10 days of Thanksgiving project: Truly Grateful Card! I love crafting for the holidays! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I’m hoping that my kids can make it home so we can have our traditional family weekend. We always have a family game and movie night with a fairly cut-throat game of Scrabble or Clue (the Office version). I… Read More »
More fabulous fall colors! Can you get enough of these? I love the new Blackberry Bliss color that Stampin’ Up! added to the new In Colors for 2014-2016. Have you noticed that I’ve been trying to squeeze it into every card and project? It is a stunning color and a beautiful addition to our fall color line up. … Read More »
Would you be truly grateful for a quick fall card? With the fabulous colors of fall and Stampin’ Up!’s Truly Grateful stamp set, you can make some quick cards to let the people you care about know that you are grateful for their presence in your life. What better message to send? I have to admit that I… Read More »
Here is a fun card layout using the For All Things stamp set. I know…yet one more. I just love this stamp set and these fall colors. This is one of my favorite card sketches. I use it all the time. You can see that I’ve used some washi tape and the new Autumn Wood Elements along with… Read More »
Here are 2 card layouts and a video tutorial using the new Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper and the For All Things stamp set. Fall is truly one of my favorite times of the year. I love the excitement of starting a new school year and meeting all of my new students. I love the cooler temps… Read More »
Today I have a clean and simple fall card using the new For All Things stamp set. Stampin’ Up! has continued the watercolor look of their stamp sets into the new Holiday Catalog for 2014, which you can now order from! Be prepared to be WOWED by this new seasonal catalog. You will find gorgeous products for fall,… Read More »
Operation Write Home has a weekly sketch challenge and this week’s sketch is so fabulous, I couldn’t resist participating. The Gently Falling and Truly Grateful stamp sets just jumped off the shelf asking to be used for this sketch! This is another one of those classic, quick and simple card layouts. Imagine your favorite stamp set or designer… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!s Gently Falling stamp set is one of my favorite sets. You can make really pretty Fall cards with this two-step stamp set. It has been nice and cool here the last couple of days and the humidity finally broke! It was just perfect weather! I felt inspired to create a card using the Sweater Weather Designer… Read More »
There are a few things that make my crafting life happier, but the one key characteristic that they all share is coordination! Stampin’ Up! offers this one thing that I can’t find in any craft store anywhere. I can get ribbons that match the papers, inks, card stock and embellishments. I don’t have to run across the store… Read More »
I absolutely have to stop playing with cards and get to my Thanksgiving table decorations! I just can’t resist the Regals color collection and the Fall colors! This card went together so quickly. I used a Very Vanilla base ( 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″) with a More Mustard mat (4 x 5 1/4″) embossed… Read More »
I just love using the techniques that I have in my stamping repertoire! I took a series of stamp classes at an art store several years ago and I learned about creating a stencil and sponging the ink in several different ways. This is just one of them! I loved how the technique turned out and I ended… Read More »
I truly love Fall! I love the holidays, I love the cooler, less humid weather (how ironic, since we’re about to get blasted by Hurricane Sandy!), but most of all, I LOVE the colors of the season. The Regals color collection just calls to me! Combine that with my favorite Betsy’s Blossoms stamp set and the wood grain embossing folder… Read More »