Woodblock Wednesday!

 Here's my card for this month's Woodblock Wednesday.  I used a stamp from a company called Outlines; I believe they were sold here at Archivers.  This one's called Split Layering Collage Autumn, and has no date..

 

It is just a wee bit too long for an A2 card, so I selectively colored some of the blocks and cut them out, matting each in a different solid color, then grouping them around my sentiment, which is a Simon/Clearly Besotted collab set from 2014 called Autumn Blessings.  The panel is cut with a PinkFresh Studio Folk Edge rectangle die.

You can see more cards using woodblock stamps at Amy's blog HERE.

Thanksgiving Blessings

 I was going through my old wreath dies, and decided to play once again with this Stitched Leaf Wreath from Simon Says Stamp, from maybe about 2015.  I pulled out some bright fall colors of cardstock for the leaves. 

supplies: cream and colored cardstocks, Simon Says Stamp Stitched Leaf Wreath and Chisolm Wreath, sentiment from Taylored Expressions Handlettered Thanksgiving, small adhesive foam squares, twine, a tiny heart sprinkle

This die is unique because it has a stitched line outlining the wreath on the inside and all around the outside, and gives the leaves some stitched details.  So I cut it out first from a panel of cream cardstock, then from the colored cardstock just to get some leaves.  I filled in the leaves, securing them on the backside with tape, then added a Chisolm twig wreath and finally popped some more of the leaves atop everything, using only the maple ones.  I like a twine bow on these, and added a tiny gold heart to its center.

I would guess that everything I used is retired; that will probably be the case going forward into the New Year.  I intend to make everything old new again!

Thanks for stopping by.

For Thanksgiving

I haven't played with Altenew's Garden Picks dies in a long while, and thought they'd make a nice card for Thanksgiving.

supplies: ivory, Memory Box Sunny Orange and Fresh Aqua Collections cardstock, Altenew Garden Picks dies, sentiment from Simon/Clearly Besotted Autumn Blessings stamp set, Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangle die

Each of these lovely flowers is at least 4 layers deep, so I'm so glad I invested years ago in the Memory Box 6" paper pads of solid cardstock!  

I've decided going forward not to link any of my supplies anymore; getting lazy in my old age!  Most of them are retired anyway.  You can just google them if you're interested.  

Thanks for coming by today - enjoy it!

A Thanksgiving Bouquet

 I haven't used this Honey Bee Stamps Fall Bouquets die set in awhile, so I pulled it out again for a Thanksgiving card.  This will serve as my greeting to any of you who may stop by over the holiday - Happy Thanksgiving!  

supplies: colored cardstock, woodgrain background from Honey Bee Grain and Grunge pad, Fall Bouquets dies, sentiment from (retired) 2014 SSS Autumn Blessings, cream embossing powder, adhesive foam squares

I hope you have a lovely day; it's probably the last holiday here that hasn't become too terribly commercialized, and we can enjoy it as it's meant to be.  

Happy Turkey Day!

 Here's a fun card that uses a Spellbinders die set from 2018 that is still available!

supplies: cream, and various colored cardstock, Paper Rose Autumn Plaid, nested rectangle dies, Spellbinders Happy Turkey Day dies, (retired) The Craft's Meow Golden Days sentiment, adhesive foam squares

It's getting closer!  What are your Thanksgiving plans?

Thanksgiving Fall Foliage Cards

I've got all my assignments done for this month, so I'll be finishing it off with some Thanksgiving cards.  Today I'm playing with an old favorite Taylored Expressions stamp and stencil set called Fall Foliage Background.  Instead of stamping, this time I utilized the matching Foil It background panels, which foil the skeleton leaves. 

You start with one of the panels, foil it in your laminator, then use the 3-piece stencil set to color in the details. I enjoy this process so much that I made 3 cards. The twinkle from these across the room is a sweet little surprise.

Here are my individual photos of each card.  I used copper/orange foil on this first one.

supplies: white and Orange Peel cardstock, Taylored Expressions Fall Foliage Foil It panel, Copper Deco Foil, Fall Foliage Background Stencils, ripe persimmon, peeled paint, and vintage photo distress inks, Nested Rectangle and Circle dies, sentiment from Gina K Designs Autumn Wreath Builder

I used gold foil on the other 2 cards.

supplies: purple cardstock, vellum, Fall Foliage Foil It panel, Gold Deco Foil, Fall Foliage Background stencils, persimmon, wilted violet distress inks, Chamomile ink, Spellbinders Hemstitch rectangle die, sentiment from Sunny Studio Autumn Greetings, clear embossed, (retired) Impression Obsession leaves, twine, tiny heart sprinkle

On this card I lifted the background above the card front.

supplies: Sunshine and Burnt Orange cardstock, Fall Foliage Foil It panel, Gold Deco Foil, Fall Foliage Background stencils, mustard seed, carved pumpkin, and crackling campfire distress inks, (retired) Neat and Tangled Maple Leaf Thanks die, sentiment from (retired) Simon Says Stamp Autumn Blessings, gold heart sprinkle, adhesive foam 

  

Thanks for visiting today.  Do you send out cards for Thanksgiving?  

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. 

I'm entering these into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

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

Happy Thanksgiving

 Here's a simple card for Thanksgiving, to wish all of my American friends a safe and blessed holiday.

supplies: kraft and Color Blend cardstock, Gina K Designs Tapestry embossing folder, sentiment from a (retired) Fun Stampers Journey/Spellbinders Thankful Friends cling set, (retired) Impression Obsession Leaves die, nested rectangle dies

Enjoy your turkey!!

Mini Slimline Thanksgiving Cards

 I really enjoy working with Taylored Expressions stencils!  Today's cards are made with their Triple Slim Falling for You set and matching Foil-It panels.

supplies: white and fuschia cardstock, Falling For You stencil set and matching Foil It panel, picked raspberry, carved pumpkin, cracked pistachio and vintage photo distress inks, Honey Bee Bitty Buzzwords sentiment dies, gold foil, laminator

supplies: white and orange cardstock, Falling For You stencil set and matching Foil It panel, fall colors of distress inks, sentiment from Impression Obsession (retired) Early Sunsets clear set, copper foil, laminator

For both cards, I started with the Foil It panel and foiled it in my laminator.  This gives a sparkle to the skeletons of the leaves.   Then I used the matching stencils to color in the details.  Each panel was matted on a colored cardstock and the sentiment was stamped or die-cut.  I always have fun deciding on which colors of inks will work with each other.  Almost anything usually works together - this time I loved the bright cracked pistachio mixed with the hot pink and orange on the first card!

If you enjoy stencilling I highly recommending giving Taylor's stencil sets a try - she has lots of them to pick from! 

Leftovers

Last year I made these 2 card fronts but never finished them into a card.  They were waiting for me in my fall bin of supplies this year.  So I found some sentiments for them and put them onto a card base.  Both started with Taylored Expressions "foil it" panels.

supplies: white, fuschia, and peacock cardstock, Taylored Expressions Fall Foilage Foil It panel,  Fall Foliage layering stencils, fuschia, lagoon, and fresh lemon altenew inks, Foil It (retired) Hand Lettered sentiments, (but you can get the same sentiments in a cling set HERE),  summer rainbow foil, laminator, circle and scallop circle dies

I used the same rainbow foil to foil the leafy panel and also the sentiment, and then chose my inks from those colors plus lagoon.

supplies: white and Orange Peel cardstock, Taylored Expressions Falling for You Triple Slim layering stencils and a matching Falling for You Foil It panel, gold foil, laminator, various fall colors of inks, sentiment from (retired) The Craft's Meow Autumn Borders, Spellbinders (retired) Mini Slimline Envelope Card Creator die

After stencilling the foiled panel, I attached one of the stencils and ran them through my die-cut machine with a rubber pad and embossing plate to emboss some of the leaves. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

Serenade of Autumn

 There's a new collection at Spellbinders released earlier this week called Serenade of Autumn.  It's a large collection, containing 18 different items, from papers to dies and everything in between.  I was lucky to get to play with a stencil and a set of sentiment dies from it!  Here's my card.

supplies: white and kraft cardstock, Layered Sunflower stencil, Serenade Sentiments, (retired) Postage Edge Rectangle dies

There are 6 layers to this die, all of which are on an 8 1/2 X 11 stencil which has marks to help you line up the layers.  The sentiment set has 9 word dies, among which are this thankful and also grateful, with shadow dies for each.  The words are large enough to make a statement without overpowering the main motif.

I hope you'll give this collection a look - I know you'll find something there that you'll like!

Simon Says......Anything Goes

Welcome to a new challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!

Our theme this week is Anything Goes, and the team is featuring Honey Bee products!  Having just celebrated Thanksgiving here in the States, I wanted to play with this gorgeous set of dies from them.

supplies: Green Leaf, Sunshine, Burnt Orange, Dark Chocolate, and other fall colors of cardstock, Gold Mirror Card, an unknown neutral flourish patterned paper, Honey Bee Fall Bouquets and Bitty Buzzwords dies, adhesive foam

This lovely die set has everything you need to make a seasonal bouquet.  I chose to put mine into a pumpkin base, but there's also a canning jar included in the set!  After arranging everything, I held it all together with some Press 'n Seal, secured it on the reverse, then added some adhesive foam to pop the whole thing above my card base. 

Now it's your turn!  We have a $25.00 gift certificate 

to the amazing Simon Says Stamp store for 1 lucky random winner of this week's challenge!  I can't wait to see what you all make this week!

Postage Edge Shapes

 Becca Feeken has a new release which launched earlier this week.  I have been looking for some postage-edge dies for a long time, so I was thrilled to be able to get these to play with!

The set consists of 4 different sizes of rectangular postage frames, plus 4 more dies with pinpoint details, a total of 8 dies altogether.

For my first card, I paired the rectangles with some fall motifs, also by Becca.  

supplies: Cream, Audrey Blue, and Burnt Orange cardstock, Postage Edge Rectangle dies, Fall Label Motif dies, Sugar Pea Fall Fox sentiment

Here I used 2 of the pinpoint dies with 2 of the postage edge ones.

Next, I used the largest rectangle and paired it with the next-to-smallest postage edge die and some supplies from the Santa Lane Christmas kit.

supplies: Becca Feeken Postage Edge Rectangle dies, red cardstock, floral panel and green plank papers, and puffy stickers (sentiment and gold snowflakes) from Santa Lane Christmas kit

These dies were released also in squares, slimlines, circles, and ovals, if rectangles aren't your thing.  

Thanks for your visit today.  It's Friday again - enjoy your weekend!

Simon's November Card Kit

 This month's Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp has some fun items inside!  I was excited to try the new adhesive transfers and foil, and combined them with the largest stamp in the set.

supplies: orange and cream cardstock, Thanksgiving spray from Simon's Full of Thanks clear stamp set and matching stencils, distress inks, sentiment from Grateful Fall Leaves adhesive transfer, orange foil from kit, MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle die

The stencils are large, 1 for each of the 3 largest motifs in the stamp set.  I used all distress inks with this one, and then some markers to make my corn into Indian corn.

These transfers are made to be used with or without a laminator; since I have one, that's the route I went.  I really hope that Simon brings out more of these, as it's really simple to add a foiled element to a card!

I was also so pleased that Simon included their newest Fine Detail Scissors in the kit - I used them to fussy-cut another of the stamped designs for my 2nd card.

supplies: white cardstock, a skinny plank dp from an old Doodlebug paper pad, Simon's Full of Thanks sunflower and leaf spray, Script Thanks die

I stamped and fussy-cut this spray twice so that I could make it a bit longer to fit my die-cut sentiment.  This time I colored it with my markers, although there is a stencil for this one, also.  I cut the sentiment 3 times and stacked them, since it's so dainty.  I cut it from the same plank paper that I used for my background.

Here's a look at the Card Kit.

Happy Thanksgiving

 Just popping in quickly to wish all my American friends a beautiful Thanksgiving today!  I'm sharing a card from several years ago for the occasion.

Fluted Classics Ovals

 Becca Feeken has launched another collection at Spellbinders which is called Fluted Classics.  I chose the Oval version to play with today, and made a card for Thanksgiving.

supplies: white, Audrey Blue, oranges, golds, greens, and kraft cardstock, Spellbinders Fluted Classic Oval die and flowers from an April 2019 Small Die of the Month die set, Simon Says Stamp Vine Canopy embossing folder and sentiment from (retired) Autumn Blessings

This die set has 9 different oval dies, which break down to 3 sizes.  I used the medium size.  Like all of the classic dies, these will be useful for so many applications!

Thanks to Spellbinders for sharing these with me.

Spellbinders Fall Traditions

Spellbinders very kindly sent me some new dies from their Fall Traditions collection, which is launching today.  I have 2 makes for you today using them.

supplies: cream, kraft, black, brown, Sunshine, Orange Peel, Lipstick Red, and Burnt Orange card, Spellbinders Happy Turkey Day dies, and a retired Thanksgiving die (October 2018 Small Die of the Month)

This was so fun to put together!  He is about 3 3/4" square, and has etched details for his body and feathers.  Don't you love his pilgrim hat?!  

I decided to put him onto a place card.  You would normally put the names of your guests at the bottom, but since I had this retired Thanksgiving die, I used it instead.  Or you could use another sentiment, perhaps "Gobble" would be fun!

This would make a fun project for your kids - provide them with the parts, and let them put them together as they like!

Next, a card that uses their new Autumn Leaves dies.  Once again, the leaf details are etched into each die.  There are 9 different leaves in the set!

supplies: ivory cardstock, a variety of tone-on-tone patterned papers, Spellbinders Autumn Leaves dies, Sunny Studio Autumn Greetings sentiment, gold embossing powder, gold enamel hearts

I dug into my immense collection of patterned papers to cut out these leaves, sticking to autumnal colors.  I've always liked these warm colors paired with a teal or aqua, and this background fit the bill nicely.  I simply gold-embossed my sentiment into a strip, then tucked the leaves behind it.  

As always I so appreciate the opportunity to play with these new things from Spellbinders!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Thanksgiving

Just sharing a Thanksgiving card today.

supplies: ivory, Sunshine, Green Leaf, Burnt Orange, and kraft cardstock, Taylored Expressions Fall Foliage Background stamp and stencils, mustard seed, fossilized amber, ripe persimmon, crackling campfire, and shabby shutters distress inks, Handlettered Thanksgiving Sentiment, Impression Obsession Leaf die, twine, tiny heart sprinkle

This Fall Foliage set is a joy to work with, and the results are perfect every time!  I simply added a framed stamped sentiment to the center of my card and some tiny oak leaves.

Thanks for coming by.  

Simon Says..........Thanks/Thanksgiving

Happy Wednesday, and welcome to our challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!

This week our theme is Thanksgiving/Thanks, and the team is featuring Pink Fresh Studio products.  

supplies: ivory and Burnt Orange cardstock, Pink Fresh Studio Lush Vines cling stamp, Simon Circle Christmas Sentiments (dotted circle), Gina K. Designs Autumn Wreath Builder sentiment, Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangle die, Hero Arts Infinity Circle die

I didn't want to lose too much of this pretty allover design, so I used a hemstitch rectangle die to add some subtle detail, then mimicked that with the dotted circle surrounding my sentiment.

Now it's your turn!  We have a $25.00 gift certificate 

to the amazing Simon Says Stamp store for 1 lucky random winner of this week's challenge!  I can't wait to see what you all make this week!

Grateful Leaves

 Today I have another card made using the Taylored Expressions Fall Foliage Background stamp and stencil combo.  This set is very addictive, and comes together so quickly!  And although I'm using fall colors again, it would be just as pretty done in several shades of greens, or pastels for spring.  What sets this set apart is the addition of a detailing stamp to give more depth to the stencilled leaves.

supplies: ivory and Orange Peel cardstock, a plank dp, Taylored Expressions Fall Foliage Background set, ripe persimmon, peeled paint, and vintage photo distress inks, (retired) Neat & Tangled Maple Leaf die and an unknown sentiment die

I stamped and stencilled my panel, trimmed it a bit, then die-cut the maple leaf and sentiment dies.  The panel was popped above some woodgrain patterned paper, then my sentiment was centered inside.

Distress inks work really nicely with these stencils - I applied them with a blender brush; and the stencils themselves clean up easily with just water, since these inks are water-based.  If you'd like to see some more color combinations for this set, you might like to go back to THIS POST.  I think this set will become a much-used favorite!

Thank you for stopping by - have a great weekend!