September Crafternoon Card #1: Triple Panel Z-Fold Card

This triple panel Z-fold card features the pretty September Product of the Month, Luxe Foliage DSP.

I think would be cute with a bow on top like a stack of presents or even as a wedding cake!

We had fun fussy cutting this pretty paper to make the card accents.

Falling for Hot Foil Class (10/26)

Recently a new venue/opportunity has opened up, and I will be teaching my first card making class at The Murphy Art Center (The MAC) on 10/26 at 1:00.  I'll be teaching a fall version of my August Metallic Magic class to a new audience.

I'm really excited about this opportunity to meet new people and expand my Inky community across the tri-state area!  If you're a current customer interested in a kit to go, just let me know!

Another Offset Rectangles Card

While trying out a few ideas on last week's Thursday Facebook Live, I ended up creating this second card.  (You can find the first card HERE, posted yesterday.)

In place of the gold foil DSP panel, I used a pretty piece of Moonlight Flora DSP, matted on Golden Glow.  I love how the varying shades of green die cuts peek out behind the focal panel and add texture.  Normally I would not use Peaceful Pine, Old Olive, & Mossy Meadow together, but they coordinate beautifully with the DSP.

 

Thursday's Live: Offset Rectangles Card

My recent Stampin' Up! order arrived on Thursday, so I had to share the September product of the month, Luxe Foliage DSP, on last Thursday's Facebook Live (each Thursday at 7:30 PM) and create a Peaceful Pine card!  Which color is your favorite: Secret Sea, Pecan Pie, or Peaceful Pine? (You can also find YouTube instructions HERE.)  

I cut a 1 1/2" x 4" piece of the Peaceful Pine Luxe Foliage DSP and matted it onto a piece of a gold foil sheet.  Thanks to my audience participation, I selected the large Classic Greetings hot foil sentiment.  I love the texture that the Floral Spray 3D embossing folder provides!

While making the live video, I played around with a few ideas, so you can come back tomorrow for a second card.

As always, I hope this inspires you to get inky (or crafty)!  See you at 7:30 on tonight's Facebook Live!

September's Card Crafternoon: Falling for Autumn

Yesterday some lovely ladies joined me for the September edition of my monthly crafternoon.  This month's theme was "falling for autumn."  Here are the four cards we made:

I have three kits left for these four cards, so please let me know if you'd like one of them (mailing fee will be an extra cost if you're not local to me). 

You're invited to next month's Crafternoon, which will be held on 10/18.  We'll begin our holiday cardmaking with a Traditional Christmas class that will include some gift card ideas.

Stamp Out Loneliness: Virtual Card Making Retreat 10/3

You're invited!  All paper crafters welcome!  This event will all happen on my Facebook page (with a live Zoom session at 10 AM EDT) with a few inky friends from the Mauvelous Lollies team!

 

October Paper Pumpkin Available Through 10/10

The window for subscribing the October Paper Pumpkin box, Noel Greetings, is now open! This month's kit coordinates with the beautiful Neutral Noel suite (my favorite for Christmas this year!). 

 Craft elegant, layered Christmas cards in a sophisticated neutral palette. 

• Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs with 10 coordinating envelopes 

• Precut paper pieces 

• Gold foil accents 

• Coordinating colors: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow (Premium Stampin’ Spot), Pecan Pie

This kit will help you get a jump start on your holiday cards!  If you're not already a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, be sure to sign up HERE!

P.S.  As a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can also purchase the coordinating quarterly dies to have even more fun with the stamp sets in your kits!

Thursday Live: Color Theory

Last Thursday's Facebook Live (each Thursday at 7:30 PM) explored color theory to help you create beautiful projects.  (You can also find YouTube instructions HERE.)  

Both cards use the same card design but have a different colored butterfly hot foil accent.  The first card uses an analogous color scheme of Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, and Garden Green.  (Analogous colors are beside each other on the color wheel.)

The second card uses a complimentary color scheme (opposites on the color wheel) of Pretty Peacock, Night of Navy, and (neutral) Pecan Pie.

Which do you prefer?  I really like them both!  I think that the larger butterfly works better with the smaller flowers of the Sunflower Fields DSP while the smaller butterfly of the second card offsets the large sunflower well.  (There's also more blue-green leaves in that particular cut of the DSP.)  Let me know in the comments which one you prefer!

As always, I hope this inspires you to get inky!  See you at 7:30 on tonight's Facebook Live!

September Paper Pumpkin Closes Today!

Just a quick reminder that the window for the September Paper Pumpkin box, Aspens of Gratitude, ends TODAY!  Sign up HERE if you're interested in trying this fun subscription service!

SEPTEMBER: Aspens of GratitudeSubscribe August 11–September 10

Share your gratitude with cards featuring beautifully hand-painted woodland designs.

 • Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs with 10 coordinating envelopes

 • Precut paper pieces 

 • Self-adhesive gem embellishments

 • Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso (Stampin’ Spot), Golden Glow, Gray Granite, Mossy Meadow, Pumpkin Pie

If you aren't a Paper Pumpkin subscriber yet and want this month's kit, be sure to sign up HERE TODAY.

Thursday's Live: Diagonal Squares Card

Last Thursday's Facebook Live (each Thursday at 7:30 PM) card creation used scraps again to create a pretty card background!  (You can also find YouTube instructions HERE.)  

I cut 18 1" squares from all six Sunflower Fields DSP (which are two-sided) and I used 14 or 15 of them to create this fun diagonal squares pattern.

In my video, I show how you can use Scalloped Bloom dies to create the sunflower, and a Sweet Sentiments hot foil die and gold ribbon finished off this card.

Hope to see you tonight at 7:30 PM EDT!

The September-December Catalog & September Online Exclusives Are Here!

Today's an exiting day in the Stampin' Up! universe!  Every quarter, a new catalog launches, and in every odd month online exclusives go live.  Additionally, the September product of the month and two new kits are now available!

You can find them all at HERE! 

Thursday's Live: Fun Fold Half Card

Here is the Thursday before last's Facebook Live (each Thursday at 7:30 PM) card creation using the August product of the month, Glow of Autumn DSP, to create a fun half card!  (You can also find YouTube instructions HERE.)  

The first two cards both started with Crumb Cake cardstock and the third card uses Cajun Craze.  They all have sentiments from the Sweetly Sentimental hot foil dies with gold foil.

The first card uses acorn and leaf dies from the Silly Old Bear bundle with Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, and Early Espresso cardstock.  I added stitching with a Pecan Pie Stampin' Blend.  

For the second card, I used more Silly Old Bear die cut cardstock leaves and fussy cut the pumpkin from the Glow of Harvest DSP.  Timid Tiger Stampin' Blends worked beautifully on this pearlescent paper to color the focal pumpkin!

Die cut mushrooms from the Cute As a Bug dies are a fun fall twist.  Use a white gel pen to add details!

So which card is your favorite?