October Afternoon

Monday Challenge: Touch of Gold

Hey everyone! Roree here with a Monday challenge for you.

Metallics are pretty hot right now, so I thought it would be fun to challenge you to add a touch of gold to your next project.

I created this card for the challenge:

I used the new Under the Tree collection. I stamped the "First Snow" Background Stamp over a panel of Family Gathering patterned paper using embossing ink. I covered the stamped image with gold embossing powder and set it with a heat tool.

I added a strip of cardstock and a gold polka dot bow below the center of the card and layered one of the "birds on a branch" stickers from the Shape Stickers sheet just above. I stamped the "Joy" sentiment from the Under the Tree Clear Stamps set onto a label sticker with embossing ink, covered the stamped image with gold embossing powder, and set it with a heat tool. I layered the label sticker at the bottom of the "birds on a branch" sticker and added an enamel heart and dot from the Pop Drops pack to finish.

If you would like to take on today's challenge, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Monday Challenge: Pattern over Pattern

Hey everyone! Roree here with a Monday challenge for you. 

With Halloween just around the corner, I decided to get out the Witch Hazel collection to use for creating today's project. I was playing around with the Spooky Music background stamp and stamped it over a scrap piece of Freckle Dust patterned paper. While I originally was just using it as a practice piece for stamping, I ended up really liked the way it looked. So, I decided to use it for the base of my card.

I added some striped strips from the Spider's Silk patterned paper along the top and bottom of the stamped panel. I cut out a cute little ghost with my die cut machine from white cardstock and vellum, added some black gems for eyes, and placed the ghost in the center of the panel. I stapled a tab from the Tidbits pack to the top right corner of the panel, then I layered a black gem and chipboard star from the Chip 'n Stick chipboard sheet over the right side of the tab. I attached the "Boo!" sentiment from the Chip 'n Stick chipboard sheet to a label from the Label Stickers sheet, added a couple more black gems, and placed the label at the bottom right side of the panel. I finished by adding the panel to the front of  4 1/4 x 5 1/2" card to finish.

I wouldn't have normally overlapped two strong and distinctive patterns like this, but I think it works on this card. Such a fun and happy accident!

So here is my challenge to you, create a project mixing one pattern over another. Maybe you will end up with something fun and unique like I did.

If you would like to take on today's challenge, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tuesday Inspiration

Hey, everyone! Roree here with today's Tuesday Inspiration post.

As soon as I saw today's inspiration piece on Pinterest, I immediately fell in love.

Image via Pinterest

It is simple, yet so striking—absolutely beautiful, don't you think?

So with this image in mind, I created this card: 

I am going to apologize right now, because I know I have used the woodgrain side of the Tree Trimming patterned paper from the new Under the Tree collection on yet ANOTHER card. (I can't seem to help myself!) I am absolutely in love with this paper. I think I could use it again and again and not get tired of it one little bit. Besides, it really was the perfect paper to use on this project.

I cut a heart in the middle of my Tree Trimming panel with the Cricut Explore­® and Seasonal Soirees cartridge. I added a little stitching around the outside of the heart, then I popped the "Autumn" card from the Pumpkin Picking patterned paper in the Daily Flash Apple Cider collection behind the heart.

I added more stitching to a little label from the Snap Caps pack and adhered it over the bottom right side of the heart. I surround the label with leaf stickers from the Double Take sticker sheet, added a few Pop Drops to the leaves, placed a sentiment from the Pillow Puffs sticker sheet over the label, and finished it all off with a hemp cord bow.

I am just so happy with the way it turned out!

If the Pinterest image I chose for today's inspiration post inspires your next project, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tuesday Inspiration

Hey, everyone! Roree here with a little inspiration for you this fine Tuesday.

Today's inspiration comes from an Oreo's advertisement. 

I have been seeing this "Wonderfilled" ad quite a bit and was totally inspired by its simplicity. I created a card inspired by it using the new Under the Tree collection:

I used the Tree Trimming patterned paper for the base and cut a circle from the Cookie Nibbling patterned paper for the center of the card. I layered a holly sticker from the Shape Stickers sheet and the bird tin pin from the Tin Pins pack over the circle. I placed a sentiment under the circle with the Working - 12x12 Alpha Stickers sheet and added a gold star Pop Drop to one of the letters. I finished with some machine stitching around the outside edges.

If the "Wonderfilled" Oreo ad inspires your next project, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Thursday Sketch

Hey, everyone! Roree here with you all today sharing a card sketch.

Playing around in Photoshop, I came up with this:

This sketch was originally designed for a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" card but you can easily adjust it for a square card, or you could add a photo in place of the flower and use the sketch for a layout—whatever works best for you!

I created a card with the new Under the Tree collection.

I used the Tree Trimming patterned paper for the base and added strips of the Merry Making and Cookie Nibbling patterned papers, along with some machine stitching. I then layered a snowman and sentiment stickers from the Shape Stickers and Word Stickers sheets over the strips and finished it off with a heart Pop Drop.

If today's sketch inspires your next project, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Monday Challenge: Create a Scene

Hey everyone! Roree here with a Monday challenge for you.

As I was browsing about Pinterest one day, I came across this pin:

Image via Pinterest

I immediately fell in love with the little cityscape at the top of the image. I thought it would be fun to create my own little scene on a card (and I did!). Here is what I came up with:

For the base of my scene, I used a journaling card from the Summertime Memory Cards pack. I used cloud stickers from the Saturday Mornings Shape Stickers sheet and hand cut a house and tree from Summertime Puffy Clouds, Heat Wave, and Green Grass patterened papers and Treasure Map Moby Dick Isle patterned paper.

I completed the scene with a few cross stitches and a Summertime Double Take heart sticker and Treasure Map Designer Brad.

I added the scene to a Treasure Map Moby Dick Isle patterned paper card base and used Daily Flash Clover "Storybook" Flash Alphas and a Daily Flash Snapshots Double Take tab sticker to create a title.

I finished the card with some machine stitching and a bit of baker's twine from the Sasparilla Wrap Pack.

If you would like to take on today's challenge and create a scene on your next project, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Thursday Sketch

Hey, everyone! Roree here with you all today.

Using inspiration from a graphic print I found on Pinterest, I played around a bit in Photoshop and came up with this week's Thursday sketch:

October Afternoon has quite a few different striped papers in their collections to choose from that will work great with this sketch. I chose two from the Summertime and Cakewalk collections to create this card:

I used the Blues Skies b-side from Summertime for the gray stripes and the Paper Straws b-side from Cakewalk for the pink stripes. To add a little texture and visual interest, I machine stitched with straight or zigzag stitches every few lines.

My main reason for choosing these papers/colors is that I have been dying to use that adorable little car sticker from the Summertime Double Take sticker sheet. But because the window area of the car was open, I needed to add something behind it or the patterned paper would have been way too distracting and the car wouldn't have stood out.

So, I used a journaling card from the Daily Flash Snapshots collection behind the window and just trimmed off the excess. Because it looked a little bare, I added a sweet sentiment from the Daily Flash Summer Catch-Phrase Stamp. I then finished the card with a pink heart sticker from the Double Take sticker sheet and a gray Daily Flash Apple Cider Pop Drop.

If today's sketch inspires your next project, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Designer Inspiration: Quilt Design

Hey, everyone! Roree here with a little Tuesday inspiration for you.

I found a fun quilt pattern on Pinterest that I absolutely fell in love with.

Image via Pinterest

I absolutely love the design and mix of patterns! It inspired me to create this card with the Summertime collection:

I kept true to the design of the quilt and used patterns from Blue Skies, Sunshine, Swimming Pool, Green Grass, Flower Garden, Puffy Clouds, Backyard Lights, and Heat Wave papers to mimic the different fabrics in the little tabletop quilt.

I machine sewed around the edges of the patterned squares and added a few  cross stitches at the bottom left corner of the card. I placed a Little Labels sticker in the center and added some Double Take heart stickers and Pop Drops from the Daily Flash Milk Money collection to finish.

If today's inspiration piece inspires your next project, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Designer's Choice with Patricia and Roree

It is the first day of July and for those in the United States, we are about to celebrate Independence Day on the 4th!  Fireworks, grilling, parades, and lots of red, white and blue!  But red, white and blue are not just for being patriotic.  Red and blue are primary colors and create a bold contrast, and it makes me think of summer!

Instead of using photos that are celebrating Independence Day, I used photos that had the red and blue colors.  Red is an intense color, so I used a lot of blue from Treasure Map as the primary color, and then accented with red with the stitching, labels, brads, die cuts, chipboard, and pillow puffs.

I cut the LOVE with Mickey ears from pattern paper, then backed with another blue pattern paper.  Trimmed the die cut pattern paper, then adhered to another background pattern paper.  Lots of pattern paper, but the contrast of light and dark and different patterns worked so well together.  I made the LOVE Mickey ears a couple of years ago.  

To make the die cut stand out more, I hand stitched in all 6 strands of embroidery floss.  Since there is so much pattern paper, I left the white around my photos to help them stand out more.  For my journaling, I adhered the labels to a scrap piece of paper, sent it through my typewriter, and then trimmed them from the paper using scissors and adhered in place.  I used chipboard from Daily Flash, a badge from Milk Money, and the roller stamp and Puffy Clouds pattern paper from Summertime.  I fussy cut the clouds from Puffy Clouds pattern paper to adhere on top of the die cut.

Red and blue is one of my favorite color combinations.  It is perfect for these Disney World photos, it has a great vintage/retro feel, but can also be very feminine.  

I absolutely love Roree's cards.  She puts together such great colors and patterns, and she really shows how red and blue can be both vintage and feminine.

When I signed up to take Patricia's Red, White, and Blue Challenge, I remembered that there was some awesome red and blue papers and embellishments in the Travel Girl collection. Since that collection has a travel theme, I went with it for my card. I cut out a journaling card from the Journal Cards sheet and added some stickers from the Word Stickers, Border Stickers, and Shape Stickers sheets.

Then, I dug way down deep into my October Afternoon stash for some Cherry Pie patterned paper from Modern Homemaker to create some flowers and tied them together with buttons from Holiday Style. I added a little bit of red and white baker's twine to finish. I just love how it all came together. Thanks for the fun challenge, Patricia!

So gorgeous, Roree!  Thank you so much for joining me!

I hope this inspires you to look at red and blue in creative ways for your projects.  If you create something, upload it to our October Afternoon Flickr Gallery, or Facebook Page.  You can also use Instagram and tag me @patricia_roebuck and @octoberafternoon with hashtag #oadesignerchallenge.  Hope to see what you make!

Tuesday Inspiration: Geometric Design

Hey, everyone! Roree here with a little inspiration for you this fine Tuesday.

I love creating fun backgrounds on my cards. So when I found this funky geometric image on Pinterest, I knew it would be perfect for creating a unique design using my October Afternoon patterned papers.

Image via Pinterest

Here is the card I created inspired by the geometric design:

I die cut multiple diamond shapes from four different prints in the Treasure Map collection: True North, Moaning Cavern, and both sides of Hangman's Cove. I then added a couple of shapes from the Chip 'n Stick pack, a sticker from the 12x12 Shape Stickers sheet, and a brad from the Designer Brads pack to finish the card.

I love that each time I look at this card, I see different patterns. Sometimes I see hexagons, sometimes I see cubes, sometimes I see chevrons, and so on and so on.

If today's inspiration piece inspires your next project, please share your creation by linking it on Instagram with the hashtag #octoberafternoon, along with tagging @octoberafternoon, so we can see! You can also share your projects on our OA Facebook wall or the OA Flickr gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by!