October Club Cards

Here are the Fall-themed cards my club ladies will be making this month.

This first card uses the quilting technique.  I glued nine 1-1/4" squares of Sweater Weather designer series paper to the Chocolate Chip background piece before running hte whole thing through the Big Shot with the Argyle embossing folder (I accidentally ran mine through upside down so the impression is reversed!  My club ladies won't be doing that!)  I then wrapped some Burlap ribbon around it, tied some linen thread around that and added a Naturals button.  Finally, it's adhered to the Soft Sky card base and stamped with a greeting from Sassy Salutations.  I had originally made the card Crushed Curry, but I think I like the Soft Sky better.  I'll let my club ladies choose which colour they want to use!

For the second card, I used the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created kit.  I received it for free from Stampin' Up!, but it wasn't something I would use for decorating for Thanksgiving.  So I wanted to see how I could use the pieces from the kit to make cards.  There are actually a lot of great supplies in the kit, and it would be great for scrapbooking or making a whole bunch of cards!  I started with a Chocolate Chip card base, and I cut the name banner pieces to 4 x 5-1/4" and layered them on the card.  I cut the birch bark centre piece wraps into smaller strips and ripped the edges.  I wrapped the linen thread around that and glued it to the card.  Then I added the die cut leaves to that piece.  To finish it off, I stamped a greeting from Banner Greetings in Chocolate Chip ink and adhered that to the bottom with dimensionals.

For the final card, I wanted to make a Halloween card.  I found this cute card by Jackie Topa, and I used that for inspiration.  In Canada, we're not really big on sending Halloween cards, so I'm always surprised by how much Halloween stuff there is in the Holiday catalogue!  It must be a big thing in the States!  My club ladies can turn it into a birthday or thank you card by changing the greeting and leaving the jack-o-lantern as a plain pumpkin.  Anyway, I thought this owl punch art was super-cute.  I've seen it on a number of blogs, so I'm not sure who originally came up with the idea.  I started with a Garden Green card base and added some strips of paper from the Thankful Tablescapes Simply Created Kit on an Early Espresso background.  I wrapped some Early Espresso stitched grosgrain around that and glued it down.  The tag is punched from the Chalk Talk framelits dies out of Whisper White, and I used a Basic Black marker to draw some dotted lines around the outside before hooking it through the ribbon. 

The owl piece is made with the owl punch and the 1" circle punch for the pumpkin.  For the pumpkin "hat", I used the Boho Blossoms punch and the little heart from the owl punch.

Thanks for reading,

October Scrapbook Layout

This is the layout my Club ladies will be making this month. 

 I used the Sweater Weather designer series paper and used the colours from that to coordinate the leaves (Soft Sky, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango).  The background is Chocolate Chip, and the photo mats are Very Vanilla.  The leaves are cut using the Autumn Accents Bigz die, then I embossed them with the Woodgrain embossing folder to give them some texture.

For the frame on the first page, I cut a one-inch border from the center of a 5 x 7 piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock using my paper trimmer.  I then cut the corners diagonally to have four separate pieces.  I stamped the pieces with Woodgrain around the outside and sponged some Chocolate Chip ink around it as well before glueing the pieces back onto a 5 x 7 sheet of Very Vanilla cardstock.

Blessings to you,

November Scrapbook Club Layout

At our last large group meeting, I saw a gorgeous layout by Lisa Althouse, and I thought it would be fantastic for our Scrapbook Club this month.  Of course, I had planned this last month when it was still Fall-like outside, and now there's snow everywhere. Oh well, it will be a good reminder of the weather we were enjoying last week!

I love how Lisa used the 1 1/4" square punch for this layout.  You can do this with any designer series paper and matching cardstock to create any themed layout you want!  This one has Orchard Harvest designer series paper with Lucky Limeade, Cajun Craze and More Mustard accenst.  The page base is Early Espresso.  For embellishments, this page is finished off with some Early Espresso stitched grosgrain and More Mustard scallop dotted ribbon, along with a Brushed Bronze button.

Blessings to you,

Spice Cake Weave

This is a card I made for a Holiday Mini swap I'm participating in with my upline, Winona's, group.

I was inspired to use this paper weaving technique by this cute card by Noelle.  I used the Spice Cake designer series paper, cut it into 1/2" strips and wove it together.  Then I added some Early Espresso quilted satin ribbon with sticky strip.  I finished that part with a Regals flower button. 

For the greeting part, I stamped the leaves from Gently Falling (my new favourite stamp set!) in River Rock and More Mustard with Early Espresso for the outlines, then cut them out.  The greeting is stamped from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched out with the Modern Label punch.  I also stamped the leaf over the greeting piece for some texture.  I tied some hemp twine through the sentiment piece, then attached the leaves and sentiment together with a mini clothespin.  I attached the whole piece to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Hope you like it!

Blessings to you,

Gently Falling Collage

My friend asked me to make her some simple masculine cards, so I pulled out the new Gently Falling stamp set.

I used More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Pear Pizzazz to stamp the leaves, then added a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and the Word Window and Modern Label punches.  Quick and simple!

Blessings to you,

Gently Falling Side-Step

How gorgeous is the Spice Cake Suite in the new Holiday Mini Catalogue???

For this Side Step Card, I used the Spice Cake designer series paper and the Gently Falling stamp set.  I matched the colours in the dsp to stamp the leaves - Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard and Early Espresso.  On the main piece, I used the mat pack and paper piercer and my Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker to create faux stitching.  Then I cut out the leaves and attached them to the piece with a mini clothespin (I just discovered these!  How cute!).  To finish off, I used the Eyelet border punch on some more dsp, added some hemp twine and an Espresso button.  

I think I will be getting a lot of use out of this stamp set and designer series paper (as will my Stamp Club ladies)!

Blessings to you,