October 2021

Holly Jolly Wishes & Stitched Stars-Make It Monday #29

It is time again for another Make it Monday tutorial. If you love stars you are going to love today’s video. Not only do both of these cards use the same star dies, they also share greetings from Holly Jolly Wishes and Designer Series Paper from the Tidings of Christmas paper pack in the July -December 2021 mini catalog.

I love the soft look from the Soft Succulent cardstock and when you pair it with Evening Evergreen, it is so elegant. I cannot wait to experiment with these colors using the Evening Elegant bundle.

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Empty and Little-Sunday Wisdom

Sunday Wisdom / October 17, 2021

When we empty ourselves and become little, we allow God to fill us and we become so much more. John and James kind of missed the point that Jesus came to serve, not to be served. Jesus wanted James, John and all his followers, us included, to understand that His glory was most fulfilled when he emptied himself for others.

So what does that kind of humility and glory look like? How can we imitate Christ’s love? As we strive to humbly serve others, let us always live in the hope of the resurrection and recall how God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son for you and for me.

So today, let us be empty and little, so we can be filled and blessed!

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Good-bye Summer but not Shaded Summer!

2 Comments / Flowers-Birds-Butterflies-Nature, Just Because Cards / October 16, 2021

The days are getting shorter and soon we will say farewell to those summer days, but the good news is we don’t have to say good-bye to the Shaded Summer stamp set, at least not yet! So here is a super sweet card my friend Cherie made for me so I thought I would share it with you.

Cutting Measurements

All Measurement=inches CS=Cardstock DSP=Designer Series Paper Landscape Position=Long side Portrait Position=short side

Supplies

Garden Green CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 2 x 2 , 3 ¾ x 5 (2)
Melon Mambo CS-4 x 5¼ Smoky Slate CS- 4 x 5¼
Basic White CS-3¼ x 4¼, 1 x 1
Shaded Summer Stamp Set
Garden Green and Melon Mambo Makers-floral image
Garden Green Ink-greeting
Stitched So Sweetly Dies
Tasteful Label Dies
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
Stampin’ Dimensionals

Directions

Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold and burnish to create card.
Layer Mambo Melon CS to card front.
Next use the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss machine to crop the White CS panel using the Stitched So Sweekly Dies.
Color the floral image with Mambo Melon and Garden Green markers and stamp in the center of White CS.
Attach White panel to card front.
Stamp greeting in Garden Green on Basic White CS and crop using the Tasteful Label Dies. Crop Garden Green circle using same die set and layer together.
Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach circle greeting to card front as shown.
Layer 4 x 5¼ piece of White CS to inside and decorate as desired.

Thanks to my friend Cherie for making this card for today’s post. I hope you enjoyed! Have a blessed weekend. Create something beautiful and be awesome!

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Snowman Season-Favorite Things Friday

Christmas 2021 / October 15, 2021

Wow, there are only 70 days until Christmas, that is just a little over two months! I absolutely love Christmas and one of may favorite holiday decorations is snowmen. They are so stinkin’ cute!

I was super thrilled when Stampin’ Up! decided to carry over the Snowman Season set and these adorable little snow creatures are the star of today’s Favorite Things Friday!

Cutting Measurements

All Measurement=inches CS=Cardstock DSP=Designer Series Paper Landscape Position=Long side Portrait Position=short side

Supplies

Basic White CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 3 ¾ x 5 (2)
Smoky Slate CS- 4 x 5¼
Snowman Season Stamp Set
Artistically Inked Stamp Set
Smoky Slate Ink
Memento Black Ink
Picture This Dies
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue

Directions

Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold and burnish to create card.
Layer Smoky Slate CS to card front.
Stamp marble image from Artistically Inked in Smoky Slate ink over one piece of 3 ¾ x 5 white panel and use the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss machine to crop out circles using the Picture This Dies.
Stamp snowmen in Memento Black ink on second piece of 3 ¾ x 5 white panel so they are peeking out the circles. I used a pencil to lightly draw around each circle so that I would know exactly where to place the snowmen. Stamp, color and erase your pencil lines.
Layer the circle white panel to the snowman white panel and attach both to card front.
Decorate inside as desired

I really do love the Picture This Dies. I was thinking of creating a card using the Back On Your Feet set. It would make a super sweet get well card. Stay tuned for that in the next few weeks or so. Until than, create something beautiful and be awesome!

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Peaceful Cabin Fall & Summer Cards-Weekly Wednesday #10

Fall-Halloween-Thanksgiving Cards, Happy Birthday, Weekly Wednesday Videos / October 13, 2021

Well if you have not had a chance to order the Peaceful Cabin bundle, you are going to want to do that soon. It is the perfect bundle to create a quiet winter scene, but I am excited to share with you today’s video on how to create a fall and summer card using this bundle.

Summer and Fall with Peaceful Cabin Bundle

For most of my life, with an exception of a few years in California, I have lived in the Mid-West. I love the changing of the four seasons and that is probably what I missed most about living in San Francisco. No Snow! Wherever you live, the Peaceful Cabin is sure to bring you a changing of the seasons.

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FREE Tutorial Weekly Wednesday #10

This Bundle is one of those rare versatile sets that allows our creative juices to run free. I am secretively hoping they come out with a sister set that has tiny flowers, birds and bunnies to create a fun summer scene. We shall see……

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A Peachy Happy Birthday!

2 Comments / Happy Birthday / October 12, 2021

I know it is fall, but the weather has been so warm lately it still feels like summer, at least here in St. Louis. So I figured why not embrace it with a quick and easy birthday card featuring the You’re A Peach Designer Series Paper pack.

This 12 x12 pack of paper is gorgeous! Just see for yourself.

I chose to use the larger peaches on the white background and paired it with a Calypso Coral card base. I added a layer of Old Olive and then used the Stitched So Sweetly Dies to create a double border.

The greeting is stamped in Calypso Coral ink using some of the images from the Biggest Wish stamp set. I created the double border by using two of the Stitched dies that nestle into each other. I cut the Calypso Coral border is as a frame and the white rectangle fits inside of it.

I am finding more and more ways to utilize these great dies and love how they dress up the outside of a card. Be sure to use the Stamparatus to add the greeting in Calypso Coral ink, it makes it so much easier.

I hope you have fun creating! Perhaps today the weather will be a bit cooler. Happy Stamping…..

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Stinkin’ Cute Halloween Card-Make It Monday #28

Fall-Halloween-Thanksgiving Cards, Make it Monday Videos / October 11, 2021

Today’s tutorial is a super easy but seriously cute Halloween card. It was created with a Basic Gray card base and some added layers of Pumpkin Pie and Highland Heather cardstock. I used the Frightful Tag Dies as well as the Festive and Bright stamp set.

The Boo! was stamped in Memento Black and is from the Banner Year stamp set, which might be my all time favorite fall stamp set. I also used a few stamps from the Banner Year set on the inside. I hope this inspires you to create some spooky, but fun cards for this Halloween.

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FREE Tutorial Make it Monday #28

I don’t typically send a lot of Halloween cards, but the Frightful Tag dies are so stinkin’ cute! And while I really hate spiders, there is something adorable about this simple black spider web. Join me Wednesday for another Weekly Wednesday video and next week for another Make it Monday!

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A Higher Calling-Sunday Wisdom

Sunday Wisdom / October 10, 2021

In today’s gospel Jesus teaches his disciples about the value of surrender and detachment. The rich man has a sincere desire to follow Jesus and have eternal life. Jesus values this, understands him and then calls him to be more, give more and follow completely.

Wealth and material things are not bad, after all Jesus permits them, but then again when our attachment to possession gets in the way of living more like Jesus then there is a problem. After all Matthew the tax collector was very wealthy when Jesus called him to give up his job and follow.

Jesus wants us all to break free of whatever is holding us back from living as disciples of Christ. He wants us to find freedom through detachment and surrender so we can truly focus on loving God and one another.

What is our Lord asking you to let go of today? What distracts you from that high calling of freely living as one of his disciples?

Lord help me to surrender whatever is distracting me from you.

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Daisy Garden Sympathy Favorite Things Friday

Get Well & Sympathy / October 8, 2021

Happy Friday! I hope you had a blessed week and are ready to do some crafting this weekend. Today, I thought I would share a card I created with one of my favorite background stamps, Daisy Garden. While sending a sympathy card is never fun, it is important to let the people we care about know we are thinking of them and what better way then sending a hand-made card.

This card was stamped in the white craft ink and heat embossed with some white embossing powder. You can find the powder and heat tool on page 128 in the 2021-2022 annual catalog.

Supplies

Cutting Measurements

All Measurement=inches CS=Cardstock DSP=Designer Series Paper Landscape Position=Long side Portrait Position=short side

Basic Black CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base), 4 x 5¼
Basic White CS:4-1/8 x 5-3/8, 4 x 5 ¼,7/8 x 3 ½
Daisy Garden Background Stamp
White Craft Ink
White Embossing Powders
Memento Black Ink
Heat Tool
Stamparatus
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue

Directions

Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold and burnish to create card.
Use the Stamparatus to stamp the Daily Garden image on Basic Black CS with White Craft ink.
Cover stamped image with white embossing powder and set with heat tool. Attach to Basic White panel (4-1/8 x 5-3/8) and then attach to card front.
On Basic White CS strip, stamp greeting in Memento Black ink and layer to card front.
Add 4 x 5¼ Basic White panel to the inside and decorate as desired.

I love the look of the white on black and think it is perfect for a Sympathy card. Enjoy the weekend. And don’t forget if you are planning to place an order that is less that $150, please use the host code. You don’t want to miss out on collecting those points for your extra shopping perks.

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Tidings of Christmas Fun Fold Card-Weekly Wednesday #9

4 Comments / Christmas 2021, Weekly Wednesday Videos / October 6, 2021

Wow, it is Wednesday already. Where does the time go. I think now that it is getting dark earlier, time seems to be going by quicker. Gone are the lazy days of summer, it is now time to think about the holiday seasons, after all there are only 80 days until Christmas.

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Weekly WEdnesday #9

To be honest, I am still in the Halloween mode and totally enjoying my decorations. I was amazed today when I stopped by Sam’s all the Halloween decorations are gone and have been replaced with Christmas. I guess if you were waiting to buy that stinkin’ cute spider web, it is too late! Oh well.

Monday I posted a Halloween card and today, it is all about Christmas, but don’t worry, Halloween will be back next week.

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Holly Jolly Wishes & Stitched Stars-Make It Monday #29

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Empty and Little-Sunday Wisdom

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Good-bye Summer but not Shaded Summer!

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Snowman Season-Favorite Things Friday

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Peaceful Cabin Fall & Summer Cards-Weekly Wednesday #10

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A Peachy Happy Birthday!

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Stinkin’ Cute Halloween Card-Make It Monday #28

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A Higher Calling-Sunday Wisdom

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Daisy Garden Sympathy Favorite Things Friday

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Tidings of Christmas Fun Fold Card-Weekly Wednesday #9

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