Hoosier Cabinet Thinking of You Card

 Hello Crafters! I decided to make another rust and yellow Fall card. I've had the Honey Bee Stamps Hoosier Cabinet Die Set for a while but this is the first time I'm using it. I'm in love with this set and 5x7 cards are becoming my favorite size to make. 

I wanted to create a background for the cabinet that looked like old-fashioned wallpaper and a wood floor. The wallpaper was created using Honey Bee Stamps Damask Background Stencil (something else from my stash that's gone unused until now) and Gina K Designs Sweet Corn & Lemon Drop inks. To create the floor, I inked up a wood grain embossing folder from Crafter's Companion with GKD Faded Brick ink, placed a panel of white cardstock in it then ran it through my Platinum 6. Then I took a narrow strip of white cardstock and embossed lines on it with my score board and adhered it between the wallpaper and wood floor.

After die cutting the cabinet with Faded Brick cardstock, I ran it through the same embossing folder to give it that woodgrain look. The rest of the cabinet pieces (doors & drawers) were also die cut with Faded Brick cardstock. To create the panel behind the doors and the shelf I used the Honey Bee Stamps stencil Baking Spirits Bright and inked it with GKD Warm Cocoa ink and then inked Sweet Corn ink on top of that. 

All of the little details (dishes, pot holders, mixer, trim, etc) were die cut using Sweet Corn, Kraft & Faded Brick cardstock. The cookie jar behind the lower right door was die cut using vellum on top of the Sweet Corn star shaped 'cookies'.

I used GKD Ruffled Blooms Poly-Glaze and die for the sentiment. It was foiled with 14 Carat Gold foil and my Fuse Foiling System. It's really hard to get a good photo of the shine of the foiled sentiment.

For the inside of my card I cut a panel of white cardstock with a Waffle Flower scalloped die and inked the edges with Sweet Corn ink. I had extra die cut pieces from the Hoosier Cabinet set and adhered them to a strip of Faded Brick cardstock then adhered that to the scalloped panel.

 I am also adding this card to The Color Hues Challenge #119 - Rust & Yellow.

Thank you for visiting! Until next time, Happy Crafting!

An Autumn Thinking of You Card

 Hello Crafters! I'm back with an Autumn themed Thinking of You card. 

All of the flowers were inked and die cut with two Pinkfresh Studio sets - Fresh Florals and Floral Frenzy stencil and die sets - and dies from Gina K Designs - Autumn Leaves, Botanical Duo & Foliage Fillers. (The Floral Frenzy was part of a PFS Create & Connect cardmaking event that I took in August and it may be an exclusive set). After inking all of my florals and leaves with GKD Faded Brick, Sweet Corn & Wild Dandelion inks I die cut everything out and layered them in an offset circle on top of a panel of Spellbinders Beeswax cardstock that I ran through my die cutting machine with Honey Bee Stamps Waves Pierced A2 Cover Plate. 

The sentiment is from Thoughtful Flowers Poly-Glaze & Die set that I foiled in 14 Carat Gold foil with my Fuse Foiling System, all from Gina K Designs. I adhered the finished panel to a top folding card base of GKD Faded Brick cardstock and added gold metallic pearls from PFS to finish it off.

I even finished the card on the inside with another panel of the Beeswax cardstock and some extra die cut leaves. And while I was at it, I added a die cut leaf that I also inked up.

I'm adding this card to the Rust and Yellow Card Challenge at The Color Hues Challenge Blog #119

I am also adding this card to The Four Seasons Challenge Blog for their Anything Goes Fall challenge. Here is their Mood Board!

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Foiled Butterfly Slimline Card

 Hey Crafters! Today I have a card that I created for the Beautiful Butterflies Mod Squad Challenge. This challenge gave me the chance to use a new (to me) product - Gina K Designs/Therm-O-Web Stamp N Foil Foil-Mates Detail Sheets. I recently purchased a laminator, toner sheets, and a lot of foils! These Foil-Mates are called Butterfly Kisses and also has a stamp set and die set that comes separately (but of course I had to have them all!)

I decided to make a slimline card so I could put more of those butterflies on my card. I ink blended four colors onto my card front - Gina K's Passionate Pink, Sweet Mango, Turquoise Sea and Wild Lilac. Part of the butterfly wings come ready to foil but I stamped them in the same inks that I used on the card front and then I ran them through my laminator with the same color of Gina K Fancy Foils. It is so hard to see the beautiful and shiny foil in photographs unfortunately.

I used a sentiment from Lawn Fawn Butterfly Kisses (just a fun coincidence that both companies have the same name!) and heat embossed it with white embossing powder from Gina K. 

I die cut the sentiment and the postage stamp shape from Gina K Designs Master Layout #4. All of the elements are popped up on pop dots. 

I hope that you like my card for today! My new laminator has been getting a workout and I will post more cards that I've made using foiled elements and more info on the laminator itself. I will be adding this card to the Mod Squad Challenge! Thanks so much for visiting!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!