Thinking Of Festiveness

This is the second card I designed for October card classes that I am not going to use. I was trying a different color combo with Blushing Bride, Soft Succulent and Merry Merlot but in the end I decided to go another route for my finally card. I thought you might like to see the festive card here using the returing Merriest Moments bundle and Christmas Season bundle. I used a white base and then ran a piece of Blushing Bride through the Merriest Frames embossing folder. I cut a label in white from the Seasonal Labels dies and stamped the sentiment in Merry Merlot ink from the Merriest Moments set. I added a Soft Succulent ribbon around before attaching all. I then popped up the two floral pieces stamped in Merry Merlot ink from the Merriest Moments set along with the Soft Succlent leaves stamped from the Christmas Season set. They were cut with the Merriest Frames dies and the Seasonal Labels dies. I finished with a bow and an opal round in the center of the poinsettia. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a beautiful weekend!

Windy

Stamp sets: Merriest Moments and Christmas Season

Ink: Soft Succulent, Merry Merlot

Paper: Basic White, Blushing Bride

Merriest Frames dies and embossing folder, Seasonal Labels dies, opal round, Soft Succulent open weave ribbon

 

Merry Chrsitmas With Candy Canes

 

My first Christmas card this season! I sometimes design a card for my card classes and then decide to change it. Here is one example. I designed this for classes in October with the Sweetest Christmas suite but then decided to go another route. I still like the card so showing you. 

 I started with a Garden Green base and cut the large background die from the Candy Canes dies in the same color to layered. I then cut a strip of the Sweetest Christmas DSP to go across. I stamped the candy canes in Real Red ink from the Sweet Candy Canes set and cut them out with the Candy Canes dies. I stamped the banner from the Christmas Banners set in Real Red ink and words in Garden Green ink and cut it out with the Christmas Banner dies. Then I cut several stems from the Christmas banner dies in Pool Party and Garden Green card stocks. It was so busy so I did not add any bling but I might before I send, you never know!

Hope you have a fun Thursday---we are having a hurricane here in Florida--what fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Sweet Candy Canes, Christmas Banners

Ink: Real Red and Garden Green

Paper: Pool Party, Garden Green, Real Red and Sweetest Christmas DSP

Candy Canes dies, Christmas Banners dies

PP610 Positively Abigail Rose

 

I grabbed my Abigail Rose suite when I saw Jaydee's sketch challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com this week. I layered a piece of the Abigail Rose DSP on top of a piece of Smoky Slate card stock and a Crumb Cake base. I then cut out with the Deckled Rectangle dies Smoky Slate and Very Vanilla rectangles. I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray ink from the Cottage Rose set on the Vanilla one. I then stamped on another piece of Very Vanilla card stock the flower and two stems in Basic Gray ink. I cut them out with the Cottage Flowers dies and colored just the center of the flower with a Daffodil Delight Stampin Blends marker. I finished off with some Very Vanilla dots. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a beautiful Wednesday!

Windy

Stamp set: Cottage Rose

Ink: Basic GRay

Stampin Blends marker-Daffodil Delight

Paper: Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Abigail Rose DSP

Cottage Flowers dies, Deckled Rectangle dies, Very Vanilla dots

Here For You With Texture Chic

 

I am trying to use some more of my memories & more cards for the Texture Chic suite. I layered a card on a piece of Mango Melody card stock and a white base here. I cut a strip of Mango Melody card stock to go across and then cut from the Stylish Shapes dies three circles. First one from another print on a card in green, then from Mango card stock and last a white circle where I stamped in Soft Succulent ink a sentiment from Season Of Chic set. I cut four leaves in white card stock from the Chic dies and blended some Soft Succulent ink on them with my blending brush. I added a few Soft Succulent gems to finish it off. 

Hope you have a lovely and chic day!

Thnaks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Season Of Chic

Ink: Soft Succulent

Paper: Basic White and Mango Melody

Texture Chic memories & more cards, blending brush, Stylish Shapes dies, Chic dies, Soft Succulent gems 

Blessings With Hello Harvest

 

I was attempting a wreath in my head but quickly saw it was not going to be so perfectly round. But I still stamped the floral image from Hello Harvest three times on my white card stock in Memento Tuxedo Black. I colored it with my Stampin Blends markers in Mango Melody, Soft Suede, Soft Succulent, and Calypso Coral. I layered the white on a piece of Mango Melody card stock and a Soft Succulent base. I then stamped the sentiment in VersaMark ink on a piece of Soft Succulent card stock cut with the Stylish Shapes dies. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I finished it off with a few Soft Succelent gems. 

Hope you have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Hello Harvest

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark

Stampin Blends markers- Mango Melody, Soft Suede, Soft Succulent, and Calypso Coral

Paper: Mango Melody, Soft Succulent, Basic White

Stylish Shapes dies, heat tool, white embossing powder, Soft Succulent gems

PP609 Lots Of Love For Aspen Leaves

 

For Claire's clean and simple leaves challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com, I used the leaves dies from Aspen Trees dies cut in Blackberry Bliss, Soft Succulent card stocks and copper foil. I added them to a piece of Basic White card stock ran through with the Timeworn Type embossing folder and added to a white base. I then stamped the sentiment from the Celebrating You set on white card stock in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with cooper embossing powder. I cut it out with a label die from the Cracker & Treat Box dies. I finished with some pearls. 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Celebrating You

Ink: VersaMark

Paper: Basic White, Soft Succulent, BLackberry Bliss and copper foil

heat tool, copper embossing powder, Aspen Trees dies, Cracker & Treat Box dies, Timeworn Type embossing folder, pearls

A Chic Here For You

 

I had some of these elelemts cut or embossed already and not used on a project so decided to combine for a lovely chic card. I have used a Soft Succulent base and then added the Soft Succulent piece ran through with the retired Subtles embossing folder on top. I grabbed a card from my Season Of Chic memories and more pack for the middle. I had the gold specialty paper detailed die already cut so added it on. I cut three leaves from the Chic dies in Basic White card stock and colored them with my blending brushes and Soft Succulent plus Mango Melody inks. I stamped the sentiment from the Season Of Chic set in Evening Evergreen ink on a white Stylish Shapes square die. I finished it off with some Soft Succulent gems for more bling. 

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Season Of Chic

Ink: Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Mango Melody

Paper: Soft Succulent and Basic White

Season Of Chic memories and more cards, Chic dies, Soft Succulent gems, blending brushes, Stylish Shapes dies, and Subtles embossing folder-retired 

Thinking Of Aspen Trees

I finally used my Aspen Tree dies today for a lovely fall card! I started with my background. I cut a piece of Basic White and used my blending brushes to add three colors- Merry Merlot to the top, Cajun Craze in the middle and Sweet Sorbert on the bottom (which I covered up a lot). I added this to the Merry Merlot base. I really like Merry Merlot but do not use it often enough. I had a piece of Soft Suede card stock which I had rounded the corners but did not end up using on a project so cut the trees from the large die in the Aspen Tree dies. I also used those dies to cut the Cajun Craze leaves bunch and the large leaf in Merry Merlot and the baby leave in Sweet Sorbet. I stamped the sentiment from the Season Of Chic set in Merry Merlot on a Stylish Shapes stitched banner die in Basic White. 

I finsihed it off with a few metallic dots.

I hope you have a beautiful Wednesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Season Of Chic

Ink: Merry Merlot, Cajun Craze and Sweet Sorbet

Paper: Merry Merlot, Cajun Craze, Basic White, Soft Suede and Sweet Sorbet

Aspen Tree dies, Stylish Shapes dies, blending brushes, metallic dots

 

Blessing Boxes For Fall Class

 

I made these boxes for my guest to take home their card from class this week. 

I used a piece of Pretty Peacock retired card stock 8.25" x 11" and scored on the long side at 5.25" and 7". I sored on short side at 1.75" and 6.5". I cut in to make tabs and I cut the retired DSP from last season 3.75" x 4.5".  I stamped the sentiment from the Hello Harvest set in Early Espresso ink on a white Deckled Rectangle die cut. I finished with a blue rhinestone. 

I have made this boxes many times from Sam Hammond Donald aka Pootles.  Here is her post and video for these boxes.  

Have a lovely Tuesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Wishes With Fond Of Autumn

 

For my last fall class card this week, I used the lovely Fond Of Autumn bundle. I grabbed a Soft Succulent base and then cut another piece of the same color to run through the Timber embossing folder. I added some Soft Succulent open weave ribbon around before attaching. I cut a Deckled Rectangle white panel to add my image. I stamped the sentiment in Soft Succulent ink from the Fond Of Autumn set on the white die cut. I then stamped the large image from the Fond Of Autumn set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock but did not color or cut out the flowers in that image. I did cut and color the leaves, berries and acorns with the Autumn Bouquet dies and my Stampin Blends markers in light Soft Succulent, light Petal Pink, Ivory, dark Crumb Cake, and SU300. I popped them up on the white die and added some rustic metallic dots. I finished by adding a bow to the ribbon.  

Hope you have a wonderful Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Fond Of Autumn

Ink: Soft Succulent, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Basic White, Soft Succulent

Deckled Rectangle dies, Autumn Bouquet dies, rustic metallic dots, Soft Succulent open weave ribbon, Timer embssoing folder

Hugs For Splendid Day

 

I am doing a little casing from my friend Brian King at stampwithbrian.com (see here) and Rae Jean Communal at mystampinmemories.blogspot.com (see here) today for my fourth card for fall card classes coming up next week. 

I used Rae Jean's layout by cuttting the gorgeous Splendid Day DSP into strips. I used four different prints but even the opposite sides are gorgeous, too. I layered them unevenly on the white piece of card stock and added all to the Crumb Cake base. I case Brian's layout when I then cut a white panel and started adding my die cuts. I stamped the large plant leaves in Soft Sea Foam ink on Soft Sea Foam card stock from the Splendid Thoughts set. I cut it out with the Splendid Stems dies along with a Fresh Freesia stem and a copper foil one. I then stamped the sentiment from the set on the Crumb Cake "pot" in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The half circle or "pot" was cut from the same dies. I stamped the bee on white card stock also in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut with same dies after adding a little So Saffron ink from my Stampin Blends marker.  

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Splendid Thoughts

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sea Foam

Stampin Blends marker- So Saffron

Paper: Crumb Cake, Splendid Day DSP, Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Copper foil and Soft Sea Foam

Splendid Stems dies

Abigail Rose Birthday

 

I love working with the Abigail Rose suite and was happy to use it for my third card for fall card class. I wanted to use some darker shades for fall so I stamped the larger floral image from the Cottage Rose set in Soft Suede ink on Very Vanilla card stock and then cut it out with the matching dies called Cottage Flowers. I used a Early Espresso base and ran the Very Vanilla panel of card stock through the Timeworn Type embossing folder. I used my blending brush with Petal pink ink to add some color to my flower and to rub lightly over the embossing on the card stock. I added the strip of designer paper called Abigail Rose before popping on my floral image. I stamped the sentiment on Petal Pink card stock in Soft Suede ink and cut it out with the Stitched Rectangle dies.I finished with some linen thread used behind the sentiment before popping up on the card. 

Hope you have a beautiful Thursday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Cottage Rose

Ink: Soft Suede and Petal Pink

Paper: Petal Pink, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Abigail Rose DSP 

Cottage Flowers dies, Timewron Type embossing folder, linen thread, blending brush, Stitched Rectangle dies

Lovelist Day For A Pals Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month, the theme is Focus on the Sentiment. Our Design Team are showcasing a sentiment as the focal point of their project. We really hope that you will be inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals share with you! As you hop from blog to blog, we would love for you to leave a comment. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

I have been trying to decide when I would be able to use the large sentiment with banner from the Hello Harvest bundle on a card and this month's focus on the sentiment seemed the perfect time to use it for a fall card. I just had to heat emboss it, of course!  I grabbed the VersaMark ink and stamp it on the Early Espresso card stock and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I cut it out along with my leaves and pumpkins with the Rustic Pumpkin dies. For the leaves, I just stamped them in Granny Apple Green ink on Basic White card stock. The pumpkins were stamped in Early Espresso ink three times on white card stock and colored with the Stampin Blends markers.  First pumpkin in Dark Pale Papaya and Light Pumpkin Pie, second in Light Mango Melody and Light Daffodil Delight. For the third, I used both light and dark Poppy Parade. I colored the stems in Soft Suede. 

I added all on the fun wood print from the Celebrate Everything DSP which is a host selection in the SU! 2022-2023 annual catalog. I finished with an Early Espresso base and some gold dots for bling. 

More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on October 12th when our theme will be a color challenge!

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
3. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
4. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
5. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
6. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
7. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
8. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
9. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
10. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
11. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
12. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
13. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
14. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
15. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
16. Lori L Webb at Clever Copies

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

Windy

Stamp set: Hello Harvest

Ink: Early Espresso, VersaMark and Granny Apple Green 

Stampin Blends markers- Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Daffodil Delight, Pale Papaya, Pumpkin Pie, and Soft Suede

Paper: Early Espresso, Basic White, Granny Apple Green and Celebrate Everything DSP-host 

Rustic Pumpkin dies, heat tool, white embossing powder, gold dots

Grateful For Cottage Wreaths

 

My second card for fall card classes turned out really well mostly because I love these colors together.

 I used the new Cottage Wreaths bundle plus some Celebrate Everything DSP (free with SU! host rewards). I started with the white base and layered on Crushed Curry card stock plus Blackberry Bliss and the Crushed Curry plaid designer paper. I then stamped the wreath in Gray Granite ink then the two larger leaves in Blackberry Bliss ink all on white card stock. I cut them out with the Country Wreaths dies along with a few leaves in Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze card stocks. I cut the bow from gold metallic secialty paper with same dies. I then stamped the sentiment in Blackberry Bliss on white card stock and cut it alongwith the Blackberry Bliss card stock banner behind with the All That dies. 

I will give some gold dots for guest for class to add if they want more bling or to add "berries" on the wreath. 

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Cottage Wreaths

Ink: Blackberry Bliss and Gray Granite

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Basic White, Crushed Curry, gold metallic specialty paper, Cajun Craze and Celebrate Everything DSP

Country Wreaths dies, All That dies

Blessing With Hello Harvest

This is my first card for fall card classes next week. I grabbed my Hello Harvest bundle and the new Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder. I embossing a piece of Old Olive card stock and then layered on a piece of Basic White and a Pumpkin Pie base. I then stamped the flowers and the pumpkin in Stazon Black ink to shimmer white card stock. I used my water painter to add color. I used Pumpkin Pie for my pumpkin and some Old Olive with Mango Melody and Early Espresso. I cut them out with the Rustic Pumpkin dies as well as the little sprig in Old Olive card stock. Last, I stamped the sentiment on white card stock in Early Espresso ink then cut it out with the Stylish Shapes banner die.

Hope you have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: hello Harvest

Ink: Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Mango Melody, Old Olive, and Stazon Black

Paper: Basic White, shimmer white, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie

Rustic Pumpkin dies, Stylish Shapes dies, water painter, Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder 

 

Just A Note With Abigail Rose

 

I love the Abigail Rose suite and all the posibilities with it.  I used a white base plus a piece of Sahara Sand card stock and added the lovely print from Abigail Rose DSP for the background. I stamped the flower image from the Cottage Rose set in Gray Granite ink and colored it with a few Stampin Blends markers. I colored with light and dark Calypso Coral along with light Cajun Craze. Leaves colored in light and dark Old Olive. I cut it out with the Cottage Flowers dies. I stamped the sentinent from the Fond Of Autumn set in Cajun Crazeink on a strip of Basic White card stock to pop on the image. I finished off with some rustic metallic dots. 

I hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Cottage Rose and Fond Of Autumn

Ink: Gray Granite and Cajun Craze

Stampin Blends markers- Cajun Craze, Calyso Coral and Old Olive

Paper: Basic White, Sahara Sand and Abigail Rose DSP

Cottage Rose dies, rustic metallic dots

Pretty Purple Flowers

 

I am still trying to use the flowers I die cut from the lovely Hues Of Happiness DSP on cards so today I cut another piece of that paper for my background and added it a white base. I layered around the flowers in purple hues and some leaves I stamped with the Hapiness Abounds set in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with my Stamin Blends markers in Granny Apple Green then cut with the same dies called Blossoming Happiness dies. I stamped the sentiment from the same set in Gorgeous Grape ink and cut it out with the Lighthouse dies. I finished off with some purple pastel pearls.

Hope you have blessed day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Happiness Abounds

Ink: Gorgeous Grape and Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers- Granny Apple Green

Paper: Basic White, Hues Of Happiness DSP

Blossoming Happiness dies, pastel pearls, Lighthouse dies

FF0117 Fall Flowers

 

I am playing along with the festivefridaychallenge.com today as I had out my fall sets. I used flowers, die cut, thinking of you sentiment, stitching and of course, my fav color-Purple! I stamped the large image from the Fond OF Autumn set three times on the Soft Succulent background in the same color of ink. I added it to a white base. I then cut a small stirched Rectange die in white card stock and stamped the sentiment from the Season Of Chic set in Blackberry Bliss ink at bottom. I then stamped just the flowers from that large image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white card stock and colored with my Stampin Blends markers. I cut it out with the Autumn Bouquet dies. I finished it off with some gold thread behind for more texture and a little bling. 

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp sets: Fond Of Autumn and Season Of Chic

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Blackberry Bliss and Soft Succulent

Stampin Blends Markers- Soft Succulent, Blackberry Bliss, Mango Melody

Paper: Basic White and Soft Succulent

Autumn Bouquet dies, Stitched Rectangle dies, gold thread

PP607 & GDP359 Fall Leaves

 

Ann's challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com and global-design-project.com theme challenge came just as I was playing with my new fall sets. I used the new Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder with Cajun Craze card stock and layered on a Cajun base. I stamped just a portion of the large image in the Fond Of Autumn set in Memento Tuxedo Black on white card stock and colored it with my Stampin Blends markers. I cut it out with the Autumn Bouquet dies and popped it on top of some retired Old Olive twine. I finished by stamped the sentiment at the bottom in Black ink. 

Hope you have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Fond Of Autumn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stampin Blends markers: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze

Paper: Basic White and Cajun Craze

Autumn Bouquet dies, retired Old Olive twine and Leaf Fall 3D embossing folder

August Paper Pumpkin 2022 Sweet Sunflowers

 

I really liked this lovely kit called Sweet Sunflowers and I did not change much from the samples SU! provided. I did use Blackberry Bliss ink. 

Hope you have a happy Monday and thanks for stopping by!

Windy

Paper Pumpkin Sending Good Thoughts

 

Here are the most of the cards I made with the July 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit called Sending Good Thoughts. I used the items in the kit but arranged them differently from the photos in the kit. I did pull out Poppy Parade ink and my Basic Gray twine to add. I really enjoyed playing with this kit as I love nautical things!

Have a beautiful day holiday weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Windy

PP606 Cottage Flowers

 

I am playing along with the sketch challenge over at thepaperplayers.blogspot.com this week. Anne Marie's sketch had me pulling out the Abigail Rose DSP and the Cottage Flowers dies. I started with the Petal Pink base and added a piece of the DSP in one print then added another print I blended Petal Pink ink on with my blending brush. I placed a Basic Black strip across and cut out a flower from the Cottage Flowers dies from Petal Pink card stock. I stamped the sentiment from Season Of Chic set in Memento Black ink on a piece of white card stock. I finished it off with some matte black dots.

Hope you have a beautiful day and thnaks for stopping by!

Windy

Stamp set: Season OF Chic

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Petal Pink

Paper: Abigail Rose DSP, Basic BLack, Basic White and Petal Pink

blending brush, matte black dots, Cottage Flowers dies