My Birthday Bird Feeder Layout

My girls got me a beautiful new squirrel-proof bird feeder for my birthday earlier this year, and I have enjoyed taking pictures of all of our visitors.

Of course I had to use the Nests of Winter suite to create this layout.

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Sundays Are for Sketches: Mini Catalog Card #4 of 10

 Sketch #4 went so well with snowflakes!

Both cards use the Snowy Winter bundle and the bonus tag from the winter Paper Pumpkin dies.

I couldn't decide which was cuter, the snowman or the penguin, so I made a card with each.

Wink of Stella adds a fun shimmer to the snow to be extra festive!

As always, I'd love to see what you make based on this sketch.  Feel free to leave a photo or a link in the comments!

Mackinac Island Layouts

It's gotten cold here, so I'm enjoying remember some summer fun!  My husband and I took a lovely day trip to Mackinac Island this summer, and I used the Close To My Heart/Stampin' Up! Enjoy the Ride collection to preserve these memories.

The first layout was based loosely on a CTMH sketch,  but the second layout was completely my own design.  When I have a lot of photos, I tend to use a grid design to fit them all in.

The third layout followed the scrapbooking workshop directions pretty closely.

The fourth and final layout was also based on a sketch.

I love how these turned out!  Thanks for letting me share them with you!

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Sundays Are for Sketches: Mini Catalog Card #3 of 10

Happy Sunday!  It's time for card #3 of our series of 10 sketches from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog.  Note that the "bean" shape in this sketch can stand for any shape you'd like.  I may have really stretched this sketch by using leaves from the Changing Leaves bundle.

I used Seasons of Elegance DSP with Wild Wheat and White Willow card stock.  I stamped the sentiment from Labeled with Love in Pretty Peacock ink.

Here's another angle to show off the gorgeous gold foil on the Seasons of Elegance DSP.

As always, I'd love to see what you make based on this sketch.  Feel free to leave a photo or a link in the comments!

Birdhouse Card

 This "birdhouse" card was fun and fairly easy to make!

I began with a piece of White Willow 4.25"x11" cardstock.  After scoring at 5.5" to make it a top-fold card, I marked 2" on each side from the top.  I then scored the two diagonals you see below to make the triangle top to the card.  Also, I cut a circle in the front of a Crumb Cake cardstock panel (which I would make smaller next time) and then embossed it with the 3D birchwood embossing folder.

Here is the inside of the card with the scored lines folded.

And a side view to help see how the card comes together.

I used the Nests of Winter suite for all of the card elements.  I will definitely try this card again, and I hope you will too!

Nests of Winter Card Class: Card #4 with Paper Pumpkin Nests of Christmas

The October Paper Pumpkin kit coordinates beautifully with the Nests of Winter suite!  I had to nestle the cardinal inside the pine bough frame (cut from Seasons of Elegance DSP).

I stamped the cardinal onto Real Red cardstock & then fussy cut. I added a little shading with markers.  I liked him perched on the bottom corner of the frame with extra die cut pine springs & two metallic gold mesh leaves. The birchwood 3D embossing folder added nice texture to the background.

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Nests of Winter Card Class: Card #3

Continuing the Nests of Winter/Winterly Tree Tops series is this simple slimline card  I love adding the white birch 3D-embossed panel on the white card base  

Garden Green is such a pretty shade of green.  To keep this from looking too Christmas-y, I used my bronze & ivory Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers to color the bird (& Cherry Cobbler for the berries).  A little twine behind the circle adds a nice bit of interest.

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Sundays Are for Sketches: Mini Catalog Card #2 of 10

Happy Sunday!  It's time for card #2 of our series of 10 sketches from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog.

I am obsessed with the Seasons of Elegance DSP in Pretty Peacock and the Changing Leaves bundle!  I used my Labeled with Love stamp set and dies for the sentiment (stamped in Wild Wheat and Pretty Peacock).  After embellishing with a few leaves, I also used some of my gold and white ribbon from my stash.

As always, I'd love to see what you make based on this sketch.  Feel free to leave a photo or a link in the comments!

Nests of Winter Card Class: Card #2

Pool Party is such a pretty blue!  It makes this card feel so wintry.  For the top panel, we made a mask out of cardstock of the twig frame die and then used a blending brush to add Pool Party ink.

After coloring the berries with Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends, I decided NOT to color the birds (other than their beaks) and then added some Wink of Stella shimmer.  I love how pretty they are and how fast it was to only color a little bit of the stamped image.

I love the Drusy gems so I used them to add a little more sparkle.

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Nests of Winter Card Class: Card #1

Last month's card and scrapbook class featured the Nests of Winter collection and Winterly Tree Tops bundle (stamp set, dies, & DSP).   

The first card started with Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, and Mossy Meadow card stock with a strip of Cherry Cobbler DSP from Seasons of Elegance.  I used my Cherry Cobbler and Bronze/Ivory Stampin' Blends alcohol markers to color the wreath and bird and then added some Drusy gold gems.

To create the cool Crumb Cake background, after running the cardstock through the 3D Birchwood embossing folder, I dragged my Crumb Cake Stampin' Pad over the embossed panel, adding ink to the raised portions only (for the most part).

Sundays Are for Sketches: Mini Catalog Card #1 of 10

On page 16 of the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog, you can find 20 sketches to try: 10 tags and 10 cards.  For the rest of the year, I will be featuring each of the card sketches, one per Sunday (numbered here for your convenience).  While I love the tags (and may feature them), I'm afraid to commit and get in over my head. 

For my first card using the first card sketch, I continued to have fun with the Changing Leaves bundle (stamp set, dies, and 3D embossing folder), this time paired with the Thoughtful Journey DSP.  (The oval die cut is from my stash.)

I stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock ink onto the die cut oval and then layered the leaf dies on the oval and behind the sentiment.  Isn't that 3D embossed background gorgeous?

As always, I'd love to see what you make based on this sketch.  Feel free to leave a photo or a link in the comments!