Give Thanks

 

Hi y'all!

I can hardly believe that it is already the end of August and that the holiday season is just around the corner, but schools around here started a week or so ago and the Fall season of chorale has started, so time is flying by!  

If you have been here during previous Falls, you might remember that this is one of my very most favorite stamp sets!  It is so simply elegant and imho can become a show stopper with very little effort. Here I stamped the image on watercolor card stock and painted it with distress inks using them water color style, urging the colors to blend together.    

And here is the inside...more of that beautiful CC Ink Drops Sunset designer paper and a beautiful verse.  I love this paper, couldn't stand to cover it up so I kept this card as CAS as possible, inside and out! 

Stamp Simply

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Give Thanks Bundle
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Sunset 6x6
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock - 4.25 x 5.5"
• Seam Binding Sampler - Rich Pastels - 40 yards
• distress oxides used as "watercolor"
• white acrylic paint spatters
• gold cord

Autumn Blessings

Hi y'all!

It is still hotter than heck here (yesterday we reached 100 degrees with a heat index of 115 F!) so you can imagine that we are truly yearning for Fall and the cooler temperatures it will bring!  

I was flipping through paper pads and came across this beautiful sheet from CC Ink Drops Midnight, so warm and rich and elegant!  I decided that it would be lovely for a JOY fold/tri-fold card.  

This is essentially a smaller card tucked inside a larger card with the folds opposite one another.  In this view you can see that about an inch is trimmed off the bottom of the larger card front to accommodate the placement of the smaller card inside.  

And full disclosure:  I had not intended to cut an oval out of the smaller card until the sentiment I stamped on the card front (light ink on dark paper) did not show up as well as I had envisioned it would...OOPSIE!  So this design was a "save" that ended up working out ok!  Whew!  I love it when cards "evolve" on their own that way!  

The dark distress oxide inks framing the focal image/sentiment also help to emphasize the rich, midnight mood of the designer paper.

Stamp Simply

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Autumn Blessings Bundle
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Midnight 6x6
• Seam Binding Sampler - Rich Pastels - 40 yards
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Champagne
• Spellbinders oval dies
• various distress oxide inks
• button and gold cord from stash

Deepest Sympathy

Hello friends!  

It seems that the older we get, the more often we need sympathy cards.  I really prefer making them before they're needed and having some stashed and ready in advance.  Occasionally I will make one specifically for a particular person and their loved ones but I find that emotionally much more difficult.  Either way, the process is always a thoughtful, prayer-filled one.  

For this week's project I used both of our Silhouette stamp sets (current product of the week)...the sea oats/wheat image from Autumn Silhouettes, and the sentiments from Eucalyptus Silhouettes.  I love how "Florida" the result turned out to be.    

I used an assortment of distress oxide inks to make a colorful focal image background that would harmonize with this beachy designer paper from Craft Consortium's Test of Time.  For many people, images of the ocean are timeless and soothing, bringing peace, calm and clarity to a troubled heart.  That makes them seem especially appropriate for acknowledging the loss of a loved one, especially here in Florida.  

The inside is another inked background with a beautiful, comforting verse.    

Supplies:

• Autumn & Eucalyptus Silhouettes
• Craft Consortium Test of Time 6x6
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Champagne
• May Arts Baker's Twine - 110 Yard Spool - Kraft
• various distress oxide inks
• white acrylic paint
• mother of pearl button

Autumn, warm & cozy!

Hi y'all!  Another busy week here in the Felts household!  There was a brief pause between Tour de Fleece and Tour de Fleece Femmes, but I'm still spinning and knitting and of course, stamping!  

This week's project is a 5.5 inch square card that uses BOTH of the sets in our  current Product of the Week.  These sets are a lot of fun because they feature stamps that are a little larger than usual, which makes them super quick and easy to use.  They take front & center as thē focal point and therefore do not require a lot of fuss with layouts or embellishments, etc.  There's also a great variety of sentiments (as either stamps or dies) to coordinate with the beautiful images.  Easy peasy!

For today's card I used a stamp positioner to stamp the leaf image onto the corners of a 5 inch square of card stock, then colored in the images with Copic markers in a variety of Fall colors.  I stamped, colored and die cut the pumpkins and placed them atop a square of card stock turned on the diagonal.  

On the inside, there's a die cut "Autumn" and stamped "Warm & Cozy."  Everything inside and out was spattered generously with distress oxide inks and white acrylic paint for a warm rustic, harvest/garden feel.  It definitely has apple cider/pumpkin pie kinda vibes!    

Supplies:

• Boho Leaves and Pumpkins
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Squares SM
• Seam Binding
• Melissa Frances Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Cream
• Copic markers
• various distress inks
• gold cording