Some Buzzworthy Cards

Spellbinders kindly sent me a couple of products from their new Buzzworthy Collection, by Fun Stampers Journey!  Here are the 2 cards I made, using a cling stamp set and a stencil.

supplies: white cardstock, FSJ Sweet Honeycomb Stencil, inked with fossilized amber distress ink, Sweet as Honey cling stamp set, markers to color, adhesive foam to pop up flower

The honeycomb stencil provides the perfectly-scaled background for the other card elements, which were minimally colored.  Here's another card, using more elements from the stamp set.

supplies: white cardstock, yellow and black washi tape, FSJ Sweet as Honey cling stamps, enamel heart, adhesive foam to pop up flowers

For this one, I stamped, colored, and fussy-cut the smaller flowers and leaves, then arranged them over my washi panel and popped them above it.  I colored them as daisies, but they actually look more like coneflowers, and could be colored in brighter colors.

I love the little flight details that are included, too!  

Many thanks to Spellbinders for providing me with this fun collection to play with!

Blessings

 Today's card is a variation of one I made last year - I like these elements together.  This year I added some metallics to the mix.

supplies: ivory and Tim Holtz Rose Gold Metallic Kraft cardstock, plank dp from Craft Consortium Wood Textures pad, Simon Stitched Grand Maple and part of Christmas Blessings sentiment dies, Spellbinders Falling Leaves embossing folder, rose gold sequins, adhesive foam to lift top panel

When I got this new plank pad of paper, I wondered whether I'd ever use this particular one - it looks like someone used the side of a barn to clean his paint brushes!  But I think it worked nicely for this card.  The pinks in it were one reason I chose the rose-gold accents.

And one more shot.  It's unusual to find an embossing folder with various leaves on it like this one.

As always, thanks for stopping by today!

Mighty Oak

More cards for the season - oaks were my Dad's favorite tree in the autumn; he liked the duller colors.  These oak dies are another new Botanicuts release from The Greetery.  They're a nice size, not too big, so there's plenty of room for a sentiment, as you'll see in my 2nd card.

supplies: white (to stamp pitcher) and kraft (under shiplap) cardstock, solid dps from an Authentique 2012 paper pad, The Greetery Pitcher-esque layering stamps, Ship Lap and Mighty Oak dies, sentiment from (retired) Sugar Pea Designs Fall Fox

Isn't that ship-lap die amazing?  It has woodgrain markings in it, as well as little "nail" cutouts.  I layered my individual boards over a panel of kraft cardstock to get the nails to be more noticeable.   I added a darker brown shelf to hold my pitcher.  Here I just arranged the leaves in my pitcher with some bare branches, adding some acorns and an extra leaf as if they'd fallen out.

For this next card, I used the full branch.

supplies: Lipstick Red, Schoolhouse Red, Burnt Orange, kraft and cream cardstock, The Greetery Mighty Oak Botanicuts, Changing Seasons embossing folder, sentiment from (retired) Newton's Nook Fall-ing for You

This spray of oak leaves was fun and easy to put together - I used colored cardstocks to make it even easier!  I cut a couple extra of the smallest leaves to have them fluttering down and to balance out the sentiment in the corner.  

Thanks for stopping by - is it feeling like fall where you live?

A Collaboration Between Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey!

Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey are coming together, and will be offering products from both companies, all in one place, at the Spellbinders site!  I was tickled to be asked to help showcase the new Fun Stamper Journey cling stamps.  Here are 3 cards I made with what I received.

My first card shows just a few elements from the Thankful Friends set.

supplies: cream, Audrey Blue, and chocolate brown cardstock, dps from I Love Family by Lori Whitlock paper pad, FSJ's Thankful Friends cling stamps and matching dies, rust and brown inks, twine, adhesive foam squares

This set is a keeper - besides this foxy gentleman, there's a darling squirrel, 2 other sentiments, a winter cap, a coffee cup, an acorn, and more leaves.  I really like this set because I'm not a colorist, and these stamps are all solid, so the ink does all the work!

I also received a gorgeous fall background called Color Me Fall, with which I paired a Spellbinders die from a previous kit this year.

supplies: Orange Peel, brown, and Ivory cardstock, a strip of vellum, FSJ Color Me Fall, Nuvo Creative Pens markers to color, Spellbinders October Small Die of the Month sentiment die

It was fun to use my fall markers to color in the design, and this background is easy to pair with a sentiment die to make a fairly easy design!

And one more, for when you're feeling lazy.  This one combines the background stamp with a sentiment from Thankful Friends.

supplies: beige, brown, and Desert Storm cardstock, FSJ Color Me Fall and sentiment from Thankful Friends, brown ink, adhesive foam to pop stamped panel above sentiment, copper maple leaf sequins

Fun Stampers Journey stamps are made in the USA, and over 50% of their stamps have coordinating dies.  Head on over to the Spellbinders site to see all the entire Fun Stampers Journey line!

Many thanks to Team Spellbinders for the chance to play with these fun stamps!