Tidings of Home

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Howdy, friends! Welcome back. It’s hard to believe it’s already Thursday, although Monday & Tuesday definitely felt like Thursday & Friday. *chuckle*

I had some grand plans for a 3D project for today but ultimately figured out that I needed to devote more time to it in order to get it just right. So I hope to bring that to you over the weekend. Today, we’re getting another look at the Neutral Noel suite of products to include the awesome dies and embossing folder. And to add that touch of razzle dazzle in line with our design theme this week, we’re also using some of the new holiday hot foil products. So let’s dive in and see how this beauty comes together.

To start, I have to give props to the inspiration behind this card design. I’m CASEing a catalog CASE by Stamping Beauty NZ (follow her over on Insta!). Honestly, the catalog sample did not stand out to me like her card did. I love the neutral color palette and the overall feel of the card. But as I usually do when (theoretically) CASEing a card, it’s never truly a copy and stamp exactly situation. I always take liberties from the inspiration.

So we stick to the (mostly) neutral color palette here with a base of white cardstock. And our background panel of white is machine embossed with the new Soft Linen embossing folder. I punched things up a bit with the backdrop panel for the focal section by using a sheet of the All Wrapped Up foiled paper and cut it with the oval die from the Welcome Noel set. And the focal elements is where things get creative.

I paper pieced several houses diecut with the Welcome Noel dies from a combination of Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, and Golden Glow pearlized paper. I just love the soft glow in the windows provided by that pearlized paper! We dress up our houses with some holiday greenery cut from Peaceful Pine paper using the evergreen deco pieces in the Welcome Noel die set and add some peppermints and rhinestones. Next up, we prepare our large spruce tree by stamping tone-on-tone on Peaceful Pine cardstock and diecutting using the Welcome Noel bundle. Our little deer comes from the new Graceful Evergreen Deer hot foil bundle. The deer is foiled in copper and then diecut with the coordinating die. Using all of these elements, we build our scene on our focal panel with dimensionals to create depth of scene.

We finish off our card design with our holiday sentiment panel. It combines two ephemera banners from the Season of Celebration pack and the hot foil sentiment from the new Twinkling Tidings bundle foiled in red. Adhere them at the top of our scene with a bow of the new holiday baker’s twine, add a few sequins, and voila!

Today’s card is a part of the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instagram Hop, which goes live at 9 AM Pacific Time (PST). Click here to head over to my Instagram feed at 9 AM Pacific/11 AM Central and check out what the other demos in our L2S Group have created for you today!

Tomorrow things will be getting spooky as we continue our tour of the new products launching next week! I hope you’ll drop by!

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Peaceful Pine CS
In Color pearlized SP, All Wrapped Up (coming in Sept) DSP
Season of Celebration ephemera (coming in Sept)
Noel Tidings, Graceful Evergreen Deer, Welcome Noel, Twinkling Tidings dies (coming in Sept)
Twinkling Tidings, Graceful Evergreen Deer hot foil bundle (coming in Sept)
Copper & red foil (coming in Sept)
Softly Woven EF (coming in Sept)
Rhinestone basic jewels, Real Red peppermints, sparkle sequins
Seasonal baker’s twine (coming in Sept)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

A Beautiful Christmas

August 25, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Howdy, folks! Welcome back. Have you melted into a puddle yet? Man, the heat this summer is something else. I know, I know. We Texans are used to summers being extra when it comes to heat. But this particular summer is EXTRA extra. Maybe it feels particularly bad because the last couple of summers have been mild by comparison. Not sure, but I’m placing my vote for an early fall! Anybody else?

On the upside, I guess you could say that the heat is forcing us all to find productive things to do inside, which is magic words in the ears of any paper crafter! So as we’re dreaming of cooler weather, I’m pulling out the Christmas sparkles. There are SO many good things hitting the store next week. And today’s razzle dazzle card has a little bit of it all — Neutral Noel foiled paper, Season of Celebration ephemera, and the Twinkling Tidings hot foil bundle.

We keep things pretty simple so that our focal panel takes center stage here and get started with a base of white cardstock. The background panel is a sheet of the beautiful Neutral Noel foiled paper. Our focal panel starts with the Twinkling Tidings image hot foiled in green. We add the tree image by stamping over the tree with Peaceful Pine ink and then cut out our panel with the arched die from the coordinating Twinkling Tidings dies. A larger arch is cut from textured gold specialty paper using the Everyday Arches dies. A beautiful sprig of evergreen and poinsettia is added to the bottom corner of the panel with dimensionals. And then we finish things off with a few rhinestone jewels.

This one is sooo beautiful in person. It’s difficult to capture all of the glints of light you see from the foiled elements. Tomorrow I’ll be taking a little crafty break to get ready for the team blog hop on Thursday where I have grand plans for a bigger 3D project to share. We have a busy day slated for the office tomorrow also, so we shall see if my grand plans come to light. I hope you’ll drop by because I’ll have something to share either way.

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White CS
Textured Gold & Neutral Noel (coming in Sept) DSP
Season of Celebration ephemera (coming in Sept)
Everyday Arches dies
Twinkling Tidings hot foil bundle (coming in Sept)
Green foil (coming in Sept)
Peaceful Pine ink
Rhinestone basic jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · Product of the Month

Hey There, Friend

August 24, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome to Monday, where here in North Texas we’re starting to look like the Thanksgiving dinner rolls when no one remembers to set the timer. Needless to say, we’re extra crispy with a side of char over here. Send rain and cool temps stat!

This week, we’re continuing our razzle dazzle design theme because there is still so much good sparkly stuff from my new stash of goodies that I want to show you. And in keeping with thoughts of cooler weather ahead, we’re getting another look at the August Product of the Month. The Glow of Harvest paper is absolutely stunning and pairs beautifully with the new Buffalo Plaid hot foil plate and several of the new papers.

We get started with a neutral base of Pecan Pie cardstock for this easy fun fold card. I used the leftover piece of Cherry Cobbler paper with Buffalo Plaid foil for the left-side panel and then a small strip of a sheet of the POTM Glow of Harvest paper for the smaller panel on the right. The small focal image is from the diecut sheet from the Autumn Opulence paper pack and then our sparkly leaves are diecut from a sheet of the new Woodland Glimmer paper using the Sweet Words & Labels leaf dies. Our sentiment is from the Sincerely Noted ephemera pack. And we put all of our image and sentiment elements together on a backdrop of white shimmer vellum from the sunset shimmer pack that is cut with the Sweet Words & Labels die and adhere it just to our right panel with some dimensionals. A few pearlized faceted circles are carefully placed around our focal panel and really help our sentiment pop.

I can’t wait to show you one of the new Christmas foil bundles tomorrow. It is simply stunning. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out!

Products used in today’s card:
Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler CS
Glow of Harvest, Autumn Opulence (coming soon), Sunset shimmer vellum, Autumn Woodland glimmer (coming soon) DSP
Sincerely Noted ephemera
Sweet Words & Labels dies
Buffalo Plaid hot foil plate (coming soon)
Red foil (coming soon)
Pearlized faceted circles
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · Product of the Month

Glow of Thankfulness

August 22, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome to the weekend! It’s a busy one around here as I play catchup in all the ways. From music planning to house chores to crafting, I’m working to squeeze in time for all of it.

I’ve taken a couple of hours to get all the new crafty goodies unpackaged and have played around with a few things. I just don’t even know where to start, you guys! The new hot foil products that will drop in a few weeks are just fab and I’m in love with this month’s Product of the Month. Have you checked out the Glow of Harvest paper? It’s pearlized so it’s got this perfect pearly glow. So I’m combining several of the new lovelies for today’s card — the Buffalo Plaid hot foil die, the Glow of Harvest paper, and the Framed & Fabulous stamp set.

Since the card base will not show on the card front, you can choose any complimentary color you wish. I went very neutral with Very Vanilla. The foiled buffalo plaid panel is a sheet of Cherry Cobbler that is hot foiled with the new Buffalo Plaid die and new red foil. And next to it we put a sheet of the gorgeous Glow of Harvest paper. The focal image is a diecut included with the new Autumn Opulence paper pack. Underneath our image we’ve tucked in the sentiment panel. Our sentiment is from the new Framed & Fabulous stamp set and is heat embossed in gold and then diecut with the Stylish Shapes large banner die. A few red sequins give us a pop of sparkle to draw the eye across the card front.

We’re going to be continuing our razzle dazzle card series next week because….well, I have lots of sparkly things to show you! I hope you’ll drop in and check out what’s going to be coming your way SOON!

Products used in today’s card:
Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler CS
Glow of Harvest, Autumn Opulence (coming soon) DSP
Framed & Fabulous stamps (coming soon)
Buffalo Plaid hot foil plate (coming soon)
Red foil (coming soon)
Stylish Shapes dies
Versamark
Gold EP
Sparkle sequins (coming soon)
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Botanicals · Hot Foil

Gilded Thoughts

August 10, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Welcome to a new week, friends! I don’t know about you, but the weekend went by in a blur. And now here we are at the beginning of a brand new school year. It’s a big transition year for us as the kiddo starts his freshman year of high school. When they tell you time flies, they are not kidding!

This week brings about a new design theme as we take things outside. Sometimes I like having a broad, open-ended theme because it leaves a lot of possibilities for inspiration. And today’s card was inspired by the Hot Foil Craft Class. I really loved this card layout and knew it would easily adapt to fit this week’s theme. I loved having the opportunity to play with the new hot foil goodies in my stash this weekend, and today’s design uses the Classic Greetings and Butterfly Flight bundles.

So we get started with a base of Cloud Cover cardstock. The striped pattern from the Everyday Essentials paper pack serves as our backdrop. I chose the sheet of white florals from the Lovely Blossoms paper pack that provided the perfect amount of blue contrast against the striped backdrop. This panel is torn to leave a rough-edged section on the right-hand side. Because I had a particular recipient in mind when making this card, I chose the thinking of you sentiment from the Classic Greetings sentiment set and hot foiled it in gold on white cardstock and then cut it out with the coordinating die. It’s adhered over a double bow of gold & white baker’s twine right over our fissure section. The double-layered butterfly is a combination of a gold gilded wing butterfly and a small butterfly created with the Butterfly Flight masks. I used a sheet of Crushed Curry as the base and then blended a combination of Crushed Curry, Timid Tiger, and Secret Sea inks to create the smaller butterfly. We finish things off with a few metallic gems to give a nice diagonal of gold elements.

I just love the little pop of contrast the butterfly provides. It’s the perfect eye-catcher for the sentiment. This layout is one that can truly be used for a whole host of color and pattern combinations, as well as a myriad of occasions.

Tomorrow’s design might bring in some of our other senses as we continue our trek in the great outdoors. I hope you’ll drop by!

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Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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$14.00

Everyday Essentials Mix & Match 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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$13.00

Lovely Blossoms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[167168]

$12.50

Butterfly Flight Bundle

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$45.00

Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies

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$36.00

Gold Stampin' Hot Foil Rolls

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$12.00

Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad

[165285]

$11.00

Timid Tiger Classic Stampin' Pad

[165278]

$11.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

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$9.00

Small Blending Brushes

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$15.00

Gilded Wings Accents

[169953]

$10.00

Black & White & Gold Baker's Twine

[166005]

$8.50

Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems

[163780]

$9.50

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Stampin' Hot Foil System Na & Craft Class

[170009]

$160.00

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Violets & Butterflies

August 8, 2026 susanfoxbowenLeave a comment

Happy weekend, everyone! I don’t know about you, but I have a lot on the weekend to-do list. I’ve crossed quite a few things off already but still have quite a bit to go.

But I took a nice crafty break to try out my new Stampin’ Up! Hot Foil System that launched last month. Can I be honest with you? I’ve actually been a little afraid to use it. *looking around* Don’t ask me why because it is SO easy to use! But there was just something intimidating about it to me and it had me frozen in my tracks. So if you ever find yourself there, you are not alone. I’ve been watching all sorts of videos and finally just sat down and gave it a try. Easy peasy! So we’re pairing up two sets of hot foil dies — Butterfly Flight and Classic Greetings — with the beautiful Violet Dreams paper to create this project.

We get started with a very neutral base of white cardstock. I tried all sorts of colors back there but love how this made all of the elements pop so much better. The backdrop is the Secret Sea polka dot pattern from the Violet Dreams paper pack. The focal panel starts with a leftover panel I had diecut with the Branching Out dies for another project and just so happens to be the back side of the background panel. After getting both panels adhered to the card front, I wrapped the whole sheebang with some Fresh Freesia satin ribbon and then adhered the decorative panel (from the coordinating Violet Dreams precut pieces) with dimensionals.

Here’s where the fun part comes in — hot foil! I kept my foiling super simple since it was the first roll of the dice. I used the thinking of you sentiment from the Classic Greetings die set to create the sentiment by foiling in gold on Highland Heather cardstock and then cutting it out with the coordinating die. It’s adhered on our decorative panel with a layer of dimensionals. Next up are the butterflies using the Butterfly Flight hot foil die set. I lightened things up a bit by using Fresh Freesia cardstock to have a hue of contrast and help the butterflies stand out amongst the business of the patterns and elements on the card front. They’re adhered with varying layers of dimensionals above the sentiment. A few adhesive blooms in a darker shade of purple finish things off.

I’m looking forward to having a little bit more time to really play around with the foiling system. And the new foiling goodies that will arrive in the studio SOON! I’ll try to share some of the bonus foiling projects over on the socials. Next week we’re gonna be in the woods. I hope you’ll come along for the hike!

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