Retro Get Well - Stampin' Up!® Elegant Leaves

   A few weeks back I came across some mid century modern color palettes on a design website and I thought some of them were pretty good and would translate well into Stampin' Up!® colors.  My card today uses one of those palettes and I made a simple card using the spotlight technique and the Elegant Leaves stamp set.

  I started with a piece of Basic Beige stamped all over with leaves from the Elegant Leaves stamp set in Early Espresso ink.

  Next the leaves are stamped again but this time on colored pieces of cardstock.  I used Cloud Cover, Darling Duckling and Cajun Craze.  I punched them out with 3 different sizes of circle punches (you could use circle dies also).  I lined them up over the background leaves and popped them on dimensionals. 

  Before adhering the stamped panel to the card front I tied a piece of linen thread around it.  The sentiment is from the Sending Salutations stamp set and is stamped in Early Espresso on a piece of Very Vanilla.  I used the Party Banner's dies to cut it out.  A few Cloud Cover flat pearls accent the banner.

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Stamps: Elegant Leaves, Sincere Salutations

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Basic Beige, Cloud Cover, Cajun Craze, Darling Duckling, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Party Banner dies, linen thread, circle punches/dies, dimensionals, 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls

Framed Pumpkins - Stampin' Up!® Soiree Salutations

  I've been trying to make a few more Thanksgiving cards so I have enough to send out to family and friends.  I took a break from fall leaves and decided that pumpkins would be the star of this card.  The only problem?  I don't have any pumpkin stamps at the moment. That's where the Painted Patch DSP comes in!

   I'm using the recipe challenge at As You See It and the sketch from TGIF Challenges.  The recipe calls for gingham or checks, sequins or gems, ribbon or twine, die cut and pumpkin.  I liked the sketch with the nice square panel and the interesting split square as the backing layer.  I realized after I had adhered everything that I placed the split going the wrong direction from the sketch...hope that can be forgiven!

  The background is a piece of retired Country Gingham DSP in Balmy Blue.  The split square is Secret Sea.  The die cut element is a Golden Glow Tile Garden die cut.  I embossed a piece of Basic White with the Softly Woven embossing folder for some added texture behind the pumpkins.

  I fussy cut a few pumpkins from a piece of Painted Patch DSP.  This is a nice layered layout because you don't have to have 3 full pumpkins and you can utilize some of the images that get cut off on the edges.  The tall pumpkin in the back is really only about 2/3 of the image. The top two are popped on dimensionals.

  To finish off the recipe, under the Soiree Salutations sentiment is a twine bow and a few Secret Sea Dewdrop embellishments.

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Stamps:  Soiree Salutations

Ink: Secret Sea

Paper: Painted Patch DSP, Secret Sea, Golden Glow, Basic White, Country Gingham DSP (retired)

Accessories: Tile Garden dies, Softly Woven embossing folder, dimensionals, linen thread, Dewdrop embellishments

Winter Village - Stampin' Up!® Welcome Noel

   I recently gave my stampers a pretty color combo for inspiration and I found time yesterday to play around with it and see what I could make myself.  I pulled out my Welcome Noel bundle and created a little winter village scene with a bit of sparkle!

  The colors were Coastal Cabana, Berry Burst and Powder Pink.  You might not think of these colors as a Christmas or winter combo but that's the direction I went!  It was fun putting together this little scene using mostly the dies and a few easy techniques. 

  I started this card with a Coastal Cabana card base.  I blended some Coastal Cabana ink along the top corners for a bit of shading.  Then using my white gel pen I made a snowy sky.  Love (!!!) the new Stampin' Up!® gel pens....they've worked perfectly every time I've pulled them out which is a huge step up from the others I've tried!!  I started with the larger flakes, then made slightly smaller ones then finally I filled in with tiny dots.

  The 2 layers of snowy trees were die cut with the top panel just and inch or so shorter than the other layer.  All of the trees are covered in clear Wink of Stella for a shimmery snow effect.  The shorter layer is also popped on dimensionals.

 The houses are die cut with Basic White detail layer and the colored layers behind just showing through the openings.  A few trees are stamped in Coastal Cabana with one being stamped off just for variety.  The smaller house is popped on dimensionals.

  The roofs and wreath are also covered in Wink of Stella to carry the snowy theme down the hill and a little Berry Burst sequin decorates the wreath.  I played around with sentiments and their placement and couldn't come up with something that worked so I left it off.  This could be a sweet Christmas card or a New Years card depending on what you choose!

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Stamps: Welcome Noel

Ink: Coastal Cabana

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Basic White, Berry Burst, Powder Pink

Accessories: Welcome Noel dies, white gel pen, clear Wink of Stella, dimensionals, Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins (retired)

Woodland Tree - Stampin' Up!® Woodland Wishes

   I recently held a shoebox swap with my team and it was such a nice afternoon crafting and chatting with my stamping friends and I wish it could happen more often than just the few times of years that busy schedules allow for!  The projects and company were perfect and I love getting fun ideas and beautiful cards from the get together.  I shared a card using the Woodland Wishes set that may be getting a little neglected since the Sept.-Dec. 2026 catalog came out last month!

  This card was inspired by one that my teammate Kimberly made.  She's lives too far away to attend my local events but we craft and chat over Facetime and her card was too cute not to re-create and share with my local team.  I love the embossing and torn tree shape and it's a fun way to use this image without having to color it.

  This one starts with a Garden Green card base, then a layer of Basic Beige embossed with the Softly Woven embossing folder.  The tree is embossed in white.  Don't the little animals looks so cute?  The edges are torn just following along the image.  A Pecan Pie tree trunk is also torn to match.  Those pieces are popped on dimensionals.

  The sentiment from Noel Tidings is stamped in Garden Green and is punched out.  A bit of Basic Beige ribbon accents the sentiment circle.

  I brought in some gold details with the Glimmer paper star and Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems.

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Stamps: Woodland Wishes (Online Exclusive), Noel Tidings

Ink: Versamark, Garden Green

Paper: Garden Green, Basic Beige, Basic White, Pecan Pie, Gold Glimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: Softly Woven embossing folder, white embossing powder, circle punch/die, star punch/die, dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Metallic Gems, Basic Beige classic ribbon (retired)

CAS Fat Bear - Stampin' Up!® Woodland Wishes

   A few weeks back the Paper Players had a fun clean and simple theme of "bear" for their weekly challenge.  I thought the timing was perfect as it was also Fat Bear Week in Alaska around the same time so the stamping vibes were very much in alignment!  I didn't get the card made and photographed in time to share then but the challenge was definitely my inspiration so I wanted to give a shout out.  

  Behold, my fat (CAS) bear!  I think the colors might have been from another challenge but I can't even remember now!  I started with a Basic White card base, then used an already embossed piece of Gray Granite from my stash and die cut it with the oval from Noel Tidings dies.

  The bear from Woodland Wishes is stamped in Early Espresso and colored in with Blends markers.  I fussy cut it and then popped it over the sentiment strip.  The sentiment is in the Banner Sayings stamp set and the die for the strip is also in the Noel Tidings dies.

  A few retired Streaked Dots are finishing touch to this clean and simple card.  

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Stamps: Woodland Wishes (Online Exclusive), Banner Sayings

Ink: Early Espresso

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, Ivory

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Gray Granite

Accessories: Noel Tidings dies, dimensionals, Brick & Mortar embossing folder (retired), Streaked Dots (retired)

Peace and Joy - Stampin' Up!® Simple Alphabet

   Sometimes you want to make a card where the sentiment is the focus but all of your sentiment stamps are too small or don't say what you want them to.  No problem!  Just stamp it yourself using the Simple Alphabet stamp set!

  I started this design with a Secret Sea card base with another layer of Secret Sea embossed with the Softly Woven embossing folder.  Before adhering the panel down I added a length of Barely Blush Bordered ribbon across the center.

  Using Secret Sea ink and the Simple Alphabet stamp set I created my words.  I find them really easy to line up and I just stamped the letters with a small bit of space between them.  The ampersand is stamped in Strawberry Slush.  Then I fussy cut the words and ampersand.

  The words are popped on dimensionals on a Basic White Scalloped Christmas Cheer die cut panel.  The big scallops really complement the curves of the letters. The scalloped rectangle is backed with a piece of Strawberry Slush.

  I accented the focal point sentiment with a cluster of holly leaves and berries die cut using the Home for Christmas die set.  The berries are covered with clear Wink of Stella and both the berries and leaves have white gel pen accents.

  And the final touch for this card is a Barely Blush fork bow to finish the ribbon detail.  Want to see how to make a fork bow check out my how to video.

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Stamps: Simple Alphabet

Ink: Secret Sea, Strawberry Slush

Paper: Secret Sea, Strawberry Slush, Basic White, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Softly Woven embossing folder, Scalloped Christmas Cheer dies, Home for Christmas dies, Barely Slush Bordered ribbon, Wink of Stella, dimensionals, white gel pen

Celebrate in Circles - Stampin' Up!® Round About Messages

   I've just been dropping the ball lately and I completely forgot that I had a card due for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge that posted yesterday.  It's an every other week challenge and for some reason I was thinking I still had a week!  I feel like I'm going crazy some days!  Anyway, here's my card, a day late and a dollar short as my dad says!

Rachel has given us a lovely grouping of circles to work with though you can swap them out for another shape or mix and match!

  Since I was already late I didn't want to overthink it and I knew I needed to add to my masculine birthday cards stash so I went with Pool Party & Secret Sea as a color combo and used the Round About Messages stamp set.

  The Stylish Shapes dies continue to be a staple in my card making and they give just the right amount of detail for a clean and simple card.

  I hope you'll play along with this sketch and share your design in our gallery so we can all oooohhhh and aaaahhhh!

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Stamps: Round About Messages

Ink: Secret Sea, Pool Party

Blends: Daffodil Delight light & dark, Pool Party light & dark

Paper: Basic White think, Basic White, Pool Party, Moonlit Flora DSP

Accessories: Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, Clear Ribboned Adhesive Dots (retired)

Hydrangea Christmas - Stampin' Up!® Home for Christmas

   I love finding new color combos to use for Christmas cards and since we get new In Colors each year the options increase giving me even more colors to use.  This year Peaceful Pine and Hydrangea Hue have come together for a knock out pairing for the season!  

  The colors come from the Color Dare Challenge and I'm so glad I saw it since I was wanting to use Hydrangea Hue on a Christmas card and was just waiting on some inspiration!

  I started this one with a Basic White thick base then added a striped background of Hydrangea Hue using Two-Toned cardstock on the outside edges. The strips are embossed with the Swirls of Magic embossing folder and sanded down to really bring out the pattern.  The center panel is a piece of 2026-2028 In Color Painted Patterns DSP.

  I used the Home for Christmas bundle for the stamping and die cutting.  The little tag die cut has been getting a workout the last month or so and you can see it used a lot if you scroll back through my posts.

  The tree is stamped in Peaceful Pine and is popped on the tag with dimensionals.  It's topped with a star that started as Basic White and I colored with the Hydrangea Hue Shimmer Brush.  The sentiment from Soiree Celebrations is stamped in Hydrangea Hue ink.

  The tag is detailed with a bit of Peaceful Pine scalloped trim (cut with the little pocket die) and a few 2026-2028 In Color Dots.  The tag ties are a bit of retired Metallic Edged ribbon and retired Orchid Oasis baker's twine.

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Stamps: Home for Christmas, Soiree Celebrations

Ink: Peaceful Pine, Hydrangea Hue

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Two-Toned Hydrangea Hue, Peaceful Pine, 2026-2028 In Color Painted Patterns

Accessories: Home for Christmas Dies, Swirls of Magic embossing folder, dimensionals, 2026-2028 In Color Dots, Hydrangea Hue Shimmer Brush, Metallic Edged Ribbon (retired), Orchid Oasis baker's twine (retired)