Frankly Awesome Halloween Card

I was in the mood to make a Halloween card before I left my craft room.  I like to mail Halloween cards to friends and neighbors.  What better time to make one when still celebrating World Card Making Day.  :)  I used my Foil Quill and gold fold to do the frame around the patterned paper and stamped sentiment (Joy Clair Stamps Creeping It Real).  The die cut was done with my Silhouette Cameo (#67843 Frankenstein Silhouette) and black cardstock.  I also stenciled the word "beware" with Distress Oxide ink on white cardstock.  I cut a stencil using the Silhouette Cameo and this stencil pattern (#32431 Stencil Caution Signs).  For a fun finishing touch, I added a glittered spider sticker (Recollections).  Frankie is going to be walking by these challenges:

CAS Mix Up (Foiling)

Joy Clair Stamps (World Card Making Day Challenge #2)

Simon Says Stamp (World Card Making Day)

Casual Friday Stamps (Card Making Day Challenge)

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge (Anything Goes with Patterned Paper)

Cute Card Thursday (Anything Goes)

I guess I need to get out of my crafting comfortable clothes and get dressed.  Hubby has offered to take us out for dinner so I wouldn't have to cook.  I certainly wasn't going to argue with that!  :)  Thanks for taking time to visit.  Remember to stay crafty this week.  :)

Foiled Trees Christmas Card

I'm still celebrating World Card Making Day.  :)  Recently I played with Deco Foil Transfer Gel and some of my stencils.  The Christmas tree background shown here is one of my results.  I used Newton's Nook Evergreen stencil with the Deco Foil Transfer Gel.  After letting it completely dry, I used iCraft Deco Foil in  Spring Green and my laminator for the finished results.  I wish you could see it in person.  It has depth and is so pretty and shiny.  :)  My image and sentiment are by Joy Clair Stamps (Cozy Snowman Wishes).  The oval die cuts are Sizzix Framelits Dotted Ovals.  The stamped image was colored with alcohol markers.  I adhered sparkly snowflakes for the final touch plus added some Stickles to the snowman image.  This snowman is going to drop by:

Joy Clair Stamps (WCMD Challenge #2)

Simon Says Stamp (World Card Making Day)

Casual Friday Stamps (Card Making Day Challenge)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge (Anything Goes)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge (Anything Goes)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (Let's Get Ready For Christmas)

Hope your weekend has been a crafty celebrating World Card Making kind.  :)  Thanks for stopping by and I'm heading back to my craft room where I see another card in my future.  :)

Birthday Wishes Card

I'm still in my craft room celebrating World Card Maker's Day.  :)  Pink Fresh Studio has fun challenges going on during the card maker's dream holiday.  :)  One of their challenges is "Favorite Technique."  One of my favorite techniques is to put Distress Oxide ink pads on glass, spritz with water and drag an old credit card through the ink,  Next smear it on cardstock.  This is a fun way to create a quick and pretty background.  I used stamps by Pink Fresh Studio (possibly retired).  I'll be adding this card to my birthday stash since I never seem to have enough.  :)  I'm linking this one up at:

Paper Fresh Studio (Favorite Technique)

Cardz 4 Galz (Pretty Bows)

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge (Feminine)

Casual Friday Stamps (Card Making Day Challenge)

Simon Says Stamp (World Card Making Day)

All for now....who knowsI might head back to my craft room before the day is over.  :)   Remember to get crafty....it is is our holiday.  Happy World Card Maker's Day!!!!!!  :)

Peaceful Maple Card

I hope you are having a crafty World Card Making Day.  There are lots of good sales and fun challenges, etc. to check out.  One of them is Kat Scrapinness (sale plus challenges).   My youngest and I attended our town's fall festival this morning which was fun.  I came home and put on my comfortable crafting clothes and headed for the "crafty cave" to celebrate my favorite holiday.  :)  I cut out a maple leaf tag from watercolor paper.  I colored it with a watercolou r technique of spritzing Distress Oxide ink pads and "smooshing" the tag into them.  The die cut design (#223926 Rounded Rectangle Maple from the Silhouette Design Store) has two other layers which I cut from black cardstock and then kraft cardstock.  I used a Tim Holtz (Sizzix) embossing folder and orange cardstock  to do two narrow strips.  The stamped sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  The waxed orange hemp is by Ken Oliver (found a few months ago at Tuesday Morning's).  Definitely CAS and especially enjoyable on this beautiful fall World Card Making Day.  :)  This leaf is going to be falling by:

CAS Watercolour (Maple Leaf)

Cut It Up (Tags, Bags Or Boxes)

The Male Room (Stay CAS)

Casual Friday Stamps (Card Making Day Challenge)

Simon Says Stamp (World Card Making Day)

Today is going to be the last day in the 90's here and the temperatures are supposed to be more like autumn.  I'm definitely looking forward to cooler weather.  I'll close because I want to head back upstairs to my craft room and make more cards.  After all it is not everyday I get to make them on a "Card Maker's Holiday."  ;)

As always, stay crafty!!!!!

Autumn Greetings Feather Card

I put myself in high gear this morning getting all my "chores" done so I could have card therapy time.  :)  It was the first time this week and much needed!!!!  ;)  There is a new CASology challenge of  "feather" and I couldn't wait to create for it!  I started by cutting a feather die cut with my Silhouette Design Store (#40563 Floating Feather) out of white cardstock.  I cut the negative of this die cut into A7 card size.  I stamped  on a white cardstock panel which would go behind the feather card base to create the scene.  I used a set I've had a few years by Inky Antics (#11196MC Autumn Fields).  I colored the image with Copic markers.  I stamped a sentiment to the upper right of the feather die cut piece.  I used a few yellow and orange sequins for the finishing touch.  I'm going go link this card up at:

CASology (Feather)

Make My Monday (Autumn)

Retro Rubber Challenge (Anything Goes)

Die Cut Divas Challenge (Fall or Fall Colors)

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges (Autumn Colors)

Addicted To Stamps And More (Anything Goes)

Thanks for dropping by and checking out my latest "card therapy."  :)  As always remember to stay crafty!  :)

Thanks and Giving Card

The hardest card challenge for me is one where it calls for a one layer card.  :)  It doesn't stop me from giving it a go but I struggle.  ;)  There is a new AAA CAS Card Challenge up today and it is for one layer plus optional twist Autumn.  For this card, I used a stamp set by Neat and Tangled (Be Full).  I heat embossed the images with brown embossing powder on watercolor paper.  Next I used Gansai Tanbi watercolors and did a "wash" over the images.  Whew.....I did it!  :)  Maybe the next one layer card will be a tad easier....maybe.  ;)  I'm going to link this one up at:

AAA Clean and Simple Challenges

The Paper Players (row of fall, orange and leaves)

Mod Squad Challenges (A Time For Giving)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)

Hope you have had a fun autumn weekend.  We went to a big arts and crafts festival yesterday which was fun but way too hot (97 degrees and humid).  I felt like I had melted when I got home.  :)  Thanks for dropping by and remember to stay crafty.....get those watercolors out and play!  :)

Leafy Truck Card

Busy week with no time spent in the "craft cave" but I can only stay out of there for so long.  ;)  This morning I found a little time for "card therapy" and here is the result.  Still trying to teach myself to do CAS cards and I may have gotten carried away with this one.  That has always been my problem doing CAS, I cannot stop myself from adding "just one more thing" to the card.  ;)  Oh well, I'll keep trying but in the mean time I had fun with this one.  My truck has been "into the woods" and gathered a bed full of beautiful leaves (or maybe it was getting them from our front yard.)  :)  I have to tell you about the leaf ribbon on this card.  I found it Wednesday at Hobby Lobby on clearance for twenty-four cents.  How's that for a bargain?  :)  I used an older stamp set (Little Pickup by Honey Bee Stamps) and embossing folder (Sizzix)  in my stash plus metallic leaves.  The "give thanks" die cut was done with my Silhouette Cameo (#227492 in the Design Store).  I added orange Stickles to the leaves in the truck, the wheels and leaf die cut.  This old truck will be driving by these challenges:

Case This Sketch (#341)

Mod Squad Challenge (A Time For Giving)

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge Blog (Trees or Leaves or Both)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)

Little Red Wagon (Fall It)

Shopping Our Stash (Dream The Embossible Dream)

I did fall decorating outside even though it is still in the 90's and doesn't feel very "fallish."  :)  I hung wreaths on the doors, put out the fall door mats and put pumpkins by the front door.  I ordered a new scarecrow flag to hang on a metal flag pole (and it arrived today....yay).  Then I made a quick trip to Michael's to get scarecrows to tie around the columns of our house.  I had fun decorating but about melted doing it.  :)  Hope you have a fun weekend coming up.  We are going to a big outdoor craft festival and I'm looking forward to that even in this heat.  ;)  Thanks for dropping by and remember to stay crafty.....:)