Create cards for Fall and Christmas with the Blended Seasons stamp set.  I know that the words Fall and Christmas at this time of year may not be the greatest to use.  As much as we don’t want summer to end, we always need to look ahead.

Yes, the Color Your Seasons bundle (Blended Seasons stamps and Stitched Season Framelits) will be available to purchase starting August 1, 2018.  To find out the information on this promotion, visit this LINK

Use the leaf stamps in many ways to add interest to your Fall cards.  In addition, use the leaf framelit in conjunction with the stamps. As for the Christmas stamps, there are evergreen boughs with holly and berries, and a Christmas bell.

Recipe:

Stamps: Blended Seasons, Bokeh Dots.

Inks: Gray Granite, VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie.

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Gray Granite, Champagne Foil Vellum.

Accessories:Big Shot DIe Cutting Machine, Stitched Season Framelits, Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Banner Triple Punch, Stampin’ Blends: Pumpkin Pie Duo, Pear Pizzazz, Color LIfter.

Ink the Bokeh Dots stamp with Gray Granite ink and stamp the Gray Granite cardstock.  Overlap the images changing the direction of the stamp. You will achieve an interesting background. Stamp the leaves with the Memento Tuxedo Black ink and color using the Stampin’ Blends.

Stamp the Velum with Pumpkin Pie ink and heat emboss with Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder.  Die cut the leaf from Champagne Foil paper and apply to card front.

Add the layers of the card and slip a strip of Champagne Foil behind the Pumpkin Pie banner.

Recipe

Stamps:Blended Seasons.

Inks:Memento Black Tuxedo, VersaMark.

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Call Me Clover.

Accessories: Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Softly Falling Emboss Folder, Stitched Season Framelits, Tiny Spatula, Aqua Painter Brush, Call Me Clover Marker  Real Red Marker, Coastal Cabana Marker, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge 3/8″ Ribbon.

Stamp the holly bough 2 times on the Whisper White cardstock. Use the Call Me Clover Marker to outline the  holly. Draw the color into the leaves with a bit of water and the Aqua Painter Brush.

Stamp “Merry Christmas” in VersaMark between the holly  boughs.  Make sure that the ink in the previous step is dry and use the Embossing Buddy to eliminate static before applying the Gold Emboss Powder. Heat with Heat Tool. Die cut the Whisper WHite Panel, and die cut the Real Red panel using the largest Stitched Season Framelit.

Apply the ribbon across the center of the Real Red die cut and attach the Whisper White panel.

Emboss the Call Me Clover panel with the Softly Falling Emboss Folder and attach to Real Red background,

Using a tiny spatula apply VersaMark to the stamped bell.  Emboss with Gold Emboss powder and heat set. Color the ribbon with Real Red Marker. Attach to upper right.

If you create a portrait card, you will need to trim the Real Red die cut a bit on each side.

Tune in on August 1st to shop for the Color Your Season suite and you can create your own Blended Seasons Fall and Christmas Cards.

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The pumpkin harvest has started.  As we head into September, we will see a lot of pumpkins from our windows.

The Happy Scenes stamp set is perfect for making different scenes as we go into the fall season.  I can be used for Christmas, Halloween, Winter and Fall.  The best thing though, is the matching Hearth & Home thinlit dies which as a perfect match for this stamp set.  You can create you own window to view the different happy scenes.

These scenes can be switched out for many different cards depending upon the sentiment you attach to your card.  A few of the images like the trees can be used for male birthday cards.

For now, I have decided to go with the pumpkin harvest scene.

Recipe

Stamps: Happy Scenes.

Ink/Markers: Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow Marker, Tangelo Twist Marker.

Paper: Whisper White, Tangelo Twist, Window Sheet, Into the Woods DSP.

Accessories: Big Shot, Hearth and Home Thinlits, Pear Pizzazz 1/4” Cotton Ribbon, Paper Tea Lace Doily.

This card is quite straight forward to make.  I did use some colour wash in the background after stamping the image. Using a sponge, the sky is sponged in Soft Sky ink and the ground is sponged in Pear Pizzazz.

The leaves and pumpkins were coloured in with the markers.

Finally to make the window, a piece of Window Sheet was cut to the same size as the stamped image panel.  The stamped image panel was cut and trimmed using the window from the Hearth & Home thinlits as a guide.

The window was attached to the stamped image panel and the window frame using Mini Glue Dots.

Finally the work “Grateful” was coloured with Early Espresso ink.  I picked out this word from the full sentiment – “Thinking of You….with a Grateful Heart”.  You can make up your own sentiments.

So what will your pumpkin harvest be?  Leave a comment and let me know.

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Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 100730

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Tangelo Twist 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 133677

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Regals Stampin’ Write Markers – 131262

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Tea Lace Paper Doilies – 129399

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I am grateful for you, my blog followers.  This card I am sharing today is from the stamp set For All Things and yes, it’s a card in a box.  This is the first card in a box that I have created.  I know that they have been out there for some time.  I guess I am just a little slow.

The original tutorials that I found created a larger card than the 5-1/2″ X 4-1/4″ size.  However I wanted to be able to put it into a standard size envelope, so had to do some modifications to the box base.

This was a fun card to make and I used it for my monthly card class.  The ladies were very pleased with the results.

I do love the Fall season with all its majestic colours of brilliant reds, oranges, yellows and purples.

The Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper came in very handily as I cut some of the leaves, acorns, and pine cones from the paper.  I did say to the ladies that they would either hate me for love me for making them fussy cut so many leaves.  However, the saving grace was that we did use the Big Shot and the Autumn Accents Bigz die to cut some of the leaves.

Side View

Recipe

Stamps: For All Things.

Ink: Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede.

Paper: Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Color Me Autumn DSP.

Accessories: Big Shot, Autumn Accents Die, Project Life Cards & Labels, Linen Thread, Gold Basic Buttons, Sponge Daubers.

I cut a number of leaves using the Autumn Accents die from the designer papers – the ones that look like watercolor and then sponged around them with a complimentary colored ink.  The sponging brought out the colour of the papers. The leaves and elements that were cut from the Blackberry Bliss colors added some pop.

I did CASE this card from someone on the internet, however, I am sorry that I have forgotten where I saw the card.

So once again I am grateful for you and your visits to my blog.  When you stop by, please leave me a comment.

For All Things Wood-Mount Stamp Set

For All Things Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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I know, it was just a month ago and we were complaining about the rain…oh well, we are just never satisfied with the weather no matter what season we are in.

Besides, the weather is one of those things that we just don’t have control over or do we? 

I am not sure if this is common knowledge, but seeding clouds with silver iodide and dry ice (carbon dioxide) has been known to change the weather around airports, farming areas, and drought areas.  These chemicals will increase precipitation such as rain or snow and it will also inhibit hail and fog.  

Actually, this is practiced in all areas around the globe with the most significant usage in China.  How do I know about this?  My son, a meteorologist, worked for a company in Alberta that was contracted by insurance companies to assist in the control of hail, which can be golf size and cause much damage to grain crops.

But can this be good for people and the environment?  The experts agree that there is little impact to people and the ground as the amount of silver exposure is less than the silver in a tooth filling. 

But who knows the long term effects as many studies in other area determine that there is little cause for concern and then 10 – 15 years later, another study will come out contradicting the previous study.  You just can’t fool with Mother Nature.

Now, the lesson in Cloud Seeding is over, on with card!!!

The secret to using this die cut and the stamp is to die cut the card stock first, ink up the stamp and lay it on the die cut.  Of course, it can be a bit tricky is get it lined up.

Well, that is my post for today, I hope you enjoy.

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