Basic Bird Thanks - Stampin' Up! Bird's Eye View

   I haven't used my favorite adorable birds lately so I pulled them out to play along with the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge.  They have a nice set of colors to work with this time and I briefly hought about doing a fall card but those birds were calling to me!

  We're to use Calypso Coral, Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss and Pebbled Path for our project.

  Like the title of this post says; basic bird thanks!  I pulled out a Basic White thick card base, then topped it with another piece of Basic White embossed with the retired Brick & Mortar folder.  This piece was in my orphaned card parts basket with an 'oops' on the other side so I just flipped it for my background.

  The birds are stamped in Pebbled Path and then colored with Blends markers in the other challenge colors and then I fussy cut them.  The sentiment from Timeless Arrangements is embossed in white on a strip of Pebbled Path and then the birds are popped up on dimensionals along the strip. 

 Two 2023-2024 In Color Dots are the only embellishment on this clean and simple design.

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

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Stamps: Bird's Eye View, Timeless Arrangements

Ink: Pebbled Path, Versamark

Blends: Calypso Coral light & dark, Blackberry Bliss light & dark, Lost Lagoon light & dark

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Pebbled Path

Accessories: white embossing powder, dimensionals 2023-2025 In Color dots, Brick & Mortar embossing folder (retired)

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Halloween Lights - Stampin' Up! Merry & Bright

   Do you decorate for Halloween or just put out generic autumn decorations?  I have a few spooky-ish decorations that I put out but generally all I have is just generic fall.  But making a card that has a Halloween vibe is getting me in the mood to get my decorations out!

  I designed this card as a thank you for all of my customers who placed orders last month.  I write a note on writing paper and leave the card blank inside so they can send it out themselves and share the fun. 

  I had a good time combining the Merry & Bright Christmas stamp set with the jack-o-lantern face from the Pick of the Patch pumpkin stamp set.

  I started with a Basic Black card base then a layer of Parakeet Party and a slightly smaller on of Basic White.  I stamped the bulbs in Gorgeous Grape and Pumpkin Pie and embossed the face with black embossing powder.  I used the retired 2022-2024 In Color Glimmer paper to cut out the bulb sockets for a nice bit of bling.  Once I had the bulbs and sockets adhered I strung them across the main panel with Parakeet Party baker's twine and added a little bow on one side.

  To keep the bulbs in place I used dimensionals to adhere them just where I wanted along the string.

  Finally I stamped the Halloween sentiment from Pick of the Patch in the low right hand corner.

  I enjoyed making this set of cards as I don't normally make many Halloween designs and it was a good stretch of the creativity to combine these sets.

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Stamps: Merry & Bright, Pick of the Patch

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie, Versamark, Memento Black

Paper: Basic Black, Parakeet Party, Basic White, 2022-2024 In Color Glimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: Merry & Bright dies, baker's twine, black embossing powder, dimensionals

Around the Christmas Tree - Stampin' Up! Wishes All Around

  Sometimes when I see a stamping challenge I immediately know what stamp set I'm going to use.  When there is a layout with a big circle in it only a few months before Christmas it's 90% of the time going to be a wreath card!  I just can't help myself; once I see that circle there's no going in a different direction.  This exact scenario happened this week when I saw the Global Design Project layout.  Big circle = wreath!

  So I pulled out the Wishes All Around bundle and the only thing to decide was which of the 3 wreaths to use!  I went with the trees this time and played around with a fun color combo; Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana and Orchid Oasis.

  I always seem to end up with retired In Color DSP and of course this pack is no exception so I used a piece of the Orchid Oasis in a light polka dot pattern as my card front (the full base is Basic White thick).  I layered a piece of Basic White embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder and edged with strips of Coastal Cabana.

  The tree wreath is stamped in Coastal Cabana and die cut. I then stamped a few trees each in Orchid Oasis and Highland Heather and cut them out. I alternated the different colors around the wreath and then popped it up on mini dimensionals.

  To follow the sketch I stamped the sentiment from Merry & Bright in Orchid Oasis and then cut them out and adhered them to the side of the wreath.

  An Iridescent ribbon tied in a fork bow tops the wreath and some adhesive-backed glitter sequins are added in opposite corners for a bit of sparkle and balance.

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

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Stamps: Wishes All Around, Merry & Bright

Ink: Highland Heather, Coastal Cabana, Orchid Oasis

Paper: Basic White, 2022-2024 In Color DSP (retired), Coastal Cabana

Accessories: Wishes All Around dies, dimensionals, Snowflake Sky embossing folder, Iridescent ribbon, adhesive-backed glitter sequins

Balmy Autumn - Stampin' Up! Autumn Leaves

 As much fun as it is to use those rich autumnal colors for fall cards it's nice to throw in some non-traditional fall colors now and again!  I used the pretty colors from the Color Throwdown challenge this week and created a fall-ish card with colors other than orange, yellow and brown.

  I used Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and Calypso Coral.

  I started with a Balmy Blue card front and I stamped off the smallest leaves from the Autumn Leaves stamp set all over in a random pattern.  Then I cut a piece of vellum with the Counryside Corners dies and embossed it with the Distressed Tile embossing folder for some awesome texture to layer my leaves against.

  I had a scrap of Night of Navy bordered ribbon that I wanted to try to use up so I adhered that down the edge of the vellum panel.  

  The leaves are stamped in the challenge colors then cut out.  The veins/stems are cut from the same colors of card stock and adhered to each leaf.

 The sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy and I added a few retired milky dots for a final detail.

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Stamps: Autumn Leaves

Ink: Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Calypso Coral

Paper: Balmy Blue, vellum, Basic White, Night of Navy, Calypso Coral

Accessories: Countryside Corners dies, Autumn Leaves dies, Distressed Tile embossing folder, dimensionals, Bordered Ribbon, milky dots (retired)

Festive Circles - Stampin' Up! Festive & Fun

   It's just 81 days until Christmas and I have just a handful of my cards made so I better get my butt in gear and start creating!  The Freshly Made Sketches challenge has a fun circle layout that I thought would be great to use to show off some Christmas DSP and maybe even make multiples when the time comes.

  I started with a Poppy Parade base then topped it with a piece of Basic White embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder.

  Then I cut 3 circles with the Stylish Shapes circle dies.  I used the Merry Bold & Bright DSP for 2 of them and the other I used Basic White.  I stamped the moose from Festive & Fun on the white circle in Pecan Pie ink.  After letting it dry for a few minutes I colored it in with Blends markers then popped it on dimensionals.

  The sentiment is from Merry & Bright and is stamped in Shaded Spruce on Basic White then trimmed and popped on dimensionals.  

  I added a few Iridescent Adhesive-back Discs to give some shine and they also echo the circles nicely as well.

  This layout is a good one to mix and match with different DSP and images depending on what you have on hand and what fits in your circles.  

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

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Stamps: Festive & Fun, Merry & Bright

Ink: Shaded Spruce, Pecan Pie

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, Shaded Spruce light & dark, Granny Apple Green light, Poppy Parade light, Melon Mambo light, Deep

Paper: Poppy Parade, Basic White, Merry Bold & Bright DSP

Accessories: Snowflake Sky embossing folder, Stylish Shapes dies, Iridescent Adhesive-back Discs, dimensionals

Zany Llama Hello - Stampin' Up! Zany Zoo

   I'm taking a break from fall colors today to play along with the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  They want us to make a clean and simple (CAS) card using Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight & Fresh Freesia.  Such a pretty color combo!

  I went with a stamp I hadn't used before from the Zany Zoo set but is super cute and is great if you have a knitter in your life that you make cards for!

  This was a hard one to photograph with all the white and I've been struggling to get decent photos on sunny days anyways so just squint your eyes a bit and go with it!

  This is a super simple card with an easy layout to highlight the long skinny image.  I started with a Basic White thick base, then a panel of Basic White embossed with the Distressed Tile embossing folder.

  The llama is stamped in Memento and then colored with Blends.  She (because she has blue eyeshadow!) is then die cut and popped up on a tag.  The tag is tied with a bit of retired Starry Sky metallic woven ribbon which is a close match to the Blueberry Bushel as the ribbon is a bit lighter than the actual Starry Sky ink/paper.

  The 'hello' from Go To Greetings is stamped in Blueberry Bushel and added as a little flag on the side of the tag.  The whole thing is popped on dimensionals on the card front.  A few Blueberry Bushel tinsel gems are sprinkled across the front.

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

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Stamps: Zany Zoo, Go To Greetings

Ink: Memento black, Blueberry Bushel

Blends: Daffodil Delight light & dark, Fresh Freesia light & dark, Blueberry Bushel light

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Fresh Freesia

Accessories: Zany Zoo dies, Distressed Tile embossing folder, Tailor Made tags dies, dimensionals, tinsel gems, Starry Sky metallic ribbon (retired)

Pumpkin Blessing - Stampin' Up! Pick of the Patch

   For the third and final project that my stampers made last week at class I used a clean and simple design I had made for a challenge and I ended up liking it so much that I tweaked it just a bit so it wouldn't be the exact same.  The original can be seen HERE.

  I changed up the card base to be Pretty Peacock and embossed a Basic White panel with the Cane Weave embossing folder for some extra texture.  The pumpkins and gourd are all put together the same way and popped on a length of natural ribbon.  The final difference on this card is the sentiment is stamped and popped up as opposed to being stamped right on the card front.

  My stampers loved the cute pumpkins and liked the color combo.  Pretty Peacock and Calypso Coral are a bit unexpected in a fall themed card I think but they totally work!

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

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Stamps: Pick of the Patch

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Basic White, Pecan Pie

Accessories: Pick of the Patch Builder punch, Cane Weave embossing folder, natural ribbon, dimensionals