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?

August's Card Crafternoon: Metallic Magic Card #4

The beautiful Valley in Bloom DSP is the highlight of the final card of August's Crafternoon with the tiniest Butterfly Flight hot foil butterfly as the perfect little embellishment. 

We added some Balmy Blue gingham ribbon and a stamped scallop from Scalloped Circles bundle with Lost Lagoon ink.

Don't forget to decorate the insides of your cards with paper scraps and/or stamped images/sentiments!

August's Card Crafternoon: Metallic Magic Card #3

For card #3, we used Valley in Bloom DSP (on sale 15% off through the end of the month) with the large Classic Greeting hot foil die and small Butterfly Flight butterfly.

The Garden Green foliage springs are part of the Butterfly Flight hot foil dies set.

Save the date for September's Crafternoon on 9/13!

August's Card Crafternoon: Metallic Magic Card #2

Thank you for a fun Metallic Magic Crafternoon!  For cards 2-4, we used a second hot foil Butterfly Flight panel, colored by blending Darling Duckling, Coastal Cabana, & Blackberry Bliss ink and then die cut with the coordinating cutting die.

The large sentiment is from the Classic Greetings hot foil dies and the background was dry embossed with the Floral Spray embossing folder.

My September Crafternoon will feature all things fall on 9/13. 

Thursday's Live: Torn Strips 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 used six 4" x 1"-2" Beautiful Ordinary Life DSP (and one Pool Party Two-Tone Cardstock 4"x 1 1/2"), tearing one long edge to create some fun texture.  The vase was fussy cut from Artisan Sketched Garden DSP and the butterfly was stamped/die cut from the Extraordinary Life bundle.

You can catch me Live tonight at 7:30 with some fall fun!

August's Card Crafternoon: Metallic Magic Card #1

This past weekend I held my August Crafternoon which featured four Metallic Magic cards featuring the new Stampin' Up! hot foil system.   I used two panels of the Butterfly Flight hot foil (in gold on White Willow) to create four different cards.

We used the coordinating masks to ink blend the butterflies in Darling Duckling, Coastal Cabana, and Blackberry Bliss.  I added a hot foil sentiment from the Sweetly Sentimental dies and some gold cording. 

If you think you're seeing double, you kind of are, because I created this identical card style HERE but in different colors.  Let me know which one you prefer!

Another Strips Sketch Card

Someone I know turns 50 tomorrow, and we are showering her with some love today!  I made this card for her on my Thursday Live last week (8/6/26) using the Artisan Sketched Garden DSP.  (You can watch the replay on YouTube HERE if you're interested in learning how to make this card.)

Be sure to decorate the insides of your cards!

 You can catch me on my Facebook Live each Thursday at 7:30 PM!  Hope to see you there!

Thursday's Live: Strips Card Sketch

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

My prototype uses the Valley in Bloom and Artisan Sketched Garden DSP (both on sale 15% off this month, while supplies last).  I also used my Scalloped Blooms bundle, Garden Green ink & Stampin' Blend, plus Pool Party Stampin' Blend.

If you're not yet decorating the insides of your cards, give it a try with scraps of paper or stamped images!  Tomorrow I'll post the card that I made live.

Get inky, friends!  Catch me tonight for my next Facebook Live at 7:30 PM! 

September Paper Pumpkin Box Now Available

The window for ordering the September Paper Pumpkin box, Aspens of Gratitude, is now open!  

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 to month's kit, be sure to sign up HERE by September 10.

August Paper Pumpkin SALE Closes Today!

Just a quick reminder that the August Paper Pumpkin sale for new subscribers ends TODAY!  Sign up HERE if you're interested in trying this fun subscription service and saving 25%!

The window for ordering the August Paper Pumpkin box, Kindred Greetings, closes today!

AUGUST: Kindred GreetingsSubscribe July 11–August 10

Send timeless, understated cards with heartfelt messages of comfort and appreciation.

 • Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes

 • Precut paper pieces and intricate precut card fronts

 • Gray and white twine

 • Coordinating colors: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Gray Granite (Stampin’ Spot), Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink, Pool Party

If you aren't a Paper Pumpkin subscriber yet and want to month's kit, be sure to sign up HERE by August 10.  NEW subscribers can get 25% off their first kit, this month only (though Aug. 10)!

(If you are a subscriber and want to pause to not receive this kit, go into your account and pause before August 10.) 

Hot Foil Silly Old Bear Card

Did you know that you can hot foil your regular dies?  I used three of the Sweet Words & Labels frame dies to make this Silly Old Bear card. 

I began by placing the smaller frame die (and the wood grain die for another project) on my hot foil machine following the instructions (except using a regular die cutting dies rather than specific hot foil dies).

They foiled beautifully (if I do say so myself)!

The die cuts are very thin, so you get very thin foiling.

I'm really looking forward to getting my reverse hot foil plate so that I can use the leftover pieces on other projects!

Being able to hot foil "regular" die cutting dies is going to add a lot more options to the hot foiling system!  Let me know if you'd like to learn more (and RSVP for my hot foiling Metallic Magic class this Sunday, 8/16 at 3 PM, by Friday).

Finally, I was inspired to play along with this week's Global Design Project challenge #GDP559 theme: Frames.

Two More Floral Spray Wedding Cards

My sister needed two wedding cards recently, so I whipped these up in about 20 minutes (total).

The first card uses a Soft Sea Foam card base and a Very Vanilla Floral Spray 3D embossing folder panel.

The second card is white on white.  Both use Wink of Stella on the flowers and coordinating ribbon.

The Wink of Stella shows well at this angle.  It's such a pretty accent.

 Best wishes to both of the happy couples!