Friday, November 14, 2025

Autumn Toile for As You See It Challenge #361 - An Accelerated Apple a Day

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When I originally saw the theme that Heather H. picked for our Speed Stamping Challenge this week, I thought it was brilliant! Simple but effective. But then I went searching for products with apples on them! Zilch! No apple dies, no apple papers, not even an apple pie. I almost missed it entirely, because it was so small, but when I was looking at the retired bundle, More Than Autumn, I found a tiny apple stamp and a coordinating die! Not big enough to be the focal point of a card by itself, mind you! I would have to add it to something. Check out the Challenge Banner:

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The title of this challenge, by the way, is An Accelerated Apple a Day! And for Speed Challenges, you have to make your card in 10 minutes or less.

You are allowed to plan it all out ahead of time, you can assemble all of your supplies and mount your stamps, but as soon as you cut paper or ink up a stamp, you must start the timer.

I decided to use the apple die to forgo colouring, but I needed a tree to put the apples on, so I got out the Autumn Toile DSP and fussy cut one. Now fussy cutting is not normally something you want to do when you are doing a speed challenge, but I had no other choice. To combat that, I used a pre-embossed panel  of Very Vanilla that I found in my stash as a background.


  •  I started with a card base of Early Espresso and added a layer of a striped pattern of the Autumn Toile DSP.
  • On top of that I added the Very Vanilla Embossed layer that I found in my stash. I'm not sure I even remember which EF I used for that pattern.
  • I fussy cut the tree from another pattern of Autumn Toile DSP and added it to the card front, then die cut 5 apples from Real Red cardstock and glued them on the tree. I know the scale of the apples isn't right but it was my only choice!
  • I also die cut the word Apple from the More Than Autumn bundle and glued it on under the tree, and stamped the word Pie in Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla cardstock. I fussy cut the word and glued it on under the word Apple.
  • And that's all folks, for a total of 9 min and 24 sec.
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Friday, October 31, 2025

Amber Autumn for As You See It Challenge #360 - Happy Harvest Theme

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I came up with the theme challenge for As You See It Challenge #360 this week and I chose Happy Harvest as the theme! To be honest, we're probably pretty much at the end of harvest where I live, but enjoying the harvest decor, though I predict that soon the Christmas trees and lights will be out in full force after today, or at least after Nov. 11, when we celebrate Remembrance Day, our Canadian homage to our veterans.

I thought I would get one more use out of the Amber Autumn bundle and I found some DSP that pairs well with it: Timeless Plaid 6" x 6".

Here's the Challenge Banner:

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And here is a closer look at the card I made:

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  • I started with a Crumb Cake card base, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". I added a Very Vanilla layer of 5 1/4" x 4". On that I stamped a grass image from the Prairie Grass stamp set in Crushed Curry.
  • On a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, I stamped the pumpkins image from Amber Autumn in Early Espresso ink. I coloured the image in using Stampin' Blends markers and die cut it using the Amber Autumn dies.
  • I also die cut a couple of grass pieces from Old Olive cardstock using the Amber Autumn dies.
  • I cut a piece of plaid DSP 1 3/4" x 4" and wrapped with some of the Irregular Weave Trim, then tied with a small piece for a faux knot. The plaid DSP was adhered to the Very Vanilla layer on the left side.
  • Using Stampin' Dimensionals, the pumpkin image was mounted over the yellow grass image, as shown.
  • Using glue dots, the green grass pieces were tucked behind the pumpkin image.
  • The sentiment, from Amber Autumn was stamped on Very Vanilla with Early Espresso ink and die cut with an Unbounded Love die.
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Friday, October 17, 2025

Lifetime of Love for As You See It Challenge #359

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Welcome to Recipe for Autumn Florals, As You See It Challenge's latest Recipe Challenge, where we give you the ingredients, and you use them to whip up a card or project! This one was cooked up by my team mate Deborah! Let's take a look at the ingredients I had to work with:

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What do you think of when you hear the words, " autumn florals"? I think of asters and chrysanthemums in bold oranges and rusts! Also we have a unique element this time: a frame! I found a stamp and die set that gave me both: Lifetime of Love! It had a stamp with some great aster-like flowers and a die that had both a great ovalish frame, but also a floral element on it, too! 

Check it out:


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  • I started with a Pecan Pie card base and added a Whisper White layer over that. My next layer was a Calypso Coral DSP from Beautiful Bokeh DSP.
  • I die cut 4 of the oval floral frames from Pumpkin Pie and Pecan Pie cardstock and glued them together with the Pecan Pie layer on top and added this thick frame to the card front as shown.
  • I stamped 3 of the flower images shown in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured them in with Stampin' Blends markers. I die cut them and arranged them inside the frame using glue dots and Stampin' Dimensionals.
  • The "Happy" sentiment comes from Layers of Beauty, and was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink again, die cut with Rectangle Stitched Dies.
  • I embellished the card with In Colour Flat Pearls in Timid Tiger.
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