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Frosted Forest

Trust in the Lord

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We’re closing out the month of August and our week of In the Woods card designs. I’m still reeling over the fact that today is the last day of August! But I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised since the temps here in North Texas certainly reflect the usual magma-level heat we’re accustomed to in late August.

Today, we’re trekking through the woods at dusk. We’re pairing up the Frosted Forest dies with a fun new Stampin’ Blends background technique. This card was inspired by a recent Stampin’ Up! Artisan (@thecraftyoinkpen) spotlight on Frosted Forest. And I decided I wanted to create my own dusky background using Stampin’ Blends to finish up my projects for a current Luv 2 Stamp Group team challenge. So let’s see how this all comes together.

We get started with a base of Moody Mauve cardstock. Our focal panel is a piece of white cardstock that has been “painted” with Stampin’ Blends using an acetate rub technique. I used a combination of Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, and Pool Party Stampin’ Blends to create the dusky background. I’ll be sharing more on this Stampin’ Blend acetate rub technique in the next episode of Terrific Tuesdays, so be sure you tune in this coming week to learn all about it! I created a continuous panel of trees from Early Espresso cardstock using the die from the Frosted Forest die set and the extension method and then adhered it to the blended panel using a fine tip glue pen. The sentiment from Courage & Faith is heat embossed in gold between the two groves of trees. The focal panel is matted with Blackberry Bliss & Gold textured ribbon and the darker woodgrain panel from the Country Woods designer paper pack and adhered to the card front with dimensionals. For a little extra twinkle, I added some brown sequins in opposing corners.

Isn’t this just a beautiful backdrop for the trees? I just love this new background technique and can’t wait to tell you all about it on Tuesday! Speaking of which, next week is All About Autumn. I hope you’ll stop in each day to see how we’re putting some of the new items from the Holiday Mini Catalog to a unique use for our design theme!

Products used in today’s card:
Moody Mauve, Early Espresso, Basic White cardstock
Country Woods DSP
Courage & Faith stamps
Frosted Forest dies
Gold embossing powder
Blackberry Bliss & Gold textured ribbon (coming soon!)
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Moody Mauve 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[163393]
$12.50
Courage & Faith Cling Stamp Set (English)
[161500]
$26.00
Frosted Forest Dies
[164136]
$36.00
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165678]
$21.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins
[161627]
$7.50
Fine-Tip Glue Pen
[138309]
$7.25
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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Fun Folds · sketches · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Brighten Your Day

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I don’t know about you, but I can’t believe that we’re wrapping up the month of August and marching right into September already! I mean, it’s Labor Day weekend. Whaaaaaa?! I feel like the older I get the faster the time seems to fly by.

And speaking of time flying by, it’s time again for another installment of Sketchy Fridays, where each week we’ll be using a card sketch to design our featured card. Right now, we’re working through a full series of designs using the card sketches found on page 22 of the current Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog.

This week’s card is based on Sketch #20 and features the gorgeous Splendid Autumn designer paper from the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog that launches on September 4th.

This paper pack just turns out sheet after sheet of stunning designs, and I’m loving each and every one. I’m pairing up a fun fold shared by my upline Patty Bennett with Sketch #20 from the Annual Catalog. I’ve taken the liberty of changing the orientation of the sentiment piece. And that’s the best thing about using a sketch — it gives you a place to start and then you tweak things to work for you.

So our fun fold starts with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. Rather than scoring in the center, we score and fold at 3-inches and 7.25-inches to give us our front fold with a standard-sized inside message panel. I decided to double mat the gorgeous sheet of Splendid Autumn patterned paper and used Flirty Flamingo to bring out the pinky-orange hues of the leaves. I cut and mounted the patterned paper so that the panels meet to form a complete picture when the card is closed. When open, there is a small border of Flirty Flamingo visible on the left panel and a slight overhang of the Splendid Autumn sheet on the right panel. The sentiment from Changing Leaves is stamped in black on white cardstock and then diecut using the Greetings of the Season die. I diecut a leaf from gold mercury vellum using the Autumn Leaves dies and adhered to the sentiment panel. The sentiment panel is mounted to the left panel of the card front using dimensionals. We finish off the card front with an assortment of regal foiled dots, which release next week. I felt like it was a shame to waste the remainder of the Splendid Autumn sheet, so it serves as the decorative strip next to the message panel on the inside of the card. I added a few additional gold mercury vellum leaves to tie things together.

I loved this fun fold because it offered the perfect opportunity to showcase a gorgeous sheet of paper. When I have paper that’s so pretty that I don’t want to cut it, I search for layouts like this one that let me put it on full display. Give it a try the next time you have a sheet of paper too pretty to cut up!

Tomorrow, we’re closing out our In the Woods card series with a fall sunset. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss, Flirty Flamingo, Basic White cardstock
Splendid Autumn (coming soon!), gold mercury vellum DSP
Changing Leaves stamps
Autumn Leaves, Greetings of the Season dies
Regal foiled dots (coming soon!)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[141416]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Gold Mercury Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[164142]
$10.00
Changing Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[164351]
$20.00
Autumn Leaves Dies
[162185]
$38.00
Greetings Of The Season Dies
[164112]
$32.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
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Fun Folds · L2S Group Instahop

You Can Do This

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This week, we’re making our way through the woods as we feature a whole array of woodsy products from the Stampin’ Up! lineup. Today, we’re dreaming of winter with this diamond fold card design featuring the Thoughtful Journey designer series paper and Frosted Forest bundle.

Stampin’ Up! has released some gorgeous watercolored patterned paper packs over the last year, and I think I have loved each and every one. I thought it would be fun to use the snowy scene paper from the Thoughtful Journey paper pack and create a pop-out using Frosted Forest since the evergreens closely resembled those in the paper. So let’s see how it all comes together.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I love how this really pulls forward the purple hues in the patterned paper. Our diamond panel leaves a little of the Blackberry Bliss peeking around the edges and the mat for our panel is a piece of white glimmer cardstock to be reminiscent of twinkling snowdrifts. I used the Frosted Forest masks to create the evergreen using a combination of Blackberry Bliss, Fresh Freesia, Night of Navy, and Misty Moonlight inks and then diecut it using the coordinating Frosted Forest die. I went over the tree with Wink of Stella and added iridescent ribbon for added sparkle on the diamond panel. The sentiment from Saying Hey is stamped in black on white cardstock and then diecut using the Happy Little Things banner die. A few iridescent faceted gems finish things off nicely with an additional twinkly touch.

Isn’t this just a gorgeous scene?! Today’s card is a part of the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instagram Hop, which goes live today at 9 AM Pacific Time (PST).  Click here to head over to my Instagram feed at 11 AM Central and check out what the other demos in our L2S Group have created for you today! Tomorrow we’ll be walking in the woods with another fun fold design using the new Splendid Autumn designer series paper. I hope you’ll pop in and check it out!

Want to see how a Diamond Fold card layout comes together from start to finish? You can watch the full Terrific Tuesdays video where we make one together and snag a FREE printable tutorial to boot. Click here to download the PDF.

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss, Basic White cardstock
Thoughtful Journey, white glimmer DSP
Frosted Forest masks and dies
Saying Hey stamps
Happy Little Things dies
Iridescent striped trim
Iridescent faceted gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$13.00
Thoughtful Journey 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
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$12.50
Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper
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$6.00
Frosted Forest Decorative Masks
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$15.00
Frosted Forest Dies
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$36.00
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
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$17.00
Happy Little Things Dies
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$12.00
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad
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$9.00
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad
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$9.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad
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$9.00
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
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$9.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
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$10.50
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim
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$8.50
Iridescent Faceted Gems
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Stampin' Dimensionals
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$4.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive
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Terrific Tuesdays · Winter

Warm Feelings

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We’re continuing our trek through the woods today with a fun new-to-me card technique called a fractured card design. I’ve seen this card layout featured a number of times in my inspiration searches but, honestly, thought it was going to be too difficult to learn and so I passed it by. But I decided to do a little more research on fractured card designs and do you want to know what I discovered? It’s probably the easiest “hard” card you’ll ever learn! Let’s take a look and you’ll see what I mean.

What I love about this particular card layout is that it’s a great way to showcase designer series paper patterns. And there are all kinds of variations that make this card layout easy to adapt to any patterned paper and keep your cards interesting even when using the same patterns multiple times.

For today’s card, we get started with a base of Blueberry Bushel cardstock. I used white cardstock as the backing for the fractured panel. I chose to showcase the Winter Meadow designer series paper and chose two coordinating patterns. Silver serves as a nice compliment to the wintery feel and a terrific sparkly backdrop. Pretty Peacock serves as our fracture strips and draws out the predominant color in our patterned paper pieces. The sentiment from the new Peaceful Season stamp set is stamped in Blueberry Bushel and then diecut on the diagonal using the Perennial Postage die. A faux bow of silver ribbon and few iridescent faceted gems draw the eye front and center to the sentiment.

Want to know how to make today’s card step-by-step? You can catch this week’s of episode of Terrific Tuesdays to see a fractured card design come together from start to finish and see first-hand how versatile this design can be. I’ve also provided a FREE PDF tutorial here. Please note that some of the products shown will not be available until September 4th.

Products used in today’s card:
Blueberry Bushel, Pretty Peacock, Basic White cardstock
Winter Meadow, silver foil DSP
Peaceful Season stamps (coming soon!)
Perennial Postage dies
Silver trim
Iridescent faceted gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Winter Meadow 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[162133]
$12.50
Silver 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Foil Sheets
[163387]
$5.00
Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad
[147138]
$9.00
Perennial Postage Dies
[162607]
$33.00
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack
[161633]
$9.00
Iridescent Faceted Gems
[163368]
$8.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
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$4.25
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Coming Soon · Fun Folds

Happy Birthday Deer

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Do you ever see a card design and think, “man, that’s brilliant!” as you’re scrolling Pinterest or some other platform for inspiration? There are some cards that are just show stoppers! Today’s tri-fold card design was inspired by a stunning card posted by fellow demonstrator Stamp With Amy K, and as soon as I saw it, I knew that I had to give it a try for this week’s In the Woods card series.

I knew that I wanted to spotlight a gorgeous sunrise scene paper from the upcoming Splendid Autumn paper pack. We get started with this super simple tri-fold fun fold design with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I laid the open tree grove die from the Grove die set over the sheet of paper to determine what portion I wanted to peek through to the card front and then diecut the front panel of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. I diecut two deer silhouettes in black cardstock with the Grove dies and then adhered them in the grove of trees with tear-n-tape. To keep the deer in place, a sheet of acetate is then adhered to the back of the card front. The focal sentiment from Adventurous Sky is stamped on Flirty Flamingo and diecut using the Happy Little Things banner die. It’s adhered over a ribbon of Blackberry Bliss & Gold, gold trim, and Peach Pie and then mounted to a textured gold hexagonal mat.

The sheet of Splendid Autumn is then cut to fit inside the card and the far right of the patterned paper panel is scored to create the fold-out portion. The inside card base is covered with white cardstock, which also serves to cover the anchor for the patterned paper sheet.

I stamped the sentiment from Something Fancy in black ink on white cardstock and then diecut with the Greetings of the Season die, adding some gold trim to finish things off before adhering to the fold-out panel. We finish off the whole design with careful placement of shiny sequins and sparkle gems to add twinkles on several of the panels to help draw the eye across and through the full tri-fold.

Although this card looks complicated, it comes together quickly and is even more stunning in person! Tomorrow, we’re going to be walking through a new-to-me design technique. I hope you’ll pop by and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss, Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black, Basic White cardstock
Splendid Autumn (coming soon!), textured gold DSP
Acetate window sheets
Something Fancy, Adventurous Sky stamps
Grove, Autumn Leaves, Happy Little Things dies
Heartfelt Hexagon punch
Peach Pie bordered ribbon, Blackberry Bliss & gold textured ribbon (coming soon!), gold trim
In Color shimmer gems, shiny sequins
Adhesives

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Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$13.00
Window Sheets
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$5.00
Grove Dies
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$39.00
Happy Little Things Dies
[163709]
$12.00
Autumn Leaves Dies
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$38.00
Heartfelt Hexagon Punch
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$23.00
Adventurous Sky Cling Stamp Set (English)
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$26.00
Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English)
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$23.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
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$10.50
Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins
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$7.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems
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$8.50
Peach Pie 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon
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$7.50
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack
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$9.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
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Changing Leaves · Fun Folds

Not Without You

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Welcome to another bright & shining Monday. I don’t know about you, but it was a busy weekend for us. The kiddo finished up his summer bowling league and took some lessons in preparation for the start of the fall league. So we spent a lot of time at the bowling alley. But given the inferno we’re experiencing here in North Texas, that worked out just fine!

This week, we’re starting a new card series called In the Woods. Each we’ll be using products from Stampin’ Up! that fit our weekly theme. Today, I’m feeling all the fall vibes and thought it would be appropriate to get started with the Changing Leaves bundle paired up with the Splendid Autumn designer series paper that launches next week on September 6th.

To give an opportunity for our gorgeous leaves from the Changing Leaves bundle to take center stage, we’re working with the barn fold today. And we get started on today’s card with a base of Crushed Curry cardstock. We cover each of the front flaps of our barn fold with a strip of paper from the Splendid Autumn paper pack. The pattern is a very subtle brushed, grainy texture that gives some nice depth in our color palette. Next up, we emboss a quarter panel of Blackberry Bliss cardstock using the Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder and then diecut it into a smaller panel with one of the larger Deckled Rectangles dies. On a quarter sheet of white cardstock, I traced the outside of the trio of leaves from the Changing Leaves die set in pencil to make it easier to stamp each of the leaf images and then diecut all at once. I used a combination of fall colors to ink each leaf from the stamp set, including Copper Clay, Blackberry Bliss, and Crushed Curry, and imitated the look of leaves in a color metamorphosis by going over sections of each leaf with other colors for a subtle two-toned look. I diecut a few additional leaves in gold foil and Blackberry Bliss and then layered everything together to create a leafy focal section behind the sentiment panel. Our hexagonal sentiment panel consists of a white center panel and mat of Peach Pie glimmer paper. The sentiments from Everyday Greetings and Changing Leaves are stamped in Blackberry Bliss. Our focal panel section is finished off with Blackberry Bliss & Gold textured ribbon from the upcoming Holiday Mini catalog, releasing next week on September 6th. A few shiny sequins finish things off with a little extra sparkle and help draw the eye across all the gorgeous design elements on the front of this card.

Tomorrow we’re working with another fun fold design and another gorgeous sheet from the Splendid Autumn paper pack to create a gorgeous peek-through scene. You won’t want to miss it!

Products used in today’s card:
Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss, Basic White cardstock
Splendid Autumn (coming soon!), gold foil, In Color glimmer DSP
Changing Leaves stamps, dies & hybrid embossing folder
Deckled Rectangles
Everyday Greetings stamps
Hexagon punch
Blackberry Bliss & Gold textured ribbon (coming soon!)
Shiny sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Gold Foil Sheets
[132622]
$5.00
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[163771]
$11.00
Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder
[164138]
$40.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies
[159173]
$30.00
Heartfelt Hexagon Punch
[162888]
$23.00
Changing Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[164351]
$20.00
Everyday Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[165084]
$21.00
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad
[147092]
$9.00
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad
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$9.00
Copper Clay Classic Stampin' Pad
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$9.00
Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins
[163484]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
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$4.25
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Inspiration

Where There is Heartache

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I love finding new ways to use product in my stash. And I realized that I often look at the “holiday” products as just that – products for the holidays and not for the everyday. So I wanted to challenge myself to expand designs with those holiday products.

Today, we’re using the Season of Green & Gold patterned paper to create a stunning sympathy card. I feel like sympathy cards should offer love, hope, and encouragement. And while it’s certainly a somber occasion, a design of carefully selected colors and elements can convey hope without words.

We get started on our card with a base of Lost Lagoon cardstock. Our focal panel backdrop consists of a panel of Lost Lagoon embossed on an angle with the Cute Crochet embossing folder and then matted with the gold mercury vellum. The Lost Lagoon panel has gold trim tied around it with a small bow. The sentiment from Everyday Greetings is stamped in Versamark on Soft Sea Foam and then heat embossed in gold. This is then diecut with the Spotlight on Nature dies. I love that the Season of Green & Gold designer paper coordinates with the Golden Greenery dies and have used the two together to cut out several of the stalks of greenery for the sentiment panel. I also cut a sheet of textured gold with the greenery dies. All of these greenery pieces are layered behind the sentiment panel. The drusy embellishments add extra sparkle.

Next week, we’re going to be in the woods. I hope you’ll come along!

Products used in today’s card:
Lost Lagoon, Soft Sea Foam cardstock
Season of Green & Gold, mercury vellum, textured gold DSP
Cute Crochet embossing folder
Everyday Greetings stamps
Spotlight on Nature, Golden Greenery dies
Gold embossing powder
Gold trim
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · sketches · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Cuppa Thanks

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This week we’re exploring all of the ways that we can use our holiday products to make everyday cards. For this week’s Sketchy Fridays, we’re taking a little detour from the Annual Catalog and, instead, are taking a page from my personal sketch book. And today, we’re pairing our sketch with the new Take a Bow patterned paper and Joyful Images ephemera both of which will be available on September 6th.

We get started with a base of Balmy Blue cardstock. Our center strip of patterned paper is from the Take a Bow paper pack and provides a colorful grounding base for our focal panel. Our focal panel backdrop consists of a piece of Garden Green cardstock embossed with the Cute Crochet embossing folder that is mounted on the mercury vellum sheet. The mug of hot chocolate is from the Joyful Images ephemera pack. A few adhesive peppermints add some visual texture and interest. The sentiment from Simply Zinnia is stamped in black on white cardstock and then diecut using the Autumn Leaves die. A faux bow of gold trim behind brings another pop of gold to the design, tying our full focal panel together as one. The mug and sentiment are adhered over a Graceful Greenery vellum panel diecut with the Nested Essentials dies. Iridescent faceted gems across the design help the eye pass across and to the sentiment.

We’re closing out our design series tomorrow with a stunning sympathy card. You don’t want to miss it!

Products used in today’s card:
Balmy Blue, Garden Green, Basic White cardstock
Take a Bow (coming soon!), Graceful Greenery vellum, mercury vellum DSP
Simply Zinnia stamps
Nested Essentials, Autumn Leaves dies
Cute Crochet embossing folder
Joyful Images ephemera (coming soon!)
Real Red & White peppermints (coming soon!), iridescent faceted gems
Gold trim
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Fun Folds · Terrific Tuesdays

Diamond Birthday

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Do you ever see a special fold and think WOW? That’s precisely what happened when a fellow demonstrator shared the Diamond Fold with our team. And I’m glad to finally have the time to sit down and learn this fold. It looks far more complicated than it is, and it is absolutely a perfect way to spotlight beautiful patterned paper!

This week, we’re looking at all the ways we can use traditional holiday products in everyday designs. Today, we’re pairing the Season of Gold & Green designer paper with part of the new Season of Elegance suite to make this gorgeous Diamond Fold card.

We get started on today’s fun fold design with a base of Shaded Spruce cardstock. We cut a standard-sized base but in landscape orientation with a fold in the center and then one to divide the second half. I chose two different patterns from the Season of Green & Gold designer series paper pack, a current Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive. We’re bringing out the gold foiling by using the gold foil specialty paper as an accent color on our diamond panel. Our focal image is the largest tree from the new Peaceful Evergreens bundle. It’s stamped and diecut from Mossy Meadow with a gold bow diecut and added to the top. The new Peaceful Evergreens die set that will release on September 6th with the Holiday Mini catalog includes a set of dies to make paper bows and it really makes it easy to have perfect bows for your cards! Our sentiment from Adventurous Sky is stamped in black on Very Vanilla cardstock and then diecut using the Peaceful Season dies. This panel is mounted on a gold foil banner diecut with the largest banner from that same die set. I added some drusy embellishments for lots of extra sparkle and to help draw the eye across the card front.

Tomorrow we’ll be using a sketch to create a super fun thank-you design. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out.

Want to know how to make today’s card step-by-step? You can catch this week’s of episode of Terrific Tuesdays to see this card come together from start to finish. I’ve also provided a FREE PDF tutorial here. Please note that some of the products shown will not be available until September 6th.

Products used in today’s card:
Shaded Spruce, Mossy Meadow, Very Vanilla, Basic White cardstock
Season of Green & Gold, gold foil DSP
Adventurous Sky stamps
Peaceful Evergreens stamps & dies (coming soon!)
Peaceful Season dies (coming soon!)
Drusy embellishments (coming soon!)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Holidays · Winter

Wish You Were Here

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Thanks for joining me today as we continue our new design series — using holiday products to create everyday designs. I don’t know about you, but I tend to look at products in a holiday release from a single lens. But very often, these products are intended for designs far outside specific holidays.

Today, we’re using the new Take a Bow paper and Joyful ephemera packs to create a missing-you card. For me, there’s no question that the winter holidays make me think of friends and loved ones far away. So why not send them a card to let them know?!

We get started with a base of Pool Party cardstock. All of the patterned papers come from the Take a Bow paper pack, which will release on September 6th. I used the Nested Essentials dies to cut the two image background panels that hold our focal images from the Joyful Images ephemera packs. The sentiment comes from the Joyful Sayings ephemera pack. Varying layers of dimensionals behind elements gives depth and interest to our design. We finish things off and tie things together with a few gold snowflakes to bring out the gold striping in the sentiment banner backing.

Tomorrow we’re making an elegant sympathy card that is definitely a must-see! I hope you’ll pop in and check it out.

Products used in today’s card:
Pool Party cardstock
Take a Bow (coming soon!) DSP
Joyful Sayings & Images ephemera (coming soon!)
Nested Essentials dies
Snowflakes
Dimensionals
Adhesives