The Crafty Den: Fall Friends IG Card Making Hop

Hello again friends; I hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday. I'm back with my card for Week 7 of the 'Fall Friends' IG card hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. For Week 7 Rebecca & Renee are our hostesses and they have chosen 'fall sports or autumn outdoors'.

The fall sports/tailgate activity isn't really a thing in the UK so I decided to go with the autumn outdoors/nature theme this week. I am still into my ink smooshing so did that again this week. I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the ink smooshing:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the tree in the centre with black ink. I let that dry for a while before using my ink smoosher 'tool' (see last week's post) and some autumn colours of ink to create my tree. I did go over it again with some darker inks but overall I think it looks cool. Once the panel was dry I decided to trim down my panel to 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" and added a brown mat layer behind with double sided tape. I hand cut a small curved piece of the brown card and heat embossed the sentiment before trimming to fit below my tree; again adding it with double sided tape. I cut another white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and used a leaf embossing folder to add some texture. Again I added a brown mat behind with double sided tape. I added the embossed panel to the card base with double sided tape and then layered on the tree panel with foam tape. No embellishments this time as I didn't think it needed anything extra. For the inside I cut a white panel 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and ink smooshed the same colours at the very bottom of the panel. I then stamped part of the tree over the top in black ink. No sentiment as I thought I could add something when I needed the card. I added a brown mat layer with double sided tape and the whole panel was also added to my card base with double sided tape. A fairly simple card but I think it screams autumn.

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Aud Sentiments challenge - embossing and/or fall + sentiment

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - must use an embossing folder optional theme: monsters/halloween

Colorful Options challenge - orange

Craft Rocket challenge - autumn and/or halloween

Craft Catz challenge - anything goes optional theme: autumn colours

Creative Inspirations challenge - the season of autumn

Daisy Chain challenge - autumn and/or halloween

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - autumn/halloween

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - autumn and/or more than one fold

Inkspirational challenge - seasonal

Just Us Girls challenge - mood board

Little Red Wagon challenge - emboss it

Stamping Sensations challenge - autumn colours (supplies listed at bottom of post)

The Four Seasons challenge - anything goes fall

The Male Room challenge - trees

Unicorn challenge - autumn and/or halloween

We Love Stamping challenge - autumn (supplies listed at bottom of post)

Lots of autumn/autumn colours challenges around at the moment!

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; use the hashtag #fallfriendscardhop2024 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I'll be back tomorrow with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then enjoy the rest of your day and thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,