Azure Christmas - Stampin' Up!® Home for Christmas

   I'm back today with a bright, cheerful Christmas card using the Home for Christmas bundle.  I think the little tree is my most used image from the set so far.  Which one is your favorite?

  While I've used 3 colors for this card the Azure Afternoon is the most prominent and might not be your first choice for a Christmas card but paired with the pop of brightness from the Granny Apple Green trees I think it works!

  The card base is covered with a piece of Azure Afternoon embossed with the recently retired Forever Plaid embossing folder.  I blended some of the same color ink around the edges for some depth and dimension.  Next is a piece of Everyday Skies DSP in a paint brush wash pattern .

  I stamped and die cut the trees then layered them on the die cut and stamped tag.  I used a marker to color just the 'joy' part of a larger sentiment.If you don't have markers you could very carefully ink up the word you want with the edge of your ink pad.  The tag is tied with both ribbon and baker's twine.

 

  The tree in the back is topped with a die cut glimmer paper star and the tree in front has sparkly sequin ornaments.  Behind the tag I tucked a stamped and embossed Cloud Cover flag.

  The last detail are some clear Dewdrop Embellishments sprinkled across the front of the card which make me think of little balls of ice; perfect for this season card!

  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: Home for Christmas

Ink: Granny Apple Green, Azure Afternoon, Versamark

Paper: Azure Afternoon, Basic White, Cloud Cover, Everday Skies DSP (retired), Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: Home for Christmas dies, dimensionals, white embossing powder, Dewdrop Embellishments, Baker's twine, Cloud Cover Faux Linen ribbon (retired),  Traditional Sparkling Sequins (retired), Forever Plaid embossing folder (retired)

Welcome Baby - Stampin' Up!® Simple Alphabet

 The CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge has some new inspiration to work with today!  Suzy has given us a fun sketch to use.  This one is super versatile and a great opportunity to showcase some some smaller images and/or die cuts!  You can even rotate the layout if you want!

   I decided to do a baby card with a simple "ABC..." theme.  The circle elements of the sketch were perfect for the individually stamped letters that are fussy cut and popped on punched 1" circles.

  The background panel is Basic White embossed with the Softly Woven embossing folder for a nice clean and simple border around the top Basic White panel.  I arranged the letters so that they were not exactly straight for a more playful feel, and because sometimes it's just easier lol!

  I don't have any current baby sentiments so I pulled out my trusty, long retired And Many More set for the perfect simple baby greeting which I stamped in Basic Gray.

  I hope you'll try out this fun layout and then share it with us in our challenge gallery!  Remember to keep it clean with minimal layers and embellishment and "white" space.

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

Stamps: Simple Alphabet, And Many More (retired)

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Azure Afternoon, Basic Gray

Paper: Basic White

Accessories: Softly Woven embossing folder, 1" circle punch (or die), dimensionals

Fabulous Birthday - Stampin' Up!® Framed & Fabulous

     I have a few more fall birthdays coming up that I need cards for so I was experimenting with some different color combinations to use with the Elegant Leaves dies.  I like how this one came out with the textures and the details on the leaves.

  I started with an Early Espresso panel embossed with the Softly Woven embossing folder for the background.  I tied a bit of gold & white baker's twine around the panel before adhering it to the card front.

  The 3 leaves are each die cut with the overlay being cut from the same color of Two-Toned cardstock on the light side.  I tucked the leaves around the stamped sentiment.  The sentiments in the Framed & Fabulous Hot Foil die set are lovely and fit nicely into the circle dies from the bundle.  I didn't even hot foil on this card but the dainty little scalloped circle die cut was just right for the sentiment!

  A few gold sequins are added to finish the details on this design.

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

Stamps: Framed & Fabulous

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Early Espresso, Crisp Cantaloupe, Gorgeous Grape, Two-Toned Early Espresso, Two-Toned Crisp Cantaloupe, Two-Toned, Gorgeous Grape, Very Vanilla

Hot Foil: Framed & Fabulous Hot Foil Dies

Accessories: Softly Woven embossing folder, Elegant Leaves dies, dimensionals, gold sequins (retired), gold & white baker's twine (retired)

Simple Christmas - Stampin' Up!® Simple Alphabet

  The New at SU blog hop is back today with a fantastic assortment of projects showing off our theme of "Fontastic"!  We are highlighting words, letters and numbers on our designs.  Follow the hop list at the end of my post and leave some love for our wonderful designers!  

  For my "Fontastic" project I'm highlighting the Simple Alphabet stamp set and have paired it with the Home for Christmas bundle to bring it all together for a set of clean and simple Christmas cards with  prominent sentiments.

  I kept the same layout for each card and changed up the word, colors and image/die cut.   I love the Simple Alphabet set because it's so easy to make whatever word you want and the size is big enough that it's a statement.

I have found this alphabet set very easy to line up and fussy cut.  The roundness of the letters goes well with the scallops on the Scalloped Christmas Cheer die cut layer.

  It was fun picking out color combinations and which stamp or die from the Home for Christmas bundle would go with which sentiment. 

The words and images are all popped on dimensionals so they would stand out from the white background.

  The Swirls of Magic embossing folder is used on the background for each card.  The fun pattern adds interest to the clean and simple layout without drawing the eye away from the sentiments.

  A little bit of sparkle helps tie the elements together on the "merry" and "peace" cards.

   What other words or phrases would you make using the Simple Alphabet set?  

 

  I hope my cards have given you some ideas for how to use your alphabet and word stamps and how to feature them on your projects.  Be sure to hop around and visit all the designers!

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

Stamps: Simple Alphabet, Home for Christmas

Ink: Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo, Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Blueberry Bushel

Paper: Basic White, Highland Heather, Flirty Flamingo, Cherry Cobbler, Cloud Cover, Garden Textures Specialty paper, Glimmer papers (retired) 

Accessories: Swirls of Magic embossing folder, Home for Christmas dies, Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies, dimensionals, gems, baker's twine

Thanksgiving Greetings - Stampin' Up!® Elegant Leaves

 Is it truly fall where you live yet?  Yesterday it was over 80 here in Richmond and today it didn't hit 60 so we are in a different season every day!  We do have a little bit of fall color here and there but for the most part there is more green than any thing else so I'm getting my autumn colors on my cards for now!  

  I thought the colors at the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge was a fun combo for a Thanksgiving card.  Timid Tiger, Misty Moonlight and Cajun Craze.  The Elegant Leaves bundle continues to pair well with other products from the Sept.-Dec. 2026 Stampin' Up!® catalog.

  The card base is Crumb Cake with another layer of Crumb Cake embossed with the Textured Tree Ring embossing folder (currently discounted on the Last Chance List!).  Next is a layer of Painted Patch DSP.  I angled that layer for some interest against the more straight layers of other elements.

  Some more texture is brought in with the Misty Moonlight strip die cut with the wood grain die in the Elegant Leaves die set.  A bit of Misty Moonlight checkered trim highlights that cross piece.

  Even more texture comes in on the Cajun Craze layer embossed with the Softly Woven embossing folder.  

  The leaves are 2 step stamped with the detail layer in Cajun Craze and the fill layer in Timid Tiger.  I arranged the leaves on a Scalloped Christmas Cheer die cut.

  I am loving the Soiree Salutations sentiment stamp set for my seasonal greetings and the smaller sizes mean they work really well on most layouts.  I embossed this one in white on Misty Moonlight cardstock.  Finally a few Misty Moonlight dots are sprinkled on the card front.

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

Stamps: Elegant Leaves, Soiree Salutations

Ink: Cajun Craze, Timid Tiger, Versamark

Paper: Crumb Cake, Misty Moonlight, Cajun Craze, Painted Patch DSP, Basic White

Accessories: Textured Tree Ring embossing folder, Softly Woven Embossing folder, Elegant Leaves dies, Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies, dimensionals, Misty Moonlight Checkered Trim, Strawberries & Dots, white embossing folder

Celebrate in Autumn - Stampin' Up!® Elegant Leaves

   I've got a nice masculine birthday card to share today!  The Elegant Leaves bundle continues to be well used in my stamp room and I made a stack of this design for my customer thank you cards for orders placed in September.  Everyone always seems to need ideas for guy cards so here's one that you can use for inspiration.

  I started this one with a Secret Sea card base, then a layer of Pecan Pie with a 2 1/2" circle punched (or die cut) from it.  I stamped the largest leaf overlay stamp in the same color ink.  Using a piece of Florals in Bloom DSP in a nice Cloud Cover striped pattern I adhered it to the back of the circle opening making a nice focal point for the card.

 Using Two-Toned card stock in Cloud Cover, Cajun Craze, and Golden Glow I cut out the leave shapes on the light side of the paper.  Using some adhesive sheets and cardstock in the same colors I die cut the overlay pieces and added them to the shapes.  Using cardstock made the stickers a bit more sturdy than if I had used the Two-Toned again. The leaves are popped on the card front with dimensionals.

 The sentiment from Round About Messages is stamped in Secret Sea onto Cloud Cover cardstock.  The sentiment strip is backed with a torn piece of Secret Sea to add weight and texture.

  Finally a few retired Faux Bronze Pentagons are added for a little masculine bling.

  To see how this card comes together you can watch this quick video:

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

Stamps: Elegant Leaves, Round About Messages

Ink: Pecan Pie, Secret Sea

Paper: Secret Sea, Cloud Cover, Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze, Florals in Bloom DSP  Two Toned: Golden Glow, Cloud Cover, Cajun Craze

Accessories: 2 1/2" circle punch (or circle die), dimensionals, Adhesive Sheets, Faux Bronze Pentagons (retired)

Comfort & Joy - Stampin' Up!® Home for Christmas

   How far into Christmas cards are you??  I've definitely got a way to go before I have what I need but adding a few every week now keeps it from being overwhelming come the middle of November!!  A hand made Christmas card doesn't have to be over the top to and my card today is a simple layout where you can change out a few detail for a whole new look without having to start from scratch!

  I started out with a Cloud Cover base and then another layer of Cloud Cover embossed with the Swirls of Magic embossing folder.  Swap out the embossing folder for a different look.  I'm loving the Softly Woven embossing folder lately!  A Real Red stitched ribbon and fork bow goes across the middle.  Change it to jute twine for a more rustic look or even a narrow piece of DSP for added color.

  The Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies are a wonderful shape to give your sentiment and images a landing place but any rectangle-ish shaped die with a little bit of detail gives your card a bit of 'wow'.  I embossed my sentiment in gold but stamping with ink works well too!

  I stamped my trees in Old Olive and layered them to the side of the sentiment.  I topped both with gold stars and added ornaments (sequins) to the front one.  If you want to change it up you could use the gingerbread man stamp and or the peppermint candy stamp a whole new look.  

  A simple layout with interchangeable elements to use what you have will help make your Christmas card making a little bit more fun and a lot less stressful!

  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: Home for Christmas

Ink: Versamark, Old Olive

Paper: Cloud Cover, Basic White, Gold Shimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: Swirls of Magic embossing folder, Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies, Home for Christmas dies, dimensionals, gold embossing powder, Real Red Stitched ribbon, Traditional Sparkling Sequins (retired)

Thanksgiving Houses - Stampin' Up!® Welcome Noel

  The CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge team is back with a brand new challenge today.  Suzy has given us a great color combo to work with.  I'm thinking fall but I can't wait to see what you come up with using these colors!

  You can see why I immediately thought of fall right? I tried to start with some leaves and other truly fall-ish products but I couldn't get anything I was happy with so I grabbed the Welcome Noel dies and cut some houses in the challenge colors and that was that!

   This is a simple one isn't it?  The layer with this houses is cut with the retired Textured Notes dies and is backed with a piece of Mossy Meadow.

  The sentiment from Soiree Salutations is stamped in Early Espresso and is accented with a Cajun Craze & Gold dot.  And that's it! 

  I hope you'll play along with these colors and share your creation in our gallery!

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

Stamps: Soiree Salutations

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Golden Glow

Accessories: dimensionals, Textured Notes dies (retired), Cajun Craze & Gold Dots (retired)