CARDtober #2, #9, #16, #23, #30 Wednesdays Product Playtime

Linda , your cards are lovely. I love the colors of #9, your stenciling looks great for card #16, and #23 is a very cute boy card.


My card won’t fit into an envelope, because the bow is too thick, so I’ll have to attach it to a Christmas gift. The stocking shaped card opens vertically.

grammadee So lovely in simplicity. I like how the ribbon colors go with the bird and the background, and how it looks sort of like a gift.

Linda I am loving your cards and the ways you meet the challenges. I especially like the silver deer against the dark background.

scrapnnana that is very special! It will look great on a gift. Great bow tying!

gramma I like how your ribbon/tape is all lined up and going horizonal AND diagonal.

angel97701 Thank you for the ribbon challenge! My Stampin' Up lady was huge on ribbon for awhile - we used it in almost every club card. You brought back good memories. I enjoyed the weaving technique on your card.

Here is a two-fer with a ribbon serving as part of the foreground.

Challenge #23

IMG_20241029_172426702_HDR by CLAUDIA LOVELESS, on Flickr

Challenge #16

IMG_20241029_172335141_HDR by CLAUDIA LOVELESS, on Flickr

angel97701 Thank you for all the fun challenges! In this two-fer I watercolored the stamped insects by using watercolor pencils and going over them with water.

I’m not sure if you’ll believe me that I watercolored the edges of the black trick-or-treaters die cut with twisted citron distress oxide! It didn’t take as well as I’d hoped. Might need to touch up with a drier brush. I also added some black Tombow marker and tried to smudge that out with a water brush. Maybe stretching the idea of watercoloring a bit far
(The other card isn’t for this challenge.)

Oct share by jo.blackford, on Flickr

Shakti , it may not be your favorite card among the challenges you’ve done, but it’s cute and should brighten anyone’s day.

gramma , your washi birthday card, your aqua floral get well card, and your embossed happy thoughts card, your black and gold birthday card, and your butterfly card are all very nicely done.

jjpeapea , I love the ribbon layers on your peace card, and the animals are sweet.

joblackford , your Halloween cards are fun, even if the one for this challenge didn’t go quite as planned.

angel97701 , your pumpkin card is beautiful. I have to admit that this challenge was a challenge in more ways than one. First, I had to find my watercolors. Then, I struggled with the project. Watercoloring has never been my strong point. The watercoloring went well enough (better than I expected), but when I started the black stamping after it dried, and I finally got it fairly flat, I accidentally dropped the black ink pad on it after I stamped on it (when re-stamping for a better result).  I ruined it and had to start over. The third time was the charm. However, I did like the effect. My watercolors actually have a shimmer to them, which I loved, although it doesn’t show in the image. I ended up using the same watercolors for Challenge #31, too. You got me to use something that I had in my stash and learn to love it.

watercolours were a true challenge for me as well. But I perservered and ended up with a card I'm actually quite happy with

Crossposted to a few threads, for #23 I used two kinds of ribbon on the tag of one of my cards, and actually added one ribbon as a border strip on one of the horizontal strips too.

Nov share by jo.blackford, on Flickr

I managed to combine Day 2 & 30 in this card.

Cardtober 2, 30, and 15 by Jacqueline Bruce, on Flickr

I've been wanting to get back to practicing watercolor for a few months so I went all out painting this one. Thanks for the push!

I heat embossed the stamping which helps keep colors in their place. I never know what color to make the windows in the background because they + the barrel are actually the dominant color in this scene, so I went for something of a complement to the orangey pumpkin. I think I need to learn how to mix a really soft eucalyptus color!

CARDtober by jo.blackford, on Flickr