Thankful for You with Simon Says Stamp

With being gone all of October, I really didn’t get enough time to create with Autumn themed designs, so I’m sneaking in a couple more this week.  Today’s design uses Simon Says Stamp’s Fresh Air Fall Flowers.  The variety of leaves and flowers give you many opportunities to mix and match.  Once I found a colour palette I liked, I did all the stamping and die cutting. 

Sometimes card designers can feel like florists don’t you think?  Playing around until we find an arrangement we like?  I placed the layers on a card base with The Greetery’s Herringbone Parquet Die.  It adds great texture.  

The sentiments in the set are really great, especially for the season.  Have a happy Monday!  

 

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Thankful for You with Simon Says Stamp

Mush-room for Gratitude with The Greetery

 

Hello and Happy Tuesday evening!  I don’t know where you are but we are getting a few extra days of Summery weather this Autumn and it’s a delight to enjoy.  However, my creative hands are much more interested in all the Fall colours and textures.  Today I have a card created with The Greetery’s Botanicuts Toadstool Garden dies.   I began by cutting out the toadstools in a variety of warm colours along with some grass with a retired die from The Cat’s Pajamas.  

After assembling the toadstools, I added some Copic marker accets to increase the dimension on the fungi, and placed it all on a Lemongrass background which I ran through The Greetery’s Pierced Plaid Pierce Plate.  My goodness, does that ever give you beautiful texture!  I created an “interior frame” with a stencil and white ink, and also incorporated a cross-stitch frame with The Greetery’s Hoopla Oval Die, outlining some of the woodgrain details in the frame with a Copic marker.  

The sentiment is from The Greetery’s Thankful Heart Stamp and Stencil set.  And just to balance the design I added in a wood veneer butterfly which I added some colour to with ink, Copics and a white gel pen.  It’s definitely feeling Fall!  

Thanks for joining me today! 

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Mush-room for Gratitude with The Greetery

Give Thanks with The Greetery

 

A few weeks ago I was the speaker at a ladies retreat, which was a great event to be a part of.  So, I just popped this warm and rustic card into the mail to say thank you to them for having me.  I used The Greetery’s Thankful Heart Stamp and Stencil to create a simple mailable design.  

I used the elements in the set to make a little harvest scene, placing it on a kraft coloured background cut with Concord & 9th’s Stitched Leaves Card Front Die.  A match made in heaven!  

I added a little extra colour to the harvest elements with prismacolour pencils, and stenciled in the colour for the sentiment.  

Sweet and simple, but heartfelt!  Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!  

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Give Thanks with The Greetery

Fox in Socks and Harvest Mice for WCMD

 

Hello!  I didn’t want to let World Card Making Day go by without creating something fun!  This hobby has given me such joy, a chance to create little canvases of love, connection to some beautiful people across the world that are now friends, and the chance to work for a number of companies that have been a real joy.  With it also being Thanksgiving for us in Canada this weekend, I count it one of my many blessings.  

This little mini slimline design uses a couple of adorable sets from My Favorite Things, both since retired.  Fox and Friends and Harvest Mice.  They’re coloured up with Copics and fussy cut.  

I created this scene with cardstock from Concord & 9th - Peacock and Spiced Cider.  The Slimline dies are from PinkFresh Studio, Essentials: Mini Slimline Dies, the cloud dies are from Concord & 9th - Cloudy Double Card Front Die, and the hill is a retired die from The Cat’s Pajamas.  I also drew in the sweaters and socks on the foxes - otherwise they’d be jealous of those mice.  

Since there was a lot going on on the outside of the card, I added the inked sentiment on the inside, with a few coloured leaves.  

A sweet harvest scene for Thanksgiving!  I hope you’ve had a chance to create today too!  Happy World Cardmaking Day!  

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Fox in Socks and Harvest Mice for WCMD

Floral Cross Stitch Hoops

 

Hello!  I’ve just returned from a work trip to the US, and picked up a few goodies while I was away.  Saves me so much in Duty to have it shipped to where I’m staying, so I have all kinds of good things in store for the next few weeks.  I’m starting with this beautiful product suite from The Greetery from July called The Handiwork Collection.  Since my Mom was a seamstress and our daughter is a cross stitcher...and I dabble in both, it has so many lovely elements that combine for great textile themed cards.  

For this design, I used the Hoopla Oval Die, the Rose Tapestry Stencil (dreamy!) and the Aida Texture Plate with some lovely colours to create this pair of hoops.  I love that all the hardware for a hoop is included, and you can see the woodgrain texture on the hoop.  

I also created a background design to match the colours in the stencil with the Floral Sampler Stamp Set,  adding in a layer of vellum between the layers to soften the colours and patterns.  

The gratitude sentiment is stamped and stenciled with The Greetery’s Thankful Heart Stamp and Stencil, making it perfect for a Thanksgiving design.  All of those florals have such a great vintage feel!

Thanks for joining me today!

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Floral Cross Stitch Hoops