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Fun Fact Friday~ How Much Space Do You Need to Craft?

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It’s Friday, I hope you are all ready for the weekend. I know I am. One thing I have to do this weekend in clean my craft room. It is a mess! I am sure that never happens to you! Fun Fact: Why is it that no matter how big a crafting space is most crafters tend to create in a 8 x 8 space surrounded by misc. crafting supplies? Well, my craft rooms needs attention so I am crafting in a 4 x 4 space. Time to clean up, organize, and get energized.

Today’s card features the new Beautiful Butterflies Bundle and more of that gorgeous Bloom Impressions Designer Series Paper. This paper pack can be yours free with a $60 order through my online store, CLICK HERE

Project Supplies

  • Blueberry Bushel CS- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, plus scrap for butterfly body
  • Very Vanilla CS- 4 x 5 1/4 (2)
  • Basic Black CS-4 x 4
  • Melon Mambo CS-1/8 x 7
  • Bloom Impressions DSP-4 x 5 1/4 cut on the diagonal
  • Stampin’ Adhesive
  • With You In Mind stamp set
  • Blueberry Bushel Ink

I started by cutting my piece of DSP in half on the diagonal and then attached it to the Very Vanilla panel. I then added my strip of Melon Mambo and trimmed off the edges. Crop the butterfly using Basic Black CS and and the body with Blueberry Bushel and attach to card front. Stamp the greeting with Blueberry Bushel ink and add the 2nd panel of Very Vanilla to the inside.

This was a super fun and very easy card lay out. If you have this amazing DSP, I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am. If not hop on over to my online store and purchase yours today. Happy Stamping!

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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#43 Weekly Wednesday Double Fun Fold

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Happy Wednesday. We are half way through the week and it is time for another Weekly Wednesday video. Today, I am sharing a double fun fold card idea. I received this in one of my Inking Royal card swaps and I admit it was awhile ago. I want to give a shout out to all the Inking Royals and their amazing talents. Card swaps are so much fun and a great way to gather new crafting ideas.

Project Supplies

  • Blueberry Bushel CS-5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 3 x 8-1/2,scrap for butterfly
  • Bloom Impressions DSP (Sale-a-Bration)- 4 x 5 1/4
  • Basic White CS- 2-3/4 x 4 (2)
  • Blueberry Bushel Ink
  • Beautiful Butterfly Dies
  • Unbounded Love stamp set
  • Natural Botanical stamp set
  • Layering Leaves stamp set
  • Adhesive of choice

This is such a great double fun fold and one you can dress up as much as desired. Have fun creating and Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Crafting with Aluminum Foil-Make It Monday #191

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Hey friends, I am excited to share with you a fun technique using simple kitchen aluminum foil. Use this basic kitchen item to create awesome backgrounds for your next card. While this is not a new technique, it is certainly a WOW! and I hope it knocks your socks off. You can use this as a full background or a focal point for your card. Color it or leave it plain. Use it as a background or a focal point. It is all up to you.

Project Supplies

Aluminum Foil Technique Make it Monday #191 project sheet
Dotted Circles Embossing Folder
Eyelet 3-D Embossing Folder

Use any embossing folder in your crafting stash to create unique backgrounds. Here are just a few that I used!

Forever Plaid Embossing Folder
Cane Weave 3-D Embossing Folder
Beautiful Butterflies Hybrid Embossing Folder
Layered Floral 3-D Embossing Folder

I hope you have fun using basic aluminum foil and this super simple technique to create a variety of card. This technique works with any embossing folder. Click here to see a variety of embossing folders available in my online store. Happy Stamping!

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Free Stamp~Fun Fact Friday!

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Sorry my title might be a little misleading, no Stampin’ Up! is not giving away a free stamp, I wish. The “Free Stamp” is actually a sculpture in Cleveland, Ohio that weighs about 35 tons and is considered the largest stamp in the world. Try taking that one to your next crop or stamping event. LOL

Oldenburg is on record as saying that “free,” references the emancipation of American slaves during and after the Civil War—a plausible explanation given the piece’s planned proximity to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. Who knew? If you are ever in Cleveland, Ohio, it might be a good place to visit.

Today’s card was created using the Wildly Wheat designer series paper and the Unbounded Love Bundle. If you have not had a chance to check out this bundle, it is amazing.

I started with a Blackberry Bliss card base and added a 4 x 5 1/4 layer of Wildly Wheat DSP to the card front. I then added a 1 x 4′ strip of Boho Blossom to the card front. On both sides of the Boho Blossom I attached a 1/4 x 4″ strip of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The greeting is from Unbounded Love and stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink. I also used the dies from this bundle to crop the greeting and the accent piece. Add a piece of Basic White cardstock to the inside and decorate as desired.

I cannot believe that it is already November. Time to start brewing up some holiday crafting ideas. Stop back next week for some holiday crafting inspiration. Happy Stamping!

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Seasons of Green & Gold ~Make It Monday #182

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You are going to love this stunning Seasons of Green and Gold paper pack. It is so elegant and today we are creating three cards, two birthday and one Christmas. Come craft with me and don’t forget to download your free project sheet.

https://youtu.be/2hoU50nnAoY

If the video link does not show, please click here or on the photo image below. Thanks!

#182 Seasons of Gold DSP Project Sheet

A Closer Look……

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed these cards. Be sure to stop back on Wednesday for my Weekly Wednesday, create it together video. Happy Stamping!

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Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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More Fall Cards-Caring Leaves Make It Monday #181

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Hey all, I am back with a few more super simple fall cards using the new Caring Leaves stamp set. I have been having trouble getting my YouTube videos to embed. Some of you are getting them and some are not. The video displays in my preview, but not when I go live, so I am not sure how long this will take to fix. For now, if you do not see the video embedded in this post, just click the photo image to view the video. Thanks for your understanding.

https://youtu.be/AMEoNn6leqY
#181 Caring leave project sheet

I hope you enjoyed today’s fall cards. Have a great week. Join me on Wednesdays for our Weekly Wednesday create a card together video and every Monday for our Make It Monday video series. Don’t forget to click the button above to download your free project sheet.

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#178 Stack-Slice-Shuffle Make It Monday

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Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend. What a beautiful weekend here in St. Louis. My heart goes out to all affected by Helene! About 30 years ago our garage and basement flooded. What a mess, but nothing compared to our friends in Florida. I can only imagine the valley of emotions as you begin recovery and clean up. Our prayers are certainly with you.

For those of you more inland, hopefully you had a chance to get into you craft room for a bit of creating. Today, I am excited to share with you the Stack, Slice, and Shuffle technique to create three…..well perhaps six cards. Stay tuned this week to see the other three.

https://youtu.be/HQdfdgfiCZ0
Stack, Slice,Shuffle Project Sheet Make It Monday #178

Let’s Take A Closer Look

Stay tuned this week for three more cards using the designer series paper we cut in today’s video. Until then, Happy Stamping!

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Bye Bye Birdie ~ #177 Make It Monday

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Happy Monday everyone. Today I am excited to share three cards for three different occasions using the birdies from the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle feature in the 2024 Holiday Mini Catalog. I used an embossing folder for each card. It is amazing how a simple embossed layer enhances our card projects.

https://youtu.be/15VqyVSLypI
#177 Bye Bye Birdie Project Sheet

I love how sweet these cards turned out and it is all because of those stinkin’ cute birds! This is definitely a set to add to your stash. It is so versatile I know you will have fun creating cards for any season.

A Closer Look

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Double the Fun-Fun Fact Friday!

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Did you know that Greetings of the Season and Everyday Greetings are sister bundles. These two online exclusive stamp sets go hand in hand and today I am sharing some double fun with these two bundles. I created a Happy Anniversary and a Happy Birthday card using some Summer Splash cardstock and designer series paper. And no you are not seeing double but I did create basically the same card for both greetings!

The flowers are actually the greenery in Golden Greenery, so I love how that stamp can double as a floral image. It also looks great as a Mossy Meadow and Old Olive green accent. Golden Greenery is also in the online exclusive section. Click here or the images below for more online exclusive stamp sets and designer series paper pack.

The ‘Happy” is from the Greetings of the Season set and the Birthday and Anniversary is from Everyday Greetings. I love how they coordinate with the same font or you can mix it up and use different fonts on one greeting. Again I used Summer Splash but I am sure that any color would look great. I stamped off for the floral part of the stamp so that it would be a bit lighter.

If you have not checked out the online exclusives you will want to do that soon. I don’t want you to miss out on any of these amazing stamp sets. Have fun creating with different color schemes. Happy Stamping!

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Lifetime of Love Make It Monday #176

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Happy Monday. Although it is almost fall, here in St. Louis the weather has been quite warm. The next few weeks are supposed to be in the 90’s which is not really typical for September. Oh, I am not complaining but I do hope we get some good fall weather in October.

I do have to wonder about all the young couples who are planning to get married this month. Chances are when they chose a September date they were not planning on summertime weather. While the weather might not be perfect for a wedding, today, I do have some pretty great wedding/anniversary and or birthday cards for you to create.

https://youtu.be/ZhAKbyY1jG4
Make It Monday #176 Project Sheet Lifetime of love

Here is a Closer Look at today’s cards!

For today’s cards I used the Lifetime of Love stamp set and coordinating dies, which is featured in the 2024-2025 annual catalog. I hope you enjoyed today’s Make It Monday. Be sure to stop back on Wednesday for our Weekly Wednesday video series. Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by!
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