Monday, September 30, 2024
Autumn Abundance Alternative ... Part 2!!
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Autumn Abundance Paper Pumpkin Fun With An Alternative!
Have you checked out Stampin' Up!'s Sept 2024 Paper Pumpkin Kit yet?! It is called Autumn Abundance. I love getting this fun box in the mail! 📪 You can create the projects as instructed ... you get everything in the kit needed to make the projects as shown ... or you can take the pieces and change things up! Either way is so much fun!
Today I am sharing one of the alternatives I made for the Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin Live video using the kit & a few extra goodies. I added Pool Party to the color combo ... because I like things a little fresh and fun no matter what the season is! 💗 Hee.
All in all ... I hope you enjoy this card! Check out the live on Stampin' Up!'s Paper Pumpkin Facebook page to see more!
Monday, September 23, 2024
Fancy Friday Stamping With Earthy Tones!
I hope you enjoy this card! I hate the reasons we need sympathy cards, but sadly ... sometimes we just do. I thought a pretty subtle & earthy tones color theme was a good choice for one of these cards. 💕
Friday, September 20, 2024
TGIF Challenge #491 With A Little Sweater Weather Theme!
Come join us for our theme challenge over on the TGIF Challenge Blog! What is the theme, you might ask?! Well ... given the time of year it is ... it is pretty fitting! It is a Sweater Weather Challenge! And here is what I made for it!
This card is prettier in person, if I do say so myself. Part of that is because the gold embossing is so pretty and adds such a fun detail. It is hard to capture that in a photo. But I daubed some VersaMark onto the leaf image after the ink I blended on had dried. Then added some gold embossing powder & heat set it. It is so pretty!
Love all the little details of this card! What do you think?! What does the theme "Sweater Weather" make you think of?! We can't wait to see! Head on over to the TGIF Challenge Blog & play along with us!
Thank you so much for visiting! I hope you enjoy this card and reach out if I can help with any of your papercrafting needs ... including helping you get any Stampin' Up! supplies you may need!
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Round We Go With A Purple Birthday!
Just a quick card to share a little purple birthday love! I have quite a few people in my life that love purple ... so "Round We Go" with a purple birthday card!
(See what I did there? 😛😂 That's the name of the bundle that I used for this card! Hee.)
I used both the stamps & the dies to make these fun bursts to celebrate! I stamped the bursts first, stamping off once with Petunia Pop ink. Then I die cut the middle burst from Petunia Pop cardstock. ***TIP: Add adhesive sheet to the cardstock before die-cutting for easy adhering to card!
What do you think? I want to make a batch of these in lots of colors! But I love this Petunia Pop one!
I hope you enjoy! Thank you for visiting! Please let me know if you have any questions! Would love to help you with al your papercrafting needs. If you need any Stampin' Up! supplies ... I can help with that too! Please let me know if I can help!
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Season of Elegance Suite Mini Artisan Design Team Blog Hop!
This one was so much fun! I took some of the fabulous Season of Elegance Designer Series Paper (that has GORGEOUS foiling on it!) and embossed some of the trees. Then die-cut the trees and layered them over it. Love the look it gives!
I also wanted to make a cute tag so I just die-cut a big tree with the fun "christmas" die-cut and easy peasy!
What do you think?! Is your mind flowing with possibilities for this suite?! Well guess what?! So much more gorgeous inspiration to come! Cause it's time to keep hopping!
Daniela: @edelpappe https://www.edelpappe.de/blog/
Her projects are gorgeous!! You better follow along to see! 😀 Over on Instagram is the best place to see them!
Full list of hoppers:
‣Monique: @stampin_met_monique
‣Ashley: @designwithink ☆ This is me! ☆
‣Daniela: @edelpappe
‣Maheswari: @maheswarirajaguru
‣Su: @aromasandart
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Bold Pop With Changing Leaves Bundle!
I had a vision in my head for a card, & couldn't get it out of my head ... so had to just create it. Haha. I LOVE the Changing Leaves Bundle that is an Online Exclusive from Stampin' Up! Fun fact ... I was going to use it on the last card I made for the TGIF Challenge this week. (Click HERE to see that card.) But the large leaf image I wanted to use was a bit too large for what I wanted with that card, so I used the Spotlight in Nature stamp instead. Well ... that's probably why I got this card idea in my head and couldn't get it out. Haha. I wanted to do a bold & graphic card with the leaf bundle. Black & white with pops of bright color filled my head and this is what came out on paper:
I got a little picky with the look I wanted for the "hey" greeting. So it was a bit fussy. Hee. But I love how it turned out. I stamped it in VersaMark onto Coastal Cabana cardstock. Then individually cut out each letter, adhered it to Basic White cardstock, and fussy cut that. I just was picky with the color that I wanted, and so I just went with it! Hee.
I also was a bit picky on the color pink I wanted on this card. Melon Mambo cardstock was too dark for what I wanted & Pretty in Pink was too light. So what did I do?! Why ... I used my Light Melon Mambo Blends Marker & colored on some Basic White cardstock! It was the perfect pink! 😍 Once it was dried ... that was when I embossed the "thanks."
I also used this same trick for the side detail made with the Perennial Postage Dies. I just out a piece of the largest shape, and then just colored the side with the same Light Melon Mambo Blends ...
Just look how cute it is! Once again ... perfect color pink for what I had in my head!
This card just makes me happy to look at it. And this Changing Leaves bundle is PHENOMENAL! The stamps are gorgeous & fun (just LOOK AT HOW fun it is in black & white) and the rest is magic! The bundle comes with a Hybrid Embossing Folder & coordinating dies. (Keep reading for an explanation of that!) Notice the white die-cut leaf under the "hey"?! ...
Yeah ... they Hybrid means that you can die-cut & emboss all in one pass through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine! It is so wonderful! Here is a photo so hopefully you can see what I mean better:
Love it! Now one last little bit of info. This is a black card, so I added a white insert on the inside to write in. Didn't want to leave it naked so I did a few quick stamps and VOILA! Fun and coordinated inside!
I hope you enjoy this card! Thank you so much for visiting my blog! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions at all! Would love to help you with all your papercrafting needs!
If you need any help getting any Stampin' Up! supplies (and live in the US), I would be happy to help with that as well!
Friday, September 6, 2024
Spotlight On Nature Color Challenge! TGIF Challenge #489!
Stripe-y Artful Amaryllis!
Have you checked out the Artful Amaryllis Bundle in Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Catalog? It is a fun one and I couldn't wait to play...
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