Sunday, November 10, 2024

Postage Collage and a Stencil

 Here's another entry into my experiments with the Waffle Flower Postage Collage products.  This time I started with an already stencilled and embossed panel from one of Altenew's Craft Your Life kits.


supplies: white and a mint mat from Scrapook.com Sunshine A2 paper pad, Waffle Flower Postage Collage dies and Postage Collage stamps, Altenew Watercolor Flowers Craft Your Life stencils and embossing folder, Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments stamps and die, adhesive strips

Unlike my 2 other cards, I did not use the coloring stencil.  I just cut the collage die direct from my panel that was previously stencilled and embossed.  Then I just added some postage stamps and lifted up a sentiment stamped in aqua.  

I'm having a ball!  I can see why these products are so popular!  Thank you once again for stopping by.

Friday, November 8, 2024

Postage Collage

 Still playing with my new Waffle Flower Postage Collage goodies, this time mixed with a favorite but sadly retired Simon Says Stamp floral stamp.


supplies: white, black, and dark peach cardstock, Postage Collage die, Postage Collage Coloring StencilPostage Collage stamps, Simon Says Stamp (retired) You Have My Heart floral spray, coral and jade markers to color, Spellbinders Curved Everyday Sentiments glimmer plate/die, Polished Brass hot glimmer foil

My process for this card:
    Cut out Postage Collage die from white cardstock
    Overlay Coloring stencil and stamp floral spray
    Remove stencil
    Color floral spray
    Add small Postage stamp details
    Affix to peach mat
    Add Curved sentiment

Next I want to do this again with a layering stencil - hope you'll come back for that in a few days!  Thanks for visiting!

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Spellbinders November Club Kits: Confetti Wishes

 The Spellbinders Club Kits are here!  This month's theme is Confetti Wishes!  Here's your chance to build up your birthday stash!!

Here are 2 cards on which I mixed the Stencils of the Month: Squared Away with both embossing folders. The first one uses the regular folder called Cascading Streamers and soft colors of ink.


supplies: white and black cardstock, Squared Away stencils, distress inks in saltwater taffy, worn lipstick, shabby shutters, carved pumpkin, and tumbled glass, Duckling ink, Cascading Streamers embossing folder, sentiment from Smooth Lines Mix & Match Sentiments

I cut my sentiment 3 times, twice from white, and once from black.

Here's a second version in brighter colors, this time matched with the Rosette Burst 3D embossing folder.


white and black cardstock, vellum, Squared Away stencils, distress inks in picked raspberry, mustard seed, carved pumpkin, twisted citron, mowed lawn, salvaged patina, and peacock feathers, Rosette Burst 3D embossing folder, Stylized Happy Birthday sentiment

The stencil set is 5 parts, so you can get lots of colors onto your panel, if you wish.  This was really fun to play with!  And I think it's an excellent background for any of your embossing folders, too.

Next I mixed 3 clubs.  Glimmer Kit: Confetti Burst plate and Rainbow Confetti glimmer foil, Large Dies: Hooray It's Your Birthday, and a sentiment from the Stamp/Die Kit: Confetti Wishes.  


supplies: colored cardstock, Confetti Burst Glimmer plate, Rainbow Confetti glimmer foil, Hooray It's Your Birthday frog and car dies, sentiment from Confetti Wishes

My next 2 cards use the Stitching Kit: Crossed Stitched Nested Card Front and the Small Dies: Birthday Bliss, with sentiments from the Glimmer kit: Confetti Burst.


supplies: colored cardstock, sloth, balloons, and clouds from Birthday Bliss kit, Cross Stitched die and green variegated floss, 6 strands, a foiled sentiment from Confetti Burst

I enjoyed stitching this month, so I stitched all 3 panels using variegated green floss.  The largest was a full cross stitch, and the others were just slashes, each going in a different direction.  


white and greens cardstock, Cross Stitched Nested Card Front dies, green variegated floss, turtle from Birthday Bliss, another foiled sentiment from Confetti Burst

As you can see, this month is packed with cute critters.  The Large dies also include a big crocodile, which I haven't used yet!

You can look HERE for information on Spellbinders Clubs.  Each is available for new subscribers from the 6th until the 27th of each month.  If you click on my links under each card, you can see the specifics of each product.  You can subscribe to each of our 10 kits separately, (and you can "unjoin" a subscription at any time without any penalty), or you can get them all, plus a free bonus item each month, and save 60% by choosing the Deluxe Caboodle!



Monday, November 4, 2024

A Postage Collage for Fall!

 I am probably the last person on earth to get these Waffle Flower Postage Collage dies, stamps, and stencils, but I made it at last, with a nice sale over at Waffle Flower a few weeks ago.  And I get it!  These are so unique and fun!  

I started with the main Postage Collage die and added the Coloring Stencil set and the original Postage Collage stamp set (I loved all the references on it to "sending hugs"!)  Could have gone on and on with their seasonal stencils to fill in with, but I thought I'd try to use what I have here before I jump down that rabbit hole!

Here's my first card.  I used all of the above, and pulled out an old favorite MFT stamp set called Harvest Mouse.


supplies: white and Audrey Blue cardstock, Postage Collage Die, Postage Collage Coloring Stencil, tumbled glass distress ink, Postage Collage stamps, My Favorite Things (retired) Harvest Mouse stamps, sentiment from Sunny Studio Autumn Greetings

I cut the Postage Die from white cardstock, then used one of the stencils to mask so that I could brush in a blue background in each cell.  Then I stamped, colored, and cut out the mice and a couple extra pumpkins, and arranged them on the postage panel.  I took a picture, removed the elements, and then stamped the postage stamps and a fall sentiment before gluing everything together and mounting it on an aqua mat.

I will be playing more with these new goodies - stay tuned!  Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Some Wreaths for November Thanks

 It's November!  This month is for being grateful, and so I thought I'd start it out with a couple wreath cards for that occasion.  

Both of them start with cream card bases, and use Concord & 9th Turnabout products and the same 4 colors of distress oxide inks.

My first card uses a turnabout stamp set called Harvest Wreath.


supplies: cream and Audrey Blue cardstock, vellum, Concord & 9th Harvest Wreath Turnabout stamp set, Turnabout Jig, mustard seed, ripe persimmon, peacock feathers, and vintage photo oxide inks, Sunny Studio Autumn Greetings sentiment, Pink Fresh Studio Folk Edge Rectangle die

These stamps make such a pretty design, that I never want to cover them up, so I stamped and clear embossed my sentiment on a strip of vellum this time.  It reads "Wishing You a Season of Blessings".

The second card started with a turnabout stencil called Autumn Hues.


supplies: cream cardstock, Concord & 9th Autumn Hues Turnabout stencil, Turnabout Jig, same inks as above, sentiment and circle from Gina K. Designs Autumn Wreath Builder, MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle die

These Turnabout goodies are pure fun, in my opinion; I always enjoy the process of working with them!  For those of you who haven't tried them yet, you position the stamp or stencil in your Misti with the help of the included acetate alignment aid, choose a color of ink, stamp or stencil, then turn your cardstock 1/4 turn to the right and choose another ink color, repeating this twice more to complete the design using 4 colors. I always use the Turnabout Jig to make sure my paper is positioned correctly to get the design centered perfectly on it. 


Thanks so much for stopping by today - have a great one!

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Woodblock Wednesday and Love Those Pretty Papers

 I made this card with 2 challenges in mind: Woodblock Wednesday, which opens today, and Love Those Pretty Papers, which closes tomorrow!

This month's woodblock stamp is from PSX, dated 2002, but it only has a number, no name on it.  


supplies: white card base, aqua cardstock, various fall printed papers, PSX woodblock stamp G-3322,  markers to color, sentiment from Spellbinders All Seasons Sentiments press plate/die set, adhesive foam strips to lift sentiment


You can see all the other entries at Amy's blog HERE.


And I'm also entering this into this month's Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge



Sunday, October 27, 2024

October

 One of my favorite months is almost gone, and I haven't done many cards for fall this month.  So I went looking back at my blog for past posts at this time of year.  I found one that featured this Quilted Stencil from Simon Says Stamp, and thought I'd use it once again, with fall colors.  When it came time to find a sentiment, I chose one from a Hello Bluebird Pumpkin Time set.


supplies: white and Audrey Blue cardstock, Simon Says Stamp Quilted stencil, Audrey Blue ink, distress inks in mustard seed, ripe persimmon, and barn door, Sunny Studios Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace die, Hello Bluebird Pumpkin Time sentiment, rectangle and square dies

The temperatures are dipping, so putting out some quilts to cuddle in is something I do about now.  They would pair nicely with a re-read of Anne of Green Gables, wouldn't they?

I'll be entering this into the October Stencil Fun Challenge and the Just Us Girls Challenge, thanks to Linda's suggestion.  I love stencils!

Hope you're enjoying the fall, too; thanks for stopping by today!

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Snowy Woodland

Here's a card I made with one of Simon's STAMPtember collaborations - with Gina K. Designs.  I love woodland scenes, and there were just too many cute possibilities in this silhouette set that I couldn't let it pass me by.  It's taken me awhile to get to play with it, but here's my first card using just a few of the elements.

At my parents' home, my Dad had planted several fruit trees in their large lawn and at dusk most of the year, deer would come to snack on whatever fruit they could find.  It's a special memory for me.  Those trees are still there, and continue to produce, so this little scene still plays out each year.


white cardstock, Gina K. Designs (retired) Stay Cozy stamps, VersaFine Onyx Black ink, clear embossing powder, lucky clover, wilted violet, salty ocean, and blueprint sketch distress oxide inks, splattered white paint, Spellbinders Perfect Touch die, snowflakes from my stash

After stamping the trees and deer, and embossing them, I brushed on a mix of distress oxide inks, masking off the ground first.  Then I cut out a smaller rectangle, stamped my sentiment, and splattered some diluted white paint across the panel.  That was then attached to my card base, along with a few small snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by today - I appreciate your visits! 

Monday, October 21, 2024

Timeless Trees

  Here are some more of the other products in the Simon Hurley Timeless Trees release. 

The Classic Christmas Tree set has a gorgeous large tree, various ornaments and stars to decorate it with, a tree stand, and some presents, complete with ribbons.  


supplies: cream, krafts, greens, and red cardstock, Classic Christmas Tree dies, Holly Flourish embossing folder, Christmas Sentiments BetterPress Plate/die

This pretty tree is made up of a 3 layers, for lots of interest.  I put my little scene against an older embossing folder background, and used a BetterPress sentiment for my card this time.

And the Whimsical Bottlebrush Trees has 2 different trees that you can layer to make as short or as tall as you like!


supplies: white, kraft, teals, and red cardstock, Whimsical Bottlebrush TreesHoliday Background Panelsilver glimmer foilHeartfelt Scallop die, Handwritten Holiday Sentiment die, glue and prisma glitter 

After constructing my trees, I put tiny streams of glue along the branches and then dipped them into glitter for a snowy feeling.  Then I placed them on a backdrop of silver glimmered stars/snowflakes.  The sentiment is also from Simon Hurley, released earlier this year

This collection also includes embossing folders, one of which you'll be seeing soon, and some large ornament dies which can be layered.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Friday, October 18, 2024

Simon Hurley's Mantle Decorations!

 What a fun idea Simon Hurley has come up with: Mantle Decorations!  They are part of his Timeless Trees Collection released about a week ago!  Here are 2 cards I made using the mantle goodies.


supplies: colored cardstocks, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas dp from  Spellbinders 2023 Make It Merry Christmas kit, Mantle Village and Mantle Decorations die sets (also available as a bundle)

Here's another card using both the mantle sets.


supplies: cream card base, krafts and colored cardstocks, deer, greenery, and cranberry swags from Mantle Decorations set, trees and mantle from Mantle Village set. sentiment from Stampendous Christmas Blessings Sentiments, Perfect Touch rectangle die

That sentiment couldn't be more perfect, could it?  

The Mantle Decorations set also has a set of 3 Christmas Stockings with etched details that can be hung from your mantle, so these sets are packed with possibilities that you can mix and match to your liking.  I hope I've inspired you to give these an extra look.

Thanks for coming by today - I appreciate your visit!  Please stop by again soon to see some more of Simon's newest release.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Spellbinders Shaker Domes!

 Here's a handy new release from Spellbinders: Shaker Domes!  They come in 5 different shapes and each has 6 domes in the package; I chose the Fresh Picked set.


supplies: cream cardstock, a scrap of pink and yellow floral dp, Fresh Picked Shaker dome, Fresh Picked Label die, Fresh Picked Floral Frame 3D embossing folder, gold-foiled sentiment, pink and yellow floral sequins

The Fresh Picked Floral Frame folder is too pretty not to use again, and the matching label dies pulled everything together for this card.  Here's another picture to show you the sequins.


The domes are nice and deep, eliminating the old problem about lifting the card front up enough so that the shaker elements can move freely.  

If you love to make shaker cards, I think these domes will make your process much easier! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Monday, October 14, 2024

Woodland Tales

 Spellbinders has released a new collection called Woodland Tales!  It consists of some gorgeous papers, dies, and a beautiful 3D embossing folder.  Today I have some cards using these new goodies.


supplies: white card base, gold foil cardstock, Woodland Tales Printed Vellum and Foiled AcetateWoodland Tales Sentiments dies, framing dies

 I couldn't wait to open the vellum/acetate paper pack, and I was blown away by this autumn scene!  It truly does bring back memories of walks in the woods in the fall, an activity that became a tradition even more so after we were all grown up and away from home.  I chose this autumn scene on vellum and the gold-foiled acetate sheet of script, and cut out A2 panels of each.  To be able to fasten them to my card base without glue or adhesive showing, I also cut out a framing panel from gold foil and affixed that to the acetate script panel first, then I could turn it over and add dots of glue underneath the frame to attach it to the vellum scene, and then to my card base.  And I thought the sentiment dies made the perfect greeting.  I love these papers!  

Next I played with the die sets that I got from this collection: Finley the Fox and Woodland Tales Fern.


supplies: cream, krafts, green, autumnal shades of cardstock, Woodland Tales Fern die, Finley the Fox dies, Fresh Picked Labels dies, sentiment from Fall Thoughtfulness

We recently returned from a trip to Maine, and while there we took lots of walks in the woods when we could.  One of the things I noticed at that time was that the ferns turned colors, too, all shades from golden to rust, while some remained green.  So those were the colors I put together behind this adorable Finley Fox!  Don't you love how he's prancing?!

Next I used the 3D embossing folder, Fresh Picked Floral Frame, along with some soft floral ephemera from this collection.


supplies: white and Peach Sorbet cardstock, Fresh Picked Floral Frame embossing folder, Woodland Tales Die Cut Shapes ephemera, Woodland Tales Die Cut Sentimentadhesive foam squares

I hope my cards have given you a feel for all the possibilities this collection has.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Yana's Amaryllis Garden

 Here's a brand new 3D embossing folder designed by Yana Smakula as part of her Amaryllis Christmas Collection.  She calls it Amaryllis Garden.


supplies: pink and Brushed Silver metallic cardstock, Amaryllis Garden embossing folder, Peony ink, sentiment from last month's Peace Dove die set

Just look at the wonderful detail in this design!  I didn't know much about amaryllis, so I looked them up and found they are usually pink.  So I simply embossed on a pretty pink cardstock, and then gently rubbed some Peony ink across the surface to bring out those details.  Then I added some silver accents.  I don't think it needs anything else!

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Festive Poinsettias

 Yana has another gorgeous release at Spellbinders today!  And she's made us another BetterPress plate with matching stencils for the holidays - Festive Poinsettias!  I have 3 cards today.


supplies: white and plum cardstock, Festive Poinsettias Better Press plate and Stencil Bundle, Black glimmer hot foil, Altenew Cherry Blossom, Green Fields, and Rocky Shores inks, blending brushes, Home for Christmas Sentiment/die

The foil plate measures 4 3/4" X 5 3/4", so after foiling it in Black, I matted it on a plum paper, and then onto a 5 X 7 card that I cut down a bit in length.  Yana's new Home for Christmas Sentiments press plates/dies have some wonderful sentiments that will work perfectly on these gorgeous backgrounds.

Next I foiled the design in Matte Gold and cut it down to fit onto an A2 card, changing up the colors to aquas.


supplies: white and Surf Blue cardstock, Festive Poinsettias press plate/stencil bundle, Matte Gold glimmer hot foil, Altenew Sweet Dreams, Green Valley, and Dark Chocolate inks, sentiment from this month's Glimmer kit, Festive Lights

I really like this color combination.

Here's a third version, done in reds against a black background.


supplies: white and red cardstock, Festive Poinsettia Press Plate/Stencil bundle, Black glimmer hot foil, Altenew Red Sunset, Green Valley, Maple Yellow, and vintage photo distress ink,  Home for Christmas Sentiment Press Plate/die, Matte Gold glimmer hot foil

You can see that this landscape version works just as nicely as the portrait one.

I hope you'll come back again in a few days to see another of Yana's designs from her newest release, called the Amaryllis Christmas Collection.