WLS October - Autumn

Good Morning everyone and welcome to October.  

Its time for a new challenge over at We Love Stamping  and the theme this month just had to be 

ANYTHING AUTUMN

but if thats really not for you we always have the anything goes option as long as you use stamps.  I love autumn just as much as spring.

A5 Ivory card blank.  I stamped the toadstool image twice onto ivory card with dark brown ink.  One I watercoloured with inktense pencils and cut out and the 2nd one i cut into a rectangle panel...to this one i added a die cut frame from a textured gold satin, I then decoupaged the toadstools on top with glue gel.  

As im still attempting to use up 6x6 paper pads I raided the drawer for papers in colours that matched.  I took a dark brown printed paper and matted onto gold satin...as its a 6x6 paper on an A5 card I cut it in half and covered the middle section with a different paper - thus extending its length.

I decided i wanted some of the green used in the topper to break up the background colours and lift it so found a green paper than matched, cut into strips and added on a wonk.  I then added the topper with foam tape for a little dimension.

Computer printed sentiment die cut into an oval to finish. 

Difficult to show the gold satin, but when the light hits it, it really shines, it has a slight embossed pattern in it too - another one thats been in the drawer for 10+ years! 

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Version 2

Topper made the same way, just different papers with leafy patterns

 

I made 8 versions in all so a good dent on autumnal papers - which are all years old.

Items Used:

aall&create stamp #1078 'Mycelium potions'

spellbinders foliage frame die #S6-006 'branching out'  (very old set)

oval stitched dies

derwent inktense pencils

various patterned papers

CraftUK ltd cream linen 300gsm cardstock

Gold satin card

We have an amazing prize of Lavinia stamps this month 

So hop over We Love Stamping to join in with your Autumn stamped projects to be in with a chance of winning. Just get creative with your stamping - you can use physical or digital stamps.

I hope you all have a good week ahead.  Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/10/love-those-pretty-papers-october.html

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https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/10/challenge-130-autumnhalloween.html

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Easter egg cards

Good Morning everyone

Today im sharing a batch of Easter cards I made using these fab bird images again, I made a little shaped card with my oval dies for an egg like effect and dug out some lace and feathers. 

Card size approx 4x5"  I cut 2 large ovals from kraft card, on one i scored a line half an inch from the top and adhered that bit to the back of the 2nd oval, thus making my card base. 

I die cut a piece of white with gold foiled marbling into a fancy oval, added a little stencilling with chalky actylic paints in some teal & yellow and then added to the card front.  About a third of the way up i added some feathers - glued in place with pinflair glue gel and then added a strip of lace over the top which helped hold the feathers in place, hides any glue and gives somewhere for the birds to sit.

I then added the birds with glue gel and a stamped sentiment to finish.

Version 2

Version 3

Version 4

Version 5

Version 6 - I actually made 12 varieties, all slightly different colours and birds.  These digital birds come looking one way but I reversed them in my graphics program so that I could have them facing both ways. They were printed onto Craft Master digital card from Highlight crafts.

Items Used

Digital bird images from double helix digitals on etsy

Spellbinders grand plain ovals & grand fancy oval dies

Clearly besotted sentiment stamps 'seasonal sentiments'

Various patterned papers

CraftUk ltd kraft card

Feathers

Papermania lace

aall&create diamond stencil

Sunflower stencil

Plaid Folkart chalk acrylic paints

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you have a lovely weekend. Emma

Id love to enter card #1 into the following:

https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/04/challenge-614-think-spring.html

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https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/04/double-d-easter-challenge.html - 2nd entry

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https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2025/03/63-spring-and-or-easter.html

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https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2025/04/april-2025-challenge.html - 2nd entry

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https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2025/04/4925-springtime-designer-paper.html

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https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/2025/04/festive-friday-challenge-4-april-2025.html - Easter & Birds themes

 

Have a Merry Christmas

Good Morning everyone

Another Christmas card design.  I made a snowflake stenciled background for my large die cut snowflakes.

Card size approx 6x6.5"  I first die cut my hexagon base from white card and then a smaller hexagon from more of the white card.  On this panel i used a snowflake stencil mask and distress oxide inks in shades of blues, greens & lilacs and then added some splatters.  I Then over stamped with the same inks & grey ink the words winter, Dec & 25 aall&create 'seasons' set, inked the edge in grey and adhered to the card front.

I die cut a large snowflake from white vellum and pale lilac glitter card, off set these and adhered to the card front.  Sentiment die cut from charcoal satin mirror card card.  Sadly the photos don't pick up the shimmer and shine from both the glitter card and mirror cards but in real life they really make the card when the light hits it. 

Version 2 

Made the same way but this time using silver holographic card for the snowflake ad black mirror card for the sentiment.  I made 10 versions of this design and a great one for making a dent in my fancy card scraps drawer where i keep off cuts of glitter, mirror, satin card!  So they are all slightly different.  

I only glued the middle of the snowflakes so the edges are free to give a bit of interest and dimension otherwise its a flat card - always a mission for me!

Items Used:

Studio Light stencil (grunge masks) 'SL-GR-MASKS52'

aall&create stamp 'seaons'

Spellbinders die S4-286 '2010 snowflake pendant' 

Tonic studios sentiment die - old magazine freebie

Hexagon nested dies

Distress Oxide inks - shaded lilac, tumbled glass, peacock feathers, twisted citron, evergreen bough

Versafine Clair ink 'Morning mist'

White vellum

Various glitter, mirror and satin card

I hope you all survived Storm Bert without too much damage, we did lose electric for several hours and luckily didn't need to venture out in it, on the plus side i guess is that its much warmer than all that snow last week!  I hope you all have a good week - scary that its the last week in November! Big hugs to you all. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/2024/11/festive-friday-challenge-1-november-to.html

https://nightshiftstamping.blogspot.com/2024/11/20112024-challenge-43-im-schnee.html - in the snow

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/challenge-741-christmas.html

https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2024/11/535-tis-season-polkadoodles.html

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2024/11/get-ready-for-winter.html

https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2024/11/sparkle-one-word-prompt-jolly-crafty.html

https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/11/november-2024-stencil-fun-challenge.html

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2024/11/peace-on-earth-challenge-76.html

 

Creative Creases

Good Morning everyone

Im honoured today to be guest designer over at Creative Creases which is a fabulous challenge that celebrates fancy folds

Ive gone with a new to me fold, no idea what its called as I found one picture on pinterest but it wasn't linked to the original poster and no end of searching I couldn't find the original to credit them...If it was you thankyou😀 

 I tweaked it to easily fit on A4 card.  Its a lovely way to use up some of an old patterned paper pad which went perfectly with my little lemon girl aall&create stamp to make a fun summery card to brighten a grey wintry day🍋

This shows the front of the card and it opened out inside.  For want of a name Im calling it the triangle pop out for now!

Approx size closed is 3.5x5"  After making my card from white card I matted a lemon paper onto green paper and added to the front.  I used a strip of the same paper used inside and added across the front, a die cut white oval and then my lemon girl which id stamped and watercoloured with distress inks.  I added her on a wobbler for extra fun.  Stamped the easy peasy lemon squeezy from another stamp set onto white and cut out.  Glitter glue highlights and yellow enamel dots to finish the front.  

The inside, I used more papers from the same pad and matted onto green.  I add a white oval to the right side to write the greeting on and a stamped sentiment to the right which reads 'wishing you a day full of happiness' which i die cut into a circle and matted onto a larger inverted scalloped circle die cut from yellow to give the effect of the sun

Its def been the year of the wobbler for me, but they add such a fun element and ideal with a fun character too....plus its a pack of 50 so plenty to use! 

and showing the outside & back of the card, i used the same papers on the back as the front.  This is a good fold that stands up nicely for display purposes too - nicely balanced.  The hardest bit i found was cutting the mats and layers for the triangular folds which are far from perfect and is why i decided not to decorate the back folds as well🤣

 

Instructions for the fold

Cut a piece of A4 card to 12.5cm ( 5.5") wide.  So to limit measuring etc for those of us who use A4 in the UK which is an odd length I found it easier to first score the A4 in half using my score board A5 line, then from that centre score line mark 3cm either side and 6cm out either side.  Then score on the diagonal the 3cm marks out from the centre - fold these as mountain folds.  Score & fold the 6cm out from centre marks as valley folds.  The centre fold is also a valley.  Hope that makes sense. 

If not using A4 cut your card to 28cm long and mark at 8cm, 11,14,17 & 20cm and fold the lines as above.  

Items Used:

aall&create stamp #1021 'lemon'

LOTV circle sentiment stamp (very old)

Studio Light stamp set #427 'lemon squeezy' 

Studio Calico 6x6 Paper pad 'lemonlush'

Spellbinders oval, circle & inverted scallop circle dies

Distress inks - squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, lucky clover, hickory smoke

altenew enamel dots

CraftUk ltd smooth white card

Please do hop over to Creative Creases for more inspiration and join in with your fancy fold projects.  I hope you all have a lovely weekend. Emmax

Id love to also enter the following:

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2024/11/atg-using-pretty-patterned-paper.html

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https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/Challenge-179.html - lots of layers

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https://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-480.html

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https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/krafty-chicks-challenge-741-stamps.html

 

Coneflower

Size 6.5x3".   I got this fab tonic studios cone flower die in a sale, for its first outing i decided to make a couple of small thank you cards that I needed.  I dug through my backgrounds and found this lovely piece which id made with brusho powders & pixie powders so it  has a lovely shimmer from which i die cut the mat layer for the flowers. 

I die cut the flower panels from black card - ideal for using up little scraps & snippets. I adhered these to the base panel and then die cut the flowers again from a pale peach paper again from my snippets drawer and inlaid these into the black outline.  I raided my snippets and found a small piece of copper satin card which was perfect to die cut the thank you from.

I die cut the base layer twice from more black cardstock, i adhered one to the back of the green panel offset to give a shadow which helped it to stand out. The 2nd one i score half inch from the top edge, folded and adhered that top flap to the back of the card front to make my shaped stand up card.

Sadly the photo doesn't show the amazing shimmer from the pixie powders or the copper satin i used for the sentiment. 

this shows how i made the card back and it stands up, I lined the inside with white so easy to write my greeting.

Items Used:

Tonic Studios die set 'coneflower floral split strips' #4800e

Spellbinders thank you die

Brusho powders 'sea green & turquoise'

Cosmic shimmer pixie powders 'peacock & copper'

Black cardstock

Thank you for stopping by, i hope you enjoy your sunday and have a great week ahead. Emma

Id love to enter:

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/cut-it-up-challenge-303-add-sentiment.html

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-114-flowers.html

https://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-challenge-166-flowers.html

https://beautifulblossomschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/beautiful-blossoms-challenge-anything.html

https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2024/04/52-thank-you.html

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/miucb-71-anything-goes-optional-inlaid.htmll