Hi Stampers. Welcome back for another blog hop with my Global Stamping Friends. Today’s hop is entitled Leaves & Vines… so expect lots of greenery… It’s really cold her in Idaho already, so my leaves are frozen!
This card starts with a standard 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ card base scored at 4-1/4″ in Misty Moonlight CS. For the main front layer I used Whisper White CS and did some ink blending with my new Stampin’ Up! ink blending brushes! I used a scrap piece of CS (approx 4″ x 5″) and die cut a large circle out of the center using the layering circle dies and my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine and used both pieces as a template to do my ink blending.
Stampin’ Tip: Have you heard that Stampin’ Up! will have ink blending brushes in the new January to June Mini catalog? They are pretty awesome! You want some!
First, I placed the die cut circle in the center of my Whisper White layer and using the blending brushes to blend Seaside Spray ink around the edges of the circle and Misty Moonlight ink after that working my way to the edges. Then I removed the circle and used the negative to place over the blue inks allowing me to blend some Daffodil Delight around the outside edges of the circle area. I left the center of the circle white and stamped the trees (from the Winter Woods stamp set) over the top in Night of Navy ink.
For the snowbanks along the bottom of the card front I used Whisper White CS and die cut it using the Curvy Dies. Don’t worry, if you don’t have those you can easily cut the slopes using paper snips. They were then glued to the card front. The leaves (from the Harvest Hellos stamp set) were stamped in Seaside Spray and Misty Moonlight inks and then I used the blending brushes over them. Using the Apple Builder Punch to punch the leaves out. I tucked the leaves into the snowbanks and then used Shimmery Crystal Effects along the edges of the snowbanks.
Inside the card is pretty simple. I sponged Seaside Spray and Misty Moonlight inks around the top and Daffodil Delight ink around the bottom. The sentiment, from the Winter Woods stamp set, is stamped in Night of Navy ink. I love how it came out! These new ink blending brushes are awesome!
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Hi Stampers, have you ever just been bored by the standard card fold and want to do something different, but not get all complicated? I have the perfect card for you today, the barn door fold.
Starting with a standard card base (4-1/4″ x 11″, scored at 5-1/4″) in Shaded Spruce CS and cut the top half of the front of the card off. That’s right, just cut right down the middle at 2-1/8″ from the right edge to the fold on the left and then cut up towards the top. Across the bottom of the card front is a 1-7/8″ x 4″ layer of Whisper White CS, covered by three pieces of Classic Christmas DSP (1-5/8″ x 1-5/8″).
The sentiment (from the Snowman Season stamp set) is stamped onto a strip of Whisper White CS (3″ x 3/4″) in Cherry Cobbler ink. Using the paper trimmer I cut a small slit on either end of the Cherry Cobbler strip of CS. I used a 5″ strip of Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon and weaved it into the left slit, under the CS and up through the right slit. The sentiment was adhered to the Cherry Cobbler CS using stampin’ seal and adhered to the card front using stampin’ dimensionals.
Inside the card is a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Whisper White CS adhered with stampin’ seal. I then attached 3 (1-5/8″ x 1-3/4″) pieces of Classic Christmas DSP across the top. The colors were the same, just arranged in a different order. If you would like to see this card being made, please watch the video below.
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Hi Stampers. Welcome back for another Paper Pumpkin Possibilities Blog Hop, where we show you alternative ideas with your monthly Paper Pumpkin kit by Stampin’ Up! This month we are playing with the Jolly Gingerbread kit. The kit made adorable little boxes shaped like gingerbread houses, you can see them in the video below, but I didn’t need those. I needed cards – so that’s what I made.
My card is a fun fold called a landscape easel card. This is the fold I used on my card yesterday for my Facebook Live class. It will be on YouTube soon. The card base is 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ Early Espresso CS, scored at 4-1/4″ and 6″. I layered Soft Suede CS and Trimming the Town DSP over that.
This gave me a cute winter scene, in which to set my house. Don’t you love how the path (on the DSP) leads right up to the door of my house? All stamps used on this card are from the Jolly Gingerbread Paper Pumpkin Kit and I used Early Espresso ink. The house is colored using Stampin’ Blends and the fence is made using scraps of Whisper White CS that I punched out using the Classic Label punch.
Inside the card, I stamped on a Whisper White layer in Early Espresso ink. As a “stop” to hold the card open, I used the two smallest dies in the Stitched Nested Label Dies and die cut an Early Espresso and a Whisper White label. They are attached with stampin’ dimensionals.
Doesn’t it look cute all propped up? It was fun – how fast it all came together!
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Did you know that Paper Pumpkin provides us with a stamp case insert that fits into the standard size stamp cases? You can buy them empty to store your stamp sets and these inserts can be super handy!
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There are so many items on sale that it was simpler to to list what is NOT included. The following list of 74 items is the select few items that are not on sale – and three of them are catalogs. So, you see it is ALMOST everything in the Annual Catalog!
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Hi Stampers. Welcome to the Stamping Friends Holiday Hop! Can you believe that (in the US) Thanksgiving is next week?!? How did we reach the end of November so quickly?!?!? With all that is going on with COVID, my husband and I have decided to stay home alone. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a festive banner to hang.
THANKSGIVING BANNER:
Each pennant of this Thanksgiving banner is made using Cajun Craze CS and then a layer of the GORGEOUS Gilded Autumn Designer Series Paper was placed over that. Each pennant was manually “flagged” the end using the paper snips.
I used the Playful Alphabet Dies to die cut the letters for “Happy Thanksgiving” and the Layering Circle Dies were used to cut the circles.
The letters and circles are alternates of Cajun Craze, Early Espresso and Mint Macaron CS and then mixed and matched.
The larger circles are adhered to the banner pennant using Stampin’ Seal and the second circle is added with stampin’ dimensionals. Since I used Adhesive Sheets on the back of the CS I used for the letters, all I had to do was peel off the backing and adhere the letters as stickers. Easy peasy.
At the top of each pennant, I punched a hole on either side using a 1/4″ circle punch and used the 1/4″ Cinnamon Cider ribbon to string it all up. Overall, I was pretty happy with how it came out, but I think I’m gonna go back and add some die cut leaves to the blank pennants.
For my card, I used a 11″ x 4-1/4″ card based scored at 5-1/2″ and then cut 2″ off of the bottom front of the card base and rounded the corners.
To finish off the top, I added a 4″ x 3-1/4″ layer of Gilded Autumn DSP (I also rounded the corners on this piece) and wrapped a piece of the Early Espresso Suede Trim all the way around. I used a second piece of ribbon (and my bow maker tool) to make the bow and attached that with glue dots.
For the sentiment, I stamped the word “thanks” from the Many Mates stamp set in Early Espresso ink onto a scrap of Very Vanilla CS and punched it out using the 1-1/2″ punch. This is then attached it to a piece of Early Espresso CS that had been punched out using the Label Me Lovely Punch using stampin’ dimensionals and the label is attached to the card front (as seen in the photo) using Stampin’ Seal.
Inside the card started with a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Very Vanilla CS with a 4″ x 2-1/4″ piece of DSP added to the bottom. (This is actually the other side of the DSP used on the top of the card. The inside sentiment is also from the Many Mates stamp set and is also stamped in Early Espresso ink. This fold is new to me, I like it! Do you want more holiday inspiration? Pop on over to Germany to see Katja’s post HERE. If you should ever get lost, I’ve provided the line up for you below.
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Hi Stampers. Do you remember last May / June when the new Annual Catalog was coming out and the Jar of Flowers and Sunflower bundles were all the rage? Did you get them? Did you think now that we are getting into winter, they did not have a current use? Think again! Today’s card can be a Wall or Winter card using these Spring / Summer bundles.
I started with a Crumb Cake card base, followed by a layer of Early Espresso CS and then a layer of Neutrals DSP as my backdrop. Next up, I die cut the sprigs from the Sunflower Dies out of Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow and Early Espresso CS that had Adhesive Sheet on the back. I adhered those to the card front in three groupings (where the jars would later go over them).
Stampin’ Tip: I always use adhesive sheet on my cardstock before die cutting small or detailed pieces, I find this make much less mess than any type of glue I’ve tried to use. You just peel off the backing and apply like stickers – easy peasy!
The large jar stamp was stamped onto a scrap of Mossy Meadow, a scrap of Merry Merlot and then a scrap of Night of Navy using the same ink color as the cardstock. These jars were then punched out using the Jar Punch. I wrapped the gold thread from the Forever Greenery trim pack around each jar twice and tied a knot on the front. (If they don’t lay down properly – a glue dot under the knot will fix that quickly – take that unruly thread!!). The jars are then adhered to the card front using stampin’ dimensionals.
Inside the card is a layer of Very Vanilla CS with the sentiment (from Perfectly Plaid stamp set) stamped in Early Espresso ink. I adhered another sprig and the top half of a jar in the lower right corner to make the inside coordinate with the outside.
So there you have it – stamps that you thought were only good for spring and summer looks all set up as a Christmas card! How will you take a second look at your stamps and imagine how they would look in another color scheme or with a Christmas sentiment? Let me know in the comments.
If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)! If you need help with how to use the host code you can find the answer here.
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Earn my monthly Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial by placing an order $30 or more (before shipping & tax). This PDF tutorial includes all the instructions to create six adorable cards! All orders of $30 and above (before tax and shipping) placed in my online store using the Hostess Code DR32NCPN, will be emailed the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial.
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Hello, Stampers! Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month our Design Team’s theme is “Pile It On” – showcasing their card/project with layers of DSP and/or embellishments for any occasion. We hope you enjoy and will be inspired by them! Don’t forget to leave comments! We love hearing from you. At the end of my post, you will find the full line-up to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
If you haven’t seen her yet, let me introduce you to my (AvaToon) Avatar. Don’t you just love that she has dogs just like mine?!? Sophie is a white miniature poodle and Pixie is a toy parti poodle.
My card has layers, lots of them! This type of card is called a triple slider card, because two additional layers pull out of the main layer. (See my double slider card – HERE).
To decorate my triple slider card, I used the Snowflake Wishes bundle and the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper.
When you pull on the tab at the top, it opens up the extra layers to show two more sentiments.
The front of the card features three die cut snowflakes die cut using the So Many Snowflakes Dies, in Highland Heather, Seaside Spray and Purple Posey CS. A few Basic Rhinestone Jewels finishes it off.
If you want to know how to make a triple slider card – just watch the video tutorial below. I’d love to see what you create!
Video Tutorial:
More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Mark your calendars for our next blog hop on December 9th when our theme is “Goodbye September Mini Catalog and Hello January Mini Catalog.” Participants showcase their favorites from the retiring holiday catalog or new products from the new mini catalog. Don’t miss the fun! Until then, please stay safe and have fun in your craft space.
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