Halloween Gatefold Card

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It is time for a new challenge at House of Cards!  For October we would like to see Gate Cards or you can use the challenge colors.  Or if you are feeling courageous-then both! :)

I went for the Gate Card.  And I totally embraced the Halloween spirit.

I have to warn you though, my card did not want to close nicely.  And I know they used to sell these little magnets-and now I know why.  LOL-but I don't have any of those.  :)

So here is my card closed up.  There are rhinestones on the outside.  The card, spider web and inside shapes were all cut by my silhouette.

So when you open the card it looks like this (the very first picture).  And you see the plain orange shape.  

Then when you lift up that flap--ta da!  The sentiment (a Stampin Up stamp).

This seemed really cool in my head.  Until I realized that anything that went behind the spider web would be to busy with the web.  So that is why the plain shape is there.  

The spider is from Jolee's Boutique.  And this is the front side.  He is made out of felt and he has little beady red eye and little wire legs.  So cute for a fake spider! :)

But on the card he kept flipping over.  And his back side was a white dimension sticker which I peeled off.  But it was still white and he didn't hang right.  So I used Rangers Black Enamel Accents and covered this back.  I lined up the floss so he would hang straighter also.

This is his backside.

Thank you for stopping by today!  We hope you join in to our challenge.  Here is the inspirational photo colors.  Also, you can make a gate card instead.  So the question is...what will you make!

I would like to link this card up to the following challenges:

Brown Sugar #218 Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet  #147 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting #16 Anything Goes

Until next time my friends...Happy October! :)

Candle Shaker Card

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So for this card I was inspired by the Shaker Challenge happening now at CAS-ual Fridays.  I have been wanting to make one and I bought a whole bunch of stuff to make one from the Scrapbook Expo a few months ago.  And now-finally some inspiration.  :)

It's also my sister's birthday.  (ok a little past but who's really keeping count?  ok maybe she is!) ;)  And I just found out that her favorite color is red.  So between the challenge of shaker cards and the favorite color red, this is what happened:

So fun, right?!  So I used the silhouette for the flame (from a different candle cut) and made the frame for the shaker part of the candle.  Now the foam is from Queen and Company.  Just the foam.  I didn't buy the die cuts.  I figured it out on the silhouette.  It took about 4 tries, but I finally got it.  I had to get into those 8th measurements (blarg) but I did it.  LOL!  And the cute sequins on the inside--Also Queen and Company.

At the Expo I had to decide-cute sequins or die cuts....totally the cute sequins!  Their pearls and a few of Q&CO diamonds are in there too.  The sentiment is an old fabric sticker.  The background paper is from TPC studio.

I glued a couple of the sequins on the background to make it seem a little fuller.

I am linking this up to the following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays--Shaker Cards

Sunny Day Crafting--Anything Goes #16

Seize the Birthday (without Toppings) Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends--Anything Goes #28

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...Make a wish!

Think Rustic

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Happy Friday!  I am so excited to show ya'l this card I made.  It was inspired by the Rustic theme happening at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge right now.  I created a mood board too.  Which was pretty cool-I haven't ever put one together before.

How much fun is this!?  There was so much inspiration from the design team and then from my own board, I hardly knew how to start.  And I have this thing for rust-I think it's awesome.  LOL I know it's destructive, but look at it on those metal letters.

So here is my card:

It's for a friend of mine who's birthday has passed (like a month ago--I know I know.)  So hopefully she will forgive my tardiness.  :)

The paper is from a wood looking paper from Simple Stories.  I inked walnut stain distress ink over the paper to make it less bright.  Then I stamped a Tim Holtz plant stamp from the Spring Sprung collection.  Then I put Versamark around the edges and heat embossed Tea Dye Distress powder.  I rubbed it after it cooled down to get the filler flakes off.  

I diluted some black paint and made the flecks in the background.  For the flowers I used rusty hinge and walnut ink for the flowers and the 16 bingo chip.  The 16 is for the year.  Not my friends age-but if she want to tell people that... ;)  I'll never tell. 

I found a bee button and cut of the shank, and then painted or rubbed more like it brown paint to distress it.  The bee was a bright yellow.  I stamped the happy birthday with a Great Impressions stamp on yellow vellum.  Lastly I added Queens and Co. chocolate delight pearls.

I am entering this rustic card into the following challenges:

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #28

Brown Sugar: Anything Goes #217

Great Impressions: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...Have a great weekend! :)

Nothing's Better Than Being Together

When We're Singin'!

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Maybe that sounds familiar...maybe not (lol).  It from the Partridge Family opening theme song.  You can check it out here.  And this is what my card is inspired from.

I used the Tim Holtz bird mover and shaker and cut from solid cardstock.  The stamp is Stampin Up and I used a multicolor stamp pad from Color Box.  

I am submitting this to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Inspired by Music

Freshly Brewed Challenge: Animals 

Inspiration Destination: 104 Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...Keep singin! :)

Hooray for a Hot Air Balloon

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I made a card using a stamp set from Fun Stampers Journey.  I used Tangerine Tango for the orange from Stampin Up and Brilliant Blue.  The TT paper I dry embossed with a polka dot folder. As I look through the different challenges I wonder if these count for Fall colors (Since they are the University of Florida colors and football has started.) ;)

I stamped with the Craft Ink for the hot air balloon-but then I added Firecracker Blue Embossing Powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

Here is a closeup of the balloon.  Oh-so pretty! :)

I would like to submit this to the following challenges (but no autumn challenges-I don't want to get into any trouble!) LOL

Sunny Day Crafting: Anything Goes #15

Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes #104

Creative Corner: No Pattern Paper Allowed

Sparkle N Sprinkle: Anything Goes with Embossing Powder (or glitter or flock)

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...Hooray! :)

Grateful Card

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The paper really inspired me for this card.  I was looking through paper packs and saw this one-and it was instant love.  It is from My Mind's Eye Meadow in the 6x6 paper pack.  And it's been around for a little bit-copyrighted 2012.  But that is ok!  It's finally getting used! :)

The butterfly is a sticker from Martha Stewart (which has also been floating around for awhile).  The sentiment is from Fiskars and I stamped it with chocolate chip stampin up brown ink.  Then I used a little walnut distress ink to go around the edges.  All in all not a hard card to put together-put it took me forever to find that grateful.  :)

I am linking this card up to the following challenges:

Use Your Stuff: Butterflies

Inspiration Destination:#103 Anything Goes 

Sunny Day Crafting: #15 Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...I am grateful for ya'll!  :)  Thank you for stopping by my little spot on the Internet.  :)

Baby Boy Card

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I have finally gotten around to playing with the Ken Oliver Color Burst.  I had inherited the first  main colors and at the Scrapbook Expo bought the metallics.  Then I didn't do anything with them.  Boo!  So I am trying to start using stuff I have.

I will admit I was a little anxious to use them at first because the main colors are powders and there is no control as where they go.  Less than alcohol inks.  But I took a deep breath and started googling.  And here is my first card using this awesome product.

I used watercolor paper, water, and Ultramarine Blue for the base of the background.  And it was so cool!  The color is very vibrant.  Once the background dried I cut out the stork from the silhouette machine.  I love this stork!  I also embossed the background with clouds.  Because of the vertical nature of the embossing plate and horizontal nature of my card, there is space on both sides of the clouds.  But it is fine. :)

I used a metallic blue gelato for the little bag that the stork carries.  And I used pop dots to glue him down.  Then I painted the silver around the card--but not with the metallic set from Ken.  I used Golden fluid acrylics because the color is iridescent silver.

Here's a closeup.

I am linking up to the following challenges:

Creative Corner: No Pattern Paper Allowed

Crafting-With-Friends #27 Anything Goes

Cut It Up--Challenge 105 Name Game --Die Cut + use something that starts with the first letter of your first name.  My name is Katy and I used Ken Oliver's color burst. :)

Creative Knockouts:  #159 Winged Wonders

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...have a wonderful day! :)