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Always Something to Be Grateful For

 

Hi Friends!

I am having so much fun creating fall cards this month! I have created another quick and easy fall card (using the same stamps and paper as my fall card last week) to share with you today.

Lately, when I create a card, I am making an effort to stamp/color several of the main images so I can create more than one card with that stamp set. 

This simple card uses the leaf image from the  Stamp Simply Clear Stamps- Give Thanks Bundle  along with a cut-a-part from the new Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 paper pad (all from Stamp Simply )!

As many of you who follow my blog know, I am slowly making a card for each of the over 850+ Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges and was able to incorporate the SC165 Sketch into the layout (this sketch was from 2009)- so thrilled that their sketch challenges do not expire, lol!

I am also playing along with the Simon Says Monday “Dry Embossing” Challenge, Simon Says Wednesday “Add A Sentiment” Challenge and the  Word Art Wednesday #505-#506 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

Also, don’t forget- Stamp Simply also has a special August promotion!

 

To create this card:

Ink the oak leaf image from the Give Thanks Bundle using Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto white cardstock and heat set the ink with a heat tool.

Color the image with watercolor pencils and once satisfied with the water color, die cut the leaf with the matching die from the Give Thanks Bundle. 

Die cut two additional leaf shapes from white cardstock, adhere together and add the colored leaf die cut on top (this gives the die-cut additional strength, almost like a chipboard piece).

Once layered, use a clear glitter marker to add shimmer to the leaf image and set aside to dry thoroughly.

Use the Darice Wire Fence embossing folder to emboss a piece of white cardstock, trim to approx. 4” x 5 ¼” and mount onto a piece of black cardstock.

Mount the panel onto a white card base.

Trim the piece of Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper for the lower left hand panel, mount onto black cardstock and trim close to the edge.  Mount directly onto the card front.

Trim the cut-a-part “There is always Something to be Grateful For” from the  Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper , mount onto black cardstock (trimming close to the edge) and adhere directly onto the card front. 

To finish off the card, mount the colored die cut leaf image to the card front using dimensional foam.

Stamp Sets:  Give Thanks Bundle  (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black, Derwent and Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils- Browns, Reds, Black; Zig Wink of Stella Brush- Clear Glitter Marker

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black; Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Give Thanks (also part of the Give Thanks Bundle), Darice Embossing Folder- Wire Fence

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and visit!  I hope all of you have a blessed week, sweet friends- we have so much to be grateful for!

Give Thanks to the Lord

Hi Friends!

This week, I am sharing another fall/Thanksgiving card designed with the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps- Give Thanks Bundle  along with the new Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 paper pad and other paper, dies, supplies from Stamp Simply !

I love the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps- Give Thanks Bundle as well as the  new Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad- both are perfect for Autumn/Thanksgiving and all year round!  

Also, don’t forget- Stamp Simply also has a special August promotion!

 

I had fun incorporating the SC179 Splitcoaststampers Sketch into the layout for this card and will also be linking to the Word Art Wednesday #503-#504 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the oak leaf image from the Give Thanks Bundle using Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto white cardstock and heat set the ink with a heat tool.

Color the image with watercolor pencils and once satisfied with the water color, die cut the leaf with the matching die.

Trim a piece of the woodgrain paper from the Craft Consortium Wood Textures 6x6 Paper Pad to approx. 4” x 5 ¼”.  Mount onto a piece of black cardstock and trim close to the edge.

Cut a piece of the Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper (this was actually a scrap approx.. 2” x 3 ½”) and adhere to the background panel.

Die cut a piece of white cardstock using the Tim Holtz Crochet Dies, mount onto the card front and cover the top portion of the die cut with a piece of black twill ribbon (wrapping the ends behind the panel).  

Mount the entire panel onto a white card base.

Use an embossing powder tool to de-static a piece of white cardstock, stamp the verse sentiment from Give Thanks with Versafine Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat with a heat tool.

Die cut the sentiment with the medium Hemstitch Oval Die , also die-cutting two additional ovals from white cardstock, layering the two white die cuts behind the sentiment oval.

Adhere the die cut sentiment oval and the die cut leaf image to the card front with dimensional foam.

Use a clear glitter marker to add shimmer to the leaf image and add a few black rhinestones to the sentiment oval to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Give Thanks Bundle  (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black, Derwent and Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils- Browns, Reds, Black; Zig Wink of Stella Brush- Clear Glitter Marker 

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black; Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad. Craft Consortium Wood Textures 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Give Thanks (also part of the Give Thanks Bundle), Spellbinders Paper Grace- Hemstitch Ovals Die, Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz- Crochet, May Arts 5/8” Twill- 30 yd spool- Black, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Rhinestones- Black

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope I have inspired you to create a fall card as well! Hugs and praying that you have a blessed week!

In All Things, Give Thanks

 

Hi Friends!

This week, I am sharing another fall card designed with the new Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 paper pad along with the Stamp Simply Welcome Fall Bundle and other dies/supplies from Stamp Simply !

I love all of the designs in this new Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad- perfect for Autumn/Thanksgiving and all year round!

 Also, don't forget the Stamp Simply August promotion!

For this card, I used the SC394 Sketch Challenge for the layout (many of you who follow my blog know, I have a personal challenge to create a card for each of the over 860+ Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges) and will also linking to one of my favorite online challenges, the Word Art Wednesday #503-#504 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the pumpkin image from the Welcome Fall Bundle using Versafine Onyx Black ink, stamp onto white cardstock and heat set the ink with a heat tool.

Color the image with watercolor pencils and water-based markers and once satisfied with the water color, die cut the pumpkin with the matching die.

Use an embossing powder tool to de-static a piece of white cardstock, stamp the verse sentiment from Welcome Fall with Versafine Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat with a heat tool.

Die cut the sentiment with the medium Hemstitch Oval Die , also die-cutting two additional ovals from black cardstock, splitting the black oval die cuts to layer behind the sentiment oval.

Die cut the Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper (love those pumpkins) using the largest oval from the Hemstitch Oval Dies (along with the hemstitch oval).  Also die cut a large oval from black cardstock to layer behind the pumpkin oval.

Emboss a piece of white cardstock with the 3D Lumber Embossing Folder, trim to 4 ⅛” x 5 ⅜” and mount onto a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” black cardstock panel.

Adhere the designer paper die cut large oval layer to the card front.

Trim a piece of the orange plaid from the Welcome Autumn 6x6 paper pad to approx. 2” x 4 ⅛”, mount onto black cardstock, trim close to the edge.

Mount onto the card front overlapping the large die cut designer paper oval.

Add a strip of sage twill ribbon, wrapping the ends behind the panel.

Mount the entire background panel onto a white card base.

Adhere the oval sentiment layer with dimensional foam (or chipboard) onto the card front. 

Also, add the pumpkin image with dimensional foam and finish off the card with self-adhesive pearls.

Stamp Sets:  Welcome Fall Bundle (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black, Derwent and Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils- Yellow, Orange, Green, Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Black

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black; Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Dies- Welcome Fall Pumpkin (also part of the Welcome Fall Bundle), Spellbinders Paper Grace- Hemstitch Ovals Die, Sizzix 3D Texture Fades A6 Embossing Folder- Lumber, May Arts 5/8” Twill- 30 yd spool- Sage, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls- Pearl

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! I hope all of you have a blessed week!

Autumn Blessings

 

Hi Friends!

This week Stamp Simply has a sale on all Fall stamps, dies and paper!

For my fall card, I decided to pull out the Autumn Blessings stamp set along with the Sizzix Thinlit Dies by Tim Holtz -Skeleton Leaves, the new Doodlebug Design Pumpkin Spice 6x6 paper pad and other dies/supplies from Stamp Simply.

As many of you who follow my blog know, I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking this card to the Addicted to Stamps and More #410 “Die Cuts and/or Stencils” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday “#501-#502 Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Using the Sizzix Thinlit Dies by Tim Holtz -Skeleton Leaves, die cut several leaves from the gold, silver and copper metallic sheets in the Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock pack.

For the background panel, trim a piece of the gold metallic cardstock to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.

Also, trim a piece of copper metallic cardstock to approx. 4 ⅛” x 5 ¼” and mount onto the gold panel. FYI- I love the Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock  - it is a solid color cardstock with the colors on both sides.

Emboss a piece of 4” x 4” piece of white cardstock with the Darice Wire Fence Embossing Folder, adhere to the copper panel.

Add a strip of the teal plaid paper from the Doodlebug Design Pumpkin Spice 6x6 Paper Pad, adhere to the card front overlapping the embossed white panel.

Adhere the die cut gold, copper, and silver leaves, keeping the ends toward the area that will be covered with the ribbon and sentiment.

Add a strip of the May Arts ⅜” White Crochet Lace to the front of the card (overlapping the die cut leaves).

Adhere a strip of the May Arts ⅝” Teal Twill Ribbon  wrapping the ends behind the panel and mount the background panel onto a white card base.

Add a few strands of the gold and copper metallic cardstock (these were “trimmings” from the edges of the background panels that I would normally recycle or trash).  FYI- I “curled” the ends around a pencil to help break down the fibers and distress the strands. 

De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, stamp the verse sentiment from Autumn Blessings with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto the prepared panel, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, die cut the sentiment with the Spellbinders Paper Grace- Hemstitch Ovals Die (I used the second largest oval die).  Die cut two additional ovals from white cardstock to layer behind the verse sentiment. 

Mount the sentiment onto the card front using dimensional foam or chipboard.

Finish off the card with bronze rhinestones. 

Stamp Sets:  Autumn Blessings (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock/Paper: White, Doodlebug Design Pumpkin Spice 6x6, Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock- 24 ct

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Sizzix Thinlit Dies by Tim Holtz Skeleton Leaves, Spellbinders Paper Grace- Hemstitch Oval Dies, Darice Embossing Folder- Wire Fence, May Arts ⅜” Crochet Lace- 15 yd spool- White, May Arts ⅝” Twill- 30 yd spool- Teal , Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones- Bronze

Thanks again for taking the time to visit! I hope I have inspired you to be creative this week, sweet friends!

My Soul Will Rejoice

 

Hi Friends!

Woohoo, check out the sale at Stamp Simply on all May Arts Ribbon Spools- save 25% off with code: MAYARTS25 through July 25^th!

To celebrate the sale, I created a simple floral card using two different ¼” silk ribbons as well as May Arts white crochet lace along with two different stamp sets and the new Craft Consortium Ink Drops- Candy 6x6 paper all from Stamp Simply!

I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking this card to the Double D “Colors of Summer” Challenge (I was inspired by the pinks, oranges, greens) along with the All Sorts #633/4 “Feminine/for a Lady” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #501-502 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Trim a piece of the Craft Consortium Ink Drops-Candy 6x6 Paper Pad to 4” x 5¼”.

De-static the Candy Ink Drops paper with an embossing powder tool, stamp the sentiment from He Has Risen with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Mount the panel onto a piece of black cardstock and trim close to the edge.

Add a strip of the May Arts ⅜” White Crochet Lace and layer two strips of the ¼” May Arts Variegated Silk Ribbon- Fushia/Green over the top edge (wrap the ribbon ends behind the panel).

Mount the panel onto a white card base and add a bow created from the May Arts ¼” Fushia Silk Ribbon.

Ink the floral image from Floral Cluster Summer Roses using Versafine™ Onyx Black ink onto a piece of white cardstock.   Heat set the ink with a heat tool and watercolor with water-based markers.

Die cut the image with the coordinating Floral Clusters and Sprigs Dies (die cutting two additional pieces from white cardstock to layer behind the colored images). 

Mount the floral image with dimensional foam (or chipboard). 

Finish off the card by applying shimmer with a clear glitter marker and pearls to the flower centers. 

Stamp Sets:  He Has Risen, Floral Cluster Summer Roses (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black ; Zig Wink of Stella Brush- Clear Glitter Marker

Cardstock/Paper:  White, Black; Craft Consortium Ink Drops- Candy 6x6

Accessories/Tools: Gemini. Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Floral Clusters and Sprigs, May Arts ¼” Variegated Silk Ribbon- Fushia/Green, May Arts ¼” Silk Ribbon- Fushia, May Arts ⅜” Crochet Lace-White, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls- Pearl

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope all of you have a blessed week!