All About Autumn for As You See It Challenge #308

 It's time for one of my two favourite kinds of challenges over at As You See It this week: a sketch challenge. (My other favourite is the colour challenge!) Heather H. came up with a really good sketch! It's so balances and any card you make with it will look amazing, trust me. Here's the challenge banner:

I was thinking about using the Winter Meadow Suite for this one, but the more I played around with it, the less suited I found it, so I switched to the All About Autumn Suite. I wanted to show the switch to warmth and indoor activities like curling up in a big leather chair in front of a fire and reading a good book with a knitted throw rug covering you. It was hard to fit all that in of course, but I managed to get the knitted throw rug and the leather chair in there as mattes for the leaves and shelved books respectively.

• I used a Moody Mauve base and covered it to within 1/8" of the edges with a dese All About Autumn DSP, the used the largest square die to die cut a bign from one of the patterns from All About Autumn DSP.
• I added the narrow rectangle of autumn leaves from the All About Autumn DSP and backed it with a rectangle 1/4" larger on both sides, cut from the knitted blanket pattern.
• I used the second largest Stylish Shape Square Die to die cut the books from thacking for it from the leather furniture pattern of the All About Autumn DSP.
• The sentiment was stamped with Early Espresso on Moody Mauve and die cut with the largest flag die from Stylish Shapes.
• I wrapped linen thread around one end of the sentiment flag, and tied it in a secure bow, then I added the whole flag to the card front using dimensionals.
• The last step was adding some Adhesive Backed Speckled Dots to embellish. (See Photo)

               

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Product List

Horse & Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162119] $33.00	All About Autumn 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [162178] $21.00	Moody Mauve 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161723] $13.75	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $12.25	Linen Thread [104199] $7.00
Adhesive Backed Speckled Dots [162191] $11.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $36.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $41.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $175.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

Crafting With You for As You See It Challenge #307

It's speed stamping time again over at As You See It Challenges and this time the theme is Hobbies, courtesy of yours truly! As a reminder, a Speed Stamping Challenge is where you have only 10 minutes to make a card, using the theme given!

Here is the Challenge Banner:

The obvious hobby to make the card about would be stamping, but I thought I would choose a different one. I have a side hobby that I love, but never get enough time for, and that's watercolour painting. Luckily, the Crafting With You bundle covers that hobby as well. Check it out:

• I thought that the new Brushed Gold cards and envelopes from the upcoming Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue would be a great card base for this because the brushed gold looks just like painted brush strokes.
• On a piece of Basic White cardstock I stamped the easel in Crumb Cake ink, then I took the flower image and coloured it in using Stampin' Write markers in Moody Mauve, Misty Moonlight and Parakeet Party, and stamped on the canvas. I used a Blender Pen to move the ink a bit to give it more of a water colour effect.
• I die cut the easel and mounted it on the card front using dimensionals.
• I stamped the sentiment and the brushes in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The brushes have a coordinating die in the Crafting with You dies, and I used the largest Stylish Shapes flag die for the sentiment.
• I added some Elegant Trim in gold around the end of the sentiment and mounted it using dimensionals after adhering the paintbrushes to the back on the right.
• At this point I had 13 seconds left. I could leave it or add some bling in the form of the new Blooming Pearls from the Sept/Dec Mini. I decided to go for it and placed the last gold pearl just as the timer dinged. 

So it took me the whole 10 minutes to complete my card, but I could have left the embellishments off and it would have been plainer but faster.

The new 2023 Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue.

Yes, the new Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue is now open for customer ordering and I'm sure you'll agree it's one of the best catalogues we've had for a long time! You're going to find it hard to choose just one thing, or even two or three. To see what's available click on the link below the cover photo for the digital PDF. And leave me a message if you'd like a hard copy!

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Product List

Crafting With You Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161219] $29.00	Crafting With You Bundle (English) [161226] $74.50	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $9.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $12.25
2023–2025 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [161695] $25.00	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $42.50	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $42.50	2022–2024 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [161693] $25.00	Blender Pens [102845] $18.00
Simply Elegant Trim [155766] $10.25	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $41.00	Crafting With You Dies [161225] $54.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $175.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $16.50

*Brushed Gold Cards & Envelopes, *Blooming Pearls

*Sold in the 2023 Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue Now available

The 2023 Sept/Dec Mini Catalogue Launches Today!

 It's HERE! The 2023 September to December Mini Catalogue launches today for customers to shop from! If you don't have a hard copy, you can download a PDF copy by clinking on this link: 2023 September-December Mini Catalogue

Let me just say that this mini catalogue is absolutely the best one we've seen in a long time! You're going to want to break your piggy bank for this one! Enjoy!

Here's a little sample:

             

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Beside Me for As You See It Challenge #306

Our next As You See It Challenge is a theme challenge and the theme is At the Beach! I've done so many beachy or sea themed cards lately that I was stumped trying to come up with something new. I searched my stamp cupboard until the set, Beside Me, caught my eye, and when I took it out, I realized that I had not used it yet! It's time had come!

Here is the Challenge #306 Banner:

When my children were young, I could almost guarantee myself a day of relative ease by taking my kids to the seashore. They kept themselves totally amused, running back and forth between tide pools, fascinated by all the life they found in each different puddle. They collected shells, rocks and sea glass, and...there was NO fighting! I'm reliving those days with this card. It's depicting a dad taking his toddler son to show him the ocean for the first time. I can see him pointing out the waves, the gulls, and dangling him in the water to get his little feet wet.  Here's what I came up with:

• On a piece of FLUID 100 watercolour paper, using a water painter, I water coloured a background beach for my image. I started by deciding where my horizon would be and taping it off on the water side using painter's tape.
• Using Azure Afternoon ink, I added water from the Water Painter tool, then washed that on above the tape. I left some white areas for clouds. I dried it with the Heath Tool
• After removing the tape, you could add it to the sky area at the horizon, or you could just carefully add the water. I used Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, and then Lost Lagoon for depth. I dried it with the Heat Tool.
• Using Crumb Cake, I added the sandy beach at the bottom and dried that.
• Using the white Craft Ink refill, I used a Blender Pen to add white caps and clouds. These take forever to dry and I wanted them to have some 3D effect, so I put this background aside for a day to fully dry.
• In the meantime, I stamped the image from Beside Me on Basic White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink as well as the sentiment from the same set.
• I coloured in the toddler image carefully using the Azure Afternoon and Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combos and the SU1000 Stampin' Blends Marker.  The father image was coloured in using the Wild Wheat, Copper Clay, Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combos and the Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker. I used the Pool Party and Lost Lagoon Stampin' Blends Combos to colour in the water between them and between their legs, and the Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo to create the sand under their feet.
• I fussy cut the image carefully and mounted it with dimensionals onto the dry watercoloured background, stamped the gulls right onto the sky and added some Faux Sea Glass Shapes. These are now retired but I had so many left because I loved them and ordered too many.
• I die cut the sentiment using a banner from the Stylish Shapes dies and mounted it using dimensionals. 

The overall appearance is cool because of the focal image on dimensionals, which creates a 3D look.

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Product List

Beside Me Cling Stamp Set (English) [160780] $36.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $12.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $12.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.50	Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161719] $13.75
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $9.00	Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161663] $12.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $12.25	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $12.25	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161678] $12.25
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $12.25	Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277] $14.50	Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161672] $13.75	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $13.75	Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends Collection [160940] $61.25
Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161661] $13.75	Copper Clay Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161662] $13.75	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886] $13.75	Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154922] $13.75	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $13.75
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $13.75	Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161680] $13.75	Water Painters [151298] $18.00	Blender Pens [102845] $18.00	Paper Snips [103579] $15.00
*Faux Sea Glass Shapes [158139] $11.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $41.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $175.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.50

* Retired Product: no longer sold by Stampin' Up!