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Thanksgiving Pumpkins

Posted on October 18, 2025 9:38 PM by Julie Comment

Today I have a quick and easy card for Thanksgiving. Or switch up the greeting and just have it as a fall card. All you need is a few dies, some pretty paper and a greeting. Since only a 2″ band of designer paper is used, you could make several out of one sheet. A lot of bang for your buck!

It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper FS976, so a big congrats to Karen! She has a big, beautiful gallery & after much browsing, I chose THIS card to case. I liked the layout so I kept that & the pumpkins. I used different dies, different paper, slightly different colors & added a greeting.

To make my pumpkin card, I die cut the 2 pumpkins out of 2 shades, one a little more orange & the other a little more rust. I used 2 inks & blending brushes to add a little more color to the tops & bottoms of the pumpkins. The ivy was cut out of 2 shades of green. I cut a 2″ piece of designer paper & used an edge die to add the green borders. The pumpkins are popped up & the greeting was added below them. Pretty simple!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Hello Fall Sign Sayings set

Paper: Staples 110# white, orange, rust, olive, grass green, brown, Brass & Bliss: Whispers of Fall paper pad

Ink: Versaclair Nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks: set #2

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Large Pumpkins, Lg Ivy, Stitched Rectangles, Classic Edge dies, Lg Blending Brushes, MISTI

Lg Pumpkins dies 5832-03D	Lg Ivy die 5162-02D	Hello Fall Sign Sayings set 37043	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Classic Edge Cut dies 5807-01D
Large Blending Brushes	Color Fuse Ink set #2	Whispers of Fall paper pad 2306	AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock
MISTI	Versafine Clair ink	Scotch ATG

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Autumn is Here

Posted on October 11, 2025 9:39 PM by Julie Comment

The colors of Autumn are the best! The weather is cooler, the leaves are falling and the ones left on the trees turn these amazing colors. I love using fall colors for cards and my card today features some of the brightest shades of autumn.

A big congrats to Carrie, the newest Featured Stamper FS975! She has a really lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I liked the split front with the opening, so I kept that, but I used different dies, different colors & used designer paper behind the opening.

This is also a sneak peek at some new paper, dies & greetings to be released Oct 15! To make my autumn card, I die cut the Stained Glass Waves die out of beige & also card board. I adhered them together, except for the opening area. I wanted to lift it a bit off of the background. The designer paper was attached behind the opening & a small piece of it was used for behind the greeting tag. All of the fall florals were die cut out of orange, brown, gold & olive green. Inks and blending brushes were used to add a little more color to them before they were arranged on top of the background.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Hello Fall Sign Sayings set

Paper: Staples 110# white, beige, orange, olive, goldenrod, Brass & Bliss: Whispers of Fall paper pad

Ink: Versaclair Pinecone, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks: set #2, set #4, set #11

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Waves Stained Glass, Fall Florals, Fall Foliage, Nested Tags dies, Detail Blending Brushes, MISTI

Waves-Stained Glass die 5747-01D	Nested Tag dies 5704D	Fall Florals dies 5832-04D	Fall Foliage die 5832-02D	Hello Fall Sign Sayings set 37043
Detail Blending Brushes	Color Fuse Ink set #2	Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #11	Whispers of Fall paper pad 2306
AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	MISTI	Versafine Clair ink	Scotch ATG

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Amazing Things

Posted on October 10, 2025 9:56 PM by Julie Comment

Today, I have an impossible fold card that is really easy to make. And with all the little surfaces to decorate, you will have a blast using it. All the work is done for you, just select your papers and the die set does everything for you. For the instructions, click the link at the bottom under the Impossible Fold die & it will take you to the product where you can watch the video. The hardest part about this card is trying to photograph it.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1036 we are visiting Selfridges where I was inspired by THIS dress. I liked the graphic look of the teal with the black.

As this was a little hard to photograh, I took a few extra to show the different angles. It does fold flat for mailing & the little center rectangle stands up. I die cut the card base with the impossible fold die out of heavy white. Included in the die set are the main panels & all the layers to go with them. The main layers were cut out of white & all the backing layers cut out of black. I cut 2 extra of the long panel. After using the inks & blending brushes on all the top panels, I put the large silhouette image into the Misti & positioned the top, color blended layers where I wanted them to be. Then they were all stamped w/ Versclair nocturne. The greeting is on the long front panel & the extra one I put more of the scene across it & attached it to the back. This isn’t shown in the video, it was something I added to make it a little more sturdy. You can see just a section of it in the pic above, going between the right & left back panels.

From the side, you can see how it looks, laying flat with the center panel popped up.

Above is an alternate view, showing how it looks flattened, to put in the envelope. I hope you give this a try, it really is a lot of fun!
Thanks so much for stopping by!

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

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Moments that Matter set

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, heavy white

Ink: Versaclair Nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #9, set #11

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Impossible Fold die, Lg Blending Brushes, MISTI

Moments That Matter set 37032	Impossible Fold die 5723D	Color Fuse Ink set #9	Color Fuse Ink set #11	Large Blending Brushes
Versafine Clair ink	Recollections Hvy Wt white c/s	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Scotch ATG
MISTI