Oct 2, 2015 | Just for Fun |
The Fall holidays are upon us! Fall is my very favorite season of all. The leaves are turning their brilliant golden, rust, red and warm, earthy colors. Aren’t they extraordinary? It is just breathtaking to see some of these trees, especially if you live in certain parts of the U.S. where those trees are unbelievably gorgeous. I haven’t had the opportunity to venture up to the New England states in the Fall YET, but I sure plan to! Fall means sitting by the fireplace, romping in the crispy leaves on the ground on a cool Fall day, pumpkins, apple cider, warm fuzzy socks, light loungey sweater and jeans. Oh and hot Apple Crisp! Yes, can’t forget hot apple crisp from all those golden apples that have fresh fallen from their beautiful tree branch. Okay…I’m getting hungry now, so I better hurry and get this post written so I can go spring for an apple and dream of hot Apple Crisp! It will be on the menu in the coming week! For sure, guaranteed.
Here’s the scoopy doop better known as:
Debbie’s Details: (deets!)
I am in love with the font on this sentiment ~ THANKFUL. Isn’t is just gorgeous and alone standing in all its glory? It is from one of the Hosts sets that feature a few other seasons. You will see this set at the back of the Holiday catty. If you reach a certain amount of Host dollars on your order, you will have the option of ordering this beautiful set. I will be using this quite a bit, so you will see it more than once. Isn’t that exciting, though?! 🙂
I actually stamped all the leaves you see here! Yes, with a leaf image from A Little Something stamp set! That one, also has images to use for the other upcoming holidays, too! This is just an awesome Holiday catalog and if you don’t have it in your hot little mitts, then let me know. I sad if you don’t. You are MISSING out! I took that little stamp, it has five tee NIGHntsy (means super cute and tiny!) leaves on it. (this is a word, a Debbie Dean word, you can feel free to add it to your vocabulary brain tank), I inked it up with Cajun Craze! A great Fall color! I used Very Vanilla for the top layer and then cropped out using my Ovals Framelits for both the Early Expresso and the Very Vanilla layer using them! They nest so nicely, don’t cha think?
I used Early Expresso for the card base, then Very Vanilla and then CAJUN CRAZE and embossed with our Woodgrain embossing folder. It is one of my “go to” embossing folders because I love the look and I like vintage, woodsy things, too!
Do you see the oh so adorable ACORN? I thought you did and I bet you’re wondering how did I get that all cut out so perfectly, right? I used our NEW Acorn punch! It is in a bundle with the stamp set Acorny Thank You! New in the Holiday catalog! Woo hoo! I punched the bottom piece out of Cajun Craze and then ran it through the Woodgrain embossing folder for some texture and then decided to punch out the top piece with our NEW corrugated Kraft paper to also give a bit more texture! I place the little wooden leaf embellishment atop and tied a cute bow using the gold/very vanilla baker’s twine to give it a little pizazz! (with that gold in it, just makes it a bit more special!)
The top layer piece I used dimensionals and for the cute Acorn, too. Dimensionals! Gives a pop up look and can make your cards pop up and be proud to show the world! And it makes them happy, too. 🙂
So that’s it. Simple, huh? You can see these delightful products in the Holiday Catalog so don’t delay. Go see! If you have any questions about this card I made for you today because I am very thankful you stopped by to take a peek today, feel free to email me anytime! You can sure go shopping at my Stampin Store if you click on the shopping cart below. You are always welcome to and I sure appreciate it! All you need to do is sign in and Create an account and make sure my name is at the top right hand corner and have fun! If you click on one of the products below it will take right to my store and there you can create an account, if you’re new to my blog and want to choose me as your demonstrator to order these gorgeous, quality products! Got questions, I’m an email away!
This would be a thoughtful card to send to those in your life you are thankful for, it would make someone’s day if you did! Hope you got inspired today.
Take care and have a wonderful, THANKFUL day today! And every day!!
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From my stampin’ heart to yours! (even if you’re not a stamper!)
Debbie
Oct 1, 2015 | Just for Fun |
For me, when I first caught a glance with my eye this sentiment “waiting for you,” it made me instantly think of military families, the wife or the husband waiting for their spouses safe return back to their home and families. Or simply someone missing someone special that has traveled abroad for their jobs, missions or other important reasons for which they are not with us. Just missing them and waiting for them~ to return safely back to us.
Perhaps in relationships, the pair parts ways…and the one left behind….will wait for as long as it takes for their love to come back…to them…sometimes that’s the case in relationships….but nevertheless, it is a sentiment you don’t see often in the stamping world of stamp sets or at least in my world of stamping goodness. I wanted to create this card for those of you for which this might apply. Let’s move along to the details. 🙂
Debbie’s Details:
Just a few stamp sets, yikes! More than even three! If you could see my crafting space right now, you might just fall over! All kinds of ink color pads, stamp sets galore, a bunch of acrylic blocks of various sizes….goodness! But, that’s how I create, really…I start out with one idea and usually it goes awry because I have my mind with a gazillion ideas going on in it…why don’t I try this? Or this might be better for the message I want to convey? Ever get like this in your crafting space? Oh good, we are just alike! Sweet!
SO ~ here are the stamp sets! Sheltering Tree for the tree AND the darling swing ~Work of Art for the green “grass.” Over the Rainbow (this is SUCH a lovely set!!), and A Little Something stamp set! That’s a bit of stamps, huh? I love it when I have what I need when that light bulb idea goes off when I’m stamping!! Yes?
Main colors here are Crushed Curry for the base, layered with Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry and my images are all on Very Vanilla card stock.
THE SWING ~ the swing represents someone special is not there on it to brighten our life and make our days fulfilled and happy. I hope you saw right off the significance of that precious swing. I have a feeling you got that. 🙂 Did you ever swing on an old wooden swing board for the bottom and rope, like real rope? Gone are those days with those types of “homemade” swings and in with the “New!”
The LEAVES ~ I just stamped and “sprinkled” them all around and then lined up my SWING on the tree branch afterwards.
I used Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry ink pads for the leaves, I stamped off one time. What does that mean, you wonder? Well, you ink your stamp up pretty good, then have a scrap sheet to stamp it on THEN you stamp on your card stock! I didn’t want those leaves looking to bright as you all know by now that we are in the FALL season and while the leaves turn their magical, spectacular colors, I didn’t want mine to be BRIGHT. I added some Candy Dots (their an accessory item at the back of the Annual Catalog to give a sum thin’ sum thin’ and add some texture to the card image front.
Yes, that’s right. I LOVE FALL! Happy Fall, Y’all!!
I hope you enjoyed the thoughts behind my card for today, thank you for stopping by! I love it when you do. 🙂
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Okay, until tomorrow….hope your day is just peachy!
From my stampin’ heart to yours (even if you’re not a stamper!)
Debbie
Sep 30, 2015 | Just for Fun |
Do you just know that feeling when you just “love someone to pieces?” They’re so adorable, so sweet, so kind, fun to be around always, thoughtful, giving, loving, I could go on and on about this meaning, I think…so when I saw this sentiment in the Sweet Stack stamp set in the Annual Catalog p.66, it was going to find a home on my stamp shelf. 🙂 It is the stamp set that has the swirly gigs from an earlier card I did a few months ago. I love quite a few people “to pieces!” Too many to name and I know you care, but you want to see more about my card, right? Okay!
Going to hop to the deets!
Debbie’s Details:
If you look real, real, real close you will see that I embossed the Blackberry Bliss top layer with the Stylish Stripes embossing folder, so classy and elegant. Blackberry Bliss card stock and ink is so lush, warm, and a very elegant color, IMO. What do you think?
Blackberry Bliss was the chosen lucky card base for today. It was screaming “happy!” Then a layer of Very Vanilla about 1/4″ less and then voila, my final and top layer. My FINAL answer. My FINAL layer. I wanted to “accent” that beautiful top layer with the 5/8″ Striped Cotton ribbon, it is so nice on the “canvas” ribbon (but it’s cotton)!
Flowers! Lovely little blackberry flowers! Are you gettin’ hungry now for some blackberries? I thought so, me too! I stamped these beauties using the large Flower from Crazy About You stamp set! Isn’t that ironic, I used the Flower from this set from a wonderful stamp set that’s called Crazy About YOU which also coincides with my sentiment!! I didn’t even think about that, but sometimes you just get “smart” when you don’t even KNOW you are. Crazy.
I punched the trio out using my Flower Medallion PUNCH! It just punches perfectly. Love that flower punch. You can use the punch without using the stamp set. Did you realize that?? You’re very welcome, my friend.
I used the Tags and Labels framelits! The small one in one of the trios in this array of awesomeness! Those tags and labels works with a gazillion sentiments and images!! Check them out and snatch them up. You will find you use them way more than you might think. Think Holiday tags for gift giving. See??????!!!!
Topped off the center of my flowers with the perfect “bling.” Lovely, sparkly rhinestones!
I betcha you can think of a cutie pie in your life that you just love to pieces. There is NO age limit to who you can “love to pieces!” That’s right. No age limit. You could stamp this sentiment and crop out and tuck in your sweet child’s lunch box or just leave one by their cereal bowl in the morning. Or just make a sweet gift tag and leave by grandma’s reading glasses on the table, or make all your Valentine’s day cards to send to your friends that love you to pieces, too! Wink. Wink!!! You get the picture! 🙂
And don’t forget to add that “special” YOU touch to all your cards with the amazing envelope liners. It’s just kinda “snazzes” up that beautiful, thoughtful card you just CREATED! YAY!
Sure want to thank you for stopping by today! As always, if you have any questions about my card, or have a comment, you are always, always welcome to ask or chat!
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Take care now and come back again!
From my stampin’ heart to yours! (even if you’re not a stamper!)
Debbie
Sep 29, 2015 | Just for Fun |
The little moments……in our very busy lives sometimes it is difficult to stop for a second and just enjoy some precious, sweet time with someone we don’t get to spend some time with…even if it for a short time that it would take…we somehow cannot find one single minute to do so. Just think about that for minute….who in your life does this pertain to for you?
While you’re thinking on that, here are some quick details for this simple, but meaningful card of mine.
Debbie’s Details:
Base of my card- Early Expresso standard A2 card (5-1/2″ X 4-1/4″) scored at 4-1/4″
I layered Crumb Cake atop EE. Then cut another layer of Very Vanilla card stock and tore the edges, in which I then “sponged” the edges in Early Expresso to give a burnt, rustic look.
I LOVE the Vintage Leaves stamp set. LOVE. I simply cropped out three of these leaves with our Leaflets Framelits on page 172 of our Annual catalog. These are just beautiful shapes of different leaves.
Wondering about the card stock I used? Well…I used the NEW Corrugated Paper in our Annual catalog. Comes 12″ X 12.” I sponged EE all around the edges to add some dimension. I also sponged the Crumb Cake, too. I put them together (yes, togetherness is cool) using Tombow glue.
I stamped my sentiment on the bottom using my Stamp a MA jig! Perfect placement every time. This little “gadget” tool needs to be amongst your tools of choice. I tell ya, it is perfect for placing images as well as sentiments when you’re in a tricky situation. Ask me how to use it, if you do not already know. :)The sentiment comes from Watercolor Wings stamp set. It is a stunning stamp set. I adore this particular image for some many reasons.
After all put in place, I grabbed my Thick Very Vanilla baker’s twine and Linen thread twine and made a sweet little bow. If you are not a bow person per se for your card creations, you could always place the linen thread around you fingers a few times and place atop the leaf stems and put a pretty vintage button on top! Voila, your card is completed! Aren’t you happy it only takes about 6-1/2 minutes max to make this??
Remember my question from earlier? You’re so smart. Well…carve out some time with someone that matters a lot to you…and just do that…simply spend a few moments with that person. Then leave them with this card that you’ve written words from your heart. This will become a treasure to them for many years to come….
Hope everyone had a terrific weekend!
As always, if you have any questions, OR comments, I love hearing from you either way!!
Happy stampin from my heart to yours (and if you don’t stamp YET, ask me how, it’s SO much FUN to give away cards from your heart and hands!!
Hugs!
Debbie
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