So here’s Paper Pumpkin November 2016 Alternate 2. And it’s using the die cut trees which were left over from my first alternate, so two cards with the supplies for one – how’s that for frugal?!

I was having an always artichoke day so that’s what I used for the trees. For the sky, I sponged blushing bride, marina mist and night of navy starting in the middle and working outwards in a circle. I then spritzed it with water to give a more dramatic effect and left it to dry. Next I cut out my oval with the largest of the stitched shapes framelits and used the sentiment from the Wonderful Winterland kit. This was when I realised that my sky piece needed cutting down to be slightly smaller than the front piece and with a small mat of night of navy behind it before adding to the thick whisper white card base, I can tell you that this is a sturdy card! I added a little oval border of dazzling diamonds glimmer paper – apparently I knew that it was going to snow today and that this would be completely apposite.

I used my Holly TIEF to decorate the envelope flap.

Don’t forget the great close out sale currently going on and also the offer from me – a new, free stamp set. Just spend $40 with me and use the workshop code CBUJ4GTP, and you get to select one of Hey, Chick, Delicate Details or Designer Tee which I’ll send you for free once I close out this workshop on January 3rd. Check here for the details and also pictures of these stamp sets. If you spend $60, I’ll send you the pearl or rhinestone basic jewels as well. Email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com to let me know which of the sets you’d like and whether you’d like pearls or rhinestones (if you’ve earned them), or I’ll just select one at random.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Here’s the first Paper Pumpkin November 2016 Alternate, using just two of the die cuts – so that’s my next challenge I think, make a card using the third. My sister is away on vacation and although she photographed her planned cards, she didn’t upload them. Neither does she have any supplies with her so she’s revisiting some of her old cards. Her post yesterday reminded me of the fun you can have with sponges and water so it inspired me to make a dramatic background for my die cuts.

I started with some blushing bride and sponged that over the middle of the card. Next up was marina mist and then night of navy. Once I was happy with the colours, I lightly spritzed the card and then put it under a wooden stamp set to dry flat. I trimmed the front die cut so that the slope went to the ground because I’m making a full sized card whereas the kit ones are a bit smaller. Next I glued down one of the die cuts and then popped the other up with dimensionals. After putting this onto a night of navy card base, I thought I was done. But overnight, I decided that I needed a star. This one is cut from silver foil using the Starlight Thinlits dies.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is GWTDK7RM (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz