#TGIFC341 - Intricate Leaves Birthday Card

 Hello Crafty Friends! 

Welcome to this week's TGIF Challenge #341 entry! This week's challenge is a beautiful color combination of Pale Papaya, Pool Party and Very Vanilla. 

I hadn't used a color combination like this one before and couldn't wait to get started! I will be killing two birds with one stone here since I needed to create a card for my mother-in-law, to whom I owe a Birthday card! Eeeek...

My card features the Intricate Leaves dies that I cut out from Basic Black cardstock. The Pale Papaya color was also the star of the show here as I used the ribbon, the shimmery vellum and the inks on the card.

Cardmaking Supplies:

For this card,  you will need the following list of products besides scissors and adhesive: https://s.tamp.in/b6Yz17

Cardmaking Tips:

• The Very Vanilla Card base measures 4.25" x 5.5"
• The watercolor strip measures 1.5" x 5.5"
• Cut two strips of Pale Papaya Shimmery Vellum that measure .5" x 5.5".
• Use Adhesive sheets to adhere to the back of a piece of Basic Black Cardstock before you cut out the leaves.
• Cut an 1/8" off of the right edge of the card front to expose the shimmery vellum on the inside of the card.

Once you've gathered your list of products, join me in this video tutorial to create this card! 

Thank you so much for joining me!

If you chose to create this card along with me, I would love to know about it! So please comment below!!!

That is all for this week. Until next time ... 

#TGIFC340 - Card mashup with Pretty Pumpkins & Detailed Leaves

 Happy Wednesday Crafty Friends!!!

Welcome to another blog post featuring this week's TGIF Challenge #340 that introduces a Challenge Mash-up. 

I was able to choose 2 or more challenges from the month and ended up choosing the highlighted options:

• Color Challenge - Basic Black, Vanilla, Blackberry Bliss
• Sketch Challenge
• Halloween
• Alcohol Blending Technique

Below is my creation that features the Intricate Leaves Dies and the Pretty Pumpkins Stamp Set. I added a few touches of Gold to tie into that beautiful Blackberry Beauty Specialty DSP, which is unfortunately not available at this time.

Cardmaking Tips

• Cut a 3" x 4" piece of vellum. Use the Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry and Polished Pink Dark Stampin' Blend markers to use the Alcohol Blending Technique. Set aside to dry.
• Use an A4 cardstock base from Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock. 
• Use the largest Stitched So Sweetly scalloped die to cut out from the Blackberry Beauty DSP and adhere towards bottom right side of card base. 
• Cut out the large leaf and the two small leaves from the Gold foil sheet and adhere on top of the DSP as shown.
• Use the 2nd largest Stitched So Sweetly scalloped die to cut out from Very Vanilla Cardstock. Adhere on top of the DSP using dimensionals. 
• Bring back the dry piece of vellum and trim it to 2 1/8" x 3 1/4". Use some versamark ink to stamp the detailed pumpkin image onto the center of the vellum. Heat emboss with white embossing powder and adhere with tape adhesive onto the center of the vanilla rectangle.
• Stamp the sentiment "Gather Together" onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock using versamark ink. Heat emboss with gold embossing powder. Use your sharp scissors to cut around the sentiment. Adhere on top of embossed vellum using glue dots.
• Put the final touch onto the detailed pumpkin using the Gold shimmer ribbon that is cut in half, lengthwise and tied into a bow. Adhere with a glue dot.
• Follow a similar layout from the card front for the inside of the card. This time I left out a sentiment.

Cardmaking Supplies:

To view and shop from a complete list of supplies used for this card, click on the following link: https://s.tamp.in/4YZs73 

I do hope you have enjoyed this week's card project! I would love to hear from you in the comments below!

Until next time...