A Sparkly, Blingy, Shiny October

We took the warm tones of Fall colors and jazzed them up for our Second Thursday Stampers this month.   We're even adding a little Christmas shine because December will be here in the blink of an eye!  ©Stampin’ Up! never fails us with beautiful new stamps and accessories when the new Occasions Catalog comes to our door!

 

                                         We are . . . .

              Coloring a
Basketful of  Thankful Wishes,




 



                   
        Celebrating the
               Colorful Season

   and looking forward to a            Flurry of Wishes!

Most papers, inks, and accessories used in our projects are from ©Stampin’ Up!

Bounty in a Basket

The Basket of Wishes set makes saying thanks, giving thanks, and every other thanks just plain perfect.  This stamp set is bountiful with harvest bounty for your basket.  The Painted Harvest Designer Series Paper provides a beautiful accent to the watercolor marker art in our basket.  Another piece of perfect is the new ©Stampin’ Up! Jute Twine that we chose to tie around the top.  We borrowed this wonderful idea from Rosanne at Heartfelt Stamping

A Basket Full of Thanks Card

This card, one of our easiest masterpieces, is framed with a base of Heavy Vanilla and Very Vanilla Card Stock.  A few splotches from Timeless Textures stamped and stamped off in Crumb Cake Ink gives a little visual texture to set off the Soft Suede stamped basket.  Our message is from the Basket of Wishes set and stamped in Soft Suede Ink as well.  The gourds and pumpkins are colored with a variety of Water Color Markers--any combo will do!  We chose Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Peekaboo Peach, Pink Pirouette, Lemon Lime Twist, and Pumpkin Pie.  It's amazing what some blending of colors will do.  Our top fold design allows a little rounding on the corners (we used our Envelope Punch Board) for interest.  A strip of Chocolate Chip Card Stock is the perfect backdrop for our choice of Designer Series Paper.  Everyone's card is a little different when our stamping artists get to work on this one!  What's not to love?  Thank you!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from ©Stampin’ Up!

   

A Foiled Fall Flurry

We thought we had this one nailed, but getting just the right look for Autumn's amazing color show was something of a challenge.  Making up our minds about the best technique for the foliage was the biggest dilema.  Success!  We picked the Rock n' Roll Technique to stamp our leaves--Crushed Curry with Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry with Pear Pizzazz--on a piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock.  Leaves need trees, so we made a forest with our Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  What follows is more pizzazz with the help of some Gold Foil and Seasonal Layers Thinlits.

  

A Rockin' and Rollin' Thanksgiving Card

Cajun Craze Card Stock teams with Crushed Curry Cardstock for our base adding emphasis to the hues in our falling leaves.  The drama added by the cut out Gold Foil Leaves is the perfect topping! We used our Banner Triple Punch to make the tailed message tag and dressed it up with a little leftover Gold Foil.  Thank you Dimensionals for a pop!  The message is stamped in Cajun Craze and is from our Painted Harvest Stamp Set.  Our thanks for a great idea from SU! Demonstrator Susan Campfield.  What a seasonal beauty!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from ©Stampin’ Up!

  

Fantastic Flakes in Foil

We are making good on our promise to create one beautiful Christmas make and take for the months of September, October, and November.  This lovely card will not disappoint!  There isn't a lot of stamping on this one.  The beautiful Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Paper, the Year of Cheer Embellishments, and some Silver Foil Snowflakes suffice to make this card one sure to please.  There are all manner of combinations for the DSP, Foil Snowflakes, and Embellishments at our favorite resource--Pinterest.   These ideas from Rhonda Wade at Creating Success had us hooked.   

A Foil Flurry of Wishes Card

Our card is layered with Whisper White on Whisper White Card Stock.  The Specialty Designer Series Paper sports both gold and silver snowflakes, and there is also a choice of gold or silver Foil Snowflakes, so we decided to give our stampers a choice.  The snowflake in the center of the big foil flake is punched from the DSP.  Our 1 3/8" Circle Punch came in handy to punch that out and we punched a little bit larger foil background for the flake.  The messages (both inside and out) are from Flurry of Wishes and are stamped in Smoky Slate Ink.  One Rhinestone, Silver or Gold Thread, and an Embellishment finish things off for some Christmas sparkle.  Easy peasy pretty!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from ©Stampin’ Up!