Hi Stamping Friends!
Fall came a little late to northeast Indiana, but leaves are finally turning! I absolutely love the colors of fall and I also love autumn-themed cards! Today, I have two lovely fall cards, along with printable Project Sheets, so you can duplicate them with ease. Both feature the gorgeous Beauty of Friendship stamp set from the Annual Catalog. Enjoy!
In case you missed it last week, here is what I'm up to lately…
Pregnancy Updates—I'm in the final weeks of the third trimester of my pregnancy and have slowed WAY down on my stamping schedule for now.
►LIVE Classes—I'm not doing anymore scheduled LIVE Classes for now. I may do some LIVE videos without offering kits, but it will just depend on how I'm feeling. My top priority will be to stay rested, so I can't promise anything right now. I'll let you know in plenty of time if I decide to go ahead with a LIVE Class.
►Final Countdown To Christmas Class Is Canceled—I had planned to make the Whimsy & Wonder Suite the focus of my final holiday card class in the series this year. After just finishing up the prepping for my third Countdown To Christmas class this past week, I simply can't imagine how I'm going to be able to do it one last time a few weeks from now. So, I've made the difficult decision to cancel my final Countdown To Christmas class this year. I'm so very sorry to disappoint those who were looking forward to this final class and I appreciate your understanding.
►Right Now, I'm Still Working When I Can!—It's time for me to take some extra time to take care of me and baby, but rest assured that I'm not going anywhere! I will be working on ways that we can continue to engage and I can continue to inspire your creativity through stamping. It's just going to look a little bit different for the temporary time-being. Stay tuned!
►Modified Maternity Leave—I'm on what I call a "modified maternity leave" between now and January 31. What this means is that I will not be having regular events, LIVE Classes, daily blog posts, or regular Facebook posts. However, I'm not stepping away from my business completely! I WILL still be touching base with you as much as I can, giving you updates on Stampin' Up! promos, having some of my own specials, sharing creative ideas & tips, and, of course, giving you updates on baby girl. I want to still be accessible to you for ordering and any questions you may have. I thank you in advance for your understanding and continued business during my downtime and I'm looking forward to being back stamping with you regularly early in 2022.
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Beauty of Friendship Spotlight Card
I love the layers and the way the main images spill "outside of the box" on this pretty autumn card! It's so easy and fun to get this look!
Background Basics—Start by lightly temporarily adhering a 4" x 1-1/2" piece of Basic White cardstock to a Thick Basic White card base. Next, stamp the tree image from the Beauty of Friendship stamp set in Early Espresso in in the middle of the layer, as well as on either side just a little bit lower so the branches do not touch. Stamp the grass image in Old Olive ink under all three trees.
Focal Point Background—Remove the white piece from the card base, then stamp the splatter image from the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set all over the piece in several fall colors: Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Merry Merlot and Old Olive. Be sure to clean the stamp before switching colors and "stamp off" to make the colors lighter, if desired. Add Dimensionals to the back of this stamped layer, then adhere it to a 4-1/4" x 1-3/4" piece of Early Espresso cardstock. Adhere the layers to the card front, aligning with the previously stamped trees.
Finishing Touches—Add some additional spatter on the background with Crushed Curry, Old Olive and/or Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Markers, but gently flicking the brush tip end or tapping it against your hand while holding it above the card. So cool!
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Beauty of Friendship Thinking of You Card
The Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper gives a lovely background to this sweet fall card!
Background Basics—Start by adhering two 1" x 5-1/2" strips of Beauty of the Earth DSP, one on each side, to a Mossy Meadow card base. Next, add the two 1/2" x 5-1/2" strips of Copper Foil to the sides of a 2" x 5-1/2" piece of the woodgrain pattern from the same DSP pack. Mount that on the center of the card front.
Tree Tag—Die-cut the largest tag from the Tailor Made Tags using Basic White cardstock. Stamp the tree top image in Bumblebee ink on the top left of the tag, and without re-inking, stamp again just to the right of it. Ink the same image in Bumblebee ink, then roll just the sides of the image in Pumpkin ink and on scrap Basic White. Stamp the tree trunk in Early Espress ink onto the tag and onto the scrap tree. Die-cut the scrap tree and add to the tag with Dimensionals, aligning the trunk images.
Finishing Touches—Tie some Bumblebee Gingham Trim to the top of the tag, then mount onto the card front with more Dimensionals. Add a few Champagne Rhinestones to the tag. Die-cut a Misty Moonlight bird with the Beautiful Trees dies and add him to the tree.
Sweet Sentiment—Die-cut a skinny label from the Beautiful Trees dies, stamp a sentiment on it with Misty Moonlight, cut it into two parts and pop it up with Dimensionals onto the tag.
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