My Favorite Things - Frightfully Sweet

Hi!
Thanks so much for joining me on this beautiful Fall day here in Central Illinois.  I so love jean and sweatshirt weather! The cooler temps remind me Halloween is just around the corner.  Now, I will let you in on a little secret, I really am not a big Halloween person - I stink at Halloween Costumes and don't decorate, but I do love to make Halloween cards.  The minute I saw Frighfully Sweet from My Favorite Things, I knew I had to make a couple of cards with it!

For the next card, I opted not to do the racoon, and instead added a couple of pumpkins around the sentiment.

Racoon:

Dark Racoon: N3, N5, N7

Light Racoon:  N0, N1

Hat:  N5, N7, N9

Pumpkin:  Y17, Y38, YR68

Bow Tie and Hat:  YG11, YG13, YG17

Fox: 

Light Squirrel:  YR20, YR21

Dark Squirrel: YR21, YR24, YR27

Pumpkin:  Y17, Y38, YR68

Cape:  V12, V15, V17

Bunny:

Body:  W0, 0

Ears:  R20

Cape:  YG11, YG13, YG17

Pumpkin:  Y17, Y38, YR68

Bow Tie:  V12, V15, V17

Hope you enjoyed my cards. Thanks for stopping by.
With Love and Cards,

Altenew Educator Certification Program - Re-thinking Reinkers

Happy Monday Everyone,
Today I was working on the Re-Thinking Reinkers Class. When I have used Re-Inkers in the past, I tended to use them for the whole background, so this class was a good reminder that it can be just a part of the card.

I used Alcohol Re-inkers on Yupo paper and then die cut both the Yupo paper and black cardstock with Stitched Rectangles.

After playing with either one wide strip or 2 smaller ones, I thought the 2 smaller strips looked better.  The sentiment was cut from Altenew Bold Alphabet and I put Black Wink of Stella on top to help the letters pop.  Remember, I always like a little shine, right?

Thanks for stopping by,
With Love and Cards,

Altenew Educator Certification Program - Clean & Simple Boutique Cards

Happy Sunday Everyone,
Today I worked on cards for the Clean & Simple Class.  I found I really enjoyed the class because it was a great reminder that cards don't have to be crazy complicated to be good - which was such a relief for me.  I had such fun, I couldn't resist with just one card!

The first card I made was for a stamped background.  I needed  aThinking of You card for a friend going through a rough time, so I wanted it to be soft and subtle.

Using my Misti to get even spacing between the words, I used Thinking of You in morning frost for all the sentiments except the main one.  I used embossed that one using Versamark and Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.  

After deciding it needed a little something else, I used my Versamark pad and rubbed it along the base of the white card stock I would be adhering my panel to, and then also heat embossed that in the same Platinum color.  I thought that gave the card a soft look and pulled it together nicely. 

As I kept working my way through the class, I loved the reminder about how easy foil can be to use.  Even easier, when I remembered  you don't even have to pull out your laminator!  

Using my 1" Sookwang tape, I adhered it to my panel on a diagonal and placed the foil on top of it. After burnishing the foil, and pulling it off.....  WALAA....look at how pretty that looks! 

 I then die cut a HELLO, but I felt it needed something more.  I had just bought Nuvo Crystal Glaze, and thought I would give it a try.  First method I tried was just placing it on the die cut, which I think is the right way to use it, but I also tried brushing it on with an old paint brush.  That worked too - it gave it a little texture, but I think I liked the one that I just put directly on the die cut - it gave it a little dimension and made it shiny - I like shiny!  Just a few Black Nuvo Drops to finish it off, and the 2nd card was done.  

The hardest part of this project for me was taking pictures of the cards.  Foil is really hard to take a picture of, I mean really hard.  If anyone has some tricks, be sure to comment and let me know!

Thanks for stopping by today.

With Love and Cards,

Altenew Educator Certification Program - Layering 2 Class

I am so excited to be a part of the Altenew Educator Certification Program. Above is my 1st card I have created for the Layering 2 class.  Since it just went from 92 degrees to 72 degrees here in Illinois, I decided to go for fall colors for the flower.  First I stamped the outline of the flower  from Garden Treasure in jet black, and then stamped it again on a post it note to create a mask for the flower so I could then stamp the leaves.  Using, frayed leaf, forest garden and evergreen I stamped 3 leaves while the mask was on the flower.

After removing the mask, I stamped the rest of the flower in orange cream, autumn blaze and firebrick. (I stamped the leaves before fully stamping the flower in case I made any mistakes, that way  I wouldn't have to redo the flower too - I have learned from past mistakes).

To assemble the card, I mounted it on kraft cardstock that was 1/2" larger, and then adheared that to a white card base.   To finish it off I added Thinking of you banner  and a few clear Nuvo drops.  Hope you enjoyed the card!
With love and Cards,

Fall Penguin by Whimsy

Hello Everyone,
I had so much fun coloring up this card from Whimsy - I just absolutely love Crissy Armstrong's penguins.  Since much time was spent coloring with my copics, I kept the card simple by mounting it on black cardstock and using the new MFT Black and White Dots as a side accent ..Hope you enjoy!
With Love and Cards,
Michelle