Lets look at our makes this week .

Good Sunday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you all had a good Saturday,  Paul was busy in the garden giving the lawns the last cut of the year.  I did a few chores, sorting laundry in the morning, then I spent a good 2 1/2 hours removing the acrylic nails I had for Becca's wedding,  what a blooming nightmare,  I really don't think it's worth the trouble,  I love how they look though, they nake your hands look so much nicer,   I may look into BIAB, as it's so much better for your nails,  however I will have to find a mobile nail technician,  that way I can get proper nail care, the salon that we went to is a super busy Chinese business, you can just walk in (no appointment necessary,  although you can be waiting a couple of hours to start), you can ask for whatever you like, they smile and nod but do what 'they' want.  Becca always has Biab but they gave her acrylics this time,  even when they do Biab they use an electric 'dremel (drill) to file your nails down,  they even used that to trim my & Soph's cuticles!!!  I did eventually get them off, my nails now feel like paper!  It's a horrible feeling,   luckily I have a nail repair & strengthening varnish!   The one thing that made it more bearable was that I was watching Tim Holtz Live,  showcasing the Christmas Idea-ology release,  WOW,  the inspiration was amazing,  as was my wishlist 🤣😂

Let's look at your makes....

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:

Hi, here is my card for this week’s challenge. It’s from several cards I saw on Pinterest.

I used oxide ink for the background and black permanent ink for the stamping.

Such a perfect Autumn scene Lilian,  I absolutely love your composition,  the background inking is amazing too! 

Thank you so much for a lovely Autumnal scene XXX 

Karen

Karen's Description:

Card 1:  

Did this one the other day 

Baking paper technique background using Forest Moss and Frayed Burlap 

Aall&Create #557 (stamp press and sticky mat really helped)

Coloured odd sections with polychromo pencils

Added random sketchy red sparkle foil - not easy to capture 

Aall&Create sentiment on waste piece of card

Ticketed Snippets 

I had a go at that ticketed snippet Both are a bit disastrous but I enjoyed doing that simple background and the process

Image one is Antique Linen DO which is heat embossed and coloured with water colour pencils

Image 2 is stamped with Antique Linen DO and coloured (very badly!) with Chameleon pens and pencils

Card 3:

So using Color box card 261 for inspiration I have made this card 

Not exact matches but close enough

Background-Sand

Layer1 carved pumpkin Clay

Layer2 vintage photo Caramel

Layer3 crackling campfire Crimson

Layer4 ground espresso Burgundy/Charcoal

Wow Karen,  what an amazing collection of Autumnal loveliness,  card 1 gorgeous background,  literally looks like a forest, I forgot how lovely that Aall&Create stamp is,  coloured beautifully it looks like leaves!  

Your Ticketed Snippets are fantastic,  I love all the details you've added, the mouse is adorable!  

Card 3: 

I got this stencil too, couldn't resist it at the bargain price, You have totally inspired me,  all I could see was Christmas Wreath,  who says it has to be Christmas?!!

You have shown that a change a colour scheme and it changes the Season,  I know really want to play.  I love the Color Card you picked, it worked brilliantly XXX 

Sonia

Sonia's Description 

I used a Hero Arts stamp, using flake and flitter glue (had to clean stamp straight away!) and applied Cosmic Shimmer gilding flakes. Mounted it on a piece of Kraft card. Took 2 photos to show the glimmer of the flakes 😊

Oh Sonia what a stunning card, you could actually frame it and hang it as home decor!  The gilding flakes make it look like a silver birch tree. 

Thank you so much for such a lovely Autumnal piece of art XXX

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Thanks ladies for your incredible inspiration ❤️ 

I hope that you all have a lovely Sunday, 

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra xxx