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Autumn · Fall

Joy to My Heart

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We’ve made it through the first week of September. I don’t know about you, but holiday weeks always feel longer, for some reason.

This week, we’ve been all about the autumn designs and looking at a variety of different ways to pair Stampin’ Up! products or to use techniques. Today, we’re revisiting the emboss resist technique with this card design which features the Leaf Collection background stamp. I recently saw a card posted by a fellow demonstrator that paired this stamp with a Blackberry Bliss and metallic gold color palette. It was super elegant and I wanted to give it a twist. So let’s see how it all comes together.

We get started with a base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The focal panel is also Blackberry Bliss that has been stamped with the Leaf Collection stamp and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. To help the pattern pop, I went over the panel with metallic gold ink which gives the entire panel a subtle sheen and really makes the clear embossing twinkle. This panel is matted with Rose Gold textured specialty paper and then wrapped with Blackberry Bliss & Gold textured ribbon and tied with a bow. The sentiment from So Sincere is stamped on Blackberry Bliss cardstock and then heat embossed with gold before being diecut with the Greetings of the Season die using the extension method. The sentiment panel is adhered underneath the bow using several layers of dimensionals. I cut some sprigs of leaves from gold foil using the Changing Leaves die and adhered them with dimensionals around the bow to keep things cohesive. Drusy embellishments finish things off with lots of extra sparkle.

It’s been a lot of fun designing cards all about autumn, and I hope you’ve enjoyed the inspiration. Next week is all about Christmas as we get a better look at the new product from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. In the meantime, I hope you’ll tune in on the socials for a little bonus All About Autumn content this afternoon.

Products used in today’s card:
Blackberry Bliss cardstock
Gold foil, Rose Gold textured SP
Leaf Collection, So Sincere stamps
Greetings of the Season, Changing Leaves dies
Clear, gold embossing powder
Blackberry Bliss & Gold textured ribbon
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[133675]
$11.50
Textured Metallic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[163772]
$8.50
Gold Foil Sheets
[132622]
$5.00
Leaf Collection Cling Stamp Set
[163610]
$20.00
So Sincere Cling Stamp Set (English)
[162283]
$24.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165678]
$21.00
Greetings Of The Season Dies
[164112]
$32.00
Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder
[164138]
$40.00
Blackberry Bliss & Gold 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Textured Ribbon
[164039]
$10.00
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments
[164223]
$9.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[154031]
$7.00
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Autumn · Fall · sketches · Sketchy Fridays

Sketchy Fridays: Accomplished So Much

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This week is all about autumn, and we’re using unique combinations of Stampin’ Up! products to make some beautiful card designs.

And it’s already 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 #14 and features the gorgeous Splendid Autumn designer paper from the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog.

As I was thumbing through the papers in the Splendid Autumn paper pack, I was looking for a sheet that would lend itself to an unexpected combination of products. When I saw this beautiful sheet of the groves of trees separated by a stream with its hues of greens and purples, along with the usual fall foliage colors, I knew I had found the sheet I was looking for.

The beauty of today’s Sketch #14 is it lets us use this gorgeous paper as the focal point and then support it with mats as complements. We get started with a base of Calypso Coral cardstock. I love how this base color makes the oranges in the trees pop over the golden hues. Our sheet of Splendid Autumn is matted in two different colors. We use a very thin mat of Peach Pie glimmer paper right up against the Splendid Autumn, and it’s such a nice complement to the golden hues in our paper. Then we’re using a larger secondary mat of Old Olive Season of Elegance designer paper. Just look at how this brings out the grass along either side of our creek that’s reflecting our gorgeous dusky sky. And in person, the sparkle of the gold foiling in this sheet plays along perfectly with the glimmer paper. The sentiment from Wonderful Thoughts is heat embossed in gold on a sheet of white vellum from the Graceful Greenery vellum pack and then diecut using the Greetings of the Season dies using the extension method to give us a full banner. We finish things off with a twist of ribbons, including iridescent striped sheer ribbon, gold trim, and two colors of linen thread from the new Natural Tones pack, and a few of the new Earth Tones shimmer gems in opposing corners for a little sparkle.

I hope you tune in tomorrow as we round out our All About Autumn card series. I’ll be bringing you another emboss resist project, as well as a BONUS post showing how you can make a simple easel project that packs a big punch!

Products used in today’s card:
Calypso Coral cardstock
Season of Elegance, Splendid Autumn, Graceful Greenery vellum, Gold textured DSP
Wonderful Thoughts stamps
Greetings of the Season dies
Iridescent striped ribbon
Gold trim
Natural Tones linen thread
Earth Tones shimmer gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[122925]
$11.50
Splendid Autumn 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[164173]
$12.50
Season Of Elegance 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[164144]
$16.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[163771]
$11.00
Graceful Greenery Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[164118]
$10.00
Wonderful Thoughts Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[161899]
$25.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165678]
$21.00
Greetings Of The Season Dies
[164112]
$32.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim
[163299]
$8.50
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack
[161633]
$9.00
Natural Tones Linen Thread
[164071]
$9.00
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems
[163781]
$8.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[154031]
$7.00
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Autumn · Fall

Feel Better

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This week’s designs are all about autumn. Aside from using some great new product from Stampin’ Up!, we’re using some fun new techniques to boot!

Today, we’re pairing up the beautiful new Splendid Autumn patterned paper pack with the new Birch Wood embossing folder and a cool heat embossing effect that I learned from a team member. So let’s check it out.

For today’s color palette, we’re drawing out all of the beautiful autumn hues in our Splendid Autumn patterned paper — Copper Clay, Moody Mauve, and Very Vanilla. So we get started with a card base of Copper Clay. Our focal panel is a piece of Moody Mauve that’s been embossed using the new Birch Wood embossing folder. I then filled in all of the debossed sections with Versamark and embossed with copper, BUT I did not completely set the embossing powder. Instead, I only embossed it to the point of looking grainy and then quickly moved on to another section. I felt like the grainy texture looks much more like bark. I wanted a polaroid look for the sentiment panel, so we get started by diecutting a cross-hatch gold foiled sheet from the Nature’s Sweetness paper pack using the largest Nested Essentials banner die. The sheet of Splendid Autumn is then cut to size to fit within, leaving a small border. The sentiment from Unbounded Love is heat embossed in copper on a banner diecut from a sheet of the white Graceful Greenery vellum using the Happy Little Things die. The top of the sentiment panel is wrapped in the new Copper Clay linen thread and the full panel is adhered to the focal panel using dimensionals. A few of the new drusy embellishments in each corner help move the eye across the card.

Isn’t this such a fun embossing technique? I really love the realism it adds to the woodgrain embossed panel. Speaking of embossing techniques, tomorrow we’ll be using another oldie but goodie. I hope you’ll pop by and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Copper Clay, Moody Mauve cardstock
Nature’s Sweetness, Splendid Autumn DSP
Graceful Greenery vellum
Birch Wood embossing folder
Unbounded Love stamps
Nested Essentials, Happy Little Things dies
Copper embossing powder
Copper Clay linen thread
Drusy embellishments
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Copper Clay 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[161721]
$11.50
Moody Mauve 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[161723]
$11.50
Splendid Autumn 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[164173]
$12.50
Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162616]
$16.50
Graceful Greenery Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[164118]
$10.00
Nested Essentials Dies
[161597]
$34.00
Birch Wood 3 D Embossing Folder
[164069]
$12.00
Happy Little Things Dies
[163709]
$12.00
Unbounded Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163378]
$25.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165678]
$21.00
Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments
[164223]
$9.00
Natural Tones Linen Thread
[164071]
$9.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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Terrific Tuesdays

Autumn Birthday

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We’re continuing our All About Autumn design series today, and I’m excited to bring you the much-anticipated in-depth look at the acetate rub technique that I first mentioned in my post on Saturday.

Today’s card mixes things up just a little bit to give us a different look to Saturday’s card design. We start with a card base of Pretty Peacock. Our focal panel background starts with a piece of white cardstock. Using the acetate sheet and 4 colors of Stampin’ Blends — Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler, and Pool Party, we create another dusky backdrop for our trees in the midst of a wardrobe change. To achieve that look, we’re using the Pretty Peacock Oxidized Copper and the Real Red Season of Elegance specialty papers and Frosted Forest dies to create the foliage for our trees. Our groves of trees are diecut from Early Espresso cardstock using the Frosted Forest dies. To help our focal panel stand out against our card base, we mat it with a combination of Country Woods woodgrain patterned paper and the Real Red & Gold satin ribbon. The sentiment from Simply Said is heat embossed in gold and then flanked with some drusy embellishments. A few extra drusy embellishments are added in opposing corners to help draw the eye across our focal panel to the sentiment.

You can learn all about the acetate rub technique and how to make this card from start to finish in this week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays.

I hope you’ll tune in tomorrow to check out a cool technique to try with your embossing folders.

Products used in today’s card:
Pretty Peacock, Early Espresso, Basic White cardstock
Country Woods, Oxidized Copper, Season of Elegance (out tomorrow!) DSP
Window sheets
Simply Said stamps
Frosted Forest dies
Stampin’ Blends
Gold embossing powder
Cherry Cobbler & Gold satin ribbon (out today!)
Drusy embellishments (out tomorrow!)
Adhesives

Product List
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[150880]
$11.50
Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[119686]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[163393]
$12.50
Oxidized Copper 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162190]
$8.00
Simply Said Mix & Match Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163756]
$17.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165678]
$21.00
Frosted Forest Dies
[164136]
$36.00
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[154883]
$11.00
Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[154881]
$11.00
Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[154880]
$11.00
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[154894]
$11.00
Window Sheets
[142314]
$5.00
Adhesive Sheets
[152334]
$11.50
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[154031]
$7.00
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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

Product List
Moody Mauve 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[161723]
$11.50
Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[119686]
$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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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

Product List
Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146968]
$11.50
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[150880]
$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
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart
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

Product List
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[133675]
$11.50
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[141416]
$11.50
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[121045]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Window Sheets
[142314]
$5.00
Grove Dies
[157844]
$39.00
Happy Little Things Dies
[163709]
$12.00
Autumn Leaves Dies
[162185]
$38.00
Heartfelt Hexagon Punch
[162888]
$23.00
Adventurous Sky Cling Stamp Set (English)
[163439]
$26.00
Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English)
[160416]
$23.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
[101406]
$10.50
Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins
[163484]
$7.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems
[163781]
$8.50
Peach Pie 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon
[163783]
$7.50
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack
[161633]
$9.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive
[154031]
$7.00
Add All to Cart
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

Product List
Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[131199]
$11.50
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[133675]
$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
[147087]
$9.00
Copper Clay Classic Stampin' Pad
[161647]
$9.00
Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins
[163484]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart
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

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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