Fall Inspiration Instagram Hop

I'm excited to join a special Instagram hop today, organized by my super talented friend Bobbie Sue McConathy. All the designers on this hop have created Fall inspired cards and if you haven't heard me say this before, Fall is my favorite season of the year! Today's card features products from Spellbinders, Catherine Pooler, Sizzix, Echo Park Paper, Scrapbookcom, Ranger Ink and Picket Fence Studios. You also have a chance to win a prize on this hop. Scroll down for creative details, I have lots! 

(Craft alert!! Confession time below, you won't believe what I did!)

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 

I used a lot of techniques for my card: dry embossing, stamping, ink smooshing and die cutting. The stamp set is from Catherine Pooler's Inside Out Gratitude Sentiments. 

In addition, I used my Spellbinders Hexi-Gem dies with my Platinum 6 die cut machine, to create a layered frame for my stamped sentiment. 

I chose lots of neutral colors to pair with my black gingham paper, pulled from one of my Echo Park Paper scrapbook collections called Little Ladybug.

I thought it might be fun to pull the plaid into my sentiment as well, and had the idea to trim a piece of my gingham paper, then trim off two corners and offset them at the top and bottom of my hexagon shape.  It really helped to create a lovely boundary for my sentiment. I can see myself creating lots of these framed designs as focal pieces for my cards in the future. I love the look!

For my leaves, I did some ink smooshing with Ranger Ink using these colors:

Distress Carved Pumpkin

Distress Kitsch Flamingo

Distress Oxide Vintage Photo

Distress Oxide Wild Honey

 + Jack O'Lantern Distress Mica Stain (splattered)

If you've never tried ink smooshing, it's a lot of fun! You need a craft mat, a water spritzer, ink and a craft heat tool. Just press your ink pads onto the craft mat (one color at a time), spritz with a little water, then dab your white cardstock randomly into the mix. Only ink smoosh one color at a time, then heat set, then the next color and so on.

Once I was done ink smooshing and drying my other colors, I unscrewed my Ranger Mica Stain and tapped the tube feeder to sprinkle droplets all around my inked cardstock. It leaves a dark orange reddish hue that has lots of shimmer and shine.

OK, CONFESSION TIME!!! You know, sometimes as crafters/cardmakers, we have to make lemons out of lemonade, right? Well I went to visit my dad on a Saturday, took some of my supplies to make these leaves while I was there because I knew he'd take a nap and then I would be bored, haha.

So, I start ink smooshing and lo and behold I left my heat tool at home. What's a girl to do? Hmmmm.....I wonder if I could dry these in the microwave. I guess you can see where this is going. I did however, use a heavyweight mixed media cardstock for my leaves, so I don't know if this would work as well for lightweight cardstock. I wouldn't want you to set the microwave on fire. I placed my inky cardstock in the microwave and did 5 second increments. After a total of 10 seconds, it was mostly dry. There were a few tiny spots that I just blotted with a paper towel and then I proceeded on to ink smoosh the next color and repeat the microwaving.

I can't believe I microwaved my inky card panel, but there you have it folks. Lemons out of lemonade!

Next, I used a leaf die from one of my Sizzix/49 and Market stamp/die sets to cut the leaves from my ink smooshed card panel. I also cut some leaves on black cardstock and used it as staggered backing for a shadow effect. They're popped up an adhesive foam strips as well. My backdrop is a tan colored paper from one of my Scrapbookcom Christmas paper pads, embossed with my Spellbinders Circle Illusion 3D embossing folder for more visual appeal. 

Lastly, I glued some embellishments from a Picket Fence Studio Halloween Sequin Mix. This is an A2 sized vertical card, so some of my papers were trimmed to fit and layer within those dimensions.

Thanks so much for hanging with me today! Make sure you stop by the Instagram hop and follow the requirements to be entered to win a prize! The hop begins today, Oct. 10th at 10 am EST.

(Clickable shopping links below)

Terri

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Blackout Inspiration Card for Erin Lee Creative

Hello my lovely friends! I'm back with another card featuring products from the new Erin Lee Creative release and testing out the blackout technique for the first time. I've also got some coupon codes! Scroll down for details.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

First, let me tell you about the new Faith Over Fear stamp set. It comes with inspiring quotes and scripture but what really caught my eye was a lyric from one of my favorite contemporary Christian songs sung by CeCe Winans - Goodness of God. It's a gorgeous song, look it up! In fact, it's been in my head for days, thanks to working with this stamp set, haha!

I decided on a floral backdrop, so I chose my 3D embossing folder, Botanical Bliss, to test out my technique. This embossing folder is currently on markdown and any markdown items are 60% off when you use coupon code OCTOBER at checkout.

I first saw my crafty friend Ilda (@ilovedoingallthingscrafty) on Instagram do the blackout technique a couple months ago. I've been wanting to try it and finally made the time.

Basically, you dry emboss your cardstock (I used white), then flip your embossed cardstock over to color on the negative side. Don't color the empty space that surrounds your embossed images. I also used my OLO Markers to color. 

You don't have to be precise or worry about coloring outside the lines. This technique may work best with 3D embossing folders because of the deeper impression, but I haven't tried it on regular embossing folders so I can't be sure.

When finished coloring, grab a black ink pad and swipe it from top to bottom on your colored cardstock. I recommend you make sure your ink pad has plenty of ink. 

You can go in after adding the blackout and touch-up your coloring if needed. I also did some embellishing with a white gel pen on some of my florals and also added lots of white paint splatters.

 

For my sentiment, I stamped on white cardstock using my Misti stamp positione, then ink blended all around the the outside of the sentiment with my Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink. Next, I went in with some Ranger Distress Oxide Ink in Vintage Photo. I trimmed my cardstock and also a black backing and popped it up on adhesive foam strips.

Lastly, I finished off my card with some sequins and a string bow.

I've already heard that some of the items from this new release are about to sell out, so if you see something you really, really want, get it! You can stack your coupon codes and use code WAFFLE for an additional 10% off any of the new release products. Hurry, these codes won't last for long.

I have clickable affiliate links below, if you'd like to shop or browse. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Terri

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