For All Things Cards

Two pretty Thanksgiving themed cards for you today.

Card #1

I really wanted a Thanksgiving card, but no turkeys or pumpkins. The Four Feathers stamp was a great substitute!

Stamps: Four Feathers; For All Things
Inks: Chocolate Chip; Baked Brown Sugar; Mossy Meadow; Real Rust (retired -- I don't have Cajun Craze, but this is close enough)
Cardstock: Kraft; Mossy Meadow; Very Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories: Gold Metallic Buttons; Brown Twine (not SU)
Tools: Feathers Framelits

Card #2

I loved the patterned design of this specific sheet of DSP. I wanted to play off of it, so I went to Pinterest. And I found the perfect design concept to modify.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Mossy Meadow; Summer Starfruit (retired - I don't have Crushed Curry, but this is close)
Cardstock: Crushed Curry; Very Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories: Color Me Autumn Washi Tape
Tools: Circles Framelits

Motley Monsters Cards

I made these two cards to teach at my Halloween and Thanksgiving card class. I tried to make them simple yet fun.

Card #1

The first card was all about featuring the Motley Monsters DSP. But I didn't want the busy pattern to completely overwhelm the card. Enter the small polka dot page and larger sentiment oval. As an alternative, I made another card with black CS and white craft ink for the sentiment. I may just like the black better...

Stamps: Wacky Wishes
Inks: Bermuda Bay
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay; Crushed Curry; Tangerine Tango; Motley Monsters DSP
Accessories: Brights Candy Dots
Tools: Sponge daubers; Ovals framelits; Hexagon punch (banner ends)

Card #2

The card card was all about my new tag punch. I saw a variation of this card on Pinterest, but wanted to add some more visual interest. The inclusion of the pumpkin did just that!

Stamps: Halloween Street;
Inks: Tangerine Tango; Stazon Black
Cardstock: Crushed Curry; Whisper White; Motley Monsters DSP
Accessories: Tangerine Trim
Tools: Scallop Tag Punch

October Month of Cards Week 2 - Part 2

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday. Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards. Apparently this week was all about Halloween and Thanksgiving cards. Next week I'm going to break out into non-holiday cards.

Day #8

I love the monochromatic look of this card.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Blackberry Bliss; Mossy Meadow; Really Rust (retired)
Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla; Mossy Meadow
Accessories:
Tools:

Day #9

A fun pattern play card for fall.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Mossy Meadow
Cardstock: Mossy Meadow; Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories:
Tools: Ovals Framelits

Day #10

I love the this simple card. Not much to it, but very nice in person.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Hello Honey; Blackberry Bliss
Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla
Accessories: Metallic Buttons; Brown twine (non-SU); Color Me Autumn washi tape
Tools:

Day #11

Another card using just stamping. I love the layered effect!

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Mossy Meadow; Hello Honey; Really Rust (retired); Close to Cocoa (retired)
Cardstock: Hello Honey; Vanilla
Accessories:
Tools:

Day #12

A repeat design from Day #9, but I liked it so much I wanted to make a variation.

Stamps: For All Things
Inks: Hello Honey; Mossy Meadow
Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories:
Tools:

October Month of Cards Week 2

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday. Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards. Apparently this week was all about Halloween and Thanksgiving cards. Next week I'm going to break out into non-holiday cards.

Day #6

Stamps: Fall Fest; random Michael's stamp
Inks: White Craft Ink; Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Black; Tangerine Tango; Crushed Curry; Motley Monsters DSP; Frightful Night DSP (retired)
Accessories:
Tools: Circles Framelits

Day #7

A simple negative image to make a fun 3D ghost.

Stamps: September Paper Pumpkin (bats); Fall Fest (face)
Inks: Basic Black; Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Whisper White; Basic Black; Crushed Curry; Motley Monsters DSP
Accessories: Black and white twine (non-SU)
Tools: Fun Fall Framelits

Holiday Catalog Swap Cards

My local demo group did a card swap featuring holiday catalog products. And my goodness! What a beautiful bunch of cards I received back. Let's take a look at them...

Angela McCormack

Pam Wu

Rosemary Bryson

Stacey Lane @ A Work of Carte

Jennifer Blomquist @ Northwest Stamper

Cindy Espino @ Cynbad Living

Sara Grafton @ 1200 Some Miles

Jill Cantorna

Kathy Thisted

Unite and Excite Swaps: Fall Themed

We had a great swap time at the Livermore Unite and Excite event on Sunday. Here are some of the great fall themed swap cards I received:

Debbi S Green

Kristina Holland

Linda Romer

Kristine Custino

Blythe Klipple @ Stamping with Blythe

Lisa Ann Bernard @ Queen B Creations

Thanksgiving Circles

Yet another simple design to help me finish my twelve sets of twelve cards.

My Interpretation: I decided against the flower and stuck with three simple circles, a sentiment, and a ribbon. I started with just the circles and sentiment, but realized that the card was just too plain. The ribbon goes a long way to adding to the card. I didn't take pictures of the others, but ended up running out of this green plaid ribbon and substituted orange and brown solid ribbon for the rest.

Tip: The orange circles looked too plain as just solid orange, so I made my own patterned paper. I took SU's Magnificent Maple stamp (sadly retired), and stamped all over a 8.5x11 sheet of pumpkin pie paper in pumpkin pie, wild wasabi, early espresso, and more mustard ink. The overlapping leaves created a nice neutral pattern paper to then cut into circles. It definitely adds a bit more homemade touch to card. Plus, I now have some leftover homemade pattern paper to play with.

Supply List:

Stamps: Magnificent Maple (retired)
Inks: More Mustard (retired)
Cardstock: Fall themed scraps
Accessories: Ribbon scraps
Tools: 2" Circle Punch

Chocolate Chip 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.95

Very Vanilla 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$8.50

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.95

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Hip Notes

$11.95

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Fall Cards in May: Sunburst Halloween

I wanted something a little different for the Halloween set. I love the Frightful Sight DSP (sadly retired) and wanted to use as many of the patterns as possible. Enter the sample and tutorial from Welcome to Stampin' Sue:

My Interpretation: Taking Sue's idea, cut a ton of DSP and went to work creating my own sunburst image.

Basic Tutorial:

Cut a piece of scrap cardstock to 3 1/2" x 3 3/4"
Cut strips of DSP to 1 1/2"x 3 3/4"
Cut those strip diagonally
Mark your scrap cardstock piece at the middle
Use the mark as a center for the pointed ends of the DSP
Adhere and trim off excess
Use excess to fill in the end spots of the sunburst
Cover the straggly ends with a ribbon, washi tape, or piece of cardstock (I chose cardstock)

Supplies:

Stamps: Wacky Wishes (retired)
Cardstock: Frightfull Sight DSP (retired)

Basic Black 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$8.50

Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

$7.50

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Gingham Garden Spring Cards

A few of my crafting friends and I went in together on a SU DSP share. We each bought three packs of DSP and then split the packs evenly. In total each of use got a 6x12 sheet of each design from 12, yes 12!, DSP packs. Well all the paper is really gorgeous and fun, it is all retiring at the end of May. This means that I want to try and use of this retiring paper to make room for the new designs. During my crafting open house at the end of April, I spent some time using the rest of the Gingham Garden DSP. I made 8 total cards from the rest of the paper.

Card #1

The first card used some die cut flowers that another crafting had leftover from her card. I cut a few more flowers and added a cute Mother's Day banner. Love the bright colors on this one.

Cards #2-5

In the end, I have just a few card layering sheets and a few a larger pieces left. I used a tried and true card design and just cut three banners per card. Add a sentiment and I have a complete card. I love the pattern play on these cards, especially the pink one (second picture, right side).

Cards #6-7

These cards came from my desire to use my Floral Frames die cuts. I can't believe I bought them weeks ago, but have never really used them. I grabbed a few of the patterns and just started cutting. The only frame I didn't use was the biggest one (too big to fit on a standard card). I love how they tuned out. They look even better in person due to the 3D nature of the cards.

Card #8

The last card is a replica of a card we made at April stamp club. While, i don't usually go super girly, I love the patterns and colors of the sample card much that I had to make another one.

When all was said and done, I have completely used up all the Gingham Garden DSP. Now I have room to buy a new pack in June.

Stampin' Up Supplies:

Midnight Muse Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Brights Designer Series Paper Stack

$21.95

Wild Wasabi 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.95

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Floral Frames Framelits Dies

$26.95

Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Island Indigo 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock

$6.95

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

Big Shot Die-Cut Machine

$99.95

Paper-Piercing Tool

$3.95

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Archives: Crafts of the Weeks

Originally Published on April 19, 2014 This past week I've been working on two crafting projects. Here's a look at them.

Valentine's Day/Love and Mother's Day OSW sets:

I grabbed this sketch from InkyPinkies and went to town cutting two 12x12 DSP sheets. Once I got them cut, I started pairing pieces to card bases. Unfortunately, I realized that the pieces cut would not make 12 complete cards. I would have to add other DSP pieces or something else. Obviously if you look at her examples, she used other paper pieces to complete the cards. Oh well. I just combined the paper to make 8 cards for each set. Then, I cut some more DSP from full sheets to add layers and embellishments to make 12 cards for each set. After making one complete set, I talked to my mom who requested I send a batch of Mother's Day cards for the shop. So I actually made two Love sets and two Mother's Day sets. Crazy crazy... but they do look great.