October Afternoon

Thursday Sketch: Make a card

Hi OA Fans, Mou here from colorhappycreations.com with a card sketch today!

I kept it really simple and open to your interpretation. Here's my take.

To make this card, I used elements from Under The Tree collection.

On the card base, I attached a block of Carol Singing paper. Layered a bird duo sticker from Working Shape Stickers as the main image and sprinkled some red Pop Drop circles all around and finished with a sentiment strip from Working Word Stickers.

This is super quick and easy if you need to make last minute cards to hand deliver.

Here's a close up of my card.

If you celebrate, a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours and Happy New Year to everyone!

Monday Challenge: Stripe it out

Hey October Afternoon fans, Mou here with today's challenge and it's all about STRIPES! You have to mix at least two different stripe patterns in one project, be it card, layout, or anything you can imagine. Here's my take.

To make this 6" x 6" card, I used Carol Singing and Stocking Hanging 12x12 papers from Under the Tree collection.

These two papers provided not only contrast but also different widths of stripes.

To make this card, I cut out a 6"x12" piece from Stocking Hanging and two 2" x 6" strip from Carol Singing papers. With scissors I notched the ends of the smaller strips of Carol Singing paper and folded the Stocking Hanging paper in half to make the card.

I stacked the cut out notches to create a Christmas tree, added a sentiment from the Merry Making paper and a star from the Shape Stickers to finish the card.

What will you create with stripes?

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!

Under the Tree: Christmas Cards | Guest Designer: Kim Mathura

Happy Friday! Kim here, with my first project as your September Guest Designer. Today, I would like to share with you how I made these lovely Christmas shaker cards, using the Under the Tree collection.

I love sending and receiving handmade cards. This year, I am inspired to make shaker cards to send to my friends and family. Shaker cards are going to cost a little more in postage, but they will certainly put a big smile on the faces of your loved ones this holiday season!

  Here is how to make this deer card…                                         

Step 1 - Gather your supplies.  The measurement of the card base is 5” x 6.5.” Cut a 5” x 6.5” piece of the Cookie Nibbling (blue) paper and cut a 4.5” x 6” piece of the Merry Making (star) paper. Die cut a star from the star paper and save the cut out star for step 2.                   

Step 2 – I used a piece of leftover page protector for this project. Use the cut out star, which you had saved from step 1, as a guide to fuse the page protector together (following the outline of the star), leaving an opening for the sequins.

Step 3 – Fill your star pocket with sequins and seal the star pocket shut with the fuse tool.

Step 4 – Trim around your star pocket, leaving about a 1/4" space away from the fused line.

Step 5 – Turn the star paper over and apply some strong liquid glue around the star window. Adhere the star pocket behind the window. Voila! You now have the foundation of a shaker card. 

To finish the card, adhere the blue paper to the card base. Draw stitched lines around the border and tie a piece of twine to the bottom of the star paper. Apply foam tape to the back of the star paper and adhere it to the front of the card. Decorate the card with the elements (deer, rush label and holly label) from the ephemera pack and label sticker sheet.

I decided to make a couple more shaker cards because I had so much fun making the first one. 

These two shaker cards were done by applying a piece of acetate behind each cut out. Feel free to use the clear stamp set on the acetate. Here, I stamped the “Fa La La..” and music notes on the acetate, using Stazon ink.  

I applied foam tape to box around the back of each cut out, creating an area for the sequins. I then filled in the boxed area with sequins and adhered a piece of patterned paper as a background, which also prevented the sequins from falling out.

I hope you enjoyed my shaker card tutorial and are inspired to make shaker cards this holiday season. Thank you so much for stopping by. I will be back next Friday for another fun project.

Happy Creating!

                 

 

 

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!