Rainbow Wreath

 I've seen such amazing ideas online from talented crafters, using pastel colours to make beautiful holiday cards, so I used this pine bough die, and six pretty colours of cardstock to put a wreath together:

And yes, I realize that this is not a holiday card...  I had enough sprigs to create two cards, so one will have a festive message, but I thought this one would make a pretty birthday card for my daughter.  I created my wreath on a square piece of cardstock that I die cut with this diagonal hashtag die, and mounted in on some silver mirrored cardstock.  The silver sentiment is one of the pre-made ones from Pinkfresh Studio.

I'm really happy with how this turned out!

Second Coffee Card

 I have another card for the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop, once again using supplies that I had in my stash.  Lots of die cuts and patterned paper, with a little sparkle:

Here are the two cards that I made for the hop. (Bear with me, it's the first time I've use my phone to take photos!!)

2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

 It's been a while since the last one, so I am very happy to be participating in the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!  I haven't missed one yet... so here is my first card, featuring all kinds of bits and pieces that have been in my craft room for a while.  Older papers, and my favourite Verve sentiment:

Thanks for looking!  And thanks to Amy & her crew who put this hop together every year.

Create in Quads

 I was gifted this set of four stencilled panels last year, and have finally been able to get them made up into cards.  These are the unique Create in Quads stencils from Taylored Expressions - this one is Mistletoe.  They're all stencilled on one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock, then cut apart to become 4 coordinating cards.  I've paired them up with bows from The Greetery, and a sentiment from Pigment Craft Co.  They're intended to be Christmas cards, in which case I may glitter them up a bit, but I think they'd work for other occassions, so for now I'm going to keep them as is.

November WC Weekend

I am happy to be breaking out one of the new Harvest Journal stamp sets today from Art Impressions - here is 5593 - Harvest Scenes:

I coloured my scene with Tombows #969/565 and stamped it onto my Canson XL Watercolour Paper, then pulled out the colour with a damp brush.  I added in the little mouse from 5599 - Mini Mice & Squirrel Set using my stamp positioner.  

I wanted to fill my containers before I started painting, so I stamped two images from 5475 - WC Flower Set 6 several times in the milk jug, masking the chair/jug - using #565/177.  In the wooden basket, I used the circular flower image from 4868 - WC Flower Set 2 in #993, and tucked in some greenery around them using the trailing greenery from 5126 - WC Foliage Set 4, in #158/098.  Picking up colour from my palette, I added #407 to the chair, #977/969 to the basket, #743 to the milk jug and #N65 to both the mouse and watering can.  For the green pumpkin, I added a base layer of #990 to make it a creamy colour, then used a dabbing motion to add #158 in mottled streaks.  To the orange pumpkin, I started with #993, adding several layers, then #933 and #969 for some shading.  Tones of several greens were added to the stems.  The robins got red tummies of #743, and layers of #977 for their feathers.  #565 was painted under the chair to add a shadow, and used to give shading in and around all of the images.  I like to add a few reflection colours to metallic surfaces like the watering can, so dabbed on a little blue and red to pick up the shades from my scene.

I matted the image with some brown cardstock, then mounted it on some of the pretty papers in the 5606 - Harvest Journal Paper Pack.  I used a sentiment from 5600 - Harvest Sentiments Set, and die cut it with one of the dies from the 5543 - Journal Template Die Set, and adhered it with 3D foam adhesive.  Be sure to visit the Ai blog on Saturday to see what Tricia & Dot have to share!

Quick Birthday Cards

I love this bold Happy Birthday die from Lawn Fawn - it's really all you need to put a quick birthday card together.  I used up some older patterned paper from my stash, layered the die with a cream cut out to make it stand out a little more, and added a few stars.  The inner rectangle is popped up with 3D foam adhesive.  Done.

 

Bright Daisies

 Here is my second card made with the Painted Daisies stencils and die using more vibrant colours.  Inks, sentiment and background coverplate die are all Pinkfresh Studio: