Jean Manis - Right as Rain

Hello Bluebird – Happy Fall

Hello! Today, I am sharing a card featuring the fox image from the Hello Bluebird Fall Friends stamp set. This is the second card I have created with the set, see my first card here.

I stamped the fox, pumpkin, and leaves, colored them with Copic markers and colored pencils, and cut the items with their corresponding dies. For the card base and the background, I used patterned paper from a Carta Bella set; I added a frame, cut with a die from a now retired MFT set, from the Lawn Fawn Paper Bag cardstock (a darker Kraft color that I really like!).

I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and cut it with the smallest die in the Lawn Fawn Rectangle Stackables set.

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Fall-Themed Die-cut Thanks

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS fall-themed thank you card showcasing the Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame 3 die set. The die set includes two frames and six different fall items. I paired four of the items – acorn (I cut two), two leaves, pumpkin – with the Big Thanks sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I cut the items from soft finish cardstock and colored them using sponge applicators with a variety of Distress Inks. I popped the items up with foam adhesive in four of the openings and adhered the Thanks sentiment across the middle with glue adhesive. I used a wood-grain embossing folder on the card base for texture.

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You Da Best – Picture Book Panda

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS card showcasing the Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Panda die. The card could be used for a variety of occasions.

No stamping on this card at all! I used the You Da Best die set for the sentiment. The card base is from a Pebbles patterned paper pack. The glitter paper is from an assortment pack. For texture, I dry-embossed the black cardstock strip, used to ground the panda.

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Spellbinders – A Sweet Christmas

Hello! Today I am sharing three CAS Christmas cards of the same design featuring the Gingerbread Boy from Sharyn Sowell for Spellbinders. For all three, I used patterned paper backgrounds and a sentiment from the Concord & 9th Holiday Cheer set, which I stamped and cut with a circle die.

I crafted the gingerbread people from three different materials – cardstock (Lawn Fawn Paper Bag), felt (Taylored Expressions latte), and glitter (Elizabeth Crafts Desert Gold). For the eyes, buttons, mouth, … I used glossy cardstock for the gingerbread boy crafted from glitter and cardstock and felt for the gingerbread boy crafted from felt.

There would be fun to include with a gift of freshly baked gingerbread!

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CAS Halloween Die-cut Owl

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Halloween card featuring a gold foil die-cut owl.

I used Stampin’ Up cardstock for the card base and purple circle (a color combination that isn’t my usual one for Halloween) and gold foil for the owl. The sentiment is from a Stampin’ Up set (now retired). I added gold stars from the Avery Elle Finished Frames set (now retired) to fill in the background. An additional way to “step it up” would have been to dry-embossed the purple circle.

What’s your favorite Halloween color combo?

Supplies: Avery Elle Finished Frames set (stars), Spellbinders (circle die), Stampin’ Up (cardstock and sentiment)