Happy Thanksgiving!

Today I wish all my American friends

A very Happy Thanksgiving

and hope you all have a wonderful time

with your family and friends.

My card is also for the Tape It Up challenge on the

 Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.

So I started with 3 colors of washi tape on a piece

of scrap. Next I took a word from this sizzix thinlit set

and cut out the word thanks.

Then the background was the next step.

I took some distress oxide inks out in fall colors.

With blending tools I added the colors to the paper.

I am quite happy with the final result.

Now some stamping, embossing and coloring is done.

Here the result of the stamping

and the cutting of the "thanks".

Thank you for looking

and have a delicious creative day!

Bugaboo Bingo

Here my card for the Bingo challenge on the 

weekly challenge on the 

Bugaboo Challenge Blog.

This week it is a B-I-N-G-O

and my choice is: Bugaboo image - embossing and button.

For my card I used the Friday Freebie Turkey Pumpkin

and colored this with my SU! stampingblends.

I printed the image twice and cut the pumpkin

of the second image to have a 3d effect on the card.

The leaves are cut with a strip die by Tim Holtz.

The background od the card is embossed with a leaves

embossing folder.

Before running the panel trough the big shot,

I added a few Fall colors of distress ink on the 

embossing folder to create the colorful background.

This sentiment is from my digital stamp stash,

 not sure where I found it.

I also used some design paper left over pieces to

finish the cards. Thankful for my box of buttons.

There is always one I can use.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - day 2

Welcome to day 2 of the 

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter 2019 Blog Hop.

Today I will reveal how I came a coffee card addict:

In 2003 I became a member of Club Scrap.

They have montly Scrap and or stamp kits.

I noticed they had a kit called Mocha Java that I really like,

but unfortunately was sold out. 

I am not such a coffee addict(just black coffee and not all these

different flavours - except PSL), but i love the colors and

the images. So I got a few Club Scrap Mocha Java stamps

through ebay and started making coffee cards with every kit

I received and a lot of people where cheering on, because they

also wanted those stamps. 

So a few years later (March 2007) there was Mocha Java Remix

and by then most members of Club Scrap knew me by my coffee cards.

So you understand, I am so happy that Club Scrap is 

a Super Sponsor to my coffee addiction and so great

that they are now sponsering the blog hop.

Some of my Club Scrap coffee collection.

So, today I have two coffee cards with Club Scrap

papers, images and stencil.

The cup is a die by SU! and the coffee is a die

by Verve Stamps.

I used the stencil from the September Falling Leaves

kit. It is still available HERE.

There is also a collage cut file for plotters HERE.

I tried with sprays first. I laid the stencil down on 

aquarel paper and sprays de stencil in Autumn colors,

but when the stencil was lifted, it was too wet,

but when I turned the stencil and pressed it to another

piece of aquarel paper, I got this beautiful background.

The sentiment and globe stamp are from the

October Expeditions kit and you find it HERE.

After cutting the paper, I used a piece of scrap to

decorate the inside of the card.

For this card I laid down the stencil and used different

Autumn colors of distress oxide inks and a blending tool.

You see the same stamps, but also some wonderful

leaves behind the cup. Those are dies that came with the

September Falling Leaves kit. You find those HERE.

Don't foget to leave a comment HERE

for my GIVEAWAY stamp sets.

Thank you for looking

and have a latte creative day!

Freshly Made Sketches 259: Fall

Here is my card for the

Freshly Made Sketches Blog.

I used Club Scrap digital Literature kit

and one of the real rubber stamps.

This is the current sketch.

I started with printing a bookpage from the 

digital Literature kit (you find it here) and cut it to size

for a card. I embossed the card with autumn leaves

and colored the raised parts with  distress ink.

With a Tim Holtz die I cut out of the rest of the bookpaper the Autumn leaves.

The card paper I colored with  brown distress ink

and some drops of water.

This is the embossed paper on the card.

The leaves are colored and I manipulated the 

veins of the leaves and colored them with a black 

blending tool.

After essembling the card I stamped the sentiment at the

bottom of the card. This stamp is from the rubber stamp

sheet that goes with the paper version of the Litlerature kit.

You find it here.

This was my inspiration.

Near our house.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Ginko 3

3 more cards today and this will close my

ginko triptych with Club Scrap's

Transformations stamps.

 Card #7

For these last three cards I many used the stamp

with the branch with ginko leaves.

For this card I stamped the leaves with green and 

a touch of brown direct to the stamp.

On top you see a butterfly cut out with a 

Stampin'Up! die.

 Card #8

Brown,yellow and green  are the colors  used to stamp

this panel. A few gemstones, hemp  and a sentiment 

and this card is ready.

 Card #9

For this panel I started out with the black leaves.

They are stamped with versamark and black 

embossing powder. Next I stamped with brown.

Then I took some golden glimmer mist and sprayed

this on top of it all. it is a pity you cannot see how 

beautiful this is.

Thank you for looking!

Have a creative day!

More ginko

Hi!

I am back with more ginko leave cards.

Hope you liked them yesterday.

It seems once you get going you can not stop trying

all kind of ideas. All samps and papers

are from Club Scrap's Transformations kit.

Card#4

For this card I used patterned paper from the kit that

was already decorated with the ginko leave.

The front panel is embossed with a script embossing

folder and on top the leave stampedwith versamark 

and emossed with gold embossing powder.

Card #5 

The base of this card is the paterned paper.

The panel on top is stamped with the bunch of

leaves and I combined a darker and a lighter

green ink before stamping. Behind the panel

some of the silver paper that came with the kit

is added as well as the coin and the ribbon.

 Card #6

Here I played with the stencil fro the kit

and the leave stamp.First I stamped the leaves

in light green allaround the background. Then 

I took the stenciland with a blending tool

I rubbed the brown inkon top. When finished

I cut up the paper in 1.75 x 1.75 inch squares.

The leave on top is stamped with dark green

and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Then I took the leave stenciland colored the leave 

with light green ink.

Thank for looking!

Have a creative day!

Ginko

In the Club Scrap Transformations kit

were some wonderful stamps of ginko leaves.

I hardly had time to use them.

As I am clearing my craft room,

I found some dried ginko leaves.

and they inspired me to make some cards.

Card #1

The first card is a combination of

the stampand the stencil that was in this kit.

First i stamped the ginkoleave in brown and not all 

detailes leaving some room for color.

Then I placed the stencilon top and colored the leaves

with green. The combination gave a great look.

 Card #2

For this card I used the 2 different ginko leave

stamps that the kit came with. The one large leave for

the background and the smaller leaves for the  middle

part. Here I added a real dried leave.

 I glued it with glossy accent.

Card #3

For the thirc card I came acros this challenge on the

Merry Monday Blog

and suddenly had this fun idea.

I love moustace faces (as my dh has one!) so I have this

moose stamp from Riley and company and the sentiment from 

TMH Designs and the ginkoleave can pass perfectly for mistletoe.

With a few read pearly sticky beads I finished off the card.

Thanks for looking!

Have a creative day!