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Sharing A Season of Miracles

Christmas 2020 / October 27, 2020 / Designer Series Paper, Feels Like Frost, For Unto Us, In-Colors, Night of Navy, Seaside Spray

Glory, wonder and miracles is what the Holiday seasons are all about and if you are like me than you love the anticipation of Thanksgiving and Christmas. I may not be quite ready for our first snow, but I do love fireplace weather, thinking about pumpkin pie and of’ course making my Christmas shopping list. Today’s simple card is again using the Feels Like Frost 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper and a little rhinestone bling.

I started with a card base using one of our In-colors, Seaside Spray. I love the softness of this color and to me it reflect the freshly fallen snow in the paper. For a little bolder contrast I stamped the greeting in Night of Navy ink and mounted it on a rectangle of some Whisper White cardstock, then layered that on top of some Seaside Spray measuring 7/8″x 4 7/8″. The greeting is from the For Unto Us set.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope this card inspires you to create something beautiful today. Stop by tomorrow for a little more challenging card using the silver patterned side of the Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper.

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First Snow begins with Feels like Frost!

Christmas 2020 / October 26, 2020 / Christmas, Designer Series Paper, For Unto Us, Night of Navy, Simple Card

Today’s card was created using the Feels Like Frost 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper. I love this beautiful printed paper and how easy it is to create an elegant card in just a few minutes. I began with a Night of Navy card base and added a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of the Feels Like Frost paper, stamped the greeting from the For Unto Us stamp set in Night of Navy ink and added a little bling using our basic jeweled rhinestones. It truly was that simple.

One tip to keep in mind when using this printed paper is to pay attention to the pattern or image when you cut so the image is in the correct orientation. This was such a simple card and it literally took only a few minutes to create. I think the hardest part was trying to decide which sentiment to use from the For Unto Us set because I love them all. LOL

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join me tomorrow for another super simple creation using our Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper. Feel free to leave a comment, I’d love to know what you think! Stamping Hugs and Blessings, Renae.

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Sunday Wisdom 3

2 Comments / Sunday Wisdom / October 25, 2020

Happy Sunday! I truly believe the ultimate purpose of our existence is to love one another and to enjoy the gifts our Lord has bestowed upon us. For me, one of those gifts is crafting and I love creating things to bless others. I hope in my small way I am making a difference in the lives of others. I know it is not much, just a hand-made card, but it is truly is crafted with love and that brings me great joy.

For love to be pure, it must be freed from all selfishness. Pure love looks only at the one being loved. That is super easy when it comes to loving my husband, but at times, not so much when it comes to loving myself. So it is during those times that I just take a deep breath and try to focus only on God’s greatness and beauty, then I discover something quite glorious.

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A Grateful Heart!

2 Comments / Fall-Halloween-Thanksgiving Cards, Paper Crafting Ideas / October 24, 2020 / acorn punch, Beautiful Autumn, bumblebee, cinnamon cider, leaves punch

Sometimes I am amazed at how blessed I am. The Lord has been good to me and while sure there have been struggles and challenges, I am grateful for my wonderful family and the many friends I have made because of crafting. This time of year as the leaves begin to change colors and the cool crisp air returns, I am grateful for seasons. Some people think the Midwest is a boring place to live, but I love it! My card today was inspired by the changing seasons and the swirling winds outside my craft room window.

I started with a Pretty Peacock card base and a layer of very vanilla. The strip on the bottom is a 2 x 4 piece of Plaid Tidings Designer Series paper. I used the Beautiful Autumn bundle to create the falling leaves, the acorn and the sentiment. I added a simple strip of Bumblebee and Early Expresso cardstock to bring out the colors in the plaid. I hope you enjoy the card and get inspired to create something beautiful. Feel free to leave a comment. I love hearing from you! Thanks for stopping by. Stamping Hugs and Blessing, Renae.

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Happy Anniversary!

Anniversary & Love-Weddings, Fall-Halloween-Thanksgiving Cards / October 23, 2020 / Anniversary, Gather Together, Well Said

So yesterday was my 32nd Wedding Anniversary and this is the card that I gave to the love of my life. I thought the pumpkins were so appropriate for this time of year. I used the Pumpkin Pie blends to color the pumpkins from the Gather Together Bundle and cut them out with the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine. The sentiment is from Well Said and of’ course I could not resist using the Plaid Tiding Designer Series Paper again.

I used a Cajun Craze card base, cut a triangle of the Plaid Tidings Designer series paper, and layered all on some Very Vanilla cardstock. I decided to go with the square greeting to help balance my many round pumpkins. I hope you will stop back tomorrow for some more fall fun! Stamping Hugs and Blessings, Renae.

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Season of Thanks!

2 Comments / Fall-Halloween-Thanksgiving Cards / October 22, 2020 / Gather Together, Merry Merlot, Oval Dies

Remember yesterday when Brian King said prepare yourself for Autumn landscapes, warm colors and sweet reminders of all the reasons we have to be grateful this time of year. Well those words inspired this Fall/Thanksgiving card! Again I used the Merry Merlot for a card base. The leaves are cut out with the dies included in the Gather Together Bundle, with Garden Green, Merry Merlot and Cinnamon Cider cardstock.

You may not realize it from the picture, but I cut out the fancy scallop frame using two of the dies from the layering oval dies and stamped the sentiment directly on the cardstock. This helps keep the bulk of the card down, especially if you are sending it in the mail. Again I added the gold metallic pearls. It is truly amazing how a little bling pulls a card together. I hope you enjoyed the Blog Hop yesterday, it was my first one and it was so much fun. Thanks to all my teammates for posting such amazing card designs. I truly am blessed. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you come back tomorrow. Until then, stamping hugs and blessings! Renae

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Thanksgiving InKing Royalty Blog Hop

22 Comments / Blog Hop, Fall-Halloween-Thanksgiving Cards / October 21, 2020

Welcome to InKing Royalty’s October Blog Hop! During this year’s blog hops, we are enjoying a year of celebrations. This month’s projects celebrate Thanksgiving, so prepare yourself for Autumn landscapes, warm colors and sweet reminders of all the reasons we have to be grateful this time of year. We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.

I created my Thanksgiving card using the Celebrate Sunflowers set and the greeting from the Gather Together set featured in the August-December mini catalog. I used the Plaid Tiding Designer Series Paper, but I have to admit even though the suggested color is Cherry Cobbler, I actually preferred the Merry Merlot card base.

I layered a piece of Very Vanilla 4x 5 1/4 on top of the Merry Merlot and added a piece strip of the Plaid Tidings 2 x 5 1/4 to the bottom. I added a small strip of Bumblebee cardstock and colored my sunflowers with our Stampin’ Blends! As a final touch I added three Metallic Gold Pearls.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!

Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:

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Celebrating Friends

Get Well & Sympathy / October 20, 2020

I absolutely love the Flowers for All Seasons Designer Series Paper. It has such a great variety of flowers. I want to give a shout out to my good friend Sally Nusbaum for this card design. Sally designed this for a virtual event a few months ago and I tweaked it just a bit by adding a little bling and changing up the sentiment, but I just love the new In-colors Sally used. The Bumble Bee and the Just Jade go so well together. Thanks Sally-you’re the best!

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Forever Fern-Forever Friendships!

Flowers-Birds-Butterflies-Nature / October 19, 2020

This is a perfect fall and friendship card to send to that someone who may need a little sunshine in their day and I know just the person I am going to send it to. I created the background using a piece of Whisper White cardstock cut at 3 3/4 x 5 and stamped some of the images from this set. I love the way it turned out because our Stampin’ UP! colors blend so well together. It may not look like it but I just used two inks, Shaded Spruce and Pear Pizzazz. To create the lighter images, I stamped off first. The card base is Pear Pizzazz with a layer of Shaded Spruce (4 x 5 1/4).

The faux ribbon is actually a piece of Shaded Spruce cardstock (3/4 x 5). I sponged around the saying with some Shaded Spruce ink and of course added some rhinestones for a little bling! If you don’t want to make your own Designer Series Paper, the Forever Greenery paper is on sale thought the end of October. I hope you enjoy this fun fall card and create one to make someone smile today. Stamping Hugs and Blessings!

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Sunday Wisdom 2

Sunday Wisdom / October 18, 2020

As we continue to find our new normal in this world let us always remember to reach out to others in compassion. We must never forget to show ourselves love and compassion as well. We all make mistakes! After all as I used to remind my children, if you don’t make at least 10 mistakes a day you are not doing anything. Life is all about taking risks and learning to live with a compassionate and forgiving heart! Peace my friends!

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