March Christmas Card Club Sneak Peek

This month's Christmas Card Club features the Perfectly Plaid stamp set and some pretty shades of green!

 

 

When you join this club, you'll get the supplies to make 8 Christmas cards every month. No more rushing in December to get your cards ready to send - you'll make them throughout the year and have plenty made when December arrives!

 

If you'd like to subscribe, fill out the sign up form here and I will contact you with the subscription information. The deadline to sign up for this month's kit is March 15.

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

#GDP276: Trust Me, You're Lovely

Have you gotten any of the True Love DSP yet? It was one of the first things I ordered from this new catalog - what's not to love about black and white paper?! Even better - some of the patterns lend themselves to coloring, and this week's challenge at Global Design Project inspired me to get out my Stampin' Blends and color away!

 

I sometimes find a challenge to CASE the designer harder than other challenges. But I have been following Connie since she was on the Artisan Design Team and her cards are always so detailed and beautiful. So coloring and fussy cutting was just what I needed to do for this challenge. Here's my card:

 

The flowers are colored and cut out from the True Love DSP, and the background paper is from the same package. I chose Magenta Madness as my pop of color - it's one of my current favorites! 

 

A few other details - the sentiment is from the Lovely You stamp set, also fussy cut. I used the gold thread from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack, and those sparkly little gems are the new Opal Rounds. They have just a glimmer of gold in some light, and they played well with the gold thread.

 

Here's a full list of supplies:

Stamps: Lovely You

Ink: Memento Black, Stampin' Blends: Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Magenta Madness

Paper: Magenta Madness, Basic White, True Love DSP

Embellishments: Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack, Opal Rounds

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

Beautiful Autumn Card & Card Club Sneak Peek

Hello! Did you have a good Labor Day weekend? My kids had both Friday and Monday off of school, and we worked on building furniture (new beds for the boys) and moving things around so that eventually my 2-year-old can move into the toddler bed and out of her crib. We're procrastinating on that step and if you've ever had a toddler you know how fun (or not!) it is to keep them in a bed they can climb right out of! 

I have a new card to share with you today. I wasn't able to get much crafting done over the weekend, but this card was brewing in my mind and so it went together quickly this afternoon.

 

 

I used the Beautiful Autumn Bundle, the Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP, and a few embellishments from the Annual Catalog. I fussy cut some of the gold and copper leaves from the paper - isn't it pretty?

 

If you like this card, you may also like my monthly card club kit this month. I am featuring the same bundle and paper, and you'll create a set of pretty notecards. 

 

If you're interested in the club, you can find out more and sign up here.

 

Here's a list of supplies for today's card:

Stamps: Beautiful Autumn

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP

Embellishments: Gilded Gems, Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack, In Good Taste Elements

Tools: Tasteful Labels Dies

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

 

Happy Stamping!

Rachel   

Wishing You a Slice of Happiness

The Cute Fruit stamp set is a fun set to use for quick and simple cards - just stamps, ink, and paper. That's not today's card. I did some water-coloring, fussy cutting, and added a few fun details to create a card that I absolutely love!

I used the wide brush from the new Water Painters to create the striped background with Coastal Cabana ink. The trick was to use lots of water with the ink, and go back over each stripe until the desired shade was achieved. To create a "beachy" look, I pulled apart the edges of the white ribbon from the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack, and attached that as added texture in the background.

The card is finished off with gold thread from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack, and some Elegant Faceted Gems and Rhinestones. See below for a full list of supplies.

Stamps: Cute Fruit

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green

Paper: Thick Whisper White, Basic Black, Watercolor Paper

Embellishments: Elegant Faceted Gems, Rhinestones, Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack, Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack

Tools: Water Painters, Versamark, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

#tgifc269: Wildly Grateful

Today's card was inspired by the challenge over at TGIF Challenges, as well as a sample in the catalog. Here's the challenge:

And here's the catalog sample:

Want to see my take on it?

I stamped images from the Lovely You stamp set in Night of Navy, Gray Granite, Mango Melody, and Petal Pink ink to make my background paper. A few extra elements finished off the card:

• Elegant Faceted Gems
• Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack (gold thread)
• In Good Taste Elements

I just love all the coordination that Stampin' Up! provides - don't you think the In Good Taste Elements match up perfectly with the images in the Lovely You stamp set?

Stamps: Lovely You
Ink: Night of Navy, Gray Granite, Mango Melody, Petal Pink
Paper: Gray Granite, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Petal Pink
Embellishments: Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack, In Good Taste Elements, Elegant Faceted Gems
Tools: Lovely Labels Pick a Punch
Adhesives: SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Happy Stamping!

Rachel