Papertrey October 2016 Blog Hop Challenge

There's some gorgeous inspiration at Papertrey Ink's Blog Hop this month! Here's the photo :

And here's what I created:

 I started stamping some leaves with Leaf Prints and then I felt the need to create some plaid and gingham leaves! So that's what I went with even though it strayed a bit from the original inspiration piece.

I used a lot of sets for the patterns on the leaves: Chicken Scratch, A Little Argyle, Herringbone Background, Gingham and Super Gingham Backgrounds and I used With All My Heart for the 'LOVE' letters. The 'Stitched together with' phrase comes from Chicken Scratch. I used Sew Simple for the straight stitching lines and a black marker pen for the stitching around the edges of the leaves.

 So many beautiful cards on the hop!

Thanks for coming by to take a look at my card!

Judi

Make It Monday #264 Die Cut Stencil Shapes

It's Make it Monday #264 over at Papertrey Ink today! Melissa is showing us how to use our die cuts as stencils and rubbing soft color onto our backgrounds with papertowels. I made two cards using this technique.  The first one uses the branch from Winter Woods as the stencil. I stenciled Winter Wisteria on a piece of watercolor paper and then I used some water to soften the color a bit.

For the next card I used the Winter Woods Cover Plate as the stencil with soft stone rubbed onto the background.

Thanks for looking!

Judi

Papertrey Ink Create Along with Us Oct 2016

I'm playing along with Papertrey Ink's October 2016 Create Along with Us.  I was inspired by Melissa Phillips card that you can see below and on her blog.

I always love red gingham, kraft and white together!  Here's what I created:

I used Christmas Critters along with the postage stamp dies from Post & Parcel.  I'm looking forward to playing some more with these sets!

Thanks!

Judi

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #263 Background Building with Frames

For Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday #263, Amy Sheffer shows us how to create a background with frames.  This was a fun technique to try.  Love these MIM's to try things I wouldn't usually think to do!

I created a coffee themed card using the coffee mug from Candy Cane Christmas that I recently purchased. I still don't have any coffee themed phrases so I created my own using the Thanks from Bloomin Cute and some letters from an older alphabet set from Prima. The frame comes from Tag Sale #10. The leaves are from Stylized Autumn.

Here's a card I didn't get a chance to post in time for the last Create Along With Us Challenge. I was inspired by Betsy Veldman's Card using the new Christmas Faith Set. I used Wee Folk, Mini Blooms and Bigger Blooms. And then I pretty much just copied Betsy's layout and colors!

One more card to post that isn't for any challenge. This was inspired by the look of Autumn Hills stamp set, but I used Winter Village for the house and a frame from Noted; Scalloped A1 Die collection. That's Saffron Spice on the bottom hill... love that color!

Thanks for taking a look!

Judi