AUTUMN LEAVES

I felt like doing a little watercoloring the other day.  Used a piece of bubble wrap to smoosh some yellow, orange and pink  watercolors.  After I finished playing around, I die cut the piece with a zero waste die.

Then it was a work in progress for several days as I had no set idea where this card was going.  So tried lots of ideas until I settled on this green and gold with the wc piece.  The little dot cut outs were filled in with a gold metallic pen.  I used a "hugs" sentiment to finish my card.

Crafty hugs,

 

EASEL CARD

I recently joined in one of the card classes on the Cardmakers Summit for holiday cards.  Nicki Baxley demoed an easel card and don't think I've ever made one - so had a go this weekend.

Both the wreath and the bird are very old dies.  I die cut the wreath from three shades of green and layered them together.  Added both enamel dots and little die cut dots for the berries and added a little gold bow.  The embossed background is from Spellbinders.  How to make an easel card is all over YouTube so won't go into that here.  Just be sure your sentiment has a straight top so the card will stand up properly. Instead of layering up die cuts for the sentiment, I cut it out of fun foam - so much easier!!  I used dark green cardstock for my base.  I think I will make more of this style - maybe a poinsettia or an ornament instead of a wreath.

I am entering this at Christmas Kickstart Challenge where they want a wreath on the card.

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Z FOLD CARD

Two current challenges have a fun fold card as the focus - Die Cut Divas and Creative Creases.  Can't remember if I ever have made one so had to do a little research for the exact scorings.

Since I wanted my flower to be the focus, I used a smaller square die for it's base.  The flower is a discontinued one called Fantasy Floral from Altenew, the enamel dots are called Martian Terrain, the leaves are my favorite green, Reindeer Moss, also from Altenew and the embossed panels are Curving Leaves.  My card is rather a simple fun fold compared to all the designs on Creative Creases but I had fun making it.

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