IB193 Friends "Fall" Together

    We are back with a new challenge over @ Inspired By Card Challenges.  

This week we are playing with Fall, Acorns, Leaves, Friends, "Joy", Christmas, animals, and, holidays. 

I chose IB193C this week because I really need some more Christmas cards and the IB challenges always help me get the inspiration to create them.

Here is the photo for IB193C 'Tis the Season for Friends'

I was inspired by the sled, Christmas theme, the snow, candy canes, and the word joy.

Christmas Joy card

I decided I wanted to use my Pinkfresh Holiday Botanical Stencils (I hadn’t been able to open them up yet and have been waiting to have time to play with them!  I fell in love with the Pinkfresh release stencils and boy they did not disappoint, again!) As I started to blend my inks, I decided I wanted it to be an edge to edge shaker card so I could add snow to the Christmas foliage.

Shaker Card Tutorial

I began layering the stencils and I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Weathered Wood, Candied Apple, Vintage Photo, Frayed Burlap, and Speckled Egg.  I also used some Papertrey Ink Spring Rain for the lighter shades.

Tip:  Before putting in my glitters, shaker mix, buttons and sequins, I rubbed the stamped card stock piece with my heat embossing anti-static pouch.  This helps all the shaker mix move more freely around in the pocket as you will see in my pictures.  The shaker mix even flows to the bottom easily, making it feel like a snow globe when you shake it.

The sentiment “Joy” was cut with my Silhouette and blended with Distress Oxide Candied Apple.

And if you want/need a fall-themed card, check out IB193 Friends “Fall” Together inspiration.

And don’t forget, there’s always the sketch

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IB192 Who's Your Boo?

  We are back with a new challenge over @ Inspired By Card Challenges.  

This week we are playing with Halloween, Trick or Treating, Ghosts, Vampires, Witches, mummies, witches, bats, pumpkins, "Boo" sentiment, "Trick or Treat sentiment", Christmas, animals, holidays.

Boo, Boo Halloween Card

I was inspired by the colors, windows, ghosts, "Boo", spiders, pumpkins, just about everything!

And here is IB192C

And here is the sketch for this week!

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IB191 I'd Fall for You

             We are back with a new challenge over @ Inspired By Card Challenges.  

This week we are playing with Fall themes, bears, colors, leaves, and Christmas! 

Hello card

I was inspired by the colors, fall theme, bear, layers of color, and leaves.

Congrats card

And here is IB191C

And here is the sketch for this week!

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IB190 Pumpkins Rock

We are back with a new challenge over @ Inspired By Card Challenges.  

This week we are playing with Fall themes, pumpkins, color, and Christmas! 

I was inspired by the colors, fall theme, pumpkins, and the rocks.

Grateful it's pumpkin spice season card

 I loved inking up this stamp set from SSS Pumpkin Spice Season and coloring it with colors inspired by the bottom rock in the photo.

And here is the IB189C

And here is the sketch for this week!

 Thank you so much for visiting and make sure to

 check what the amazing team created on THE BLOG!