Falling for Wednesdays IG Hop - Week 7

Happy Wednesday friends; I hope you've had a great week so far.  I'm back with my card for the Falling for Wednesdays IG Hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly.  It is Week 7 and this week is the last week of this hop but don't be sad we'll be back very soon with a Winter Wonderland Hop.  This week's theme is 'BOO-tiful' and we want to see all things Halloween.  

I don't really make Halloween cards as none of my family really celebrates the occasion so I decided to make some fun Halloween inspired sour cream containers.  I'm sorry but my post is photo heavy so scroll through if you don't want to see them all.  Here are my cute containers:

here they are individually:

a close up of the cute images:

I began by making the containers.  I used 4 sheets of patterned paper in 2 different colours and cut them to 5 1/2" x 6 1/2".  I've made these before so knew what to do but if you're not sure there are loads of tutorials on Pinterest and YouTube.  Typically I couldn't find my paper crimper to crimp the edges (isn't it always the case when you need something) so just left them plain on the bottom.  For the top I punched 2 holes with my Crop-a-dile (another hunt around the craft room first though) and tied some ribbon in a knot before wrapping some black twine in a bow to secure and make it look pretty.  I didn't have any lime green or orange ribbon so I coloured some white ribbon with my Promarkers to match.  

I stamped the 4 adorable images and coloured them with Promarkers; I made sure to leave enough room so that I could cut them out with a circle die (whilst the die was still in place I lightly inked around the edges with a grey ink pad for some definition).  I also cut the matching scallop die with card to co-ordinate with the images.  I didn't have any lime green card so ink blended that one to match before cutting it out.  The sentiments are from the same stamp set; I stamped 2 in black ink and 2 were white heat embossed onto black card.  I added the stamped circles on to the scalloped circles with foam tape and then they were added to the container with double sided tape.  The sentiment was then added on top with double sided tape.  I added a few white gel pen highlights and voila they were done.  

I tied the opening with ribbon because I didn't have any small treats available to fill them with so it means I can undo them and fill them when I'm ready.  

I would like to enter my treat containers into the following challenges:

Colourful Options challenge - neon

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG option spots and/or stripes (my paper has spots)

Creative Inspirations challenge - autumn or Halloween

Dream Valley challenge - occasions other than birthday

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - show us some colouring (coloured with Promarkers)

Get Creative challenge - purple, black, green and orange 

Papercraft challenges - ribbon

Pearly Sparkles challenge - let's go cute

Shopping Our Stash challenge - colour me beautiful - 13 challenges max

Tic Tac Toe challenge - purple, orange, black/purple, witch, embossing/free, orange, embossing/free, broom, black

Unicorn challenge - autumn and/or Halloween

We Love Stamping challenge - mood board (I was inspired by the colours)

I hope you will be able to join us over at Instagram and check out the hop.  Please use the hashtag #ffwcardgroup2023 to find all the creations by the participants of the hop and if you want to join in we can find your makes too.  

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

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

MFT - fab-BOO-lous friends stamp set (bought new from a store on eBay)

Spellbinders - standard circles large dies

Spellbinders - classic scalloped circles large dies

Gina K Designs - key lime and stormy sky ink pads

card, ribbon and twine from my stash

Promarkers

Wow - white super fine embossing powder

Memento tuxedo black ink pad (to stamp images)

Versafine onyx black ink (for sentiments)

Sakura - white gelly roll 10 pen

Falling for Wednesdays IG Hop - Week 5

Hello again friends; I hope your day is going brilliantly.  It's Wednesday so that means it's the next instalment of the Falling for Wednesdays IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly.  We are now on Week 5 and this week is all about 'fall critters'.  

I love making cards with cute critters so the only dilemma was which image to use.  I dug out an older stamp set that I've never used so decided to show it some love.  

Here is my fall critter card:

and a close up of the critters:

I only added an acorn on the inside; I'll add a sentiment when I know what it's for:

here are the Promarkers I used:

I began by stamping my images and colouring them with Promarkers; I don't have the dies so I fussy cut them out (the tiny acorn was a bit fiddly).  I stamped one of the sentiments from the set onto the log with black ink.  I took a white card panel 3 3/4" x 5" and ink blended some honey mustard ink on the bottom; I also took my cloud stencil and used some sea glass ink on the top.  I wanted my critters to look like they were in a pile of leaves and I'd just received my Gina K Designs order and it was still sitting on my desk so used these beautiful dies to cut out the leaves from white card and inked them up with various autumnal inks.  I arranged the leaves at the bottom in a pile and adhered them with liquid glue.  I added both hedgehogs, the log and the mushroom with thin foam squares.  I really wanted the add the jumping hedgehog with an action wobbler but I still can't find them (if I order more I will discover them right away I'm sure) so he had to be added with foam squares but he still looks super cute.  I then added the card panel onto my card base with foam tape also.  

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

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge - any occasion

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG but must include an animal

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - signs of fall

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

NBUS - never used the hedgehog stamps

Retro Rubber challenge - fall scenes (my stamp set is from 2016)

Stencil Fun challenge - must use a stencil + option fall (I used a cloud stencil)

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - ATG/use die cuts (my leaves were die cut)

Tic Tac Toe challenge - foliage, free, stencil (I used a cloud stencil for my background)

We Love Stamping challenge - autumn leaves

I hope you will be able to pop over to Instagram and check out the hop.  As always please use the hashtag #ffwcardgroup23 to find all the participants gorgeous creations and we will be able to see yours if you want to join in the fun too.  

Enjoy the rest of your day.  I'll be back again tomorrow with my GDT card for the Krafty Chicks challenge - week 3 is CAS cards.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

MFT - happy hedgehogs stamp set

Gina K Designs - autumn leaves (this was a free gift in the Breath of Sunshine card kit)

Gina K Designs ink pads - jellybean green, faded brick, sea glass, honey mustard, sweet corn

Promarkers

Versafine onyx black ink (for sentiment)

Memento tuxedo black ink (to stamp my images)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm white smooth card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Falling For Wednesdays IG Hop - week 3

Happy Hump Day friends; I'm back for this week's instalment of the Falling for Wednesdays IG Hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly and we are already at Week 3!  This week is 'Leaf Peeping' so we want to see all your autumn leaves.  

I didn't have much time to create this week so although I had lots of ideas I kept it fairly simple.  Here is my card:

a closer look:

once again I decorated the inside:

I began by embossing a white panel with a falling leaves embossing folder which I then adhered to a very dark burgundy card panel mat.  This was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  I used an ephemera sheet and matching die plate to cut out all the leaves and arranged them in a wreath shape onto my embossed background using thin foam squares.  I die cut a stitched and plain circle from the same white and burgundy card and stamped my sentiment onto the white circle (I did some masking as I couldn't fit the 'so' word onto my circle); I then added this into the centre of my wreath with a double stacked foam square.  I finished off with some gold pearls and my card was complete.  A really simple card but I love it!

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

Little Red Wagon challenge - square or rectangle (I used to make square cards all the time but now it's mostly rectangle A2 cards)

Color Throwdown challenge - orange, red, maroon and gold

Unicorn challenge - layer it up

Creative Inspirations challenge - sentimental

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an embossing folder/option poppies

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - colours of autumn +/- not a square or rectangle

Dream Valley challenges - dry embossing

NBUS challenge - never used the autumn splendor ephemera & die plate before

I hope you can pop over to Instagram and check out the hop.  As always please use the hashtag #ffwcardgroup23 to see all the participants and for us to find your creations if you'd like to join in the fun.  

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

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Everything I used on this card was Gina K Designs (except the card stock)

* the store is currently closed for maintenance so I've linked to Bumbleberry Crafts

Autumn Splendor ephemera sheets & die plate

Falling Leaves embossing folder

A Happy Hello mini stamp set (for sentiment on front)

On The Inside stamp set (for inside sentiment)

Master Layouts 3 (for circle dies)

Pearl mix in black, gold, & silver

other products:

Versafine Onyx black ink

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm white smooth card 

burgundy card from stash