The last day of September?

Are you tired of looking at another card with the gather together stamp set? I promise I will get to more stamp sets. I have been getting so much inspiration from this set and I can think of a million ideas. Hopefully you are inspired as well.

Aren't the colors on this card so beautiful? I just love them! I was so excited when I saw the twine in the same color and so I had to fit a little piece in!

Do you recognize the greeting? Well part of the greeting? It is from the country home set, I just used my black marker to use part of the sentiment and it fit so nicely on the stitched label die.

The background was done on watercolor paper with razzleberry, pumpkin and grapefruit. I then stamped the large leaf a few times after it had dried. I love all the layers of color! Thank you for visiting my blog and I would love any comment you might have! Have a blessed day and enjoy!

If you are like most of us and so busy during the holidays you will want to get the paper pumpkin to make fun holiday cards and tags. Everything comes with the kit and so all you have to do is enjoy the crafting time with friends and family! No commitment is necessary. You can just sign up for one month if you would like. Let me know if you have any questions!

More gather together!

I just am having so much fun coloring these pumpkins. The other night I sat down and had a bunch of the images from the gather together stamped in the momento ink and started to color so I think you might be in for a few more ideas with this set. 

I have been challenging myself to think of different cards to make with all the images that I have colored. When you stamp do you like to make many of the same card or do you like them all to be different? Although I do not mind mass producing cards I think I really just like to make all different cards. I love to try and see if I can find a new way to use a stamp or stamp set.  For this card I liked the idea of using the wood plank embossing folder behind the nested stitched die cut out.

The greeting fit perfectly into the stitched label die! Don't you love it when that happens. I am always looking for a way to switch up my greeting. What is your go to for greetings? Have a beautiful day and enjoy the nice fall weather that is slowly approaching! Thank you for stopping by!

Only a few days left to this sale!

So thankful!

Being thankful is such a great feeling! I am so thankful for so many things in my life and when I think about the long list I feel so wonderful! I have been blessed with so much in my life! I think that is why I love to make fall cards because they focus so much on being grateful. One of the things that comes to mind is all the wonderful friends I have made through my Stampin' Up journey for almost 21 years now. And I am so excited about all the new friends that crafting will bring into my life in the future.

When I first saw this set in the holiday catalog I knew it would be on the list of sets to buy. I love sets that have a purpose for more than one occasion. This set is called beauty and joy. Another thing that I like about this set is that it is affordable, selling for only $16 in the US. All of the elements in the set are individual stamps so you can create them in a variety of ways.

This is the first card I have made with this set. I used the fall leaves and cut a few of them out for a little extra dimension. The hardest part of the whole card was cutting tiny pieces of foam dots to go under the itty bitty leaves. 

If you are interested in this stamp set or any other from the new holiday catalog or the annual catalog let me know! I would love to have you join me in creating for those you love! I do appreciate you visiting my site and all the love that you send with your comments. Have  a beautiful week and enjoy! 

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Blackberry Bliss!

I am a little late in posting this card. I made it a few weeks ago for one of the card challenges that I had been following and life just got in the way. I never did end up submitting it but I thought I would share the card with you anyways.

As many of you who have visited my blog before know that I aspire to be a watercolorist.  Not sure if that is a word, but I want to be one anyway. I love to watch videos of many amazing artist!  They all make it look soooo easy. But the one thing they all stress is practice!  So that is what I like to do when I get the chance.

I love the line images from the inspiring iris stamp set. I kept this style a little loose and I like the way it came out. If you have any tips on how I can improve I would love to hear them in the comments below.  

Thank you for visiting my blog and have a wonderful day! Enjoy!

Make sure to order the first of the two sets by Oct.10th. With the craziness of the holidays it is fun to have a project that all the work is done for you.  You get the fun of just sitting down and creating.

Gather together for GDP #208

I am really into the fall cards right now and so when I decided to join in the new global design project challenge I had to use the gather together bundle. This week is was CAS(E) the designer.

Isn't this card adorable created by the super talented Krista Frattin and what a fun design to play with. I sure hope that I did her original justice.

Check out the designers cards here.

I used my blends to color this leaf all the beautiful colors of fall. I really think that fall is my favorite season. Also take a look at the detail in the smaller leaves, isn't it gorgeous!

I went with a light watercolor wash for the background and then added a few extra speckles with the dot stamp in the set. I couldn't resist adding a few of the new holiday rhinestones when I saw that they have pumpkin pie as one of the colors.

Hope you are finding time to make a few fall cards! I would love to know what sets are your favorite! Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed and beautiful week! Enjoy!

Clean and Simple

 This is just a quick little post for a quick little card. Very clean and simple.  Sometimes I feel like I have to add so many embellishments to make a card pretty and pleasing to the eye. For this card I kept trying to add so many different things, yet it never looked just right. So I decided to keep it simple and I love the way it turned out!

I started by cutting the leaf out with the die from the gather together dies and sponged the edges. I stamped the greeting from the stamp set. Using my new stencils (which I love and am so excited they came out with more!) I sponged the background, ran that through with the subtle embossing folder. Added a little piece of copper ribbon and that finished this card! Don't get me wrong, I love to spend time creating a card with lots of elements but sometimes it just calls out to be clean and simple.  Have a blessed day!  Enjoy!

What color pumpkin do you like?

So what color pumpkins are your favorite? I love the soft colors of these ones that I made with my mint macaron and crumb cake stampin blends.  And can I say how much I LOVE this new stamp set, gather together from the new holiday catalog! I love that it has pumpkins and fall leaves. I have so many ideas running through my head of what to make, I can't make them fast enough. Do you ever get so overwhelmed with new things and then don't know where to start. 

Well, I am excited to share with you the ideas that I have been coming up with!

This card I kept pretty simple and I had to much fun creating. Let me know what element you like best? Of course I love the pumpkins but I am really enjoying the wood plank on the die from the stitched labels dies. It adds to much texture and I am all about texture especially for the fall.  If you do not have a copy of the new holiday catalog let me know and I would love to send one out to you. Thanks for visiting my site! I really appreciate the time you have taken to check out what I have created. Plus, I really would like to know what color pumpkins you like? Enjoy and have a blessed day!

Harvest Blessings!

Do you love the fall colors?  I love them all! To me they all just bring a warmth to my heart!  Maybe it is because it reminds me of all the time I will spend with my family during the holidays! How about you?  

For this card, I used a great combo of pumpkin pie, so saffron and cajun craze. They all go together so wonderfully! When I was looking up fall leaves on google this was the most common color combo so I decided to try it out with my stampin blends. This leaf is from the gather together bundle in the new catalog. What an amazing bundle it is!

I love that you can stamp the leaf and then use the dies to cut it out or if you would like just cut the out line of the leaf out.  So many possibilities for this stamp set. I have a feeling it will be a big seller.

Let me know what your favorite fall color combo is?  If you have time leave me a comment below. I would love to hear from you! Thank you for visiting my blog and have a happy harvest blessing! Enjoy!

Versatile Flowers!

For todays post I wanted to share with you how many looks you can get from the to a wild rose stamp set flower! I have taken many photos so I hope you enjoy them. I used the same layout for all the cards so that you can focus on the different flowers.

I have included 2 close ups of every cards.  Let me know which one you like the best?

My biggest decision was trying to figure out if I wanted to use the same style leaves as the flowers. I thought just to even simplify the card even more that I would use the same style leaves, but I think it would be really fun and add some extra interest to switch up the leaves.

For the center of the flower I used vellum. I really like the way it just melts into the flower.

I did make one other change to the card design by using different words on the old olive panel. I stamped the words with versamark so that it was a nice subtle look.

This stamp set has so many wonderful images and I love that you can use them seperately or layer them. When you have a set that gives you all this then the possiblilties are endless with all the different looks you can get from one stamp set.

Which sets do you find are versatile in the new annual catalog or the holiday catalog? Let me know. Leave a comment below. I hope to share some of the versatile stamps sets in the holiday catalog soon! Thank you for stopping by and I hope to hear from you! Enjoy!

Newly added to clearance!

Good day to all of you!  I hope you are having a wonderful week! It is finally cooling off a little here in Southern California and my new order just came for the holiday catalog and so I can't wait to play with all the new goodies!  It took me so long to order because I wanted everything and unfortunately that is not in my budget. I can't wait to share the new items! If you have not received a holiday catalog let me know and I will get one out to you right away! I also wanted to let you know that they have updated the clearance rack and you will not want to miss the bargains!  They will go fast so check it out today! Don't wait to order if there is something you would like, I did once and it was gone.  Some things are up to 60% off! Let me know if you have any questions!

Look at the adorable paper pumpkin boxes for the next 2 months!  So excited to see what is inside!

October Kit- Order by Oct. 10th

Kit details: Makes 10 cards and envelopes

Card size: 4 1/4" x 5-1/2" (10.8 x 14 cm)

Envelope size: 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" (11.4 x 14.6 cm)

Coordinating colors: Early Espresso, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, and Shaded Spruce

November Kit-Order by Nov. 10th

Kit details: Makes 24 holiday-themed gift tags of 4 various sizes and designs.

Coordinating colors: Early Espresso, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, and Shaded Spruce

To sign up today go to the following website!

https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-us/sign-up/?demoid=17603

Enjoy and have a great day!

Who can resist cute little puppies?

I hope you enjoy this fun little video! Start your paper pumpkin today. You can just try one month if you would like to see what you think! There is no commitment and you can cancel at anytime!Let me know if you have any questions!

Also, don't forget about this great deal on fabulous designer series paper!

Have you gotten a holiday catalog yet?  You will want to start on your Christmas cards now! Let me know if you would like me to send you a copy of this wonderful catalog! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day and do something crafty!

CAS(E) this sketch! #338

Just a quick post today. I joined in on the fun over at the CAS(E) this sketch challenge. They have a really cute sketch and I love what the design team has done to showcase it! I used the lilypad lake stamp set. I also used one of the color combos that Stampin' Up gave us in a list of great color combos. If you would like the list let me know and I send it out to you.  The color combo I used was pool party, pacific point and mossy meadow. This was a huge stretch for me because I would not use these colors together. But I love how it turned out.

                                                                                      Click here to check them out!

Give this fun sketch a try. Have a great day and thank you so much for visiting my blog! I would love if you left a comment! Thank you! Enjoy!