I have an autumnal card to share today. I enjoyed combining images from different sets to create my scene.

I began with the background of my card. I temporarily taped the Pumpkin Background stencil over a panel of white card, then inked through it with clear embossing ink.

I removed the stencil, then sprinkled embossing powders in red, orange and green over different areas of the panel. I melted the powders with my heat tool, then adhered the panel to my card base. The embossing gives the background lots of colour and texture.

Next, I die cut the Spooky Fence from navy card. The navy gives a softer look than black and complements the other colours on the card. I adhered the fence to my card base over the embossed panel.

I wanted to add a stamped greeting so cut a piece of vellum using the Decorative Tag 2 die. The vellum will help soften the colourful embossed background so the sentiment shows up over the top.

I heat embossed a sentiment on the vellum from the Pumpkin Patch Critters stamp set with gold embossing powder. To adhere the vellum panel to my card, I used drops of liquid glue where I knew other elements of my scene would hide the adhesive.

To build the rest of my scene, I stamped some images from the Pumpkin Patch Critters and Fall Signs stamp sets. I coloured the images with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  On the scarecrow’s sign, I also stamped a sentiment from the Fall Signs stamp set.

I arranged the images on my scene, using foam tape to add dimension to some of the images.

As a finishing touch, I adhered some Espresso jewels on the vellum panel. This is another way of hiding the adhesive used to secure the vellum, plus it adds some sparkle to the scene.

Thanks for visiting today!

Gemma

As the weather turns more autumnal, I’m reaching for the fun Halloween sets from Pretty Pink Posh and have a spooky cute scene card to share today.

The Stitched Duo tags are great for creating window scenes. I used the Stitched Duo 1 and Stitched Duo 3 dies on my card and enjoyed creating both the inside and the outside parts of my scene.

I began by cutting a piece of patterned paper for the wallpaper. I chose a black and white print for a strong contrast. From the patterned paper, I die cut the Stitched Duo 3 tag (without the window frame portion of the die).

I temporarily layered the patterned paper over my card base, to help me position a circle mask for the moon. I then removed the patterned paper and blended distress oxide inks to create a spooky sky. I used squeezed lemonade, carved pumpkin and abandoned coral, blending out in a circles around the mask. Removing the mask leaves a bright white moon in the sky.

I adhered the patterned paper to my card base. Next, I die cut the Stitched Duo 3 die from white card for the tag and window frames from Stitched Duo 1. At the top of the tag, I stamped the sentiment from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set with black pigment ink and heat embossed it with a sparkling clear embossing powder.

The Nature Essentials die has some great elements for my Halloween scene. I die cut it from black card, then adhered the tree and grassy border behind the white tag.

Next, I stamped images from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set and coloured them with copic markers. I adhered the bird behind the white tag and then added the tag to the card. I love the bird looking in at the window.

I thought the witch and pumpkins needed something to help ground them on the card, so I cut a piece of white woodgrain patterned paper for the floor and adhered it to my scene. I then added the images to my card with foam tape to complete my spooky cute Halloween scene.

Thanks for visiting! I hope you were inspired by this Halloween card.

Gemma

Today I have a fun birthday scene card to share. I made this colourful card for my niece, who celebrated her 7th birthday this month.

One of my tips when creating scenes is to choose a limited colour palette.

For this card, I chose purple, yellow, blue and orange. These pairs are opposite on the colour wheel so work well together. Neutrals can also be added too.

I stamped and coloured images from Birthday Friends with copic markers, then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

I wanted to use the same colours on the background and also add some sparkle. I layered the Medium Polka Dots stencil over a panel of white card, then inked through the stencil with an embossing ink. I used some colourful embossing glitters to add diagonal stripes, then melted the embossing powders with my heat tool.

The Storybook dies are great for creating scene cards. The different squares and rectangles can be used as areas for images or sentiments. I die cut the Storybook 4 die from white card, trimming down the panel to get a frame for my card. I layered the Polk dots embossed panel, then the Storybook 4 frame on my card base.

I blended distress oxides in similar colours on the smaller pieces from the Storybook 4 die, then adhered them on my card. On the larger rectangle piece, I stamped a greeting from the Birthday Friends stamp set before adhering it on the card too.

I used foam tape and liquid adhesive to add my images. I finished with some extra sparkle, using a clear glitter pen on some of the images, along with white gel pen highlights.

I hope you were inspired by this birthday card. Thanks for visiting!

Gemma