Minimalist Monday vibes

Welcome to another edition of Minimalist Monday vibes - working on honing the clean and simple design philosophy.

Today’s card design was inspired by playing along to a few challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #FMS752 - I inverted to landscape to accommodate my sentiment but otherwise followed the sketch elements.

Clean and Simple CAS cards for Beginners #saturdaychallenge36 Autumn theme.

CAS Mix Up has a watercolour sunflower challenge. 

I love my Aqua painter for no mess water colouring! 

Inspiration Station another go at their sunflower mood board.

I’m getting inky with an old favourite from my stash Celebrate Sunflowers with Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Early Espresso inks, Crisp Cantaloupe Glimmer pen, Gold Acrylic pen, Bronze twine and Cajun Craze gems.  

Final design resulted in a beautiful birthday or congratulations card for a sunflower lover. Camera just doesn’t due the glimmer shine justice! 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love 

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Slimline Sunday

Welcome to another edition of Slimline Sunday - having fun with the extra design space to show off pretty DSP! 

My design was inspired by playing along to a few challenges:

Global Design Project having another round of Fall Garden/Harvest #GDP563

Just Add Ink challenge colour inspiration shades of rusty reds, browns & greens! #JAI793

Tic Tac Toe challenge #tttc300 with an almost full card - letters/numbers, Dimension with my popped up elements, Shiny Bronze twine & gems, sentiment,  die cuts, patterned paper and bright Fall colour palette! 

Double Trouble 3-2-1 challenge I have chosen at least 3 patterned paper, 2 colours and my 1 focal scarecrow image doing double duty as the I in FRIEND! 

I’m getting inky with the Fun for Fall bundle, Party Alphabet dies, Sunflower Fields DSP, Words of Beauty stamp set, Cajun Craze, Timid Tiger, Golden Glow, Old Olive, Pool part & Pecan Pie blends, retired Holographic Gems, and unbranded bronze twine.

Loving my new Party Alphabet dies I treated myself to when the double awards were going on they were perfect for this card and I can’t wait to make more custom worded projects!

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love 

Be Totallyawake4life 

Scrappy Saturday

Welcome to another edition of Scrappy Saturday here on the blog.

Today’s double layout was inspired by a couple layout sketches I found on Pinterest. I altered the second layout orientation and opted for 1 large photo mats instead of 4 smaller. 

I’m getting inky with the Fun for Fall bundle, Sunflower Fields DSP & Sticker sheet, Sunflower 3D embossing folder, Cajun Craze two tone paper, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight & Old Olive blends and unbranded bronze twine. 

Double layout view - the diagonal cut DSP along with coordinated colour palette and elements blends the two layouts together. I created a little DIY design paper for my layout based with the triple leaves stamp from the Fun for Fall bundle. 

Left layout features 3 small photo mats and love all the elements from the Fun for Fall bundle they are perfect accents for a day at the Pumpkin patch & Corn Maze with the granddaughter. 

Right layout has a large photo mat to showcase a family photo from the Sunflower field visit.  

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life

Fun Fold Friday - Pull Tab Flip Card

Welcome to another edition of Fun Fold Friday - today I am trying a fold I saw from Stampin’ with Tami.

Today’s card design was inspired by playing along to a few challenges:

Sweet Stampin’ - using the Fun for Fall dies 

Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge #SUOC409 - fall market mood board 

Just Us Girls #JUG839 - Thank you theme 

Colorful Options September Rusty Brown mood board - Early Espresso and Crumb Cake colour palette. 

Im getting inky with Fun for Fall bundle, Glow of Harvest DSP from August POM, Metallic Gems, retired Word Window punch and unbranded Gold twine. 

Measurements

Crumb Cake Card Base;  8 1/2” x 5 1/2” scored at 4 1/4” 

Early Expresso cardstock

Base Mat 5 1/4” x 4”

Large Flap Mat 3 1/4” x 2 1/2” 

Smaller Flap Mat 2 3/4” x 2”

Pull Tab Mechanism 6 1/2” x 2” scored at 2 1/4” and 2”

Glow of Harvest DSP layer 5” x 3 3/4”

Vanilla layers

Card Insert  5” x 3 3/4”

Large Flap layer 3 1/8” x 2 3/8”

Smaller Flap layer 2 1/2” x 1 7/8”

Focal image sized to fit on large front flap 

Quick process video 

I can’t get enough of the little scarecrow - it’s so adorable!

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Wake Up & Create Thursday #TA4L018

Welcome to the Wake Up & Create on Thursday challenge here on the blog.

It’s a little mix of Throwback Thursday with an image or sketch inspiration to use to inspire you to shop your stash and combine some old favourites with new goodies in a new way and than share to inspire others to do the same with their stash!

Today’s challenge is a fun photo inspiration and gorgeous Fall colour palette #TA4L018

I’m getting inky with the Fun for Fall bundle, Everyday Arches dies, Seasonal Cheer embossing folder, Greetings for All mix & match ephemera, Neutrals Jute combo, white gel pen and Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and black inks for blending the sunset.

Love the silhouette of the little scarecrow against the evening sunset with a few stars popping out. The texture from the Seasonal Cheer embossing folder on the two tone Cajun Craze makes a lovely frame.

Would love for you to join the fun and play along with the #TA4L018 challenge. When you’re done add your link below to share with us all! 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life

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Whimsical Wings & Things Wednesday

Welcome to another edition of Whimsical Wings & Things Wednesday. Love the little bird in the Gilded Gallery.

Playing along to a couple challenges: 

Colour INKspiration colour palette challenge Soft Foam, Fresh Freesea, Blackberry Bliss. #CI216

The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe challenge top row and middle down for the win: patterned paper, things that fly, layers and texture. #PP801

 

Getting inky with the Gilded Gallery Kit, Softly Woven embossing folder, Gold metallic DSP, In Color Butterflies coloured the clear with Blackberry Bliss blends.

Love the Gilded Gallery Kit - it’s so pretty with the  colour palette in the watercolour paper and bling with the gilded gold flecks. 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Technique Tuesday - Slider Fun

Welcome to another edition of Technique Tuesday - this week I am showcasing a fun Scarecrow slider card.

 

Playing along with the Global Design Project Garden/Harvest mood board #GDP563 

Getting inky with the Fun for Fall Bundle, Everyday Arches dies and since my gingham DSP didn’t arrived in time I pulled out my old Buffalo Check stamp set and than blended over it with the Golden Glow to mimic the current gingham DSP and added some radiant gems for bling. I used the retired Window Punch to create my slide but you can use a die or manually cut a slide track on a trimmer if you don’t have the Word Punch. 

Quick process video of the slider card coming together:

I got my slider mechanisms on Amazon because it is just easier than making them by hand but for those who prefer to DIY there are loads of DIY tutorials out there  using pennies and dimensional foam if you’ve still got access to pennies - Canada got rid of our penny 🤣

I just love this little scarecrow in the Fun for Fall bundle - I am lucky my name got picked to be the Happy Stamper game and I was given the stamp set to showcase at last months Stamp2Cr8 team meeting and have been having so much fun with it I ordered the adorable dies that go with it. The corn and fence are great Fall design add ons! I just love the slider allowing the scarecrow to move back and forth behind my fence line! 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life