New Video - Pouncing with Plastic Wrap

You may remember this card, one which was entered into the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge (and I was so excited to have my card picked as a winner!):

 I originally had another idea, so I decided to remake my card and experiment with the background, using a technique that is an oldie, but goody.    It came out so nice that I used it in my Card Club this month...everyone loved the background and I heard, "I see a video coming..."

So naturally I couldn't disappoint anyone.  Here's my second attempt at this card, changing up the background and showing you this great technique:  Pouncing with Plastic Wrap!



 I hope you'll give it a try!

Transitioning to Fall

It's time.
Time to start the annual transition to autumn; autumn colors, autumn leaves, and grateful sentiments.

Here's my first card for the season:

Copper is a new Stampin' UP! color this year.  And I'm lovin' it!  I wanted to highlight the new Copper Foil Sheets, so I decided to play along with the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.  (see it here)

The challenge was to play Tic Tac Toe:



And I decided to run straight across the bottom:  Copper, Banner and Die Cut.

So I started with the leaves.  Vintage Leaves is a great autumn set, and has matching Leaflets Framelits dies.  I pulled out an old technique - Saran Wrap Pouncing (at least that's what I call it) to create a sheet of fall colors.  Using Very Vanilla card stock, I scrunched up a piece of Saran Wrap, mashed it into my Crushed Curry ink pad, and pounced on the paper.  I repeated it with Cajun Craze and Old Olive inks.  Once done, I stamped my leaves in Versamark and embossed them with new Copper Embossing Powder.  Pretty!

I cut an oval with the Layering Oval Framelits and the Copper Foil, and layered my leaves over it (two are popped up with Dimensionals).  A Mini Pinecone (so cute!) was threaded onto two strands of Linen Thread, which was tied into a bow and added with a Mini Glue Dot.

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The sentiment from Thankful Thoughts was stamped in Versamark on Early Espresso and also embossed with Copper.

The card base is Early Espresso, and the Very Vanilla layer was stamped with Hardwood in Early Espresso ink, then heavily sponged with Early Espresso.

OK, autumn--I'm ready for you!

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Vintage Leaves

Here's a simple, elegant card that has many uses.

We made this card at my Card Club last month and my attendees got to choose a variety of sentiments.  From birthday to thank you to sympathy--this card does it all.

We started with a Mossy Meadow card base, and added a layer of Pear Pizzazz.  Then on the Whisper White we stamped Vintage Leaves in various colors, layering Pear Pizzazz (stamped off once) with another leaf in full strength Pear Pizzazz, then Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.

The sentiment from Petite Pairs was stamped and cut out with the Leaflets Framelits, popped up with a Dimensional and decorated with a piece of (retired) Mossy Meadow Striped Satin Ribbon.

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Expressing Thankfulness

"Thankful" is such a nice word.  It conjures up more than "thank you"; there seems to be an added sense of "heart", something deeper, when you talk about being thankful.  Do you feel that way too?

I send a lot of thank you notes at work.  We like to thank our employees for a job well done, even if it's just something small, but a gesture that made someone else feel better.  So I find myself making lots of thank you notes.

But every now and then I need more.  Someone really goes out of his or her way to make someone feel special!  And that's when I think "thankful".

So here's a card that's a bit more, something a little bigger than thank you.  One that I hope a recipient would understand how much I appreciate what they've done:

This card has a lot of layers.  The base is Early Espresso, with an off-kilter layer of Very Vanilla.  Next up is another layer of Early Espresso with Hardwood stamped on it.  (If you need help stamping these large background stamps, check out my Everyday Stampin' video here).

There's a strip of Bohemian Designer Series Paper (doesn't that look like corn on the cob?) and then a gorgeous leaf.  (Full disclosure:  you'll see acorns on this card.  Acorns come from oak trees; this leaf is a maple leaf.  There's an oak leaf in the set, but it was skinnier, and didn't look as good, so I chose the maple instead.  I apologize to all my arbor-correct friends).  The leaf, from Vintage Leaves, is stamped in Always Artichoke.  Then it is cut out with the Leaflet Framlits.   I crumpled the leave into a ball, and carefully straightened it out, then I sponged Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive inks all over it.

On the back of the leaf is a Dimensional; I scrunched up some Gold Cording and stuck it onto the Dimensonal, and then added the leaf to my card.

The acorns tops were stamped in Crumb Cake, and I used the Acorn Punch to punch out the acorns (Crumb Cake cardstock) and the tops, which were added with more Dimensionals.

The banner was stamped in Old Olive and cut out with the Banner Framelits.

So what do you think?  Is this a "thankful" card?

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Simple Birthday

Here's a card from our September Card Club, a simple, yet elegant card for any occasion.  I used it as a birthday card, and feel it would be perfect for that man in your life who doesn't want frills and bows:

Not quite a single layer card, this starts with a Mossy Meadow card base, with a layer of Pear Pizzazz.  Then comes Whisper White, on which is stamped the many leaves from the beautiful Vintage Leaves set.  They were stamped in Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow ink.

The sentiment, from Petite Pairs was stamped on a scrap of Whisper White and cut out with the Leaflets Framelits.

Popped up on Dimensionls, and then a knot of (retired) Mossy Meadow Striped Satin Ribbon was adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.

The beauty of this card is that it can be used for many occasions; I needed a sympathy card, and used the exact same set, layout and colors, only changing the sentiment for another one from Perfect Pairs.

Beautiful, classy, all occasions...doesn't get much better than that!

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Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Vintage Leaves

$26.00

Petite Pairs Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$29.00

Petite Pairs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$21.00

Leaflets Framelits Dies

$25.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Glue Dots

$5.25

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