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Rick’s birthday is October 21, but getting our circle of friends together to celebrate it was a scheduling nightmare.  One of our friends was in Santa Fe, one was the Director of the NGRA Rodeo and was in Scottsdale for the Finals.  Between Rick’s participation in his University of Tennessee’s 150th Anniversary of the Marching Band and my volunteering schedule at the McCallum Theatre, the earliest we could all get together was last Sunday.  This was the card I created for him.  Both the Designer Series Paper and the stamp set are retired so I won’t go through the steps to create it.  However it was stamped on Gold Foil Card Stock using Memento Black Ink and Stampin’ UP!’s Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Markers. The card stock has brushstrokes of color, so I loved how the alcohol markers created the same effect on the foil card stock.  Enjoy!

Stampin’ Up!dates for Sunday, November 17th 2019

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Autumn Crafting Forever

Stampin’ Up! Gather Together Bundle and Crafting Forever Clear Mount Stamp Set

I love fall.  It’s my favorite season.  Growing up in Michigan created some wonderful memories.  I can still smell the scent of burning leaves.  That was back in the 50s when it was still okay.  A fall palette of wet leaves decoupaged to the sidewalk from a light rain is still my idea of God’s work of art.  🍁

Here is my 2nd in a series of cards using the Gather Together Bundle.  This time I’m highlighting the leaves dies.  I love the way the corrugated Brushed Silver Card Stock gives this card an industrial feel.  The pot of paint brushes creates the finishing touch.

Step by Step Tips:

• Each of the leaves was die cut using the embossing die.  I gently rubbed the surface of each leaf on the Golden Glitz Delecata Metallic Ink Pad.  These take a while to dry, so while you wait, create the background.  
• Cut a 4” x 5” piece of Brushed Silver Card Stock.  This is a retired item, so if you don’t have any, Smoky Slate Card Stock will work too.  Run it through the Big Shot using the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. The width will decrease to 3 3/4” making it fit perfectly on the 4” x 5 1/4” piece of Real Red Card Stock.
• I stamped the paint brush cup using Early Espresso Card Stock on Very Vanilla Card Stock and colored the brushes using various Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Markers.
• Cut out the pot of brushes and attach it to the card base using Dimensionals.
• Check to see if the leaves are dry and attach them using Dimensionals. Simple!

Gather Together

Stampin’ UP! Gather Together Bundle and Come To Gather DSP

Whenever I need inspiration for a card, my first stop is usually Designer Series Paper.  And Come To Gather DSP is a great place to start.  I used it here for color inspiration.  Who would have thought Pretty Peacock and Early Espresso would be fall colors?  But they can be with the right stamps.

Step by Step Tips:

• The 3 3/4” x 5” card base is matted on a piece of 4” x 5 1/4” of the Come To Gather DSP, which was also the color inspiration for this card.
• The sentiment was stamped on another of the patterns from the Come To Gather DSP in Pretty Peacock Classic Ink and die cut using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies.  Add it to the base using Dimensionals.
• Stamp the pumpkins using Early Espresso Classic Ink on Whisper White Card Stock stamped off once. Die cut using the Gathered Leaves Dies.  The large pumpkin is attached directly to the sentiment component and the set of two is attached using Dimensionals.
• Finally die cut the leaves out of Pretty Peacock using the Frosted Frames Dies and attached using Multipurpose White Glue.  Simple!

Stampin’ Up!dates for Sunday, November 10th, 2019

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Stampin’ Up!dates for Sunday, November 3rd 2019

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Have a Wicked Halloween!

Stampin’ UP! Seasonal Wreath and Wicked Dies

Happy Halloween!  This was certainly a Treat or Treat Halloween for me.  Somehow I misplaced my Wicked Die.  For weeks I searched for it.  I found it attached to the magnets under my Stamparatus this morning!  Good grief!  

Step by Step Tips:

• Emboss a 4” x 5 1/4” piece of Basic Gray card stock using a textured embossing Folder.  I used the retired Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, but any all over pattern design would work.  I attached it to a standard card base.
• Die cut some twigs from Basic Black and leaves from Gold Foil and clustered them in the lower left and upper right corners.
• I stamped the Seasonal Wreath using basic Gray Classic Ink on Whisper White card stock and colored it using my Basic Gray Watercolor Pencil, and the Light Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Ginny Apple Green, and  Bronze Fine Tip Stampin’ Blends. Cut it out and attach it to the card front using Dimensionals.
• I cut out the Wicked and spider from Black Glimmer Paper.
• I added a small amount of White Multipurpose Glue on the W and D (see the parts of those letters that touch the wreath in the pic) of Wicked and attached it to the wreath.
• My cherry was the little Black Glimmer Paper spider. Boo!

Stampin’ Up!dates for Sunday, October 27th, 2019

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Paper Pumpkin for October 2019

Adding a beautiful, handmade touch to Christmas will be fast and easy for Paper Pumpkin subscribers during October and November. Get ready for two straight months of perfectly coordinated card- and tag-making projects—starting with October’s Winter Woods kit. All 10 cards in this kit feature a nature-themed, watercolor scene evoking a crisp, cold winter afternoon. Just add trees, birds, snowflakes, and a stamped sentiment. Your touch will bring this wintry scene to life. And it’s so easy! Watch the video for tips, then get a headstart on your holiday to-do list and start stamping your Winter Woods cards today.

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Stampin’ Up!dates for Sunday, October 20th, 2019

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Stampin’ Up!dates for Sunday, October 13 2019

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Stampin’ Up!dates for Sunday October 6th, 2019

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