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I made a whole stack of this card design the other day for my August customer thank you cards. I was going for a bit of an autumn vibe with the colors. The gold foil from the Splendid Day DSP is a nice pairing with the orange tones of the leaf die cuts.
I backed the foil panel with Cajun Craze, then layered a wide band of Basic White with the sentiment stamped in Cajun Craze ink.
The die cuts in Cajun Craze, Pale Papaya and Pumpkin Pie are grouped to the side of the sentiment and accented with a Pale Papaya ribbon knot.
A brushed brass butterfly finishes the details for this autumn inspired all occasion card.
I always leave my customer thank you cards blank inside just tucking in my note on a separate piece of writing paper so that they can use the card for themselves to send out (or keep it for inspiration-- there are no rules with these cards lol!). If you'd like to place an order and receive one of my hand made thank you cards you can find my ordering link in the sidebar.
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Stamps: Go To Greetings
Ink: Cajun Craze
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Cajun Craze, Splendid Day DSP, Pale Papaya, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Splendid Stems dies, Pale Papaya ribbon, Brushed Brass Butterflies, dimensionals
Are you looking for some non-traditional Christmas colors? My card today has a great combo to try out. We made this card at my last project and my stampers loved the colors and how easy it is to get this multi-colored effect on a large background stamp.
The colors used on this card are Highland Heather, Balmy Blue and Starry Sky. So pretty right? We used the Snow Crystal stamp mounted on the Stamp-a-ratus and used sponge daubers in each of the colors to apply the ink to the stamp. Using the Stamp-a-ratus is a key just in case you miss inking up a spot you can easily add more ink and re-stamp and not have to try line it back up perfectly....the Stamp-a-ratus does all the work here!
Once the snowflake is stamped just cut the square panel into 3 equal strips. Here the starting panel is 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" so each strip ends up at 1 1/4" x 3 3/4" and adhere them spaced out on the card front. Told you it was easy!
The sentiment from Brightest Glow is stamped in Starry Sky and cut and backed with Stylish Shapes circles. Between the circle layers a length of In Color Metallic Woven ribbon is added for some sparkle. The sentiment is then popped on dimensionals. A few Adhesive Backed Stars are added for even more shine.
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Stamps: Snow Crystal, Brightest Glow
Ink: Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, Starry Sky
Paper: Basic White, Starry Sky, Highland Heather
Accessories: Stylish Shapes dies, Metallic Woven ribbon, Adhesive Backed Stars, dimensionals
My card today uses a few elements from the Happier Than Happy set to create a little focal point on a clean and simple hello card. The little animals in this set are cute and I love all the little "accessories" that are also included to make a sweet woodland scene.
Some how I had only used the Sweet Songbirds stamp set for a very small class way back when the Annual Catalog first came out so a majority of my customers hadn't used it yet. It's such a cute bundle and perfect for all occasion cards. You can make a bunch of different color combo and little scenes and it's sweet every time!
For this card that we made in class I stuck with 3 of the newest In Colors for a bright, cheerful card.
I added a little bit of pattern behind the focal panel with a strip of the 2022-2024 In Color DSP. My stampers had the choice between the 4 different patterns available. The sign is stamped off twice in Soft Suede to make it light enough to see the words stamped over the top but you could use Crumb Cake instead. I needed to reign in the amount of supplies used since there is only so much room on my class tables!
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Stamps: Sweet Songbirds
Ink: Soft Suede, Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet, Mango Melody, Memento Black
Paper: Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Basic White, 2022-2024 In Color DSP
Accessories: Songbird Builder punch, dimensionals, In Color baker's twine, In Color Matte Decorative Dots
Now that Labor Day has passed it's pumpkin time! I used the Hello Harvest set to design this card that my stampers made in class last week.
We started with a Crushed Curry base then added a layer of Crumb Cake stamped with the flower cluster in Crumb Cake ink for a subtle background.
Next we stamped the pumpkin in Cajun Craze and colored it in with Blends. We die cut 2 more pumpkins out of the Rustic Harvest DSP (including the stems) using the Rustic Pumpkin dies then make a little grouping.
The sentiment is stamped in Crumb Cake and backed with a bit of Old Olive twill ribbon (found in the annual catalog) and popped on dimensionals. Some colored (with Blends markers) pearls and a linen thread bow finish the details.
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Stamps: Hello Harvest
Ink: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze
Blends: Pumpkin Pie light & dark, Mossy Meadow light & dark
Paper: Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake, Basic White, Rustic Harvest DSP
Accessories: Rustic Pumpkin dies, linen thread, adhesive pearls, Old Olive twill ribbon, dimensionals
I joined the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge today. They have a one layer CAS card as the technique this time. One layer and Christmas can be a really hard parameter to stick with when there are so many cute papers, dies and ribbons to be used for this time of year.
I went with the Jingle Jingle Jingle set and just repeated it 3 times with different colors. I like the bright, fresh colors as well, really gives the open letters a big pop!
I started with a Basic White thick card base. To prevent bleed-through from my Stampin' Blends markers I used another panel of Basic White to actually stamp and color on.
The 'jingles' are stamped in Memento and then colored with Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party and Polished Pink.
I added a few image stamps to jazz it up and accessorize each word without having to add any layers.
I don't think this design is a contender for mass producing but maybe for a few different color combinations for the season.
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Stamps: Jingle Jingle Jingle
Ink: Memento Black, Tahitian Tide
Markers: Tahitian Tide light & dark, Parakeet Party light & dark, Polished Pink light & dark
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White
Accessories: none
School started for our area on Monday so it's been a week of getting into a routine to only have a 4 day week this week and a 4 day week next week for Labor Day. I think my teens will be reverting back to square one on the "wake up for school" routine! Nevertheless the start of a new school year is to be celebrated. I already had cards made for my kids that I forgot to give them last year (yes terrible mom!) so I didn't need to make more but I thought it would be fun to do the Just Us Girls Challenge anyway for a back to school theme.
I used the A Fish & A Wish set because I didn't really have any school themed stamps and I was thinking "a school of fish" and an encouraging sentiment could work. Throw in some primary colors and the finished products isn't too shabby! And I'm ahead of the game for next year now!
I started with a Basic White thick card base then layered one inch stripes of my 3 colors snipping the ends at angles for some interest.
Next I cut a Basic Black Stitched Rectangle and embossed the sentiment in white. The Through It Together set has a whole bunch of encouraging sentiments.
Then I stamped and punched the fish 3 times and added fins. They are popped up on dimensionals onto the card front in a nice neat row.
I added a few candy dots (because I will have them until I die apparently no matter how many I use!) to finish this one.
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Stamps: A Fish & A Wish, Through It Together
Ink: Versamark, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Real Red
Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Basic Black, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Real Red
Accessories: Fish punch, Stitched Rectangle dies, white embossing powder, dimensionals, candy dots (retired)
