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Colorful Turkey

Posted on November 2, 2024 9:41 PM by Julie Comment

November is here and time to make some fun Thanksgiving cards. Today I have a colorful die cut turkey and an equally colorful, stenciled background. No one says paper turkeys have to be all brown, so I pieced in all kinds of fall colors for his tail feathers. Grab your inks, this fab new stencil and a handful of fall card stock colors.

A big congrats to Joan, the newest Featured Stamper (FS926)! She has a terrific gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I keep the funny turkey theme & most of the layout, but I used different dies, different papers & used a stenciled background instead of designer paper.

I used mostly scraps for all the turkey parts & feathers. Good way to use them up! I did put a matching piece of card board behind the turkey body, attached the feathers, then put another piece of card board behind the turkey to sandwich the feather in between. He’s attached to a long rectangle of Kraft w/ the greeting stamped at the bottom. For the background, I took a 4.25 x 5.50 piece of white card stock, taped the stencil on top of it, then started sponging. I started w/ the lightest yellow on all the pumpkins/gourds. Then added darker yellows to the gourds & darker oranges to the pumpkins. I finished the pumpkins w/ a bit of red at the bottom. The big leaves were done the same way. The detail blending brushes make it really easy to just put color where you want it. The stenciled panel was die cut w/ the largest stitched rectangle & attached to a slightly larger piece of rust then I put the cut off part of the stenciled background behind it.

The kraft panel was also popped up a bit before attaching it to the front.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Autumn Sunflowers set (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Kraft, goldenrod, rust, brown, clay, wine, green

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #1, set #2, set #4, set #10

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Sm Stitch Rectangles, Narrow A2 Stitched Rectangles, Crazy Turkey dies, Detail Blending Brushes, Stencil, Misti,

Crazy Turkey die 5626-01D	Autumn Sunflowers 36053	Autumn Sunflowers dies 36053D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Narrow A2 Rectangle dies 5728D
Detail Blending Brushes	Color Fuse Ink set #1	Color Fuse Ink set #2	Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #10
Pumpkins & Leaves Stencil 4307	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	MISTI	AC color card stock

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Thanksgiving Wreath

Posted on November 1, 2024 9:48 PM by Julie Comment

November is here and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Today I have a fairly simple card using a fab wooden sign as my background and minimalistic sunflower wreath. This sunflower wreath set and matching dies make it a snap! And I’m really loving this wooden sign and frame die. Let me show you how I made this.

It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge & we’re visiting a wonderful site called Home is Where the Bost Is & her Pinterest Board where I found THIS to use as my inspiration.

After stamping & coloring the oval sunflower wreath & an extra sunflower, I die cut them w/ their matching dies. For the background, I die cut the wooden sign out of Kraft card stock & the backing frame layer out of white. I wanted the wooden background to be a little softer & worn, so I took white ink & rubbed the ink pad directly over the entire area. The white only covered the high points leaving the grain lines the Kraft color. I love the worn, whitewashed look it gave! The greeting was stamped and die cut w/ the smallest tag & the next size tag was die cut out of the Kraft. I placed it under the wooden sign die & ran it through then whitewashed it, as well. This tag set is a real must have..it has 3 sizes of each shape & I picked this shape because it mimicked the shape of the wooden sign background.

I popped up the wreath & sign then added a worn brass brad to “hang” my wreath. A little stickles was added to the sunflower centers. Here are the Copics I used on the wreath:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Autumn Sunflowers set

Paper: Staples 110# white, Kraft

Ink: Distress ink Picket Fence, Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Autumn Sunflowers dies, Sm Stitch Rectangles, Woodgrain Sign, Nested Tag dies, Misti, Copic markers, stickles

Autumn Sunflowers 36053	Autumn Sunflowers dies 36053D	Woodgrain Sign die 5708-03D	Nested Tag dies 5704D	Rectangle dies 5003D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	Distress Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI
AC color card stock	Stickles

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Christmas Pocket Dog

Posted on October 26, 2024 9:33 PM by Julie Comment

It’s about time to get my Christmas cards wrapped up so I made one for a dog lover in my family. This looks nothing like the dog, but it works, anyway. I put the little cutie in a pocket on a shirt and made the shirt out of a Chrismtas paper.

A big congrats to Sybil, the newest Featured Stamper (FS925)! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the animal in the pocket but changed mine to a dog in a shirt pocket, made a Christmas theme & used different images, dies & papers.

I die cut a piece of Christmas tree paper to use as my shirt. After die cutting the larger background & pocket out of green and the tie out of red, I used a paw print stencil to add a fun dog element to them. I used the pocket from the Overalls instead of from the shirt because it is a little larger. The little dog was colored & die cut then I snipped off the bottom half of him in order to have the scarf partially out of the pocket. The dog’s lower half was attached back on the inside of the pocket. I added a white frame which I cut out the inside using the next largest plain rectangle.

The pocket was popped up & I added a small paw print from part of one of the greetings from the set. Here are the Copics I used: (not all of them were used on this image, but I colored them all at the same time.)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Christmas Dogs set

Paper: Staples 110# white, green red, Brass & Bliss: Holly Jolly paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress ink fired brick, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse ink set #10

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps:Christmas Dogs set, Sm Stitch Rectangles, Rectangles, Dress Shirt, Overalls dies, Detail Blending Brushes, Crossover II, Copic markers, Misti

Christmas Dogs 36001	Christmas Dogs dies 36002D	Dress Shirt die 5707-02D	Overalls die 5707-01D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D
Rectangle dies 5003D	Color Fuse Ink set #10	Detail Blending Brushes	Paw Print Stencil 4206	Holly Jolly paper 2209
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Distress Inks	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI