Oct 9, 2018 | Gallery, Global Design Project, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Fall is in the air, and falling leaves are absolutely gorgeous! I used 8 colors of ink and 17 small leaves on today’s Anniversary card.
The Very Vanilla envelope is embossed by the Petal Burst embossing folder, matching the Very Vanilla card base.
Fall in Love
This card began with the fabulous tree from In The Woods die set. I die cut three trees from Wood Textures Designer Series paper, and layered them for thickness. As I was positioning them on a panel of Sahara Sand cardstock, I noticed they formed a heart shape. I decided to take this one step further, and use a die to cut a definite heart. To give this Sahara Sand panel some texture, I ran it through the Big Shot using the Subtle Textured embossing folder.
The Beautiful Bouquet stamp set has the small leaf I needed to stamp my colorful leaves. The leaf colors are: Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Rich Razzleberry, Real Red, Mango Melody, Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, and Cajun Craze.
I used the die from the Bouquet Bunch die set for cutting the leaves. To make the leaves appear as floating, I placed each leaf on half of a Mini-Dimensional.
I was excited to find the perfect sentiment for a couple celebrating many years together. The sentiment is in the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set, “Love isn’t in the falling…..It’s in the staying there.” I stamped it in Soft Suede ink right on top of the Subtle Textured embossing.
Before beginning today’s project, I had two challenges in mind; Paper Players theme challenge, “Trees and Leaves,” and Global Design Projects theme challenge, “Fall in Love.”
Thank you to the designers of these two challenges for the inspiration.
Thank you, also, my friends, for stopping by my blog. I hope I was an inspiration for you. My supplies for today’s card are listed below, with the exception of the heart die, and are available in my store.
Enjoy the beauty of Fall leaves!
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Oct 8, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Welcome to What Will You Stamp? This week’s challenge is using the Still Night stamp set. We’d love to see you create something from this set for our gallery. Please join the fun!
It’s getting close to Halloween, so this Night Owl is saying, “trick or treat.” Keep reading for my spooky story.
Halloween Still Night Owl
The owl is from the Still Night stamp set, cut with a Night Owl die. He is stamped in Night of Navy ink on Thick Whisper White cardstock. I rounded him with a stylus to give him some shape, so he could sit comfortably on his branch.
The branch is a Night Owl die also, and I cut two; one in Night of Navy cardstock, and one in Thick Whisper White cardstock.
The background, starry, sky is a piece of Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper. Isn’t it perfect for a Halloween sky? It’s bordered with Pumpkin Pie cardstock on a Night of Navy card base. You can’t have Halloween with some orange!
Another die in the Night Owl die set made those cute, little orange doodads. I first thought they were stars, but they line up nicely with the tree branch, so they look like orange blossoms.
“Trick or treat” is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set, cut with the Classic Label Punch.
Are you ready for my spooky story?
It was warm the night I was working away in my craft room, so the window was open. I had stamped the owl, and was deciding how to color him, when I heard hooting. Was I imagining things? I hadn’t heard an owl hooting for years! I made my husband go outside with me to confirm I wasn’t crazy, and there it was sitting on the chimney next door! It was able to see me through the window! Coincidence?
If you follow my blog, you know I make paper animals come alive. But, this was a little too real, even for me!
Thank you for visiting today. I hope you enjoyed my spooky story. Don’t forget to create a Still Night project, and post it in our gallery.
The supplies I used are listed below. Have fun shopping!
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Oct 7, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Sing along, if you know the song, “I’ve got joy, joy, joy, down in my heart…..”
JOY JOY JOY
While designing my “YOU” card a few days ago, I made a fun discovery. If you turn “YOU” over and snip off half of the “U,” it spells “JOY.” So, that’s exactly what I did when making today’s card. I placed the die, “YOU,” from the Celebrate You die set, on the back side of a Gold Foil sheet, and ran it through the Big Shot. You’ll end up with the cut edge of the letters showing, rather than the smooth, but I like the way it looks in this case.
I was happy with my vertical “YOU,” so decided to repeat that design with “JOY.” Here’s my “YOU” card, if YOU missed it.
“YOU” birthday card
Unisex “YOU” Birthday Card
The vertical “JOY,” was also perfect for this week’s CAS(E) this sketch challenge.
Once I had my three “JOYs” die cut and snipped, I glued them to a strip of Whisper White cardstock, layered on Gold Foil. I glued this strip on the left side of my Thick Whisper White card base, and waited for inspiration to come.
Wanting to keep it simple, I found the die cuts to use in the Pretty Pines die set. I cut two pine boughs from Thick Whisper White cardstock, and placed them to mimic the banner shape in the sketch. To tie it together, I added a die cut of berries and a Gold Foil bow.
The finishing touch was three white stars from the Metallics Sequin Assortment.
Keep scrolling to see the short supply list. My store is open for orders!
Wishing you JOY JOY JOY, down in your heart!
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Oct 6, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Today’s project is a clean and simple Christmas card in nontraditional colors.
Merry Christmas Swirls
My inspiration for this card was the combination of two challenges:
The TGIF challenge required these three, bright colors and black. I’m into Christmas card making mode, so that’s what the theme would be.
The layout was determined by Rebecca’s clean and simple card at Less Is More. I like using a large amount of white with bright colors, so this design was a good solution for me.
I first embossed the right side of my Thick Whisper White card base with the Swirls & Curls embossing folder. Then, I cut “Merry” from Coastal Cabana cardstock with a die from the Merry Christmas die set. I layered “Merry” for thickness.
Next, I stamped “Christmas” from the Merry Christmas to All stamp set in Black ink, and cut it with the label die from the Merry Christmas die set. I HAD to pop it up on top of the Swirls & Curls!
Lastly, the stars from the Star of Light stamp set were stamped in Mango Melody and Melon Mambo. Say those names three times fast! The stars have a die in the Starlight die set to cut them out perfectly. I placed them on mini-dimensionals, and my nontraditional Christmas card was complete.
I rarely make a card without a layer on my base card, but the Thick Whisper White cardstock seems to work well on its own. I hope you were inspired by today’s project. Keep scrolling to see my Product List.
Have a great day!
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Oct 5, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Today’s project has a little red cardinal bringing someone Christmas cheer.
Cardinal Brings Cheer
This little bird is from the Painted Glass bundle, and I turned her into a cardinal with Stampin’ Blends. I stamped her in Black ink, colored in with Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler for feathers, and a bronze beak. She was easy to cut with her die that’s in the bundle.
Also in the bundle is the die I used for the window, which is cut from Crumb Cake cardstock. TIP: Use teeny tiny spots of Tombow Liquid Glue for adhering.
The cardinal wanted to bring cheer to someone in the house, and found just the right words in the Merry Christmas to All bundle. “Merry” is cut with a die from Cherry Cobbler cardstock, and “Christmas” is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink. A label die from the same bundle cut a perfect window sill for the cardinal to perch.
The Whisper White house was made with the Simple Stripes embossing folder, which I adhered to a Thick Whisper White card base. There’s a “stripes” theme going on over at Festive Friday, so I’m joining in this week’s challenge.
The two sprigs of Garden Green pine were cut with a die from the Night Owl die set. I added some Linen Thread, decorated the envelope flap, and called it complete.
My supply list is below, but I see I forgot two items; the Cherry Cobbler ink pad, and the Bronze Stampin’ Blend. Oh, and the medium envelope and Under the Mistletoe DSP.
Have a wonderful day!
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Oct 4, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Today’s project is a very “clean and simple” design, and you wouldn’t believe me if I told you how long it took me to come up with it. I think I start panicking when my little space of 5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″ is supposed to have lots of blank space. But, I like how this birthday card turned out, with its modern edge. I’m calling it a unisex card, because it could be for a man or woman, don’t you think?
“YOU” birthday card
The challenge at Freshly Made Sketches required a “clean and simple” design, and was my inspiration for the vertically placed “you.”
I cut the “YOU” with a die from the Celebrate You die set; two in each color: Lemon Lime Twist, Real Red and Gorgeous Grape. They were glued together to add a bit of dimension.
I decided on a Basic Black card base with a layer of Whisper White cardstock, embossed by the Subtle Textured embossing folder. The embossing is so “subtle,” I think it passes as blank.
The panel on the right is Whisper White cardstock, bordered with Basic Black cardstock. Before gluing everything together I stamped the sentiment in Black ink. “Today we celebrate wonderful brilliant fabulous you!” is from the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set.
I hope I’ve inspired you with my clean and simple, unisex birthday card. My Product list is short on this one, which you can see by scrolling down.
Thanks for shopping with me! Wishing YOU a clean and simple day!
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