Have A Hoot Fall Card
Hello Stamping Friends,
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The ‘Have A Hoot’ stamp set is so cute!
For today’s card, I paired that set with the ‘Gather Together’ set with its awesome greeting- smiles & love for the season– yes, please.
At ‘Take A Break Tuesday’, I introduced the card and did a little advertising for the 15% off DSP sale and for my Color Cards that I am getting ready to make for a customer. At about the 16 minute mark the internet crashed.
Here is the intro:
It stopped right where I was adding a garland at the top of the Pumpkin Pie layer using the Ornamental Envelopes stamp set. So it is time for words: After stamping the garland in the middle, then the right and left sides, I used a Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Marker to add little tiny berries to the garland. There is a stamp in the Ornamental Envelopes set with berries, but it is best used with the large leaf garland in the set.
The greeting and the two little pumpkins behind the smiling pumpkin are from the ‘Gather Together’ set which can also be bundled with ‘Gathered Leaves Dies’ for a 10% savings (and a die to cut out those two pumpkins among others).
For the inside I used the pumpkin stamp in ‘Celebration Tidings’ which can be bundled with ‘Celebration Labels Dies’ for a 10% savings. This set also has that unique little heart!
. Silly camera! This is the same Basic Gray base, same lighting, same time of day and yet this one looks like it has a purple base. Sigh….. the base is Basic Gray.
Recipe:
- Have A Hoot stamp set with Peek-A-Hoot Dies (page 62 of the Mini)
- Ornamental Envelopes stamp set (page 40 of the Mini)
- Celebration Tidings & Celebration Labels Dies for the heart and inside (page 58 of Mini)
- Gather Together with Gathered Leaves Dies for the pair of pumpkins and greeting (page 47 of the Mini)
- Stitched Shapes Circle Die & Rectangle Stitched Die
- Inks: Early Espresso, Memento Black, Rich Razzelberry, Smoky Slate-for sponging edges
- Stampin’ Write Rich Razzleberry Marker
- Stampin’ Blends: Mango Melody, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate
- Base: Basic Gray, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
- Layer 1 (X2) : Cherry Cobbler, 5 3/8 X 4 1/8
- Layer 2 (X2) : Pumpkin Pie, 5 1/4 X 4
- Layer 3: Plaid Designer Series Paper (DSP), 1 3/4 X 5 1/4
- Inside Strip: Plaid DSP, 5 1/4 X 3/8
- Card stock for stamped Images: Whisper White, 5 1/2 X 4 1/4, Stamp and die cut the owl in the tree, the owl behind the pumpkin, the greeting and the pair of pumpkins. The pair of pumpkins is glued direct to paper and the three other images are popped up
- Ribbon: 6″ of the Early Espresso Faux Suede (page 161 of the Annual Catalog-AC)
- Embellishments: Gilded Gems X 3 (page 157 of AC)
Tip: When you use your Stampin’ Blends on very small areas like the tree trunk, just dot with the small tip, don’t try to color. The dots bleed together and you have less chance of coloring outside the lines- though we do have the Color Lifter Stampin’ Blend if you need to fix it. To make your Blends last longer, don’t use them like a color crayon with pressure on the point; they blend with very little pressure and your tips will last longer.
I sponged the edge of the circle and the edge of the greeting with Smoky Slate ink first and then Rich Razzleberry with both sponge daubers inked and then stamped off on the grid sheet before sponging- we call this second generation stamping or stamping off, sponging in this case. While designing the card, I sponged a practice circle with Smoky Slate first but that didn’t look cheerful so I sponged a different area with Rich Razzleberry but that was too purple. I noticed that where the two overlapped on my practice sheet, the color looked perfect!
Don’t overlook the Gilded Gems in the catalog! They are faceted and just beautiful. The catalog, page 157, doesn’t do them justice. This picture shows the larger gem as well as the sponging mix of colors.
. The faux suede ribbon is another product that the catalog, page 161, just doesn’t show the ribbon’s beauty.
Did you know you can look at previous catalog pdfs, clear back to the 2014-2015 annual catalog? That is the year I started blogging. When you see a reference to a page in a catalog, just look at the date of the post and then you can go to the catalog tab and find the catalog with the same timeframe as the post and view the product.
Last but not least, I need your order by November 1 if you would like a set of Color Cards. The set consists of 12 cards with one card for each of the color families including neutrals, one card for each of the In Colors, and a card comparing greens, comparing reds & pinks, comparing blues & grays, comparing oranges & yellows, and a card comparing purples and browns. I spotlight them in the video if you would like a better look. The cost is $1per card ($12) plus shipping. Email me at [email protected].
What a great tool the color charts are to help choose colors to match DSPs like the plaids!
They are predicting snow on Sunday here in Castle Rock! We finally stayed home and worked on the yard, cleaned out the garden and fertilized. It is looking so beautiful!
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Thanks for joining and giving me some of your precious time! I hope I have brought a “pinch of creativity to spice up your crafting world” and helped you know me better as I let you have a peek into my world!
Sal, So A-Loving this season and my fellow crafters
Karen
Sights & Sounds of the Season
Hello Stamping Friends,
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Joy is our hostess this month and the hostess code is: 9YGY2BAX
We made a spur of the moment trip to Estes Park last weekend and it was so worth it, even though I am now far behind on my to do list.
The fall colors were exceptional and there had been a river site cancellation at Manor RV park just minutes before we called! Saturday was picture perfect!
Did you put a pumpkin outside Jasper to decorate?
That would have been fun, Sal, but the neighboring RV had plenty of decorations to enjoy. (By the way, Sal is referring to Jasper, our motorhome, it’s a Jamboree, so of course, being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, we needed to have alliteration in the name just like all our Stampin’ Up! colors). Here’s Paul and Jasper on the river site.
So let’s get down to business!
If we must…. sigh…Yes, we must! Select Designer Series Papers are on sale- click on the image to view:
And we have a sneak peak of the November Paper Pumpkin- I see a gingerbread house stamp, I hope, and what looks like a house we can decorate and candies…. oh my!
Click on the Jolly Gingerbread image to join or visit page 71 of the Holiday catalog to get a prepaid subscription with the benefit of adding other supplies from your wish list! Use hostess code: 9YGY2BAX and our current hostess, Joy, will be on her way to earning free products.
Last year the Paper Pumpkin had tags and I made cards out of all the tags, click to view that post, and I have heard the sales of gift cards are expected to go up this year! I am certainly running out of ideas and may send a few myself.
FYI: There is a “Joy to the World” Facebook page for those of you who purchased October’s kit.
Event notice: If my kit arrives I will have a ‘Take A Break Tuesday’ Facebook Live next Tuesday, October 20, 9:30AM to look at the October Joy To The World kit and create cards.
Should I change my pumpkin to a snowman?
Oh no, Sal, not yet! But we do want to get a head start on Christmas Cards, so today’s post includes two cards representing Sights and Sounds of the Season. We love looking at poinsettias and hearing the silver bells!
Click here to view the Facebook Live:
Cherish The Season
This layout started with the picture in The Mini Catalog, page 33.
Recipe:
- ‘Cherish The Season’ stamp set
- ‘Sounds of the Season’ dies
- ‘Garden Gateway’ Dies for arch
- ‘Peony’ Dies Border
- ‘Toile Christmas’ stamp set for the greeting
- ‘Christmas Cardinal Dies’ to cut the banner
- Real Red Sheer Ribbon 10″
- Rhinestone Basic Jewels, 3 small, one large
- Inks: Garden Green, Versa Mark, Cherry Cobbler
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Base: Real Red, 4 1/4 X 11 scored at 5 1/2
- Front Sides: Designer Series Paper: Tis The Season, 1 X 5 1/2 (make 2)
- Middle Layer Background: Red Foil, 2 1/2 X 5 1/2
- Swag Base: Whisper White, 2 1/8 X 5 1/2; Die cut the top with the arch from Garden Gateway Dies, and die cut the bottom with the Peony edge die
- Pine Boughs: Garden Green, 1 1/2 X 6; Make 4 little and 4 large boughs
- Bells: Silver Foil, 2 1/4 X 4 1/2 Make one set of four bells and and an extra little bell for the inside; cut the 4 strips (all on one die) for the front four. Use Scotch Tape on the back of the two bells you will color before die cutting and then another piece after cutting. Color the holly leaves with Dk Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends and the berries with Lt Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends – color twice for depth of color.
- Front Greeting: Whisper White, 4 1/4 X 1 1/4; stamp Christmas Wishes from Toile Christmas, first in Versa Mark and then in Cherry Cobbler. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder, then heat and cut it out with the Cardinal Die Set. Tip: with clear embossing powder, you have the ability to emboss in any ink color you have.
- Inside Layer: Whisper White, 3 3/4 X 5
- Strip on Inside: Tis the Season DSP, 1/2 X 5
- Stamp set for inside: For Unto Us stamped in Garden Green
In the video, I use Shaded Spruce for the back of the swag instead of the red foil, and I had another card made with Garden Green. Which color do you like the best?
I vote for the Red Foil but I like the greens as well and that would be cheaper!
Poinsettia Petals
Layout cased from Vincenza Montereale on Demonstrator Planning Place.
Recipe:
- ‘Poinsettia’ Dies
- ‘Poinsettia Petals’ stamp set
- ‘Ornate Layers’ Dies
- ‘Stitched Rectangles’ Dies
- Beaded Pearls
- Shimmer Paint
- Stampin’ Spritzer
- Ink: Balmy Blue, Versa Mark and White Embossing Powder
- Base: Thick Whisper White, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
- Large Ornate Layer: Balmy Blue, 4 1/4 X 5 1/2
- Flocked Vellum Specialty Paper Layer: 5 X 3 5/8, cut with the 2nd largest stitched rectangle die
- Small Ornate Layer: Balmy Blue, 5 X 3 1/2 , cut both the ornate layer and the center cut out at the same time using the 3rd smallest rectangle die
- Blue Sprigs X2: Use Balmy Blue rectangle cut out from the previous step
- Poinsettia and white sprigs: Whisper White, 5 1/2 X 6 1/4; make two each of the medium poinsettia and two each of the medium large poinsettia and cut three sprigs in white
- Small poinsettia and the Leaf: Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper, 2 1/4 X 2 1/4, Die cut one small leaf and two small flowers.
- Inside Layer: Balmy Blue, 4 X 5 1/4
- Strip: Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper, 3/4 X 4
Thank you for spending some time with me here on the blog and thank you to those who created their club cards with a Facebook Live instead of meeting here at home. The positive side is that there is no waiting as we share the tools, so we accomplished in two hours what normally takes four hours at the house.
Would you like to be part of club? You can pay $5 for the club cards and be our guest! We swap with each other, those who can, and we meet by Zoom on the last Tuesday of the month to share our swap cards, visit with each other and do a Mystery Card challenge.
I would be honored to be your demonstrator and support you however I can as I bring “a pinch of creativity to spice up your crafting world!”
That’s the part where I came in!
So true and let us all be SALs in this crazy world bringing Salt And Light to everyone we meet!
Virtual Hugs,
Karen
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