Handmade Fall Card with Cottage Wreaths

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September is here and Fall is just around the corner! So before I start diving into my Christmas crafting I thought I’d share a handmade Fall card with Cottage Wreaths. This is such a fun set of stamps and dies! It’s great for just about any season or occasion. I’m looking forward to some Halloween crafting with it!

In the meantime though I paired it with the One Horse Open Sleigh Designer Series Paper. I know, the title makes you wonder if you can use it for anything other than Christmas. But I promise you that you can… and not just with this design that I used for this card! For this card I used the dark wood grain design. The card base is Wild Wheat, one of the new In Colours. I also used Wild Wheat as my main ink colour.

To create the wreath I stamped off onto a scrap piece of paper first then I stamped onto some Very Vanilla cardstock. Then to add a bit of those gorgeous Fall colours, I stamped some leaves using Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze. The coordinating dies made is really easy to cut all these out, including the two Wild Wheat acorns.

The acorns framed the sentiment which I cut out using one of the Meadows dies. And then I popped both the wreath and the sentiment up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few of the Wild Wheat In Colour Dots.

Handmade Fall Card with Cottage Wreaths

I think this handmade Fall card with Cottage Wreaths might need to come with me to one of my Thanksgiving dinners!

Check out another card I made using the Cottage Wreaths stamps and dies here!

And you can find everything I used to make this card in my online shop.

Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks

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The new Abundant Beauty decorative masks were one of the first things that caught my eye in the new mini catalogue! I don’t use decorative masks often, but I’m hoping the designs in this pack will change that.

For this card design I’m using one of the fall designs and some Sponge Daubers. You can use Blending Brushes with decorative masks too, but when the images are small like these ones I prefer to use daubers. I used Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Wild Wheat inks to create this colourful piece of cardstock.

The card base is Wild Wheat and I wrapped some Linen Thread around the sponged cardstock. On top of that I layered some leaves and a sentiment from the Season of Chic stamp set. I stamped the leaves with Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze ink and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. But for the sentiment I used Wild Wheat ink and one of the Something Fancy dies. Then I popped these all up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. And to finish it off I added a few of the Brushed Metallic Dots.

Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks

I love the Abundant Beauty decorative masks! And I can’t wait to use the sunflower and snowflake masks.

The new mini catalogue launches this Wednesday September 6th! If you live in Canada and want your very own copy, contact me. I’d be happy to mail one out to you… along with a few goodies!

In the meantime, check out some more Fall crafting I did with some of the new mini catalogue products here. Or check out what’s available now in my online shop.

Happy crafting!

Explosion Fun Fold Card

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Fancy Folds Design Team

I’m kicking off my fall crafting with an Explosion Fun Fold card with the Fancy Folds Design Team! I’ve never made a card like this before so I’m excited to give it a try. And Tami White, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from the US, has a video and cheat sheet that’s super helpful if you want to try and make your own. You can find them both here.

For my design I’m using the Them Bones Designer Series Paper from the upcoming mini catalogue. I got my pre-order earlier this week and couldn’t wait to get crafting with it. Then for my images and sentiments, I’m using the Cottage Wreaths bundle from the Annual Catalogue.

The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock. On the inside I used Very Vanilla cardstock. I like the softer white for my Fall cards! Now before I added my DSP mechanism, I stamped a few leaves on the cardstock using Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze ink. Then I stamped the sentiment with Pumpkin Pie and framed it with a few Cajun Craze acorns and another piece of Crumb Cake cardstock to put in the centre of the mechanism.

On the outside I have the same DSP design as the the mechanism. The belly band, to keep the card closed, is Crumb Cake cardstock. And to cover up the overlapping cardstock, I added a Crumb Cake wreath that I cut out with the coordinating die. I stamped “grateful” in Pumpkin Pie ink and punched it out with a circle punch. I used the 2 3/8″ Circle punch and then trimmed a bit off. The 2″ Circle punch should work without having to do any trimming. Once I added this to my Crumb Cake belly band I added a few Brushed Metallic Dots to the wreath. Gotta add a bit of bling!!

Explosion Fun Fold Card

Make sure to keep hopping so you can see all the Explosion Fun Fold card fun! Next up is Mette Nording Shaw and you can see her card design here.

If you want to see our last hop, check out my Double Fan Fold card here!

Faux Wood Paneling Card

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The idea for this card came from a picture I saw of a home decor project. I really liked how they had an image on what looked like wood panels and thought it would make for a pretty cool card design. I’m calling it the Faux Wood Paneling card for obvious reasons. If you can think of another name, or if there is already a name, let me know. I’d love to hear it!

I wish I still had some of the recently retired Sahara Sand cardstock. It would have looked really nice! Crumb Cake is too dark and so I’m using Basic White. The softer colour of Very Vanilla would maybe work even better for this card design. I did use Crumb Cake for my card base though.

The biggest tip for this design is to do ALL your stamping, colouring, etc. first. Embossing first would make it alot harder to get nice even colour. I stamped one of the images from the In the Moment stamp set using Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Then I stamped the birds from that same image a couple more times. To avoid getting any unwanted leftover ink on your cardstock, make sure to use a scrap piece of paper or cardstock to cover the rest of the image.

To create the sunset I used my Blending Brushes along with 3 different colours. I started at the bottom of the cardstock with Crushed Curry. Then I used Flirty Flamingo and finally Calypso Coral. These 3 colours go really well together and blend well too!

Next I coloured the image with Stampin’ Blends. I used Dark Crumb Cake for the railing, the band on the hat and the hair. Then Light Crumb Cake on the hat and belt. For the dress I used both the Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends. And for the wine I used Light Daffodil Delight. If you’re more of a red wine person Merry Merlot would work well.

Once that was done I embossed it with the Timber 3D embossing folder and cut it into 1″ strips. To finish it off I stamped a phrase from the same stamp set with Memento ink and then added some Crumb Cake ink around the edges. Then I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Faux Wood Paneling Card

This Faux Wood Paneling card was fun to make! I don’t think I’ve used so many different techniques on one card before.

Check out another card I made using the In the Moment stamp set here. And you can find this stamp set along with everything else you need in my online shop!

Why I Love Craft Kits

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My craft stash has a lot of different things in it. Stamps and ink make up a big part along with cardstock and patterned paper of course. But I also have wood, beads and other crafting supplies. I even have a few craft kits in my craft stash. These are great for a lot of different reasons. So here are a few reasons why I love craft kits.

Great for Beginners

If you’ve never crafted before or if you’re new to this kind of crafting, kits are a great place to start. They come complete with everything you need to make the kit’s project including instructions and adhesives. And the projects are simple and straight forward. Stamping and crafting can feel overwhelming sometimes, so it’s nice to not have to come up with your own ideas or designs! It’s also a great way to start your own craft stash.

Lots of Variety

There are so many kits to choose from! You can choose to stamp or not. There’s the choice of birthday, Christmas, thank you cards and more. If you don’t want to make cards, there’s kits to make tags. There’s even kits to craft home decor pieces and to help you keep all the birthdays, etc. that you need to send cards for organized! One of my munchkins’ favourites is the scrapbooking kit. There’s definitely not a shortage of craft kits to choose from and Stampin’ Up! adds new kits pretty regularly.

Great Quality

One of the other reasons why I love craft kits, is that the Stampin’ Up! kits are great quality. It’s hard to find stamps, ink and paper that’s better any where else. And their kits are the same! While I love shopping at my local dollar and craft store, there’s just certain things I won’t buy there.

There are so many other reasons why I love craft kits, but I’m only going to mention one more. And that’s that all this month (August) you can buy any of Stampin’ Up!s kits for up to 30% off! So get a head start on your Christmas crafting or grab a kit or two for yourself or the crafter in your life. See all the kits in my online shop.

And if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me!

Why I love craft kits

Hello Ladybug

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Before I get carried away with the new mini catalogue and all my holiday crafting, I thought I’d use a stamp set from the Annual Catalogue that I haven’t used in a while… Hello Ladybug. This is such a fun bundle to craft with!

For this card I thought it’d be fun to pair it with the Fresh like a Daisy Designer Series Paper. I really like this Moody Mauve design… it’s like a field full of daisies. So I’m using Moody Mauve for my card base or course. And I added a little strip of Moody Mauve cardstock that I embossed with the Splatter 3D embossing folder.

To go with the Basic Black of my ladybugs I added some of the Black and White Gingham ribbon. The sentiment is from the Circle Sayings stamp set. And I stamped it with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I surrounded that with some Moody Mauve flowers. And then I popped this up with a Moody Mauve frame and some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I added my Moody Mauve ladybugs with some more Dimensionals. And then I added some Wink of Stella and Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels to my flowers.

Hello Ladybug

I love the little ladybugs you can make with the Hello Ladybug stamps and punch. They’re super cute!!

Check out another card I made using Hello Ladybug here.

Want to add these cute little bugs to your craft stash? You can find them in my online shop!

One Horse Open Sleigh

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I realize there’s still 146 more days til Christmas, but I just had to share a Christmas card. The One Horse Open Sleigh Designer Series Paper is just too pretty to wait! There’s a lot of great winter scenes in this pack of patterned paper. And there are some more ‘plain’ designs that you can use for lots of different occasions not just Christmas.

For this card I’m using one of the wintery designs and I wanted to spotlight the fox in this design. I went nice and dark for the card base; Early Espresso. And then I used the DSP design for my card front. The dark card base really makes the snowy scene stand out, don’t you think?!

To highlight the fox I punched him out using the 2 3/8″ Circle Punch. Next I pulled out my recently retired Layering Circles dies to cut out a larger circle using the flipside of the same design. Or at least that’s what I meant to do; catch the replay and you’ll know what I mean. Then I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The “Merry Christmas” is from the Cottage Wreaths stamp set. And I stamped it with Early Espresso ink and then layered a piece of Early Espresso cardstock behind that. Then I popped that up and added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

One Horse Open Sleigh

This DSP is so pretty and makes it super easy to make beautiful cards! Catch the replay of how this card came to be over on my Facebook page.

You can find the One Horse Open Sleigh DSP with the other online exclusives in my online shop.

I’m also loving crafting with one of the other online exclusive DSP packs; Hello Irresistible. Check out a card I made using that pack of patterned paper here.

Colouring with Circle Sayings

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With all the hustle of working mom life I don’t colour as often as I’d like to. It’s definitely been way too long since I did some colouring for a project. And one of the reasons I love the Circle Sayings bundle is because the images are great for colouring. So this week I decided to finally get around to some colouring with Circle Sayings. And since it’s still July I’m going with a summer themed card.

So that’s where I started with my design. With the seashell image as my jumping off point, I went with Pool Party and Crumb Cake as my colour combination. I just love these colours for a summer/beach themed card. So I have Pool Party for my card base and then I added a strip of Crumb Cake across the centre. But not before I embossed it with the 3D Painted Texture embossing folder.

Behind the strip of embossed Crumb Cake cardstock are a few seashells. These ones are from the Season of Chic stamp set. Then on top of these layers I have my little seashells from Circle Sayings. I stamped it twice with Crumb Cake ink to create a ring. Usually when I’m colouring with my Stampin’ Blends I stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Fortunately it worked out for me. I used mostly the light Crumb Cake blend. But there’s also some light Pool Party, light Petal Pink and a little bit of the dark Crumb Cake.

Once that dried I punched it out and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few of the Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls.

Colouring with Circle Sayings

I definitely need to do some more colouring with Circle Sayings! Maybe next time I’ll use the Watercolour Pencils.

Check out another card I made using the Circle Sayings bundle here. And you can find the bundle in my online shop here.

Bright & Beautiful Handmade Birthday Card

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This week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge is a sketch challenge; PCC 527. At first I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. But then I thought of the Beautiful Balloons stamps and dies… actually the whole Bright & Beautiful suite. It’s been a little while since I crafted with them, but I think this sketch works great to make a Bright & Beautiful handmade birthday card. Here’s the sketch design we’ve been given…

From here I picked my Designer Series Paper design. I went with one of the more simple designs that uses Misty Moonlight and Fresh Freesia. So for the card base I used Misty Moonlight cardstock. I layered on a nice big piece of the DSP for my card mat. Then I popped up a tag I made using some Fresh Freesia balloons and Misty Moonlight ribbons. I love the little confetti holes that this die makes! The ‘happy birthday’ is also in Misty Moonlight. And the ribbon is from my retired stash. I still have a little bit of the Misty Moonlight cotton trim.

Then I layered on a Misty Moonlight cupcake from the Circle Sayings stamp set. The ‘celebrate’ circle is also from this stamp set and I punched it all out with the coordinating punch. I popped this up too. Along with a couple of balloons that I stamped and die cut.

Bright & Beautiful Handmade Birthday Card

As I’m typing this I’m wondering why I didn’t add some Rhinestone Basic Jewels! You totally should! Even without them I still like this Bright & Beautiful handmade birthday card.

Check out all the other cards for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge here.

And check out my last card for the Paper Craft Crew here.

Faux Quilting Technique

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I love finding different ways to use my patterned paper! So when I saw the Faux Quilting technique I was excited to give it a try. It’s really easy and it’s a great way to use a lot of the different designs. I’m loving the Inked Botanicals Designer Series Paper, so that’s what I’m using for my design. And for the card base I’m using Lost Lagoon.

To create the quilting effect I cut a bunch of 3/4″ strips and adhered them to a piece of Basic White cardstock in batches. I started with the two strips across the middle. Then I laid out the strips across the top. Next I trimmed the edges and then used those strips to cover the bottom. First on the right hand side in one direction and then on the left hand side going another direction.

On top of that I added a sentiment from the Season of Chic stamp set. I die cut it with one of the Something Fancy dies and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies.

Faux Quilting Technique

I love how simple the Faux Quilting technique is! And I love how pretty it looks! This design will look great with just about any patterned paper. And it’s a great way to use up those scraps of patterned paper that we all have.

Find the Inked Botanicals pack of Designer Series Paper, along with many more, in my online shop. And check out this birthday card I made using the Inked Botanicals DSP here.

Crafting on the Road

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Whether my husband likes it or not, I always bring supplies with me so I can do some crafting on the road! And that includes our recent family camping trip as well as our trip to Disney earlier this year. What I bring depends a lot on what I’m working on at the time. But one thing that never changes are the tools that I bring with me! So here are the top 3 things I always make sure to have even when I’m trying to travel light.

1. Adhesives

Of course adhesives are at the top of my list! No matter where I go I have to have my Stampin’ SEAL (aka tape runner). Stampin’ SEAL is my go to adhesive for just about all of my projects. I also save the sheets of Mini Glue Dots from my Paper Pumpkin kits so I can bring a few of those along and not have to worry about them taking up a lot of space. These are great for the smaller pieces where Stampin’ SEAL just won’t work. Then if I have a little more room I’ll also bring some Stampin’ Dimensionals. If I don’t I leave the pieces I want to pop up until I get back home.

2. Simply Shammy

While I love my Stampin’ Scrub to clean my stamps, it’s not always the best option to bring on the road. So instead I bring my Simply Shammy. It fits perfectly into a clear stamp case and all I need is water! Plus it fits inside a Paper Pumpkin box which I often use to hold my paper supplies and a few other things. Then once I’m home I’ll give my stamps a good clean using my Stampin’ Scrub.

3. Take Your Pick Tool

I don’t know how I crafted before I got the Take Your Pick Tool! It’s such a great tool, so I definitely bring it with me wherever I go. It helps scoop up those Mini Glue Dots and any other embellishments I bring. The putty tip is great with embellishments and positioning my cardstock if I’ve brought a punch along. And in the case I need to reposition my cardstock or patterned paper I can use the spatula tip to slowly and carefully pull the paper up.

Now if I have more room I’ll bring my Paper Snips, Bone Folder and a couple of blocks. But really you don’t need a lot when you’re crafting on the road.

Crafting on the Road

Find all the tools listed here, and lots more, in my online shop. As for the pouch I use to carry my tools, that I got from Stampin’ Up! for being a demonstrator. There’s lots of great perks when you’re a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. Find out more about how to join my team and the Stampin’ Up! family here.

Double Fan Fold Card

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Fancy Folds Design Team

This month the Fancy Folds Design Team is making a Double Fan Fold card. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the name. The video from Brenda Quintana, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from the US, was helpful. Check that out here. My design started once I figured out what images I wanted to put in the centre. I went with Bottles of Happiness. Great flowers and I can use the coordinating punch to make it a shaker card. I love the Vintage Bottle Shaker Domes and Loose Frosted Dots!

Usually I stamp first and then punch. But this time I switched it around. I wanted to make sure that I got the punch up as far as I could. Once I punched then I stamped the bottle outline. Doing it this way also make it much easier to stamp the flowers and foliage in the right place. I stamped the centres and foliage first in Crumb Cake ink. Then I stamped the flowers on top in Pretty Peacock.

The sentiment is from the Season of Chic stamp set. And I die cut it using one of the Meadows dies. I popped that up with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to decorate the side panels, I used a Pretty Peacock design from the Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper pack.

Double Fan Fold Card

Check out the next Double Fan Fold card by Mette Nordling Shaw from Australia here. And then keep hopping around the world to see more!

And you can find last month’s hop here. Last month we made a Double Decker Pop Out card.

Welcome Inn

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I realized the other day that I haven’t shared any of my Paper Pumpkin cards in a long time. So here I am with a couple alternative cards with June’s kit Welcome Inn. I love the blues and grays in this kit!

For the first alternative I used a Night of Navy card base and cut one of the patterned card bases to make the card mat. On top of that I layered a strip of Night of Navy cardstock that I stamped with Night of Navy ink which I popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. And on top of that I have a small piece of Basic White cardstock that I stamped a sentiment on and a die cut vase that I stamped on as well. To finish it off I added a few of the Navy Dots. These are so cute!

Welcome Inn

The second card has a Calypso Coral base and a strip of the same patterned card base from the first card. Then I layered one of the larger die cuts on top. On that I used one of the die cut vases and stamped some flowers on top. I also stamped a few extra flowers on a separate piece of Basic White cardstock that I die cut along with a few leaves using the add-on dies. I popped these flowers and the die cut vase up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals along with one of the die cut sentiments from the kit. Then to finish it off I of course needed to add a few of the Navy Dots.

Welcome Inn

I had a lot of fun with the Welcome Inn Paper Pumpkin kit! And I’m looking forward to this month’s kit. I don’t think I’ve ever made an accordion-fold card before!

In the meantime I’ll be crafting with some old Paper Pumpkin kits on our camping trip this weekend. I always take Paper Pumpkin with me when we go. It’s easy to bring along and my munchkins love them too!

See what I bring with me when I travel here. And if you missed out on this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit, don’t worry! You have until August 10th to sign up for next month’s kit. It looks really pretty! Sign up here.

Enchanted Butterfly Slimline Card

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I haven’t made one of these cards in a while. And something about this stamp set told me I needed to make an Enchanted Butterfly slimline card. I’m just getting started with this new stamp set from the Annual Catalogue and can’t wait to see what I else I end up crafting! This set will definitely be used to make some thank you tags for my customers. In the meantime though this card was a lot of fun to make.

I decided to use Blackberry Bliss and Lost Lagoon for my colour combination. Since the return of Lost Lagoon I’m finding I’m using it ALOT! Plus it’s a nice compliment to the darker Blackberry Bliss. I used Blackberry Bliss for the card base and then added a strip of Lost Lagoon cardstock to frame the large Blackberry Bliss flowers.

Behind the flowers I have some Lost Lagoon leaves. Then on top of that I stamped a sentiment from the Season of Chic stamp set. I used one of the Something Fancy dies to cut out the sentiment and then popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I had to add a butterfly of course! And this one is stamped with Crushed Curry. I kind of wish that there were coordinating dies for this stamp set, but the images aren’t too bad to fussy cut. The butterfly is popped up too. And to finish it off I added a few Brushed Brass Butterflies.

Enchanted Butterfly Slimline Card

This stamp set has a few larger images in it. So an Enchanted Butterfly slimline card, works out great!

Check out the card I shared earlier this week using the same stamp set here.

And you can find the Enchanted Butterfly stamp set in my online shop.

Enchanted Butterfly Birthday Card

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I was so excited when I saw this new stamp set from Stampin’ Up! If you’ve been following me for a while then you’ll know I LOVE butterflies and that I was pretty sad when the Butterfly Brilliance stamps and dies retired. (I’m holding on to those for sure!) Enchanted Butterfly was not part of the demonstrator pre-order back in April, so I had to wait. But I finally have it now and I’m so excited to get crafting with it! My first project is an Enchanted Butterfly birthday card.

Recently a team member shared a card in our group and I liked her design. (Thanks Diane Kent!) So I used that as my starting point and tweaked it as I went. I of course was adding a butterfly so I flipped through the Inked Botanicals Designer Series Paper pack for a design that would work for my background. Usually I don’t use a lot of yellows when I craft, but I loved this Crushed Curry design. It’s so simple and so pretty! To help it pop I’m using Basic Black cardstock for my base and for the centre frame.

On top of my DSP card mat I layered a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock that I embossed with the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder. This is one of my favourite embossing folders right now. It just adds that little something more you know. Then on top of that I used a “happy birthday” from the Biggest Wish stamp set. I stamped that with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and sprinkled some crosses around it using Crushed Curry ink.

Next I stamped the front facing butterfly image with Memento ink on a separate piece of Basic White cardstock. Once that was dry I flipped over the stamp to colour it in using Crushed Curry ink. Because this stamp set is reversible you can get nice clean images no matter what side you use. With other, non-reversible, stamp sets the image doesn’t line up when you flip them over. Then I popped up the butterfly and sentiment using some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Enchanted Butterfly Birthday Card

If you want to add a little something more to this Enchanted Butterfly birthday card, you could add some Wink of Stella to the butterfly. Or you could add some Brushed Brass Butterflies.

You can find the Enchanted Butterfly stamp set and Inked Botanicals DSP in my online shop.

And you can check out this project I made using the recently retired Butterfly Brilliance stamp set here. I’ll be sharing another project using Enchanted Butterfly later this week, so make sure to follow my blog to get notified when I post!