Hello Stamplings!
How are you? I mean, besides being on the edge of your seat? I put myself in a media blackout bubble on election day and made a coupla cards to ease the torture. It's more than 24 hours later and it's getting hard to breath up inside this bubble, but I gotta stay in here or lose my mind.
Given that we have whooshed into November and mails are taking longer because of the damnepic, I have to get going full speed with Christmas cards. Still, I feel a bit sorry for autumn. It always gets the bum's rush squished in between Halloween and Christmas in this country. And with Thanksgiving cancelled for many of us, I wanted to make a coupla more cards honoring the wonderful colored leaves Mother Nature bestows on us each year.
Onefer
I'm so pickled tink to have used this NBUS stencil before it got tossed on NBUS Mountain. It's called Four Layer Leaves Stencil by Spellbinders. I blended the leaves using Tim's inks, added the leafy panel to a glittery gold panel, and then added all that to a glittery plum panel. The scalloped stitched oval is from Cottage Cutz and the blessings sediment is from Hero Arts. For a bit of bling-a-ding-ding, Hammy opted for a triplet of ancient flat breads from SU. I mean brads. Flat brads.
Challenges
- Fusion: See inspiration photo and sketch. Playing in sketch portion.
- Just Us Girls: Wild card: word die-cuts.
- NBUS Challenge #20: Never-before-used-schtuff.
- Sunday Stamps: Fall leaves.
Twofer
My twofer today is truly an off-shoot of my onefer. After I blended the maple leaves, I spritzed the stencil and laid a piece of white card over the inked stencil. The aperture background above is the result. I think you can just make out the imprint of the leaves. Cool, huh? I always forget to do that because I always forget to even use my stencils. So much schtuff, so little brain cells left!
The inverted stitched scallop frame is from Pink & Main, the watercolored leafy stem is from Memory Box, and the sediment is from SU. This time the little furball chose plain gold sequints from the antique drawer for the bling.
Challenges
- CAS Mix Up: November watercolor theme: Off the edge. I've stamped, die-cut, watercolored, monoprinted, and stenciled on my card.
- Little Red Wagon: Colour me happy. (Use coloring on your card.)
- Pixie's Snippets Playground: A/G using your snippets. The background, leafy stem, and scallop frame are all snippets.
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Enjoy your day! No, seriously, stay safe and enjoy! LITS!*
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As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower! Please forgive me for not commenting as much as I once did. I have had a lot of anxiety for a while and these last few months of chaotic politics, coupled with Covid, have been very trying. Hopefully the political part will end soon. Thank you for understanding and remaining friends with me. I so appreciate your visits and comments. Mwah!
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