November New Release Hop with TCP

Hello there TCP fans!  Today's the day!  We're sharing the full November release at The Cat's Pajamas!  I'm excited to be sharing a card featuring the fun new dies "Stitched" Dies. These are some great dies that include a fun stitched border die and a coordinating sentiment on the inside that can be used as a cut-out or a stand alone diecut sentiment!  They include:  Stitched Big Hugs, Hello, Thanks, Beautiful

They also coordinate nicely with the Big Word Basics stamp set.  

You can check out everyone's fab creations by visiting their blogs today!  Check out the complete blogroll now:  

Kerry (That's ME!)

Christine

Michele

Nancy

Brenda 

Deborah

Lynn

Wendy

Alma

To create my card, I started out by using some Nuvo Shimmers on a piece of white cardstock.  I spritzed and dried then spritzed a bit of Tsukineko Shimmerz Spray for added shimmer and shine.  Once it was completely dry, I cut out the stitched border and sentiment.  I set the sentiment scraps aside and cut it one more time to allow me to have a white sentiment to insert into my panel.  I also diecut another stitched border (by itself) and glued the colorful one on top to allow for my sentiment to be attached easily.  

After assembling the sentiment, I set out to decorate my card.  I attached some golden washi tape some golden pearls, the leftover hearts and some additional golden hearts (stamped from the Big Word Basics stamp set) and embossed with Hero Arts embossing glitter.

I attached some holeless sequins, added a "Hey Bae" sentiment from the One Liners stamp set and some golden thread to finish it off!

Thanks for hopping over!  I hope you head over to Christine's blog to see what she has created!

Not quite CAS- RGStudio360 Fall Wreath

 Hey there inky friends!  I'm blogging one more card featuring the gorgeous stamp/digi set called "Fall Wreath".  This set is available in DIGI form AND CLEAR STAMP form.  When you purchase the stamp set, you automatically receive the digital download...FREE!  To create this card, I cropped and assembled various leaves into a Word Document to create a falling leaves background.  I added the sentiment onto this design as well.  I overlapped some of the leaves onto each other as well as on the sentiment to to make the design seamless.  Once I was happy with my layout, I printed the document and started coloring.  I used Neocolor2 Aquarelle watercolor pastels to color the paper and then flicked some black watercolor onto the background too. 

 Since none of my cards go "naked", I added some taupe seam binding and some black twine and then layered a few spare leaves from my previous projects.  To cover the assemblage of leaves, I mounted a few real pine cone seeds on top for that natural element.  I love adding real nature to my fall cards!  How about you???

Finally, I applied my stamped panel to a square card base.  Fenito Bandito!

Thanks for stopping over to check out my card!  I hope it inspires you to create something pretty today! 

Thank You! Falling For You with RGStudio360

Hey there inky friends!  I'm back with another fall themed card featuring the deeeeelish stamp/digi set from RGStudio360 called "Fall Wreath".  I was inspired to create another project featuring the beautiful leaves in this set and pulled my design inspiration from the RGStudio360 Community (Facebook) Mood Board Challenge #8.  If you're not a part of the group, make sure to request to join!  It's full of awesome inspiration and fun challenges!  Take a look at this mood board and see how many pieces I incorporated into my card creation!  What do you spy?  The colors?  Can you see all of them?  How about the burlap?  Falling Leaves?  Perhaps you can see a hint of those boards?  Lots and lots of inspriation!  

To create my card, I started out by blending a bit of light greenish-blue ink onto the cream card panel and then mounted a piece of pumpkin colored paper that I tore a bit.  I flicked some of the Neocolor2 Aquarelle watercolor onto this panel using a super-fine paint brush.  Next, I added a tiny strip of dark green cardstock to the top of this layer and then added the satin ribbon and the burlap ribbon. 

Next, I proceeded to assemble my leaf cluster from the "Fall Wreath" digi set onto the card and around the ribbon to mimic my idea of tossing leaves into the air and letting them softly float on down. Some leaves were directly glued while others were popped onto the card  panel with foam squares.   Remember, this set is available in DIGI and CLEAR STAMP FORM! 

Finally, I added some golden thread and fussy cut the thank you sentiment.  I applied a bit of the same greenish-blue ink onto this sentiment with my finger and then applied some glossy accents to give a little more dimension.  This sentiment was mounted onto the card panel with some foam squares.  I mounted this panel onto a green card base. 

WAHOO!  That's two pretty fall cards created with this gorgeous stamp/digi set!  Next up, another-more CAS style card, more "flat", more simple.  Come back tomorrow to see my final card featuring this gorgeous stamp/digi set! 

Falling for Fall...RGStudio360 Announcement!

Hello there inky friends!  Today I'm excited to share some fun news with you!  I was recently invited to join the RGStudio360 Design Team.  WOOP WOOP!  RG and his team announced the news on his social media channels by sharing my first of many projects.  I decided to play with the gorgeous new set called "Fall Wreath". To create my card, I used the digital version of this stamp set.  Did you know that when you purchase a stamp set through RGStudio360, you also receive the digital download for free?  YEP!  It's great that you get both versions! 

While I waited for the stamp set to arrive, I got to work on playing with the digital set.  I love that I can manipulate the images- resize, and layer the images easy-peasy and then can print the images on my computer.  Once printed, I can design my cards any way I wish! 

I wanted to focus on the "nutty" part of the wreath so I enlarged the wreath, twirled it around and offset my image so that I could have the image fill the page.  After cutting out this wreath panel, I colored the wreath with my Neocolor2 Aquarelle watercolor pastels.  I love the vibrancy of these artist pastels and they are so fun to work with. 

After coloring the image, I colored some additional leaves so that I could have a collection for future cards as well as for embellishing touches to my fall themed cards.  I selected one of the leaves to embellish over the ribbon touches.  After coloring these additional leaves, I splattered some blue aquarelle watercolor onto the panel using my fine paint brush.  Next, it was on to glossing up and making things shiny...Yes, I sure do love the shine and the "invitation for touchy-feely experiences" with my cards.  I added glossy accents to the berries, the pinecone, the nuts as well as the extra leaves.  

After creating this panel, I attached a little strip of gold cardstock along the left edge of the panel and added a few golden flat-backed pearls.  Perfect little finishing touches!  To finish the card off, I curled a few of the edges of this panel up with my finger and then mounted it onto a dark green card base (with a topfold).  

Thanks for popping over to check out my first project featuring RGStudio360 products.  I am excited to share a few more projects with this stamp/digi set with you again so please stop back over to my blog again soon!  :)  Have a great week!