Fall Leaves

Hello! I made this card a few days ago and forgot to post so I will do so now.  For the background I used a sheet of Gina K Designs Foil mates which I blended with Distress Oxide inks.  I tried to adhere foil to the design but for some reason I was not successful doing that. I stamped and embossed leaves and a sentiment form GKD Skeleton Leaves set (year 2018) on a panel of white cardstock. Used gold EP with Versamrk ink.  I inked the edges of both panels with Pilot Gold Metallic marker before assembling on a card base of Warm Cocoa GKD Cardstock. 

Challenges: 

Monthly Mix Challenge: September Challenge Fall is almost here!

Modsquad Challenge: Autumn Foliage

Retro Rubber Challenge: #144 Anything Goes.  Stamps are from 2018 

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Pattern on Pattern

Hello! Back again today with another post.  It has been awhile since I entered Tuesday Morning Sketch so I made this card from some fall papers that I had on my desk. They are from a paper pad The Simple Things from GKD.  I had the papers for some time and thought I would put to good use. I used 2 of the patterns layering one die cut with an oval die over a panel of the darker pattern. I stamped some leaves using GKD stamps from A Year Of Leaves and Skeleton Leaves on scraps from a gold card stock, fussy cut them, and inked the edges before arranging on the card. Used DOI Wild Honey for stamping and coloring on the leaves.  Finished with a sentiment from Skeleton Leaves stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa on scrap of turquoise paper matted on  a gold strip.  For fun I fussy cut some acorns from the pattern and added to the sentiment.

Challenges:
Monthly Mix Challenge: Donna's Challenge is Fall is almost here! Used GKD Papers and Stamps.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper: Always about Using Patterned Papers
Double D Challenges: Colorful Challenge
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #570 Sketch shown below.

Note: I did not realize my card was so similar to Angela's card at Tuesday Morning until I was writing my post. Maybe I saw her card when I first read the challenge and it stuck in my mind?? And I thought I had an original design but it looks like I cased Angela unintentionally.

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Autumn Card

Welcome to my studio!  Today I am sharing a card that I made using digital stamps from Autumn's Gift Set by Beverly Cole at The Artsystamper Shop.  Using Photoshop I arranged the Pumpkin and Leaf stamps with sentiment(in brown) and printed on Ivory CS. I added a bit more orange with Copics to the colored images and sponged the edges of the panel with DOI Antique Linen. Attached to a card base of Dark Brown CS.  I am entering this in the Monochromatic Challenge #3 at Artsystamper Digitals Challenges - use any color, as long as it is only 1 color plus natural beiges and tans or black and white. Maybe I should have used another color for the base?
Other Challenge:
Double D Challenges: Neutral Fall. Mood board below. 









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Autumn Brings Pumpkins

Welcome to the studio!  Playing with a Pumpkin stamp from Repeat Impressions to create a Clean and Simple card for a couple of challenges.  I stamped the Pumpkin on the corner of a white card stock with Memento Tangelo ink and  colored with Copics using colors from the graphic below. I added die cut leaves in 2 shades of green (from my leftover stash of die cuts).  The Autumn Stamp from stash was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. Attached to a Dark Brown card base.

Easy as Pumpkin Pie!

Challenge:
AAA Cards: CAS Game #151-Use just One corner of the corner.  I also used colors from the optional twist color palette.

The House That Stamps Built: Inspiration Palette Challenge 01619-see graphic below

Alphabet Challenge Blog: O is for One word sentiment

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge 178  Add a Pumpkin

Make My Monday: Challenge #107 Fruit and / or Vegetable.  I used pumpkin which is a Fruit!

Use Your Stuff Challenge: 378 Use a Pumpkin

Shopping Our Stash: #406 It's Pumpkin Spice Season

Autumn is here!
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Happy Fall Y'all

Welcome!  While I was going through my leftover box of fall items I came across some leaves that I had stamped and stashed away. The maple leaf is an old stamp from PSX and the oak one is Rubber Stampede.  I think I used SU inks to color the leaves before stamping on White CS.  I fussy cut the found leaves and attached to a white panel that I embossed with Darice EF. I stamped the panel with an old SU Stamp with Memento ink.  I inked the white edges with green.  Added this to a tag cut from a scrap of dark red card stock. Punched a hole and finished with a green ribbon from stash that I inked the edges with a Red Copic to tie in with colors of the leaves.
Challenges:
Tag You're It! Challenge: #98 Fall Leaves
Stamping Sensations: October Challenge Trees-Leaves-Autumn

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Happy Fall to Y'all

Hello! Yesterday was the first day of fall and the leaves are already falling even before they change colors.  I created the background for this card using leaves from my yard (actually did this a few years ago).  I placed the leaves on a printer and scanned them to a file on my computer....sort of created my own digital patterned paper.  Took a few trials before I got them arranged to my liking.  To make my card I just printed the leaves on a white card stock. Trimmed the image and attached it to a layer of Yellow CS inked with a wine Copics.  I used a card base of Gold Yellow CS.  For the focus of my card, I stamped a sentiment from Gina K Designs A Year of Leaves (2009) set with Distress Ink Aged Mahogany on a panel of the Gold CS  and distressed the edges with the same ink. 

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Focus on the Sentiment
Retro Rubber Challenge: #120 Anything Goes.  Stamp is about 10 years old. 

The Paper Girls Challenge: 184 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge: Week 538 Trees and Leaves

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Falling Leaves

Welcome to the studio!  Today I am playing with the challenge #119 at Retro Rubber to use fall colors orange, red, and brown in a card using a stamp older than 1 year old.  I used GKD stamps from A Year of Leaves set that is dated 2009.  I stamped leaves and a sentiment using DOI Vintage Photo and Fired Brick on water color paper and used a water brush to color the leaves with DOI Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick and Walnut Stain.  I attached to a card base of GKD Dark Chocolate CS.  After making the top photo of my card,  I decided to add some splashes of color and made a second photo.  Not sure which I like the best but the top one is more CAS.

Challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge #119: Fall colors of Orange, Red, and Brown.  GKD stamps are at least 9 years old. 

The Male Room: Challenge #119 Autumn

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Leaf as a Stamp

 Hello!  The other day I saw a video with Gina K using actual leaves and Distress Oxide inks to make cards.  It reminded me of doing that several years ago as well as scanning leaves to create my own digital papers.  This week I picked up some leaves (boy was it cold outside!) and pulled out some distress oxide inks to play with.   To make the card shown above, I used a Coleus leaf (pictured below) with Twisted Citron and Aged Mahogany and white cardstock.  I added the word Thanks with a Repeat Impressions stamp and the Aged Mahogany ink.  Placed this on card base of GKD Faded Brick CS. A quick and easy card and certainly one of a kind.
Challenges:
 The House That Stamps Built: Anything Goes Challenge 02418.
As You Like It Challenge: Clean and Simple or  Fussy and Fancy and Why?  I seem to have gravitated to Clean and Simple more lately...like to focus on the images and the coloring.
Modsquad Challenge: Make a Fall Thank You card.




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Fall Leaves with Thanks

Hello!  I am back with another card today.   This one was inspired by the Sketch Challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I changed directions several times in designing this card.  First I started with sunflowers or fall flowers in mind but changed my mind when I pulled out this old pattern paper called Fall Leaves Aswirl that I bought at Joann's years ago.  I then planned to use some die cut leaves that I had leftover but then decided to use some of the leaves from the paper cut out with a square die and matted with some scallop edged squares.  My focal is a leaf stamp from GKD Signs of Autumn colored with Markers and Copics after I stamped with DOI Vintage Photo on white CS.  Added some Versamark ink and embossed with Clear EP.  Then I sponged with DOI Twisted Citron and edged with Brown ink.  Assembled the card with Gold card base and all the elements and mats.  Finished with some of those die cut leaves that I still had leftover ….stamped GKD Thanks on one and tied 2 together with orange twine.
Challenges:
Allsorts Challenge: Week 488 Trees and/or Leaves
Creative With Stamps: Challenge #31 Halloween or Leaves
The Paper Players: PP413 Theme Challenge Leaves and Trees
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #473

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Twofer Challenge

Hello!  The first day of fall will soon be here and brings thoughts of colorful falling leaves.   I made 2 cards using a Gina K leaf stamp from A Year of Leaves for the current challenge at Twofer Card Challenge which is to use the same leaf or leaves stamp or die on two cards for two different occasions.  The first card uses pattern paper and the leaf stamped with DOI Walnut Stain on assorted colors of card stock and cut with a Gina K leaf die. Arranged the die cut leaves into a wreath on die cut circles.  Finished the thank you card with sentiment from Gina K A Year of Leaves stamped with Distress Ink Walnut Stain on white strip layered brown strip

For the second card, I stamped the leaf stamp 5 times with the same ink on white CS and colored with  Copics in fall colors. Added the sentiment (A Year of Leaves) and  splatters with  Gina K stamps. Used Honey Mustard CS for the card base.  My card will be used for a fall  occasion.

Other challenges: 

Always Fun Challenges: #76 Fall colors

Cards In Envy: Feels Like Fall

Make My Monday Challenge: Challenge #80 Autumn/ Fall Colors
Stinkin' Inker Challenges: Leaves Are Falling

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Playing With Fall Leaves

 Hello!  The first card shown is made with older Gina K Design stamps from 2009 - leaf from Signs of Autumn set and sentiment from Life is Good set. I used Memento Markers Cantaloupe, Potter's Clay, Dandelion, and Pear Tart to ink up the leaf 4 times and stamped on White CS.  Sentiment stamped in Potter's Clay.  Added some scoring on outer edge of panel with image and also inked the edges.  Used white card base.
Challenges:
Stamp TV: Monthly Mix Challenge Autumn is in the Air MMC 9201
613 Avenue Create: Challenge 213 Anything Goes Optional Twist CAS
AAA Cards: CAS Game #123 Sketch.
CAS Mix Up Card Challenge: September-Ink stamps with markers +Stamping + Your choice.
     I inked stamps with Memento Markers, stamped the leaves and sentiment, and did scoring.

My second card uses 2 leaf stamps from GKD Signs of Autumn set (2009) and a sentiment from GKD Always Autumn( 2014).   I stamped the leaves randomly with Memento Potter's Clay, Rhubarb Stalk, Morocco, and Tangelo inks.   Used a card base of Tomato Soup and mat of Sweet Mango(?) both GKD CS. Matted the stamped sentiment with the same CS's and tied on a brown twine from Jellibean Soup.

Challenges to enter second card:

Stamp TV: Monthly Mix Challenge Autumn is in the Air MMC 9201

Retro Rubber Challenge: #94 Anything Goes.  All stamps used are over 1 year old. Leaves are 9 years old and sentiment 4 years old. 

Simon Monday Challenge: Simon Says Fall/Autumn

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge: L is for Leaves

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Play with Patterns

Hello!  I have been playing with the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches using Gina K Designs stamps and pattern papers from The Simple Things pad (have had for quite awhile).   The leaf and sentiment from Always Autumn set was stamped on an Ivory Circle with Memento Rhubarb Stalk and Potter's Clay inks.  Colored the leaf with Copics to mimic one of the leaves in the pattern paper. Assembled the card using Gina K Cardstocks, a Satin Gold Ribbon,. and added some metallic leaves from stash.

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch 462 by Melissa
Stamp TV: July Party Release Challenge "Grateful Heart"- Create a thank you card with an autumn feel.
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: July Use Patterned Papers
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says use die and/or punch.

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Falling Leaves

Hello!  Just had to make another falling leaf card using some older stamps (2009) from GKD Signs of Autumn and A Year of Leaves.  Stamped the leaves and sentiment with Distress Oxide Ink Walnut Stain and colored and sponged with other Distress Oxide Inks. Did an asymmetrical design with Woodgrain Pattern Paper and Orange card base.
Challenges:
Retro Rubber: Challenge #75 Fall Colors. Stamps from 2009.  Inspired by colors and woodgrain of bench in photo.
Cupcake Inspiration: CIC  #431 Fall Leaves
Allsorts Challenge: Week 441 Colors of Autumn

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Happy Bear in the Leaves

Hello! Our leaves are a bit too wet to be jumping in or even raking.  But this sweet bear is having a lot of fun and is so happy that it is fall.  He is a Great Impressions stamp from 2008.  I simply stamped him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics and sponged the grass with Distress Oxide Peeled Paint ink. The sentiment is an old Stampin Up stamp inked in Distress Oxide ink.   Used Rust CS from stash as base. 

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Leave it to me challenge.

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #123 Leaves

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Theme is Bears 

Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #156 Autumn

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Oldies but Goodies

Hello!  Another card made with scrap of  pattern paper from stash and a very old stamp Fall Leaf Pattern, this one from All Night Media.   I teamed this with a GKD stamp from A Year of Leaves.   I inked a white CS with Distress Oxide ink Twisted Citron and Fossilized Amber and stamped and water-colored the leaves with several Distress Oxide inks.  Added some gold to the leaves with metallic marker. The sentiment was stamped with Versamark on a strip of Vellum and embossed with Gold EP.  I assembled the card with a Orange Card Base, with HFC pattern paper, and a Gold Metallic frame.
Challenges:
Cards In Envy: Blowing in the Wind-fall leaves.
Happy Little Stampers: October Watercolour Challenge Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything goes with Patterned Paper

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Bird Cage Planter

Welcome!  The inspiration for my card today comes from the Photo for Just Us Girls Challenge shown below.  I was reminded of  Dies for a Bird Cage and Tropical Leaves that I have and used them to create this card.  I thought of seeing old bird cages being used as a planter.  Washi Tapes (colors from the photo) were used as stripes on lower edge.  Other supplies: GKD Stamps, Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Ink, Clear EP,  Cheery Lynn Tropical Leaves and Olive Branch Dies, Marianne Dies, White CS, Blue CS's, Scraps of Green CS's. 

For a touch of whimsy, I added a die cut bird looking up at his cage wondering "What happened to my house?"

Challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge: Week #412 Photo Week

Happy Little Stampers: September Anything Goes with Dies 

Crafty Catz: #385 Birthday Party Time

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Falling Leaves

Hello!  Today I have a fall/autumn card made using emboss resist technique with Gina K Design stamps and Distress Oxide inks. The leaves were stamped with Versamark and embossed with Pearl Gold EP and colored with Memento Markers.  Sponged over the leaves with Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, and Spiced Marmalade oxide inks. Card Base is shimmering Yellow Pearl CS.  The leaves almost have a look of stained glass.

Challenges:

Mod Squad Challenge: Leaves

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes

AAA Cards: CAS Game #99 Autumn

Creative With Stamps: Challenge #18 Leaves

The Paper Girls: Challenge #136 Harvest
Added:
Calling All Sisters:  CAS05 Encouragement Challenge. See Photo Inspiration below. Thanks Gwendolyn for asking me to share my card.

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