Wood Stove Fireplace Card

I recently saw this adorable wood stove fireplace die set on Altenew's website and knew it would be perfect for some cards for my extended family members. My dad's great-grandpa started a homestove company when he came to the US from Switzerland in the 1800s. It was called the Alig Home Stove Company and was located in Indianapolis, IN. Some of my relatives have collected old Alig home stoves, and they look kind of like this die set! This particular card was designed with my dad's oldest brother in mind, since my uncle is one of the family members who collects the stoves and has an interest in family history.

I started by creating a white A2 card base. Then I sprayed Tart Cranberry Distress Mica spray on a card panel and let that dry. In real life, there's a lovely shimmer to the spray that doesn't show up in the photos. 

I trimmed the red sprayed panel to fit on a black panel and then set about die cutting all the pieces for the wood stove. This is a very detailed die set, but it is easy to assemble. Next, I stamped the sentiment in black ink (the sentiment is from Altenew's Pumpkin Patch stamp set) and then adhered the wood stove using foam tape to add some dimension. 

Close up of the wood stove:

Close up of the sentiment:

Challenges I'm entering: 
 

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (2/5 for the week; 2/10 for the challenge; ends 11/20/24)

Double D Challenges: Warm and Cozy (1/3; ends 11/17/24)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (2/2; ends 11/26/24)

A Cut Above: ATG with die cuts (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with a twist of sentiments of thanks (ends at the end of the month)

Gem of A Craft Challenge: ATG (2/4; ends 11/22/24)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (2/4; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with optional twist of give thanks (2/8; ends at the end of the month)

Colorful Options: Red (ends at the end of the month)

Mystery Stamping Fall Card

I recently was able to participate in a night of Mystery Stamping with TX Stampin Sharon Armstrong (if you've never followed along on one of her Mystery Monday stamping adventures, you are missing out!), and I used some fall cardstock and my new Woven Basket layering die set and Pretty Pumpkins layering die set from Altenew to create my card. If you'd like all the instructions and measurements for this card design, see Sharon's video here: Mystery Stamping (youtube.com). If you want to play along in the future, just check out her description under the video for an explanation of how to get the clues emailed to you each week. 

After trimming my papers per Sharon's instructions and die cutting and layering my basket and pumpkins, I assembled the card according to Sharon's clues during the Mystery Monday session and then stamped and die cut the "thank you" sentiment from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Splendid Bouquet set. 

I just used the base layer of these pumpkin dies for this card, but you can see what they look like with the other two layers added here Carrie's Custom Cards: Pretty Pumpkins Thank You Card (carriescustomcards.blogspot.com): 

 Challenges I'm entering:

Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Thing 1: At least 3 layers Thing 3: The photo from Inspiration Station includes a pumpkin and fall colors like my card Thing 2: Entered in the Inspiration Station Challenge (1/4; ends 11/17/24)

Inspiration Station (inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com): My card has pumpkins and fall colors like the photo (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 11/26/24)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Thanks/Thanksgiving (1/5; ends 11/18/24)

A Cut Above: ATG with die cuts (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with a twist of sentiments of thanks (ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 1/10 for the challenge; ends 11/20/24)

Gem of A Craft Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 11/22/24)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with optional twist of give thanks (1/8; ends at the end of the month)