wednesday with ajvd...

Hello!!!  Can you believe it is the first day of November??? Where has the year gone???   My regular Wednesday post is up on the AJVD blog.  Here is a little peek:

Have a wonderful day... hope you will hop over to the AJVD blog for a look!

peace...

Hey there!!!   I'm back with the second card that I made with the gorgeous Snowflake Splendor card kit!   This one uses the MFT sketch layout and I will also be posting it to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.   I love how this card turned out, but I must admit that it was a bit tricky getting the letters placed on top of the snowflakes!  After getting everything layered and lined up I stamped the sentiment from the MFT Snow Globe Sentiments on a strip of vellum,  then heat embossed it with white embossing powder and layered it on top of the word.   I have one more layered snowflake left so I need to come up with something simple so I can use that one, too.  Already thinking up some ideas so I can use the stamp set, as well.  Hmmm... they might look really pretty stamped in all the colors from the current MFT color challenge!!

Have a wonderful day...

Supplies:  All supplies are from the MFT card kit except the embossing powder, embossing ink and the vellum used for the sentiment strip

season's greetings...

Hey there!!  This week I got the beautiful MFT Snowflake Splendor card kit!!  I could not wait to make something with it!  In fact that I made two somethings with it, lol!!  Sharing one today.   This card is for the current CAS(E) this Sketch challenge, as well as the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.  When my kit arrived on Wednesday afternoon I pulled out one of the snowflake die sets and cut some snowflakes from the silver glitter paper and vellum included in the kit.  I then layered up the various pieces to create my snowflakes.  I die cut a panel of MFT Sno-Cone cardstock (from the kit) and embossed the sentiment (from the Snowfall of Blessings stamp set) in silver.  The snowflakes were then arranged per the sketch.  Adhered the panel to a white cardstock base (MFT Sweet Tooth) and I was done.  Love this kit... it is absolutely gorgeous!!!

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:  All supplies from MFT except embossing ink, embossing powder and rectangle die

fall pineapple...

So... when I saw the colors for the current Color Throwdown I knew immediately that I wanted to use Concord & 9th's Pineapple Perfection stamp set for my card.  I love that stamp set!!!  I'm also going to add this to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes and the current SIP challenge to use washi tape.  (Thank you to the team at SIP for picking my card as a winner for the last challenge!!)  I stamped the outline pineapple in VersaFine Onyx Black and then stamped all the filler images using the CTD colors.  I then die cut it with the matching die.  The bits of washi tape were added and then I used a splatter image from the C9 set Brushed Blossom to stamp the purple splatters.  I see where I could have filled in a bit more, but oh well...  Anywhoo... stamped the sentiment in purple ink, as well and then die cut with the banner die that comes in the Pineapple Perfection die set.

Hope you have a wonderful day...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps and dies:  Concord & 9th; Inks:  VersaFine, Close to My Heart and Stampin Up!

wednesday with ajvd...

Hello!!!  Yep... Wednesday has rolled around once, again, and that means I have a post up on the AJVD blog.   Here is a little peek:

Hope you will take the time to head over to the AJVD blog for a look.  Have a great day!!

i'll never leaf you...

Hello!!  Wow... we had a wet and wild weekend!!  But thankfully it cleared up enough for the boys and me to get a few more pumpkins for our front porch and to have a little trip out to one of our favorite spots.  It was fun to head out of town in up more toward the mountains and to see all the trees in their full autumn glory!  It made me think of the current inspiration photo from the Card Concept.  When I saw the gorgeous fall wedding cake in the photo I just knew I had to play along! My card would fit in the Classy and Elegant or Clean and Simple categories.  I was inspired by all the leaves on the beautiful white cake.    I used the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, as well.  I inked up a piece of white cardstock with Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade distress oxide inks.  I then die cut two leaves from the AJVD Grand Leaf Trio set set and a small leaf from the AJVD Leaves & Petals die set from the piece.   The leaves were then inked with Fired Brick, Vintage Photo and a bit more Wild Honey distress oxide inks.  I absolutely love those inks for blending!!  A piece of white cardstock was trimmed down to fit the card front, then die cut in half using an AJVD Elegant Stitched Border die.  I then cut the pieces down further with the largest AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle die so that all the edges matched.  The sentiment is from the AJVD stamp set Be-Leaf in Yourself.  I arranged the leaves on the two pieces so I could get a good placement for the sentiment and then stamped it with my MISTI.  The leaves were added along with some red, yellow and orange dew drops.   I will also add this to the current Dies R Us challenge to use leaves on your project.   Can I just say that I am beyond pleased with how this card turned out???  I just love it!!  I'm going to add this to Lea Lawson's Crafty Come Back Party Day 8 link up.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps and dies:  A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Distress Oxide and VersaFine Vintage Sepia; Robins Nest dew drops