Fun Fall card for GDP102, Count Your Blessings

I thought about doing Christmas for this weeks GDP challenge, but I just am not in the mood to go full on Christmas just yet.  Pretty soon though, and of course I've gotten some sets and done a couple or so already, but it's over 100 here in AZ still so I'm really in the mood for fall, might take another month, but a girl can dream, right?

I had a strip with 3 of these embossed, watercolored leaves  from a previous class project, so I decided to make use of it and cut one out with my Stitched Shape Dies.  The 2" punch was the perfect size to put a small bit of  Soft Suede around it. 

I love the sentiment, and the font is darling!  I've been waiting to use it on something. It comes from the Count My Blessings set.
 I also splattered my white CS before putting anything else on it.  The little cut out leaf is from the same set, Colorful Seasons, but from the matching die cuts, Seasonal Layers Thinlit Dies.  It's a fabulous set that will take you all through the year.

Go here to see what everyone made, and maybe enter the challenge yourself.

Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Count My Blessings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$30.00

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.00

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle

$54.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$33.00

Linen Thread

$4.50

2" (5.1 Cm) Circle Punch

$18.00

Versamark Pad

$8.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

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Thinking Of You, Tic Tac Toe #007

I am totally in love with this set in the new Annual catalog, Colorful Seasons. So many things can be done with it, all year long.  I just had to try out the fall leaves.  If you look close you can see that although I die cut them, I only ran it through once and I left all the little pieces in, so you just see where they would have come out.    I tried it both ways, but the leaf was too delicate to stand up to the embossing folder with the pieces out, sure was pretty though.

The card is for the Tic Tac Toe challenge over here.

I did the right side down, diecut, floral, yellow.
Pretty simple card to make, I used the new Layered Leaves folder, ran my hard brayer over the embossing folder on the side I wanted and then run it through the Big Shot.  This is one of the new style 3D folders, they can be a little tricky to run though, so, for my machine, and they are all a little different, I didn't use a bottom clear plate, had one flap out and a clear plate on top. That works well for my machine.

My colors today are: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Soft Suede and Whisper white. The ribbon I used is now retired, sorry.  I don't buy much in that color, I'm usually more of a pink and blue  kinda person.

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$33.00

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle

$54.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$30.00

Delicate White Doilies

$3.00

Watercolor Paper

$5.00

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A beach scene, and Just Add Ink #369

It's really hot here in AZ, so I've been thinking about the beach for quite a while.  I sure miss being 90min away.    This card makes me feel like I can smell the salt air and feel the cool breezes.  Sigh....

So, when JAI came up with THIS,  challenge, I just had to make an ocean card.

The chair is part of the dies that pair with Colorful Seasons.  Fabulous set, it has stamps and dies for all year round.    The ocean and birds are from High Tide, and the umbrella is from Weather together.

Since I grew up along the CA coastline, I can easily picture the ocean and the seagulls flying over head, even inland quite a way.

So, I used Sahara Sand for my base card, then using Whisper White I started by stamping my ocean, bringing it down far enough so my sand would cover it.  I then used my dobber to fill in the ocean color with Marina Mist.
I then used the land stamp for around the lighthouse in High Tide to add some color in Crumb Cake to my 1 1/2" strip of Sahara Sand, then tore the top and layered that to the bottom of my card.
Next I used a dobber and Peekaboo peach for a line of color just above the water, then did the same with So Saffron, then finished off with Marina Mist.
Added in my chair, and umbrella. I cut the curved handle part off the die cut of the umbrella handle so it could stick right into the sand.    The birds were then stamped in with black.

I really hope you enjoy. Here is the challenge.

 Below please find the products I used. Click on any graphic to be taken to my store.

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$33.00

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle

$54.00

High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set

$26.00

Weather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies

$25.00

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