My card today is all about the Glitter and Sparkle. I was inspired by a challenge by my friend and SU Demo Angie McKenzie on her Facebook Group Nature's Inkspirations and this was one of the four images I chose as my inspiration.
I've used silver glitter paper for the background. The trees are cut with Stampin Up's framelits which match Winter Woods. They have been cut twice and layered and some glitter added. The snowbank was made with a retired embossing folder by SU. The sentiment is from Kaisercraft Wonderland papers.
The photo doesn't really show how fabulously shiny this card is in real life.
I'm also adding this into the following challenges:
Global Design Project - T'is The Season
Make My Monday - Traditional Colours
Inkspirational - Anything Christmas
The Paper Players - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
I've turned to Stampin Up's Winter Woods for my card for the Global Design Project #gdp160 challenge today - it's a Case the Designer challenge
I first stamped in Pear Pizazz the bare trees from an old SU set Warmth and Wonder. I cut out the large conifer tree from Winter Woods - mainly because I don't have the matching framelits. I used an X-Acto knife to cut a small slit in the tree and slid the greeting inside the tree. The sentiment is also from Warmth and Wonder.
I used a piece of burlap ribbon for the background and popped it all up on dimensionals. The background in Soft Suede has been embossed with the holly embossing folder and I've added some non SU dazzling rhinestones in copper to add a touch of bling. The tree is also covered in Wink of Stella.
Our challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments #300 this week is this gorgeous image to inspire you.
I've inked up Stampin Up's Winter Woods for this card. This stamp set caught my eye because, although it is in the Christmas catalogue, I think it's a set than can be used at other times not just for the Christmas season.
I started this card by masking off the white card stock and, using a sponge dauber, I inked up the background. I used retired SU Ink Really Rust, More Mustard and a touch of Old Olive. The trees were simply inked in Early Espresso - not quite as harsh as black ink.
The ribbon is some I had in my stash but I think it's Stampin Up. The little pumpkin is a very old eyelet, I added a red brad to the centre and the leaf was cut from SU thinlets. The sentiment, which I love, is from a retired SU Set Yay You.
I hope you like my card - I'm looking forward to seeing how you are inspired by our lovely images.
I love Autumn - it's my favourite time of the year. I actually quite like the slowing down of the year as the wheel turns towards winter and rest, as it used to be. In our modern era where everything is available all year round we don't get the chance to rest and recuperate in the winter as our ancestors did. I love to prepare my larders for the winter at this time of year and it is already bursting with chutneys, jams and spirits ready for the winter ahead.
There are a few challenges around at the moment which are asking for autumn type cards. I've chosen to use the sketch from TGIF #tgifc177 challenge as the basis for my autumn card.
I've used the tree image from Stampin Up's new Winter Woods set. I've added dots from SU Warmth and Wonder to represent the leaves turning colour and added them in various SU coloured inks - some retired from years ago Really Rust, Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip, and a touch of Wink of Stella to make them glisten.
I've used some papers from Kaisercraft's pad called Take Note. I was going to use a doily behind but the SU pearlized was too shiny so I just used it as a stencil and inked it with SU Early Espresso. The leaves are from SU Colourful Seasons Thinlet. The sentiment is from another retired SU set Yay You. The pearl embellishments are from Prima.
I'm also adding this into the following challenges:
Make My Monday#80 - Autumn/Fall colours
Time Out Challenge#118 -
Colour Throwdown #510
Cards In Envy - Feels Like Fall
