Autumn Wishes

Fall is in the air even here in Arizona. It has actually been chilly most of the week, we turned the ac off on Tuesday and it is still off. I want it to warm back up FAST!!

I made this card to enter into a few different challenges. And I used Fall colors on it.

 

I followed this sketch from:

 

The color inspiration came from:

 

 

 

 I want to enter this into these challenges:

 

CASE This Sketch - #191

Jo's Scrap Shack - #157 - Anything Goes
DL Art - #189 - Fall
Just Us Girls - 362 - Photo Week

 

Bookmarks & Gift Cards

Happy day after Thanksgiving, I hope that everyone had a wonderful turkey day.
 
Once again I have been busy playing with Deena's wonderful printables. I love these bookmarks, something keeps drawing me to them kind of like a moth to a flame.
 

 

You get two of each bookmark for a total of 4 on a page and you can print as many as you need. They make a nice little gift for any readers you know.

 

 

I made 2 cards and have 2 more bookmarks to give as gifts. After printing the file, I used some double sided tape on the back side and adhered a piece of Kraft paper to the back then I cut them with my paper trimmer and inked up the edges a little.

 

After adding a strip of dark orange paper I wrapped a piece of autumn leaves ribbon. I also punched a hole in the top of the bookmarks and added some twine. The bookmarks are adhered with foam tape so the recipient will be able to remove the bookmark and use it if they are very careful. A few sequins finished them off.

 

 

With these fall sheep hang tags you get 3 each of 3 different designs for a total of 9 tags and you can print as many as you want.

 

 

I was going to make some notecards but decided that gift cards would be nice. I also made envelopes for the cards with my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

 

I used scraps for the project, the card bases are 7" (before folding in half) tall by 3 1/4" wide. I scored and folded them at 3 1/2", added a strip of brown paper and the sheep images.

 







 

Note cards & Tic Tac Toe

Once again, I have two projects for today. The first one is a note card from this file:
 

 

 
This was so fast and easy to do, it wouldn't take very long at all to make up a set as a hostess gift as you are running out the door.

 

 



 After printing and cutting the note card and envelope out, I inked my edges then I added some leaves using a small leaf stamp from my stash, some shinny leaf  confetti and a piece of twine on the edge.

 

These would be useful for several different things, Thanksgiving dinner invitations, my favorite, tea party invitations, hostess gifts, actually a gift for any occasion.

 
Next I had more bottle cap fun, using up some more of these Fall Pockets bottle cap images from last month.
 

 

 

I wanted to make a Tic Tac Toe game that can go wherever you do. I left the outside a little bland. I started with a Silhouette file for the box, cutting the top, bottom and insert with my Cameo. I printed the, "Tic Tac Toe" with my Cricut.
 

 

I added the grid lines with my Cricut using Sure Cuts a Lot to trace a picture of the grid which I found online.

 



 

I cut the images out, inked the edges then adhered them to the inside of the bottle caps then I coated the entire inside of the caps with Glossy Accents. I made 5 scarecrow pieces and 5 cactus pieces. All of the pieces fit inside making it easier to find them and to take them along wherever you go.
 

I have two projects this week, Ewe-N-Me Printables has so many wonderful fall printables that I have a hard time deciding on which ones to work with and this week I came up with 2 different files and projects.
 
First up is a Fall shaker card that I made using this darling Fall Pockets file. There are 5 different bottle cap images, you get 6 of each image. These cut out very easily with a 1" circle punch. 
 

 
 
After printing and cutting out my bottle caps I inked the edges.
 

 
I used a sheet of Kraft paper for the card base. I put two leaf stamps on the same stamping block and used red and green inks on them. I stamped the background, including the piece that I used for the shaker element. I laid that piece directly onto the Kraft paper and stamped them both at the same time.
 
The, "Fabulous Fall" sentiment is a Cricut cut and I used Cricut's Fancy Frames cartridge to cut the shaker layers. I cut 6 layers using empty cereal boxes and glued them together to form the frame for the card. I also cut a piece of clear acetate for the window and another piece of cereal box for the base of the shaker element.
 
After assembling the shaker element and letting the layers dry thoroughly (overnight) I added the bottle cap images and some sequins before adhering the clear acetate and top frame.
 
For a finishing touch I added a piece of green twine to the fold.
 
Then I got to work using the Small Farmhouse Labels - Turkey Labels.
 

 

 

I am a firm believer that the bigger the mess I make, the more fun I am having. These Thanksgiving Gift Boxes definitely lived up to that. You get 3 each of 3 different sizes and labels for a total of 9 labels, 3 large, 3 medium and 3 small.

 



 

 

I have had these paper Mache boxes for quite a while, looking for the right project to use them.

 

The first step was to give all of the boxes a couple of coats of Gesso, the Gesso seals the paper Mache making it easier for the paint to cover more evenly. 

 

 
 
After giving all of the boxes a couple coats of Gesso and paint I cut doilies to fit the tops using water color paper then I painted the doilies to mix and match the boxes. After the paint dried I added some twine and glued them to the tops of the boxes. I used the large label on the large box, medium on the medium box and small on the small box. I inked the edges of the labels then layered them onto pieces of black card stock and adhered them to the tops of the boxes with foam tape.
 

 
 
I also painted some wooden buttons from Plum Purdy, added twine and adhered them below the labels.
 
 

 

 

I also added a piece of ribbon around the bottom of the boxes.



 

 

These would make great Hostess Gift Boxes for Thanksgiving or to put Thanksgiving type munchies into before gifting them to a friend.
 

Creative Bug on the Loose Challenge #7 - Midway Post

Fallen Hues Colour Challenge #7 - Midway Post.

 We are at the midway point for our color challenge using these fabulous fall colors. You need to use at least 3 of these colors for this challenge.

 

Design - Seeds - Fallen Hues 5

Today I had the Creative Bug on the Loose: Giving Thanks image to work with.

 

 I printed the image then colored it using colored pencils then I layered it onto a piece of burlap. The bling is from Zva Creative and the sentiment is from My Craft Spot's Happy Thanksgiving stamp set.

 

Dates for this challenge are: November 5 – December 2

Sadly this will be our last challenge.

 



Prizes for this challenge are:

 

Five digital images from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for a person chosen in a random draw based on all eligible entrants.

An additional prize of three images will be presented to a random winner who has used a CBD image in their project.  In theory, that means that if you use a CBD image, you could win a total of eight images!

A top three will also be chosen (as long as there are a minimum of seven people entering).  Each person in the top three will also get to choose an image from the store.

I've caught the bug, how about you? 

 

 

 

Magnets/Ornaments using Bottle Cap Image Inserts

Today I had the pleasure of using Fall Leaves Two Bottle Cap Image Inserts, these are very, very easy to work with. 

 Link to file 

You get 36 bottle cap inserts, 6 of each design. I made all of these and have a full row of 6 left. I also had some boo-boos, some trial and error items.
 
First I made some magnets.
 
 

Printable adhered to inside of bottle cap.

 

Printable adhered to outside of bottle cap.

 

Doubled up bottle caps.

A 1" circle punch is perfect for cutting these out. Since I can't find my 1" circle punch I just cut them out freehand, it didn't take long at all. I inked my edges then glued to the bottle caps.
 



Inner and outer.
 

The images seemed to want to curl up a bit on the outer edges so I weighted them down with magnets.

 

 

After the images are totally dry turn the bottle caps over and glue the magnets onto the opposite sides that the images are on.

 

The double sided magnets were made very similar to the ornaments, minus the alpaca wool for hanging and the additional image on the other side.

 

 

 I used my glue gun to attach the wool to the bottle caps, making sure to pile up enough hot glue to attach an additional bottle cap to the backside, insides matching.

 

 



Can you see the bit of a ridge behind the bottle cap? That is the other side, both sides are showing red when you turn them around. I did both the ornaments and double sided magnets this way.