Pine, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Early Espresso Accessories: Painted Pumpkins Dies, Sweet Words & Labels Dies, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, Linen Thread
I think I’m actually going to put up my Halloween/fall decorations this weekend … I decorate as much for Halloween as I do for Christmas … can’t help it!
We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!
Did y’all know that Stampin’ Up came out with a Hot Foil System a few months back???
I did … and chose to “ignore” it … I did NOT need it … I did NOT want it … I was NOT gonna buy it … at all … ever …
Yeah, yeah, yeah … you know how THAT goes!
I received all my new goodies last weekend and I AM OBSESSED!!!
It was so much quicker and easier than I had anticipated it to be … and making his card was WAAAYYYY fun!
I knew I wanted a multicolored fall wreath. Choosing which colors to use was the hard part.
I did a bunch of fussy cutting on this one (which I actually enjoy and find very therapeutic). But the wreath itself was included in the dies I had purchased, as was the Buffalo Check Background (which I LOVELOVELOVE1).
I used the Rustic Check 3D Embossing Folder as it seemed the perfect addition … and there IS a hot foil die included with the Wreath & Wonder Bundle that is a bunch of splatter that I didn’t realized I needed to use until AFTER I had already embossed the background. SO … I just pulled out a gold glitter pen and made my own splatters. Lesson learned for next time!
Stamps: Wreath & Wonder, Phrases & Frames Paper: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Misty Moonlight, Blackberry Bliss, Gold Foil
Ink: Crumb Cake, Versamark Accessories: Rustic Check 3D Embossing Folder, Wreath & Wonder Hot Foil Dies, White Embossing Powder, Linen Thread, Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems (retired)
There are a LOT of hot foil die bundles that I see making their way into my collection before too long … sigh … another addiction, I suppose!
 I guess it helps to read the instructions!!
This week the TGIF Challenge Team was challenged to make a card with the Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper.
Give that I am a Last-Minute Lucy all the time, I went and looked at this graphic and thought, “Oh cool! Black and White!” WRONG!! Dang it!! Well, I am posting my card anyway!
Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along.
Because I don’t actually have any black and white DSP (at least not any that I wanted to use!), I decided to make my own!
The background was created using the Water Decorative Mask (from the Dotted Lines & Water Decorative Masks pack).
I LOVE how it looks!
I used the stamps and dies from Lovely Arrangement to create the focal point, and even added some vellum by cutting some leaves using the dies.
And, I cheated a little. The black and white gingham ribbon just HAD to go on this even though it is retired! (So are the embellishments … I couldn’t help myself!) Stamps: Lovely Arrangement Paper: Basic White, Basic Black Vellum Ink: Black Memento Accessories: Lovely Arrangements Dies, Black & White Checked Gingham Ribbon (retired), Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems (retired)
I’m actually wearing a sweater today … and it’s RAINING!! Hallelujah! (I don’t really need the sweater any more, as it has warmed up a little since I left the house). Fall is coming, though!
We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!
Happy Monday! The Monday Montage Crew is back! The girls have turned up the volume this week … GORGEOUS projects!!
I made my own background using some watercolor paper and image from both Memorable Garden and Tile Garden.
After stamping the images using Hydrangea Hue, Old Olive and Crushed Curry, I pulled out one of my watercolor brushes and lightly brushed over all of the images. I wanted to make it look like I actually painted the images (or at least look a LITTLE like I did!).
I roughed up the edges of the watercolor paper panels using the edge of a pair of scissors. I felt like it needed a little “aging” to go with the “watercolor-y” feel I had achieved.
A little ribbon and a Tile Garden sentiment panel and I was done!
Stamps: Memorable Garden, Tile Garden Paper: Watercolor, Hydrangea Hue Ink: Hydrangea Hue, Old Olive, Crushed Curry; Stampin’ Blends - Pumpkin Pie Accessories: Tile Garden Dies, Hydrangea Hue 1/4” Bordered Ribbon, Glossy Garden Dots
It’s almost time to start decorating for fall/Halloween … I’m actually thinking about starting this weekend to get ahead of the game. What do you think? Are you ready for fall?? Have you started decorating yet??
Our Monday Montage Hop has gone exclusively to Instagram! You can check it out by finding me @tinkermom85. From there you will be able to find all of my Monday Montage Friends, too!
How fun is this sketch??? I came up with an idea right away when I saw it!!
This week the TGIF Challenge Team is working with this super awesome sketch!
Check out the blog challenge here - TGIF Challenge Blog if you’d like to play along.
I don’t do horizontal cards as often as I do vertical ones, so it was nice to have a challenge that pushed me in the right direction!
I had been out of town for several days and came back to an unopened box that contained both the Elegant Leaves Bundle AND the Luxe Foliage DSP, both of which I used here.
I also pulled out an old faithful friend … my trusty paper crimper. The leaves and gold on the DSP look so pretty with the added dimension the paper crimper adds!
A few dies from both the Elegant Leaves Bundle and Sweet Words & Labels helped me create just the right balance of things to add to the focal point … I love fall!!
Stamps: Elegant Leaves Paper: Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Golden Glow, Crumb Cake, Luxe Foliage DSP Ink: Early Espresso, Golden Glow; Stampin’ Blends - Pecan Pie Accessories: Elegant Leaves Dies, Sweet Words and Labels Dies, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, Linen Thread, Paper Crimper
Just back from all ny traveling back and forth the last two weeks … I guess how I have to say excuse to put off the “spring cleaning” I totally intended to do in May … it may be time for a yard sale!!
We’d love to have you play along!! You can check us out our blog HERE and Instagram … lots of great inspiration from the rest of the TGIF Crew!
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