Beautiful Season

It's washi tape Wednesday, and it is day 13 of "the challenge", you can find Crystal’s post HERE; today's challenge is heat embossing.

 
I am sending out a fair number of Autumn cards this year, and well, I love the colours, so... I laid down some washi tape and added a layer of brown cardstock; I popped the panel up with foam tape.

I heat-embossed the sentiment in gold. I finished the card with some gold half pearls.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Washi Tape, Sunny Studios - Beautiful Autumn, half pearls.

Did you know: Did you know, the world record for the most heads on a sunflower plant is 837.

    

Happy Crafting,

Nina

Autumn Season

Hello, crafty peeps; it is day 12 of "the challenge", you can find Crystal’s post HERE. 

Today the challenge use two designer paper combo. Well, that was easy! Crystal did a class last night for Fractured Card Technique, so I am just going to post my card from that.

I love how this card turned out. I did go down the rabbit hole a little, little bits and pieces as I created. I started with a piece of navy patterned paper (first DSP) with a gold leaf pattern all over it, I layered that with black and kraft cardstock. For the strips, I layered the black and kraft cardstock. I like how that turned out. 

The center panel is a piece of coordinating designer paper (second DSP) and adhered the paper strips.

I die-cut the leaf from a texture gold cardstock and adhered it with foam tape, I stamped the sentiment and layered it with black card and foam tape.

Supplies: White, black, kraft and gold cardstock, Designer Paper – DCWV, Pink Fresh Studio – Fall Leaf.

Did you know: Red and purple leaves are actually caused by the presence of sugars from sap trapped inside the leaves.

Happy crafting,

Nina

Thank you

It is day 11 of "the challenge." You can find Crystal’s post HERE; today's challenge is Thank you. I am using this card as a sketch (Here)

I used one of the rectangles from my Hero Arts Infinity dies and die-cut six rectangles from some pretty purple plaid paper striped through with gold, then backed each with foam tape. 

I die-cut a Winsome Branch from black cardstock and added foam tape to each leaf. I then cut a sentiment strip... and guess what... Yes, more foam tape.

I finished the card with some black gems.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Memory Box, Simon Says Stamp - Winsome Branch and Sentiment Strips, gems.

Did you know: The ostrich lays the largest eggs on land, but the whale shark lays the largest eggs in the world.

Happy crafting,
Nina

Winter Comfort

Merry Monday, crafty friends. I have a quick and easy card for my post today.

I started with a plaid patterned designer paper layered with black cardstock. To that I added a Penny Black Masterpiece made simple, also with a  layer of black cardstock and popped up with foam tape.

I layered a sentiment strip to finish. I did not add embellishment as these Penny Black panels have so much detail.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Penny Black - Masterpieces made simple, Designer Paper - Memory Box, Simon Says Stamp  Sentiment strip.

Did you know: Avocado is poisonous to birds.

I will be back later with a card for "The Challenge."

Happy crafting,
Nina

Happy Fall

It is day 10 of "the challenge", you can find Crystal’s post HERE; today's challenge is CASE yourself. 

I am casing a card I created in January 1, 2022,  I went with a fall theme.

I adhered strips of washi tape in horizontal and diagonal design across a panel of cardstock.  I used strips of gold cardstock as accents then I die-cut some leaves and backed them with foam tape, I did the same with the sentiment strip. 

I finished the card with some gems and mounted the panel to a card base with some foam tape.

Supplies: White, gold, and kraft cardstock, washi tape, Pink Fresh - Fall Leaf, Simon Says Stamp sentiment strip, gems.

Did you know: According to The Weather Channel, pumpkin by far was the most craved-for food in autumn.

Happy crafting,

Nina

Punch it up

It is day 9 of "the challenge" , you can find Crystal’s post HERE; we are pulling out the punches. 

I am using my Marvy envelope punch on my card. I used 6 different patterns; I wanted each envelope to have its own pattern. I added a solo flower to cover the fact I folded and glued the flaps upside down.

I adhered them to a piece of coordinating cardstock, added some gems and finished with a sentiment strip.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Honey Bee, Marvy - Envelope punch, Spellbinders Petite Floral Potpourri, Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment Strip, gems.

Did you know: The very first envelopes date back to 3500 to 3200 BCE.

Happy Crafting,
Nina

Good Vibes

It is day 8 of "the challenge", you can find Crystal’s post HERE, the theme for today is three colour combo.

I am using three shades of blue cardstock, the black and white on my card are not counted. All in all this card looks a lot more complicated than it was to make it.

I used this quilt like die cut and ran it through my Big Shot with two the colours and using black for the frame. I pieced them back together and glued them down.  I die cut the flowers in the lightest shade. I popped the panel up with foam tape.

I used a sentiment strip and finished the card with some gems

Supplies: White, Black and blue cardstock, Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment Strip, quilt and flower die cuts.

Did you know: Australia is wider than the moon.

Happy Crafting,

Nina

Summer

Good morning, crafty peeps – guess what! It is day 7 of ‘the challenge.’

Today, the theme is summer. Whiplash much? Yesterday was Halloween, and now we are returning to summer; I can feel the cooler temps in the air… I am full-on ready for fall personally.

Warmer weather and flip-flops say summer to me, so that is the card I created. You can find Crystal’s post HERE.

I started with a panel patterned paper that looks like a sandy beach; I added a thin strip of designer paper that looks like weathered board. I then cut a smaller panel of patterned paper that looks like water and sky.

I stamped Summer and Life is better in Flip-flops onto the panel; I added a layer of foam tape to the panel to adhere it.

I stamped the flip flops onto a coordinating piece of paper, added some colour with my Zig markers, then fussy cut them out, added some black ink to the edges and popped them up with foam tape. I added some micro gems to the flip-flops and some extra on the ‘sand’ around them.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Honey Bee, Simon Says Stamp - Flip Flop Season, gems

Did you know: Tug-o-war used to be a summer Olympic event.

Happy Crafting,

Nina

Happy Halloween

Double, double, toil and trouble. Well, not really, but I do have a note card with a Halloween theme for my Washi Tape Wednesday Post.

These note cards are the cutest and perfect little cards to say a Halloween hi.

I am also playing along with 'The Challenge,' which is where the 3x3 comes from. Crystal’s post is HERE.

Super simple, 3x3 card bases, a slightly smaller panel. I laid down the washi tape and added a layer of black cardstock, then popped it up with foam tape. 

I finished the card with tiny die-cut spiders also layered with foam tape. The Happy Halloween wash has a holographic script so no added bling.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, washi tape, Memory box - scary spiders.

Did you know: The first Jack O’Lanterns were actually made from turnips.

Happy Crafting,
Nina

Autumn

Hello crafty friends - it is Day 5 of 'The Challenge' you can find Crystal’s post HERE.

Today the challenge is 2 DSP combo, my Fall/Autumn papers are still all over my desk, so my paper choice was pretty easy.

I also loved all the layers on Crystal's card so I followed along. I cut three different patterns from a 6x6 paper pad and then layered each panel with a layer of dark brown cardstock.

 

I then die-cut a sentiment in gold and added a shadow in that same dark brown. I die-cut some leaves from gold and tucked them under the sentiment then finished my card with some diamond art gems.

Supplies: Cream, brown, and gold cardstock, Designer Paper - Echo Park, Honey Bee - Autumn, Spellbinders Petite Floral Potpourri, gems.

Did you know: Superstition says catching a falling leaf is good luck.

Happy Crafting,

Nina