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Team Apple Cider

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Fall is here! So the big question is are you team Apple Cider or team Pumpkin Spice?

I’ve been having a lot of fun crafting lately with the More than Autumn stamps and dies which totally lives up to it’s name. It’s a very versatile set! Which totally earns bonus points with me. And it makes it so you don’t have to choose. This week’s card pairs these awesome stamps and dies with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack. Another favourite of mine!

The card base is Cherry Cobbler with an Early Espresso design for the card front. On top of that are 4 Very Vanilla squares framed with more Cherry Cobbler cardstock. Each square has a different image stamped on the cup sleeve. There are so many cute images to choose from! And I think I used all of them on this card. I used Early Espresso ink that I stamped off on a scrap piece of paper first. In the centre of the four squares is another cup that I coloured using the Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends. The cinnamon stick was coloured using Pecan Pie. And all of these are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Underneath the squares I die cut part of the sentiment with one of the dies and some Cherry Cobbler cardstock. (I used the Fine Tip Glue Pen to stick it to the patterned paper. But you could also use adhesive sheets.) Then I stamped “apple cider” on a small piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. I stamped off the Early Espresso for the sentiment and then popped it up too.

Team Apple Cider

Check out another project I made using the More than Autumn stamps and dies here. And you can find them in my online shop. Sadly the dies have been moved to the Last Chance section, so they’ll only be available for a little while longer.

As for me, I’m team Apple Cider. How about you?

Everyday Arches

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Part of what I love about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is all the fun I have getting together with others to craft! Especially when it’s with my team… in-person or virtually. Just recently there was a virtual get together where we got to make a few cards with some materials our large team leader sent us. And as an added bonus some of the pieces she sent to us were from dies, etc. that I don’t have. My favourite one that we made uses the Everyday Arches dies. It’s part of an online exclusive bundle that I’ve been wondering if I should add to my wishlist.

The card base is Mossy Meadow with one of the darker designs from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack. This is one of my favourite packs of patterned paper! So I was really glad when I saw it was being carried over. On top of the Designer Series Paper panels are Crumb Cake arches. Then on the middle arch is a smaller Very Vanilla arch with a sentiment from the recently retired Layering Leaves stamp set in Early Espresso. The foliage is from the Gallery Blooms dies and it’s all wrapped with some Linen Thread.

For the two side panels, the smaller arches have different designs from the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper pack. Then on the front panel I added another sentiment from the Layering Leaves stamp set that I die cut using one of the Something Fancy dies, also recently retired. This got popped up with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals. And then to finish it off there are a few Pressed Flowers Motifs.

When it’s closed, all the arches line up…

Everyday Arches

And when you open it looks like this…

Everyday Arches

The Everyday Arches dies have definitely made it onto my wishlist now!

Check out another fun fold card I made here.

And if you’d like to join my team to get in on all this crafting fun there’s never been a better time! For just a couple more days you can get $220 worth of Stampin’ Up! product for only $135. Then whether you decide to make a business of it or not, you’ll get to be a part of this great community!

Let me know if you have any questions. And if you’re ready to join in, here’s where you can do it.

Mystery Crafting

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So when I was at ScrapFest last weekend I grabbed a mystery bag from Byrd’s Nest Paperie. I got one from them a couple of years ago and loved all the little bits and pieces I got inside. So I decided to grab another and do some mystery crafting with it.

First thing I did was dump out my mystery bag, of course. There are some great little card, some gabric flowers and butterflies and a few trinkets. Then I pulled a few different pieces that I thought might go together.

Next I cut an Early Espresso card bae and a Crumb Cake card mat. I wanted to rough up the Crumb Cake card mat a bit though. So I tore the edges and then rubbed some Ealy Espresso ink onto the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder.

On top of that I wrapped some Linen Thread around on of the cards. I popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a few of the fabric flowers using Glue Dots.

Mystery Crafting

I had a lot of fun with the mystery crafting project! I’m looking forward to seeing what else I can do with al the pieces I have left.

And don’t forget… there’s only a week and a half left until the new Annual Catalogue launcher! Stock up on cardstock before the price goes up and check out what’s left of the retiring product in my online shop.

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

Wedding Cards with Abundant Beauty

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This weekend’s going to be a busy one for us! We’ve got two birthdays and a wedding to celebrate. I usually have a decent stash of birthday cards. But when it comes to weddings I try to get some inkspiration from the couple’s invitation. And as soon as I saw this one I’ve had a picture in my head of what I wanted to do! I knew I just had to make wedding cards with Abundant Beauty Decorative masks…. specifically the sunflower masks.

The invitation was full of flowers and deeper colours. So for the card base I’m using Basic Black, which was also one of the colours they used. On top of that I layered some Wild Wheat cardstock and another piece of Basic Black. The next layer is a stamped piece of Very Vanilla. I stamped the large flower from the Quiet Meadow stamp set with Crushed Curry. And a few smaller ones with Cajun Craze.

I also used these colours for my sunflowers. Starting with Crushed Curry and then adding a little Cajun Craze to the centre of my petals. Then I used Wild Wheat and Early Espresso for the centres. For the leaves I used Old Olive ink. I made a whole bunch because my mother-in-law asked if I could also make her a card to give to the couple. Thankfully it wasn’t too time consuming to fussy cut them all out!

Wedding Cards with Abundant Beauty

I switched it up a little bit for my mother-in-law’s card. The colours are the same, but I embossed a piece of Wild Wheat cardstock with the 3D Painted Texture embossing folder. I also used a sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set which I die cut with one of the coordinating dies. The sunflowers on both cards are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. But the sentiment on my card wasn’t.

Wedding Cards with Abundant Beauty

I just love how both of these wedding cards with Abundant Beauty turned out! These decorative masks will definitely be staying in my craft stash for a while after they retire.

Check out another card I made using the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks here.

If you want to add these masks to your craft stash, don’t wait too long! These are on the list of retiring products and won’t be available after January 3rd… if they last that long. Find them and the other retiring products in my online shop.

Fall Watercolour

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This week’s challenge from the Paper Craft Crew is a theme challenge (PCC 535). And it’s all about Fall. I can’t believe the first day of Fall is this Saturday already! Where has this year gone?! Anyway… the design for my card started with the idea of a Fall watercolour. Here’s the picture that sparked the inkspiration for my design…

Fall Watercolouring

Now some people might go for a pumpkin theme. But I decided to go a different route. I used Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze to create my watercolour background. Then once that was dry I stamped a couple of leaves from the Season of Chic stamp set in Early Espresso. The sentiment is also from Season of Chic and I framed that with some Early Espresso cardstock and popped it up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

In the bottom right hand corner I added a couple of sunflowers. These sunflowers I created using the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks and my Blending Brushes. I started with Crushed Curry and then added a little Cajun Craze to the petals. Then for the centre, I started with Wild Wheat and added Early Espresso. These were pretty easy to fussy cut and then I popped them up too.

Fall Watercolouring

I quite like my Fall watercolour background. And I just love the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks! It’s so much fun crafting with these.

Check out all the other designs for this week’s theme challenge from the Paper Craft Crew here.

And you can check out another fall themed card I made using one of the other Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks here.

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.