Painted Thanksgiving

 


When I saw Paula Dobson's card... I just knew it would be prefect for my Thanksgiving cards for my family! I love this 'Painted Harvest' stamp set! It's a double stamp... where you ink and stamp one color and then with another stamp, ink and stamp that one over top to create a detailed design. I decided to create a few variations of color for my sunflower. Here are the color combos: Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango; Rococo Rose and Merry Merlot; and Daffodil Delight and Peekaboo Peach for the flowers. For the leaves, I used Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive. The middle of each flower is inked with Soft Suede. The flowers in the forefront were all cut out using scissors.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Painted Harvest
Ink - Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Peekaboo Peach, Rococo Rose and Merry Merlot
Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Rococo Rose, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Painted Autumn DSP
Accessories - scissors, Leaf Punch, dimensionals, glue dots, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon

2019 Veterans Day

On this special day, we Thank all Veterans who have served/are serving this great country! My husband and I did not serve, but we have family members who have, and we'd like to show our gratitude for the sacrifices that they have made for us to enjoy the freedoms that we share.

I designed the focal piece within my digital software, and printed it out on Whisper White cardstock.

For the background piece, I decided to create my own embossed background using the 'Stitched Star' dies. To do this, you need your star dies, a piece of cardstock (in my case, Crumb Cake), a Die-Cut/Emboss Machine and Embossing Mats. Create the sandwich within your machine this way: platform, silicone mat, cardstock, dies, Impressions mat.

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Supplies Used:
My Memories Suite digital software
Embellishments - Rockets American Flag (MMS)
Stamp Brush Set - Ink Splatter (SU)
Paper - Night of Navy, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Embossing Mats, Stitched Stars dies, dimensionals, Real Red Solid Ribbon, Blueberry Bushel Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Ribbon

Petal Notions

Not sure who designed the card on the right. I found it on Pinterest, but the image doesn't go to any particular website. So... if this card is yours.... thanks for your inspiration! I really liked the colors and the layout, so I created one for myself.

I used Stampin' Blends markers to color in the image. Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler for the roses, Light Cherry Cobbler and Dark Flirty Flamingo for the rosettes, and Light and Dark Mossy Meadow on the leaves.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Petal Palette, Seaside Notions

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Flirty Flamingo)

Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Petals and More Dies, glue dots

Bubble Well

 


I found the card on the right through Pinterest on the blog 'Candles In The Garden'. What a cute and colorful card. Now, I'm assuming the card base is bigger than mine (4.25"x5.5") because I used the small die for the bottle and it still went over the edge of my card.

I stamped the black label on each bottle by using a template with the Stamparatus, and just inserting the different colored bottles within the template to stamp the label. Perfect alignment on each! I used a circle die as a guide to make sure the bottles aligned in a circle too.

Thanks so much for taking a closer look!

Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Bubble Over, Well Said
Ink - Memento
Paper - Melon Mambo, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Seaside Spray, Gorgeous Grape, Whisper White, Basic Black, Silver Foil
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Bottle and Bubbles dies, Little Letters dies, Circles Collection dies

Autumn Phrase

Although, death is a part of life... it's never easy when the loved one is so young. This card is for my God-daughters who lost their biological father. May they both rest in the comfort in knowing that he is now in God's loving hands.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Sets - Vintage Leaves, Kind and Caring Thoughts
Ink - Smoky Slate, Memento
Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Leaflets dies, Basic Black Twine, dimensionals, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder

Blessed Sympathy

For our friends who lost their dear son and brother. This is a card/layout I have used before.... just changed the black ribbon to twine this time.

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Supplies Used:
My Memories Suite digital software
Stamp Brush Set - Friends 24-7
Font - Bliss
Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Layered Leaves, dimensionals, Basic Black Twine

Morning Petal

The 'Good Morning Magnolia' stamp set and it's coordinating 'Magnolia Memory' dies by Stampin' Up! make it so easy to create lovely cards when you pair them with the coordinating 'Magnolia Lane' Designer Series Paper (DSP).

I stamped the sentiment with versamark and heat embossed white emboss powder onto Early Espresso cardstock.

I stamped the flower image on white cardstock and colored them in using Stampin' Blends (Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink and Bronze).

See, so easy!
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Supplies Used:
Stamp set - Good Morning Magnolia
Ink - Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow and Bronze), Versamark
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Magnolia Memory dies, Heat Tool, White Emboss Powder

Smooth Seaside

I created a cute seascape using the stamp set 'Seaside Notions' along with the 'Sailing Home' dies. They are not a true coordinating pair, but both have the 'SEA' theme.

As you can see, I used the rope die to create a border for my sentiment.

I colored the image using Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake). The seaweed is one die, but with 2 different colored papers (Pear Pizzazz and Soft Sea Foam). I used scissors to cut out the seahorse.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Seaside Notions
Ink - Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake)
Paper - Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Soft Sea Foam, Pear Pizzazz, Color Theory DSP
Accessories - Die-Cut/Emboss Machine, Sailing Home dies, scissors, dimensionals

Seaside Root

When I saw Christy Velasquez' card (right), I just loved the colors and the simplicity of it -- I had to make one for myself (well, for my Uncle). 

I tend to go dark (rather than light) when I do sponging... and this card reflects my heavy inking on the sponge daubers. I think it turned out very well. Now, on Christy's card, she added a sprinkle of white... I chose not to do this on my card.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Rooted In Nature, Seaside Notions

Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Memento

Paper - Crushed Curry, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories - Basic Black Thick Twine, sponge daubers, scrap paper (to mask a portion of cardstock)

 

Fresh Home

My In-Laws recently moved into an Independent Living Facility. They moved from their home of 63 years, so it was a little rough on them. We wish them many blessings in their new home. We can't wait to see it in person!

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Supplies Used:
My Memories Suite digital software
Embellishments - Fresh Spring - birdhouse (carolnb); Housewife Life - flower cluster (ADBD)
Stamp Brush Set - Autumn Harvest - words (SU)
Paper - Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry, Whisper White