Fall Colors ~ DD Challenges

Good morning.  Are you gearing up for Thanksgiving day?  My friends and I over at DD Challenges have a new challenge starting today, and the theme is "Fall Colors".

 

I was scrolling through Instagram one day and came across a lovely hourglass card made by Kelly Schirmer using this die set from The Greetery.  I just had to recreate my own version of it using printed papers from my stash. 

 

The printed paper is from the "Fall Break" collection from Carta Bella.  It's quite retired by now, I think.

 

The leaves and acorns are from Lawn Fawn, tied with a twine bow and the sentiment is from Honeybee Stamps.

 

The paper collection is 6x6, which allowed me to cut two images from one sheet of paper.  Two cards for the price of one.  I love it when that happens.  

 

 

The gals at Double D Challenges have some lovely cards for inspiration for you, but here's an inspiration tile to get you started:

 

 

and here's the prize you could win when you play along:

 

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Retro Halloween Box

Hello crafty friends ~ 

 

I've been sitting on these Tim Holtz costume boxes for way too long. These came out a few years ago and I just loved the vintage / retro graphics.  He had a line of Christmas boxes as well, which I've used in the past, and I still have some.  What can I say.... I just love everything vintage!

 

Anywho... This image from Crafty Secrets (also ages old) was sitting in my stash and I thought, how perfectly they go together.  The pumpkins are from Pretty Little Studio.  I just adore their line of vintage die cuts.

 

If you peek into the box, you'll see I used some wild polka dotted paper to line the box with, and I added some cheese cloth behind the trio of trick-or-treaters.  This adds a layer of texture and softness.

 

I remember having so much fun coming up with our own ideas for creating costumes for Halloween.  Very rarely did our costumes come in a box.  They came from our imagination.  Those were the days.

 I think I'll add this project to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Anything Fall

Neglected Stuff Challenge ~ The box and image 

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Just For Fun ~ "O" is for Owl

Hello friends~

I was rummaging through my project photo's on my computer and I came across this altered child's block I made quite a while ago and never shared.  Just throwing it out there, just for fun, since it's kind of fitting for this season.

 

I've used these old child's blocks for many an altered project in the past.

 

 

 The owl and pumpkin image is from Pretty Little Studio.  I backed him up with a crepe paper medallion.

 

A bit of moss and a tissue paper ruffle along the bottom gives this little guy a soft place to land.

 

I think it's pretty cute and retro.

  I'll be adding this project to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Triple B ~ October Challenge 

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Color Hues Color Challenge ~ Second Helping

Happy fall friends!  It's the first day of fall and I'm ringing it in with a second card I made using the colors from Color Hues Color Challenge.  

 

 

I originally made two cards because I ended up loving the color palette so much and I didn't know which card I liked better.

 

 

 I had pulled out this Into The Blooms:  Pumpkin Dies from Papertrey ink for a second round of inspiration for the challenge.

 

I used stamps from Tim Holtz Specimen stamp set to lightly stamp on the leaves and added white splattered paint to the finished card, tied off with a small tag and string bow.

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Color Hues Color Challenge ~ Smokey Blue and Sage Green

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Guesting at Color Hues Color Challenge

Hi friends.  Today I'm guest designer over at Color Hues Color Challenge.  The colors Smokey Blue and Sage Green really tested me, but I accepted the challenge and hopefully you'll like what I came up with.

 

I stamped the background using a super old Heidi Swapp background stamp using brown ink on cream card stock as my neutral colors.  I added just a bit of distressing around the outside edges of the card front.

 

The flowers are from Concord & 9th.  I added a bit of glitter to add texture and sparkle.

 

I do hope you'll take a quick minute to pop over to Color Hues Color Challenge and see what their fine design team came up with to inspire you with.

Thanks to Nancy and the team for having me as a guest.  I sure enjoyed the challenge!
 

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Vintage Inspired Musical ~ Double D Challenges

It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means that Double D Challenges has a new challenge starting.  The theme for this challenge is "Music".  You could use sheet music, musical instruments, anything to do with music.  You can even let a song inspire you, just tell us what song it is.

 

I often lean on the side of "vintage" and this challenge certainly opened itself up to this type of card.  You'll see what I mean when you see the inspiration tile that Diane put together for you.

I used some beautiful Spring Meadow die cuts from K & Co., along with a printed background panel and some old sheet music from my stash.

Since the card base is on the darker side, I added a piece of white writing paper to the inside of the card, attached with a strip of washi tape, allowing plenty of space for a personal message.

 

I was inspired by all the sheet music and the pretty flower in the lower right corner.

How are you inspired:

I'd love to see your take on this challenge over at Double D Challenges.

Hope to see you there!

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Easter Treat Box ~ Double D

Hello friends!    It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means it's time for a new challenge over at DD Challenges.  Easter is the theme for the next two weeks, so pull out your bunnies, chicks, eggs and crosses and let's get crackin' on.  (Get it?  "Eggs".... "crackin'".)  Sorry, I couldn't resist, and I digress.

 

 

 I made up a bunch of these dear little Easter Egg Boxes from Sizzix last year and left them undecorated, so when inspiration hit, I'd be ready to make them pretty.

  

Truth be told, I decorated this box last year as well, but never got around to sharing it on my blog, so I thought that this challenge was a good opportunity to share this project.  I still have 6 or 8 eggs waiting to be made pretty.

 

 

I covered the top of the kraft cardstock box with some pretty printed, vintage looking scrapbooking paper and went over the entire egg with walnut stain DOX ink.  A decorative strip of the same design paper and a length of vintage lace was wrapped around the outside of the cover. 

 

The bunny is a rub-on that I picked up from Amazon.  This set of vintage Easter images came with like 24 sheets of rub-ons and there are many images per sheet.  I will never in my life time have time to use them all.  I will link them HERE if you want to check them out. 

The flowers are a mix of flowers that I purchased from Really Reasonable Ribbon years ago.  I'm so glad to finally be putting some to good use.

 

Here's the inside of the box, ready to be filled with something sweet, I expect.

 

I do hope you'll stop over at Double D Challenges to see more inspiring work from the team and then join in on the fun.

Here's the inspiration tile:

 

And here's the prize you could win when you play along.

Thanks for stopping by!

Avian Field Notes ~ Double D Challenges

Are you a bird lover?  I sure am!  I enjoy watching the birds (and pesky squirrels) eating at our feeders every day.  The DD Challenges duo, Darlene and Diane have a fantastic challenge for you this next two weeks, with the theme of "Birds".

 

I'm all in on this one!  I pulled out Honeybee Stamps Lovely Layers Winter Birds to create a vintage style card.  One that you might find in a book of Avian Field Notes. 

 

 

I've tucked in some leaves and berries from Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms.  This is all nestled on top of a wonderful numeric embossing folder from Carabelle Studios.  I rubbed a bit of Walnut Stain DOX Ink over the numbers to give it a time worn look.

 

A couple of Tim Holtz Field Notes stamps are included to finish this entry.

 

I do hope you'll visit DD Challenge to see more avian inspired designs from our gifted team.

Here's the inspiration tile to help you get started:

 

And here's what you could win when you play along.

Thanks for stopping by!