Negative and Positive

These little gift cards (3x3) were a breeze when I used the negative and the positive of the leaf from the gather together dies. With a little piece of gather together designer series paper and a few of the sentiments, I have 2 cards ready for gift giving.

This size of card is so nice to add with a little gift. Stampin' Up also sells little 3x3 envelopes which makes them complete.

I sponged the edges of the leaf to add more dimension and then used the cajun ink to stamp the sentiment. When you cut something out with your dies do you keep the positive and the negative? I love to make use of all I can so you can imagine that I do. Let me know which dies you love to use for the positive and negative elements? Thank you for visiting my blog and I would love to hear from you!

If you missed ordering for the first part of the paper pumpkin holiday collection, you have till Nov 10th to order the second part which is tags! You will not want to miss this cute set of gift tags ready to use for the holidays.  Also, gift tags can make really cute cards when attached to a A2 size card.

I have the best stamp club!

My stamp club ladies are the best and I love to make cute little gifts for them! I couldn't resist these adorable little clear boxes filled with candy! These little boxes are a great deal only $7.50 for 16 boxes! The sentiment in the gather together stamp set was just perfect for the way I feel about my friends! I am so glad they are all in my life! Many of them have been with me since my beginning as a stamp demonstrator. They have encouraged and been not only my customers for over 20 years but my best friends. We have all seen each others children grow up, get married and now even some having their own children. Along with those wonderful times we have also gone through some tragic as well. Watching several of our members struggle with cancer and unfortunately one of the members passing away. And most recently one of our members losing her 25 year old daughter! Through it all, our group continues to have sympathy, support, love and care for each other. I couldn't ask for a better group of friends! Each one of them holds a special place in my heart and I pray for them all daily!

As you can tell I have great love for each of them! I know they have all the stamps, paper and accessories they need but they continue to come for the friendships we have all created! The best part is the age range is from 93- 25. What a diverse group of ladies. Each bringing a little something to our group!

I would love to give them all so much more than a little box of candy for all they have given me the last 20 years! I hope they all know I value their friendship and love them all dearly! Thank you for all of you who have given of yourselves to our group. I am feeling so grateful for them!

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!

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!