Before I get to todays card, I want to remind you of the end of the Annual Catalog Sale. The sale ends tonight at 1159pm Mountain Time. I stocked up on cardstock and replaced a few of my Stampin’ Blends.
The card I am sharing today is an oopsy on me! I used the Rustic Crate Bundle to showcase one of the bundles that are on sale through today. Except…..This bundle had carried over from last Fall and both parts are still available, just not a bundle. So like I said, oops on me. Even demonstrators, or at least this demonstrator, doesn’t know everything.
STAMPS and DIES
The Rustic Crate stamp set, with the matching Rustic Crate Die set is a great one for almost any time of year. I have used the crate with a Fall harvest. There are also poinsettias, greenery, the gloves, and a few other items. Plus a couple of really sweet sentiments.
The harvest items are stamped using Basic Gray Ink and then colored with a variety of Stampin’ Blends. The gloves are a die cut from Smoky Slate cardstock. I then added some dirt by gently brushing them with one of my Blending Brushes that I used recently with Pumpkin Pie or Peach Pie ink. There was just enough left on the brush to add a bit of color to the gloves.
The sentiment I chose is , I believe, one of encouragement. And on the inside I have used a sentiment that is extra sweet. I also fussy cut the right side pumpkin from the Harvest stamp and added it to the inside. Here is that view.
PAPERS
There are two different sheets used from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper. The background is one that I was not really sure of. But after seeing it paired with Petal Pink and Smoky Slate, I really like it. The second DSP sheet is the crate. It is one of the darker wood sheets.
EXTRAS
The focal layer and sentiment layer are both cut using the Deckled Rectangles Die set. The sentiment is the smallest of the set. And the focal layer is the 4th up from that. The torn edge look pairs perfectly with the rustic images and wood look paper.
The bling on this card is from the Fall Mini Catalog. These are the Regal Foiled Self Adhesive Dots. There are four different colors in this package. Each of the dots have gold foil flecks inside of them. I chose to use the green since there is not anything else to go along with the green of the corn and leaves.
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Jackie
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Today’s project is part of a Fun Fold Hop. I hope you will continue on from me and share the love with the other designers. We all love comments and to know if you like our Fun Folds.
My card is a version of a fold I made a few years ago as Christmas cards. Not sure why I have waited this long to recreate it. The Friendly Gnomes and Lucky Clover were my inspiration for this fun card. They create a sweet Luck and Love card.
Stamps
You can see that I used a mix of the Friendly Gnomes and the Lucky Clover to create my little scene. The Friendly Gnomes are just so darn cute. I love the look of the gnomes and since I love to color it was a great choice for me. The Gnomes Dies from the Holiday Mini carried over and fit the little guys in this stamp set. Also the little flower on the step is from the Friendly Gnomes set. To give the Gnome a little background, I punched a piece of Petal Pink with the Decorative Label Punch. It gives some strength to him standing up.
I hate that the Clover Punch sold out so quickly. But it is really not needed if you use the stamp. As long as you don’t mind a bit of cutting, you are good to go. And the shape is such that it is not at all a detailed cut. I used both the large and the smaller clover. Giving the Gnome a little clover for his hat seemed to really tie the two together. The Good Luck and large clover are cut with the Label Me Fancy Punch. The sentiment is over to the right to leave room for the clover to hang on the left side. And the clover received a little extra love with a Heart Pearl in it’s center.
Papers and Colors
The DSP used is from the Annual Catalog paper Happy Forest Friends. The woodsy paper fit perfectly with the gnomes and clovers. I used two different sheets. In the photos above you can see that the closed card has two pieces of the woodsy paper. And the “step” is the second one showing a green forest floor look.
All of the other colors came from the woodsy paper. I went with Mossy Meadow for the card base, but softened that with Petal Pink as the layers. The heart and the Good Luck are both Calypso Coral, again pulled from the DSP.
Measurements
The Mossy Meadow card base is 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 and 6 3/8. On the front, the Petal Pink layers are 2 pieces cut to 5 1/4 X 1 7/8. The 2 woodsy DSP pieces for the front are both 5 X 1 3/4. For a base on the inside of the card, there is a Petal Pink layer measuring 5 1/4 X 4. It has Basic White layer at the top cut 5 X 1 3/4 and then the grassy DSP piece is the same size. But the grassy piece is raised using Stampin’ Dimensionals. This allows the front fold to “stop” against it to hold the card in position. This is a super quick and easy card to put together as it is simple measurements. I hope you will give this a try!
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Making cards can be fun and challenging! Occasionally it takes a paper a little while to speak to me. This Rustic Harvest finally spoke out!
Papers
The star of this card is this piece from the Rustic Harvest Designer Series paper. This pack of papers is beautiful and has great colors, but this one was a bit more difficult. It was the yellow pumpkins and gourds that were stalling me in deciding which direction to go. Finally my little brain picked up on the gorgeous leaves. And the card was finished! Well, almost finished. By using the Merry Merlot, which is a color I rarely use, it brought the leaves out from that dark background. Of course the larger layer of Basic White helped with that.
Stamps
The Hello Harvest Bundle, Hello Harvest stamps and Rustic Pumpkin Dies, is a match for this DSP. But after finally getting the paper idea worked out, I did not want to cover it up! The banner sentiment is a stamp with a matching die. So using Mossy Meadow Ink and then die cutting the banner I was almost finished. There was quite a lot of debate about a background layer for the banner. But finally I decided it could stand alone. However, I did notice the small leaf stamp and matching die. So I used Merry Merlot Ink and added the little die cut leaf to the top edge of the card. With that leaf and a few of the Brushed Metallic Dots placed around, I declared it good to go.
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Humorous stamp sets always grab my attention. Today’s project is made with the A Little Cheesy stamp set and is actually a card of encouragement. A Smile is a good thing.
Stamps Set
A friend needs a bit of encouragement so this card is for her. Adding a little humor to most situations is fine. And this is one of those times where it fits perfectly. These type stamp sets draw me in right away. With the perfect name , this one is the A Little Cheesy stamp set . There are fun images of a cookie, bowl of pudding, a wedge of cheese, and the wine. All of the sentiments are similar to this one and just make me Smile! Stamping and coloring this wine was a piece of cake using Pool Party Ink for the glass and Rich Razzleberry stampin’ Blends for the wine.
Layers of Paper
All of the colors were pulled from this piece of the Awash In Beauty Designer Series Paper. If the colors are in the paper, then they are already proven to work wonderfully together. Normally the paper is chosen first. But this one was chosen second. It was actually chosen because it matches the wine. It needed to be bright and colorful to fit the encouragement label also.
Final Additions
To ground the stamped images, I added a strip of the Merry Merlot cardstock. That did not seem quite enough texture. So to add a bit more, I went with a piece of the beautiful Rose Gold & White Striped Ribbon. It fit perfectly on the cardstock strip plus added texture and more depth. For the final touch I used one of the 2021-2023 Opal Rounds next to the glass. The yellow, which is supposed to be Pale Papaya, matches the yellow circles in the paper. That pulls almost all of the colors into the card from the DSP.
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Sympathy cards are unfortunately necessary. Blessings of Home fit the need of necessity and still quite pretty.
Stamp sets
The sweet sentiment I chose is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set. This set has great “caring” type sentiments. I paired this with a subtle, but pretty, flower from the Blessings Of Home stamp set. To have the flower appear softer than usual, I used Petal Pink Light Stampin’ Blends to create a squiggled background. Then stamped the flower with Smoky Slate for a softer outline. To continue the soft, I colored only the leaves with Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blend. The Pale Papaya shows through for the flower petals.
Colors
The cardstock colors were chosen from the flower colors. I went with the Smoky Slate card base with a Soft Sea Foam layer. The light green helps the leaves to show off a bit more. On cards with this type layout, the sentiment is not normally the star. But I wanted it to be on this one. So it is stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black for a brighter appearance. The card is finished with a scattering of small Pearls.
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I have paired some more neutral type stamp sets to make today’s card. It could be a masculine card with the colors I chose, or it could be just more a “nature” type card. Either way, I hope you like it.
Colors
Are you shocked that I do not have DSP in the card? I sort of was. It is the second in a row without DSP. That is probably a record. So instead of getting colors from the designer paper, I got them from the image.
The pod was what I used to decide the colors. Sadly I cannot name what type of pod this is. But I know it is supposed to be brown. Because of my favorite width for my layers, you cannot really see the Mossy Meadow sticking out from behind the Very Vanilla.
I carried the colors from the cardstock to the Ink colors I used. The leaves are Mossy Meadow, the Pod Soft Suede and then a softer color for the written backgroundj. It is Sahara Sand that is stamped off before putting to the paper.
Stamps
The stamp sets are both of similar, nature theme. They are the Enjoy The Moment for the pods and sentiment. For the leaves and background script stamps I went to Very Versailles. This is a go to stamp set for background images when I want stamped backgrounds or collage type cards.
All of the images are sort of distressed looking. Even the sentiment. It is from the Enjoy The Moment stamp set also. I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for it to help it stand out a bit more than the other images. As a finishing touch I relied on my favorite ribbon, the Linen Thread. It is always a go to for a touch of rustic, natural look.
The picture below shows the Designer Series Papers that are included in the Sale. There are 9 to choose from!!
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