Fall Friends IG Card Hop - Week 11

Hello again friends; I hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday. I'm back with my card for Week 11 of the 'Fall Friends' IG card hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This week is our penultimate week and our theme is 'gratitude or fall florals'. A really fun theme this week and you could make a thank you or thanksgiving card or simply go for a fall floral card, which is what I did.

I needed a card for friend so what better to use than flowers and sunflowers are perfect for fall and so pretty too.  I made a 5" x 7" card as it was for someone special.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A close up of the sunflower:

I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a panel of ivory card 4 1/8" x 6 3/8" and embossing it with an embossing folder and adhered it to a kraft card mat with double sided tape.  I stamped two of the sunflower images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with my Promarkers (although I've noticed that I forgot to colour the centre of the top sunflower - oops!).  I used the matching dies to cut them out.  I cut a strip of the ivory card 4 1/4" x 1 1/4" and adhered it to a kraft card mat with double sided tape.  I then added this onto the centre of embossed panel with double sided tape.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment from the same stamp set and die cut the friend word from dark yellow card; I also cut the friend word from white card and layered them together for some dimension.  Both the sentiments were added to the strip with liquid glue.  I added the sunflowers to opposite corners with foam squares.  The whole panel was then added to my card base with foam tape.  As a finishing touch I die cut some circles from the dark yellow card, adhered them to my panel with liquid glue and then added crystal glaze over the top to make my own enamel-type embellishments that matched my sentiment perfectly.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" and adhered it to a kraft card mat with double sided tape.  I stamped the sunflower in a light beige ink in the bottom left corner and added a strip of the ivory card that I embossed with the embossing folder.  I also added a strip of the kraft card above this.   I stamped the sentiment in the upper centre of the panel with black ink.  I added the whole panel onto my card base with double sided tape.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark (coloured with Promarkers)

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Birthstone challenges - topaz

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - anything embossing goes optional coffee/cocoa/warm drinks

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - texture

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - ATG optional twist: use 3+ layers

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - dies and/or punches

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or Xmas colours

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - emboss it (I used an embossing folder)

Triple B challenge - use at least 1 bird, bloom or butterfly optional mood board 

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,

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - blooming sunflower stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - lattice embossing folder

Gina K Designs - filled with sunshine stamp set (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - lots of dots die set (to cut circles)

Gina K Designs - intra-cut exclusive die set (for friend word)

Gina K Designs - sandy beach ink pad

Gina K Designs - kraft card 

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Tonic Studios - Nuvo crystal glaze

yellow and ivory card from stash