November Swaps

Today I have not one but TWO cards for the November digi swap - and then my regular swap card.  For the digital makes, I used printed digi paper and focals/greetings I found in my stash from Hunkydory.  

 

First up, above, is a 5 x 7 card made using a lovely denim colored digital background.  Unfortunately, the colors show a bit differently in the picture, (probably a difference between the glossy focal & mat background).  In real life, the colors of the focal/greeting panel go REALLY well with the background. For this card, I simply cut the digi paper to be a little smaller than my card front, inked the edges with Stampin' Up!s Night of Navy ink, and glued it to the card front.  Then I cut down the Little Book page to fit, (I'm not sure what set it came from because it was given to me), matted it on white cardstock, and added it with dimensionals.

 

Secondly I have the card you see here: 

This card uses a digi paper that is more of a linen look with lace - really pretty.  I  found this cute dog in my Hunkydory stash - came from an old Pop-a-Topper set called It's a Cat and Dogs Life, while the sentiment came from a little book of sentiments I had.  After gluing those two pieces directly to the card front, I added a ribbon bow with a Mini Adhesive Dot (ribbon from my stash - no idea who made it) and sequins (again from my stash) using Multipurpose glue.  Easy, but I think it's a cute card.

 

Finally,  I have my Swap Card:

 

Because it turns out there really wasn't time to create the third step card in my More Step Cards class (see next picture below), I decided to turn it into my swap card for this month.  I simply created a pumpkin to add to it!  The pumpkin was made from a small stamp from HOTP and colored with Stampin' Blends.  Then I found I had a squirrel with an acorn in my stash (Karen Burniston dies), so added it.  Quick and easy turn around - and nice to have it completed in this busy month!

 

 

 

I HAD made it as you see here. The structure was created quite similarly to a side step card, but has a narrower area on the left and the back two stairs are created side by side with different heights.  I decorated with leaves (from Autumn Leaves dies and Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing folder - discontinued from Stampin' Up!) & a sentiment.  This time, the stamp for the sentiment came from the Textured Notes stamp set, and was created using the Autumn Leaves dies.