Foxy Fall card

My card for the current CAS-ology and CAS-ual Fridays challenges.

Supplies: 

Stamp set, Patterned Papers and Sequins: Into the Woods Collection (Lawn Fawn)

Cardstock: Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!)

Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento)

Thanks for looking, keep it crafty!

Muse for Babies

Here's a quick card inspired by this week's Muse card.  I needed a gender-neutral baby card, so I used reds and blues and took the horizontal background image from the inspiration card and put the little elephant tag on top.  I used my Cameo to cut the elephant.

Here's the lovely card by the Monday Muse, Karen M.

Also linking up at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where this week Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking, and keep it crafty!

Retro Sketches #82 and Dynamic Duos #71

Here's a card for this week's Retro Sketches and Dynamic Duos challenges:

The inspiration photos:

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Easy Halloween Banner

Today I made a super cute and easy to make Halloween banner.  Thanks to my BFF and fellow crafty lady Erica who arranged a fun class and helped us put these together today.  It was a fun morning and I was pleasantly surprised at how easily this came together.  Here's my version:

This was created with Stampin' Up's Build a Banner & Halloween Simply Created Accessory kits.  I added a few random embellishments I had in my stash and voila!  

And I have pennants left over for future projects, hooray!  Thanks Erica!  Love you tons!

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I {Heart} Fall

Here's a card inspired by this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge:

The sketch:

Also playing at this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge:

And the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, the stamp set and patterned papers and embossing powder I used are all available from the Simon Says Stamp store.

Stamp Set: Into the Woods (Lawn Fawn)

Patterned Paper: Happy Harvest 6x6 pad (Doodlebug)

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)

Embellishments: Button (SU), Mustard embossing powder (Zing) Enamel Dots (My Mind's Eye)

I also want to share a card I made for a monthly local card exchange I'm a part of.  Someone chooses a sketch and color combo and this month it was Strawberry Slush and Coastal Cabana.  Loving this new stamp set!

Thanks for looking, keep it crafty!

~Katie

One Layer Card for Colour Q and Pinspired

So... I've had a realization of sorts about my cardmaking style.  I guess I'm just a real simple (boring?) cardmaker at heart.  Starting this blog has really challenged me to push myself and I find that the more elements to a challenge the more difficult time I have.  5 colors? gah! 4 colors? *sweat sweat*  OK I'll give it a try...  I have to remind myself that nothing is fun if it's always EASY.  So here's my card for Colour Q.  This site has amazing color palettes every week and every week I run away scared!  This time I managed something:

The Rich Razzleberry hearts and sentiment here look almost black, but alas, they aren't...promise! Here's the color palette:

I found a new challenge site, called Pinspired Challenges.  Inspired by Pinterest, because who isn't?

Because of the quilt in the inspiration photo, I knew I wanted to incorporate a stitched element.  So I hung my little banners from some stitched lines.  This card didn't start as a one-layer card, so below is my first attempt.  I couldn't really decide which was better, but since I rarely do a one-layer card I decided to feature that one.  

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Primrose Petals, Rich Razzleberry (Stampin' Up!), Stazon

Stamp set: Card Exchanging Friends (Simon Says Stamp)

Cardstock: Marshmallow (Bazzill), Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!)

Retro Sketches #80 and Simon Says...Emboss It!

Here's a card I made using this week's sketch at Retro Sketches.

I used my Distress embossing powder for the sentiment.  It's a bit out of my comfort zone because I usually like a really sharp embossed image, but it worked for the old and yellowed (kinda spooky) look I was going for.

I also used something I've never tried before called Flower Soft in "Autumn" to mimic piles of fall leaves on the bottom of the card.

The sketch:

Also playing at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Thanks for looking, keep it crafty!

~Katie

UPDATE: Hooray! This card was chosen as the Retro Sketches ROCKstar!  How cool is that?