This month I'm privileged to be a Guest Designer over on the Colorful Options blog, and I chose yellow and orange from the mood board for my fall-themed card. I hope you'll play along! I've included a photo of this month's mood board at the end of my post, and here's the link to the challenge: Colorful Options
I recently attended the Card Maker Success Summit, and one of the card designs was this easel card presented by one of my favorite creators: Nicki Baxley of NickiHeartsCards. She created a floral card, this card design will work for any theme or occasion.
My first step in making this card was to create the yellow A2 card base. Then I trimmed 2 white cardstock panels just a quarter inch smaller than the front and inside of the card. The first one I ink smooshed using an alcohol marker technique. It was something I learned in one of my Altenew Educator Certification Program classes. For the second white panel, I scribbled a yellow and a light orange alcohol marker onto acetate, spritzed with isopropyl alcohol, and used a paintbrush to splatter the ink onto the panel. This was also a technique from the same Magical Marker Technique AECP class.
I stamped Altenew's Pumpkin Patch stamp onto the first panel and embossed it with the coordinating 3D embossing folder. I then cut the panel in half so that it bends easily when I fold the card up against the stopper. I adhered the two pieces to the card front, paying attention to lining them up by the score line.
Then I did a lot of die cutting, which I really love! I die cut the pieces for Altenew's Pretty Pumpkins Layering Die Set and assembled them with Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape in some places and Art Glitter liquid glue in others. I used cardstock that I had previously watercolor and/or sprayed with shades of orange. Then I die cut Altenew's Zero Waste: Autumn Leaves die using the same yellow cardstock I had used for the card base. I die cut an orange circle using the largest die in Altenew's Fine Rings: Circles Die Set. I added my pumpkins and some of the leaves I had die cut to the orange circle. I adhered the circle to the card front, being careful to only put glue on the bottom half of the circle so the easel will bend in the center.
For the inside of the card, I die cut "sending" from Altenew's Timeless Sentiments 2 set and then die cut the shadow out of orange cardstock as well as orange fun foam. I adhered the layers together for a bit of dimension on the stopper for this easel. I stamped "big hugs" from Altenew's Build-A-Garden: Sulfur Cosmos set next. Then I added a leaf from the Zero Waste: Autumn Leaves set to finish the inside of the card.
I decided to add "missing you" to the front of the card since this will be a card I send to my youngest daughter in a care package during her next deployment (I'm working ahead on some cards to include in the packages I send with homemade freeze dried meals she can rehydrate while at sea). The "missing you" stamp is also from the Sulfur Cosmos set.
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Card when closed:
Here's a look at the color board for Colorful Options Challenge this month. I chose the yellow and orange colors from the board:
Challenges I'm entering:
Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; 3/10 for the challenge; ends 8/27/25)
Allsorts challenge blog: ATG (1/5; ends 9/13/25)
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)
A Place To Start: ATG with optional twist of leaves and circles (my pumpkins and leaves are on an orange circle) (1/8; ends at the end of the month)
