Pumpkin and Falling Leaves Card

I love fall and today I'm creating a falling leaves Autumn card. I began my card by cutting an A2 Basic Beige card stock and adhering a panel from the Gathering Together DSP to the front of it.  I stamped a diagonal line of leaves to resemble leaves tumbling to the ground from the September Paper Pumpkin kit.

For the focal point of the card, I added a few pumpkins from the retired Fall Fest set and a sentiment on the small banner in the Stylish Shapes die set.

I cut two layers of card stock using the Patterned Tag die set and used the quilt tag die and my silicone die mat to imprint the design on my tag instead of cutting it. I added ribbons and a few flat dot embellishments to finish off the card.

Paper Pumpkin Alternative Using the Add On Dies

 How's your kit projects going? I decided to work with the Abundant Joy add on dies that coordinate with the kit.  I love the stitched "JOY" sentiment.  I cut it out in Garden Green card stock for the card today.  

I began with the Basic Beige card base from the kit.  I adhered an ornament together and cut it in half, gluing each half to a side of the card.  I cut some greenery from the dies to place at the top of both ornaments and a sprig from the dies in Cherry Cobbler card stock. 

I stamped both of the star images in Pecan Pie ink, added the "JOY" die cut then stamped  "to the world" in Pecan Pie ink as well. I added a few red sequins to finish off the card.

Using the Keeping Traditions Scrapbook Set to Create a Card

Have you seen the awesome Keeping Traditions stamp set in the scrapbooking section of the Annual Catalog? There's also a beautiful scrapbook page created using it, but today, I'm going to create a card using it.

I used the same layout as the scrapbook layout on page 44 of the September - January Mini Catalog.  I began by cutting a piece of Garden Green gingham DSP from the Christmas Tags and More DSP pack. I stamped Christmas words from the stamp set in Real Red ink randomly around the panel. Then I adhered it to an A2 Garden Green card base.  

I used a label from the Foiled Frames and Labels Ephemera Pack and ephemera from the Christmas Tags and More DSP to create a focal point.  I stamped the "Make Merry' and the postage stamp image in Real Red ink, then fussy cut the postage stamp out. I adhered the focal image with dimensionals and added a few flat pearls to finish off the card.

Ephemera isn't just for scrapbooking!  Have you tried it on your cards?

Sunflower Trio Card

Today,  I am creating another fall card using the Gift of Joy stamp set.  I began by stamping on a panel of watercolor paper using Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Pecan Pie inks.  Once I stamped the image, I spritzed the panel with water to create a slightly blurred image. I set it aside to dry.

I cut a piece of the Timeless Plaid DSP to 4.25 x 5.5 and adhered it to an A2 Very Vanilla card base. I cut the stamped panel using a postage die, stamped a Paper Pumpkin sentiment at the bottom and finished it off by adding an Old Olive twine bow.

"Tis the Season For Baking Card and Global Design Project Challenge #520

Do you follow the Global Design Project on Instagram? Each Monday they post a weekly challenge and this week is a Case the Designer challenge.  Su Moore is the designer this week and her card is so very cute!

My card today features the Homemade Treats Bundle and the Christmas Tags and More DSP pack.

I stamped the images in Real Red, Garden Green and Pecan Pie inks. The mitt and piping bag are adhered with dimensionals.  To finish off the card, I added the self adhesive Peppermint embellishments.

Check out the other cards created around this sketch on Instagram using #gdp520.

When Can a Poinsettia Become a Sunflower?

Today, I used the Gift of Joy stamp set that has a bouquet with a poinsettia, but I colored it yellow and brown to resemble a sunflower!  I really like how it turned out.  This is a two step stamp set and and used the solid images to create a colorful background.

I began with an A2 Pecan Pie card base and cut a panel of Very Vanilla card stock 1/8 inch smaller.  I stamped the two floral solid images in Crushed Curry and Old Olive inks. I cut a banner from the Stylish Shapes die set and stamped a Paper Pumpkin sentiment in Old Olive ink.  

Another fun twist (literally) was the box I placed my floral arrangement in.  I stamped in once, then gave it a quarter turn and stamped it again, giving it a checked look.  Then I stamped the outline floral image in Pecan Pie ink and the solid images in Crushed Curry and Old Olive inks.  I cut the panel out using the retired Layering Square dies and amounted it on a square of Pecan Pie card stock.  I added some Old Olive twine and a few flat brown dot embellishments.

What do you think? Do you have any stamp sets that can play double time over the holiday season?

Mushrooms, Stripes and Florals, Oh My!

Texture is a great way to add interest to your cards. How many ways can you count that I've added texture to today's card? Did you count background stamping? splatter? tone-on-tone color? a velvet ribbon? 

To create the card today, I began with a Petal Pink card base and inked my card front using the Painted Stripes stamp and Petal Pink ink. I added over that die cut images in the same card stock.  I used the Charming Day dies for the background images.  I also used the splatter stamp in the Elements of Text stamp set to all a bit of splatter in first and second generation stamping.

The tag on my card was created with the Patterned Tag dies and the Gathering Moments stamp set.  The sentiment is from the September Paper Pumpkin kit.

I'd love to hear how you add texture to your cards! Thanks for stopping by. 

November Kits Collection Preview

Have you tried the Kits Collection by Stampin' Up!? There are lots of beautiful ones to choose from and all are inclusive, making it easy to craft.

Here are the newest two coming out in early November.  Do you prefer the formal blue cards or the retro card vibes? 

Check out the rest of the kits at www.stampinup.com. I'm sure you will find a few you would enjoy!

O Holy Night White Embossed Resist Card

Happy Sunday!  Christmas is just 9 Sundays away so I hope you have started creating your holiday cards! The stamp set I am using today is a great one to use for getting them done!

For my card today, I have created an embossed card using the A Child is Born stamp set and the Textured Notes dies.  I began by cutting a rectangle from the die set with Basic White card stock, then I heat embossed the manger and star image on the die cut rectangle.  I used white embossing powder for the image.  I also used Versa Mark ink and a heat tool for the embossing.

I ink blended Misty Moonlight ink on the stars, then Crushed Curry ink over the hay and Pecan Pie ink over the manger.  The white embossed parts won't absorb the ink to create a resist.  Once completed, I used a paper towel to wipe the ink off the embossed images. 

In the stamp set, Mary is holding Baby Jesus and the manger is empty.  I stamped a partial image of Mary, only capturing the Baby Jesus.  I embossed it and fussy cut it out.  Then I used an hobby knife to cut a slit in the hay to slightly insert the Baby Jesus image. I also used a fine tip pen to draw a face on baby Jesus.

I stamped the sentiment, "O holy night" using Misty Moonlight ink using the smallest die in the Textured Notes dies. I cut several more rectangles from the set and layered them on the card. 

This is a fabulous stamp set and truly represents the beautiful holiday season.  I've created several cards with it and hope to make several more.  You can see the other cards by looking back over my blog. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed Sunday!

A Few More Paper Pumpkin Alternatives with the Cozy Christmas Kit

How is your kit coming along?  Do you complete all of your kit in one setting or spread the crafting time out? I generally spread my crafting time out to create my alternatives.  

Today, I'm sharing two more alternatives that require more than the kit contents. Stampin' Up! created these alternatives and they are lovely!

The JOY card uses the kit's contents plus the Abundant Joy Add On dies.  One of the dies from this add on cuts the word JOY, which was used to cut the word in Garden Green card stock. The card also includes heat embossing the "to the world" with white embossing powder and a heat tool.

The "Deck the Halls" card incorporates a bundle from the September Mini catalog called Christmas Greenery stamp set for the floral images.

For more alternatives using this kit, you can join the Paper Pumpkin Fan Club on Facebook or search Pinterest. I'm sure you will find several you may want to recreate!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Adding Tone on Tone Texture to Your Backgrounds

Do you sometimes feel like you need just a touch of texture to step up your cards?  Here's a tip for adding just a hint...cut some die cut images in the same color as your card front.  This will add a bit of texture and will also resemble an embossed image!

Today, my card base is from Basic Beige card stock and my die cut images are as well.  The floral image dies are from the Floral Charm bundle. I adhered the die cut images with glue to the card front giving it a tone-on-tone effect.  

This is a book binding card so I scored 3/4 of an inch below the spine and glued this portion to the inside of the card.  I placed a piece of DSP from the Autumn Toile DSP pack along the spine and then used a piece of Basic Beige ribbon to give it more texture.  

I cut a tag from the Patterned Tag dies on water color paper, stamped some leaves in Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, and Cajun Craze inks. The Gather sentiment is from the Gathering Moments stamp set and stamped in Early Espresso ink.

The pumpkin is water color stamped in retired Mango Melody ink. I added it with a dimensional and added a few faceted gems to finish off the card.

For those hopping over from my FB page, the answer is 3. :)

Free Shipping Continues Today!

Stampin' Up! is offering Free Shipping and you can take advantage of it today!  Need a few ideas of some products you could order to make your holiday preparations a little easier?  I have a few for you!

First off, this adorable all inclusive Nutcracker Kit!  This kit creates 12 gift tags to make your holiday gifts sparkle!  Stampin' Up! is also offering a free class on Nov. 12 to use this kit for alternative projects! This is a definite item for your wish list!

A second order for your crafting list is the Harvest Home Garland. This would make a lovely centerpiece for your Thanksgiving Table or mantle.  As an alternative, you could use the leaves on scrapbook pages or cards!

Need some quick holiday cards? How about the Christmas Wishes card kit? This all inclusive kit includes enough supplies to create eight Christmas cards. If you are needing more cards, add another kit to your order!

And of course you will want to preserve your holiday memories, so how about this all inclusive memory keeping kit, Remembering Christmas?

There are hundreds of great products at the Stampin' Up! website.  Be sure to check it out and take advantage of free shipping!  The shipping discount will automatically appear once your order reaches $75.

Happy shopping!

Stampin' Up! Free Shipping Starts Today!

 

Do you need to order some extra supplies for your holiday projects?  Stampin' Up! is offering free shipping on orders of $75 or more for three days.  You can splurge and place an order for yourself or get together with friends and combine the orders to receive the free shipping.  

Save now through October 24th!

I'm making a list and checking it twice...

Happy shopping!!

Tonya

Simple vs Stepped Up...Set #5

Do you enjoy making simple or stepped up projects? If you are like me, you enjoy both! Sometimes it is nice to sit down and create some projects that are pretty but don't involve a lot of steps. Other times, I like to sit down and spend more time on a single card.  If you are like me, it depends on how much time I have and if I'm feeling really creative.

As I was thinking about it earlier this week, I thought it would be nice to have a selection of both types of cards focusing on a single stamp set. I have decided to do this project using the Gift of Joy stamp set.  This is a set in the September Mini Catalog that caught me attention the first time I flipped through the catalog. The simple drawings and two step stamping procedure are what caught my attention.

Tip: Two step stamping is the process of layering stamped images created to work together.

These are my final cards in this series.  Today, I chose to use soft pastel colors instead of traditional reds and greens. The ink colors I have chosen are Fresh Freesia, Pretty in Pink and Summer Splash.  I used Shaded Spruce ink for the greenery on the card. I also stamped MERRY in all three colors around the middle of the card.  

For the simple card, I stamped the garland near the top of the card and the stockings hanging from it.  I created a mask of the stockings from a post it note and used it to mask the bottom of the candy cane and gingerbread by covering the stamped stocking with the mask.  This creates the appearance that the treats are poking out of the stockings. I colored the small stamped images with Stampin' Blends. I also stamped the ornaments at the top of the card and used my Shaded Spruce Stampin' Write Marker to place hearts randomly around the card.

I created another post it note mask to add some color to the bottom of the card in Summer Splash ink. Then I stamped the sentiment and a few more MERRY images in Shaded Spruce ink.

For the stepped up card, I stamped the stockings in the same color as above, but this time I fussy cut them out.  I also stamped the small candy canes, ornaments and gingerbread cookies then fussy cut them out as well.  I also cut a few extra to place in the garland I stamped above the stockings.

I ink blended behind each stocking in the same color I stamped it in and then stamped the gift from the set in the same colors.  I stamped the gifts to coordinate with the stocking, then the sentiment in Summer Splash ink.

All of this was created on a white panel that I ink blended around with Summer Splash ink and adhered to another white panel, allowing it to only slightly peek out.  I stamped the solid floral images in tone-on-tone Summer Splash card stock cut to an A2 card base.  I adhered the two white panels to the card front.  

To finish off the card, I added a few details with a fine tipped black pen.

 

Autumn Toile Fall Birthday Card

Do you have friends with Autumn birthdays? Today, I made a card for one of mine using the Autumn Toile DSP.  This patterned paper by Stampin' Up! has beautiful fall colors and images.  

I began with a Very Vanilla card base. Then I cut one of the pieces of DSP at 4 x 5.25, one at 3 x 4 and 2 small strips at .25 x 4, making sure they all coordinated. I assembled them as shown below and adhered them in place.

I also cut a strip of Very Vanilla card stock using the large banner in the Stylish Shapes die set, and omitting the left side of the flagged edge.  I stamped "Happy Birthday" using the Charming Day stamp set and Cajun Craze ink.  I wrapped linen thread around the left edge of the banner and tied it in a bow to finish off the card. The sentiment is adhered with dimensionals. All products used are from Stampin' Up!

Cozy Christmas In the Box Alternative #3

Today, I'm sharing my final "in the box" Paper Pumpkin alternative card. I used the creamy colored card base and stamped a second generation background using the Pecan Pie ink spot and the "Deck the Halls" stamp from the kit. I also added a few of the star stamp images using first generation ink stamping.

Tip: Second generation stamping refers to inking up your stamp, stamping off on a piece of scrap paper then stamping the image on your project, getting a lighter shade of the color you are working with. 

I assembled the hanging ornament as directed in the kit's instructions, then added the Merry Christmas sentiment from the kit. I adhered it with dimensionals to the card and added a few sequins to finish off the card.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these alternative cards created with Stampin' UP!'s Paper Pumpkin kit. Be sure to check back soon to see my "out of the box" alternative cards.  These cards use the kit and other Stampin' Up! supplies to create stepped up cards.

Of my three "in the box" alternatives, this is my favorite.  If you are interested in subscribing to Stampin' Up!'s monthly Paper Pumpkin Kit, I'd love to help you get started! You can subscribe at Stampin' Up! and search Paper Pumpkin.  If you have any questions, leave a comment or reach out though email and I'll get back with you.

Paper Pumpkin Cozy Christmas Faith Card

I love Stampin' Up!'s Paper Pumpkin Kit.  The kits are all inclusive and create beautiful cards. My last three posts have been cards that could be created with supplies in the box.

Today's card uses the kit's supplies plus a few other products by Stampin' Up! I am using images and a sentiment from the stamp set A Child is Born. This set has the Holy Family, a few animals and several sentiments.  

I began by stamping the manger and coloring it with my Stampin' Blend markers. Once that was done, I fussy cut it out. I also stamped the Baby Jesus and animal images then colored and cut them out. I used my craft knife to cut a slit in the manager so I could place the Baby Jesus image in it.

I placed the JOY image on the card, then stamped the sentiments and star images where I wanted them using the Pecan Pie ink cube.  Then I glued the Joy image to the card front and added the images I colored and cut out.  I added a few sequins and trimmed one of the green flocked pieces from the kit to glue around the manger.

A Child is Born stamp set

Cozy Christmas In the Box Alternative #2

For today's "in the box" alternative card using Stampin' Up!'s Paper Pumpkin kit, I am using the beautifully flocked Christmas tree. I created a tree trunk for the tree by swiping the Pecan Pie ink spot along a piece of the white negative pieces in the kit and cutting a rectangle from it. 

I also created a stamped background using the Merry Christmas stamp, stamping it in second generation ink on the creamy colored panel.

Tip: Second generation stamping refers to inking up your stamp, stamping off on a piece of scrap paper then stamping the image on your project, getting a lighter shade of the color you are working with. 

I assembled the card on the green card base from the kit and added a few of the kit's sequins to finish off the card. 

Cozy Christmas In the Box Alternative #1

 My October Paper Pumpkin kit arrived last night...in the dark! What I like most about this kit is the flocked elements!  I'm excited to work with the kit to create 3 alternatives that use only the supplies in the box, I call these cards the "in the box" alternative cards!

My first card changes the elements around from the beautifully designed cards in the kit. I placed the Pecan Pie panel on the red card base, then assembled the "JOY"  die pieces as instructed and adhered it to the Pecan Pie panel.  

I added a few of the sparkly sequins as holly berries to both sides of the sentiment.

Sneak Peek #2

Today, I'm creating another card using Stampin' Up!'s new Brushed with Beauty DSP.  This patterned paper has soft colors and beautiful floral images and will be available in early November.

I began with an A2 card base using Darling Duckling card stock. I stamped a tone-on-tone floral images using the Charming Day stamp set and Darling Duckling ink.

I cut a strip of the dotted line DSP to cover half of the card front and adhered it about a half inch from the top of the card. I also cut a floral image from the paper pack and framed it in Petal Pink card stock.  

I cut a Very Vanilla circle using the Spotlight on Nature dies. Then I used the retired Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set (retired) to stamp the sentiment in Lost Lagoon ink and the cake in Crumb Cake ink.

To finish off the card, I place a few Darling Duckling flat pearls and a linen thread bow on the card.

All of these beautiful products are made by Stampin' Up!

Another Blue and Orange Fall Card

 I love a blue and orange color combo. Do you know why these two colors work so well together? They are complementary colors, which means they are opposite each other on the color wheel.

For this card, I began with an A2 Pumpkin Pie card base and used a piece of Weekend Adventures DSP for the background cut at a quarter inch smaller than the card base.

My focal point is made up of the Patterned Tag dies and a watercolor background on the bottom layer of the tag portion. I used some extra watercolor pumpkin images I created for an earlier post and adhered them to the quilted tag cut in Copper Clay card stock (retired).

My sentiment is a past Paper Pumpkin stamp and the tag is from a retired die set. I used some Cajun Craze ribbon and a piece of Linen thread tied around it for my first embellishment and some new Earthy Matte dots that will be available in early November to finish it off. 

Sneak Peek at Brushed with Beauty DSP

Are you ready to see some gorgeous DSP?  The color combo is soft and so pretty.  This paper will be available in early November so keep an eye out for it! It is called Brushed with Beauty.

I began my card today with a Calypso Coral A2 card base and added a front panel in the same color. I ran the panel through the Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine using a new embossing folder called Beautiful Pattern, also from the same upcoming release. 

I used one of the DSP sheets to cut a panel for the left side of my card, then framed a different piece from the package in Mossy Meadow card stock.  I cut a circle from the Spotlight on Nature die set, then stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral ink and second generation Crumb Cake ink.  The stamp set is the retired Endless Birthday Wishes and it was the first photo polymer set SU! created. 

I finished off the card with three Calypso Coral flat pearls, which will also be available in early November. 

I created this card for the Global Design Project Sketch Challenge #518.  You can see others' cards using this same sketch by searching Instagram #gdp518.

Getting the Most Out of the New Three Banner Punch

I'm giving you a sneak peek at a new Online Exclusive product that will be available in early November.  I used it to create this cute nutcracker card and I love how the sentiments are stacked smaller to larger to resemble the shape of a Christmas tree! 

I'm also going to give you a tip on how to use the punch efficiently to make the most of your crafting time!

Item #167050

For me, a picture is worth a thousand words, so I'm posting pictures of how I cut my sentiments for this card.  This time saving technique will make sentiment strips so easy to mass produce!

I stamped and heat embossed my sentiments, but you can use our Classic Inks to stamp your sentiments on white card stock as well. 

You will definitely want to add this punch to your wish list as it is a handy one to have!