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.

Supplies and Instructions

Make It monday #29

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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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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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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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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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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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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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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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.

Supplies and Instructions

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……