Nature Turns To Gold ~ DRU

Hello friends~  It's November already!  The older I get, the faster time seems to slip by me.  There's a new challenge starting up over at the Dies R Us Challenge blog and the theme is always "Anything Goes".  

In Keeping with the season, I pulled out some of my favorite dies that will never go out of style.

I started with the Impression Obsession Wooden Heart die, cutting it out of both dark and light browns to create the wooden heart slab.  

I tucked in some Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves and Impression Obsession Patchwork Leaves cut from aqua colored gingham paper to add a punch of unexpected color.  The flowers are from Hobby Lobby.

You can find all these dies and more at Dies R Us!

Impression Obsession Wooden Heart

Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Leaves

Impression Obsession Patchwork Leaves

I do hope you'll visit the Dies R Us Challenge blog and join in on the fun.  The winner will receive a gift card to the store.

Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Wreath ~ TSOC

Hello stamplings~  Today's card is super cute!  I made it for the new challenge starting up over at The Sisterhood of Crafters.  The theme for this challenge is "Wreath".  Well, since it's almost Halloween I had to go in that direction...

 And at first this challenge had me stumped but finally inspiration started trickling in and this is what I ended up with.

I started with the wreath, using Taylored Expressions Door to Door Decor and cutting the wreath out of black cardstock, twice.  I layered the wreath and fluffed up the sprigs and mounted it to this Barn Door from Marianne Designs.  I added a Halloween sticker from Simple Stories to the center of the wreath and some orange stickles for berries.  It looks like the pumpkin is looking through a peephole in the door.  So cute!

I wanted a brick façade for the door so I used Stampin' Up! Brick & Mortar EF, but when I ran it through the machine, somehow the paper moved and it went wonky!  I was going to throw it away abut after seeing what it looked like, I kind of like the wonky bricks.  A happy accident!  I added concrete steps using grey cardstock and gave them the look of concrete by sponging on some Iced Spruce DOX ink.  I tucked in a few more wreath sprigs to the concrete steps and added a sentiment sticker from the Simple Stories Halloween pack.  

Please stop by The Sisterhood of Crafters blog to see the other amazing inspiration from my talented team mates and join in on the fun!  

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Spellbinders Invitation ~ Sweet Serenade

Good morning friends~  I'm delighted to bring these cards to you today, that I made using Becca Feeken's Sweet Serenade collection from Spellbinders.

Mercy me, these dies are gorgeous!

I created a set of 4 notecards using Scalloped Symphony Notecard dies.  

Scalloped Symphony Notecard Etched Dies includes 10 thin metal dies and is part of the Sweet Serenade Notecards Collection by Becca Feeken. The Scalloped Notecard die can be a Slimline card base or a card panel. Add the Score Line Insert in the middle to create a sweet 4-inch notecard square. The rest of the dies can be layered and decorated for a wonderful card creation!

The flowers are from the Layered Colorful Blooms die set.  

My next set of notecards were made using the Scalloped Symphony Notecard base and Perfect Harmony Notecard Embellishments.

Perfect Harmony Notecard Embellishments Etched Dies is from the Sweet Serenade Notecards Collection by Becca Feeken. Create lovely toppers for your cards with this set of nine thin metal dies. It also includes two tag designs to accent, and slots to tuck in the end.

I made a little box using the detailed die from the Perfect Symphony Notecard Embellishments to hold a set of 4 cards.  This is a great gift idea!

Here's the complete list of products I used that can be found at Spellbinders:

Sweet Serenade Collection
Scalloped Symphony Notecard
Perfect Harmony Notecard Embellishments
Layered Colorful Blooms
Assorted Pack Color Essentials Cardstock
Sparkle Trio Specialty Paper

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Vintage Sunflowers ~ Double D Challenges

Hello friends~ There's a new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenges and the theme is "Sunflowers".  Is there anyone who doesn't love a beautiful sunflower?

I have many sunflower die cuts and stamps that I could have used but in the end, this is what I came up with, using a pre-made flower from The Paper Studio that I picked up at Hobby Lobby.  The papers are ages old, from Graphic 45.  

Here's the mood board to help inspire you:

And here's what you could win:

I do hope you'll stop by the Double D Challenges blog to see more beautiful cards from my talented team mates and join in on the fun!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Dies R Us ~ Haunted Happy Halloween

Jeepers Creepers!  Today's card is super simple and hauntingly happy!

Dies R Us is starting up a new challenge so I thought I'd try to spook you.

My card uses Memory Box Haunted Happy Halloween and Elizabeth Craft Designs Ghosts on on action wobbler.  Super fast, easy and too cute to spook!

Please visit the Dies R Us Challenge blog to join in on the fun!

Thanks for stopping by!