I am Grateful

Hi everyone and welcome to the Crafty Card Gallery Fall themed blog hop!
We have 9 very talented card makers who have each designed a fall themed card.

If you’ve never done a hop before, it’s a group of bloggers that have joined together. You hop from blog to blog using the links in each post.
Be sure to visit each of the blogs and comment on the posts and follow their blogs. Some of the bloggers are giving away prizes - so you want to be sure to comment so you can be eligible to win. 

You should have arrived from: Kerin Sylvester:  www.onecraftycorner.com

If you didn’t, please go back to the start so you can do the whole hop: http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/

Thanks for joining us in the hop!

Your next stop in the hop is: Shawnee Penkacik:  http://www.sunshinythought.com

Here’s the full list in case you get lost:

Jennifer Restivo: http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/

Kerin Sylvester:  www.onecraftycorner.com

Tonya Trantham:  http://creativeaddictiontopaper.blogspot.com/

Shawnee Penkacik:  http://www.sunshinythought.com

Francine Clouden:  Http://www.callaloosoup.com/crafts

This Gielow:  http://bluemooncreation.blogspot.com

Carla Blake:  Craftingonhat.blogspot.com

Beth McGee: http://thecraftyscrapyard.blogspot.com/

Christina Sedor:  http://christinasrainbow.wordpress.com

This card I started with a 5 1/2"x5 1/2" folded cardbase which I cut a 5"x5" piece of patterned cardstock, inked the edges and adhered to the cardbase. 

Even though the card looks hard to put together it really isn't.  I cut the following pieces of patterned cardstocks 3 1/4"x5", 2 3/4"x5" and 2 1/4"x5" and used a decorative punch (5" side) on each piece and then measured 2 1/2" of the punched edge (the center) and cut with in a 1/2" of each piece of cardstock. I then "curled" the cut edges around a pencil and then adhered each piece on top of each other to create a pocket.

I used the Doily diecut to cut a doily from off white piece of cardstock, ink edges and then glued to cardbase and inside the "pocket".

 I cut the big leaves from the Holiday Greenery diecut on off white cardstock. I then inked with a variety of peach, tan, brown, yellow and green chalk ink. I blended the colors together and then wadded and crinkled the leaves up and then shaped the ends with my stylus. I folded down the middle and inked the center with brown ink.

The smaller leaves also come from the Holiday Greenery diecut too. I shaped those with the stylus and then I adhered all the leaves and paper flowers around the "pocket" of the card along with twine which I made a bow out of. I finished off the with a sentiment from Canvas Corp's Grateful Stamp Set and two little twigs from a tree.

If you have any questions about this card please let me know.

Now for something fun! I will be giving away a goodie bag of things (such as blank cardbases, ribbon, buttons, RN dew drops, sequins, rubber stamp, etc.) that can be used for your own projects and all you have to do is be sure to comment and also become a follower of my blog! Pretty easy peasy huh? I will announce the winner Monday, October 26th. So be sure to comment below and become a follower of my blog for a chance to win!

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Saturday is awesome and enjoy creating!

Golden Mason Jar Gift Bag

Hi everyone! I'm here to share a project I created for a challenge that is going on over at Sizzix's blog. My inspiration comes from the photo below. I love the soft, blurred and watercolor feel of the photo and this my take on it.

I started off with a small polka dot gift bag and added soft and vintage looking cardstock. Next I cut a jar from the packaging of what Eileen Hull's Canning Jars, 3D diecut came in. Yep, the jar is plastic…I then embossed it with the Snowballs embossing folder which is from the Winter Set from Sizzix.

I then applied three coats of Gold Enamel Glitter Paint and once dry I cut and twisted two pieces of 20 gauge copper wire around the neck of the jar and "curled" all the ends.

I added a vintage earring I had received in a swap along with some twigs to the corner of the jar. I cut the flowers and leaves from Brenda Walton's Holiday Greenery diecut, shaped and added sequins and gems/jewels/dew drops to the centers of the flowers. I cut from matboard a tag from the Tags, Mini diecut (Retired Sizzix Orginal). I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Sugar Plum Fairy and once dry I added a rub on and flower to finish it off. I then tied it to the wire. 

I adhered lace and velvet ribbon to the bottom of the bag. What a perfectly adorable way to present a gift to a friend. If you have any questions please let me know. Be sure to check out Sizzix Challenge for this month and see what everyone else has created.

Also I am submitting this project for the Paper Wing Productions September Challenge.

Supplies Used:

Sizzix: Eileen Hull-Canning Jars,3D, Brenda Walton's-Holiday Greenery, Winter Embossing Set, Tags, Mini (38-1207)

Polka Dot Gift Bag

Cardstock

Dew Drops

Gems, Jewels

Sequins

Lace

Velvet Ribbon

Gold Glitter Acrylic Paint

20 Gauge Copper Wire

Twigs

Vintage Earring

Tattered Angels Sugar Plum Fairy Spray

Matboard

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope your Tuesday is awesome and enjoy creating!