Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Pretty Poinsettia Card

Well, it's the last day of September, so it's time to start thinking about Christmas cards.  I like working with Christmas colors, so this card, by Stamp with Amy K fits the bill.  Her card actually had two Poinsettias, but I was only up to do one since I was making samples for my card class next week.

Start with embossing Basic White with the Textured Three-Ring Embossing Folder. It gives depth to the card.  There is a bit of die-cutting, but I was able to die cut all the flower pieces (4) on a quarter piece of Real Red card stock and cut the leaf (Peaceful Pine) at the same time.  The tiny gold flower center---adhere a piece of a multi-purpose adhesive sheet to the back of Gold Foil before die cutting.  It makes it so much easier to attach to the flower.
It may be hard to see, but JOY is embossed in gold and then colored in with Peaceful Pine Shimmer Brush.  Stamp a sentiment from the Pretty Poinsettia on the inside, along with the Poinsettia and leaves stamps to complete the look.
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Monday, September 28, 2026

Tile Garden

Good Morning--the weather is finally cooling down and I should be more in a "Fallish" mood, but I just love the colors and stamps in the Mosaic Garden Suite (p.32-33 in Sept-Dec 2026 catalog).  So---here's a card that makes me happy.  I'll get back to Fall/Winter themes tomorrow. Thanks to Gail O'Neill for this beautiful inspiration! 

The Tile Garden Dies are soooo versatile and can be used for any type of project.  I did run the die forward and back through the machine because it has such beautiful detail.
So, if you're in the mood for something different, this is the suite for you!
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Halloween, Not Halloween

Since I don't have any kids at home and live in a 55+ community, I don't really have a reason to do much for Halloween.  However, I did see these cards and loved the look of them. I just changed the sentiment.  I didn't record where the idea came from--sorry if this was your idea.

It's a fun fold card that opens in the middle horizontally.  The layers are easy to make and I used 2-tone 12 x 12" cardstock.  It fits in a standard envelope.

The "spooky" creatures were die cut from my old circle dies. The two tone paper is great to use a sanding block on to bring out the swirls of the embossing folder.  
Use the 1-7/8" punch to pop your sentiment and layer it onto a 2" circle punched piece of black card stock. Add a ribbon and some black embellishments.  
Use the backside of the DSP (it has stripes), along with a white piece of card stock to give you a place to write a message--and you're done!

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Thursday, September 17, 2026

Painted Pumpkins

I hope you're having a good Thursday!  I saw this card that StampwithAmyK did and knew I wanted to share it at my class next week and with all of you.  It uses masks and blending brushes, so it's a bit different.
The different shading in the pumpkins add depth and I was surprised at how easy it was to die cut the pumpkins in groups of three.
Begin with a Basic White cardbase; emboss a 4 x 5-1/4" white card stock with Rustic Check 3D embossing folder; adhere to card front. Stamp the two groups of pumpkin images from the Painted Pumpkins stamp set in Cajun Craze and Golden Glow inks on a panel of Basic White card stock.
Use the Painted Pumpkins Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes to stencil the pumpkin images with Golden Glow and Petal Pink inks.  Cut the images with the coordinating Painted Pumpkins Dies.  Then I stamp the leaf images from the Painted Pumpkins stamp set in Mossy Meadow ink on a panel of Basic White card stock.
Color the leaf images with Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends Markers and then cut them out with the coordinating Painted Pumpkins Dies.  Adher five of the pumpkins and the leaves die cuts to the card front with Mini Glue Dots and Stampin’ Dimensionals. 
Stamp the sentiment from the Painted Pumpkins stamp set in Cajun Craze ink on a panel of Basic White card stock and then cut around it with the sentiment die from the Words & Wishes Dies.   Adhere the die cut with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card front and then added two dots from the Painted Patch Adhesive-Backed Dots to finish the card front.
Adher the remaining die cut pumpkin to a panel of Basic White card stock to finish the inside of the card.
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