Can You Handle the Pressure - Leaves

Dear Ones~

  There's a new challenge up over at Can You Handle the Pressure.   For this challenge blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on your project.  Heat (wet) embossing is permitted but only in addition to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

LEAVES

Here is my sample:

Don'tcha just LOVE gnomes? They are all the rage right now!!! I saw a really cute door hanging that was a gnome whose beard was made of leaves and I thought, geez, how brilliant. I'm gonna make a card like that. I have a tiny oak leaf punch that was perfect for this project, and punching them all out went fast. I did some ink smooching with Distress Inks on a piece of watercolor paper and away I went.

The Ingredients:

SU Cajun Craze Card Stock

GKD Cream and Kraft Card Stock

Darice Fall Leaf Embossing Folder

PTI Scribble Circles Die

SSS Gnome Die for Hat and Nose

Marvy Oak Leaf Punch

Various Distress Inks in Fall Colors

Ranger Verdigris Embossing Powder for Hat

Copper Embossing Powder for Greeting

GKD Simple Sentiments for Greeting

 

 

  

 

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this gorgeous embossing folder, just in time to make those fall cards. Don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 Thank you so much for stopping by, your comments always make me smile. Please go take a look at the Can You Handle the Pressure blog, there's some wonderful inspiration there. You won't be sorry.

 

Until next time dear reader, here's celebrating your Creative Muse.

~judy

Double D - Things that Fall

Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D we are exploring "THINGS THAT FALL".  Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

And here is my sample:

I told my husband what the challenge topic was this time and asked if he could think of some "THINGS THAT FALL". He said, "old people". HAHAHA!!! I honestly thought about making a card featuring old people, but I could find an appropriate image. This card is made with part of The Greetery's Curio Series. I absolutely adore this group of dies. I cut all the elements out of white card stock and then colored them with alcohol markers. I feel like I have better control with creating realistic images with markers instead of just colored card stock.

Here's a closer look.

The Ingredients:

PTI Rustic Cream Card Stock

GKD Faded Brick Card Stock

Susan's Garden Specialty Card Stock by Spellbinders

The Greetery Curio Cover Die

The Greetery Autumn Findings Die Set

Dick Blick Alcohol Markers

GKD Inspirational Mosaic for Greeting

Autumn Red Nuvo Crystal Drops

 

 

 

 If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this FABULOUS stencil, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.  

 

So here we are, making fall cards, where did the summer go?? I hope you are enjoying the change of seasons dear reader!! Take a minute to swing on over to the Double D Challenge and check it out. There's lots of inspiration to be had there.

 

Until next time dear readers, here's celebrating your Creative Muse!!

~judy

Can You Handle the Pressure - Fall

 Dear Ones~

There's a new challenge up over at Can You Handle the Pressure.   For this Challenge Blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on your project.  Heat (wet) embossing is permitted but only in addition to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

FALL

 Here's my card:

I used a couple of different embossing folders for this card. One is a basket weave and the other is that fabulous swirling leaf design. The image is heat embossed with black embossing powder and colored with alcohol inks. The wreath was die cut with 3 different dies from Stampin' Up and layered together. I love the look.

 The Ingredients:

GKD Dark Sage, Ivory and Faded Brick Card Stock

Darice Fall Leaf Embossing Folder

SU Basket Weave Embossing Folder

SU Basket of Wishes Stamp Set

SU Wreath Builder Dies

Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Stamp for Greeting

Blick Alcohol Markers

Autumn Red Nuvo Crystal Drops

  

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous embossing folder, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

 Thank you so much for stopping by, your comments always make me smile. Please go take a look at the Can You Handle the Pressure blog, there's some wonderful inspiration there. You won't be sorry.

 

Until next time dear reader, here's celebrating your Creative Muse.

~judy

Double D - Baa-Cluck-Moo-Neigh-Oink-Quack

 Dear Ones~

Well it's time for another challenge over at Double D. Can you figure out what the challenge is by the title? Yup - farm animals. What FUN!!! Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

And here is my creation:

I just LOVE these chickens, created by Debrah Warner for Gina K Designs. They just make me laugh. I thought it would be fun to stack them one on top of the other. This card came together pretty easily.

 

 The Ingredients:

GKD Cherry Red and White Card Stock

SU Pattern Party DSP

Darice Chicken Wire Embossing Folder

GKD Happy Hens Stamp Set

GKD Obsidian Black Ink

SU Rectangle Stitched Frame Die

Judy Dots 

 

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this adorable stamp by Stampendous, isn't it cute? Don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.  

You should take a minute to swing on over to the Double D Challenge and check it out. There's lots of inspiration to be had there.

 

Until next time dear readers, here's celebrating your Creative Muse!!

~judy

Can You Handle the Pressure - Sentiment as Focus

Dear Ones~

  There's a new challenge up over at Can You Handle the Pressure.   For this challenge blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on your project.  Heat (wet) embossing is permitted but only in addition to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

THE SENTIMENT AS FOCUS

 Here's my card:

I LOVE this greeting. What do you think??? The embossing folder I used is the much coveted and very sought after Matelasse from Anna Griffin. It is retired and very hard to find. I finally snagged it over on Ebay. Took me a long time to find it. Don't you love it when things work out?

The Ingredients:

Bazill Icy Mint card Stock

GKD White Card Stock

Tim Holtz Silver Metallic Card Stock

Anna Griffin Matelasse Embossing Folder

are 2B Artsy  Everything is Blooming Patterned Paper

Spellbinders mini Blooms and Sprigs Die Set

Crafter's Companion Your Kind of Crazy Stamp 

GKD Silver Embossing Powder

 

 

 

 

 If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous embossing folder, it's a stunner. Don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, your comments always make me smile. Please go take a look at the Can You Handle the Pressure blog, there's some wonderful inspiration over there. You won't be sorry.

 

Until next time dear reader, here's celebrating your Creative Muse.

~judy

Double D - Wheels

Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D our challenge is WHEELS. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

And here is my card:

This is a very, VERY old mini stamp set from Gina K Designs. It's no longer available, of course, but I think it's sweet and have kept it all these years. I just die cut the image after stamping and heat embossing black, and then sponged a little on the background.

 

The Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

Recollections Very Violet Card Stock

GKD Enjoy the Sunshine Stamp Set

Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Square Die 

GKD Petite Flourish Embossing Folder

Versafine Clair Black Ink

GKD Clear Embossing Powder

Simon Says Stamp Tiny Greeting Stamp

Spellbinders Mini Blooms and Sprigs Die Set

GKD Ocean Mist and Lovely Lilac Inks

Trinity Stamps Pearl Baubles

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this cute die set by Impression Obsession, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created. 

You should take a minute to swing on over to the Double D Challenge and check it out. There's lots of inspiration to be had there.

 

Until next time dear readers, here's celebrating your Creative Muse!!

~judy

Can You Handle the Pressure - Dogd/Cats/Pets

Dear Ones~

 There's a new challenge up over at Can You Handle the Pressure.   For this challenge blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on your project.  Heat (wet) embossing is permitted but only in addition to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

DOGS/CATS/PETS

Here's my card:

One of my dearest friends just lost her beautiful yellow lab. I know how she feels, we have lost many. I wanted to make her a card, and this is what I came up with. I embossed the three panels with three different embossing folders. The paper with the paw die was created with Nuvo Shimmer Powders. There's a lot of sparkle that you can't see in the photo.

 

The Ingredients:

Recollections Very Violet Card Stock

GKD White Card Stock

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

SU Stripes and Spatters Embossing Folder

SU Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder

Park Lane JoAnn Embossing Folder

SSS Pawsitively Loved Die Set

Nuvo Shimmer Powders

SU Layered Circle Dies

SSS Tiny Words Stamp for Greeting

Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder

Top Dog Dies Banner #1 Die for Greeting

Trinity Stamps Bubble Bath Baubles

 

 

This is the sentiment on the inside, computer generated. I use it often, works for people or pets.

 

 

 If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous embossing folder, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

 Thank you so much for stopping by, your comments always make me smile. Please go take a look at the Can You Handle the Pressure blog, there's some wonderful inspiration there. You won't be sorry.

 

Until next time dear reader, here's celebrating your Creative Muse.

~judy