Autumn Wreath for October CCC

  Hello,

Its reveal time for the October Card Chain Challenge. You can see them all HERE. 

This time I've sent my card to Gail in the Norway, and received this beautiful card from Majda in Slovenia.  I don't think I've ever had any post from Slovenia, so this is exciting and what makes the Card Chain Challenge so special

For my card I chose to use the themes of Autumn and Friendship, plus the colour palette from the options

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Let's Get Spooky / Fall / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Crepe / String Block Stamping

 

I started by covering both sides of a sheet of 80gsm white card with lots of different Autumn ink shades.  They all blend into each other for a more realistic shading, then I die cut lots of leaf shapes.

Using a few shades of blue ink I coloured the white card blank until I got a shade of blue I liked.

 

The layers of twiggy wreath were cut from brown card and arranged in a rough circle,then the leaves and other items were added.

I used spare inked card for the AUTUMN letters plus some extra layers cut from thicker card.

 I also added a stamped sentiment matted onto gold card 

To join in the chain for November add your link to the list - you will send a card to the person who signed up before you. then wait to receive one from the person who signed up after you.  Don't worry, instructions are sent out to everyone who joins the chain  

 

I used:

 

Spellbinders

 Mini Fall Blooms Etched Dies  

 

Flowers, acorns, pine cones, twiggy wreath and Larger leaves all from Spellbinders sets from a few years ago

'A Happy Hello' sentiment from Whimsical Wishes Clear Stamp Set STP-270 

AUTUMN letters are an old Sizzix set 

 

80gsm white card 

Blue and Autumn Versa cube ink pads  

Brown, white and yellow card

 

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If you buy paper craft goodies, such as dies, stencils, stamps etc you may like to use my Spellbinders link  

  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

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It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

 

City Holiday Shadow Box Picture

   Hello, 

welcome to my little crafting place

 

I've been having some fun making cards using various die sets in Yana's wonderful Everyday City Holiday range but this time although this was intended to be a card it took on a life of its own and eventually became a shadow box picture!

 

Most of the dies used are from the City Holiday collection but once I'd made the house I added a few extras, such as some larger trees, the snowman and Santa’s Sleigh

There's a fair amount of white glitter card in here too, some of which is just hand-cut to make the snowy humps and bumps.

The snowy night background is some of the sheet of black card I attacked with Splatter White - mentioned in an earlier post.

 

 

from Spellbinders

 

On this card:

 

Wrapped Up City Holiday  S4-1574  

Christmas City Holiday Die set  S7-277 

 

Everyday City Holiday Die Bundle  
includes
Everyday Awnings S3-579
 Everyday Windows, Curtains and Flower Boxes  S4-1537  

Splatter White Opaque Watercolor  SCS-328

 

 Snowman Scene Etched Dies by Simon Hurley S4-1324

 

 Full 48 ColorWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11"  

 

Other:

Bazzill Black and White card 

Gold card

White and Red Glitter card 

 

 FYI

 

You might also be interested in these matching sets for Yana's City Holiday:

 

 Holiday Hugs Sentiments   BP-386 

 

 Mansard Roof  S4-1575

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by, please do leave a message if you can!

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

 

 

 

 

S4-1574  Wrapped Up City Holiday
https://spellbinders.com/en-gb/products/wrapped-up-city-holiday-etched-dies-by-yana-smakula?_pos=1&_sid=92b858fff&_ss=r

S4-1575  Mansard Roof
https://spellbinders.com/en-gb/products/mansard-roof-etched-dies-by-yana-smakula?_pos=1&_sid=9dacdf7d9&_ss=r

BP-386   Holiday Hugs Sentiments
https://spellbinders.com/en-gb/products/holiday-hugs-sentiments-press-foil-plate-die-set-by-yana-smakula?_pos=1&_psq=BP-386&_psid=55043ea7a&_ss=e

S7-277  City Holiday Etched Dies by Yana Smakula 
https://spellbinders.com/en-gb/products/city-holiday-etched-dies-from-the-city-holiday-collection-by-yana-smakula?_pos=2&_sid=2e40f6e69&_ss=r

BD-1075  Everyday City Holiday Die Bundle
https://spellbinders.com/en-gb/products/everyday-city-holiday-die-bundle-by-yana-smakula?_ S4-1574 pos=3&_psq=city+holiday&_psid=6563fe44f&_ss=e

 

Pooh and Friends Birthday

 

 

    Hello!

and welcome to my little crafting place! Here's where I share the things I've been making, and sometimes other bits of waffle!

A few weeks ago it was my Great Niece's 4th birthday and the perfect excuse to get out all the Winnie the Pooh dies that Spellbinders and Simple Stories have brought out in the last year or so. These sets are based on the 'real' Winnie the Pooh - wonderful line drawings by E.H. Shephard, so much better than the Disney ones!

 

I decided to make a pop out card that folds flat to go in an envelope.

All the character are in here, even little Roo - though he's very small and I should probably have put him nearer the front, if you look closely at the next picture you'll see him with his bib on and holding out his cup ready for his 'Strengthening Medicine'!

 

Tigger is there chasing butterflies, and lovely Eeyore looking glum, but no doubt putting a positive spin on a burst balloon and and empty honey pot. 

I love the little extras you get in the Classic Pooh Birthday Accessories

die set. There are banners, cakes, little gifts, party hats and streamers all perfect for a birthday celebration.  

The only dies not in this wonderful collection is the little cloud (actually left over from another project)  and the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment, which is also Spellbinders but one of those ancient ones which is the perfect fit for so many cards! 

The last photo shows how it folds flat enough to go in a normal envelope.

The background papers are from a delightful digital collection: Honey Digital Paper, by Butterfly Graphics

I used:

Pooh & Piglet Etched Dies from the Say Cheese Classic Pooh Collection 

  

Tigger & Eeyore
   
Pooh & Piglet 

Classic Pooh Birthday Accessories

 Pooh’s Alphabet Number & More

 

Card from the 

  Full 48 ColourWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11" 

Honey Digital Paper, by Butterfly Graphics

Note

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THIS is my Affiliate Link to the Spellbinders store
-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders
It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.
There's a UK based shop now, so you c use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

Snow Problem

 

 

    Hello, 

Thank you for visiting my crafting place.

Yet more cards using Spellbinders' Lolli and Grace  Festive Snowman (S7-305) and Festive Snowlady    (S7-306) dies - they are easy to use and really versatile.

 This time a couple of shaped Snowlady cards - see earlier posts for more info

 

Items from Spellbinders

 

 Lolli & Grace Festive Felt Christmas

 Festive Snowman (S7-305)

Festive Snowlady    (S7-306)

 

pink card from

 

 Full 48 ColorWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11"

 

 

Other:

 

Blue Glitter card 

Black, Gold and White card 

 

Anne Oliver's Video Tutorials:

Introduction Video 

Snow Lady
Snowman

Stocking
Santa

 

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by, please do leave a message if you can!

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

Hello Mr Snowman

 

    Hello, 

Thank you for visiting my crafting place.

This time I've more cards to share using Spellbinders' Lolli and Grace  Festive Snowman (S7-305) and Festive Snowlady    (S7-306) dies - they are easy to use and really versatile.

 
I thought I'd have a bit of a play with the basic snowman shape this time so instead of using the whole snowman base, this time I cut a circle aperture in my  12x12cm card front and used the circular layer from the Snowlady set to make the body. I cut the body from white glitter card and tucked it inside the aperture, then added a gold card circle glued to the inside of the card.

 

I used a mix of glitter card and plain matte card to cut the remaining elements and arranged them to create a waving snowman.

I drew (you can tell!) his features and used black gems for the buttons

 

The second version  is similar, but I've used a teal coloured card and put the sentiment in his waving hand.

Both cards have  sentiments from Simon Hurley's Joyful Christmas (BP-389) Betterpress set. You can use them with ink and the Betterpress, or like I do with a hot foiling system.  I used white foil on black card for these. 

 

Items from Spellbinders

 

 Lolli & Grace Festive Felt Christmas

 Festive Snowman (S7-305)

Festive Snowlady    (S7-306)

 

Blue and red card from

 

 Full 48 ColorWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11"

 

 Joyful Christmas (BP-389) Betterpress set

 

Other:

 

Ink

Gems

Ink

White, Blue and Green Glitter card 

Black, Gold and White card 

 

Anne Oliver's Video Tutorials:

Introduction Video 

Snow Lady
Snowman

Stocking
Santa

 

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by, please do leave a message if you can!

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

Festive Felt Christmas

    Hello, 

welcome to my little crafting place.

This time I've not only new goodies to show, but a new designer to introduce!

Anne Oliver (aka Lolli and Grace) is an embroidery designer and instructor with a lovely range of kits, with some using felt.  As Spellbinders already has a growing range of stitching goodies including dies able to cut felt for making cute stitched characters, Anne's creations fit in really nicely!

 

For her first Lolli and Grace collection at Spellbinders Anne created a fabulously Festive set including a rather Nordic Santa, a Christmas Stocking, a Snowman and a Snowlady.

I don't do much sewing these days but as the info we were given said "These designs can also translate into paper" I was  keen to see what I could do with them and was very happy to get my hands on the Snowman and Snowlady

 

 

 

 I was amazed at how easily these went together and because they are meant for adding embroidery, sequins, beads etc to there's plenty of scope to go wild with your favourite card and paper embellishments 

 

As I wasn't sure how they'd work in card I kept it fairly simple, but they are so easy to use I think there's a lot of fun to be had with these! 

  

My people are made into shaped greetings cards by cutting the base die with the fold part way down each head.  I then cut another plain piece with the same die to glue in top of the folded card. 

When complete they stand about 14.5 cm high by 10.8 wide

The other layers were built up  either in more white card or Spellbinders gorgeous red glitter card and plain lime green card from the colourwheel pack.  I embossed the top white layer of each with Whimsical Skies 3D Embossing Folder E3D-166  

Once all the layers were in place I set about decorating and decided to go mainly with a couple of sizes of gems, plus a couple of tiny poinsettia flowers using some old dies, but I may well go back and add something like clear beads or some glitter glue to the swirly embossed 'snow'

The snowman stands up quite well due to his candy cane, but the snowlady needed some help so I used a sentiment from Simon Hurley's Joyful Christmas (BP-389) Betterpress set used with hot foil

 

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas October challenge: Shaped cards

Creative Girlz Adventures 

Items used on these cards  

from Spellbinders

 

 Lolli & Grace Festive Felt Christmas

 Festive Snowman (S7-305)

Festive Snowlady    (S7-306)

 

Whimsical Skies 3D Embossing Folder E3D-166 

 

 Full 48 ColorWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11"

 

 Joyful Christmas (BP-389) Betterpress set

Video Tutorials:

Introduction Video 

Snow Lady
Snowman

Stocking
Santa

 

Other stuff:

 

Ink

Gems

Waxed twine for scarf fringe 

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by, please do leave a message if you can!

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx