Two for Tuesday: Autumn Toile Masculine Cards

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My Two for Tuesday card share today features my current favorite Autumn Designer Series Paper, Autumn Toile. I like this paper collection so much that I have a feeling I may actually use the whole paper pack soon! Both cards today are masculine cards, which are cards that I don’t have many in my card stash. So it’s nice to have these ready to go when needed.

The first card here is (obviously) a birthday card using two coordinating patterns from the DSP.

…and here’s the inside.

Both sentiments are from my stash.

The second card is a Get Well card. All my current Get Well cards are florally and definitely not appropriate for a man. So, again, I’m happy to have this one in my stash, as well.

I wish I had made an extra card of each while I had all the paper and supplies out. Do you usually make more than one of the same card to have on hand?

Thanks for stopping by today…see you again soon!

Take care,

Rosanne

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Sending Cheerful Healing Hugs – PP757 Sketch Challenge

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I’m playing along with The Paper Players sketch challenge HERE…this was such a fun sketch as it is open to so many interpretations.

Here’s mine…

Today’s share is a bright and cheery Get Well card. I created a floral wreath from an image and die from the Gallery Blooms Bundle. I really like this flower image because you can determine what kind of flower it is simply by coloring it. I’ve seen it colored in pretty pastels or bright bold colors. I’m choosing to believe that my flowers are mini sunflowers.

After stamping, coloring and cutting the flowers, I adhered them to a die cut circle to form the wreath. Then using additional circle dies added the sentiment, which is from the retired So Sentimental stamp set, to the center. The vertical ribbon is a retired SU Cherry Cobbler ribbon from my stash. And the embossing folder (which if you look closely is upside down…so look away quickly!) is the Gathering Leaves EF.

I hope your week is going well. Our has been a bit quiet as our Philadelphia Phillies have had the week off before the playoffs start on Saturday and Red October truly begins!!

Take care,

Rosanne

Fun Fold Friday: Traditions of Christmas Spanner Fun Fold

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As been the routine lately, each Friday I share a Fun Fold from Jeanie Stark’s Monday Mystery Fun Fold Challenge. And again each week I decide that that week’s fun fold is my favorite. Well, not to deviate from that…this week’s IS my new favorite! You can download the PDF tutorial to create this fun fold on Jeanie’s blog HERE.

I’m really enjoying SU’s Traditions of Christmas suite of products. It’s actually one of my favorite suites in a very long time and I think it makes it so easy to make beautiful cards.

The Designer Series paper did most of the work on this card. The beautiful floral spray is cut using the Christmas Greenery Dies. However, the sentiment is from the Jolly Delivery stamp set.

And the inside sentiment is from the Words of the Seasons stamp set.

After having such a good time creating the first card, I did a second…

This card features the Nest of Winter Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is from the Delicate Pines stamp set.

The inside sentiment is from the Holly Jolly stamp set.

All the products I used on both cards are listed below.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have an enjoyable weekend.

Take care,

Rosanne

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Clean and Simple Autumnal Card for PP756

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I’m playing along with the Paper Players Clean and Simple Watercolor Challenge. I must say that I hardly ever watercolor. It was always a medium that I never felt that I mastered, so I accepted this challenge to give it another go.

Here’s my card…

The pretty image is from Power Poppy’s Fortunes of Fall stamp set. Isn’t that a great name for a stamp set? I’ve always loved Power Poppy’s images and I’m disappointed that Marcella, the artist and owner, is no longer producing new stamps. She still has a website where you can buy some sets and a wide array of digital stamps.

I stamped the image with Versa-Fine ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder before coloring it with Prisma-Color Watercolor Pencils. This was actually easier than I thought. So I thank Jan for this challenge because I’ll definitely be coloring with these pencils more. Lastly, but not really evident in the photo, I added Wink of Stella to the three pumpkins to add a little “frost on the pumpkins”.

Here’s a peek inside…

Another fun challenge from The Paper Players!

Take care,

Rosanne