Stampin' Up! Autumn to Remember Scrapbook Kit

 I've completed my first scrapbook pages ever!  After card making for 20 years and not doing a bit of scrapbooking I've jumped into it now that Stampin' Up! has released these fantastic scrapbook kits where you get everything you need to create 6 coordinating pages.  I have to admit I was hesitant at first because a 12x12 page is a huge area compared to cards. But the kit made everything so easy!  Everything I needed was included except for a paper trimmer and adhesive! The instructions were clear for cutting the cardstock and Designer Series Paper as well as for placement of all the pieces.  The embellishments and stickers were easy to use and super cute.  

  Now all I need is for a scrapbooker to give me some tips on photographing these big pages!!  

  My photos definitely don't do these pages justice.  All the little wood cut embellishments are even cuter in real life!

 I have some photos from when my boys were little in mind for these pages.  I just need to pull them up and figure out what I need to print.

  One of the nice things about the instructions for these new kits is that they give you the number and size and orientation of the photos you need if you complete the pages following the instructions so you can have your photos printed and ready to go when you put the kit together.  And placeholder photo pages are included so you can know exactly where the photos are going to go.

 I love how all the pages use the same Designer Series Paper and colors but they don't feel repetitive at all.  They coordinate beautifully!

 As a brand new scrapbooker I can say I think anyone can be successful using these kits.  Newbies can complete multiple pages right away while I think seasoned scrapbookers will like having so many supplies with which they can stick to the given layouts or be able to put their own spin on the pages.

  

  I hope you'll check out the new kits that are now available and jump into scrapbooking with me!

  You can purchase the kits as well as many coordinating 'extras' in my ONLINE STORE.  All of the new scrapbooking products are under the 'What's New' category!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Supplies: Stampin' Up! Autumn to Remember scrapbooking kit, adhesive 

Green and Gold Evergreen - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens

   The Season of Elegance suite in the Sept.-Dec. min catalog is just gorgeous and chock full of great products to create elegant Christmas cards.  I showed my stampers some of them the other day at class when they made this card.  The gold accents really make this card I think.  If you can't get the whole suite definitely check out the 2 stamp & die bundles and the Season of Elegance DSP!

  This design starts with a Mossy Meadow base.  Next up is a piece of Soft Sea Foam stamped with the smaller line of pine trees in the Peaceful Evergreen stamp set.  Mossy Meadow in is just and the first row is in full strength and the row behind, just slightly offset, is stamped off once.

  The piece of Basic White is torn at the top to look like snow and the 'merry' from the Peaceful Season stamp set is also stamped in Mossy Meadow.

  The large tree is stamped in Mossy Meadow and then die cut.  A piece of Season of Elegance DSP is die cut and overlaid to bring in some depth and of course that gorgeous gold! A length of Cherry Cobbler & Gold satin ribbon is added behind the tree before adhering it with dimensionals.

  The 2 layered 'Christmas' die cuts are put together with one layer of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and the top layer is gold foil.  That piece is also popped on dimensionals.

  The final details are some Gold Textured Adhesive-Backed Dots added around the sentiment.

  I was glad I cut a few extra cards packs of this design so I could make a few for myself for my Christmas card stash!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Peaceful Season

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Paper: Mossy Meadow, Soft Sea Foam, Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Gold Foil, Season of Elegance DSP

Accessories: Peaceful Evergreen dies, Peaceful Season dies, dimensionals, Cherry Cobbler & Gold satin ribbon, Gold Textured Adhesive-Backed Dots

Snowy Bear - Stampin' Up! Christmas Friends

   I'm playing along with the As You See It Challenge today.  They have a great color combo with Azure Afternoon, Granny Apple Green and Shaded Spruce.  At first I was going to try for a masculine card but then veered away from that and ended up doing a Christmas card!  The Christmas Friends bundle seemed like it was a good match for a snowy scene using these colors.

  I used an Azure Afternoon card base and then stamped the Falling Snow background stamp in white craft ink onto the front.  A slightly smaller panel of Basic White is first die cut with big circle in the Christmas Friends die set and then die cut again with the "snow" die from the Peaceful Evergreen die set.

 The chubby bear is stamped in Memento black and then colored with Stampin' Blends.  He's popped up on dimensionals at the bottom of the circle.  

I cut several layers of greenery in the 2 challenge greens and then layered them with mini dimensionals and adhered them to the top of the circle.

Two snowflakes in Azure Afternoon (one stamped off) from the Iconic Imagery stamp set are added because I thought that the bear needed something to look at lol!  The word 'joy' is stamped in Shaded Spruce and trimmed to fit the snowflake.

  A bit of retired Azure Afternoon ribbon is tied in a fork bow and added to the greenery.  A faceted gem is added to the second snowflake and Wink of Stella adds some shimmer to the wreath bow.

  This was a fun card to pull together using bits from different Christmas sets.  I might have to try a polar bear next!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

  All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Christmas Friends, Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Memento Black, Azure Afternoon

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, Shaded Spruce dark, Granny Apple Green light & dark, Azure Afternoon light & dark

Paper: Azure Afternoon, Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Christmas Friends dies, Peaceful Evergreens dies, Iconic Imagery dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, Wink of Stella, clear faceted gem (retired), Azure Afternoon ribbon (retired)

Welcome Home - Stampin' Up! Humble Home

  Every other week I post a stamping challenge for my customers in our Facebook group and this week is a layout.  I had some supplies still out from my class earlier in the week so I used some of them to create this "welcome" card with a fall vibe.  The Humble Home bundle is showing itself to be really versatile!

 The layout comes from page 22 of the Stampin' Up! Annual catalog and has 2 main blocks of space so there are a lot of possibilities.  

I started with an Early Espresso card base and then a large layer of Sweet Days of Autumn DSP in a pretty Old Olive pattern.  I used another piece of paper from this pack for the panel in the background.  Then I fussy cut a bunch of little trees from yet another page from this pack and adhered them to a Stitched Shape square in Basic White.

I stamped the brick house in Cajun Craze and the roof in Early Espresso.  I did ok lining it up but next time I might stamp and punch it separately and trim it down to fit.  The door and windows are stamped in Pecan Pie on scrap paper and lightly colored with Stampin' Blends then fussy cut and added to the house front.  I popped the house over the trees with dimensionals.

 I followed the sketch and added the sentiment banner cut in Pecan Pie and stamped with Early Espresso ink.  I popped it over a second banner made from a 4th pattern in the Sweet Days of Autumn DSP. Can you tell that I love this DSP or what??! Between the banners I stuck a big bow made from Natural Tones Linen Thread in Copper Clay.

  Finally to fill in a bit of blank space under the white square I added 3 retired Adhesive-Back Speckled Dots in Old Olive.

  I'm not anticipating any new neighbors to welcome in the near future but it's always good to have a card ready to go!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

 All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Humble Home

Ink: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie

Blends: Pecan Pie light, Pool Party light

Paper: Early Espresso, Sweet Days of Autumn DSP, Basic White, Pecan Pie

Accessories: Humble Home builder punch, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, Natural Tones Linen Thread, Adhesive-Back Speckled Dots (retired)

Hey Autumn - Stampin' Up! Sweet Days of Autumn DSP

  The other day I got to introduce my stampers to some of the new scrapbooking products that Stampin' Up! has just released.  I was able to make a few scrapbook pages (my first ever!!) using the Autumn to Remember kit to have on display along with a lot of the new Two-Toned cardstock so they could see what these new products looked like up close. But since my classes have always been card making focused I wanted to incorporate some of these items into a card.  The Sweet Days of Autumn DSP was the perfect thing to use!

  This card uses the new DSP, Two-Toned cardstock as well as the Autumn to Remember stamp set along with a few products you can find in the other catalogs!

  The card base is Early Espresso and then I used 3 different panels to add texture and color.  The first panel is a piece of Cajun Craze Two-Toned cardstock which is embossed with the Eyelet embossing folder and then sanded down a bit to bring out that white core.  The next panel is a piece of the Sweet Days of Autumn DSP which brings in more great fall color.  The final panel is Old Olive stamped with the oak leaf stamp from the Autumn to Remember stamp set in the same color ink.

  I used the Spotlight on Nature dies for the big sentiment which combines two stamp sets (how's that for versatility??).  The 'hey' is from the Saying Hey set and the 'autumn' is from the More Than Autumn set.

  And now for the cuteness factor!  Using another pattern from the Sweet Days of Autumn DSP we fussy cut some of the different animals and leaves and added them around the sentiment circle.  The 3 larger animals on the page; a deer, bear and fox are balanced nicely by 3 smaller animals; a bird, owl and hedgehog.  The variety of animals and leaves allowed everyone to create a different card from my samples if they wanted to.  Some people found it hard to decide which ones to use because they are all so cute!  We finished the card with some nice fall colored embellishments by added some Faux Glass Dots.  All of the colors work wonderfully with the colors of the Sweet Days of Autumn DSP.

  I'm really excited about the new scrapbooking line and as a long time "Cardmaking Only" paper crafter I think these kits will give me a great starting spot (and confidence booster) for beginning memory keeping but I'm also happy to see that the new line contains many products that can easily be used for cardmaking as well.  The best of both worlds I would say!

Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Autumn to Remember (scrapbooking line), Saying Hey, More Than Autumn

Ink: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Old Olive

Paper: Early Espresso, Two-Toned Cajun Craze (scrapbooking line), Sweet Days of Autumn DSP (scrapbooking line), Old Olive, Basic White

Accessories: Eyelet embossing folder, Spotlight on Nature dies, dimensionals, Faux Glass Dots

Christmas Home - Stampin' Up! Humble Home

 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....in my stamp room that is!  My stampers always want more Christmas cards earlier in the fall so I designed this one for my last class.  The Humble Home bundle should be called the Adorable Home bundle because it's so cute!  I used a layout that I had seen another demonstrator Bonnie O'Neill use and I love how the little squares could work for really any occasion just by changing the paper.  

  It's a traditional red and green color combo with some pops of sparkle coming from some Festive Glimmer paper.

  The card base is Real Red and then is topped by a piece of Garden Green embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder.  If you like this look check out the Falling Snow background stamp that is in the Sept.-Dec. 2024 Mini Catalog.  It's stamp version of the embossing folder!

  Next is a piece of Basic White and here is where all the pieces get adhered.  The little house is stamped in Versamark onto Real Red cardstock and then embossed with white embossing powder.  After it's punched out it's popped on dimensionals in the corner.  The wreath is stamped in Memento black ink and colored with Blends.  It's fussy cut (super easy I promise!) and then popped on the house with a mini dimensional.

  The the 1x1 inch squares are adhered with the little heart that is punched out along with the house is added to one of the glimmer paper stars with a glue dot.  I used the smaller prints from the Reindeer Days DSP and all three colors of the Festive Glimmer paper.

  The sentiment from Reindeer Fun is stamped in Garden Green ink and finally a bakers twine bow is added across the middle of the panel.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

 All of the products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Humble Home, Reindeer Fun

Ink: Garden Green, Versamark, Memento Black

Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Basic White, Reindeer Days DSP, Festive Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Snowflake Sky embossing folder, dimensionals, white embossing powder, baker's twine

Just a Note - Stampin' Up! Stamped with Love

 I had been planning on getting a few projects made at the end of last week so I would still have something to share over the weekend when I was busy and not in my stamp room creating but that didn't happen so it's been quiet here at Did You Stamp Today?  I was prepping for my monthly card class as well as watching a lot of football!  We watched our JMU team run right over UNC, then the Eagles were a nail biter as seems to be the case more often than not lately and we also watched the other kind of football when our son had a soccer game as well. Phew, no wonder there wasn't much time for stamping!  Anyway I have a clean and simple card to share today inspired by the Addicted to CAS challenge.

  The theme for the challenge is "Just a Note" so I pulled out the Simply Said stamp set as well as the Stamped with Love stamp set and put together this clean and simple card.

  The base is Pretty Peacock, then a layer of Lost Lagoon.  The letters and pen are stamped on a piece of Basic White in Memento black ink and then I used the Perennial Postage dies to cut a fun stamp edge as I thought it kind of went with the postal theme and echos the shape of the stamp on the letter.

  The image is colored with Blends markers and while it's hard to see I did outline the whole image with my light Smoky Slate marker to give a bit of a shadow look for some extra detail while not adding another layer to stick to the CAS element.

  I added 2 Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots in Fresh Freesia as the only embellishment. I know I should have left them off to be truly CAS but I need to use them where I can before my drawers are so stuff I can't open them lol!  I'm thinking they are a CAS embellishment since they aren't sparkly or faceted lol!

  All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Stamped with Love, Simply Said

Ink: Memento Black, Fresh Freesia (heart on the stamp)

Blends: Pretty Peacock light & dark, Gray Granite dark, Daffodil Delight dark, Lost Lagoon light, Pool Party light, Smoky Slate light

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Basic White

Accessories: Perennial Postage dies, Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots, dimensionals

Simple Copper Birthday - Stampin' Up! Simply Said

   I needed to send out a masculine birthday card this week and my stash was quite low on that particular theme so I decided to start the restock using the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  When I first saw the challenge all I could think of was a Christmas card but I challenged myself to come up with something different so I did.  I flipped the sketch on it's side to be able to use the long skinny sentiment and maybe make myself stop seeing Christmas trees!

  Photographing the metallic elements are the hardest thing about this card!  I tried to keep it all very sharp and clean so there isn't a fancy technique or even a lot of stamping.  The pops of copper are what I think draw the eye but my photography skills are lacking here!

  I used a Basic Beige base then embossed another layer of Basic Beige with the Dashing Designs embossing folder.  A band of Pretty Peacock goes across the panel

  I used the retired Stitched Triangle dies to cut what I began to think of as flags or banners.  I used a piece of Oxidized Copper Specialty paper which came out last year but is a carryover item that you can find in the Stampin' Up! online store.  It's gorgeous paper and perfect for this time of year!  The second flag is cut out of Copper Clay cardstock, also a perfect color for fall cards.  

  The sentiment is stamped in Versamark and embossed in copper embossing powder.  The flags are arranged on the card front to follow the sketch (just turned) with the Copper Clay flag popped on dimensionals.

  Copper sequins from the Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins collection are added for a final touch.  I definitely need to make some more masculine birthday cards but I think this card is a good start!

  

  Thanks so much for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Simply Said

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Basic Beige, Copper Clay, Oxidized Copper Specialty DSP (Online Only), Pretty Peacock

Accessories: Dashing Designs embossing folder, dimensionals, Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins, Stitched Triangle dies (retired)

Autumn Blessings - Stampin' Up! Autumn To Remember

   The new stamp set Autumn to Remember has been a wonderful addition to my fall stamping supplies.  Even though it was primarily released to coordinate with the new scrapbooking kits as a card maker I am appreciating having another fall themed set to stamp with.

  I pulled out some classic fall colors and the Autumn to Remember stamp set and put this one together.

  It starts with a Cajun Craze card base stamped all over with the maple and oak leaves from the set.  Next I embossed a piece of Two-Toned Early Espresso cardstock with the Eyelet embossing folder and did a little bit of standing on the raised pattern to give it that really nice worn look.  I edged the panel with a narrow strip of Sweet Days of Autumn in an Old Olive pattern.  A bit of line thread is tied around the panel before adhering it to the card front.

  The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso ink and fussy cut and popped on dimensionals.  The trees are one stamp which I stamped 3 times in the different colors then fussy cut the trees so I could have one in each color.  They are also adhered with dimensionals.

  The finishing touch are 2 Faux Glass Dots under the sentiment.  I love the fall vibes of this one and I think it will be prefect to send out at Thanksgiving.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Autumn to Remember (Scrapbooking Brochure, Online Only)

Ink: Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Old Olive

Paper: Cajun Craze, Basic White, Two-Toned Early Espresso (Scrapbooking Brochure, Online Only), Sweet Days of Autumn DSP (Scrapbooking Brochure, Online Only)

Accessories: Eyelet embossing folder, linen thread, dimensionals, Faux Glass Dots

Doughnut Celebration - Stampin' Up! More Than Autumn

   I'm back with another clean and simple card today based on the sketch over at CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  The colors come from The Color Hues challenge of Pink & Blue.  I briefly thought that I could make a baby card with these colors but these doughnuts were calling to me and I needed to restock my small selection of celebration/congratulations cards anyway.  Sugar always wins lol!

  The sketch called for a shape "other than a square" for the element on the left side of the card.  No problem!  A cup of hot cocoa/coffee and 2 doughnuts are definitely not square!

  I used a piece of 2024-2026 In Color DSP in Pretty in Pink for the strip going across the card front.  The cup, doughnuts, heart and cup sleeve are all stamped with Basic Gray.  The coloring is all Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon and Flirty Flamingo (I meant to grab the Pretty in Pink markers but FF works too!).  The cup sleeve is a bit of the retired Textured Shimmer paper and it reminds me of the corrugated cardboard sometimes used for cup sleeves so I thought it worked well for that element.  And it's a bit shimmery and that's never a bad thing!

  The whipped cream is stamped off twice Basic Gray for a very light look.  The whipped cream, little heart, foreground doughnut and the word doughnuts are all popped up with dimensionals.

  To keep the clean and simple look I only added a few retired Fine Sparkle Adhesive-Backed gems  as the only embellishments.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: More Than Autumn

Ink: Basic Gray, Azure Afternoon

Blends: Azure Afternoon light & dark, Flirty Flamingo light & dark, Pecan Pie light

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, 2024-2026 In Color DSP, Textured Shimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: More Than Autumn dies, dimensionals, Fine Sparkle Adhesive-Backed gems (retired)

Sweet Autumn Bear - Stampin' Up! Autumn to Remember

 As soon as I saw the new Sweet Days of Autumn DSP that was just released with the new scrapbooking line of products I knew I wanted to do a card with the animals on one of the paper designs.  They are adorable and perfect for fall cards.  A tiny bit of fussy cutting and a little stamping and I've got a clean and simple autumn card.  The inspiration was from the current Paper Players challenge which is a clean and simple card with any plant or animal.  I went with both!

  I started with a Basic White thick card base and stamped the line of trees from the Autumn to Remember set in Mossy Meadow.  I drew a light pencil line about one inch up from the bottom to help me get my trees in a nice even row and then just erased it when I was finished.

  The bear and leaves were fussy cut and the leaves are adhered with glue and the adorable bear is popped on dimensionals.

  The scale of the elements called for a smaller sentiment so I grabbed the Choose Happy stamp set and used the Hello and Autumn stamps to create the greeting in Cajun Craze ink.

  This style and the variety of animals in the DSP would work really well for a set of notecards.  I'm thinking they would be perfect for a hostess gift for a Thanksgiving gathering!  I'll have to add that to my list of things to stamp!!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Autumn to Remember(Online Scrapbooking Brochure), Choose Happy

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze

Paper: Basic White thick, Sweet Days of Autumn DSP (Online Scrapbooking Brochure)

Accessories: dimensionals

Mouse Hug - Stampin' Up! Hearts & Hugs

   I needed to get some more cards made to have on hand to send to my oldest who just started his freshman year at college so I used the Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week.  One of the board choices is Border, Masculine and Markers/Pencils and I thought those were great elements to use for a card of this type. 

  I looked through some saved color combinations to find one that worked for a masculine card and decided upon Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Summer Splash and Pretty Peacock.

  Basic Gray is the card base and then I used the other 3 colors to make a border using the retired Basic Borders dies.  If you cut the lengths long than you need it makes it easy to tuck them against each other and then just trim the overhang at the ends. 

  I tied a length of retired baker's twine around the card front then mounted the large circle which holds all the focal points of the card.  The mouse from Hearts & Hugs stamp set is stamped in Basic Gray and colored in with colored pencils and the large heart is colored with Blends markers.

  I added the sentiment above the mouse and then a few die cut hearts in Pretty Peacock.  Since this will be going to an 18 year old boy I left off any other embellishments and kept it clean.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

  All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Hearts & Hugs

Ink: Basic Gray

Blends: Summer Splash light

Paper: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Summer Splash, Pretty Peacock. Basic White

Accessories: Hearts & Hugs dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, baker's twine (retired), Basic Borders dies (retired)

Peach Flower Basket - Stampin' Up! Crafting With You

   The colors on my card today definitely make me think of summer even as the calendar is pointing towards autumn.  I pulled these colors and layout from the Inspired By Challenge.  The photo prompt with it's cute yellow/peach bicycle, painted fence and basket with flowers was inspiring so I pulled out the carryover set; Crafting With You which hasn't seem much action lately.

  I started with a Crumb Cake base and then added a panel of 2024-2026 In Color DSP in a leaf/floral pattern in Summer Splash which has a length of Basic White Frayed Grosgrain ribbon tied around it.

  I cut a square with the Stylish Shape dies and backed it with a panel of the Peach Pie cardstock.  I used my Stampin' Write markers to color in the floral image from the Crafting With You set 3 times and then die cut them.  The basket is stamped on Crumb Cake cardstock with Crumb Cake ink and also die cut.

  The flowers and basket are adhered to the square and the top flower image is popped on dimensionals.  The sentiment is stamped in the corner in Summer Splash ink. The whole panel is adhered with dimensionals over the top of the ribbon.

  The final touch are some retired adhesive pearls added to the flower centers for a subtle detail.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Crafting With You, Simply Said

Ink: Crumb Cake, Summer Splash

Markers: Summer Splash, Peach Pie

Paper: Crumb Cake, 2024-2026 In Color DSP, Peach Pie, Basic White

Accessories: Crafting With You Dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, Basic White Frayed Grosgrain ribbon, adhesive pearls (retired)

  

Home Love - Stampin' Up! Humble Home

 Just a quick post today!  It's a busy weekend and there's lots to do but I always have to get a card posted!  I made this one yesterday after seeing the challenge colors over at Just Add Ink. I thought these fun colors of Fresh Freesia, Petunia Pop, Berry Burst and Shaded Spruce would make great Christmas colors so I paired them up with the Humble Home bundle.

  I used 3 of the challenge colors to stamp and emboss the house.  The fourth house I stamped in Memento and colored in with Stampin' Blends.  They are all punched out and popped on dimensionals on the card front.  The colored in house also has an adorable little wreath hanging above the door.

 

  The background of the card is a piece of Basic White embossed with the Forever Plaid embossing folder.

  I stamped one of the long skinny sentiments from the Peaceful Season stamp set and embossed it in white on a narrow piece of Shaded Spruce.  I adhered that to the center of the card front. The sentiment is accented with Fresh Freesia Tinsel gems.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Humble Home, Peaceful Season

Ink: Versamark, Memento Black

Blends: Shaded Spruce dark, Berry Burst Dark, Fresh Freesia light

Paper: Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Petunia Pop, Berry Burst, Shaded Spruce

Accessories: Humble Home builder punch, Forever Plaid embossing folder, dimensionals, Tinsel Gems

Autumn Birthday - Stampin' Up! Autumn to Remember

   So I get all this wonderful new scrapbooking stuff in the mail yesterday (check out the video that I posted earlier today) and what do I do but make a card!  I can't help myself I guess.  The Autumn to Remember stamp set coordinates with the Autumn to Remember scrapbooking kit but is also perfect for fall cards as well.  I hope to try out at least one of the layouts from the scrapbooking kit over the weekend so stay tuned!

  I used the prompt of "Stripes" from the Seize the Birthday challenge to get this card started.  The base is Crumb Cake and then a layer of Country Woods DSP in the nice multi-colored board pattern.  I think these count as stripes right?

  The next layer is the new Two-Toned cardstock in Pool Party and it looks so cool after being embossed!  I tore the edges and then used the Eyelet embossing folder on the piece.  Next I lightly sanded it.  I had an old sanding block that Stampin' Up! used to sell but any sand paper would be fine I think.  Just rub lightly to take the color off and leave you with the white core showing!  I love it!  I used the light side of the Two-Toned paper here.

  I embossed the sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set on a Crumb Cake label cut with the Iconic Imagery dies.  After stamping the leaves from the Autumn to Remember stamp set I fussy cut them and adhered them around the label using dimensionals.

  A linen thread bow accents the maple leaf and 3 retired Pool Party Opaque Faceted Gems jazz up the label.

 Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

  All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Autumn to Remember (Scrapbooking/Online Exclusive), Layering Leaves

Ink: Misty Moonlight, Pool Party, Petal Pink, Versamark

Paper: Crumb Cake, Country Woods DSP, Two-Toned Pool Party (Scrapbooking/Online Exclusive), Basic White

Accessories: white embossing powder, Iconic Imagery dies, dimensionals, linen thread, Pool Party Opaque Faceted Gems (SAB-retired)

  

Scrapbooking Brochure Unboxing Video

 My scrapbooking products have arrived and I did an unboxing video and showed off a lot of the new Two-Toned cardstock as well as the Autumn to Remember scrapbooking kit.  I hope this is helpful to those of you who want to know more about this whole new area of paper crafting supplies!

You can view and order from the scrapbooking products HERE

To download the Scrapbooking Brochure PDF to see all of the products arranged by Suite scroll down to the very bottom HERE and click digital catalogs.

Planted Thanks - Stampin' Up! Planted Paradise

   Every two weeks I post a challenge to my customer Facebook group to give everyone a little inspiration and see what others have made using either colors or layout.  Today I gave them a color challenge of Wild Wheat, Moody Mauve and Misty Moonlight.  Maybe hard colors for some, maybe a little easier if you have the Wildly Flowering DSP.  I like these colors together and even Wild Wheat used sparingly is growing on me.

  At first I was going to use a large panel of the Wildly Flowering DSP, add a sentiment and call it a day but in the spirit of an actual challenge I decided to try stretch myself a bit with the colors.  I pulled out the Planted Paradise which is a carryover set that I haven't used in while.  I thought I would try using the Wild Wheat for the plant and I think it turned out ok.

  The card base is Basic White thick and then a layer of Basic White on top embossed with the Dashing Designs embossing folder.

  I used the retired Tailor Made Tags die and a bit of the Wildly Flowering DSP in a Misty Moonlight linen pattern to make a tag.  The little eyelet reinforcer (or whatever that little circle is called lol!) is a bit of the Wild Wheat in the same kind of linen texture pattern.  I tied a linen thread bow and added it all to my card front.

 The pot is stamped in Moody Mauve and the leaves in Wild Wheat with the solid side of the stamp stamped off once for a lighter leaf.  The detail of the leaf is on the opposite side of the same stamp and I used full strength ink for that overstamping.  I fussy cut the pot and leaves and added them to the card front with dimensionals.  I added the little blue circles to the pot by cutting a few of the eyelet reinforcers out of the Misty Moonlight and using the tiny little off cuts from those shapes.

 Finally the sentiment is stamped from the Saying Hey stamp set is stamped in Misty Moonlight and die cut with one of the Unbounded Love dies.  I added a few Adhesive-backed Texture Dots and then popped it on dimensionals.

  I hope you were inspired by these colors and make a project of your own!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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Stamps: Planted Paradise, Saying Hey

Ink: Wild Wheat, Moody Mauve, Misty Moonlight

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Wildly Flowering DSP

Accessories: Linen thread, dimensionals, Unbounded Love dies, Tailor Made Tags dies (retired)

Fresh Snow - Stampin' Up! Iconic Imagery

 As soon as I opened up the newest challenge at Freshly Made Sketches I knew what I wanted to do!  That doesn't happen often; most of the time I ponder a challenge for a day or 2 before trying something out.  This time I pulled out the supplies and got to work on this Christmas card.

  I started with a Misty Moonlight base and then layered a piece of Basic White and a smaller piece of Misty Moonlight.  The top layer of Basic White is stamped in Versamark with the Falling Snow background and embossed with silver.  I just got the new Stampin' Up! embossing powders and the silver works wonderfully!  I think my old ones had lost some pizzazz as they weren't melting evenly anymore for some reason but now I'm back in the game!

  Next I worked on the sentiment to go with the challenge layout.  I cut out letters with the retired Playful Alphabet dies using a piece of Iconic Celebrations DSP and foam adhesive sheets to give the letters a nice pop.

  The thing that took the longest for this card was to get the letters lined up and evenly spaced.  I think I did pretty well overall!

  Finally I stamped the snowflake from the Iconic Imagery stamp set and embossed it in silver and cut it out and added it to the top of the card.  A tinsel gem in Misty Moonlight accents the center.

  Definitely don't overlooked making custom greetings with your alphabet dies and if they are big enough they can absolutely be the focal point of your card.

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Stamps: Falling Snow, Iconic Imagery

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Basic White, Iconic Celebrations DSP

Accessories: Metallics Wow embossing powder, foam adhesive sheets, Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems, dimensionals

New Stampin' Up! Scrapbooking Products!!

   Have you all seen the new Stampin' Up! scrapbooking products that just came out??  I'm really excited to get my order and use the new Two-Tone cardstock as well as explore what the kits are like.  I have to be honest that I've always been a bit intimidated with scrapbooking.  It just seems like soooooo much space to fill with a 12x12 layout compared to cards.  I did try digital scrapbooking back in the day but it just wasn't my thing doing all the design work on the computer.  I think dipping my toes into the scrapbooking world will be so much easier with the new kits which have a layout guide as well as detailed instructions.  And what a time saver having so many coordinating products included.

My order is supposed to come on Thursday and I hope to do an unboxing video and show all the products as well as compare the new Two-Toned cardstock with our current papers.  I hope you'll follow me on my Facebook page so you can watch too!  You can find me HERE!

  You should definitely check out the new products! Check them out in my ONLINE STORE.  To view the brochure with all the samples and products grouped together in the suites CLICK HERE.

Pumpkin Season - Stampin' Up! More Than Autumn

   I'm back with another pumpkin themed card!  Tis the season and all that!  I made this design as my customer thank you card for orders placed in August.  Place an order with me this month and get a hand stamped card from me as a thank you!  And help me reach a sales goal....I'm so close!! You never know what kind of card it might be...I don't even know until I sit down to make them!

  I saw fellow demonstrator, Trayce Bauer use the Bee Builder punch to make a pumpkin and I filed that away to CASE as I don't currently have a good sized pumpkin stamp or punch.  It's really easy just 3 bee bodies in Pumpkin Pie.  The back two have the tail trimmed off and the top one has the tail trimmed just slightly to make a stem.  Each layer is sponged with Pumpkin Pie ink around the edges before adhering them together.  The stem is colored with the Garden Green Stampin' Write marker, an Old Olive die cut leaf from the More Than Autumn die set is tucked to the side and a bit of Copper Clay Natural Tones Linen Thread tied in a knot accents the stem.

  The pumpkin is popped on dimensionals on a Very Vanilla Spotlight on Nature die circle.  The card background is made of 3 panels using different DSP and specialty papers.  The left is Oxidized Copper specialty paper, top right is Iconic Celebrations DSP and bottom is Country Woods DSP.  All are mounted on a Pecan Pie card base.

  The sentiment from More Than Autumn is stamped in Copper Clay ink and fussy cut and added to the lower corner.  A few copper Neutrals Adhesive-Backed sequins are added for some shine.

  So thanks to my customers for placing orders last month!  I hope you enjoy getting this fun mail!  

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All of the products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: More Than Autumn

Ink: Copper Clay, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla, Oxidized Copper specialty paper, Iconic Celebrations DSP (Online Exclusive), Country Woods DSP, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Bee Builder punch, Spotlight on Nature dies, dimensionals, Neutrals Adhesive-Backed sequins, dimensionals, Natural Tones Linen Thread

Iconic Home - Stampin' Up! Humble Home

   This is the first time I've inked up the Humble Home bundle besides using the tiny Merry Christmas sentiment on this card but that doesn't really count since I didn't use the adorable house stamp.  But I did on today's card and I love how it turned out.  It was touch and go at first as I wasn't quite sure how these colors were going to work but in the end it did.  The colors are from The Color Throwdown challenge to use Teal, Purple and Green.

  I started off with a Gorgeous Grape card base, then a layer of Summer Splash, then another of Gorgeous Grape stamped with the beautiful background stamp Falling Snow.  I used Versamark and white embossing powder to get the snowy background.

  I wrapped a bit of Iridescent Striped Trim just above the center line and then topped it with a label cut from the Iconic Imagery dies.  That nice white background is the base for the little scene.  The house is stamped in Memento black then colored with blends markers, punched out and adhered with dimensionals.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut the sweet little wreath and attached it above the door with a mini dimensional.

  The trees from the Iconic Imagery stamp set are made with the outline layer in Garden Green then filled with the 2 step stamp in stamped off once Granny Apple Green.  I die cut the trees then added them around the house with the 2 in the foreground also popped on dimensionals.  Look for the Iconic Imagery bundle in the Online Exclusives!

  The sentiment also comes from the Iconic Imagery set and I fussy cut the 'celebrate' and then embossed 'the season' on a strip of Summer Splash.  Both parts of the sentiment are adhered with dimensionals...so many dimensionals on this card! 

  To add some more sparkle along with the ribbon I  put 3 Iridescent Faceted gems around the sentiment.  I outlined parts of the house with clear Wink of Stella as well as the whole 'celebrate'.  You can't see it at all in the photo but it's a nice subtle shimmer I promise!

  I had a ton of fun creating this card and the colors worked better than I had imagined for this bright Christmas card!

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Stamps: Humble Home, Iconic Imagery (Online Exclusives), Falling Snow

Ink: Versamark, Memento Black, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green

Blends: Highland Heather dark, Granny Apple Green light & dark, Summer Splash dark, Crumb Cake light

Paper: Gorgeous Grape, Summer Splash, Basic White

Accessories: Iconic Imagery dies, Humble Home builder punch, dimensionals, Iridescent 1/2" striped trim, Iridescent Faceted Gems, white embossing powder

Autumn Wedding - Stampin' Up! Heartfelt Hexagons

   I'm off to a wedding today so I needed to get a card made for it.  I don't do too many wedding cards these days so it was fun to pull out some supplies and come up with a design that used some of the bride's colors and of course a nice fall theme!

  It's hard to see in the photo but I used the new Birch Wood embossing folder for the Very Vanilla background.  It's a nice natural/organic texture and worked perfectly for my fall theme.  I wrapped a lit of retired Very Vanilla ribbon around the embossed panel before adhering it.  The ribbon has a nice sheen to it in real life.

  Next I used the Wildflower Designs dies to cut the frame and inner panel in Night of Navy (one of the brides colors).  Using the Heartfelt Hexagon stamp set and punch I stamped the frame in Night of Navy and then the words in Versamark before heat embossing with copper embossing powder and then punching it out.

  I used 2 die sets to cut out all the leaves and twigs that are tucked behind the hexagon.  The copper leaves and the Early Espresso twigs use the Autumn Leaves dies and then Very Vanilla sprigs are cut with the Textured Floral dies.  The whole leaf/twig/hexagon thing is popped on dimensionals.  It's quite a thick card but since it's being hand delivered I didn't need to worry about it making it through the mail!

  Finally a few retired Elegant Faceted Gems are sprinkled around the card front.  I thought this champagne color matched the copper foil nicely to tie it together.

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Stamps: Heartfelt Hexagons (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Night of Navy, Versamark

Paper: Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Copper foil (retired)

Accessories: Birch Wood embossing folder, Wildflower Designs dies, Heartfelt Hexagon punch (Online Exclusive), Autumn Leaves dies, Textured Floral dies, dimensionals, copper embossing powder, Very Vanilla ribbon (retired), Elegant Faceted Gems (retired)

Majestic Evergreen Christmas - Stampin' Up! Peaceful Evergreens

   The Peaceful Evergreens bundle is a great bundle for not just Christmas cards but for general winter cards too.  Just think of some Happy New Year cards with some snow covered evergreen trees!  I'll be making some of those eventually but today I'm sharing another Christmas card.  I was inspired by the colors at the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge but the more I'm looking at my card the more I think it might just be a bit too busy to be considered clean and simple.  What do you think??

  The actual design is pretty simple but I think the die cut "snow" in the background might be a bit much for the CAS designation.  

  The card base is Misty Moonlight and then the layer of Basic White die cut with the dots or what I'm thinking of as snow.

The large tree is stamped in Mossy Meadow stamping off once for a lighter version.  Then I used the next size tree and over stamped it onto the first tree in full strength ink for a bit of dimension.  The tree is popped on dimensionals.

  Next I used the Peaceful Season dies to cut a banner in Blackberry Bliss and embossed the sentiment in gold.  You can find this sentiment in the Christmas Friends stamp set.  The banner is adhered over the tree with dimensionals on the ends to help support it and keep it from sagging.

  I stamped a little Blackberry Bliss star for the top of the tree and then added some Blackberry Bliss Purple Fine Shimmer Gems to the tree.  I might go back and change the star to gold...what do you think?

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Peaceful Evergreens, Christmas Friends

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss, Versamark

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Basic White, Blackberry Bliss

Accessories: Peaceful Evergreen dies, Peaceful Season dies, gold embossing powder, dimensionals, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems

More Than Pumpkin Pie - Stampin' Up! More Than Autumn

 The More Than Autumn bundle is one of my favorites from the Sept.-Dec. mini catalog which went live yesterday.  It's just such a fun stamp set and a great set of coordinating dies that I've found myself reaching for it more and more often.  I used it for today's card where I'm playing along with the Hand Stamp Sentiments challenge where they have a versatile sketch.  

 So cute right?  I think I might have to make a batch of this design for my Thanksgiving cards that I usually send out to my aunts and uncles and other family that I won't see on the holiday.  

  The card base is Crumb Cake but it's covered by a piece of 2024-2026 In Color DSP in Peach Pie.  Next is a layer of Crumb Cake and then a layer of Basic White embossed with the adorable Eyelet embossing folder.  I tied a piece of linen thread around this panel for some more texture then popped it all on dimensionals.

  The pie slices are stamped in Memento black and then colored with Blends markers.  The whipped cream dollop is stamped off Pecan Pie ink.  All the piece are die cut then added to the embossed panel.  The whipped cream is popped on a mini dimensional.

  Finally the fun sentiment!  I stamped the 3 part mix and match sentiment in Memento black right onto the DSP.  I was hoping I didn't goof up and have to start all over!  It's hard to see but I added a Peach Pie In Color Shimmer gems.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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Stamps: More Than Autumn

Ink: Memento black, Pecan Pie

Blends: Pumpkin Pie light & dark, Pecan Pie light & dark

Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White, 2024-2026 In Color DSP

Accessories: Eyelet embossing folder, More Than Autumn dies, dimensionals, linen thread, In Color Shimmer Gems

Lovely Botanical Hello - Stampin' Up! Lovely & Sweet

  The Color Hues challenge has a color duo that works really well for autumn cards and while my image isn't necessarily autumn the colors definitely give the card that feel.  Green and rust could also be the start of a great masculine card if you need some help starting one of those!

  I pulled out a carry over stamp set that was in the spring mini catalog, Lovely & Sweet, to use with these colors.  If you loved this one back in the spring but didn't get it then you can find it on page 78 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.  You can't go wrong with having a good botanical stamp set in your collection.

 To translate Rust & Green into Stampin' Up! colors I used Cajun Craze and Garden Green for my colors.  This card starts with the Forever Plaid embossing folder and a piece of Very Vanilla as the background.  Next I cut a frame using 2 sizes of the Deckled Rectangle dies and added that to the card front.

  I stamped the large botanical image in Pecan Pie and then colored it in with watercolor pencils and then die cut it.  I used another one of the Lovely & Sweet dies to cut 2 tickets; one in Very Vanilla stamped with the sentiment in Garden Green ink and a second out of a piece of retired DSP that I had out on my desk from another project.

  I layered the tickets with the DSP on offset just a bit and then adhered it with dimensionals over a loop of Garden Green baker's twine.  And I still have these danged candy dots from like 10 years ago that I've been trying to use up where I can so I added a few of those as well.

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Stamps: Lovely & Sweet

Ink: Pecan Pie, Garden Green

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP (retired)

Accessories: Forever Plaid embossing folder, Lovely & Sweet dies, Deckled Rectangle dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, watercolor pencils, Garden Green baker's twine (retired), candy dots (retired)

Beary Cute Christmas - Stampin' Up! Christmas Friends

 A stamping goal that I always have is to try to use every stamp in a set at least once.  It doesn't always happen because of time and some images I'm just not drawn to.  But with the Christmas Friends bundle I've used almost all of the stamps in the set already!  Today's card uses the bear and I'm playing along with the Addicted to CAS challenge of "pun" so I've got a punny sentiment to go along with the bear image.

  As you can see since it is a clean and simple challenge there aren't a ton of supplies used here.  I embossed a panel of Basic White with the new Painted Trees embossing folder and  tied a bit of retired Old Olive baker's twine around it before putting it on a Cherry Cobbler card base which you can't see here.

  Then I stamped the bear from the Christmas Friends stamp set in black and colored him in with just 3 colors of Stampin Blends.  Once he's cut out I popped him up with dimensionals over the baker's twine.

 Finally I added the punny sentiment in black ink in the space between 2 of the embossed trees.  Definitely clean and simple but very cute I think!

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Stamps: Christmas Friends*

Ink: Memento Black

Blends: Old Olive light & dark, Cherry Cobbler light & dark, Pecan Pie light

Paper: Basic White

Accessories: Painted Trees embossing folder*, Christmas Friends dies*, dimensionals, Old Olive baker's twine (retired)