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Autumn Splendor Redux

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Autumn Splendor Stamp SetYikes, posting two days in a row!  Can you stand it?

I actually have some truly beautiful fall samples to share and they are easy to boot!

This card is with exactly the same set and designer paper as yesterday’s card but with different designs from it and a vertical layout.

Again, I used the Autumn Splendor stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog, the  Autumn Meadows designer series paper (#116769, $9.95).

Autumn Splendor DetailThe leaves were stamped in Basic Brown and sponged with Really Rust, More Mustard & Not Quite Navy and then cut out and tacked on again.

The greeting was stamped in brown on vanilla, punched out with the oval scallop punch (#114889, $15.95) and layered with chocolate chip cardstock punched from our new Wide Oval punch (#112082, $15.95)… a punch combination I am getting very fond of!  And of course I used the Eyelet Border punch (#113692, $15.95) to create a ‘chair rail’ effect as well.

So, how’d I do?

Autumn Splendor Thankful-Grateful-Appreciative

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Autumn Splendor set with Autumn Meadows Designer Series PaperIn case you missed the mailing, there are just four spots left for the October 3rd Rubber Stamp Festival.  Today’s newsletter had a preview for you!

Don’t you just absolutely love the Autumn Splendor stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog?!

#116503, $20.95

#116503, $20.95

This card is almost entirely made from three designs featured in the Autumn Meadows designer series paper (#116769, $9.95).

The leaves were stamped in Basic Brown and sponged with Really Rust, More Mustard & Not Quite Navy and then cut out and tacked on again.  The greeting is also a Holiday Mini Catalog set ‘Wandering Words

Autumn Splendor Detail shot



Gifts of the Earth Thanksgiving Card

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Grateful Greetings with Gifts of the Season Holiday Mini Set by Stampin' Up!Having fun with my new Holiday Mini Catalog sets, and here I am again with Gifts of the Earth!

The turkey is part of the ‘Gifts of the Earth’ Thanksgiving set and was one of my last month’s Stamp a Stack of Stuff class…

I used the Autumn Traditions Designer Series paper (#115668, $9.95) and Really Rust cardstock.  I used the Sizzix Originals die ‘Leaves #2′ (order #113459, $15.95) to cut out the designer series paper leaves.

Grateful Greetings & Gifts of the Season Thanksgiving Card detailsWell, got to get back to stamping!  I have another stamp a stack tomorrow night and I’m not done!

There will be more beautiful Thanksgiving cards to come!

Gifts of the Earth Thanksgiving Card

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Okay ladies–this card is for those of you who think that I am rushing along Christmas too soon!

GiftsOfTheEarth

I absolutely LOVE this new Thanksgiving stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  It is ‘Gifts of the Earth’ and it works so beautifully with that designer series paper!

GiftsOfTheEarthDetails

Materials:  Gifts of the Earth stamp set (#116501, set of 4 $20.95), French Filgree background stamp (#113742, $17.95),  Autumn Traditions Designer Series paper (#115668, $9.95), More Mustard cardstock (#100946), More Mustard ink (#103162) & Black Staz On, Watercolor Crayons – Earth Elements, and Aquapainters.

I have some more beautiful cards to come with this set.







Harvest Home Thanksgiving Card

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Love that "Top Note" die cut for my new Sizzix machine!!! The ‘stitching’ look is on the die cut… it comes out that way.

The pumpkin image was stamped in StazOn black and colored in with Earth Elements watercolor crayons and an Aquapainter. The fabulous Designer Series plaid paper in the background is from the ‘Manchester’ collection (awesome plaids!).

Harvest Home Thanksgiving Card

Detail of Harvest Home Thanksgiving Card

Okay, so are YOU going to CASE it for your Thanksgiving card (be honest!).  This is one of my last month’s Stamp-A-Stack cards… my next SAS class is this Thursday night!

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Pull Up Thanksgiving Card

Friday, October 26th, 2007

This is a great pull up card that is actually very easy to make!  In anticipation of the millions of questions I will be getting, I have tutorial page you can download HERE. 

I am undertaking a project to merge my main site www.ustamp4fun.com with this blog.  It will be wonderful and improved (or it will be painful and offline, LOL!).  I have purchased a fabulous ‘online magazine’ style WordPress template from Brian Gardner and am looking to customize it to making an even better online portfolio (dare we say a hallowed place of worship for all things Stampin’ Up!).

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Thankful Season – Large “Open End” Envelope

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Thankful Season envelope trickAgain with the envelopes (and my new favorite set).  I want all you ladies out there who are rushing to your demonstrator to purchase this set to let your rep know she can Paypal me 10% of her commission, LOL! The envelopes that I used are the same ones in my last post, they are the Large Open End Envelopes.  They come in white and vanilla.  I put the link to them because I was getting so many questions about where I got them… duh! Stampin’ Up! Close the envelope (by licking it shut), cut the top 4 inches off and embellish (I do tend to ‘over-do’).  Stamp and then corrugate the bottom so that it ends up slightly smaller than the top. You’ll find it now fits in nicely into the top to hold a gift certificate or money. I generally make more of these at the holiday time for Christmas gift certificates and I’ll be sharing my snowman ones soon. I guess I should go to bed now… 

Thankful Season Card

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Thankful Season Card

This is a sample from my August Stamp-A-Stack of stuff… and I’m not done with the projects that I am doing with this terrific set, so don’t miss September’s class! 

UPDATE: I colored in using the watercolor crayons (almost like outlines) and blending very gently with the Aquapainters, taking care to wipe off excess crayon to leave light and dark spots, the leaves are all sponged in Artichoke & Mustard (with the edges touched up with Eggplant crayon that I watercolored for shading)

I would be doing the happy dance if they ha.d designed a few more stamps for this set, but Shelli hasn’t called me lately for my opinion.  And I can’t call her anymore (since that little ‘restraining order’ issue) JUST KIDDING!  My point is that give the stamp set designer a BIG RAISE, because this type of artwork is my style.  You can view the entire set here.

And believe it or not, I made this card with just the three stamps it came with–the cornucopia, the leaf and the “Thanksgiving Blessings”.  Okay, so whoever at SU designed this set, he or she is my artist… I would lock them up and force them to design stamps with this gorgeous detail. Okay, “lock them up” does sound a bit rough (heh, heh, heh….)

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