Layered Autumn Thanks - Stampin' Up!® Gathering Moments

   My card today is the one I made in yesterday's Facebook Live and seems to be perfectly in sync with the fall weather we've been having the last few days.  It's sunny and a bit breezy and much cooler than last week!  These are classic fall colors and I used the Gathering Moments bundle which continues to inspire me!  

  I used almost the whole suite for this design so obviously all the components work fabulously together.  One of the best parts of using Stampin' Up!® products is the coordination!

  Check out the video to see how this one comes together!

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Gathering Moments (Online Exclusive

Ink: Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Early Epsresso

Paper: Basic Beige, Early Espresso, Basic White, Cajun Craze Two-Toned, Gathering Together DSP

Accessories: Gathering Moments dies (Online Exclusive), Traditional Labels dies, Gathering Leaves embossing folder (Online Exclusive), Early Espresso linen thread (Online Exclusive), Low Profile Dots (Online Exclusive), dimensionals

Halloween Squirrel - Stampin' Up!® Fluffy Squirrel

   I've been falling behind in creating cards for my customer challenge that I post on the group Facebook page every other week.  It seems that I don't get to a challenge until the next one posts.  Time to add that to my weekly stamping schedule and not just hope that I remember! But this time I'm getting one made before the next one posts.  It's a fun color challenge that would work perfectly for a Halloween card which is what I chose to do!

It occurred to me that I have only used the Fluffy Squirrel bundle to make brown squirrels.  The most common colored squirrel where I live is a gray squirrel so I don't know why I haven't used gray yet!  He looks like a handsome fellow in gray right?? I decided it was a nice neutral to pair up with the bright challenge colors so I got to work.

  The card base is Gorgeous Grape, then I used a piece of the retired Friends of the Ocean DSP in a fun Pumpkin Pie pattern.  I tore off the top edge for a bit of texture.  I added in some Granny Apple Green by way of a narrow strip of retired Festive Glimmer paper.

  The fun notebook paper is made with the Online Exclusive set Just A Note and I used the coordinating dies to make the paper edge as well as the heart and paper clip.  If you like stationery and stationery accessories then you will love this bundle!  They are great accents for scrapbook pages as well! The paper is popped on dimensionals and gives a nice spot for our gray squirrel to sit.

  The squirrel is stamped in Basic Gray and is then colored in with Stampin' Blends and is punched out with the Fluffy Squirrel builder punch. To actually make this more of a Halloween theme I used the pumpkin stamp from the More Than Autumn set and color it in with Blends as well. I popped it on a mini dimensional in the squirrels hands.

  I stamped a few stars right onto the card front to fill in some of the open space to the side of the notebook paper.  The sentiment is embossed in white onto Granny Apple Green cardstock using a retired stamp set; Good Greetings. A few Purple Fine Shimmer Gems are the final touch to this fun Halloween card.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Fluffy Squirrel, Just a Note (Online Exclusive), More Than Autumn, Good Greetings (retired)

Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Versamark, Basic Gray, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie

Blends: Gray Granite light & dark, Pumpkin Pie light

Paper: Gorgeous Grape, Basic White, Granny Apple Green, Festive Glimmer Paper (retired), Friends of the Ocean DSP (retired)

Accessories: Fluffy Squirrel builder punch, Just A Note dies (Online Exclusive), white embossing powder, dimensionals, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems

Wonderful Treeline Birthday - Stampin' Up!® Light & Wonder

   I'm highlighting the small trees from the Light & Wonder die set for my card today.  I was inspired by the layout at CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  I turned the card base to landscape instead of portrait so I could show off more trees but I think you can see the elements from the sketch in there!

  I started with a Basic White card base then die cut the strips of the small trees in Secret Sea and Misty Moonlight card stock.  I trimmed them down to fit and so they wouldn't look exactly the same.

  The sentiment is stamped in Secret Sea and then die cut with the Traditional Labels dies.  I popped it up on dimensionals right in the center of the tree line.  The 'magic' is stamped in Secret Sea, then fussy cut and popped on the label.

  This would be a great design to use to make a set for gifting with a different color combo for each card.  I'm think the Stampin' Up!® color buddies would be a great place to start.

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Light & Wonder

Ink: Secret Sea

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Secret Sea, Misty Moonlight

Accessories: Light & Wonder dies, Traditional Labels dies, dimensionals

Autumn Quilt Block - Stampin' Up! Gathering Together Specialty DSP

 My card is one of those designs that looks intimidating at first but once you know how it comes together you realize "hey, I can totally make this!"  Lorraine Tierney, another Stampin' Up! demo shared her version of this card and as soon as I saw it I wanted to to know "how?".  Luckily she gave a great tutorial and I was able to teach it to my stampers.  They loved it and it's always wonderful to have something to do with all those half inch strips of DSP that accumulate!

  I wanted to use the Gathering Together Specialty DSP in my version to make a nice autumn inspired card with the colors.  I started with a Cajun Craze card base, then added a band of Old Olive with a bit of Basic Beige Classic Ribbon tied around it.

  The quilt block starts with a 3" x 3" square of Basic Beige and 4  1/2" x 6 inch strips of DSP. Using a pencil and ruler lightly draw a line diagonally from corner to corner so you have an X on the cardstock. 

 Add a bit of glue to one corner and then line up 2 of the strips along either side of one of the pencil lines.  Just do glue in the corner for now and use the wiggle room the glue allows for to get the DSP straight.  Then take your other 2 pieces of DSP and weave them through the first 2 pieces; one over and then under, the second under then over (like you're weaving a paper placemat back in kindergarten!).  Then add a bit of glue to the next corner and line up the woven strips along the pencil line, adjusting all the strips so they are straight and even. Gently lift up the loose ends and add a but of glue under the strips and secure them all down.

  For the next step trim off the overhang of the strips so they are nice and even along the edges.  Then take 4 pieces of Basic Beige cut to 3/4" square. Add one little square to each outside corner of the woven square and that's how you get the perfect pointed edges along the DSP.  And finally emboss the quilt block with a folder of your choice.  I used the Gathering Leaves embossing folder for mine.  

  Once the quilt block is finished and embossed it's adhered to an Early Espresso panel and popped up on the card front with dimensionals.

  The sentiment from The Right Words stamp set is stamped below the block in Early Espresso.  A few Streaked Dots are added for the final detail.

  Lorraine has a fantastic video on her blog post so you can see how the card comes together if you are more of a visual learner.  Thanks to her for sharing this great technique!

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  All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: The Right Words (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Beige, Gathering Together Specialty DSP (Online Exclusive)

Accessories: Gathering Leaves embossing folder, dimensionals, Basic Beige Classic ribbon, Streaked Dots

Fresh Fall Thanks - Stampin' Up!® Gathering Moments

     I'm always on the lookout for fun color combos and I came across one that I thought would be a great fall combo so I paired it up with the Gathering Moments bundle for a project at my last class.

  I like to show my stampers different techniques as well as different looks for stamp sets and the Gathering Moments stamp set works well for creating a background as well as a main focus.  

  This card starts with a Pool Party base.  We created the fun background by blending Pool Party, Timid Tiger, Cajun Craze and Blackberry Bliss inks onto a panel of Basic White.  The smaller images from the stamp set are arranged on one block and then stamped on the ink blended panel in a random pattern with Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder..

  The stamped panel (3" x 4 1/2") is cut in half at 1 1/2" and then each strip has a 1 1/2" square cut; one at the top and the other from the bottom.  The cut pieces are adhered to a Blackberry Bliss panel and then it's adhered to the card front.  

  The Traditional Labels dies is used for the sentiment and a Cajun Craze stamped leaf is stamped and die cut to embellish the label.  A linen thread bow and Cajun Craze and Gold dots finish off the details.

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Gathering Moments (Online Exclusives)

Ink: Pool Party, Timid Tiger, Cajun Craze, Blackberry Bliss, Versamark

Paper: Pool Party, Blackberry Bliss, Basic White

Accessories: Gathering Moments dies (Online Exclusives), Traditional Labels dies, white embossing powder, dimensionals, Cajun Craze & Gold dots, linen thread

Jolly Shaker - Stampin' Up! Ornamental Christmas

   I had so much fun showing my customers this fairly simply shaker card at my last class.  You can easily switch out the paper and shape to do any theme you like with the same basic layout.  The Ornamental Christmas bundle is perfect for a nice seasonal shaker and a red/green combo can't be beat.

  We started this one with a Garden Green card base.  Then using the Ornamental Christmas dies cut the tree out of the Christmas Tags & More DSP.   Using the opening in the DSP, line up a piece of Basic White behind the DSP and stamp the tree in Garden Green.

  Next, adhere the window sheet to the back of the DSP being careful if you use glue to not let it seep out the edges.  Use the foam adhesive strips to make an outline around the tree opening giving about a 1/4" space from the opening. Add some double layered dimensionals around the edges so that when you adhere the shaker to the card front everything is even; the foam strips are taller than dimensionals so you need them stacked to reach the same height.

  To add a fun element to the shaker pieces we used gold foil and the adorable A Little Cheer mini punches for some nice Christmas shapes to go along with the loose gold sequins.  Gather the shaker pieces on the center of the stamped Christmas and adhered the DSP/window sheet lining up the stamped image in the window.  Then adhere the whole panel to the card front.

  The sentiment is simply stamped and punched out and layered on a Garden Green label from the Traditional Label dies with a Real Red ribbon loop sandwiched in between.

  A few more Little Cheer gold foil punches to finish it off; star on top of the tree and a Christmas tree on the sentiment.

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Garden Green, Real Red

Paper: Garden Green, Basic White, Christmas Tags & More DSP, Gold Foil

Accessories: Window sheets, dimensionals, foam strips, A Little Cheer mini punch pack (Online Exclusives), loos gold sequins, Traditional Labels dies, Real Red ribbon (retired)

Striped Ornament - Stampin' Up! Ornamental Christmas

   I made this card yesterday on my Facebook Live and had fun showing how to use narrow strips of cardstock to make the striped ornament.  You can watch the replay on Facebook for 30 days or head to the YouTube video below to see it all come together, ink goofs and all!

  The colors are from the now closed Just Add Ink challenge as I couldn't remember where I got the colors from while I was making it.  Fresh Freesia, Powder Pink & Highland Heather make for a bit of a non-traditional Christmas color combo but looks sweet on this ornament!

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Stamps: Ornamental Christmas (Online Exclusive), Wishing You Joy

Ink: Highland Heather, Fresh Freesia

Paper: Beautiful Bokeh DSP, Fresh Freesia, Powder Pink, Highland Heather, Basic White, Peaceful Garden Glimmer paper

Accessories: Ornamental Christmas dies (Online Exclusive), Textured Notes dies, dimensionals, baker's twine

Fall Gathering Cracked Panel - Stampin' Up! Gathering Moments

   Just a quick card to share with you all today!  I found this one buried at the bottom of the "to be blogged" card file.  I made this one last month and it's an easy design that lets the DSP do all the heavy lifting!

 This is a really great design if you want to show off a large panel of patterned paper.  All you do is cut a panel across on the diagonal and then down on the diagonal and adhere the pieces to the corners of your card base leaving the nice cracked look but keeping the pattern.  I cut my DSP 1/4" smaller than the card front.  For a larger gap cut the paper even smaller.

  This one I used a piece of the Gathering Together DSP and a piece of Early Espresso for the card base.

  The sentiment is from the Blooming Phrases stamp set and is popped on dimensionals and then a few stamped leaves and berries from the Gathering Moments stamp set are added to the side.

  A bit of Old Olive linen thread, gold Wink of Stella accents on the leaves and a few gold Low Profile Dots finishes up this quick and easy card!

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All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Gathering Moments (Online Exclusive), Blooming Phrases

Ink: Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry

Paper: Early Espresso, Basic White, Gathering Together Specialty DSP (Online Exclusive)

Accessories: Gathering Moments dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, linen thread, Low Profile Dots