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Christmas Truck Sign

Posted on November 29, 2024 9:50 PM by Julie Comment

Today, I have a Christmas card that was a lot of fun to make. Who doesn’t love a vintage red truck loaded with presents and a green Christmas tree? To give it a little more interest, I made a weathered sign background to put it on. This would look perfect hanging over a porch or outside a cute little Christmas shop.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC991, we are visiting The Tin Bin & their Pinterest Board. I was inspired by THIS wonderful picture. I knew I had the perfect dies to use for the red truck & weathered sign.

After die cutting the truck back (it also has a front view) & the new Christmas/Fall truck add ons, I set about putting them all together. It’s actually pretty easy & I have a tip for you on doing this. The truck front/back picture on the package is the actual size so put your pieces on top of the picture as you’re gluing them, & they will all be in the correct position. If you leave it inside the plastic package, any glue overrun can be easily wiped off. For the weathered sign, I used white for the inside but before die cutting it, I rubbed over the die (not the card stock) w/ a hickory smoke oxide ink pad. Then I carefully placed it on the white card & die cut it. The frame part of the sign was cut out of Kraft. The greeting banner was die cut & I inked the two word greeting separately, first w/ the red then w/ the chianti, & stamped each half on the inside of the banner pieces. I used a pine green Copic on the tree to give it a little dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Let it Snow set

Paper: Staples 110# white, kraft, lt red, dk red, green, cobalt blue, silver, gold, black

Ink: Versaclair tulip red & chianti (chianti used over the tulip red), Distress Oxide ink hickory smoke

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Truck Front/Back, Winter/Fall Truck Ad Ons, Ribbon Banner dies, Misti

Truck Front & Back die 5415-12D	Let it Snow set 36045	Winter/Fall Truck Add on die 5415-03D	Woodgrain Sign die 5708-03D	Ribbon Banner die w Flowers 5745D
Distress Oxide Inks	Versafine Clair ink	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock

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Be Thankful

Posted on November 23, 2024 9:45 PM by Julie Comment

Since fall is coming to an end and Thanksgiving is next Thursday, this may be my last autumn card for the year. And I had a lot of fun making this one. Once you start die cutting these beautiful leaves out of fall colors, it’s hard to stop! So my wreath has a bushel of leaves on it. So much more fun than raking them in the yard.

A big congrats to Dawn, the newest Featured Stamper, FS929! She has a beautiful gallery & I didn’t have to go far to find THIS card to case. I kept the layout & leaves around a circle, but used different dies, slightly different colors & added a few red rust colored layers.

My card is pretty self explanatory. I die cut a bunch of these leaves out of all of the fall colors you see. I love the veining on the leaves & there are a few bigger ones I didn’t use. The greeting was stamped on a stitched circle, backed with a narrow circle of the red rust, then attached to a larger stitched circle. These are all popped up a bit. I added some sticky tape to the back of the circle then started arranging the leaves. After the first layer was stuck to the back, I added a bit of glue to the succeeding layers then attached a cardboard circle to the back side to hold them all in place. The white layers were also backed with very narrow red rust layers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Autumn Splendor

Paper: Staples 110# white, kraft, goldenrod, rust, red rust, clay, autumn gold, moss green, olive green

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Fall Leaves, Stitched Circles, Circles, Stitched Rectangles dies, Misti

Fall Leaves die 5510-06D	Autumn Splendor 36064	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Circle dies 5002D	Circle Stitch Sm. dies 5012D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	MISTI	AC color card stock

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Colors of Autumn

Posted on November 22, 2024 9:55 PM by Julie Comment

Autumn colors are the best! I love all the leaves and colors. I also love making wreaths and today I have a twig wreath with wheat grass in fall colors. The wheat heads are textured and have a bit of sparkle to them.

For the Inspiration Challenge, we are visiting World Market & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture for my inspiration. I liked the wispy look of the wreath against the white door.

To make my wreath, I die cut one brown & one Kraft twig wreath then stacked them w/ a cardboard version underneath. The stalks of the wheat were cut out of Kraft & brown then arranged underneath the wreath. I trimmed off any pieces that went inside the wreath. I had a stack of paint chips from Lowe’s that are a sandstone texture & have a bit of sparkle in them. I used these to cut the heads of the wheat out & attached them to the stalks. The greeting was stamped on a die cut circle & placed under the center of the wreath. Another larger cardboard circle was attached under the wreath to help hold all of the wheat stalks in place. A piece of designer paper was used for the background & it is attached to a very narrow layer of rust colored card stock.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Autumn Splendor

Paper: Staples 110# white, kraft, goldenrod, rust, brown, clay, wine, autumn gold, sandstone textured paint chips

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps:Twig Wreath, Wheat Grass, Circles dies, Misti

Twig Wreath w/ Leaves die 5744D	Autumn Splendor 36064	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Circle dies 5002D	Harvest Time paper pad 2005
Wheat Grass die 5741-03D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	MISTI	AC color card stock