Oct 19, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Thank You |
Here is another quick note card – well this one may take a little bit longer – it uses the Big Shot. But it’s still cute and quick once you have your die cuts. Well I guess technically the last card I posted also had a die cut – so really this one is just as quick as that one.
This one uses the same Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper – yes I love that paper. Even the designs that I didn’t think I was going to like or use I’ve been using. I think I’m on my third pack right now. These are the Very Vanilla Notecards and envelopes. The paper is cut to 3×4 – so you can get 12 pieces from one 12×12 piece of the designer series paper.
I used Gold Foil Sheets on this one and die cut the little flourish – two of them – from the Flourish Thinlits dies. The card and envelope are stamped with the Flourshing Phrases stamp set. I used my Triple Banner Punch to punch the end of a 1″ strip of card stock for my greeting. And then finished with some Very Vanilla Baker’s Twine.
Don’t forget about the sale on Designer Series Paper. You can order your products HERE.
Enjoy!
Oct 18, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Uncategorized |
I love to use the Notecards & Envelopes for quick little cards. The Very Vanilla ones are nice for a fall feel.
This one uses the Flourishing Phrases stamps set, a little bit of the Painted Autumn Designer Series paper. And to dress it up just a bit a die cut piece from the Flourish Thinlits. Stamp the envelope to match.
Quick and easy to make a stack – the notecards come in a pack of 20 with envelopes.
Thanks – it’s short and sweet today.
Oct 13, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Christmas, class |
This weekend is my first Christmas card class of the season. I’m starting with a class featuring the Watercolor Christmas Project Kit from the Holiday Catalog. The kit makes some really beautiful cards and I added stamping on my envelopes too.
Everyone coming to the class will get a start on their cards for the season – we will finish 20 cards in this class.
But today I wanted to show you how fun the coordinating stamp set is. This is a card I made with the stamp set.
I used the Watercolor Christmas stamp set along with Tranquil Tide card stock and ink. I added a piece of the Wood Textures Designer Paper Stack (It’s part of the paper sale going on this month). The large circle is cut with the Layering Circle Framelits.
The Corrugated Elements embellishment and the little stamped hand cut tree are stapled on. Yes I still use my retired Stampin’ Up! stapler. But any stapler will do – this one just uses smaller staples than those normal office sized ones.
It’s a quick and easy card. With just a few supplies you could make a stack of these and add them to the stack from the project kit and be ready for your holiday card sending in no time.
Thanks for visiting.
Oct 6, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Big Shot, Christmas, Watercoloring |
The little reindeer in Seasonal Chums is just the cutest thing. I just love how he turns out when I watercolor with my Aqua-painter.
Here I’ve used the exact same layout as my pumpkin card. Just a new image, different colors and different Designer Series paper. I stamped the reindeer on Watercolor paper with my Basic Black Archival Ink and then water-colored him. Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Garden Green.
The Designer Series Paper is the Quilted Christmas Paper stack – it’s a 6×6 stack. The die cut snowflake is part of the Seasonal Tags Framelits dies that match the Seasonal Chums stamp set. And the circles are from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.
Like the last card I posted this is one with a short front. The strip of Designer Series Paper is on the inside. Here is a photo so you can see what I mean.
It’s fun because when the card is opened you have the paper still showing. And easy solution for a card base that has been mis-cut or mis-scored.
Have a great day!
Oct 4, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Big Shot, Halloween, Watercoloring |
I love the new Seasonal Chums stamp set and Seasonal Tags Framelits Dies in the Holiday catalog. They make quick and easy fold over tags. Each image has a front and a back and the dies cut out both at the same time. But the images are perfect for cards too.
This one uses the Pumpkin for a Halloween card – and there is the little bat in the die set!
So the story behind this card design is this – I was preparing for a card class and cut and scored a stack of card bases. Only to realize that I had scored them all at 4″ instead of 4-1/4″. Oops! I didn’t want to throw out all my nice thick card stock so I set it aside until I figured out what to do. Later this card design was born. I trimmed the back side to 4-1/4″ and that left the front side short at 4″. The solution was to add a strip of Designer Paper on the inside so it peeks out to the front! I really loved this – it’s also a great way to use up little strips of designer paper.
For this card I used the Painted Harvest Designer Series Paper – it’s part of the October Paper Sale. The colors of my Stitched Circles came from the paper – Lemon Lime Twist and Peekaboo Peach. I also water-colored my pumpkins to match using the Tangerine Tango, Garden Green in addition to the Peekaboo Peach and Lemon Lime Twist.
After stamping and water-coloring the pumpkins I cut them with the dies and then cut the front and back apart to add to the card. There is also some Black Metallic Thread and the little bat.
So don’t worry when you cut or score something wrong – just set it aside for a bit until an idea comes up. You never know what creations you will get out of the mistakes you make. Sometimes they are better than what you started with!
Enjoy your day!
Sep 29, 2017 | 2017 Holiday Catalog, Halloween, Tags |
Quick and cute little tags using the cat punch.
I used just a few basic supplies to make these tags.
Very Vanilla card stock cut with the Layering Circles Framelits. Basic Black card stock punched with the Starburst punch. And of course the cat is punched with the cat punch – it’s actually the Spooky Night Designer Series paper – the cat print matches right up with the punch. The words are from the Pieces & Patterns stamp set.
I did pull in some retired Baker’s Twine that was Pumpkin Pie & Black. That was fun twine I think from last years Holiday Catalog. I tend to have lots of Baker’s Twine and keep all of it to use on my tags.
Have a great day!
