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Mini pumpkin card on a card

10/14/2019

Last month, I showed you how to make a pumpkin tag using the Apple Builder punch and the Harvest Hellos stamp set in this blog post. Today, I used the same tag on the front of a card to effectively create a mini-card on a card.

The two pumpkins in the back are from Pumpkin Pie cardstock while the one in the front is on Mango Melody cardstock. This helps the pumpkins stand out from one another. The cute little jack o' lantern in front has a smile and flips up to say "You make me smile."

I used Regals 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper to finish off the card front and a piece of linen thread. This card ended up so cute and so easy to complete!

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Rosh Hashanah Card

10/11/2019

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I know this is way late since not only has Rosh Hashanah already passed, so has Yom Kippur. However, earlier this week, I offered to send cards to any of my friends who wanted one as part of World Card Sending Week. A friend of mine who is Jewish requested that I make a card for Rosh Hashanah. Not being Jewish myself, and knowing only the basics of the holiday, and not really having any Jewish stamps, this is what I came up with.

The new Color Throwdown Challenge (ctd564) for this week was to use red, yellow, and brown. Since I wanted to incorporate an apple and honeycombs, I thought the challenge would work nicely for this unique New Year's card.

I used Real Red, Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede to fulfill the color challenge. The apple is from the Harvest Hellos stamp set found in the 2019 Holiday Catalog and the "Happy New Year" stamp is a really, really old one that I had in my stash.

Hopefully my friend enjoys this card and I haven't committed any huge religious faux-pas!

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Bottle and Jar Tags for Special Hostesses

10/9/2019

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A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated my Mother-in-Law's birthday with a special meal at her house. I wanted the bottle of wine that we brought for the feast to be just as special as she is, so I made these birthday gift tags for the bottle that matched the card I'd made for her.

Fast forward to this weekend, my own Mother saw pictures of the tags and mentioned that she wanted to make similar tags for some home-canned items, but she needed directions. So, I decided to see what I could do to help her out.

Both of these tags are easy to make. Simply cut a rectangle of cardstock, score where you want the tag to flop over, and cut a hole.

Wine Bottle Tag:

Cut cardstock 3" x 7 3/4"
Score at 2 1/2" (on the 7 3/4" side)
Punch a hole with a 2 1/4" hole punch, or the second to the smallest circle in the Layering Circles dies

Canning Jar Tag:

Cut cardstock 3 3/4" x 7"
Score at 3 3/4" (on the 7" side)
Cut a hole using the largest circle from the Layering Circles dies

If you plan to make tags for canning jars, you'll want to be careful to choose a jar with a standard opening. You do not want to use a wide-mouth jar because there isn't enough of a difference in the size of the opening and the body of the jar. Your tag won't sit as nicely on a wide-mouth jar and might even slide right off!

For my canning jar tag, I used the From Our House to Yours stamp set from the 2019 Holiday Catalog. I paired it with the Woven Threads Designer Series Paper from the 2019-20 Annual Catalog. It would also look great with the Let It Snow! DSP from the Holiday Catalog for a Christmas/Winter look.

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The original Wine bottle tags I made for my Mother-in-Law used retired stamps and dies, but this more general tag uses the Stitched Stars dies from the Holiday Catalog and the See a Silhouette DSP from the Annual Catalog.

I plan to make a few of these tags to keep on hand since bottles of wine are my standard hostess gift. They're easy to pop on at the last minute and it's so much more exciting to show up with a dressed up bottle than one still in the brown paper bag from the grocery store.

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Autumn Trees with Mango Leaves

10/7/2019

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I'm getting my week started and my creative juices flowing with another color challenge from Color Throwdown (ctd563). This week the challenge was to use orange, lavender, purple, and green. Definitely not your typical color scheme! So, I pulled out Mango Melody, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, and Granny Apple Green to create this fun fall card.

I just received the From Our House to Yours stamp set in the mail and was dying to use it. While the stamp set is from the 2019 Holiday Catalog and is presented as a Christmas set, there is so much more you can do with it! I'm sure I'll be providing many more samples with this stamp set in the weeks to come. I decided I wanted to try to make a fall looking card.

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This set is great because it's a two-step stampin' set so you can easily stamp in multiple colors. I stamped the house in Highland Heather on Whisper White cardstock and added a Soft Suede roof and a Gorgeous Grape door.

To suggest fall, I stamped the deciduous tree trunks in Soft Suede and added the half circle for the leaves in Mango Melody. I also stamped the pine tree trunk with Soft Suede and then the triangle for the pine needles with Granny Apple Green. This way, the central image includes all of the colors from the color challenge. I cut this focal image using the Stitched Rectangles dies. I layered the image on a piece of Gorgeous Grape cardstock.

To create some interest in the background, I stamped more deciduous trees in Soft Suede and Mango Melody on a piece of Mango Melody cardstock. To get the stitching along the bottom and top of the piece of Mango Melody to match the stitching on the central image, I used a die from the Stitched Rectangles dies that was larger than my piece of Mango Melody cardstock. I lined up the inside edge with the edge of my cardstock, secured it with a couple pieces of washi, and ran it through my Big Shot. Then, I turned it around and did the other edge. I layered this piece on a Granny Apple Green cardstock.

I cut a piece of Highland Heather cardstock slightly smaller than my card base (4 1/16" x 5 5/16"). Then, I embossed it using the Subtles embossing folder. After assembling the pieces of my card, I added a couple of Adhesive Backed Sequins from last spring's Occasions Catalog.

I'm not sure I completely succeeded in making a fall card with so much Highland Heather, but it was a fun card to make and I love the Mango Melody trees!

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Star-studded Hooray

10/2/2019

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Another day, another challenge. Today, it's TGIF Challenges' inspiration challenge. They challenged followers to created a card inspired by page 12 of the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog. The inspiration photo uses the Woven Threads suite of products including the Woven Heirlooms stamp set and the Heirloom Frames dies & 3D Embossing Folders. I love this suite of products, but unfortunately, I don't own any of the items included in it. So I had to look elsewhere for inspiration.

I love the look of the card on the left with a frame around a piece of Designer Series Paper stamped with "I LOVE YOU." I chose to use the Stitched Stars dies and the Brightly Gleaming Designer Series Paper for my card.

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The Stitched Stars dies are perfect for creating frames similar to the one in the inspiration photo because there are so many sized stars to choose from that nest inside one another. Another advantage of the Stitched Stars dies is that they have "stitching" on both sides of the cut line. This means, when you cut the interior star for the frame, it leaves a stitch line on the star frame. This way, your star frame has stitching on the outside and inside edges.

I used the star I cut for the inside of the frame under the greeting. I also cut the star swirl from copper foil and used the stars that were cut out as accents on the card. I twisted some copper cord from my stash under the greeting that I had cut from copper foil using the Well Written dies. The copper foil matches the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper perfectly. This card is so sparkly that it was hard to photograph without getting a glare.

I love the shine and glamour for a truly special card to celebrate an amazing accomplishment.

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