TUESDAY

I'm posting today because I forgot to yesterday.  This is another Harvest Hello card.  This is a perfect get well card at this time of year, especially, with the apple theme.

 Easy to do.

Supplies:

Real Red, Pretty Peacock cardstock

Petty Peacock, Momento Ink

Stampin' Blends 

Come Gather Together DSP

Dimensionals

Oval Punches (retired)

Of course you can use a current punch or die for the message, but I'm always glad I have some of my retired items (actually quite a few!) that work perfectly when I need them.  I'm sure you can all relate. 

FUN FOLD FRIDAY

Today's fold is one I found on Splitcoast stampers website.  The tutorial show you how to make a frame in almost any size you would want.  Here is the card I created using the frame.

I am including the youtube video here, created by Betty Tracy.  She will walk you through the steps to make this frame in a variety of ways.  Remember that whatever frame you choose to make will be 2" smaller the whole way around from the size of paper that you cut.  If you make the frame that pops up, your frame will end up to be 3" smaller that your paper size.  This is such a fun technique fold.

Supplies for this card:

Vanilla, Cajun craze ink pad

Colorful Seasons Dies

Come to Gather DSP pg 48 HC

Subtle Embossing Folder

Pearls

Dimensionals  

Next week I will show you a couple of other projects I created using this fold technique.  Come back then.  In the meantime, try some of your own.

WEDNESDAY

Today is another card using Harvest Hellos using more traditional fall colors.  This is another great fall card that can be used for most occasions.

This is another card made at our Proverbial Stampers Set Sampler meeting.

Supplies:

Harvest Hellos Bundle pg 49 HC (stamps and punch)

Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake cardstock

Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Crumb Cake ink

Twine from Come To Gather Ribbon Combo Pack pg 47 HC

Come To gather DSP pg 48 HC

2 1/4" Circle Punch

Burlap Ribbon pg 175 AC

Dimensionals

MONDAY

Today's card is one that we made at the annual Set Sampler Day with the Proverbial Stampers. I am not sure who the designer is.  It is a great card that can be used for many different occasions at this time of year.

I love that the card uses some non traditional fall colors.

Supplies used:

Harvest Hellos Stamp Set and matching punch - sold in a bundle for a 10% savings

pg 49 of the Holiday Catalog

Momento, Early Espresso Ink Pads

Come to Gather DSP - pg 48 Holiday Catalog

Pretty Peacock, Early Espresso cardstock

Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder

Blender Pen to dip into ink pad lid and color pumpkin

Come to Gather Ribbon Combo Pack pg 47 Holiday Catalog

Ornate Frames Dies pg 53 HC

Noble Peacock Rhinestones pg 178 AC

Message from Gather Together Stamp Set pg 48 HC

FRIDAY

Today I am playing with the new Stampin' Up Watercolor Crystals.  I also used the Dandelion Wishes Stamp Set, which I finally ordered after thinking about it for a year.  Here are two samples.

The Watercolor Crystals are basically the same as Brusho, but I love the little bottles and that the colors are matched to Stampin' Up colors.  You get six bottles in a set and there is a color dot on the top to denote the Stampin' Up color.

With Brusho you have to poke holes in the lid before you apply.  With this new bottle the holes are already there and there is a flip top lid to open and close.  They also fit nicely in your hand.  Love it!

There are many videos on youtube to show the different ways to use this product.  You can search for Watercolor Crystals or Brusho because you apply them the same way you do with Brusho pigments.

For my project I lightly spritzed my Watercolor Paper first with water.  Then I sprinkled the crystals on.  I wanted it to spread a little more so I spritzed a little more water on top of the crystals.  This is so much fun to work with and you can get many effects.

You do want to be careful when applying because you may have rainbow hands when you are finished.  Have fun and be careful.

Supplies used:

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Watercolor Paper

Watercolor Crystals and Water Spritzer

Ink Pads:  Versa Mark, Night of Navy

Black and Clear Embossing Powder

Pearls, Black Rhinestones

Heat Tool

Just in case you didn't know - You can make any color of embossing powder that you want by inking your stamp first with VersaMark and then inking next with your color choice.  Stamp that onto your cardstock and add Clear Embossing Powder.  Voila'!  You have a new embossing color.  This does not hurt your color pad to have some VersaMark on it.

WEDNESDAY

Another Magnolia Morning card - I love this set.

I actually CASDed this card from Francie Martin.  The only thing I changed was to add some sparkly black ribbon in the space between the two DSP pieces.  The message is retired, but I realized after I stamped it that there is a "thinking of you" I could have used also in the Magnolia set.

Supplies:

Magnolia Morning stamp set

Whisper White, Black, Petal Pink cardstock

Momento ink

Magnolia Lane DSP (pieces cut are 3 x 3 3/4 and 1 1/2 x 3 3/4)

Oval Framelits

MONDAY

Loving this set, Good Morning Magnolia, and using it for Stamp Camp.

Cut out your largest Stitched Rectangle Framelit for your pink layer.

Stamp your Magnolia on Whisper White and color with Stampin' Blends.

Lay your flower on the pink layer, turn over and trim off the pieces that hang over the edge.

Then glue your flower to the pink layer.

The bow and the Sympathy message are retired items.