Falling for Wednesdays IG Hop - week 4

Happy Wednesday friends; I hope you're having a wonderful week so far.  I'm back again for this week's instalment of Falling for Wednesdays IG Hop which has been organised by my lovely friend Kelly.  This week is our only technique week and we were challenged to create our own plaid.  It's not as scary as it sounds; there are loads of stamps, stencils etc that you can use or you can even freehand draw your plaid.  I remembered that I had a plaid stamp so used that on my card.

Here is my plaid card:

A close up of the my cute image:

I also decorated the inside:

and made a matching envelope:

here are all the Promarkers and pens I used:

I began by creating my plaid (as if I messed it up I could start again).  I wanted a multi colour plaid so used 3 ink pads to ink up my stamp.  I softened the edges of the ink with a blending brush so that the blend between each colour wasn't too harsh.  The stamp set also comes with the thin lines so that you can really make the background pop - I stamped my lines in black ink for some contrast.  I didn't want my plaid to cover all the background as I thought that would be too much so I cut a piece of white card for my image to stand out a little.  I matted the plaid and white onto some dark chocolate card and also added a thin strip of the dark chocolate card between the plaid and white for some definition.  I stamped my image and coloured with Promarkers, added some white highlights, and then fussy cut it out.  I stamped my sentiment with white pigment ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  It did warp my panel a bit so I let it sit under my Misti for a while before adding it to my card with double sided tape to make sure it was extra secure on my card base.  I added the image with foam squares and grounded them with a light grey Promarker.  At the last minute I decided I wanted some pumpkins around my image but I put so many foam squares behind the image that I couldn't really fit them in, however after a little surgery (i.e. cutting them in half) I managed to squeeze two onto my card.  I finished off with some gold sequins.  I'm really happy with my plaid and I think I will have to make some more in other colours.  The card size is 5"x7".

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps challenge - any occasion

As You Like It challenge - autumn or winter (I love autumn, it's just so pretty with the changing leaves and the perfect weather for being outdoors)

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - signs of fall

Double D challenge - fall plaids

Get Creative challenge - pumpkin spice, please!

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - colours of autumn

Mix it Up challenge - ATG option make your own background (I stamped my background)

Retro Rubber challenge - fall scenes (my stamp is 6 years old)

Simply Create Too challenge - use stamps

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - make it cute

Tic Tac Toe challenge - stamping, brown and leaves (there are leaves on my image, hope this is ok)

Unicorn challenge - layer it up

We Love Stamping challenge - ATG option trees/leaves (there are leaves on my image)

I hope you will be able to pop over to Instagram and check out the hop.  Please usual the usual hashtag ffwcardgroup2023 and you will find all the participants cards and we will be able to see yours if you join in the fun.  

Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Concord & 9th - plaid background stamp

Honey Bee Stamps - acorn sisters

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm white smooth card

Limetree Crafts - 300gsm dark chocolate card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Spellbinders - gold smooth disc sequins

Gina K Designs - faded brick, fresh asparagus, honey mustard, white pigment ink pads

Wow - fine detail white embossing powder

Nuvo aqua shimmer pen in glitter gloss

Sakura - white gelly roll 10 pen

Versafine onyx black ink (for lines on plaid)

Memento tuxedo black ink (for stamping image)