Hello Sunshine - Stampin' Up!® Round About Messages

   I recently held a card making class for fellow moms of college kids to make cards that we can send to our kids so that they can learn that their university mail room isn't just for Amazon packages!  The designs for the cards are what I would call 'quick & easy' and very doable for new stampers to make.  The Round About Messages stamp set is perfect for this purpose!

  So cute right?  And very easy to make!  I used a nice neutral Basic Beige card base then a strip of the retired Sunny Days DSP with the ends cut at an angle.  Swap in any current DSP that has a bit of yellow in it and use that same yellow to stamp the sun.

  I stamped the hello three times without re-inking in Night of Navy ink on a die cut tag.  The stamped off gradient color look is a nice simple beginner technique to introduce to new stampers.  You can find the tag die in the Home for Christmas die set. The tag has a baker's twine tie and is popped on the card front with dimensionals.

  The sun is stamped in Crushed Curry and is punched out and is also popped up on a dimensional.  The final touch are a few retired Milky Dots in Night of Navy.

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Stamps: Round About Messages

Ink: Night of Navy, Crushed Curry

Paper: Basic Beige, Basic White, Sunny Days DSP (retired)

Accessories: Home for Christmas dies, circle punch, dimensionals, baker's twine, Milky Dots (retired)

Christmas Tidings - Stampin' Up!® Noel Tidings

   You can't beat a traditional red and green Christmas card and I leaned in heavy with that using the Noel Tidings bundle and threw in a bit of gold and rustic wood for a classic seasonal card.

    I started with a piece of Country Woods DSP to cover the whole card front.  Next is a panel of Poppy Parade topped with a piece of embossed Basic White that I had in my scrap bag.  It's embossed with the retired Beautiful Pattern embossing folder but any of your favorite folders would make a good substitute here. 

 Next I stamped one of the pine branches on the light side of Two-Toned Peaceful Pine cardstock a few times and die cut them.  A few branches and Poppy Parade berries come next.  They are all layered under a Framed & Fabulous hot foil circle.  A bit of retired ribbon from my scrap stash is tucked under the circle as well.

  The detailed circle is a nice spot to highlight a bigger sentiment so I stamped the big Merry Christmas from the Noel Tiding set and then fussy cut it and popped it on dimensionals.

  A little bit more gold is added with some gold adhesive-backed dots on the left side of the large panel.  And some sparkle is added to the berries with clear Wink of Stella

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Stamps: Noel Tidings

Ink: Peaceful Pine, Poppy Parade, Early Espresso

Paper: Country Woods DSP, Poppy Parade, Basic White, Two-Toned Peaceful Pine

Hot Foil: gold foil, Framed & Fabulous dies

Accessories: Noel Tidings dies, dimensionals, Gold adhesive-backed dots, Beautiful Pattern embossing folder (retired), Wink of Stella

Christmas Two Ways - Stampin' Up!® Home for Christmas

The New at SU! international design team is back this month with a fun theme of "From Simple to Stepped Up" where we will be showing how to take a basic design all the way to 'WOW'!  We hope you are inspired!  Be sure to hop around with us and leave some love on each project.  We love hearing from you.  The hop list is at the bottom of my post.

I'm showcasing the Home for Christmas bundle and the Timeless Christmas DSP for my projects.  I made a little grouping of Christmas trees and alternated colors for the sentiment and then added that to a nice Scalloped Christmas Cheer rectangle.  A star on the tree and a ribbon knot finish the details. Sweet and simple!

Now let's step it up!  I took the basic layout from the first card and added texture, layers and gold for this more detailed second card.  I used the same DSP and same Scalloped Christmas Cheer rectangle but brought in texture by adding a piece of Two-Toned Peaceful Pine cardstock (light side) embossed with the Softly Woven embossing folder.

  The sentiments are in the same spot as the first card but I highlighted them by embossing them in gold on strips of cardstock in my card colors and popped them on dimensionals for more interest. A few gold adhesive-backed dots also accent the sentiment area.

  The trio of trees stays the same but I stamped and die cut all three and added them to a die cut tag that's popped on the side of the scalloped rectangle.  I added gold glimmer paper stars for all three trees, a ribbon tag tie, a strip of dotted DSP and a mini button and baker's twine bow.

  I hope you've gotten some good ideas of how to step up your designs!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!

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Stamps: Home for Christmas

Ink: Peaceful Pine, Soft Sea Foam, Poppy Parade, Versamark, Daffodil Delight

Paper: Timeless Christmas DSP, Peaceful Pine, basic White, Poppy Parade, Soft Sea Foam, Two-Toned Peaceful Pine, Gold Glimmer, 

Accessories: Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies, Home for Christmas Dies, Softly Woven embossing folder, Gold Adhesive-backed Dots, Mini Christmas Buttons, baker's twine, dimensionals, gold embossing powder, Real Red Stitched ribbon

Love & Joy Noel - Stampin' Up!® Welcome Noel

 I'm so excited to be joining the Color Hues Challenge as a guest designer today!  They have a super talented Design Team and I love seeing what they come up with for each challenge and I'm always inspired.  Thanks for having me!!

 I love purple so I was excited to see this combo!  I decided to do a Christmas card using the Neutral Noel Suite.  The little purple village is a fun look for Christmas I think!

 I embossed the Very Vanilla background panel with the Softly Woven embossing folder for a nice bit of texture.  The greenery is Mossy Meadow and makes a nice big oval frame for the sentiment and buildings.

  A tiny bit of yellow is blended on the windows for a nice golden glow.  I just used whatever was left on the blending brush so I can't even say which yellow.  I'm considering the yellow a neutral here, it's like a version of the Very Vanilla lol!  I used both Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather for the buildings.  Two-Toned Mossy Meadow cardstock  for a slightly lighter look for the garland and the wreath. 

  I cut berries out of both purples and covered them with clear Wink of Stella.  They are then grouped around the wreath adding in some Gold Dots for a bit of shine.

  Thanks for having me Color Hues; it was a fun combo to work with!  

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Stamps: Welcome Noel, Noel Tidings, Soiree Salutations

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Mossy Meadow, yellow

Paper: Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Two-Toned Mossy Meadow, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape

Accessories: Softly Woven embossing folder, Noel Tidings Dies, Welcome Noel Dies, dimensionals, Gold Adhesive-Backed Dots, Wink of Stella

Pine Wreath - Stampin' Up!® Noel Tidings

  We are back with a new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches today! It's a color challenge this time and Rachel has given us a beautiful set of colors to work with!

  Since I'm in the US we are heading into fall and looking towards winter so I saw these colors as perfect for a Christmas card!  If you're in the Southern Hemisphere these might be just right for your spring cards!

  I stamped a bunch of pine branches from the Noel Tidings set and die cut them to make a wreath shape overlapping each die cut for a nice full look.  A Basic White thick card base is the perfect clean and simple background for the wreath.

  

 Using the Welcome Noel dies I cut some Highland Heather stars, colored them with clear Wink of Stella and added them to the wreath.  The sentiment from Soiree Salutations is stamped and die cut and is popped on dimensionals across the center of the wreath.

  Now I needed to get some of the Bubble Bath on this card!  I had a small scrap of some very narrow bubble bath ribbon that was just perfect for a fork bow!  Usually I use a serving fork to make the bows but I wanted this bow to be even smaller so I used a dinner fork instead and it was just the right size.  Check out my tutorial on how to make a fork bow here.

  A few iridescent Bubble Bath sequins add a bit more sparkle as a finishing touch.  I hope you'll give these great colors a try and add your card to our gallery.  Remember to keep it clean and simple!

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Stamps: Noel Tidings, Soiree Salutations

Ink: Peaceful Pine, Highland Heather

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Highland Heather

Accessories: Noel Tidings dies, Welcome Noel Dies, dimensionals, Bubble Bath ribbon (retired), iridescent sequins (retired)

CAS Thanksgiving - Stampin' Up!® Soiree Salutations

  Talk about a clean and simple card!  This one lets the sparkly leaf be the focal point.  I send out a small amount of Thanksgiving cards each year so I like to get some finished up early and this would be a great one to make multiples of!

  I used Very Vanilla for the card base as well as to die cut the Scalloped Christmas Cheer rectangle.  I used the detailed Elegant Leaves die to cut the leaf shape out of the Very Vanilla panel.  Then I cut the same leaf in Cajun Craze.   I adhered a piece of the Cajun Craze Autumn Woodland Glimmer paper behind the Vanilla panel and then added the detailed Cajun Craze die cut over the top of the Glimmer paper.

  The sentiment from Soiree Salutations is stamped below the leaf in Early Espresso and then a few retired Streaked Dots finish this clean and simple seasonal card.

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Stamps: Soiree Salutations

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Autumn Woodland Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies, Elegant Leaves dies, Streaked Dots (retired)

Autumn Hello - Stampin' Up!® Elegant Leaves

   My seasonal stamper self is starting to get deep into fall cards and I love the all purpose Elegant Leaves bundle that can be used for so many different types of cards.  My card today was made a week or 2 ago as a customer thank you and I had fun with it using a sketch I had given as inspiration on my customer Facebook page.

  Super cute right?  I started with a Basic Beige card base and then a layer of Basic Beige embossed with the Softly Woven embossing folder.  I think Basic Beige is a fantastic clean neutral for fall cards.  Look how crisp the other colors show up against it?  

  I have a tip or note about the Softly Woven embossing folder; since the pattern is deep and pretty much all over the cardstock can stretch or shrink a bit so don't be surprised if you have to trim some edges to line up when you're using it.  That was fine for this card because I was planning to trim down the card base so that I could have my DSP flag hang over the edge just a bit but still be able to fit in an envelope.  So I trimmed about 1/4" off of the right hand side of the card base to clean up the embossed layer as well as adjust for the flagged piece. Win win!

  The DSP band is in a fun Pool Party plaid from the Painted Patch DSP.  The DSP is 4 1/4" long and 2" wide.  Next I stamped all of my leaves onto a piece of Basic White (3" x 3 1/2").  I used Timid Tiger, Lost Lagoon and Cajun Craze for the veins and then filled them in with Timid Tiger, Pool Party and Cajun Craze for the second layer.  I backed that piece with Lost Lagoon and then popped it on dimensionals.

  The hello is stamped in Lost Lagoon, punched out and backed with a punched Pool Party circle.  It is also popped on dimensionals.  I used some Two-Toned Cajun Craze cardstock and cut out a small leaf with the light side being up.  Then I topped it with the detailed die cut to match using the Autumn Woodland Glimmer paper in Cajun Craze and added it over the stamped leaf using dimensionals.  It's such a fun pop of sparkle in the middle of the falling leaves!

  Finally a few Timid Tiger 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls accent the sentiment to finish of this fall beauty!

  

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Stamps: Elegant Leaves

Ink: Timid Tiger, Lost Lagoon, Cajun Craze, Pool Party

Paper: Basic Beige, Lost Lagoon, Basic White, Painted Patch DSP, Two-Toned Cajun Craze, Autumn Woodland Glimmer Paper, Pool Party

Accessories: Elegant Leaves dies, Softly Woven embossing folder, dimensionals, circle punches, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

CAS Christmas Cheer - Stampin' Up® Welcome Noel Dies

   Has everyone else spent today thinking it was Monday instead of Tuesday??  Happens to me every time  there is a 3 day weekend.  So not only being confused about what day it is I've spent the day trying to catch up as I had an uncharacteristically busy long weekend.  I was out of town in a different place each of the 3 days for most of the day doing fun stuff but also not spending any time in the stamp room so I'm glad I had a card already made to share today!  

  When I posted this card for the current CAS Colours & Sketches challenge I had said that I made two cards for it and would share the second one later well today is later!  I can't get away from focusing on Christmas cards at least a little bit these days so it's a clean and simple Christmas card using the Welcome Noel dies.

  I think the colors really steal the show on this card.  I had this combo marked down to try and it did not disappoint!  The trees are die cut from Pretty Peacock and Peaceful Pine, the house in Flirty Flamingo and the sentiment is stamped in Pretty Peacock on Pool Party cardstock.

  Each little snippet of the die cuts are popped on dimensionals.  I did have to trim some down to fit the smaller areas but it was well worth the extra few seconds.

  Each house and tree are covered with clear Wink of Stella for a beautiful subtle sparkle.  And since it is a festive occasion card I added a bit more sparkle with some retired Traditional Sparkling Sequins.

  Everything is mounted on Basic White with a Pretty Peacock mat layer and then a Basic White thick card base.  This is a great layout to use with scrap cardstock pieces because you don't need to cut the whole long die but just pick sections to cut.  

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Stamps: Noel Tidings

Ink: Pretty Peacock

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Peaceful Pine

Accessories: Welcome Noel dies, Noel Tidings dies, dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Traditional Sparkling Sequins (retired)