Blooming with Kindness for Fall

What can I say?  I just love this Blooming with Kindness set!!  It has this one chrysanthemum flower image and five sentiments in lovely script; I have found it to be so versatile in many color schemes and occasions.  I keep coming back to use it often!

I love the graphic plaids and stripes in the new Howlstooth and Scaringbone Designer Series Paper* and it makes a colorful background for this flower!  The colors of Tangerine Tango, More Mustard, Basic Black and Basic Gray in this collection just speak autumn to me!  How about you?  

The Tangerine Tango flower is stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock and then sponged with So Saffron ink.  I used my Spritz Tool with my Tangerine Tango Stampin' Write Marker to add some flecks of color to the image.  (Can you see the little strip of the DSP I added to the inside of the card?)

The card base is More Mustard and the layering is done using Basic Gray cardstock.  A looped tab of the new 1/2" Striped Satin Ribbon* (Basic Black and Basic Gray) tucked under the right side of the flower layer is accented with a lovely brad from the Antique Brads collection.  

I love the sentiments in this set; however, because of the layout of this card, I chose to use the birthday greeting from the Curly and Cute set.  I've used the other ones quite a bit already though, and you will too if you have this set because they cover a variety of occasions!

You can see other cards I've done with this set HERE, HERE and HERE.

Thanks for visiting today!  I always appreciate your comments and encouragement!

Margaret
*new in Holiday 2012 Catalog

Blooming with Kindness set     wood #126420 $22.95     clear #126422  $16.95

Howlstooth and Scaringbone Designer Paper*    #126906    12 double-sided sheets  $10.95

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"AUTUMN" Garland

Life has been busy around here with home improvement and repair (from hail and storm damage) plus some home decor and cleaning!  Whew!  I'd rather be stamping!!  lol!  But it is always really nice to get some things checked off the to-do list!

I did get to spend some time in my stamp room since part of my home decorating included making a little garland celebrating the first of autumn last weekend.  I love to make and decorate with garlands and banners and my Big Shot makes it so much quicker and better too!  No fussy cutting on these babies; it's all done with dies! 

First I'll show you the pictures and then I'll list what I used to make this wreath that I hung on the light fixture/pot rack over the island in my kitchen:

This photo is of the garland strung onto the fixture, but it was difficult to get a very good photo: 

At any rate, it hung nicely between the lights and there were six spaces, so it was just the perfect number for an "AUTUMN" garland!

Main products used for the garland, all from Stampin' Up!:
Bigz Typeset Alphabet Dies, #127553
Big Shot Die Cutting Machine  #113439
Bigz XL Pennant Die (retired, but it was just the perfect size so I just had to use it!)
*Bigz Die Autumn Accents #127812
Vintage Wallpaper Folder #120175
Scallop Edge Border Punch $119882
*Champagne Glimmer Paper #127885
Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper #126898
Cardstocks:  Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit, Lucky Limeade, Midnight Muse, More Mustard
Small Flower Buttons from the Regals, Neutrals, Brights Designer Buttons Collections
Gold Glow Smooch Spritz  #118770

*Holiday Catalog 2012

I love the new Typeset Alphabet!  It was just the right size for this banner but it also works nicely on cards and many other type projects!

Thanks for visiting today!  I will be back in a day or two with more projects!

Happy Stamping!

Margaret

Autumn Accents and Orchard Harvest Again...

Today's post is a card I did for a "Fall" themed swap in which I participated.  This is the second card I've posted using the new-this-year Autumn Accents (leaf) die, and it won't be the last  ; )   I have another project under construction as we speak... lol!  I just love all the things you can do with this die and the colors we can use!

Colors used are Cherry Cobbler, Raspberry Ripple, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso.  The card base is More Mustard with a layer of Early Espresso which has been embossed with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder (can you tell I really really like that folder?  lol!)  

 

I took a strip of the corn print from the Orchard Harvest Designer Series Paper package and softened it a bit by pulling it over the Bone Folder.  I then put Sticky Strip Adhesive on the Early Espresso card layer and "gathered" the designer paper over that.  I added Early Espresso 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain ribbon which had been threaded through one of the new Designer Round Ribbon Slides from the Holiday Catalog.

Three leaves were tucked under the ruffling then the sentiment from the Pursuit of Happiness set, stamped on More Mustard and punched with the Designer Label Punch was added with Dimensionals.

 It was fun to try a technique I hadn't done before: "gathering" the Designer Paper.  I hope you enjoyed the card.

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Thanks for dropping by!  I appreciate your time, and always enjoy hearing from you too! 

Happy creating!  : )

Margaret

Orchard Harvest Designer Series Paper    #126895    $10.95 pkg of 12 12x12" sheets

 

 

First Edition Sunflower

Our weather is getting a little less hot, (lol, I wanted to say cooler, but I don't think 90 degrees sounds much cooler!).  I've been looking at lots of fall pictures and planning a fall party, so I was in the fall stamping mood today also!  I wanted something different from the leaves I've been working with lately (even tho I love them!) and remembered our beautiful Sunflower stamp from Stampin' Up!

 Mary Jo (Technostamper) had a great sketch on her blog last week that I used, so even though it was too late to enter her blog hop this week I still thought it was perfect for this stamp.  I stamped the Sunflower on First Edition Designer Paper with VersaMark then embossed it with the new Early Espresso Embossing Powder in the Holiday 2012 Catalog.  Color was added with Sponge Daubers using More Mustard, Soft Suede, a little Tangerine Tango and a More Mustard Stampin' Write Marker.  I was pleasantly surprised at how great the DSP took to the heat embossing; it is such great weight paper that it withstood the heat without warping!

  

The card base is Cajun Craze overlaid with a piece of More Mustard that has been treated with the great Woodgrain Embossing Folder from the Holiday Catalog!  (One of my faves!)  I put some More Mustard ink onto the folder before embossing and it adds a little depth to the recesses of the embossing! 

 

 A strip of Early Espresso was treated with the Chevron Embossing Folder then attached down the left side of the Sunflower layer.  Three More Mustard Buttons from the Regals Collection pack were tied with Early Espresso Bakers Twine and attached with Mini Glue Dots.

A greeting banner could be attached to the front, but since I didn't have immediate plans for this card, I thought I'd wait and add an appropriate one when I get ready to use it!

 

Thanks for coming by for a visit!  I appreciate you taking the time to visit and hope you enjoy the card!  Come again soon!

Happy creating!

Margaret

Postage Due

What a fun collage stamp set is Postage Due!  The first time I saw it I was drawn to it so I was excited to use it for a Make 'n Take at a recent workshop.

I wanted to use some of the stitched grosgrain ribbon so I chose the Rich Razzleberry; from there I went to the Color Coach for this rich combination of Rich Razzleberry, Midnight Muse and More Mustard.

I thought that the Embossing Resist technique would be good with this stamp so I embossed the stamp with VersaMark and Clear Embossing Powder on Very Vanilla cardstock then added the three colors with sponges.  I also used some Crumb Cake ink around the edges.  This was laid on a layer of More Mustard and a swath of the Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain ribbon adhered around the lower portion.

The three "stamps" were stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock then punched out with the Postage punch and adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals for height.

This is a colorful yet easy card to make.  I'm looking forward to making some more projects with this set!

Thanks for visiting!  Have a great weekend!

Margaret